Date of retirement to be notified

74. Date of retirement to be notified When a Government servant retires from service - (a) a notification in the Official Gazette in the case of a Gazetted Government servant, and (b) an office order in the case of a non-gazetted Government servant shall be issued specifying the date of retirement within a week of such date and a copy of every such notification or office order, as the case may be, shall be forwarded immediately to the Accounts Officer : Provided that where a notification in the Official Gazette or an office order, as the case may be, regarding the grant of leave preparatory to retirement to a Government servant is issued, a further notification or office order that the Government servant has actually retired on the expiry of such leave shall not be necessary unless the leave is curtailed and the retirement is for any reason ante-dated or postponed.