Acceptance of evidence regarding payment of pension contribution.

(1) Acceptance of evidence regarding payment of pension contribution. - (a) There are some cases in which, in accordance with the terms of deputation/`foreign service', it is the responsibility and liability of the Government servant himself to maintain the continuity of pensionable service by the payment of pension contributions. In such cases, it will be necessary to ascertain whether the recoveries have been made, before the period of foreign service is sometimes put to considerable difficulty because of defective or incomplete record maintenance by the administrative/accounts offices. In such cases, while he could be reasonably asked to show that he had indeed made the contributions, the administrative authority should show a spirit of reasonableness and accommodation in evaluating and accepting such evidence as he is able to put forward, and not insist rigidly on formal proof with reference to service or accounts records for the maintenance of which the Government servant is not responsible. (b) Where, however, the responsibility for making pension contributions is that of the borrowing organization and where either some of the contributions have not been recovered or the records in respect of the recoveries of such contributions are incomplete, while the authorities concerned should pursue the matter with the borrowing organization separately for appropriate action, this should have no bearing on the processing and finalization of pension papers. [G.I., M.F., O.M. No. F. 11 (3).E, V (A)/76, dated the 28th February, 1979-paragraph 5]