Payment of arrears accruing in respect of deceased pensioners/family pensioners to the nominee/legal heir CPAO CPAO/IT&Tech/Simplification/11.Vol-VI/2017-18/2016 Dated: 12.03.2018 Subject: Payment of arrears accruing in respect of deceased pensioners/family pensioners to the nominee/legal heir. On death of the pensioners/family pensioners, the pension account is closed by the bank and the balance amount in the account of pensioners/family pensioners is paid to the nominees/legal heirs. However, it is observed that the life time arrears arising subsequently on account of Pay Commission etc. are not paid to the nominees/legal heirs of the deceased pensioners/family pensioners either on account of fact that the pension/family pension is not revised by the concerned Pension Sanctioning Authority (PSA) or the amount of arrears of revised pension/family pension is not paid due to closure of the bank account. In such cases action is to be taken by the concerned Pay & Accounts Officer...