Selfies can’t be used as photographs in pension forms for retiring central government employees No selfies please, this is a pension form, govt tells retiring employees Selfies can’t be used as photographs in pension forms, the personnel ministry has told central government employees readying for retirement. Issuing a fresh set of dos and don’ts for civil pensioners, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has also ruled out photographs with coloured and dark glasses and long hair covering the eyes. Do not paste/upload black and white photographs. Dimensions of photographs and signature should not be smaller that the box provided in the application form. Photograph should not be in the form of selfie, it said in its recent directive. Central government civil pensioners are required to submit three copies of a joint photograph (or separate photographs) with their wives or husbands (duly attested by head of office) along with form 5 of the Central Civil Service Pension ...