GPF Withdrawals from the fund Rule 15
The General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960
RULE 15-WITHDRAWALS FROM THE FUND
15. Withdrawals from the Fund
(1) Subject to the conditions specified therein, withdrawals may be sanctioned by the authorities competent to sanction an advance for special reasons under sub-rule (2) of Rule 12, at any time-
(A) after the completion of 1[ fifteen] years of service (including broken periods of service, if any) of a subscriber or within ten years before the date of his retirement on superannuation, whichever is earlier, from the amount standing to his credit in the Fund, for one or more of the following purposes, namely:-
(a) meeting the cost of higher education, including where necessary, the travelling expenses of the subscriber or any child of the subscriber in the following cases, namely:-
(i) for education outside India for academic, technical, professional or vocational course beyond the High School stage; and
(ii) for any medical, engineering or other technical or specialized course in India beyond the High School stage;
(b) meeting the expenditure in connection with the betrothal/ marriage of the subscriber or his sons or his daughters, and any other female relation actually dependent on him;
(c) meeting the expenses in connection with the illness, including where necessary, the travelling expenses of the subscriber and members of his family or any person actually dependent on him;
2(d) meeting the cost of consumer durables such as TV, VCR/VCP, washing machines, cooking range, geysers and computers.
(B) 3[During the service of a subscriber] from the amount standing to his credit in the Fund for one or more of the following purposes, namely:
(a) building or acquiring a suitable house or ready-built flat for his residence including the cost of the site 4[or any payment towards allotment of a plot or flat by the Delhi Development Authority, State Housing Board or a House Building Society];
(b) repaying an outstanding amount on account of loan expressly taken for building or acquiring a suitable house or ready-built flat for his residence;
(c) purchasing a house-site for building a house thereon for his residence or repaying any outstanding amount on account of loan expressly taken for this purpose;
(d) reconstructing or making additions or alterations to a house or a flat already owned or acquired by a subscriber;
5(e) [renovating, additions or alterations or upkeep of an ancestral house or a house built with the assistance of loan from Government];
(f) constructing a house on a site purchased under clause (c)
6(C) within twelve months before the date of subscriber’s retirement on superannuation from the amount standing to the credit in the Fund, without linking to any purpose.
(D) Once during the course of a financial year, an amount equivalent to one year’s subscription paid for by the subscriber towards the Group Insurance Scheme for the Central Government employees on self-financing and contributory basis.
NOTE 1.- A subscriber who has availed himself of an advance under the Scheme of the Ministry of Works and Housing for the grant of advance for house-building purpose, or has been allowed any assistance in this regard from any other Government source, shall be eligible for the grant of final withdrawal under sub-clauses (a), (c), (d) and (f) of Clause (B) for the purposes specified therein and also for the purpose of repayment of any loan taken under the aforesaid Scheme subject to the limit specified in the proviso to sub-rule (1) of Rule 16.
If a subscriber has an ancestral house or built a house at a place other than the place of his duty with the assistance of loan taken from the Government, he shall be eligible for the grant of a final withdrawal under sub-clauses (a), (c) and (f) of Clause (B) for purchase of a house-site or for construction of another house or for acquiring a ready-built flat at the place of his duty.
NOTE 2.- Withdrawal under sub-clauses (a), (d), (e) or (j) of Clause (B) shall be sanctioned only after a subscriber has submitted a plan of the house to be constructed or of the additions or alterations to be made, duly approved by the Local Municipal Body of the area where the site or house is situated and only in cases where the plan is actually got to be approved.
NOTE 3.- The amount of withdrawal sanctioned under sub-clause (b) of clause (B) shall not exceed 3/4th of the balance on date of application together with the amount of previous withdrawal under sub-clause (a), reduced by the amount of previous withdrawal. The formula to be followed is 3/4th of (the balance as on date plus amount of previous withdrawal(s) for the house in question) minus the amount of the previous withdrawal(s).
NOTE 4.– Withdrawal under sub-clause (a) or (d) of Clause (B) shall also be allowed where the house-site or house is in the name of wife or husband, provided she or he is the first nominee to receive Provident Fund money in the nomination made by the subscriber.
7[NOTE 5.- Only one withdrawal shall be allowed for the same purpose under this rule. But marriage or education of different children or illness on different occasions or a further addition or alteration to a house or flat covered by a fresh plan duly approved by the Local Municipal Body of the area where the house or flat is situated shall not be treated as the same purpose. Withdrawal for meeting the cost of education of a child may be allowed on annual basis till the concerned child continues to pursue the technical or professional course. Second or subsequent withdrawal under sub-clause (a) or (f) of Clause (B) for completion of the same house shall be allowed up to the limit laid down under Note 3.]
NOTE 6.– A withdrawal under this rule shall not be sanctioned if an advance under Rule 12 is being sanctioned for the same purpose and at the same time.
(2) Whenever a subscriber is in a position to satisfy the Competent Authority about the amount standing to his credit in the General Provident Fund Account with reference to the latest available statement of General Provident Fund Account together with the evidence of subsequent contribution, the Competent Authority may itself sanction withdrawal within the prescribed limits, as in the case of a refundable advance. In doing so, the Competent Authority shall take into account any withdrawal or refundable advance already sanctioned by it in favour of the subscriber. Where, however, the subscriber is not in a position to satisfy the Competent Authority about the amount standing to his credit or where there is any doubt about the admissibility of the withdrawal applied for, a reference may be made to the Accounts Officer by the Competent Authority for ascertaining the amount standing to the credit of the subscriber with a view to enable the Competent Authority to determine the admissibility of the amount of withdrawal. The sanction for the withdrawal should prominently indicate the General Provident Fund Account Number and the Accounts Officer maintaining the accounts and a copy of the sanction should invariably be endorsed to the Accounts Officer. The sanctioning authority shall be responsible to ensure that an acknowledgement is obtained from the Accounts Officer that the sanction for withdrawal has been noted in the ledger account of the subscriber. In case the Accounts Off1cer reports that the withdrawal as sanctioned is in excess of the amount to the credit of the subscriber shall forthwith be repaid in one lump sum* by the subscriber or otherwise inadmissible, the sum withdrawn by the subscriber to the fund and in default of such repayment, it shall be ordered by the Sanctioning Authority to be recovered from his emoluments either in a lump sum or in such number of monthly instalments as may be determined by the President.
(3) After sanctioning the withdrawal, the amount shall be drawn on an authorization from the Accounts Officer in cases where the application for final payment had been forwarded to the Accounts Officer under Clause (ii) of sub-rule (3) of Rule 34.
1. Substituted for “twenty” vide Notification No. 20 (2)/ 92-P.& P .W. (E)/(A), dated the 28th December, 1995, published as S.O. No. 379 in the Gazette of India, dated the 10th February, 1996.
2. Inserted vide Notification No, 20 (2)/92-P, & P,W, (E)/(A), dated the 28th December, 1995, published as S,O, No, 379 in the Gazette of India, dated the 10th February, 1996.
3. Substituted vide Notification No, 20 (11)-P, & P,W.l86 (GPF), dated the 23rd October, 1990, published as S.O. No. 3006 in the Gazette of India, dated the 17th November, 1990,
4. Substituted vide Notification No, 20 (II)-P, & P,W.l86 (GPF), dated the 23rd October, 1990, published as S.O. No. 3006 in the Gazette of India, dated the 17th November, 1990,
5. Substituted vide Notification No. 20 (5)/92-E. (Pt.), dated the 18th July, 1995, published as S.O. No. 377 in the Gazette of India, dated the 10th February, 1996.
6. Substituted vide Notification No. 20 (26)-P. & P.W./ 88-E, dated the 8th November, 1990, published as S.O. No. 3272 in the Gazette of India, dated the 8th December, 1990.
7. Substituted vide Notification No. 45/44/97-P & PW (F), dated the 18th November, 1998, published as S.O. No. 2500 in the Gazette of India, dated the 5th December, 1998.