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THE MADHYA PRADESH TREASURY CODEVOLUME Isignatures are attached with the Pension Payme nt Order, take an impression of thethumb and all the figures of the pensioner's left hand on the pension bill. Thepensioner shall then be identified from the particulars given in the Disburser'sportion of the Pension Payment Order or in the Audit Register as the case may be.Identification shall also be made by an examination of the impressions given on thebill with those attached to the Pension Payment Order, or kept in the Audit Register,or reference to the pensioners' photograph where one is passed on the Disburser'sportion of the Pension Payment Order, if he cannot be identified by other means withabsolute certainty.(2) Except persons who have been gazetted Government servants, andpersons who have been specially exempted by the Government on the ground thatthere can be no difficulty in future identification, all pensioners shall be liable to theoperation of this rule.(3) Purdahnashin ladies and illiterate pensioners give a thumb impression ontheir bills in the presence of the person who grants the life certificate, in case ofilliterate pensioners who personally attend the paying officer, before the disbursingofficer.386. In all cases referred to in Subsidiary Rules 362, 363 and 368, the disbursingofficer must take special precautions to prevent impositions and must, at least oncea year, receive proof independent of that furnished by the life certificate of thecontinued existence of the pensioner. For this purpose, the disbursing officer shall,save in cases of exemptions from personal appearance allowed by orders ofcompetent authority, require the personal attendance and due identification of allmale pensioners who are not incapacitated by bodily illness or infirmity from soattending and in all cases where such inability may be alleged, he shall require proofthereof in addition to the proof submitted of the pensioner's existence. (Thedisbursing officer is personally responsible for any payment wrongly made, and in allcases of doubt, he must consult the Accountant-General).Note: 1- A pensioner of rank may be privately identified by the disbursing officer andneed not be required to appear at the disbursing office.CHAPTER IV 15 of 60WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDAND THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT