Pension

 i)         VRS 2019 Cases

         One case out of 1397 is pending due to non receipt of disciplinary/vigilance report from the HoO.

 ii)        Regular Pension / Superannuation Cases

          Two employees of BSNL retired from service on superannuation on 31.08.2026. The pension of all two have been settled.

 iii)       Regular Family Pension Cases

        No regular family pension case is pending during the month of August 2026.

 

 

“WHAT’S NEW”

(iv) National Handloom Day was observed with the retired pensioners at Sambalpur Branch Office of O/o CCA, Odisha. National Senior Citizens Day was celebrated in CCA Office on 21.08.2026. The pensioners were facilitated during the occasion. Pensioners above 90 years of age were facilitated in their own residences.

(v) Out of total number of 4381 live migrated pensioners a total of KYP of 4089 pensioners have been updated in SAMPANN.

(vi) There is no pending case for service verification.

 

DISPOSAL AND REDRESSAL OF GRIEVANCES OF PENSIONERS

For the disposal and redressal of grievances of pensioners, a Toll Free Number 1800 3456 754 and one landline Telephone Number 0674-2396545 have been placed at the service of the pensioners. 01 grievance received through PG Portal has been resolved. There is no case pending at the end of the month of August 2026.

 

 

The Pension Disbursing Authority (PDA) Section functions as a key unit in the Controller of Communication Accounts (CCA), Odisha, responsible for the direct and timely disbursement of pensionary benefits to pensioners under the Sanchar Pension – Seedha Vitaran. Since May 2019, the PDA Section functions as the Pension Disbursing Authority for the Telecom Circle, initiating all pension-related payments—including monthly pension, gratuity, commutation, arrears, —through SAMPANN and transferring the same to the Cash Section for disbursement via PFMS. Major Activities of PDA Section includes :

•             Payment of monthly bill and supplementary bills

•             Pay revision-arrear/recovery calculation

•             Collection and verification of life certificates (both physical and digital)

•             Handling pensioners’ telephone queries and grievance resolution

•             Calculation of arrears, recoveries, and supplementary bills

•             Processing of commutation and deferred gratuity payments

•             Income tax calculation for pensioners

•             Collecting and updating investment declarations

•             Preparation of various pension-related reports

•             Sending SMS/phone reminders to pensioners for life certificate submission

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Details(As on 31.08.2026)

  

Numbers

1

Total number of Pensioners/Family Pensioners

  

7825

2

Total number of Live Pensioners/ Family Pensioners

  

6371

3

Total number of deceased/inactive Pensioners/Family Pensioners

  

1454

4

Total number of normal Pensioners in SAMPANN

  

4809

5

Total number of Family Pensioners in SAMPANN

  

3016

6

Total number of Pensioners migrated onto SAMPANN

  

5798

7

Bank

  

4156

8

Post Office

  

1642

9

Total number of Pensioners whose PPOs issued directly through SAMPANN

  

2027

10

Total number of IDA Pensioners

  

6353

11

Total number of CDA Pensioners

  

1472

12

Details of  active family pensioner-Category wise

Wife

2044

Husband

04

Daughter

54

Son

04

Total

2106

13

Total transfer IN cases

  

181

14

Total number of Pensioners deducted TDS (Income Tax)

  

23

15

Total number of VRS 2019 Pensioners/Family Pensioners  in SAMPANN

  

1315

16

Family pensioners below age 25

  

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1. Details of pension cases settled in the month in below format
 
List of pension cases settled during (month)(year)
SL.NO PPO No Name Designation Unit Date of Retirment / Death Sanction Date Type of case
1 752024031206717 Anadi Kumar Dasmohapatra ATT Balasore 31.03.2024 07.04.2025 Compulsory Retirement
2 752025021205250 Pitabas Swain JAO Sambalpur 28.02.2025 11.04.2025 Superannuation
3 752025031205251 Gobinda Ch. Behera ATT Cuttack 31.03.2025 23.04.2025 Superannuation
4 752025031205252 Damodar mallik TT Bhubaneswar 31.03.2025 28.04.2025 Superannuation
2. Details of Transfer in/Transfer out cases in the month
 
Tranfer in Cases of PPO`s settled during (month)(year)
SL.NO Pensioner Name/Designation/PPO No Received From Endorsed To Date of Despatch
1 Shri Srikanta Panda / 112024051102650 Pr.CCA, New Delhi CCA, Odisha 02.05.2025
3. Details of Pension Revision Cases
 
Pension Revision cases settled during (Status as on dd-mm-yyyy)
SL.NO Name PPO NO DOR/DOD Designation SSA Date of Despatch
1 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL