SRINAGAR: The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has directed all Chief Education Officers (CEOs) to submit and verify cases of eligible government employees seeking a switch from the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), making the exercise time-bound and warning that delays or incomplete submissions will be viewed seriously.
In a communication dated November 10, 2026, the Directorate asked all CEOs to thoroughly scrutinise, verify and authenticate each case before forwarding it to the Directorate. The directions must be implemented within 10 days of the issuance of the communication.
The exercise concerns government employees appointed against posts or vacancies advertised or notified before the introduction of the New Pension Scheme through SRO 400 dated December 24, 2009. Such employees are being considered for coverage under the Defined Pension Scheme (Old Pension Scheme) instead of the Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (NPS), in accordance with the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations, 1956.
The Directorate has also directed all CEOs to submit a Non-Pendency Certificate, confirming that no eligible OPS case remains pending at their respective levels and that all such cases have been scrutinised and forwarded.
It warned that incomplete or deficient cases would not be entertained and that responsibility for failure to meet the deadline or submit properly verified cases would rest entirely with the concerned Chief Education Officer.
Separately, the Chief Education Officer, Baramulla, has forwarded the communication to all Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs), directing them to submit NPS-to-OPS option forms along with the requisite supporting documents by November 14, 2026.
The documents required include the advertisement or recruitment notification, selection list, appointment order, Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) card, genuineness certificate of appointment and service book duly attested by the concerned DDO.
The Baramulla CEO has also directed all DDOs to furnish Non-Pendency Certificates confirming that no eligible NPS-to-OPS case is pending at their respective levels and that all eligible cases have been scrutinised and forwarded to the CEO’s office.
The DDOs have been warned that any delay or submission of incomplete cases will be viewed seriously, with responsibility for such lapses resting with the concerned officers.
