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Dept of Posts: immovable property return by January 31, 2022

No. 20-01/2021-SPG
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001

Dated: 17.12.2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Submission of AIPR under Rule 18 of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964-reg.

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to invite your kind attention to Rule 18(1) (ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 which reads as under:-

“Every Government servant belonging to any service or holding any post included Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ shall submit an Annual Report in such form as may be prescribed by the Government in this regard giving full particulars regarding the immovable property inherited by his/her or owned or acquired by him/her on lease or mortgage either in his / her own name or in the name of any member of his family or in the name of any other persons”.

2. DoP&T vide circular No. 11/7/2011 EO(PR) dated 4th April 2011, has provided that officers who do not submit the property return in time would be denied Vigilance Clearance and will not be considered for promotion and empanelment for senior level posts in Government of India. Government of India have also decided the Annual Property Return as on January 1, every year in respect of Members of All India Service and other Group ‘A’ Central Service Officers will be placed in the public domain by 3lst January.

3. In view of the above, all IPoS Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ officers are requested to fill the complete details in the AIPR form and strictly comply with the guidelines of CVC Vigilance Manual, 2017 while submitting the Annual Immovable Property Returns (AIPRs) for the year ending 2021, Al the officers are requested to submit the AIPRs latest by 31a January, 2022.

4. All the IPoS Group ‘A’ officers are requested to file AIPR for the year ending 2021 through IPR module in SPARROW portal only. AIPR module in SPARROW will get disabled on 31.01.2022, hence, no AIPR can be submitted after 31.01.2022. Reference documents i.e. acquisition and disposal permission may kindly be uploaded with AIPR for future
reference and making these documents a permanent records as part of AI PR. In case of any technical problem, the SPD Section may be contacted at phone no. 011 23044832. while submitting the AIPR, it may please be ensured that all details have been filled up properly.

5. As regards, AIPRs of officers other than IPoS, Group ‘A’, the Heads of Circle will maintain and scrutinize the AIPRs and furnish an Annual certificate by 01.03.2022 that AIPRs of all these officers have been received, scrutinized and maintained in Circle Office.

Yours faithfully,

(Vinayak Mishra)
Assistant Director General (SPG)

What is AIPR or Annual Immovable Property Return?

In terms of Rule 18(1) (ii) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 every Government servant holding Group'A' & 'B' post is required to submit an annual return to the Government giving full particulars of his/her immovable property inherited by him/her or held by him/her on lease or mortgage either in his/her own name or owned or acquired by him or held by him on lease or mortgage either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family in the name of any other person. The report has to be filed for every year before the 31st January of next year. This is one of the measures to ensure a transparent and corruption-free administration. The details are to be treated as secret. It is a good tool to detect the source of funding of the assets of the officials and to find out whether these have been acquired through legal means

What happens if the officer does not submit the AIPR?

The DoPT has issued an order stating that if an officer fails to submit his annual Immovable Property Return (IPR) of the previous year latest by 31st January, vigilance clearance shall be denied for him. Vigilance clearance will be required for the promotion to senior posts, posting to sensitive posts, training etc.