The Pension Wing of Finance Department deals with the formation of policies and framing of Rules in connection with Pension in the State of Kerala. The Pensioners Welfare Cell, a part of the pension wing is looking after the welfare of all kinds of pensioners and involved in the timely redressal of the grievances of Pensioners /Pensioners Organisations.
In Kerala, an employee who has to retire can submit the application for pension and other related benefits 18 months prior to his retirement. On receiving such application, the Head of the Department after verification and approval will forward it to the concerned Pension Sanctioning Authority. Pension Sanctioning Authority will in turn sanction the pension and other benefits and forward the sanction order to the Accountant General for authorization. The Accountant General will issue Pension Payment Order based on which the Department of Treasuries will start disbursing the pension and other benefits. Pension revisions are made by the Pension Disbursing Authorities Treasuries/Banks on guidelines issued by the Government based on the recommendations of the Pay/Pension Revision Commission.