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The following provisions will apply for opening the Bank
Account and withdrawal of pension by old, sick, incapacitated and handicapped
pensioners
Opening the Account:
In case of a pensioner
who has lost both his hands and, therefore, cannot sign, his signature can be
obtained by means of a mark. This mark
can be placed by the persons in any manner.
It could be toe impression. It can
be by means of mark which anybody can put on pensioner’s behalf, the mark being
put by an instrument which has had a physical contact with the person who has
to sign.
2.
Withdrawal
of money from the account:
The
following method will be adopted in case of sick, incapacitated handicapped
pensioners.
Pensioner who is too ill to sign a cheque and can not be
physically present in the bank to withdraw money from his account, but can put
his thumb/toe impression on the cheque /withdrawal form. In this case, the
thumb or tow impression should be identified by two independent witnesses known
to the bank, one of whom should be responsible bank official.
(b) Pensioner
who is not only unable to be physically present in the bank, but is also not
even able to put his thumb/toe impression on the cheque/withdrawal form due to
certain physical defect/ incapacity. In this case a mark can be obtained on the
cheque/withdrawal form in the same manner as described in sub- para (1) above.
That mark should be identified by two independent witnesses one of whom should
be a responsible bank official.
(c) In both
the cases mentioned above, the pensioner might also be asked to indicate to the
Bank as to who would withdraw pension amount from the bank on the basis of
cheque/ withdrawal form as obtained above and that person should be identified
by two independent witnesses. The person who is actually drawing the money from
the bank should be asked to furnish his signatures to the bank.
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