The retiring Government employee should submit Formal Application for pension in the prescribed form i.e. Form No. 5 to the Head of Office(HOO)/Pension Sanctioning Authority (PSA) not less than one year in advance from the date of his/her date of retirement along with duly filled in 

• Form C for commutation of pension (in duplicate)
• Nomination in prescribed form for payment of Life Time Arrear of Pension (LTA of Pension)
• Specimen signatures of the Govt Servant (in 3 three separate slips) duly attested
• Attested passport size Joint photograph of the Govt servant and his/her spouse (4 copies). In case of no spouse, four copies of single photograph of the Govt. servant
• Details of Family members including date of birth and
• Application (in Annexure ‘A’) for payment of pension through specified public sector banks within the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area if the pensioner so desires.