Submission of Annual Immovable Property Return (AIPR) by all Officers/Officials holding Group ‘A’ & ‘B’ Posts through SPARROW for the year 2025 - Regarding HRD-II/66/SPARROW/AIPR/2026/1479 dated 07/01/2026

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q5J..f=q1~ ~M ~'161 Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (Wl ~ {hit' II~ J-htlcill, ~ ~Hcf>I~) (MIN]STRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) ~ cf>lll@ll/Head Office -flf4~q ul'lffl ~ lt, ~k3'5 ~' Gtllcf>-II, ~ fch~q~ .:rrR,~ fa~-110023 Plate A, Ground Floor, Block U, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi-110023 Website: www.epfindia.gov.in HRD-Il/66/SPARROW/AIPR/2026 / Jl( ~ Dated: To, All Additional CPFCs (HQ) (Zones)/ Director PDUNASS All Additional CPFCs (Zones) Additional CPFC (ASD), Head Office/ Additional CPFC (ZTis) 0 7 JAN 2G2fu Sub: - Submission of Annual Immovable Property Return (AIPR) by all Officers/Officials holding Group 'A' & 'B' Posts through SPARROW for the year 2025-Reg. Ref: - (i) Circular No. AVS-18(1) 2020-HRM-IX/30917/1163 dated 23.12.2024 (ii) DoP&T OM No. 11012/11/2007 dated 27.09.2011 (iii) eve Office Order no. l 7/11/2020 dated 23.11.2020 Madam/ Sir, As per Rule 18(1Xil) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all government servants holding Group 'A' and Group 'B' posts are required to submit an annual return giving full particulars regarding immovable property inherited, owned, acquired, or held on lease/mortgage. This applies whether the property is in their own name or in the name of a family member. "Every government servant belonging to any service or holding any post included in Group 'A' & Group 'B' shal1 submit an annual return in such form as may be prescribed by the government in this regard giving ful] particulars regarding the immovable property inherited by him 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 or in the name of any other person". 2. Further, DoP&T OM dated 27.09.2011 has also conveyed the decision of the Government of India that the members of the Central Civil Services/Post who fail to submit the AIPR within the prescribed time limit which is the 31st January of the following year would be denied Vigilance Clearance and will not be considered for empanelment for senior posts. In addition, as per CVC Office Order no. 17/11/2020 dated 23.11.2020, non-fiJing of property return constitutes good and sufficient reason for institution of discip1inary action against the delinquent officials. 3. In this regard, it is to inform that this year the facility for submission of AIPR has been made available on the SPARROW Portal whereby the officer can login and submit their returns. The module will be operational from 06th January, 2026 and open till 31st January 2026. The following steps to be followed for filing Annual Immovable Property Return (AIPR) on the SPARROW Portal: I. Log in to the SP ARROW Portal. II. After logging in, locate and click on the IPR tab available on the left-hand side of the home page. It will redirect the user to a new window. III. Under the IPR (EPFO) section, click on the IPR tab. Following two options will be displayed: a. Declaration b. My IPR Status IV. To file the AIPR, click on the Declaration option. V. Next, select the relevant Statement as on date. VI. User will then be provided with three options: a. Fill New Declaration b. Copy Data from Previous Year Declaration c. Nil Declaration VII. Click on Fill New Declaradon to enter the AIPR details. OR Click on Nil Declaration if there are no details to be furnished. vm. The user may fill the form in: a. Electronic form ' b. Upload Physically signed form IX. The AIPR form will open. Carefully fill in all the required details in the respective fields. X. To add details of more than one property, click on the plus(+) sign available towards the bottom of the page. XI. After completing the property details, click on the Sign & Submit button available at the bottom of the page to submit the return. XIl. Please note that once the AIPR is submitted, no editing or modification is permitted. 4. All the officials holding Group 'A' or 'B' post are advised to submit AIPR for the year ending 31st December 2025 by due date i.e. 31st January, 2026 through SPARROW Portal. (This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority) Yours faithfully, Regional P. F. Co -II (HRD-II) Copy to I) PS to CPFC for kind infonnation of CPFC. 2) All OJ Cs (Regional Offices/ District Offices) 3) RPFC-I, NDC for web circulation.