1.         To ensure proper and just utilization of limited allotment on retirement gratuity fund, concerned officials are hereby enjoined to prioritize the payment of the claims of DECS officials and employees who are under compulsory retirement, as well as those who have died or are terminally ill.

2.         Immediate and wide dissemination of this Order is directed.

Adopted: 19 Jan. 2001

(SGD.) ANDREW GONZALEZ, FSC
Secretary