B-102036, DEC. 2, 1957

B-102036, DEC. 2, 1957

TO THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, BUREAU OF DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 10, 1957 (FILE REFERENCE CSA- 461 403; DRC:LD:DCP), CONCERNING THE INDEBTEDNESS OF MR. ROBERT S. MONK ON ACCOUNT OF OVERPAYMENT OF CLASS E ALLOTMENT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $880, INCIDENT TO HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMY.

OUR CLAIMS DIVISION, BY LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 26, 1950, REQUESTED THAT A CAVEAT BE PLACED AGAINST MR. MONK'S CIVILIAN RETIREMENT ACCOUNT IN ORDER THAT ANY AMOUNT THAT MIGHT BE FOUND DUE HIM AT A LATER DATE COULD BE APPLIED TO LIQUIDATE HIS INDEBTEDNESS OF $880. SUBSEQUENT TO MR. MONK'S SEPARATION FROM HIS POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYMENT, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1957, YOUR OFFICE WITHHELD $880 FROM MR. MONK'S RETIREMENT ACCOUNT AND CHECK NO. 12,942,813, DRAWN TO THE ORDER OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $880, BY J. F. CANNON, SYMBOL NO. 9000, WAS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1957, AND TRANSMITTED HERE. ON OCTOBER 3, 1957, OUR CLAIMS DIVISION RETURNED THE CITED CHECK TO YOUR OFFICE FOR APPROPRIATE DISPOSITION, EXPLAINING THAT MR. MONK'S INDEBTEDNESS WAS LIQUIDATED BY OFFSET AGAINST THE AMOUNT FOUND DUE HIM ON HIS RECENT CLAIM FOR ARMY RETIRED PAY. SINCE PRIOR TO THE SETTLEMENT MR. MONK REMITTED $360 OF HIS INDEBTEDNESS, THE BALANCE OF THE INDEBTEDNESS, OR $520, WAS WITHHELD IN THE SETTLEMENT ALLOWING HIS RETIRED PAY.

WE HAVE BEEN INFORMALLY ADVISED BY YOUR OFFICE THAT ACTION HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN TO REFUND THE SUM OF $880 TO MR. MONK AS A RESULT OF THE DUPLICATE COLLECTION.