Undoubtedly a great news of the quarter century,
favouring the defence officers/veterans of India. It is hoped that the
Government of India would now at least honour the judgement and abide by the
ruling of the Apex Court and issue orders for crediting the arrears within the
specified period of 3 months and not drag its feet again.
By Col LK Anand Retd.
The text of the news from the RDOA
AS ON 04 SEPT 2012
The IV CPC Rank Pay Case was finally heard today ie
04 Sept 2012, in Court no 7, in the court of Hon’ble Justices RM Lodha, TS
Thakur and Anil S Dave. The appeal file by UOI for recall of order of the
Hon’ble Court dated 08 March 2010 was dismissed by the Court. The court upheld
its order of 08 Mar 2010. The Solicitor General spent marathon four hrs
to convince the court about the legitimate deduction of the rank pay but was
not able to justify the deduction of rank pay and as to fitment of
pay of AF officer vis a vis a civilian offr drawing same basic pay as on
1/1/1986.
The said order will be applicable to all affected
offrs of the AF wef 01/01/1986 to 01/01/2006 across board. It would
also be applicable to all pending cases in various courts and AFT’s across the
country on the subject case.
The interest will be applicable @ 6% wef 01/01/2006
and not 1986. This is the only change made by the court. The court has also
directed that all arrears should be paid within outer limit of 3 months from
today ie 04 Sept 2012.
So, the pay and pension of all affected officers of
the AF are set to revise from 01/01/1986.
Finally Three Cheers!! SATYAMEV JAYATE
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