The
meeting took place at the Akbar road residence of Manohar Parrikar, where the
defence minister, Army chief General Dalbir Singh were present along with seven
representatives of the Indian Ex Servicemen Movement.
It took
eighteen days of protests in the national capital and an intervention by Rajya
Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar for the first contact between protesting armed
forces veterans and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to take place. However,
the meeting failed to break the deadlock with the veterans insisting that they
won't call off their protest just yet.
The
meeting took place at the Akbar road residence of Manohar Parrikar, where the
defence minister, Army chief General Dalbir Singh were present along with seven
representatives of the Indian Ex Servicemen Movement (IESM). While the initial
time was 6pm, the meeting which went on for forty minutes was postponed to
8pm.
Said
IESM General Secretary Group Captain Captain (Retd) VK Gandhi, "It was a
positive meeting. The minister assured us of the party and the government's
resolve in implementing the OROP. He also said that the file on OROP had come
to him with comments from different departments only today and that he needed
to go through." He added, "Parrikar said anyone can write their
observations on the file but the political class will take a stand and reason
it out. He also assured us there will be no dilution." Asked if this was
good enough for them to call off their protests, Gandhi replied in the
negative. Another meeting in this regard may take place on Monday or Tuesday as
Parrikar has sought time from the veterans to go through all the issues that
departments have put on file.
Earlier
in the day, when Chandrasekhar visited the site of the protest, he was informed
that the only way to break the protest would be for the government to commit a
date publically by when the OROP implementation would take
place.
When
asked, the MoD did not have an comment to provide on the matter.
What is
OROP?
* One Rank One
Pension, simply put is similar pension to all who held the same rank and put in
equal number of years of service, irrespective of when one retired
*
Implementing OROP will ensure that an army Major (example) retired in 1985 will
get the same pension as one retiring in 2015, provided they have put in equal
number of years in service
*
Term popularized by Supreme Court's using it in 1983
*
Ex Servicemen claim the case concerns close to 30 lakh pensioners, including
widows
*
Govt believes the financial implication of agreeing to OROP will come to the
tune of Rs 8500 crore
*
Govt has clarified that no matter when OROP is implemented, payments to veterans
will be from April 1, 2014
*
In February 2014, in its final Vote On Account, the UPA cleared OROP and
allocated Rs 500 crore
*
In July 2014, presenting the NDA's first interim budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley allocated Rs 1000 crore
*
However, till date there has no government order operationalising budget
announcement
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1. I, 2879637W Ex Havildar & Honorary Naib Subedar VIJAI KUMAR have served in Army for 24 years and 02 days and retired on 31 October 2006 (A/N). I have been granted the rank of Honorary Naib Subedar with effect from 01 November 2006 on the republic day of 2007. My original PPO No is S/029763/2006 (ARMY).
ReplyDelete2. It is intimated that I am drawing my service pension from your bank vide bank account No - 2994001301104170 @ Rs 7750/- basic pension vide my P.P.O. No S/CORR/039335/2010 (ARMY) dated 19 October 2010 and subsequent corrigendum PPOs issued by PCDA (P), Allahabad in this regard time to time. I have 24 years of qualifying service at my credit and was pensioned with sanction and payment of my all retrial benefits by taking into account of notional pay applicable for Honorary Naib Subedar in Y pay group in PB-2 pay band of Rs 9300 - 34800 + Grade Pay of Rs 4200 + MSP of Rs 2000. My last basic pay was Rs 4700/- in pre revised pay scale of Rs 3600 - 100 - 5100 in Y pay group in the rank of Havildar. In this regard, I wish to submit that I am fully entitled & eligible to get the pension of regular Naib Subedar in Y pay group. This is conformity of recommendation of 6th CPC in which it is provided that Honorary Naib Subedars are entitled to get pension equivalent to regular Naib Subedar of the same group. Further, PCDA(P) circular No 471 dated 30 September 2011 confirmed the same thing and moreover, the same issue has been decided by Apex Court in SLP cc No - 42/2010 in case of UOI & other V/s Honorary Naib Subedar Sh. Kanwal Singh. Similar judgments were also delivered by AFT, Chandigarh on 27 October 2010 in OA No - 691/2010 in the case of Sh Subha Chand Sheoran & others V/s UOI & others and subsequently AFT, Jaipur also gave similar decision on 11 January 2011 in case of Honorary Naib Subedar Dharampal & others V/s UOI & others vide OA No - 160/2010.
3. The, being more beneficial, my service pension is subjected to revision with effect from 01 November 2006 @ Rs 8577/- per month in the rank of Honorary Naib Subedar in Y pay group according to provisions contained in Paras No 6.1 & 6.2 of PCDA(P) circular No 397 dated 18 November 2008 (scan of circular No 397 attached as attachment) giving provision that pension in no case shall be lower than 50% of the minimum of pay in pay band + GP + MSP applicable and introduced from 01 January 2006 corresponding to pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had retired for 33 years of maximum qualifying service.
4. According to the above, my last basic pay drawn of Havildar rank in Y pay group is corresponding to last basic pay of Rs 7160/- in the rank of Naib Subedar in Y pay group. According to fitment table issued by Special Army Instruction – 1/S/2008(table attached as attachment), total revised pay including pay in pay band of Rs 13320 + GP of Rs 4200 + MSP of Rs 2000 = Total revised pay = Rs 19520, which is corresponding of pre-revised pay of Rs 7160. Consequently my revised pension with effect from 01 November 2006 by modified parity method is computed as under:
50% of Rs 19520 = Rs 9760 x Q.S of 24 years + 05 years weightage = /33 = 9760x29/33= Rs 8577/- per month with effect from 01 November 2006.
5. That as per instructions issued in last para of 6.2 & para No – 14.1 of above circular 397 dated 18 November 2008 and para 13.1 of circular No – 430 dated 10 March 2010, you are fully authorised to revise my pension & payment of arrear of pension accordingly and as desired by me.
6. That my pension is further subjected to revision from Rs 8577/- to Rs 9382/- per month vide table No 32 of PCDA(P) circular No 430 dated 10 March 2010 for the rank of Honorary Naib Subedar in Y pay group.
7. In view of the above my pension should be revised from Rs 7750/- to Rs 8577/- per month w.e.f. 01 November 2006 and from Rs 8577/- to Rs 9382/- per month w.e.f. 01 July 2009.