Chandigarh, May 31
Providing relief to personnel below officer rank (PBOR) granted honorary commission in the services, the Chandigarh Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) today ruled that those who had retired before January 2006 are entitled to the same post Sixth Pay Commission pension scales as applicable to similarly ranked Viceroy’s Commissioned Officers (VCOs) of the erstwhile British Indian Army.
The petitioners contended that there was parity in the pensions of the VCOs and their post-Independence successors - the JCOs - till December 2005. However, they were placed at a financial disadvantage following recommendations of a committee set up to redress the Sixth Pay Commission (SPC) grievances.
The pension of VCOs, according to the petitioners, was correctly fixed by the government prior to June 1953 and they were granted honorary ranks of Lieutenant and Captain that continued thereon. On implementation of the SPC, the government, however, introduced a “specific non-applicability clause” vide its letter dated March 8, 2010, thereby fixing their pension lower scales. In its order, the Bench comprising Justice Ghanshyam Prashad and Lt Gen NS Brar observed that the VCOs and the JCOs form one class and were treated as such with parity till 2005. “Fixing pension of the VCOs correctly and denying the same to the JCOs is discriminatory and arbitrary and they cannot be placed in different categories.”
Tribune News, Chandigarh
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We the retired Honorary Commisioned Officers association Kerala, submitted a memorandum to the Defence Minister on 28/5/11 and agreed to do the needful.Capt CK Krishnan 9495648652 Thanks
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ReplyDeleteWe the Honorary commissioned officers are cheated by the 6th CPC and financially harrassed.
We must unite and take up the case with min of def.
4th Nov 2011
Dear Sir,
ReplyDeleteIf the civilian like kapildev,sachin, dhoni and mohanlal are getting full fecilities of a commissioned officers, why should not the Honoarary officers who were in uniform till they relased from the service. Why ?????
CAPT LACHHMAN DASS (EME)- Subedar Major (Hony Capt)/(Hony Lt) and Subedar (Hony Capt)/(Hony Lt)are the paramount Ranks of the Personnel Below Officer Ranks of the Army. One only gets this Rank after dedication their full services towards Army and contesting a very very tough competion. This disparity in fixing their pension by the 6th CPC is not discourging them but resisting them to motivate the Jawans not to join the Army as Soldier. We all the Hony Commissioned Officers unite and will approach "The Supreme Commander" of the Army that is The President of India by surrendering our Madels. You are requested to do the needful at the earliest.
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