By Shiv Aroor and Jugal R. Purohit in New Delhi
AGGRIEVED ex- servicemen and war widows, who have been demanding from the Ministry of Defence ( MoD) fair implementation of the Supreme Court order concerning their pay and pension, may finally get relief. Top sources in the ministry said that they would soon take “ significant steps” to resolve the conflict.
“ The defence minister is extremely concerned at the reports alleging mistreatment of veterans, and towards settling it he has asked the Defence Secretary R. K. Mathur to study the matter and take immediate steps,” a top official said.
It was also informed that the newlyappointed defence secretary will form a team and ensure total compliance with regards to the implementation of the Supreme Court’s order on the Rank Pay case. “ Defence minister will, most probably in July, convene a meeting with all the veterans’ organisations involved in this subject to personally understand and act,” the official said.
As facts stand, the MoD had been allowed till May 31 to complete the payment of arrears and pensions to over 45,000 officers who were the affected parties in the Rank Pay case. Despite seeking facts from the MoD’s public relations wing, the Directorate of Public Relations ( DPR) and the Department of Ex- Servicemen Welfare ( ESW), there was no reply on the subject. Notwithstanding the olive branch extended to it, the veteran community is not taking things at face value.
Air Marshal ( Retd) S. Y. Savur of the Retired Defence Officers Association ( RDOA) said, “ My personal take is that Antony is being misled by his bureaucrats about the way in which the MoD is appearing in the courts and how dangerously it can backfire.” Another RDOA colleague of his, Lt- Col.
( Retd) B. K. Sharma reacted by saying, “ MoD is very late. They were to first pay in November 2012, then in February and then court gave them till May to pay to all beneficiaries, i. e nine months after the court order. Even today the part payment has not been made completely. So we are not inclined to take their words very seriously.
AGGRIEVED ex- servicemen and war widows, who have been demanding from the Ministry of Defence ( MoD) fair implementation of the Supreme Court order concerning their pay and pension, may finally get relief. Top sources in the ministry said that they would soon take “ significant steps” to resolve the conflict.
“ The defence minister is extremely concerned at the reports alleging mistreatment of veterans, and towards settling it he has asked the Defence Secretary R. K. Mathur to study the matter and take immediate steps,” a top official said.
It was also informed that the newlyappointed defence secretary will form a team and ensure total compliance with regards to the implementation of the Supreme Court’s order on the Rank Pay case. “ Defence minister will, most probably in July, convene a meeting with all the veterans’ organisations involved in this subject to personally understand and act,” the official said.
As facts stand, the MoD had been allowed till May 31 to complete the payment of arrears and pensions to over 45,000 officers who were the affected parties in the Rank Pay case. Despite seeking facts from the MoD’s public relations wing, the Directorate of Public Relations ( DPR) and the Department of Ex- Servicemen Welfare ( ESW), there was no reply on the subject. Notwithstanding the olive branch extended to it, the veteran community is not taking things at face value.
Air Marshal ( Retd) S. Y. Savur of the Retired Defence Officers Association ( RDOA) said, “ My personal take is that Antony is being misled by his bureaucrats about the way in which the MoD is appearing in the courts and how dangerously it can backfire.” Another RDOA colleague of his, Lt- Col.
( Retd) B. K. Sharma reacted by saying, “ MoD is very late. They were to first pay in November 2012, then in February and then court gave them till May to pay to all beneficiaries, i. e nine months after the court order. Even today the part payment has not been made completely. So we are not inclined to take their words very seriously.
PAY COMMISSION "Armed Force pay parity : Meeting on 14th JuneKINDLY PUT STRESS ON THESE POINTS
ReplyDelete1. RANK PAY CASE AS TAKEN UP BY RDOA
2.[BABU'S FORGOT TO READ CORRECTLY 6tH CPC & CREATED MESS FOR ALL] BABUS'S CREATED MESS FOR READING WRONG "SUM OF PAY BAND " & GAVE MINIMUM OF PAY BAND . NOW 13 COURTS INCLUDING SC HAS DIRECTED TO PAY SUM OF [BASIC PAY+GRADE PAY+MSP], NOW HERE FM HAS TAKEN SMARTLY DATE AS 24 SEP 2012 [THE DAY RECTIFIED REPORT AS PER SC] WHERE AS FM+MOD SHOULD ACCEPT MISTAKE & PAY AS PER 6th CPC REPORT wef 1/1/2006 7 NOT FROM 24 SEP 2012 . NOW WE ARE RUNNING AGAIN IN COURTS FOR IT.3]MERGER OF DA ON ATTAINING DA SLAB OF 50 % .IT HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCED TILL DATE,;IT IS DUTY OF FM TO RECTIFY ANOMALY IN 6t CPC BEFORE IMPLEMENTING IT. BUT FM IS TAKING SHELTER BY SAYING IT CANNOT BE DONE, AS IT HAS NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED IN THE 6thCPC REPORT.IT WAS IN 5th CPC, BUT AN OMISSION HAS TAKEN PLACE IN 6 tH CPC & NEEDS CORRECTION. DA IS MOTHER OF ALL ALLOWANCES. AS SERVING PERSONALS HAVE GOT OTHER ALLOWANCES ENHANCED ON BASIS OF DA AT 50% BY 25% THAN HOW CAN YOU FORGET MERGER DA IN PAY/PENSION AS DP.4]NFU STATUS :
A.ALL IAS & IPS OFFICER RETIRE IN SUPER TIME SCALE, BUT IN ARMY COL[SELECTION]& BRIG RETIRE IN MUCH LOWER SCALE AND HAVE BEEN DENIED THEIR BASIC FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF EQUALITY[ IN SPITE OF DIFFICULT WORKING CONDITION IN FAR REMOTE ]
B]COL [SELECTION GRADE] SHOULD BE ABOVE SUPER TIME SCALE, SO IS FOR BRIG, BUT IN REALITY IT IS NOT SO. THEY ARE BEING UNDER PAID & DEGRADED PAY & PENSION WITH CLASS IN OFFICER IN CIVIL
C.TO ADD FURTHER TO IT A DIG WHO WAS ONE TIME JUNIOR TO Lt COL HAS BEEN MOVED TO BRIG PAY BAND AND COL HAS BECOME JUNIOR TO HIM.DIG RANK [TIME SCALE] IS ACHIEVED IN 14 YEARS, WHERE AS LT COL [TIME SCALE] 11 YEARS % COL [TIME SCALE]IS IN 26 YEARS. WHAT AN INJUSTICE TO COL &WHAT A JOKE WITH COL [TS] & GOD SAVE FATE OF COL[SELECTION]Colonel has been equated with Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG] WHERE AS HE SHOULD BE IN HAG SCALE & SC DIRECTED GOVT TO REVISE PAY/PENSION OF COL/BRIG BUT NI ACTION.D] A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ARMY.BULK OF ARMY OFFICER RETIRES IN COL & BELOW RANK. FOR JUST RS 777/ WHY SLOG FOR LIFE & RISK LIFE.E]A BIRTH TO COWARD ARMY WILL COME TO LIGHT IF THIS SITUATION PREVAIL]5]SUBSEQUENT PAY COMMISSION FIXES PENSION AT MINIMUM PENSION IN THE PAY BAND RATHER THAN THE CORRESPONDING PAY BAND/SCALE FROM WHICH THE RETIREE HAS RETIRED.
THERE IS TREMENDOUS LOSS TO PENSIONER & LARGE CHUNK OF MONEY GOES TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE BASIC PRINCIPAL OF EQUALITY IS VIOLATED & PENSIONER IS DENIED HIS BASIC RIGHT OF FULL PENSION WHICH GOVERNMENT HAS SANCTIONED AT TIME OF RETIREMENT. IT IS AGAINST LAW OF LAND.IT HAS CASCADING EFFECT
A] HENCE THE GRADE PAY IS GIVEN AT LOWER RATE,BECAUSE PENSION IS GIVEN AT A LOWER RATE.
B]DR/DA IS REDUCED; Once basic pension is lowered, THE DA IS ALSO GIVEN LESS YEAR BY YEAR AS DA IS CORRESPONDING TO LOWER PENSION FIXED.
WITH WARM REGARDS