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The issue has been covered in the press too:
The Hindu
The Tribune
The Hindustan Times
The Prime Minister, on occasions more than one, has made his pain felt at the litigation initiated by the Ministry of Defence against disabled soldiers in the Supreme Court. The issue also forms a part of the manifesto of the ruling party.
The ruthlessness of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW) of the Ministry of Defence is bewildering, and it is also a cause of concern that the Three Services Headquarters have not protested this sadism strongly enough in the recent past.
It is thus very clear that the Prime Minister, and also the current Defence Minister, who in all probability are very busy in the upcoming budget, are unaware that it is business as usual for junior functionaries of the DESW and that the said department and Govt lawyers in the Supreme Court are continuing with their tirade against disabled soldiers and other pensioners.
It is however heartening to note that people have taken a lead in informing the political executive of this malaise and one such letter written to the Prime Minister can be accessed by clicking here.
It is also heartening to see that the apex body of pensioners’ organisations- the Bharat Pensioners’ Samaj has also brought the applicability of the revised pensions from 01January 2006 rather than 24 September 2012 again to the knowledge of thePersonnel Secretary. It may be recalled that the Curative Petition filed by the last Govt against the relief granted to pensioners has already been dismissedby the Supreme Court but the Union of India still continues to contest similar cases right till the Apex Court.
It is the duty of all of us to ensure that the sentiments of old and infirm pensioners, both civilian as well as military, and of disabled soldiers and military widows, are brought to the knowledge of the Prime Minister and the concerned Ministers, so that the dubious intentions of junior functionaries of the Govt are not allowed to override law, equity and justice or even to contravene the opinion expressed by the Prime Minister.
The Hindu
The Tribune
The Hindustan Times
Source : http://www.indianmilitary.info/
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