Likely Pension w.e.f Jul 2019
1. Likely pension arrears now that Hon’ble Supreme Court have given direction to Govt of India to implement revision of pension w.e.f. Jul 2019 within a period of three months i.e. by 16 Jun 2022 and disburse arrears accordingly. Air Mshl SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM, former AOC-in-C, Southern Air Comd obtained presentation on OROP – 2019 made by PCDA (Pensions) Prayagraj to Jt Secy, Min of Def on 24 Apr 2019 through the route of RTI Act. The slides show the average pension by Maximum and Minimum of those retired in calendar year 2018. The data for JCOs / OR of X Group and of Lts and Capts is not given. So we have to wait for pension tables similar to Circular 555 which are expected to be put up in public domain in few months' time but definitely by 16 Jun 2022. But taking whatever data PCDA (Pensions) Prayagraj gave to Min of Def, I made an endeavour to make some of tables of pension similar to Circular 555 for OROP with financial benefit from Jul 2014.
2. From the slides of PCDA (Pensions) Prayagraj, it is seen certain anomalies have arisen as under:-
(a) Some of the OROP beneficiaries (Pre – Jun 2014) get higher pension (pension of Dec 2015 x 2.57) than the pension of those retired in calendar year 2018. The reason is OROP hikes pension of those who drew less than average pension to that of average. But post – 2014 retirees are not covered by OROP hence those whose pension is below average continue to get lesser pension than Pre – Jun 2014 pensioners. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has advised the learned Addl Solicitor General to make pension of Post Jul 2014 retirees same as that of OROP beneficiaries. I hope in the next table from PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad this anomaly could be rectified.
(b) Pre – 2006 Hony Nb Subs are still not being given pension of Nb Subs.
(c) Lt Cols with service of 26 years and above have been granted rank of Col (TS) w.e.f. 16 Dec 2004 due to implementation of AVS committee. The pension of Pre – Dec 2004 Lt Cols with QS (qualifying service) of 26 years may be same as that of Lt Col with 25.50 years retired in calendar year 2018. This is another anomaly.
(d) One Major with QS of 21.50 years’ service retired in calendar year 2018 got pension fixed at Rs 68,550.Hence all Pre – Jun 2014 Majors are likely to get same pension.
(e) Those retirees whose pension in Dec 2015 x 2.57 is higher than Average pension of those retired in calendar year 2018 will not get any arrears w.e.f. Jul 2019 as thier current pension is higher than the revised pension from Jul 2019.
(f) Pension of X group of JCOs / OR are not shown by PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad, hence the same are not shown in these tables.
4. The criterion adopted in circular 555 for revision of pension w.e.f. Jul 2104 is as follows and the same is adopted: -
(a) For any one rank say Lt Col, the pension of a retiree with a longer service of say 24 years cannot be less than pension of another Lt Col with QS of 23 years.
(b) For the same qualifying service higher ranked retiree say Lt Col cannot have lesser pension than a Major with same qualifying service.
5. Medical Officers from AMC, AD Corps and RVC. In OROP - 2014, the pension for all officers of the rank of Lt Col with 22.50 years service to DGAFMS were fixed at Rs 42,500 which is pension of Lt Gen (HAG) of non - medicos. I presume the same is likely to be repeated in OROP - 2019. The pension of Lt Gen (HAG+) w.e.f. Jul 2019 is likely to be Rs 1,12,500 + DR pm.
6. If you find any mistakes please do let me know so that I can correct them.
Approximate from Jul 2019 to Jun 2022: TSEWA Dated 23 Mar 2022 QS Major Lt Col Col(TS) Col Brig Maj Gen Lt Gen Lt Gen (HAG+) Army Cdr 16.00 55,333 16.50 55,333 17.00 55,333 17.50 55,333 18.00 55,333 18.50 55,333 19.00 55,333 19.50 55,333 20.00 55,333 80,454 81,087 81,087 81,087 81,087 81,087 81,087 81,087 20.50 55,333 80,454 82,321 82,321 82,321 82,321 82,321 82,321 82,321 21.00 58,674 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 21.50 68,550 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 83,575 22.00 68,550 83,575 84,240 84,240 84,240 84,240 84,240 84,240 84,240 22.50 68,550 83,575 85,523 85,523 85,523 85,523 85,523 85,523 85,523 23.00 68,550 86,825 86,825 86,825 86,825 86,825 86,825 86,825 86,825 23.55 68,550 86,825 87,961 87,961 87,961 87,961 87,961 87,961 87,961 24.00 68,550 89,300 89,300 89,300 89,300 89,300 89,300 89,300 89,300 24.50 68,550 89,300 89,409 89,409 89,409 89,409 89,409 89,409 89,409 25.00 68,550 89,300 90,771 90,771 90,771 90,771 90,771 90,771 90,771 25.50 68,550 89,300 92,153 92,153 92,153 92,153 92,153 92,153 92,153 26.00 68,550 89,300 93,556 93,556 93,556 93,556 93,556 93,556 93,556 26.50 68,550 89,300 94,981 94,981 94,981 94,981 94,981 94,981 94,981 27.00 68,550 89,300 96,427 96,427 96,427 96,427 96,427 96,427 96,427 27.50 68,550 89,300 97,896 97,896 97,896 97,896 97,896 97,896 97,896 28.00 68,550 89,300 99,387 99,387 99,387 99,387 99,387 99,387 99,387 28.50 68,550 89,300 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 29.00 68,550 89,300 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 29.50 68,550 89,300 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,00,900 1,01,206 1,01,206 30.00 68,550 89,300 1,00,900 1,02,350 1,02,350 1,02,350 1,02,350 1,02,747 1,02,747 30.50 68,550 89,300 1,00,900 1,02,350 1,02,350 1,02,350 1,03,895 1,04,312 1,04,312 31.00 68,550 89,300 1,02,250 1,03,700 1,03,700 1,03,700 1,05,477 1,05,900 1,05,900 31.50 68,550 89,300 1,02,250 1,03,700 1,04,262 1,04,264 1,07,083 1,07,513 1,07,513 32.00 68,550 89,346 1,03,700 1,03,700 1,05,850 1,05,852 1,08,714 1,09,150 1,09,150 32.50 68,550 89,346 1,03,700 1,03,700 1,05,850 1,07,464 1,10,369 1,10,813 1,10,813 33 & Above 68,550 89,346 1,03,700 1,03,700 1,07,350 1,09,100 1,12,050 1,12,500 1,12,500
Likely Arrears. Please check my calculations. If you find any mistake do let me know. These are approximate arrears. Correct arrears will only come once PCDA (Pensions) Prayagraj Gives correct pension tables of OROP with benefit from Jul 2019.
Likely Arrears of Pension w.e.f. Jul 2019 to Jun 2022 Major QS 21.5 to 33 years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 68,550 OROP x2.57 61,205 Monthly Arrears 7,345 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,249 8,594 51,562 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,249 8,594 51,562 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,249 8,594 51,562 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,249 8,594 51,562 5 Jul to Dec 2021 17 1,249 8,594 51,562 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 2,497 9,842 59,054 7 Total Arrears 3,16,863 Lt Col QS 21 to 22.50 years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 83,575 OROP x2.57 81,503 Monthly Arrears 2,072 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 352 2,424 14,545 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 352 2,424 14,545 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 352 2,424 14,545 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 352 2,424 14,545 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 642 2,714 16,286 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 704 2,776 16,659 7 Total Arrears 91,127 Rank Lt Col QS 23 to 23.50 Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 86,825 OROP x2.57 83,340 Monthly Arrears 3,485 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 592 4,077 24,465 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 592 4,077 24,465 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 592 4,077 24,465 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 592 4,077 24,465 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 1,080 4,565 27,392 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 1,185 4,670 28,019 7 Total Arrears 1,53,270 Rank Lt Col QS 24 to 33 Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 89,300 OROP x2.57 83,340 Monthly Arrears 5,960 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,013 6,973 41,839 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,013 6,973 41,839 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,013 6,973 41,839 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,013 6,973 41,839 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 1,848 7,808 46,846 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 2,026 7,986 47,918 7 Total Arrears 2,62,121 Rank Colonel (TS) QS 28.5 years Average Pension of those Retired in 201818 1,00,900 OROP x2.57 90,542 Monthly Arrears 10,358 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,761 12,119 72,713 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,761 12,119 72,713 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,761 12,119 72,713 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,761 12,119 72,713 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,211 13,569 81,414 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,522 13,880 83,278 7 Total Arrears 4,55,545 Rank Colonel (TS) QS 29 to 30 years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,00,900 OROP x2.57 90,554 Monthly Arrears 10,346 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,759 12,105 72,629 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,759 12,105 72,629 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,759 12,105 72,629 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,759 12,105 72,629 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,207 13,553 81,320 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,518 13,864 83,182 7 Total Arrears 4,55,017 Rank Colonel (TS) QS 30.5 Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,00,900 OROP x2.57 92,855 Monthly Arrears 8,045 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,368 9,413 56,476 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,368 9,413 56,476 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,368 9,413 56,476 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,368 9,413 56,476 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 2,494 10,539 63,234 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 2,735 10,780 64,682 7 Total Arrears 3,53,819 Rank Colonel (TS) QS 31 Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,02,250 OROP x2.57 92,855 Monthly Arrears 9,395 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,597 10,992 65,953 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,597 10,992 65,953 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,597 10,992 65,953 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,597 10,992 65,953 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 2,912 12,307 73,845 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,194 12,589 75,536 7 Total Arrears 4,13,192 Rank Colonel (TS) QS 32 & 33 and above Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,03,700 OROP x2.57 92,855 Monthly Arrears 10,845 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,362 14,207 85,242 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,687 14,532 87,194 7 Total Arrears 4,76,963 Colonel QS 28 years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,00,900 OROP x2.57 90,452 Monthly Arrears 10,448 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,776 12,224 73,345 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,776 12,224 73,345 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,776 12,224 73,345 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,776 12,224 73,345 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,239 13,687 82,121 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,552 14,000 84,002 7 Total Arrears 4,59,503 Rank Colonel QS 29 years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,00,900 OROP x2.57 90,554 Monthly Arrears 10,346 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,759 12,105 72,629 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,759 12,105 72,629 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,759 12,105 72,629 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,759 12,105 72,629 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,207 13,553 81,320 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,518 13,864 83,182 7 Total Arrears 4,55,017 Rank Colonel QS 30 years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,02,350 OROP x2.57 92,855 Monthly Arrears 9,495 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,614 11,109 66,655 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,614 11,109 66,655 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,614 11,109 66,655 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,614 11,109 66,655 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 2,943 12,438 74,631 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,228 12,723 76,340 7 Total Arrears 4,17,590 Rank Colonel QS 31 & 32 years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,03,700 OROP x2.57 92,855 Monthly Arrears 10,845 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,362 14,207 85,242 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,687 14,532 87,194 7 Total Arrears 4,76,963 Colonel QS 33 years & Above Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 95,000 Hike it to QS of 32 yrs 1,03,700 OROP x2.57 92,855 Monthly Arrears 10,845 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,844 12,689 76,132 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,362 14,207 85,242 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,687 14,532 87,194 7 Total Arrears 4,76,963 Rank Brigadier QS 32 years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,05,850 OROP x2.57 95,810 Monthly Arrears 10,040 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,707 11,747 70,481 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,707 11,747 70,481 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,707 11,747 70,481 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,707 11,747 70,481 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,112 13,152 78,914 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,414 13,454 80,722 7 Total Arrears 4,41,559 Rank Brigadier QS 33 years & Above Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,08,800 OROP x2.57 96,555 Monthly Arrears 12,245 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 2,082 14,327 85,960 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 2,082 14,327 85,960 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 2,082 14,327 85,960 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 2,082 14,327 85,960 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,796 16,041 96,246 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 4,163 16,408 98,450 7 Total Arrears 5,38,535 Rank Maj Gen QS 33 years & Above Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,09,100 OROP x2.57 99,621 Monthly Arrears 9,479 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,611 11,090 66,543 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,611 11,090 66,543 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,611 11,090 66,543 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,611 11,090 66,543 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 2,938 12,417 74,505 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,223 12,702 76,211 7 Total Arrears 4,16,886 Rank Lt Gen QS 33 & Above years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,12,050 OROP x2.57 1,01,515 Monthly Arrears 10,535 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,791 12,326 73,956 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,791 12,326 73,956 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,791 12,326 73,956 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,791 12,326 73,956 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 3,266 13,801 82,805 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,582 14,117 84,701 7 Total Arrears 4,63,329 Rank Lt Gen (HAG+) QS 33 & Above years Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 1,12,200 OROP x2.57 1,02,800 Monthly Arrears 9,400 1 Jul to Dec 2019 17 1,598 10,998 65,988 2 Jan to Jun 2020 17 1,598 10,998 65,988 3 Jul to Dec 2020 17 1,598 10,998 65,988 4 Jan to Jun 2021 17 1,598 10,998 65,988 5 Jul to Dec 2021 31 2,914 12,314 73,884 6 Jan to Jun 2022 34 3,196 12,596 75,576 7 Total Arrears 4,13,412
Maj Madhu Lall (Retd) a senior veteran with qualifying service (QS) of 20.50 years of his likley pension arrears w.e.f. Jul 2019. I found that his present pension of Dec 2015 x 2.57 is higher than pension arrived by average method of those majors retired in calendar year 2019. Hence such retirees do not get benefit of arrears as they continue to draw higher pension than in OROP. May be in OROP revision w.e.f. Jul 2024, they may get higher pension. The average method of pension fixation is thus not beneficial to all. If one Major or any other ranked retiree gets lower pension by 0.50 x last reckonable emoluments for a variety of reasons then the Average pension comes down affecting all previous retirees. Please go through my analysis of pension of Majors w.e.f. Jul 2019 in your spare time as you need lot of patience to understand what I tried to convey.
Dear Maj Madhu Lall Sir,
1. You raised a very interesting issue saying your service is 20 years and 8 months and your pension arrears are not shown in the table of pensions I made in next OROP with financial benefit from Jul 2019. Now this simple query of yours needs an elaborate explanation. For this you need to see Circular 555 of pensions in OROP w.e.f Jul 2014 to find out how did they fix pension for various ranks with varying length of Service (Qualifying Service – QS). You see the pension of Majors is shown like this in Circular 555 for fixation of pension w.e.f Jul 2014 in OROP.
Ser No
Qualifying Service (QS) in Years
Pension in Circular 555
(in Rs pm)
1
13.00 to 20.00
21,530
2
20.50 to 21.50
22,830
3
22 to 33 or more
23,815
2. Maj SK Jain obtained information through RTI Act as to how many Majors retired with varying QS in the calendar year 2013. The data is shown below: -
Ser No
Qualifying Service in years
Name of Major Retired in Calendar year 2013
Pension by Last Reckonable Emoluments in Rs pm
Pension fixed in Circular 555 for Majors
1
20.50
AKP Jha
22,455
22,830
2
20.50
S Girish Kashyap
23,205
22,830
3
21 to 21.50
RK Chaudhary
22,455
22,830
4
22
Kishore Kumar
23,815
23,815
5
22.50
Gurcharan Singh
22,090
23,815
6
24
S Srinivas Rao
18,020
23,815
7
25.50
N Raghurami Reddy
21,530
23,815
8
33.50
GS Chauhan
22,455
23,815
3. You can now deduce the following four criterion adopted in Circular 555 for fixation of pension w.e.f. Jul 2014 for any ranked retiree: -
(a) Only One Major Retired with a QS. Find out who all retired in calendar year 2013 with a QS and what is their pension by 50% of last reckonable emoluments (pay in pay band + grade pay + MSP). If you see Maj Kishore Kumar with QS of 22 yrs retired with pension of Rs 23,815 pm based on 50% last reckonable emoluments. There is no other major with QS of 22 years retired in calendar year 2013. Therefore, his pension of Rs 23,815 by last reckonable emoluments is to be taken as Average pension for all Pre – Jun 2014 pensioners whose pension is fixed as per OROP. In this case, all Majors retired prior to OROP with QS of 22 years or more will get pension of Rs 23,815 pm + DR.
(b) Majors with Longer QS than Major with 22 years QS. You find there are four Majors with QS of 22.50 to 33 plus years retired in calendar year 2013 in the list obtained by Maj SK Jain. They got lesser pension by last reckonable emolument method than Rs 23,815 pm of Maj Kishore Kumar with QS of 22 years. Thus, all the four majors with higher QS than Maj Kishore Kumar got financial benefit by getting their pension hiked to average of Rs 23,815. See Maj S Srinivas Rao with QS of 24 years whose pension at the time of retirement is only Rs 18,020 but due to OROP it got enhanced to Rs 23,815 pm i.e hike of Rs Rs 5,795 pm (= 23815 – 18020). He gained 32% increase in pension along with three more majors. On this enhanced pension he gets DR too!
(c) Two Or More Majors with Same QS but with Different Pensions. In case two or more Majors retired with same QS in calendar year 2013, then their average pension is to be worked out. In this case there are two majors with QS of 20.50 years retired in calendar year 2013. Maj AKP Jha with pension of Rs 22,455 pm and Maj S Girish Kashyap with pension of Rs 23,205 pm are the only two officers retired with QS of 20.50 years. The average is (22455 + 23205)/2 = Rs 22,830. In this case Maj AKP Jha whose pension by last reckonable emoluments is only Rs 22,455 (lesser than average of Rs 22,830) got enhanced to Rs 22,830 and thus he got financial of Rs 375 pm (22830-22455) benefit due to OROP. Maj S Girish Kashyap whose pension by last reckonable emoluments is Rs 23,205 will continue to get Rs 23,205 as higher pension earned cannot be reduced.
(d) Pension of Higher Ranked Retiree Cannot be Less than Junior Ranked Retiree with Same Qualifying Service. See the table of pension of all those retired with QS of 20 years as under: -
Lt
Capt
Maj
Lt Col
Col TS
Col SG
Brig
MG
LG
LG(HAG+)
13,117
15,108
21,530
31,305
31,305
31,990
31,990
31,990
31,990
31,990
Note: It shows that higher ranked retiree with same QS of 20 years cannot have lesser pension than lower ranked retiree. Col SG to Lt Gen (HAG) at 20 years’ service will not get pension lesser than that of Col (TS).
4. I, when working out the likely pensions w.e.f.Jul 2019 as per the request of many members of TSEWA in t OROP revision w.e.f.Jul 2019 took these four criterion in my calculations. Because the method of pension fixation was not commented by Hon’ble Supreme Court in their judgment delivered on 16 Mar 2022. Therefore, the Min of Def in all likelihood will adopt the same method of pension fixation as was done in 2013 with financial benefit from Jul 2014 for revision of pension w.e.f. Jul 2019.
5. Now you see the pension of all Pre- OROP Majors with QS of 13 to 20 years is fixed at Rs 21,530 in Circular 555. As per reduction of pension by 3% per year or 1.5% per six months then pension of Major with 20.50 was fixed at Rs 22,830 by the average method I explained at para 3(c). Then pension of Major with 20 years should be reduced by 1.5% from Rs 22,830 pmi.e. Rs 22830 x 0.985 = 22,488 pm.Then, why was it fixed at Rs 21,530? It is very clear that there was one more major (nineth major) who retired with QS of 13 years with pension of Rs 21,530 (this information was not given to Maj SK Jain). Therefore, all Pre – OROP Majors with QS of 13.50 to 20 years is fixed the same pension of Rs 21,530.
6. It therefore boils down to one simple fact: Find out who all retired with varying QS and work out their pension either by average method if two or more retirees retired with same QS or only one retired with the same QS. Then fix pension of all those who retired with higher QS but lesser pension (see the four majors with QS higher than 22 years) the same pension as that of the one who retired with QS lesser (22 years of Maj Kishore Kumar). That is, all Pre – OROP Majors with QS of 13 to 20 will get same pension of Major with 13 years QS and actually retired in calendar year 2013. There were no majors with QS of 13.50 to 20 years retired in calendar year 2013. You have to draw such conclusions with the data given to you.
7. You may have a genuine doubt that how could a Major with 13 years QS get pension when minimum service required to earn pension is 20 years. As per the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court if a soldier is medically boarded out being unfit for military service (invalided) then his pension should be fixed for the length of service he might have rendered even if it is less than 20 years’ service. In this case, you can assume that there was one major with 13 years QS and invalided in calendar year 2013 with pension of Rs 21,530 pm. That is the only conclusion anyone can draw.
8. Now come to the likely pension of Majors in OROP revision w.e.f. Jul 2019. Air Mshl SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM(Retd) got the following data by RTI route from Min of Def (ESW) of Majors retired in calendar year 2018 as shown below: -
Ser No
QS in Years
Dec 2015 pension x 2.57
Pension Average of those Retired in Calendar year 2018
Remarks
1
16
55,333
47,950
Pre-2019 Jun Majors with QS of 16.50 to 20.5 are likely to be fixed pension of Rs 55,333 aso Average method of pension fixation is not beneficial
2
21
58,674
47,950
All Pre – Jun 2019 Majors with QS of 21 are likely to be fixed pension of Rs 58,674 pm
3
21.50
58,674
68,550
Highest pension. Hence all Majors with QS of 22 to 33 yrs are likely to get pension fixed at Rs 68,550 pm. Thus, they are benefitted by OROP criterion adopted
4
22.50
61,205
47,950
68,550 is likely to be fixed in OROP and benefitted by this criterion
5
24.50
61,205
53.000
68,550 is likely to be fixed in OROP and benefitted by this criterion
9. But I suggest you wait for the pension tables to be issued by PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad by 16 Jun 2022 and hope that my understanding is incorrect and hope you may get higher pension in OROP w.e.f. Jul 2019.
Warm Regards,
Brig CS Vidyasagar (Rtd)TSEWA - 140040-46016932
Likely Pension w.e.f Jul 2019
1. Likely pension arrears now that Hon’ble Supreme Court have given direction to Govt of India to implement revision of pension w.e.f. Jul 2019 within a period of three months i.e. by 16 Jun 2022 and disburse arrears accordingly. Air Mshl SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM, former AOC-in-C, Southern Air Comd obtained presentation on OROP – 2019 made by PCDA (Pensions) Prayagraj to Jt Secy, Min of Def on 24 Apr 2019 through the route of RTI Act. The slides show the average pension by Maximum and Minimum of those retired in calendar year 2018. The data for JCOs / OR of X Group and of Lts and Capts is not given. So we have to wait for pension tables similar to Circular 555 which are expected to be put up in public domain in few months' time but definitely by 16 Jun 2022. But taking whatever data PCDA (Pensions) Prayagraj gave to Min of Def, I made an endeavour to make some of tables of pension similar to Circular 555 for OROP with financial benefit from Jul 2014.
2. From the slides of PCDA (Pensions) Prayagraj, it is seen certain anomalies have arisen as under:-
(a) Some of the OROP beneficiaries (Pre – Jun 2014) get higher pension (pension of Dec 2015 x 2.57) than the pension of those retired in calendar year 2018. The reason is OROP hikes pension of those who drew less than average pension to that of average. But post – 2014 retirees are not covered by OROP hence those whose pension is below average continue to get lesser pension than Pre – Jun 2014 pensioners. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has advised the learned Addl Solicitor General to make pension of Post Jul 2014 retirees same as that of OROP beneficiaries. I hope in the next table from PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad this anomaly could be rectified.
(b) Pre – 2006 Hony Nb Subs are still not being given pension of Nb Subs.
(c) Lt Cols with service of 26 years and above have been granted rank of Col (TS) w.e.f. 16 Dec 2004 due to implementation of AVS committee. The pension of Pre – Dec 2004 Lt Cols with QS (qualifying service) of 26 years may be same as that of Lt Col with 25.50 years retired in calendar year 2018. This is another anomaly.
(d) One Major with QS of 21.50 years’ service retired in calendar year 2018 got pension fixed at Rs 68,550.Hence all Pre – Jun 2014 Majors are likely to get same pension.
(e) Those retirees whose pension in Dec 2015 x 2.57 is higher than Average pension of those retired in calendar year 2018 will not get any arrears w.e.f. Jul 2019 as thier current pension is higher than the revised pension from Jul 2019.
(f) Pension of X group of JCOs / OR are not shown by PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad, hence the same are not shown in these tables.
4. The criterion adopted in circular 555 for revision of pension w.e.f. Jul 2104 is as follows and the same is adopted: -
(a) For any one rank say Lt Col, the pension of a retiree with a longer service of say 24 years cannot be less than pension of another Lt Col with QS of 23 years.
(b) For the same qualifying service higher ranked retiree say Lt Col cannot have lesser pension than a Major with same qualifying service.
5. Medical Officers from AMC, AD Corps and RVC. In OROP - 2014, the pension for all officers of the rank of Lt Col with 22.50 years service to DGAFMS were fixed at Rs 42,500 which is pension of Lt Gen (HAG) of non - medicos. I presume the same is likely to be repeated in OROP - 2019. The pension of Lt Gen (HAG+) w.e.f. Jul 2019 is likely to be Rs 1,12,500 + DR pm.
6. If you find any mistakes please do let me know so that I can correct them.
| Approximate from Jul 2019 to Jun 2022: TSEWA Dated 23 Mar 2022 | |||||||||
| QS | Major | Lt Col | Col(TS) | Col | Brig | Maj Gen | Lt Gen | Lt Gen (HAG+) | Army Cdr |
| 16.00 | 55,333 | ||||||||
| 16.50 | 55,333 | ||||||||
| 17.00 | 55,333 | ||||||||
| 17.50 | 55,333 | ||||||||
| 18.00 | 55,333 | ||||||||
| 18.50 | 55,333 | ||||||||
| 19.00 | 55,333 | ||||||||
| 19.50 | 55,333 | ||||||||
| 20.00 | 55,333 | 80,454 | 81,087 | 81,087 | 81,087 | 81,087 | 81,087 | 81,087 | 81,087 |
| 20.50 | 55,333 | 80,454 | 82,321 | 82,321 | 82,321 | 82,321 | 82,321 | 82,321 | 82,321 |
| 21.00 | 58,674 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 |
| 21.50 | 68,550 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 | 83,575 |
| 22.00 | 68,550 | 83,575 | 84,240 | 84,240 | 84,240 | 84,240 | 84,240 | 84,240 | 84,240 |
| 22.50 | 68,550 | 83,575 | 85,523 | 85,523 | 85,523 | 85,523 | 85,523 | 85,523 | 85,523 |
| 23.00 | 68,550 | 86,825 | 86,825 | 86,825 | 86,825 | 86,825 | 86,825 | 86,825 | 86,825 |
| 23.55 | 68,550 | 86,825 | 87,961 | 87,961 | 87,961 | 87,961 | 87,961 | 87,961 | 87,961 |
| 24.00 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 89,300 | 89,300 | 89,300 | 89,300 | 89,300 | 89,300 | 89,300 |
| 24.50 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 89,409 | 89,409 | 89,409 | 89,409 | 89,409 | 89,409 | 89,409 |
| 25.00 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 90,771 | 90,771 | 90,771 | 90,771 | 90,771 | 90,771 | 90,771 |
| 25.50 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 92,153 | 92,153 | 92,153 | 92,153 | 92,153 | 92,153 | 92,153 |
| 26.00 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 93,556 | 93,556 | 93,556 | 93,556 | 93,556 | 93,556 | 93,556 |
| 26.50 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 94,981 | 94,981 | 94,981 | 94,981 | 94,981 | 94,981 | 94,981 |
| 27.00 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 96,427 | 96,427 | 96,427 | 96,427 | 96,427 | 96,427 | 96,427 |
| 27.50 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 97,896 | 97,896 | 97,896 | 97,896 | 97,896 | 97,896 | 97,896 |
| 28.00 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 99,387 | 99,387 | 99,387 | 99,387 | 99,387 | 99,387 | 99,387 |
| 28.50 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 |
| 29.00 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 |
| 29.50 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,00,900 | 1,01,206 | 1,01,206 |
| 30.00 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 1,00,900 | 1,02,350 | 1,02,350 | 1,02,350 | 1,02,350 | 1,02,747 | 1,02,747 |
| 30.50 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 1,00,900 | 1,02,350 | 1,02,350 | 1,02,350 | 1,03,895 | 1,04,312 | 1,04,312 |
| 31.00 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 1,02,250 | 1,03,700 | 1,03,700 | 1,03,700 | 1,05,477 | 1,05,900 | 1,05,900 |
| 31.50 | 68,550 | 89,300 | 1,02,250 | 1,03,700 | 1,04,262 | 1,04,264 | 1,07,083 | 1,07,513 | 1,07,513 |
| 32.00 | 68,550 | 89,346 | 1,03,700 | 1,03,700 | 1,05,850 | 1,05,852 | 1,08,714 | 1,09,150 | 1,09,150 |
| 32.50 | 68,550 | 89,346 | 1,03,700 | 1,03,700 | 1,05,850 | 1,07,464 | 1,10,369 | 1,10,813 | 1,10,813 |
| 33 & Above | 68,550 | 89,346 | 1,03,700 | 1,03,700 | 1,07,350 | 1,09,100 | 1,12,050 | 1,12,500 | 1,12,500 |
| Likely Arrears of Pension w.e.f. Jul 2019 to Jun 2022 | |||||
| Major | |||||
| QS | 21.5 to 33 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 68,550 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 61,205 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 7,345 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,249 | 8,594 | 51,562 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,249 | 8,594 | 51,562 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,249 | 8,594 | 51,562 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,249 | 8,594 | 51,562 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 17 | 1,249 | 8,594 | 51,562 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 2,497 | 9,842 | 59,054 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 3,16,863 | |||
| Lt Col | |||||
| QS | 21 to 22.50 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 83,575 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 81,503 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 2,072 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 352 | 2,424 | 14,545 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 352 | 2,424 | 14,545 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 352 | 2,424 | 14,545 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 352 | 2,424 | 14,545 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 642 | 2,714 | 16,286 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 704 | 2,776 | 16,659 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 91,127 | |||
| Rank | Lt Col | ||||
| QS | 23 to 23.50 | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 86,825 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 83,340 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 3,485 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 592 | 4,077 | 24,465 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 592 | 4,077 | 24,465 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 592 | 4,077 | 24,465 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 592 | 4,077 | 24,465 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 1,080 | 4,565 | 27,392 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 1,185 | 4,670 | 28,019 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 1,53,270 | |||
| Rank | Lt Col | ||||
| QS | 24 to 33 | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 89,300 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 83,340 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 5,960 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,013 | 6,973 | 41,839 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,013 | 6,973 | 41,839 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,013 | 6,973 | 41,839 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,013 | 6,973 | 41,839 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 1,848 | 7,808 | 46,846 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 2,026 | 7,986 | 47,918 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 2,62,121 | |||
| Rank | Colonel (TS) | ||||
| QS | 28.5 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 201818 | 1,00,900 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 90,542 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,358 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,761 | 12,119 | 72,713 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,761 | 12,119 | 72,713 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,761 | 12,119 | 72,713 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,761 | 12,119 | 72,713 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,211 | 13,569 | 81,414 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,522 | 13,880 | 83,278 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,55,545 | |||
| Rank | Colonel (TS) | ||||
| QS | 29 to 30 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,00,900 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 90,554 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,346 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,759 | 12,105 | 72,629 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,759 | 12,105 | 72,629 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,759 | 12,105 | 72,629 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,759 | 12,105 | 72,629 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,207 | 13,553 | 81,320 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,518 | 13,864 | 83,182 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,55,017 | |||
| Rank | Colonel (TS) | ||||
| QS | 30.5 | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,00,900 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 92,855 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 8,045 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,368 | 9,413 | 56,476 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,368 | 9,413 | 56,476 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,368 | 9,413 | 56,476 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,368 | 9,413 | 56,476 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 2,494 | 10,539 | 63,234 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 2,735 | 10,780 | 64,682 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 3,53,819 | |||
| Rank | Colonel (TS) | ||||
| QS | 31 | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,02,250 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 92,855 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 9,395 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,597 | 10,992 | 65,953 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,597 | 10,992 | 65,953 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,597 | 10,992 | 65,953 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,597 | 10,992 | 65,953 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 2,912 | 12,307 | 73,845 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,194 | 12,589 | 75,536 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,13,192 | |||
| Rank | Colonel (TS) | ||||
| QS | 32 & 33 and above | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,03,700 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 92,855 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,845 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,362 | 14,207 | 85,242 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,687 | 14,532 | 87,194 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,76,963 | |||
| Colonel | |||||
| QS | 28 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,00,900 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 90,452 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,448 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,776 | 12,224 | 73,345 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,776 | 12,224 | 73,345 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,776 | 12,224 | 73,345 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,776 | 12,224 | 73,345 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,239 | 13,687 | 82,121 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,552 | 14,000 | 84,002 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,59,503 | |||
| Rank | Colonel | ||||
| QS | 29 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,00,900 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 90,554 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,346 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,759 | 12,105 | 72,629 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,759 | 12,105 | 72,629 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,759 | 12,105 | 72,629 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,759 | 12,105 | 72,629 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,207 | 13,553 | 81,320 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,518 | 13,864 | 83,182 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,55,017 | |||
| Rank | Colonel | ||||
| QS | 30 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,02,350 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 92,855 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 9,495 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,614 | 11,109 | 66,655 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,614 | 11,109 | 66,655 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,614 | 11,109 | 66,655 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,614 | 11,109 | 66,655 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 2,943 | 12,438 | 74,631 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,228 | 12,723 | 76,340 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,17,590 | |||
| Rank | Colonel | ||||
| QS | 31 & 32 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,03,700 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 92,855 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,845 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,362 | 14,207 | 85,242 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,687 | 14,532 | 87,194 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,76,963 | |||
| Colonel | |||||
| QS | 33 years & Above | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 95,000 | ||||
| Hike it to QS of 32 yrs | 1,03,700 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 92,855 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,845 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,844 | 12,689 | 76,132 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,362 | 14,207 | 85,242 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,687 | 14,532 | 87,194 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,76,963 | |||
| Rank | Brigadier | ||||
| QS | 32 years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,05,850 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 95,810 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,040 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,707 | 11,747 | 70,481 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,707 | 11,747 | 70,481 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,707 | 11,747 | 70,481 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,707 | 11,747 | 70,481 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,112 | 13,152 | 78,914 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,414 | 13,454 | 80,722 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,41,559 | |||
| Rank | Brigadier | ||||
| QS | 33 years & Above | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,08,800 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 96,555 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 12,245 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 2,082 | 14,327 | 85,960 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 2,082 | 14,327 | 85,960 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 2,082 | 14,327 | 85,960 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 2,082 | 14,327 | 85,960 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,796 | 16,041 | 96,246 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 4,163 | 16,408 | 98,450 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 5,38,535 | |||
| Rank | Maj Gen | ||||
| QS | 33 years & Above | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,09,100 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 99,621 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 9,479 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,611 | 11,090 | 66,543 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,611 | 11,090 | 66,543 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,611 | 11,090 | 66,543 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,611 | 11,090 | 66,543 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 2,938 | 12,417 | 74,505 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,223 | 12,702 | 76,211 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,16,886 | |||
| Rank | Lt Gen | ||||
| QS | 33 & Above years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,12,050 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 1,01,515 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 10,535 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,791 | 12,326 | 73,956 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,791 | 12,326 | 73,956 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,791 | 12,326 | 73,956 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,791 | 12,326 | 73,956 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 3,266 | 13,801 | 82,805 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,582 | 14,117 | 84,701 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,63,329 | |||
| Rank | Lt Gen (HAG+) | ||||
| QS | 33 & Above years | ||||
| Average Pension of those Retired in 2018 | 1,12,200 | ||||
| OROP x2.57 | 1,02,800 | ||||
| Monthly Arrears | 9,400 | ||||
| 1 | Jul to Dec 2019 | 17 | 1,598 | 10,998 | 65,988 |
| 2 | Jan to Jun 2020 | 17 | 1,598 | 10,998 | 65,988 |
| 3 | Jul to Dec 2020 | 17 | 1,598 | 10,998 | 65,988 |
| 4 | Jan to Jun 2021 | 17 | 1,598 | 10,998 | 65,988 |
| 5 | Jul to Dec 2021 | 31 | 2,914 | 12,314 | 73,884 |
| 6 | Jan to Jun 2022 | 34 | 3,196 | 12,596 | 75,576 |
| 7 | Total Arrears | 4,13,412 | |||
Maj Madhu Lall (Retd) a senior veteran with qualifying service (QS) of 20.50 years of his likley pension arrears w.e.f. Jul 2019. I found that his present pension of Dec 2015 x 2.57 is higher than pension arrived by average method of those majors retired in calendar year 2019. Hence such retirees do not get benefit of arrears as they continue to draw higher pension than in OROP. May be in OROP revision w.e.f. Jul 2024, they may get higher pension. The average method of pension fixation is thus not beneficial to all. If one Major or any other ranked retiree gets lower pension by 0.50 x last reckonable emoluments for a variety of reasons then the Average pension comes down affecting all previous retirees. Please go through my analysis of pension of Majors w.e.f. Jul 2019 in your spare time as you need lot of patience to understand what I tried to convey.
Dear Maj Madhu Lall Sir,
1. You raised a very interesting issue saying your service is 20 years and 8 months and your pension arrears are not shown in the table of pensions I made in next OROP with financial benefit from Jul 2019. Now this simple query of yours needs an elaborate explanation. For this you need to see Circular 555 of pensions in OROP w.e.f Jul 2014 to find out how did they fix pension for various ranks with varying length of Service (Qualifying Service – QS). You see the pension of Majors is shown like this in Circular 555 for fixation of pension w.e.f Jul 2014 in OROP.
Ser No | Qualifying Service (QS) in Years | Pension in Circular 555 (in Rs pm) |
1 | 13.00 to 20.00 | 21,530 |
2 | 20.50 to 21.50 | 22,830 |
3 | 22 to 33 or more | 23,815 |
2. Maj SK Jain obtained information through RTI Act as to how many Majors retired with varying QS in the calendar year 2013. The data is shown below: -
Ser No | Qualifying Service in years | Name of Major Retired in Calendar year 2013 | Pension by Last Reckonable Emoluments in Rs pm | Pension fixed in Circular 555 for Majors |
1 | 20.50 | AKP Jha | 22,455 | 22,830 |
2 | 20.50 | S Girish Kashyap | 23,205 | 22,830 |
3 | 21 to 21.50 | RK Chaudhary | 22,455 | 22,830 |
4 | 22 | Kishore Kumar | 23,815 | 23,815
|
5 | 22.50 | Gurcharan Singh | 22,090 | 23,815 |
6 | 24 | S Srinivas Rao | 18,020 | 23,815 |
7 | 25.50 | N Raghurami Reddy | 21,530 | 23,815 |
8 | 33.50 | GS Chauhan | 22,455 | 23,815 |
3. You can now deduce the following four criterion adopted in Circular 555 for fixation of pension w.e.f. Jul 2014 for any ranked retiree: -
(a) Only One Major Retired with a QS. Find out who all retired in calendar year 2013 with a QS and what is their pension by 50% of last reckonable emoluments (pay in pay band + grade pay + MSP). If you see Maj Kishore Kumar with QS of 22 yrs retired with pension of Rs 23,815 pm based on 50% last reckonable emoluments. There is no other major with QS of 22 years retired in calendar year 2013. Therefore, his pension of Rs 23,815 by last reckonable emoluments is to be taken as Average pension for all Pre – Jun 2014 pensioners whose pension is fixed as per OROP. In this case, all Majors retired prior to OROP with QS of 22 years or more will get pension of Rs 23,815 pm + DR.
(b) Majors with Longer QS than Major with 22 years QS. You find there are four Majors with QS of 22.50 to 33 plus years retired in calendar year 2013 in the list obtained by Maj SK Jain. They got lesser pension by last reckonable emolument method than Rs 23,815 pm of Maj Kishore Kumar with QS of 22 years. Thus, all the four majors with higher QS than Maj Kishore Kumar got financial benefit by getting their pension hiked to average of Rs 23,815. See Maj S Srinivas Rao with QS of 24 years whose pension at the time of retirement is only Rs 18,020 but due to OROP it got enhanced to Rs 23,815 pm i.e hike of Rs Rs 5,795 pm (= 23815 – 18020). He gained 32% increase in pension along with three more majors. On this enhanced pension he gets DR too!
(c) Two Or More Majors with Same QS but with Different Pensions. In case two or more Majors retired with same QS in calendar year 2013, then their average pension is to be worked out. In this case there are two majors with QS of 20.50 years retired in calendar year 2013. Maj AKP Jha with pension of Rs 22,455 pm and Maj S Girish Kashyap with pension of Rs 23,205 pm are the only two officers retired with QS of 20.50 years. The average is (22455 + 23205)/2 = Rs 22,830. In this case Maj AKP Jha whose pension by last reckonable emoluments is only Rs 22,455 (lesser than average of Rs 22,830) got enhanced to Rs 22,830 and thus he got financial of Rs 375 pm (22830-22455) benefit due to OROP. Maj S Girish Kashyap whose pension by last reckonable emoluments is Rs 23,205 will continue to get Rs 23,205 as higher pension earned cannot be reduced.
(d) Pension of Higher Ranked Retiree Cannot be Less than Junior Ranked Retiree with Same Qualifying Service. See the table of pension of all those retired with QS of 20 years as under: -
Lt | Capt | Maj | Lt Col | Col TS | Col SG | Brig | MG | LG | LG(HAG+)
|
13,117 | 15,108 | 21,530 | 31,305 | 31,305 | 31,990 | 31,990 | 31,990 | 31,990 | 31,990 |
Note: It shows that higher ranked retiree with same QS of 20 years cannot have lesser pension than lower ranked retiree. Col SG to Lt Gen (HAG) at 20 years’ service will not get pension lesser than that of Col (TS).
4. I, when working out the likely pensions w.e.f.Jul 2019 as per the request of many members of TSEWA in t OROP revision w.e.f.Jul 2019 took these four criterion in my calculations. Because the method of pension fixation was not commented by Hon’ble Supreme Court in their judgment delivered on 16 Mar 2022. Therefore, the Min of Def in all likelihood will adopt the same method of pension fixation as was done in 2013 with financial benefit from Jul 2014 for revision of pension w.e.f. Jul 2019.
5. Now you see the pension of all Pre- OROP Majors with QS of 13 to 20 years is fixed at Rs 21,530 in Circular 555. As per reduction of pension by 3% per year or 1.5% per six months then pension of Major with 20.50 was fixed at Rs 22,830 by the average method I explained at para 3(c). Then pension of Major with 20 years should be reduced by 1.5% from Rs 22,830 pmi.e. Rs 22830 x 0.985 = 22,488 pm.Then, why was it fixed at Rs 21,530? It is very clear that there was one more major (nineth major) who retired with QS of 13 years with pension of Rs 21,530 (this information was not given to Maj SK Jain). Therefore, all Pre – OROP Majors with QS of 13.50 to 20 years is fixed the same pension of Rs 21,530.
6. It therefore boils down to one simple fact: Find out who all retired with varying QS and work out their pension either by average method if two or more retirees retired with same QS or only one retired with the same QS. Then fix pension of all those who retired with higher QS but lesser pension (see the four majors with QS higher than 22 years) the same pension as that of the one who retired with QS lesser (22 years of Maj Kishore Kumar). That is, all Pre – OROP Majors with QS of 13 to 20 will get same pension of Major with 13 years QS and actually retired in calendar year 2013. There were no majors with QS of 13.50 to 20 years retired in calendar year 2013. You have to draw such conclusions with the data given to you.
7. You may have a genuine doubt that how could a Major with 13 years QS get pension when minimum service required to earn pension is 20 years. As per the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court if a soldier is medically boarded out being unfit for military service (invalided) then his pension should be fixed for the length of service he might have rendered even if it is less than 20 years’ service. In this case, you can assume that there was one major with 13 years QS and invalided in calendar year 2013 with pension of Rs 21,530 pm. That is the only conclusion anyone can draw.
8. Now come to the likely pension of Majors in OROP revision w.e.f. Jul 2019. Air Mshl SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM(Retd) got the following data by RTI route from Min of Def (ESW) of Majors retired in calendar year 2018 as shown below: -
Ser No | QS in Years | Dec 2015 pension x 2.57 | Pension Average of those Retired in Calendar year 2018 | Remarks |
1 | 16 | 55,333 | 47,950 | Pre-2019 Jun Majors with QS of 16.50 to 20.5 are likely to be fixed pension of Rs 55,333 aso Average method of pension fixation is not beneficial |
2 | 21 | 58,674 | 47,950 | All Pre – Jun 2019 Majors with QS of 21 are likely to be fixed pension of Rs 58,674 pm |
3 | 21.50 | 58,674 | 68,550 | Highest pension. Hence all Majors with QS of 22 to 33 yrs are likely to get pension fixed at Rs 68,550 pm. Thus, they are benefitted by OROP criterion adopted |
4 | 22.50 | 61,205 | 47,950 | 68,550 is likely to be fixed in OROP and benefitted by this criterion |
5 | 24.50 | 61,205 | 53.000 | 68,550 is likely to be fixed in OROP and benefitted by this criterion |
9. But I suggest you wait for the pension tables to be issued by PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad by 16 Jun 2022 and hope that my understanding is incorrect and hope you may get higher pension in OROP w.e.f. Jul 2019.
Warm Regards,
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