Financial benefit of Sepoys, Naiks, Direct Entry Havildars and Direct Entry Nb Subs retired in the period 01 Jan 1996 to 06 Aug 2003

Financial benefit of Sepoys, Naiks, Direct Entry Havildars and Direct Entry Nb Subs retired in the period 01 Jan 1996 to 06 Aug 2003

As a welfare measure to fight a case in AFT (PB) Delhi for the benefit of the following categories of Sepoys, NK and Hav of Army, Navy and IAF who did not get any promotion from the rank at the time of entry till their discharge, during the period from 01 Jan 1996 to 06 Aug 2003, due to lack of vacancies.:

(a)     Sepoy who retired in the period Jan 1996 to 06 Aug 2003 without any promotion in their entire service.

(b)     Naiks who retired in the above mentioned period and did not get promoted to the rank of Havildar due to lack of vacancies will now get arrears of pay in the service on or after 01 Jan 1996 & pension of Havildar on retirement.

(c)     Direct entry Havildars of AEC or any other corps who retired in the above period but did not get even one promotion will also get similar arrears.

        (d)     Direct entry Havildars of AEC or any other Corps who got only one promotion are now eligible to get second pay promotion to the rank of Subedar and will get similar arrears.

          (e)     Direct entry Nb Subs like Religious teachers and diploma in engineering who join Corps of Engineers, Corps of Signals or Corps of  EME who did not get even one promotion will get similar arrears.

(f)      Direct entry Nb Subs who got only one promotion and did not get second promotion and retired in the above mentioned period will also get similar arrears.

The arrears are quite substantial as mentioned in the mail below. Further, after winning the case, all affected personnel will get higher pension as per the ACP scheme and the widows will also get higher pension on demise of the veteran.