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  • Thursday 22 September 2016

    Military men will have their say on 7th Pay Commission


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    Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 | 11:46 AM IST
     Military men will have their say on 7th Pay Commission
     Allcentral government employees have the right to represent and air grievances against the awards of the (7th CPC) to an “Anomalies Committee” set up for this purpose — all except the military, which ironically constitutes the bulk of central government employees and pensioners.
    Now servicemen, in uniform and retired, will have their say too. On Wednesday, the issued notice to the Central government, directed the to take into account views of defence personnel.
    Ruling on a petition by a serving officer, Colonel Preetpal Singh Grewal, the High Court notice could go some way in easing the vitiated civil-relationship, and the trust deficit between civil servants and the military.
    The recommendations, which were handed over to the government in last November, aroused bitter resentment within the military. On March 11, the three service chiefs made a presentation to the “Empowered Committee of Secretaries”, a 13-member panel headed by the cabinet secretary, which was looking into the recommendations. After that brought no changes, the chiefs held the implementation of the in abeyance, forcing the defence minister to order them last month to implement the award.
    In his petition, Grewal pointed out that the granting hearings to civil employees, their associations and the civil establishment but not to defence personnel or even the establishment. He pointed out that the defence services were not even informed about the institution of the Committee and only discovered through press reports that several meetings had been held with civil government employees.
    The petition admits that employees cannot be allowed to form associations. However, there was a need for sensitivity within the system toward defence personnel, and the opportunity to present their views and demands.
    Denying this would violate the principles of natural justice, the petition pleaded. It also pointed out that the Supreme Court has already held that defence personnel should not be treated in a ‘shabby manner’ or denuded of rights that are available to other citizens.
    Besides pleading for the opportunity for serving and retired personnel to be heard, the petition asked for an alternative participative mechanism that would compensate for the statutory bar on forming associations. 
    The petition pointed out that the defence ministry’s Standing Committee on Welfare of Ex-Servicemen, which Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had himself ordered to hold meetings every three months, has not yet held a single meeting. The petition argued that this amounted to lower officials undermining political authority. 
    The petition suggested that differences be resolved in a conciliatory manner, instead of implementing ham-handed measures that created a gap between various services. It stated that the standoffishness of high government authority created a trust deficit that could be exploited by anti-elements, which might spread discontentment through the social media.
    The has raised baseline salaries by about 15 per cent, taking the pay of a lieutenant (the entry grade for officers) to Rs 56,100 per month; and that of a sepoy (the entry grade for ratings) to Rs 21,700 per month. This was significantly lower than the 40 per cent hikes handed out by the Fifth and Sixth Pay Commissions. But the greatest resentment has taken place through the relative dilution of status, with the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service having been granted allowances that the believes places them on a higher level.

    6 comments:


    1. court verdicts, whether by HC or by Apex court, usually do not make any change in the iron fisted attitude of MoD or GoI. If they respect Hon"be SC order concerning DL33 would have beeen implemented months ago

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      1. You are right Sir and said well exactly the fate of Veterans.

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    2. K Rajamanickam, Ex Hav/Clerk23 September 2016 at 13:18

      Defence forces have no right to form association at the same time grievances have to be redressed by authorities. If not satisfied they can put their grievances to next higher command. Standing Committee on welfare of servicemen should meet very often and status of the forces cannot be compromised with any one. Petition of Col P S Grewal deserve appreciation and also on an appropriate time.

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    3. Sir have we reffered this to any aft or court from veterens side?

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    4. If it goes on without admitting the defence personnel justified pleas it may lead to military mutiny. India should not experience it.

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