UOI FILES APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR COMPLIANCE OF CAT ORDER

UOI HAS MOVED AN APPLICATION IN CAT PB REQUESTING 3 MORE MONTHS TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF ARREARS W.E.F.01/01/2006 TO PRE-2006 CG PETITIONERS FOR THE COMPLIANCE OF JUDGEMENT IN OA 655/2010 & HEARING ON THE SAME HAS BEEN FIXED ON 27/08/2014.IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE INTENTION OF THE UOI IS TO DELAY THE PAYMENT TILL THE SLP'S RAE DISPOSED OFF BY SUPREME COURT

PRE 2006 3SLP CLUBBED WITH ALL OTHER SIMILAR APPEALS

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Civil Appeal No(s). 8875-8876/2011
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Appellant(s)
VERSUS
VINOD KUMAR JAIN & ORS. Respondent(s)
with
Civil Appeal No. 1998 of 2012
Civil Appeal No. 3564 of 2012
Civil Appeal No. 3907 of 2012
Civil Appeal No. 4581 of 2012
Civil Appeal No. 4592 of 2012
Civil Appeal No. 4980 of 2012
Civil Appeal No. 4132 of 2012
Civil Appeal No. 4599 of 2012
SLP(c) No. 34799 of 2013
SLP(c) No. 36148-36150 of 2013
Civil Appeal No. 1856 of 2014
Civil Appeal No. 4233 of 2014
Civil Appeal No. 5999 of 2014
SLP(c) No. 16780-16782 of 2014
Date : 01/08/2014 These appeals were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S. THAKUR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Post on a non-miscellaneous day.
 NEXT DATEOF HEARING ON 16/09/2014

PRE2006 PENSIONERS 3SLP'S DATE OF HEARING ADVANCED & HEARD ON 01/08/2014

Hearing of 3SLP'S(C)36148-50/2013 filed by UOI in supreme court against the judgement by DHC in WP(c) 2348-2350/2012 granting full parity to pre-2006 pensioners, which was listed to be heard on 07/087/2014,was inadvertently heard on 01/08/2014 & clubbed along with  other similar cases by court order. The entire bunch of cases are now posted to be heard further on 16/09/2014.Please note that these are the SLP'S in which the UOI has contested the payment of 50% pension to pre-2006 pensioners after 20 years service.Since these SLP's are pending for disposal in supreme court, UOI is not likely to release the arrears to pre-2006 pensioners of above category.
Meanwhile UOI is reported to have filed fresh application in CAT PB requesting more time to implement the CAT judgement to petitioners only.
CLICK THIS LINK TO REFER COURT ORDER http://courtnic.nic.in/supremecourt/casestatus_new/querycheck_conn.asp 

WAS IT A FALSE PROMISE MADE TO WIN AN ELECTORAL BATTLE?

 Ashwatthama Hata:ha Iti, Narova Kunjarova
OROP is solemn promises made to soldiers of the nation. It is no more a question of money. It has become a matter of prestiege & honor for them. It hurts to be misled and taken for a ride. Unfortunately, BJP has failed to appreciate the sensitivities of the soldiers. The masive mandate given by veterans & masses have made them arrogant. How else can one interpret the advice given by Defence Minister Jaitley to ex-servicemen to lower their expectations? Would he have dared to say so before the elections? Modi promised OROP and not sham-OROP.

National interests are supreme to soldiers. It would have been far better for the government to state that – “We accept the established definition of OROP but are tight on finances at present. We will implement it for JCOs and OR immediately with the available resources. Give us some time to implement it for the officers.” Most soldiers would have accepted such a suggestion. It is again proved that grace and compassion are not the qualities that generally associates with the politicians.

It is better to be late than never to watch the writing on the wall.The results of three bye-elections in Uttarakhand are out and BJP has been trounced, with Congress bagging all the three seats. It has taken less than 60 days for Modi euphoria to disappear. A buoyed and rejuvenated Congress must be thanking BJP for its failure to deliver. Inapt handling of the issue of OROP is symptomatic of the poor performance.  The NDA government had succumbed to the pressure of the bureaucrats after the budget speech of 10 July,and it became apparent with the diluted the concept of OROP. It was a breach of faith to almost all soldiers, both serving and retired, – A promise broken and a Great Betrayal.

 According to the reports, all soldiers and their families voted for Congress in the recent bye-polls in Uttarakhand. BJP and Modi should see the writing on the wall. They must realise that they are shooting in their own foot by losing the backing of the solid support base of soldiers and ex-servicemen. Time is fast running out. Elections to Haryana, and may be Delhi, are due shortly. One will not be surprised if BJP loses in all assembly segments of Ghaziabad which elected General VK Singh with over 5.67 lakh votes. Disillusionment with BJP is spreading rapidly amongst the soldiers and the veterans. 

courtesy:Sanjha Morcha  

A BETRAYAL IN THE OFFING CLIK BELOW LINK 

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/one-rank-one-pension-a-betrayal-in-the-offing/article1-1244341.aspx  

PRE2006 PENSIONERS CASE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

HEARING OF 3 SLP's AGAIN POSTPONED

Hearing of 3SLP'S (C)   36148-50/2013 filed by UOI in supreme court against the judgement by DHC in WP(c) 2348-2350/2012 granting full parity to pre-2006 pensioners, which was listed to be heard on 24/07/2014 is now rescheduled to to be heard on 07/08/2014.Please note that these are the SLP'S in which the UOI has contested the payment of 50% pension to pre-2006 pensioners after 20 years service.Since these SLP's are pending for disposal in supreme court, UOI is not likely to release the arrears to pre-2006 pensioners of above category

 IESM Letter to FM Sh. Arun Jaitley on 19 July 14

Sub: IMPLEMENTATION OF ONE RANK ONE PENSION (OROP)

Dear Sh Arun Jaitley,                                                          19thJuly2014

We are grateful for granting us the meeting with you on 16 July 2014  with regard to issue of Implementation letter for OROP. 

 Regarding your contention that the gap between the calculations made by the various stake holders(Service HQs and the officials of MoD namely CGDA, PCDA, Secy DESW) is very large, due to which there was delay in issuing the Govt Letter; Since, there is only ONE Definition of OROP as approved by the Parliament and therefore, there has to be only ONE calculation, irrespective of small or large gap.These gaps have been designed to find a way to deny full benefit of OROP to ex-servicemen. A point to be noted here is that had OROP been granted 25 years back there would not have been any gap now. 

Sir, in case X and  Groups are to be granted OROP as per their respective Groups, the funds required will be 4500 – 5000 Crores, as per calculations correctly carried out by the Service HQs.  And in case all Defence Employees are to be granted ‘X’ Group rates of pensions, then the amount required would be 6500-7000 Crores as per the calculation made by PCDA.The funds required for the two options are not too large for the Nation to pay justified pensions to the Retired Soldiers, who have given their life and comforts of life for national security.

The CGDA/PCDA/DESW should not be allowed to dilute the definition of OROP or coin their own definition or understanding of OROP. Their calculations, based on datum line 01.01.2006 pensions rates, are totally against the  approved definition which requires the OROP to be calculated based on the rates of pensions as on 01.04.2014, the date from which OROP has been sanctioned and future enhancements are to be automatically passed on to the past pensioners. This was duly discussed in the meting chaired by you on 12^thJune 2014. 

Sir, ex-servicemen are fighting for a principle, any dilution of definition of OROP will not be acceptable to the Ex-Servicemen. It has to be full OROP as per the definition already approved by the Parliament.

In view of the foregoing, please expedite issue of Govt Letter for the implementation of OROP as per the DGL prepared by the Service HQs.

With regards,

Maj Gen (Retd) Satbir Singh, SM
Chairman IESM
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