A FORGOTTEN KARGIL TIGER

PLEASE FORWARD COPIES PPO'S TO IESM TO PRESENT IN HSC FOR NEXT HEARING ON 06/08/2019

FORWARDING OF PPOs IN R/O 2019 RETIREES

OFFRS/JCO AND OR

Dear All Veterans

 1.         The next hearing of OROP Case in Hon’ble Supreme Court is on 06 Aug 2019. IESM team is ready with strong arguments to present veterans' case. IESM has had a meeting with Honourable RM Sh Raj Nath Singh on 1 July 2019 and explained the anomalies of OROP. However no solution has come from MOD so for. 

2.        You are all aware that CGDA is attempting to put a spoke in OROP by quoting a false information that present day retirees of 2018/2019 are getting less pension than old retirees (post OROP) of 2013/2014. MOD counsel is likely to extend this argument in HSC on 6 Aug.. This needs to be countered in following ways. 

        (a)    Legally it is not possible to reduce pay of any Government employee, hence if pension of 2018/19 retirees is less than pension of 2013/14 retirees that means that pay of 2018/19 employees of any rank is less than pay given to 2013/14 employees of similar rank with similar years of service.. This means that present day employees of 2018/19 are getting less pay than what they deserve and hence it can be challenged. However if there is an isolated case because of some special reason that can be explained. But it cannot be quoted as an example to deny past retirees their genuine dues. 

        (b)        IESM will be able to call bogie of CGDA with  EPPO (of 2013/14 and earlier and also of 2018/19) in our hand to convince HSC that CGDA/DESW/MOD are attempting to deny genuine dues to Armed Forces Personnel by misquoting the information to HSC. These PPOs are not available with us as of now. 

(3)        IESM has also read the interpretation of Brig Vidyasagar and is in agreement with him that CGDA is attempting to cancel already approved OROP rather than equalising it in July 2019 as per Govt letter dated 7 Nov 2015.

(4)        Veterans are aware that IESM plea is that five year equalisation is not acceptable as it is putting past retirees at loss for five years and hence equalisation must be done every year. 

IESM therefore needs these PPOs to strengthen our arguments for hearing on 6 Aug. 

In view of above all veterans are requested to send PPOs ( 2012/13/14 and 2018/19 period)

With regards,                                           

 Yours Sincerely,

 Maj Gen Satbir Singh, SM (Retd)                                                            

Advisor United Front of Ex Servicemen &                                                

Chairman Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Mobile: 9312404269, 01244110570                                                           Email:satbirsm@gmail.com  

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Tiger Hill Vir Chakra now directs traffic in a small Punjab town

Kargil Vijay Diwas: "May be I made a wrong decision. I did not get any weightage for my Vir Chakra. Sports persons winning medals are also given higher ranks... I killed a man who was awarded Pakistan’s highest gallantry award. Anyway, God is kind. He kept me alive," Satpal Singh said.

  Twenty years ago, Satpal Singh was a Sepoy, battling Pakistan Army’s counter-attacks on Tiger Hill in which he killed Captain Karnal Sher Khan of the Northern Light Infantry and three others — Sher Khan was later conferred the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan’s highest gallantry award, on the recommendation of the Indian brigade commander who vouched for his bravery on the icy heights. He was part of the 8 Sikh team of two officers, four JCOs and 46 ORs (other ranks), tasked to help the 19 Grenadiers capture Tiger Hill.
Eighteen personnel, including three JCOs, died while beating back Pakistani attacks on Helmet and India Gate positions on Tiger Hill. Most who survived the battle were wounded, including the two officers Major Ravindra Parmar and Lt R K Sehrawat.
At a road intersection in Bhawanigarh, a small town in Sangrur district of Punjab, Head Constable Satpal Singh is busy directing traffic. But a close look at his uniform tells you he is no ordinary traffic policeman. On his shirt, he wears four rows of medal ribands, including one that’s half blue-half orange. The Vir Chakra.


“We had reached out position by the evening of July 5, 1999. It was bitterly cold and all we had with us were the clothes we were wearing. Either we could carry extra woollens or extra arms and ammunition. The choice was obvious,” recalls Satpal, now 46.
 The first Pakistani counter attack came early July 7, pushing back Indian troops. “The attacks came one after another. We would beat one and then there would be another. The Pakistanis had a good officer leading them.” With the officers and JCOs wounded, Subedar Nirmal Singh, among the injured, retained command and remained in touch with the brigade commander, Brig M P S Bajwa, on the wireless.

“Before he was killed with a direct hit to the head, Subedar saab told us to shout our jaikara ‘Bole So Nihal Sat Sri Akal’, rush the enemy and the officer leading them. I took four bullets as I fired my LMG (light machine gun). There was hand-to-hand combat. I pounced on this tall, well-built man dressed in a tracksuit. He was leading the Pakistani troops. There was chaos all around, both sides hurling abuses at each other as they fought. I managed to kill him,” he said.
He did not know then that the man he had killed was Capt Karnal Sher Khan. “I killed four of them — the officer, his radio operator and two jawans providing him close cover.” The death of the officer left the Pakistanis in disarray. “We could see him (Sher Khan) leading his troops, using the fire-and-cover method to attack us again and again. He fought well,” he said.
Brigadier Bajwa, Satpal’s former brigade commander, said: “I recommended Satpal’s n
name for Param Vir Chakra given his exceptional bravery on Tiger Hill. He was awarded Vir Chakra.”
After completing his service in the Army, Satpal was discharged in 2009. He joined Punjab Police the following year. “May be I made a wrong decision. I did not get any weightage for my Vir Chakra. I joined under the ex-servicemen quota. I am a Head Constable now.”

However, on Friday, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced that Satpal was promoted from Head Constable to Assistant Sub Inspector.

Many Many thanks to Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh.

JAI  HIND JAI SATPAL SINGHJI

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