Thursday, 1 October 2020
UPDATES OF HEARING OF OUR OROP CASE IN SUPREME COURT ON 01/10/2010
OROP case in HSC was listed at S no 26 in virtual court 4 in SC in the court of
1. Justice Dr YV Chandrachud
2. Justice Indrani Bannerjee
Our side was represented by
1. Mr Hujefa Ahmadi SR lawyer
2. Mr Balaji Srinivasan AOR
3. Mr Arunava Mukherjee lawyer
4. M/s Garima Jain lawyer
5. MAJ Gen Satbir Singh IESM
6. GP Capt VK Gandhi. IESM
GOI was represented by
1. Mr N Venkatraman ASG
2. Mr Narasiman. ASG
2. M/s Priyanka lawyer
Our turn came at 1330h, ASG Mr N Venkatraman requested the court that this is a very important case and Govt has submitted a consolidated Affidavit as per direction of the court. He further requested that Attorney General of India would like to argue this case but he is not available today and hence a date may be given by the HSC.
Justice YV Chandrachud accepted the request of ASG and gave a short date of 28 Oct 2020 Wednesday. He further stated that we will have final arguments on next date and decide this issue.
ASG Mr Narasimhan put across the point that 75% of defence budget is earmarked for pay and pensions. He further stated that comparison charts given by petitioners are not correct.
Mr Hujefa our lawyer strongly put across that the consolidated affidavit submitted by GOI confirms that Govt has given one rank many pensions (ORMP) in place of OROP. Mr Hujefa confirmed that charts submitted by petitioners are correct and we will prove it in next hearing. Mr Hujefa further stated that a great injustice is being done by Govt to veterans by not fulfilling OROP in its true spirit.
Mr Balaji Srinivasan requested that petitioners may be permitted to file a reply to consolidated affidavit of GOI. Justice Dr Chandrachud accepted this request and ordered that reply may be filed by 21 Oct.
Next date for hearing in HSC is 28 Oct 2020 Wednesday.
GP CAPT VK Gandhi
Vice Chairman IESM.
1 Oct 2020.
Sunday, 27 September 2020
Saturday, 26 September 2020
LATEST NEWS ON THE STATUS OF OROP FIRST REVISION
File No. 1(1)/2019/D(Pen/Pol)
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
D (Pension/Policy)
FR – CGDA letter dated 31.07.2019 regarding fixation of pension under OROP
With the approval pf Hon’ble Raksha Mantri vide note on page 17/ante, a Committee under the Chairmanship of CGDA was constituted to work out the modalities & methodology of implementation of next revision of pension under OROP, vide MoD order dated 14.6.2019 (page 24/cor).
2. In the above context, CGDA vide letter dated 31.7.2019 had stated that various Ex-Servicemen Associations and individuals are approaching CGDA office with issues and suggestions related to revision of pension under OROP. CGDA has further mentioned that as per terms & conditions laid down in MoD order dated 14.6.2019. it is observed that the Committee has not been mandated to invite or examine suggestions from the public. Further the time period of one month to submit the report is not adequate for the committee to examine these representations. Therefore, CGDA has submitted that present representations and others to be received would be examined separately by the Department if these would be part of deliberations of the committee.
3. It is submitted that as per MoD order dated 14.6.2019, the above mentioned Committee to submit its report to this Ministry within a month. The Committee has haled two meetings on 25.6.2019 and 10.7.2019. However, in their letter dated 24.7.2019, CGDA has requested this Ministry to grant additional time of at least three months for submission of the report. However, in our reply vide letter dated 31.7.2019 we have requested CGDA to make efforts to conclude the deliberations in the next meeting of the committee and submit the report within the shortest time without seeking extension/additional time. It is also submitted that the deliberations with Ex-Servicemen Associations and individuals are not part of terms & conditions of the committee.
4. With regard to current reference dated 31.7.2019 of CGDA, file is submitted for kind perusal/further orders please.
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