STATUS OF THE CASES OF PRE 2006 PENSIONERSS IN VARIOUS COURTS : AS ON 01.08.2012

STATUS OF THE CASES OF PRE 2006 PENSIONERSS IN VARIOUS COURTS : AS ON  01.08.2012

COMPILED BY M. L. KANAUJIA, IRSSE / Chief Communication Engineer, N.E. Railway, (Rtd.)

Ite m	HEARD BY		PETITION NO. & YEAR	LEAD PETITIONER	NEXT DATE FIXED FOR HEARING	REMARKS IN BRIEF
I	CAT-PB Delhi		OA 3079/2009	LR Khatana s29	DOJ 01.11.11	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed to refix pension in 3 months as per OM dt 29.08.08.
2	CAT-PB Delhi		OA 306/2010	D L Vohra s29	DOJ 01.11.11	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed to refix pension in 3 months as per OM dt 29.08.08.
3	CAT-PB Delhi		OA 507/2010	PPS Gambhir s29	DOJ 01.11.11	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed to refix pension in 3 months as per OM dt 29.08.08.
4	CAT-PB Delhi		OA 655/2010	s29 pen.Association	DOJ 01.11.11	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed to refix pension in 3 months as per OM dt 29.08.08.
5	CAT Hydrabad		OA 2413/2009	AJ Gurushanker	DOJ 09.09.11	Full parity case. Appeal disallowed.
6	AFT-PB Delhi		OA 24/2010	Lt.Com.AvtarSingh	DOJ 14.09.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
7	AFT-PB Delhi		OA 270/2010	Sq.Ldr. V K  Jain	DOJ 14.09.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
8	AFT-PB Delhi		OA 139/2009	Lt.Col.PK Kapur	DOJ 30.06.10	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
9	AFT Chandigarh		OA 277/2010	Romesh Chand	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
10	AFT Chandigarh		OA 312/2010	OP Singh	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
11	AFT Chandigarh		OA 313/2010	MS Minhas	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
12		AFT Chandigarh	OA 314/2010	YS Nijjar	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
13		AFT Chandigarh	OA 325/2010	Dildar Singh Sahi	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
14		AFT Chandigarh	OA 326/2010	Gurlochan Singh	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
15		AFT Chandigarh	OA 327/2010	Gurmeet Singh	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
16		AFT Chandigarh	OA 445/2010	Balwant Singh	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
17		AFT Chandigarh	OA 476/2010	Karam Chand	DOJ 01.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
18		AFT Chandigarh	OA 257/2010	Jagdish Chandar	DOJ 25.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
19		AFT Chandigarh	OA 409/2010	N N Sud	DOJ 25.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
20		AFT Chandigarh	OA 410/2010	HS Tonque	DOJ 25.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
21		AFT Chandigarh	OA 521/2010	GS Kang	DOJ 25.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
22		AFT Chandigarh	OA 522/2010	SS Matharu	DOJ 25.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
23		AFT Chandigarh	OA 346/2010		DOJ 25.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
24		AFT Chandigarh	OA 728/2010		DOJ 25.11.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
25		AFT Chandigarh	OA 100/2010	SPS Vains M.Gen.	DOJ 04.03.2010	Modified Parity case. Appeal allowed.
26		CAT Patna	OA 284/2009	MMP Sinha	DOJ 28.05.2010	Full Parity case. Appeal Disallowed.

27			CAT-PB Delhi	OA 1732 / 2010	Ram Murti Raina	DOJ 25.05.2010	Prayer for reconsideration allowed but UOI has done nothing in the matter.
28			CAT Mumbai	OA 780/2009 + 8	Dr. KR Munim	DOJ 22.02.2011	Full Parity case. Appeals Disallowed.
29			CAT Ernakulam	OA 843/2010	S29 and s26 S.Parmasivan Pillai  & Ors.	24.11.2011	This prayer was for modified parity and for counting of special pay for pension allowed under DRDO letter dt. 10.10.2008. Appeal allowed to refix pension in 3 months (1) As per OM dt 29.08.08 exactly as pronounced by CAT-PB in case of OA 655 of 2010 (2) Also to count special pay allowed under DRDO letter dt. 10.10.2008, to three of the ten petitioners, namely,S. Paramasivan Pillai. A.K.Prakash and Kalaga Sriharikumari.
30			AFT-PB/Delhi	OAs 106/2009,76/ 2011 and 24/2011	Wg.Comm. V S Tomar & Ors. Vs. UOl	DOJ 07.12.2011	Petition is allowed in part and para 5 of Order dt.11.11.2008 (pension be in no case less than 50% of Minimum of the pay band plus grade pay corresponding to pay scale from which pensioner had retired I discharged, including MSP and X group pay where applicable) struck down being discriminatory and violative of Article 14.
31			CAT-PB/Delhi	Contempt No.158 of 2012	S29 Pensioners Association Vs. UOI & Ors	30.05.2012	This Contempt Petition is against Govt. which has failed to comply the orders of the CAT-PB given in Judgment in case of  OA 0655/2010.(see item 4 above). It  came up for hearing on 2.03.2012,13.03.12 and 28.03.12. On request from Pensioners Advocate, further proceedings have been postponed till 09.05.12. Further extended to 30.5.12. In view of  case in DHC (see item 61) case dropped by the CAT/PB.
32			CAT Hydrabad	OA 568/2010	s29 pensioners Dr. Kotra & Ors.	DOJ 30.12.2011	Appeal allowed to refix pension in 3 months as per OM dt 29.08.08 exactly as pronounced by CAT-PB in case of OA 655 of 2010.
33			CAT Hydrabad	0A931/2010 Clubbed With OA 568/2010	s26 Pensioners.	DOJ 30.12.2011	Appeal allowed to refix pension in 3 months as per OM dt 29.08.08 exactly as pronounced by CAT-PB in case of OA 655 of 2010.
34			AFT-PB Delhi	OA 312 of 2010	Sub.Lt. Ram Singh Vs UOl & Ors. (Pl.see item 6,7 and 56)	DOJ 02.01 .2012	Govt. has filed Civil Appeal No. 8875 & 8876 in Hon.ble Supreme Court against the Judgment of AFT-PB in OA No. 270 and 24 (see item 6,7 and 56). This case being of  similar nature, AFT-PB has therefore, adjourned the case sine-die, till the Judgment of hon.ble Supreme Court, becomes available
35			CAT-PB Delhi	OA 937/2010	s30 pensioners s30	DOJ 06.03.2012	Judgment has come on 6.3.12. s30 full parity case has been dismissed. S29 modified parity case has been held valid based on Judgment dated 1.11.11  in OA 655.
36			CAT-PB Delhi	OA 2101/2010	CG Pensioners s30	DOJ 06.03.2012	Judgment has come on 6.3.12. s30 full parity case has been dismissed. S29 modified parity case has been held valid based on Judgment dated 1.11.11  in OA 655.
37			AFT-PB Delhi	OA 408 of 2010	Wg.Comm. AK Agarwal Vs UOl	DOJ 20.03.2012	The Court ordered on 20.3.12 that “let the decision of   HSC in case of  SLP against AFT judgment in OA 106 of 2009 be awaited. Till then case is closed.
38			CAT-PB Delhi	OA 201/2010	M L Gulati s29 Vs UOI	DOJ 29.02.2012	Full Bench Court ordered on 29.02.12  to grant relief within 3 months as given in case of  OA 655 Judgment dt. 1.11.11.
39			CAT-PB Delhi	OA 2087/2009	Ran Vir Singh s30	DOJ 29.2.2012	Full Bench Court ordered on 29.02.12  to grant relief within 3 months as given in case of  OA 655 Judgment dt. 1.11.11. For equality with post 2006, FB Court  ordered to refer the case to Division Bench.
40			AFT-PB Delhi	OA 126 of 2011	Wg.Comm.KG Rao Vs UOl	16.08.2012	At the request of learned proxy counsel for the petitioner, case is adjourned. At the joint request of parties, listed  on 16th August 2012.
41			AFT-PB Delhi	OA 289 of 2011	Lt.Col.BGV Kumar Vs UOl	16.08.2012	At the request of learned proxy counsel for the petitioner, case is adjourned. At the joint request of parties, listed on 16th August 2012.
42			CAT-PB Delhi	OA 1165 / 2011	Pratap Narain & Ors Vs. MOP/flOP	24.08.2012	Parity for 20 years service. Govt. submitted its Counter on 11.07.12.
43			CAT-PB Delhi	OA 2165 / 2011	KR Srinivasan & Ors Vs. MOP/flOP	24.08.2012	Parity for 20 years service. Govt. submitted its Counter on 11.07.12.
44			CAT-PB Delhi	OA 247 of 2012	17 Petitioners	24.08.2012	Parity for 20 years service. Govt. submitted its Counter on 11.07.12.
45			Lucknow HC	Ser.Ben.203/2010	s29 UP Officers	Not listed after 1.5.12	Modified parity case. UOI filed Additional Counter Affidavit on 10.4.2012. Heard on on 1.5.12 and ordered “Shri Satya Narain Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner is on sanctioned leave.The case is adjourned. List again.”
46			Delhi HC	WP(C)3359/ 2010	s29,s26 Ex.ParaMil.	Not listed after 16.2.12.	Modified parity case.  Last heard on 16.02.2012.
47		Pun. & Har. HC		CWP19641/2009	RK Agarwal (s29) Rtd.CEEs and XENs	31.08.2012	Petitioners Rejoinder not yet  submitted.
48		Pun. & Har. HC		CWP19642/ 2009	Satish Bhalla (s29)	Pending	Modified parity case. Last listed on  17.1..12..
49		Pun. & Har. HC		CWP3452/ 2010	0 P Kapur (s29)	Pending,	Modified parity case. Last listed on 2.3.12.
50		Pun. & Har. HC		CWP12638/2010	M L Kansal (s29)	Pending,	Modified parity case. Last listed on 24.2.12.
51		Pun. & Har. HC		CWP20725/2010	RK Sehgal (s29)	Pending.	Modified parity case. Last listed on 24.2.12.
52		Pun. & Har. HC		CWP20726/2010	R K Bali (s29)	Pending	Modified parity case. Last listed on 24.2.12.
53		Pun. & Har. HC		CWP20727/2010	B K Jam (s29)	Pending	Modified parity case. Last listed on 24.2.12.
54		Pun. & Har. HC		CWP20753/2010	CK Gupta (s29)	Pending	Modified parity case. Last listed on 24.2.12.
55		HC Patna		CWJC1O757/2010	MMP Sinha, s30	25.06.2012	Full parity disallowed by CAT Patna. Shri Sinha has appealed in HC/Patna. Last heard on 03.04.2012 but adjourned to 25.06.12.
56		Supreme Court		Contempt Petition (Civil) 64/2009	SPS Vains, Major General & Ors.	21.09.12	Modified Parity case. This case is connected to Civil Appeal 2966/2011.
57		Supreme Court		Civil Appeal 2966 / 2011	U0I Vs SPS Vains Mj. General & Ors	21.09.12	Modified Parity case. This case is connected to Contempt Petition (Civil) 64/2009.
58		Supreme Court		T.P.(C) No.56/2007 (Review Petition)	U0I & Ors. Vs NK Nair & Ors.	04.09.2012	Hon.ble Supreme Court allowed appeal for grant of Rank Pay to be added to fix pension w.e.f. 1.1.1986 with 6 % interest. U0I submitted Review Petition citing financial constraints to implement HSC Judgment which is being heard now.
59		Supreme Court		Civil Appeal 8875 -8876 of 2011.	U0I & Ors.Vs. Vinod Kumar Jain & Ors (Avtar Singh)	3.8.2012	This relates to item 6 & 7 above. U0I  has gone in appeal with prayer for stay  and condonation of delay. Respondents Rejoinder is now submitted. Couldnot be heard on 6.7.12.
60		Supreme Court		Civil  Appeal  5367 -5368    OF   2005	Principal Sec.(F & P), Govt. of Andhra Pradesh  Vs.   A.P. Pensioners Samaj.	31.07.2012
61	Delhi HC			WPC 1535 of 2012	UOI Vs CG SAG s29 Pensioners Association	29.11.2012	This petition has been filed by UOI  in appeal and grant of stay against CAT-PB Judgment dated 1.11.11  in case of OA 655 of 2010 and three other OAs. The hearing took place on 4.5.12. 7.5.12 and 17.7.12.So far,  following orders have been passed as available on the DHC Website : (1) This writ petition has been filed against the order dated   01.11.2011 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal  Bench, New Delhi in OA No. 655/2010 and in other OAs. We feel that it  would be appropriate that the petitioner files separate writ petitions in   respect  of  each of the OAs which were filed before the Tribunal. The  present writ petition shall be considered as the writ petition in respect  of OA No. 655/2010. The respondent-caveators are represented in the  Court. We are issuing formal notice in this matter. They accept notice.  The caveat stands discharged. The learned counsel for the respondents state that there would be no necessity to file a counter-affidavit and  they would be relying on the pleadings before the Tribunal. List for disposal on 04.05.2012. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents state  that they shall not be pressing their contempt application before the  Tribunal till the next date of hearing. (2) An adjournment slip has been filed on behalf of the respondent. Renotify on 29.11.2012.

48 ADDITIONAL DA SLABS TO LIC/ GIC PENSIONERS FROM 1ST SEPTEMBER 2012

48 ADDITIONAL DA SLABS TO LIC/ GIC PENSIONERS FROM 1ST SEPTEMBER 2012

We have just received DA statistics for June 2012 and we are glad to publish the figures for the last six months as given below.

We are also glad to announce that LIC pensioners will be eligible for 48 slabs of DA payable to pensioners from 1^st of September 2012.

Antony writes to PM over wages, pension of services men

NEW DELHI: Observing there was "growing discontent" among armed forces personnel over anomalies in pay-related matters, Defence Minister A K Antony has written a letter to the Prime Minister saying if "corrective action" is not taken, the issue might take a "bad turn".

After the letter was sent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted a high level-committee under the Cabinet Secretary to address issues such as One Rank One Pension (OROP) and elevation of all Lt Gen-rank officers into a higher pay scale.

In the letter written on June 25, sources said the Defence Minister has written that "there is growing discontentment among the services personnel due to the anomalies in fixation of payment and salaries."

Pushing the case for accepting the demands of serving and retired soldiers, Antony pointed out that the service personnel, exservicemen and family pensioners are "equally agitated" over the anomalies in their salaries. He told the Prime Minister that "unless we take corrective action, things may take a bad turn."

On July 13, the Prime Minister formed a six-member committee under Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, which has been asked by the government to finalise its recommendations and submit its report to Manmohan Singh by August 8.

For serving defence personnel, the committee will look into the issues of having a common pay scale for serving Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs), placing all Lt Gen-rank officers under the higher pay scale grade of Higher Administrative Group Plus (HAG+).

For the large community of exservicemen, the government has tasked the committee to consider the issue of One-Rank-One-Pension which has been the main demand of the services personnel and has seen a lot of them returning their service and gallantry medals to the President in the last few years as a mark of protest.

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CONTEMPT PETITION - ARGUMENTS HEARD IN SC

Contempt petition filed in the Supreme Court came up before the Supreme Bench for arguments.  Advocate appearing in the Court on behalf of Life Insurance Corporation of India argued that there was  no contempt at all as there was no specific amount arrived at as due to the pensioners. Since the amount to be deposited is not quantified, it could not be presumed that there was any contempt of any order of the Court.

The Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners argued that the amount could be arrived at by LIC as all the data required for calculation was available with LIC and it was up to LIC to decide the quantum.

Court heard these arguments and adjourned the case.  Decision of the Court could be  expected any time now.

ONE RANK ONE PENSION COMMITTE MEETING NEWS

On 18th July 2012, the three service chiefs, led by Admiral Nirmal Verma, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) met with a high-powered Committee of Secretaries constituted by the Prime Minister to resolve anomalies in the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission award for the Armed Forces.

Although a total of 39 anomalies have been identified by the three services since 2008, they have decided to concentrate on some core issues that directly affect both serving and retired armed forces personnel.

The issues are:

Fixing common pay scales for all JCOs and ORs

Source: NDTV

• Grant of NFU (non-functional upgradation) status to commissioned officers
• Correcting difference in rank pay of commissioned officers
• Extending the HAG+ (Higher administrative Grade Plus) scale to all three star officers
• Granting One-Rank-One-Pension to retired personnel

There have been strong demands from ex-servicemen and from acting servicemen for One-Rank-One-Pay. And to push for their demands further, the three Service chiefs, led by Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Naval chief Admiral Nirmal Verma, along with his colleagues, Chief of Air Staff ACM, NAK Browne and Army Chief General Bikram Singh gave a detailed presentation to the Committee of Secretaries on Wednesday.

The six-member committee, comprising the Cabinet Secretary with the Defence Secretary, Secretary Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Secretary DoPT, Expenditure Secretary and Principal Secretary to PM, as members  was set up by the Prime Minister after a Rajya Sabha panel last year recommended granting One Rank One Pension to the retired defence personnel. The government has asked the committee to submit its report by August 8.

There is a buzz in the corridors of power that the Prime Minister wants to make a grand announcement from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15 and therefore the deadline of August 8!

For the uninitiated, the One-Rank-One-Pay scheme implies that uniform pension be paid to the armed forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service irrespective of their date of retirement, and any future enhancement in the rates of pension be automatically passed on to past pensioners.

But the issue that has upset and angered serving defence personnel is NFU.

For those not in uniform it needs a bit of an explanation.

Buckling under pressure from Group A organised Services under the Central Government like Border Roads Organisation, Military Engineering Services, Postal Services, the Sixth Pay Commission gave them a special concession.

It allowed the officers in these services to be placed in a grade pay scale equivalent to an IAS officer two years behind that particular IAS batch. For example if the 1992 batch of the IAS officer got placed in the Joint Secretary grade in 2012, all Group A organised officers of the 1990 batch would automatically get the pay and allowance equivalent to the 1992 IAS batch, irrespective of the post and place they are serving in. That is the upgradation will be done on a ‘non-functional’ basis.

This has brought in huge functional problems in day-to-day affairs when military officers have to work in close coordination with MES Civil Officers, BRO Civil Officers, IPS Officers in BSF, CRPF, ITBP, Defence Accts (IDAS), Test Audit (IA&AS), Ordnance Factory Board etc, with whom Defence forces officers interact regularly, will now get the salary and grade pay of Joint Secretary/Major General (Grade Pay Rs. 10000/-) after 22 years of service, and will draw the pay of Additional Secretary to Government of India which is equal to a Lieutenant General (Grade Pay Rs. 12000/-) in 32 years of service whereas military officers senior to them in rank and service will get less grade pay at the same level of service thereby creating a functional disparity giving rise to insubordination and subtle non-compliance.

Military officials have pointed out that this has adversely affected organisational command and control in multi-cadre environment. It also led to lowering the status of Armed Forces Officials vis-a-vis organized Group A officers and IPS Officers. Organized Group A and IPS Officers reach HAG (Higher Administrative Grade) Scale at 32 years while only 0.2 per cent of Armed Forces Officers can ever reach that level.

With over 97 per cent Armed Forces Officers retiring in the Grade Pay of 8700, their exclusion from the NFU is seen as grossly unfair. This differential not only disturbs financial parity, it pushes down the Defence services in status as even direct recruit officers of Group B services attain a better pay and promotional avenue and manage to reach the level of Joint Secretary/Major General before retiring.

Both the OROP and granting the NFU status to Armed Forces officials is not going to be expensive either.

According to calculations done by the military, the annual outgo for granting One -Rank-One-Pension to the approximately 21 lakh ex-servicemen would not be more than Rs. 1300 crore. Similarly the NFU status, if granted, will cost the exchequer a mere Rs. 70 crore annually but will go a long way in restoring the pride and status of the armed forces’ officers.

The other core issues are minor in comparison but important nevertheless.

PRE-2006 MODIFIED PARITY CASE LATEST NEWS

• Case Reg: MODIFIED PARITY for Pre-2006 Case W.P. 1535/2012 Reg: Appeal against Judgment of CAT Delhi (in OA 655-2010) reg. Modified Parity for Pre-2006 Pensioners, came up before a new Bench (of Hon'ble Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad and Hon’ble Justice Siddharth Mridul) at item. 13) in Delhi High Court on 17.7.2012. It was adjourned for hearing on 29th November, 2012 (as no earlier date was available with the New Bench before which the case had been enlisted).

PRE-2006 PENSIONERS CASE HEARING ADJOURNED TO 29 NOV 2012

• Case Reg: MODIFIED PARITY for Pre-2006 Case W.P. 1535/2012 Reg: Appeal against Judgment of CAT Delhi (in OA 655-2010) reg. Modified Parity for Pre-2006 Pensioners, came up before a new Bench (of Hon'ble Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad and Hon’ble Justice Siddharth Mridul) at item. 13) in Delhi High Court on 17.7.2012. It was adjourned for hearing on 29th November, 2012 (as no earlier date was available with the New Bench before which the case had been enlisted).

COMMITTEE COSTITUED TO LOOK INTO PAY & PENSION RELATED ISSUES OF DEFENCE FORCES & EX-SERVICEMEN

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13-July-2012 18:03 IST

Govt constitutes Committee to look into pay and pension related issues of defence services personnel and ex-servicemen

The Government has decided to constitute a Committee, under the chairpersonship of Cabinet Secretary, to look into pay and pension related issues of relevance to defence services personnel and ex-servicemen. The other members of the Committee will be:

(i) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
(ii) Defence Secretary
(iii) Secretary, D/o Expenditure
(iv) Secretary, D/o Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare
(v) Secretary, D/o Personnel and Training

The Committee’s ‘terms of reference’ will be to look into the following issues relating to:

(i) Defence services personnel:
• Common pay-scale for in-service JCOs/ORs
• Initial pay-fixation of Lt. Col/Colonel and Brigadier/equivalent
• Review and enhancement of grade pay
• Placing of all Lts General in HAG+ scale
• Grant of non-functional upgradation (NFU) to armed forces personnel

(ii) Ex-servicemen:
• One-rank one-pension
• Enhancement of family pension
• Dual family pension
• Family pension to mentally/physically challenged children of armed forces personnel on marriage

The Department of Expenditure will service the Committee. The Committee may co-opt any other member. The Committee will finalize its recommendations and submit its report to the Prime Minister by 8th August, 2012.

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DELHI HIGHCO9URT TO HEAR PRE-2006 PENSIONERS CASE ON 17/07/2012

THE DELHI HIGH COURT IS LIKELY TO HEAR THE REST OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE  PRE -2006 PENSIONERS ADVOCATE  ON 17/07/2006.IT IS MOST LIKELY  THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST  PHASE OF THE CASE AT DELHI HIGHCOURT.IT MAY DELIVER THE VERDICT WITH IN FEW WEEKS

Defence Pay and Pensions Committee set up, will consider one rank one pension

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): The government on Friday decided to constitute a committee to look into pay and pension related issues of defence services personnel and ex-servicemen.
The committee will be headed by a Cabinet Secretary. The other members of the Committee will be Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Defence Secretary, Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen's Welfare and Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training
The Committee's 'terms of reference' will be to look into issues relating to Defence services personnel, common pay scale for in-service JCOs/Ors , Initial pay-fixation of Lt. Col/Colonel and Brigadier/equivalent , review and enhancement of grade pay, placing of all Lt. Generals in HAG+ scale and grant of non-functional upgradation (NFU) to armed forces personnel
The committee will also look into issues relating to ex-servicemen, particularly one- rank: one-pension, enhancement of family pension, dual family pension, family pension to mentally/physically challenged children of armed forces personnel on marriage
The Department of Expenditure will service the committee, and it may co-opt any other member.
The committee will finalise its recommendations and submit its report to the Prime Minister by August 8, 2012. (ANI)