The Centre informed Delhi High Court Thursday that the tenure of the
one-member judicial commission to look into the public hearing of One
Rank One Pension scheme will be extended, as representations filed by
ex-servicemen and others are yet to be submitted to the Commission.
The central government’s standing counsel Anurag Ahluwalia, appearing on
behalf of Defence Ministry, told the court that “over 2,500
representations” had been received by the ministry so far. “The
representations are now being processed, and will then be submitted to
the judicial commission,” said Ahluwalia, adding that the panel’s tenure
“would have to be extended”.
Former Chief Justice of Patna High Court L Narsimha Reddy was appointed
the judicial commissioner to look into the implementation of the OROP
scheme. The commission was expected to submit its recommendations within
six months and its tenure is set to expire on June 14.
Ex-serviceman S P Singh filed a PIL before the high court earlier this
week, seeking orders to have an “effective public hearing” on the issue
and claiming that the “people were not informed” how to submit their
representations. The court, however, noted that a particular address had
been allocated to the commission, and the representations could be sent
via post.