OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014
Circular No. 604
Dated: 16.08.2018
To,
- The Chief Accountant, RBI, Deptt. Of Govt. Bank Accounts, Central office C-7, Second Floor, Bandre- Kuria Complex, P B No 8143, Bandre East Mumbai- 400051
- All CMDs, Public Sector Banks including IDBI Bank
- Nodal Officers, ICICl/ HDFC/ AXIS/ IDBI Banks
- Managers, All CPPCs
- Military and Air Attache, Indian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal
- The PCDA (WC), Chandigarh
- The CDA (PD), Meerut
- The CDA, Chennai
- The Director of Treasuries, All States
- The Pay and Accounts Officer, Delhi Administration, RK Puram and Tis Hazari, New Delhi
- The Pay and Accounts Office, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai
- The Post Master Kathua (J&K)
- The Post Master Camp Bell Bay
- The Pr. Pay and Accounts Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Port Blair
Sub:- Revision of Casualty Pensionary Awards in respect of Pre-2006 Armed Forces Officer and JCOs/Ors pensioners: Clarification.
Ref:- This office Circular No. 569 dated 19.10.2016.
There are several representations from various War Veteran Associations
demanding the benefit of Maximum of Term of Engagement in OROP as well
as in 7th CPC revision quoting the Para-3 of Circular No. 569 dated
19.10.2016. Thus, it appears that there are some misinterpretation
/confusion about Para-3 of Circular No. 569 dated 19.10.2016, which
needs to be clarified in this regard.
Earlier vide Annexure No.-II of MoD letter No. 200847/Pen-C/71 dated
24.02.1972, there was a provision that Service Element of War Injury
Pension will be equal in amount to the normal retiring pension of the
rank held at the time of disablement for maximum service of rank. It
means Service Element of War Injury Pension was admissible for maximum
term of engagement subject to restriction that War Injury Pension
should not be more than last pay drawn. Prior to 6th CPC the Service
Element/ Service Pension was given 50% of the reckonable emoluments for
33 years of Qualifying Service including weightage, and for lesser
period it was proportionately reduced. It is pertinent to mention that
after evolution of 6th CPC provision concept of pro-rata reduction has
been dispensed with. As per 6th CPC orders pension will be 50% of the
last pay drawn irrespective of Qualifying Service. Therefore, relevance
of Maximum Term of Engagement becomes obsolete.
The minimum guaranteed pension after implementation of 6th Central Pay
Commission, was initially determined on the basis of minimum of the Pay
in Pay Band plus Grade Pay vide MoD letter dated 11.11.2008 (Circular
No. 397 of this office). This was further modified with issue of MoD
letter No. 1(04)/ 2015 / (1)-D (Pen/ Pol) dated 03.09 .2015 for revision
of Service Pension/ Service Element in respect of Pre-2006 Commissioned
Officers/JCOs/ORs pensioners on the basis of minimum of fitment table
for the Rank in the revised Pay Band as indicated under fitment tables,
and accordingly Circular No. 547 and 548 has been issued for PBORs and
Commissioned Officers respectively. The ibid minimum guaranteed pension
was calculated as 50% of minimum of fitment table for 33 years of
Qualifying Service including weightage with pro-rata reduction for
lesser period.
The minimum guaranteed disability element/war injury element was not
covered in the ibid MoD letter dated 03.09.2015. Therefore, .MoD letter
No. 16(01)/2014/ D(Pen/ Pol) dated 18.05.2016 was issued (Circular No.
560) for revision of Casualty Pensionary awards in respect of Pre-2006
Armed Forces Officers and JCO/ORs Pensioners/ Family Pensioners, which
provides for minimum guaranteed Disability Element/War Injury Element.
The clause of pension upto Maximum Term of Engagement in case of War
Disabled Pensioners which was admissible prior to 6th CPC was omitted in
both the above circulars of minimum guaranteed pension. Therefore,
there was a need to clarify this issue and hence the Para-3 has been
inserted in Circular No. 569 dated 19.10.2016. After issue of GOI MoD
letter No. 1(2)/2016-D(Pen/Pol) dated 30.09.2016 for delinking of
qualifying service of 33 years for revision of pension under minimum
guaranteed pension, Para No, 3 of Circular No. 569 has become redundant
and therefore this Para-3 may be treated as deleted.
After implementation of 6th CPC and subsequently also in 7th CPC,
pension will be determined on the basis of 50% of last pay drawn
irrespective of Qualifying Service, so the relevance of pro-rata
reduction for lesser qualifying service become redundant as full pension
is admissible for each qualifying service in each rank. Therefore,
pension upto term of engagement has also become redundant. Further, the
pension as per OROP rates was based on the live data of 2013 retirees
where pension was given as per 6th CPC provisions. Therefore, the demand
of pension upto term of engagement has also become obsolete.
Therefore, it is requested that the issue may be dealt with accordingly
and the pensioner approaching for this may be clarified on similar lines
duly stating that pension upto term of engagement in case of war
disabled pensioners in OROP as well as 7th CPC revision is irrelevant.
This circular has been uploaded on official website of this office www. pcdapension.nic.in
No. Gts/Tech/05/LXXX
Dated: 16.08.2018
(Sushil Kumar Singh)
Jt. CDA(P)
To hell with the types of pensions
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