AN UNFORGIVABLE INJUSTICE TO VETERANS BY DESW WITH A HIDDEN AGENDA

The 6th CPC has introduced an X GP Pay of Rs 1400 being the difference between the grade of Technical Assistants in civil (=Sgt-2800) & grade pay of their next higher scale in civil (=JWO-4200).

Same Method was followed by 7th CPC too.

The X Group Pay of 1400 was revised to 6200 being the difference between the entry-level Pay of

level 5 (29200) & level 6 (35400).

The Air HQ Had notified all the existing technical trades drawing an X gp Pay Rs 1400 as eligible for XGP Pay of Rs. 6200.

Air HQ is the competent authority which decides about the competency of its trades & its equivalency as per eligibility criteria mentioned in cabinet resolution dated 05/09/2016 with respect to Airforce trades. The Air HQ has considered the lower X GP Pay of Rs.3600 as mentioned in the above cabinet resolution only for one of its Non-Technical trade Namely Garuda & all other Technical trades were equalised with in the eligibility norms as mentioned in the cabinet resolution vide Para 1 of Air HQ Circular AirHQ/99141/1/AFPCC dated 8th May 2017. In compliance of this letter Air force Record office revised the X GP pay of all its existing technical trades to Rs. 6200 by issuing new PPO showing this revision & arrears were paid w.e.f. 01/01/2016 aspercircular No.17(01)/2017/(02)ID(Pension/Policy) dated 05/09/2017.

Now how this can be denied to Pre-2016 Air force technical veterans who are already drawing the same from 01/01/2016 as per their PPO by the issue of table 7 of circular666. This is a clear violation of the modalities mentioned in Para 3 of HSC approved OROP notification dated 07/11/215 & the principles laid down by the HSC in Para 49 (i) & (ii) of the Judgement in WP( C ) 419/2016.

The DESW is now feeling the heat &started showing new reason for the denial of X GP Pay to pre 2016 veterans on the ground that the revised Amount opf Rs.6200 is a new benefit from. 01/01/2016.

This shows that silently  are accepting the fact that there was a violation of HSC laid down principles contained in Para 48 (ii) of Judgement in WP(C) 419/2016.

There is no takers for their another cntension that Notional fixation of pay in 7th CPC which is main nerve of it & OROP are two different things can not be mixed, this principle also applicable to desw that they also can not mix bifurcation of X gp in 7th CPC & OROP revision since both are different things.