BHARAT PENSIONER March 2016 1 Single Copy : Rs. 25 MARCH 2016 VOI. XI NO. 03 RNI REGD. NO. DELBIL/2006/17678 web site : www.bharatpensioner.org e-mail : [email protected]OFFICIAL MONTHLY ORGAN OF THE BHARAT PENSIONERS SAMAJ, NEW DELHI - 110 014 (Federation of All India Pensioners’ Associations) (MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ON AGEING, TORONTO, CANADA) DIRECT SUCCESSOR TO “PENSIONER” ESTABLISHED IN 1955 INCORPORATING ‘PENSIONERS’ COUNSELLOR’ PENSIONERS WIN AOTHER BATTLE Government agrees to implement with in one month the judgement of the CAT for full Pension to Pre 2006 Pensioners after 10/ 20 years of Service COURT NO. : 1 16/02/2016 C.P./229/2015 Mr. D.S. Mahendru, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents, states that the compliance affidavit would be filed within a period of four weeks. As prayed, list the case on 31.03.2016. (DR. BIRENDRA KUMAR SINHA) ( JUSTICE SYED RAFAT ALAM) MEMBER (A) CHAIRMAN Read judgements from page - to page
OFFICIAL MONTHLY ORGAN OF THE BHARAT PENSIONERS SAMAJ, NEW DELHI - 110 014
(Federation of All India Pensioners’ Associations)
(MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ON AGEING, TORONTO, CANADA)
DIRECT SUCCESSOR TO “PENSIONER” ESTABLISHED IN 1955
INCORPORATING ‘PENSIONERS’ COUNSELLOR’
PENSIONERS WIN AOTHER BATTLEGovernment agrees to implement with in one month the judgement of the CAT for full
Pension to Pre 2006 Pensioners after 10/ 20 years of Service
COURT NO. : 1
16/02/2016 C.P./229/2015
Mr. D.S. Mahendru, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents, states that thecompliance affidavit would be filed within a period of four weeks. As prayed, list the case on
* Overcoming challenges - Reorganise,R ejuvenate Indian Railways'Chalo, Milkar Kuch Anaya Karen'
* Three pillars of strategy i.e. Nav Arjan -New. Revenues, Nav Manak- NewNorms, Nav Sanrachna-Newstructures.
Financial Performance:
* 2015-16 savings of ` 8720 croreneutralising most of the revenueshortfall, expected OR 90%;
* 2016-17 - Targeted Operating Ratio(OR) -92%, restrict growth of OrdinaryWorking Expenses by 11.6% afterbuilding in immediate impact of 7thCPC, reductions planned in diesel andelectricity consumption, Revenuegeneration targeted at ` 1,84,820 cr.Vision
* By 2020, long felt desires of commonman to be fulfilled viz reservedaccommodation on trains available ondemand, time tabled freight trains,elimination of unmanned level crossing,high end technology to improve safety,improved punctuality, higher averagespeed of freight trains, semi high speedtrains running along the goldenquadrilateral, zero direct discharge ofhuman waste.
Passenger Amenities:
* Wi-Fi to be rolled out in 400 stations* Cancellation of tickets on telephone no.
1. BDPA Ahmedabad letter no. BSNL/DOT/PEN/GENL dated 19-01-2016 (H C Bhatia Officesecretary) to Circle secy(Mahendra Prasad),BDPA(I), Jharkhand Telecom Circle, Ranchi,Jharkhand reg non-grant of Family Pension to MrsDevi.
2. D D Mistry Secy(BSNL/PSUs) BPS writes videletter nos,detailed below, to various officials asindicated against each:
i) BPS/BDPA(1)/AHP/TDP/2016 dt. 29-01-2016toM P Dhillon, lCGM,BSNL, Gujrat TelecomCircle, , Ahmedabad reg grant of IDA Pay scaleunder Time Bound Promotional Policy in thecadre of JTO to A H Patel Retd JTO.
ii) BPS/B DPA(1)/CGM /2016 dt. 02-02-02016to KK Thakur, CGM Jharkhand Telecom Circle,Ranchi, Jharkhand reg release of long pendingpension and pensionary benefits to LeduBedua Retd RM.
iii) BPS/BDPA(1)/SSG/FP/2016dt. 09-02-2016 toGopal Joshi, Controller of Communications &Accounts, DOT Cell, Anhmedabad regrestoration of reduced family pension to armsShakuben w/o late S R Gamit ex-PM.
iv) BPs/BDPA(1)/FP/CPV/2016 dt. 09-02-2016 toGopal Joshi, Controller of Communications &Accounts, DOT Cell, Ahmedabad reg revisionof family pension of Ms Charulata P Vyas - u/mdaughter of late P K Vyas Retd SS.
v) BDPA(I)/ FP/CCT/2016 dt. 10-02-2016 to Lt ColD K S Chauhan, CPMG, Gujrat Circle,Ahmedabad reg arrears of revised familypension to Mrs Pannalal Chandrakant Thakkar.
vi) BPS/BDPA(1)/YNR/NOM/2026 dt. 16-02-2016to Manager DENA Bank, CPPC,Mumbai regchange of nomination in respect of Y N RajRetd TTA.
vii) BPS/BDPA(1) / BV/CNP/2016 dt. 16-02-2016 toGM, BSNL, Bhavnagar reg grant of interest fordelayed payment of DCRG to C N Pandya RetdSr TAO(G).
viii)BPS/BDPA(1)/DE/Anomoly/2016 dt. 24-02-2016 to Ravi Shanker Prasad, Hon'ble Ministerfor Communications & I T, Govt of India, NewDelhi reg settlement of long pending pay/pension Anomoly cases of J& K Telecom Circle.
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HIGHLIGHTS OF GENERAL BUDGET - 2016-17
- Budget contains insignificant benefit forindividual serving as well retired/seniorcitizens.
- No change in income tax slabs or tax rates.
- Increase in surcharge from 12% to 15% onindividuals, HUFs with income exceeding ̀1cr.
- Income-tax rebate for resident individualswith total income not exceeding ` 5 lakh enhanced from ` 2,000 to ̀ 5,000.
- Additional deduction of ̀ 50,000 in respectof interest payable on home loan taken byan Individual during 2016-17.This deductionis available to a person not owing a houseproperty and cost of house also does notexceed ̀ 50 lakh and loan does not exceed` 35 lakh.
- Period within which the construction oracquisition of a self-occupied house propertyis to completed for claiming deduction ofinterest on housing loan increased from 3years to 5 years reckoned from the year inwhich is taken - permissible deduction limitremains unchanged at ̀ 2,00,000.
- Arrears of rent received will deemed to beincome from house property. Deduction at30% of the amount so received is allowed.
- Exemption limit for employer’s contributionto superannuation enhanced to ̀ 1,50,000per annum from existing ̀ 1,00,000.
- Exemption on withdrawal of accumulatedinterest from EPF reduced from 100% to40% to the extent it relates to contributionsmade by the employee after April1, 2016.This concerns other than excludedemployees.
- 40% of the amount withdrawn from the NewPension Scheme(NPS) on retirement willbe tax exempt. As on date, entirewithdrawal is being taxed. This is to bring
parity between NPS and superannuationfunds. In nutshell, this will increase theoverall tax liability of the Individua. Amountsreceived by a nominee from NPS on deathof the taxpayer would be exempt fromtax.(Govt is likely to revisit this proposal asvarious unions of the Karamcharis &employees have expressed resentments).Contributions upto March,2016 wouldcontinue to enjoy all tax benefits.[. Furtherclarifications are awaited on tax treatmentof withdrawals from PPF - an optionalpopular savings scheme mostly taken bypensioners and senior citizens . Hope afavourable view is taken by the Govt.]
- Deduction limit for rent paid by an individualwho neither have a house & nor entitled toHRA from employer raised to ̀ 60,000 from` 24,000.
- Gains under Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme2015 are exempt from tax with provision ofindexation benefit on transfer of the GoldBonds.(This, it is felt, will give incentive for investing in Gold Bonds instead of physicalpossession of gold).
- Individual to be charged a tax of 10% on thedividend received in excess of ̀ 10 lakh asagainst present provision where dividendreceived by an individual is exempt from taxas dividend distribution tax (DDT) is alreadypaid by the company/corporate.
- No higher rate of TDS to NRIs due tounavailability of PAN subject to fulfilment ofother conditions.
- Introducing e-assessment & doing awaywith present system of physical verificationduring tax hearing.
- Reducing time-limit for filing of belatedreturns to anytime before the end of theAssessment year or completion ofassessment , whichever is earlier.
- Advance payment schdule amended forindividuals as: a) 15% of tax payable
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by June 15, b) 45% of tax payableby September 15, c) 75% of tax payableby December15 & d) 100% of tax payableby March 15. ( This will increase complianceburden ).
- Income declaration scheme - Immunity hasbeen granted from further scrutiny in cases where the taxpayer declares domesticundisclosed income and pays 45% thereof( 30% of tax , surcharge of 7.5% and penalty7.5%. Window is available between June 1,2016 and September 30,2016 for suchdeclarations and availing the option with twomonths of The declaration. Declared wouldnot come for scrutiny under IT Act or theWealth Tax Act. Scheme also providesimmunity from prosecution.
- Krishika Kalyan Cess @ 0.5% on value ofany or all taxable services effective fromJune, 2016. This will raise the service taxto 15% from present 14.5%.
- House built under recognised govt schemesmeasuring upto 60 sqm exempted from service tax.
- Infrastructure Cess @ 1% to 4% introducedon motor vehicles depending on the variantof the vehicle & type of fuel used.
- Basic excise duty on branded ready madegarments having retail price of ̀ 1,000/- or more increased from 2 to 12.5% frompresent nil. Excise Duty of 1% increasedon jewellery.
- Clean Energy Cess on coal,lignite etcrenamed as ‘Clean Environment Cess’increased from ̀ 200 per ton ̀ 400 per ton.
- ` 2,000 cr scheme ‘Ujjwala’ to provide LPGconnections to 1.5 cr women from BPLfamilies.
- Setting up of 3000 ‘Jan Aushadhi’ storesfor dispensing generic medicines. Thesestores will import duty free Dialysisequipments.
- Health-care insurance scheme proposed for1/3rd of population (BPL) families .
- Pensions including OROP and salary togovtemployees puts Govt on a tight string. Addl provision for civil pensioners to meetrecommendations of 7th CPC is at ̀ 32,070cr in 2016-17 against ` 27,285 cr in 2015-16 giving an increase of 17.5% which fallsshort of requirements.
- Statutory status to Aadhar. --- a centre ofJAM (Jandhan, Aadhar & Mobile). Hon'bleFinance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budgetspeech said to make the uniqueidentification number the foundation fordelivering social security programmes of thegovt. Aadhar scheme is currently underchallenge from civil rights groups in theSupreme Court. Aadhar is finding itscriticism due to lack of legal backing.
- Government has concentrated onagriculture sector, irrigation projects,organicfarming schemes, Gram Sadak Yojna,strengthening of MANREGA, Swatch BharatMission, roads, Infra projects, more benchesof SEBI Appellate Tribunal, banksrehabilitation, additional benches forIncome Tax Tribunals.
- lowering of corporate income tax rate forcompanies with turnover less than ?5 cr to29% +surcharge+Cess.
- It is unfortunate that the govt has almostignored the middle class especially thePENSIONRS/SENIOR CITIZENS who onlypay tax very honestly,religiously andethically bound citizens.Hike in the rate ofindirect tax is bound to effect this class ofcitizens whose past savings - a source forlivelihood in the evenings of their lives getsautomatically reduced due to erosion in thevalue of money. Finance Minister has notdone justice to this group of citizens. Thisgroup is not only a toothless silentspectator but also a helpless sufferer. Wish
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FAMILY PENSION IS THE RIGHTTHE OF WIFE AND NOT THEDISCRETION OF HUSBAND
To wipe the tears from the face of anindividual, one needs dynamic Organisationcoupled with strong will. Without these, it isdifficult nay impossible to set right the wrongdecisions of Administration. The undersignedin his capacity as Secy General of SECRailway Association had various experiences.Some of these are quoted below:1. Sh Soma Sakharam, an ex-Gangman who
retired on 30.04.1998 had been deniedpension on grounds of not completing not10 years of Qualifying service at the time ofretirement. The matter was takenup in thePension Adalat where the service sheet ofthe pensioner under reference was checkedby u/s who found that 50% of his casualservice in CPC scale had not been countedby the administration. Same got re-examined and found that the pensioner u/rhas over 12 years of qualifying service Andthus entitled Pension/Family pension.
2. Sh Khemchand Brijlal, Gangman soughtvoluntary retirement from 22.12.1981 & laterexpired on 11.01.1984. He too was notsanctioned pension for reason of not havingput in 20 years of qualifying service. The
officials kept on arguing that acceedingto the request of pensioner to grant/sanction pension without 20 years ofqualifying service is incorrect and as suchthe orders of voluntary retirement werecancelled and his death treated as deathduring service.
3. Smt Shanti Bai Yadav when approachedthe bank for sanction of family pension afterthe death of her husband was told that nofamily pension is sanctioned in the PPOand also no joint photograph with herhusband is available in the PPO. Aftersubmission of various declaration anddocuments proving that the claimant is alegally married wife, a PPO was issued inher favour for family pension.
4. Sh Leeladhar Gangadhar, ex-Tech, afterretirement got pension . Suddenly he wasfound missing. His wife Smt Mirabai lodgedan FIR. Later on approaching the bank forfamily pension, she was informed that thereis no family pension in her favour in the PPOand hence cannot be paid any familypension. Matter was taken to the PensionAdalat and after prolonged battle it wasproved that she is the legally married wifeof the pensioner Leeladhar whowent missing. A correction to the PPO wasissued and the claimant is now getting familypension.
5. Sh Chandan Mahagoo, Gangman retired on31.03.1998. He had two wives and none ofthe two found mention in the PPO givingentitlement of family pension to any of thewives. On the expiry of the pensionerthe first wife represented for sanctionof family pension but the claim was rejectedand case closed.The matter was thentakenup afresh and administrative authoritiesconvinced with citation of existing rules onthe subject. The Ministry of Pensions andRly Board’ orders stipulate that the first wifeis entitled to,family pension and after herdeath, children of second wife are entitledto the benefits of family pension. This ruleis in force since 2013 and there is nochange since then. All the five cases listed above force the u/s
the Hon'ble Finance Minister revisits thepoints ignored such as extra interests onsavings, pensions be net of income tax,raising exemption limit of income tax bothfor senior citizens & citizens above 80 yearsold. He may also like to address theEmpowered Committee of Secretariesheaded by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinhaexamining the report of 7th Central PayCommission to give full consideration to thedemands of the pensioners which would notonly benefit the pensioners alone but seniorcitizens in general too. Sincere attemptsbe made to make Budget 2016-17 'PEOPLE FRIENDLY' instead of 'PEOPLEUNFRIENDLY'.
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Letter No SG/BPS/016/01 dt : 01.03.2016, toSh. Narendra Modi, Hon. Prime Minister ofIndia South Block, New Delhi.
Sub: Revision of Pension of Pre 2006Pensioners - Reg: minimum pensionfor Pre 2006 Pensioners who retiredfrom posts where pay scales havebeen merged /upgraded
Ref:-i) Resolution of GOI No. 38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 29-8-08 & OM Dated 1-9-08, (ii)DOP&PW O.M. F.No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A)dated 3-10-08, 14-10-08 & 11-2-09, (iii)DOP&PW O.M. F.No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A)dated 30-7-2015.
We seek your benign intervention in thefollowing matter of injustice with a section ofPre-2006 Central Government Pensioners:1. Sixth Pay Commission recommended for
“Modified Parity” between Pre-2006 & post-2006 Pensioners. Its Recommendationswere accepted by the Cabinet vide Resolutiondated 29-8-08 cited above, which inter-aliaprovided that “The fixation (of Pension)………. will be subject to the provisionthat the revised pension, in no case,shall be lower than 50% of the sum ofthe minimum of the pay in the pay bandand the grade pay thereon
to feel that the officials handling these casesnot only need proper understanding of the rulesand regulations but middle level supervisoryofficers too are not discharging their dutiessincerely to help the affected parties. Furtherit emphasises the need for on-job refreshertraining through workshops whereat besidesofficials handling such matters, the lower levelwhose literacy level is low, also need toeducated on benefits they are entitled to.Checking of service records in between andservice verification is equally essential to bein line with Prime Minister shri “Narendra Modi’s dictum of Minimum Govt andMaximum Governace” and corruption freeadministration.
J Narayan Rao
General Secretary/Vice prez (WZ) BPS
corresponding to the pre-revised payscale from which the pensioner hadretired.” DOP&PW issued the ordersthereon vide OM dated 1-9-08.
2. Later on, DOP&PW made changes in theabove said orders (vide Para 5 of OM dated11-2-09 cited above) & inter-alia laid downthe condition that “benefit of up-gradation ofposts subsequent to their retirement wouldnot be admissible to the pre-2006pensioners in this regard.”
3. The above said condition changed the verynature and content of the decision of theCabinet notified vide Gazette Notificationdated 29-8-2008 as the said Resolution didnot provide for it.
4. DOP&PW’s OM dated 11-2-09 has sincebeen quashed by the CAT New Delhi videOA 655/2010 directed for fixation of Pensionas per Resolution dated 29-8-2008.
5. All SLPs of the Government in this regard,against the judgements of the CAT and HighCourts, had been conclusively been rejectedby the Apex Court vide its judgement dated17-3-15.
5. a) DOP&PW vide OM dated 28-1-2013ordered for Revision of Pension of Pre-20006Pensioners to 50% of minimum of the Payin the Pay Band plus Grade Pay of theCorresponding to Pre-revised scale w.e.f.24-9-2012 whereas the decision of theCabinet on 24-9-2012.
b) This order was modified and implementedw.e.f. 1-1-2006 vide DOP&PW OM dated30-7-15 - as per Orders of the SupremeCourt on 17-3-2015.
6. The order dated 30-7-15 only partiallyimplemented the orders of the Courts andthe orders are yet to be issued in respect ofrevision of Pension as per pay scales ofmerged/upgraded posts.
7. DOP&PW OM No. 38/77-A/09- P&PW(A)Pt. of 5.3.2015 (para 2) says “Hon’ CAT/PBin orders dt. 1.11.2011 directed that the pastpensioners may be granted w.e.f.1.1.2006 revised pension with ref. to FitmentTable for the Post, as adopted for payfixation of serving employees.”
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8. Delhi High Court in W.P.(C) 8012/2013 hadheld that “policy decision of the Governmentin the OM dated September 01, 2008 to fixpension for all category of pensioners didnot classify post of pre January 01, 2006retirees and all were entitled to pension asper a common formula”
9. All the above said judgements have beenconclusively upheld by the Supreme Court.
10.It is, therefore, requested that Pre-2006Pensioners be given the benefit of upgradedPay Band and Grade Pay of the post fromwhich they retired so that, minimum pensionbe not lower than 50% of the pay in therevised pay band plus the grade paycorresponding to the post from which thepensioner retired.
Er.S.C.Maheshwari ,Secy.Genl.
Bharat Pensioners Samaj
Letter No. SG/BPS/016/04 dt : 23.02.16, to
Sarve Shri Manohor Lal Khatar ji,
Honourable Chief Minister GOVT.Of
Haryana, 2. Addl Chief Secy, GOVT.Of
Haryana, Deptt. Of Health, Medical
Education & Research Chandigarh.
Sub:- Revision of Pension of Pre-2006 &
Pre-1996 Pensioners—Inclusion of
NPA for revision of Pension of retired
Doctors of Haryana.
Bharat Pensioners Samaj the largest & theoldest Federation of Indian Pensioners bringsto your notice that as of now, under the revisedpension rules of 6th Pay Commissions, in thecase of pre-1996 & Pre-2006 retired doctors ofGovt of Haryana, when the pension is steppedup to 50 % of the Pay in pay band+GP in therevised scale corresponding to the pre-revisedscale from which the, doctor has retired, NPAis NOT considered as PAY for calculation ofpension.
2. Now, in the implementation of thejudgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court on this
issue in Civil Appeal no. 10640- 46/2013 in thecase of KC BAJAJ & Others v/s Union Of INDIA,Govt. of India, Min of Personal, PublicGrievances and Pension and P.W, vide itsOffice Memo. No: 38/31/11-P &PW (A) (Vol.IV) dated 18-02-2015, has issued orders to allministries/deptts. That in the c/o Pre-1996 &Pre2006 Retired medical officers, NPA @ 25%shall be added to the minimum of the revisedscale of Pay as on 1.1.1996 & 1.1.2006corresponding to the Pre-revised pay scale fromwhich the Med. Offr. has retired in cases wherethe consolidated Pension/ F.P is stepped upto 50%/30% respectively of the minimum of therevised scale of Pay/Pay+GP in the 5th & 6thPay commissions respectively.
3. In view of the above action plan of G.O.I.itIs requested that Govt. of Haryana should alsotake similar steps and issue orders to thePension disbursing authorities to revise Pensionof Pre-1996 & Pre-2006 retired doctors ofHaryana considering NPA as PAY whenpension is stepped up to 50% of the minimumof the Pay/Pay+GP in the revised scales ofPay in the 5th & 6th Pay Commissionscorresponding to the scale from which the M.O.has retired w.e.f 1.1.1996 & 1.1.2006respectively i.e. 50% of minimum of Pay(Pay+NPA) w.e.f 1.1.1996 & 50% of Pay(Pay+GP+NPA)w.e.f.1.1.2006 of correspondingscales.
4. Copy of O.M. of G.O.I. Min of PG &Pensions, Deptt of Pension & PW dated18.02.2015 is attached for ref.
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Finance Ministry has published this7th Pay Commission meeting minutes
held with the members of staff side
7th Pay Commission Latest News – Finance Ministry has published this 7th PayCommission meeting minutes held with themembers of staff side held on 19.02.2016Minutes of the Meeting of Joint Secretary (IC)with the Members of the Staff-Side of theStanding Committee (National Council-JCM)held on 19.02.2016. A Meeting was held underthe chairmanship of Joint Secretary(Implementation Cell), Department ofExpenditure, Ministry of Finance, with theMembers of the Staff Side of the StandingCommittee (National Council-JCM) on19.2.2016 to discuss the issues raised by theNational Joint Council of Action (NJCA) {JointConsultative Machinery (JCM)} in their letter No.NJC/2015/7th CPC dt. 10.12.2015, addressedto the Cabinet Secretary, regarding their Charterof Demands on the recommendations of the 7th
Central Pay Commission. The Secretary, Staff-Side of the Standing Committee (NationalCouncil- JCM), who is the convener of the NJCA,along with other office bearers attended themeeting. The list of the participants from theStaff-Side is attached at Annexure.
2. Welcoming the members of the Staff-Side, JS(IC) mentioned that the meeting hasbeen convened to enable the Staff-Side to bringout their concerns on the recommendations ofthe 7th CPC in the light of the Charter ofDemands made by them in the foresaid letterof NJCA so that same could be examined inthe Implementation Cell and submitted forconsideration of the Empowered Committee ofSecretaries. He informed the office bearers thatbefore arriving at a decision, the ECoS wouldalso hold separate discussions with the StaffSide.
3. Commencing the discussions from theSide of the Members of the Staff-Side,Secretary, Staff-Side, Standing Committee
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(National Council-JCM), explained thatthey have already placed their Charter ofDemands as per the letter of NJCA dated10.12.2015. He mentioned that the reasonsbased on which these demands havebeen made have also been explained therein.He, however, highlighted that the Staff-Side isnot at all happy with the recommendations ofthe 7th CPC and, in fact, no section of theemployees is satisfied, as the Commission hasrecommended a minimal pay increase ascompared to the previous Pay Commissions.He mentioned that the Staff-Side does notagree with the minimum pay of Rs. 18000 andthe reason as to why the methodology adoptedby the 7th CPC to arrive at this figure is notcorrect has been explained in their letter dated10.12.2015. He stated that Staff-Side demandsenhancement of the minimum pay to Rs. 26000and the reasons in support of this have beengiven in their aforesaid letter. He further statedthat an amicable and mutually negotiatedsettlement of these demands is necessary asnon-acceptance would further causeresentment in the employees. He informed thatStaff-Side has already made their stand clearto go on strike from 11th April, 2016 if theirdemands are not considered and no amicablesettlement happens.
4. Thereafter, the other members of theStaff-Side also expressed their arguments foracceptance of these demands and all of thememphasised that the minimum pay needs tobe revised. Consequently, the fitment multipleof 2.57 would also need commensurate change.The leader of the Staff-Side explained that theoffice bearers who were present in the meetingrepresent various sections of CentralGovernment employees including railways,defence civilians, postal employees etc., thenumber of which is around Rs. 32 lakhs.
5. The Staff-Side brought out their concernson all the 26 demands included in the Charterof Demands and all the points brought out by
them in the letter of the NJAC dt. 10.12.2015were reiterated. However, following issues insupport of their demands were highlighted :-
(i) Minimum Pay needs to be revised to Rs.26000 p.m. and the minimum pay of Rs. 18000p.m. as recommended by 7th CPC is notacceptable. This would require upward revisionin the fitment multiple of 2.57 and change inthe Pay Matrix. It was argued that if the 10%of the pay for NPS contribution and therecommended increase in the CGEIScontribution are taken into account, there wouldbe a drop in the take-home salary of theemployees at the minimum pay of Rs.18000.
(ii) Central Government employees need tobe excluded from the National Pension Scheme(NPS), which has been a long pending demandof the Staff Side. The Staff-Side stated that thePension Fund which has been created underNPS to generate annuity for employees, wouldnot ensure reasonable pension. Rather it is quitelikely that it may generate negative returnsbecause of the dismal performance of thefinancial market to which the fund is invested,leaving the employees without any reasonablesocial security benefit.
(iii) The 7th CPC has recommended abolitionof 52 allowances without properly appreciatingthe justification of these allowances. Theexample of break-down allowance in case ofRailway employees was given, stating that thisallowances is given so that the concernedemployees take up the necessary follow upaction in the case of breakdown on an urgentbasis and therefore its withdrawal is not justifiedin operational interests of Railways.
(iv) The withdrawal of advances, especiallyLTC, TA, Medical, National Calamity Advance,was not justified. It was argued that theseadvances are recovered from the employeesand, therefore, the same should be retained.
(v) In regard to enhancement of contributionunder Group Insurance Scheme, it was argued
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Letter No.30-1/2016-IC dt : 15.02.16 fromGOI, Ministry of Finance Deptt ofExpenditure Implementation Cell (7th CPC)
Sub: Comments of the Ministries/Departments on Recommendationsof 7th Central Pay Commission-Request to Expedite-regarding.
All the Ministries/Departments, vide theD.O.No.1-4/2015-EIII.A dated 21.11.2015 fromJoint Secretary (Pers), Department ofExpenditure were requested to formulate theirviews/comments on the issues and the posts/services under them with reference to therecommendations of the 7th Central PayCommission and forward it to the Departmentof Expenditure within a period of three weeks.
2. The action involved on part of theadministrative Ministries/Departments was alsodiscussed, in detail, in the meeting with theNodal Officers on 02.02.2016 and all the NodalOfficers were requested to furnish theircomments in the ‘prescribed proforma’circulated in the meeting, along with softcopy to the ‘[email protected] within twoweeks i.e. by 17.02.2016. The responsesreceived so far are not satisfactory andcomments of the most the Ministries/Departments are still awaited.
3. The Implementation Cell which is workingas the secretariat of the Empowered Committeeof Secretaries (E-CoS) has been asked to
that increase in the contribution from theemployees was not justified and if the same isto be raised, the Government should bear theinsurance premium.
(vi) The post of LDC should be upgraded toUDC and as part of delayering, Grade Pays ofRs. 1900, Rs. 2400 and Rs. 4600 should beabolished and merged with the next higherGrades.
(vii) The rate of increment needs to be raisedfrom 3% to 5% because pay is revised in theCentral Government after 10 years. It wasmentioned that in the PSUs the pay is revisedafter 5 years and the rate of increment is alsohigher.
(viii) Two increments in the feeder post maybe granted as promotion benefit. (ix) Fixedmedical allowance for pensioners who are notcovered by CGHS and REHS needs to beincreased from Rs. 500 p.m. to Rs. 2000 p.m.
(x) The recommendation regarding grant ofonly 80% of salary for the second year of ChildCare Leave need not be accepted and theexisting provisions may be retained
(xi) It was also demanded that though theD/o Expenditure has sought the comments ofthe Ministries/Department on the issuespertaining to them after consulting the StaffAssociations, administrative Departments arenot inviting the Staff associations fordiscussions.
6. After detailed explanation by the Staff-Side on all the demands included in the Charterof Demands, JS(IC), while concluding thediscussions, assured the Staff-Side that theconcerns and demands made by them wouldbe placed before the Empowered Committeeof Secretaries for consideration after examiningthe same in the light of the recommendationsof the Commission. He also mentioned that incases where the comments of theadministrative Ministries/ Departments wouldbe necessary, e.g., the case of break-down
allowance pertaining to Ministry of Railways,the same would be considered before the issuesare placed before the E-CoS. As regards theissue raised that the administrativeDepartments are not inviting staff associationsfor discussions, JS(IC) mentioned that theDepartments have to formulate the viewskeeping in view the representations made bythe Staff Associations.
7. Thereafter, the meeting ended withthanks to the chair.
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Letter No.4/38/2008-P&PW (D) dt : 17.02.16from GOI, Ministry of Personnel, PublicGrievances & Pensions (Department ofPension & Pensioners’ Welfare) 3rd Floor,Lok Nayak Bhawan New Delhi-03.
Sub: - Restoration of 1/3rd commutedportion of pension in respect ofGovernment servants who haddrawn lumpsum payment onabsorption in Central Public SectorUnder takings / Central AutonomousBodies — Stepping up of notional fullpension w.e.f. 01.01.2006 for thepurpose of Dearness relief andadditional pension for oldpensioners.
Orders for revision of 1/3 rd restored pensionof absorbees, who had drawn lumpsumpayment on absorption, were issued vide thisDepartment O.M. of even number dated15.9.2008 as amended/ modified vide OM No.4/30/2010-P&PW(D) dated 11.07.2013. As perthese memorandums, the full pension of theabsorbees was notionally revised w.e.f.01.01.2006 in accordance with the instructionscontained in this Department O.M. No.38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 01.09.2008. The paymentof DR and additional pension to old pensionersis regulated on the basis of the notional fullpension.
2. Instructions were issued vide thisDepartment’s OM No.38/37/08-P&PW(A)dated 28.01.2013 for stepping up of the pension
furnish considered views of the Ministries/Departments on the recommendations of the7th CPC.
4. In view of the above, the comments ofthe Ministries/Departments may be furnishedto the Implementation Cell. Department ofExpenditure, immediately.
This may be treated as most urgent.
R.K.Chaturvedi ,Jt. Secy (IC)
of pre-2006 pensioners w.e.f. 24.09.2012.Accordingly, the notional full pension of theabsorbee pensioners was also stepped up w.e.f24.09.2012 in accordance with the instructionscontained in the aforesaid OM dated28.01.2013 vide this Department’s OM of evennumber dated 03.04.2013.
3. Instructions have now been issued videthis Department’s OM No 38/37/08- P&PW(A)dated 30.07.2015 for revision of pension/ familypension of all pre-2006 pensioners/ familypensioners in accordance with thisDepartment’s OM dated 28.01.2013 with effectfrom 01.01.2006 instead of 24.09.2012.Accordingly, the notional full pension ofabsorbee pensioners would also be revised inaccordance with the instructions contained inaforesaid OM dated 30.07.2015 w.e.f.01.01.2006 instead of 24.09.2012 and dearnessrelief and additional pension for old pensionerswould be admissible on such revised notionalfull pension.
4. This issues with the concurrence ofMinistry of Finance, Department of Expenditurevide their I.D. No. 1(5)/EV/2012 dated18.01.2016.
(Harjit Singh), Deputy Secy GOI
Letter No.1/18/2001-P&PW(E)(Vol.II) dt :27.01.16 from GOI Ministry of Personnel,P.G.& Pensions Department of pension &Pensioners Welfare 3rd Floor, Lok NayakBhavan Khan Market, New Delhi.
Sub: Grant of family pension to a disabledChild/Sibling – clarification sought byMinistry of Railway – reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer toMinistry of Railway Office MemorandumNo.F(E)III/2005/PN1/32, dated 9th December,2015 seeking the following clarifications;
If in a case the employee/Pensioner or his/her spouse did not furnish/intimate the detailsof the handicapped child to the pension
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2.8 lakh of its pensioners above 80years, Railways want to run a check
The inspectors, all railway employees, havebeen asked to visit the houses of all pensionersin this age bracket, obtain their signatures and,if possible, that of their neighbours aswitnesses to certify that the beneficiary is alive.Written by Avishek G Dastidar New DelhiUpdated :
According to government figures, the nextinline in this pension segment is the defenceministry, which is far behind with 42,000pensioners. Facing a cash squeeze and abulging pension bill, the Railways havelaunched a first-of-its-kind exercise to physicallyverify whether all its retired employees, agedbetween 80 and 100 years, are still alive.Starting this month, hundreds of “WelfareInspectors” have been fanning out to track downeach of the 2.86 lakh former employees in thisage group, who form 20 percent of the Railways’total pensioner population of 13,75,483 and drawa combined pension of at least Rs 8,000 crore.The inspectors, all railway employees, havebeen asked to visit the houses of all pensionersin this age bracket, obtain their signatures and,if possible, that of their neighbours aswitnesses to certify that the beneficiary is alive.
“Legally, every pensioner is supposed toprovide physical proof of life to banks every yearto continue drawing pension. The system worksfine. But looking at the huge numbers andconsidering the age group in question, we justwant to rule out the possibility of any irregularitythere,” a senior Railway Board official told
The Indian Express.
Sanctioning Authority during their lifetime andafter the death of his/her parents, family pensionis claimed by a handicapped child, in this casewhether the family pension will be admissibleif he/she;
(a) Produces a medical certificate issuedafter death of his/her parents.
(b) Produces a medical certificate issued before the death of his/her parents butthe same is not as per rules.
2. It had been clarified previously, videO.M.No.1/2/09-P&PW(E), dated 30thDecember, 2009 that non-intimation ofphysical/mental handicap does not make aperson ineligible for family pension.
3. A disability certificate issued after thedeath of the employee/Pensioner or his/herspouse for a disability which existed before theirdeath may be accepted by the appointingauthority if he is a satisfied that (i) it rendershim or her unable to earn a living (ii) he/shewas suffering from that disability on the crucialdate, i.e., on the date of death of pensioners/employee or his spouse, whichever was later.
4. If a disability certificate has been obtainedfor a permanent disability previously, there isno requirement of obtaining a disabilitycertificate afresh as has already been madeclear in rule 54 (6) and this department’sO.M.No.1/18/01-P&PW(E)(Vol.II), dated 30thSeptember, 2014 and 5th November 2015.
5. It is also clarified that the criteria fordisabled siblings is same as above.
6. This issues with the approval ofcompetent authority.
(D.K.Solanki)
Under Secy GOI
Service tax raised,60% PF corpustaxable on withdrawal, no relief to Sr
citizens & no change in taxslab.pensioners worst hit#budget16-17
Scared of their approach & policiesGOI-DoPPW avoids interaction with
pensionersfederations#Goodgovernance
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Letter No. l/18/2015-P&PW (E) dt : 02.02.16from GOI Ministry of Personnel, PublicGrievances & Pensions, Deptt of Pension& Pensioners’ Welfare, New Delhi - 03, toSecretary, Department of FinancialServices, Jeevan Deep Building, SansadMarg, New Delhi - 01.
Sub : Submission of Digital Life Certificatethrough Jeevan Pramaan facility - reg.
There was a report in some newspaperson 27th November, 2015 that the facility ofsubmitting Digital Life Certificate (DLC) onlineby the pensioners will be discontinued. It wasclarified “vide this Department’s press releasedated 30th November, 2015 that there was noproposal to discontinue the Digital LifeCertification for the pensioners.
2. Jeevan Pramaan, i.e., submission ofDigital Life Certificate based on Aadhaarnumber is a very useful facility, especially in
Letter No.No.F(E)III/2005/PN1/32 dt :24.02.16 from GOI (Bharat Sarkar) MinistryOf Railways (Rail Mantralaya) (RailwayBoard) to all GMs/FA & CAOs All IndianRailways/Production Units.
Sub: Grant of family pension to a disabledChild/sibling-clarification regarding.
A copy of Department of Pension andPensioners Welfare (DOP&PW)’s O.M.No.1-18-2001-P&PW(E) (Vol.II) dated 27.01.2016 onthe above subject is enclosed for informationand compliance. These instructions shall applymutatis mutandis on the Railways also.DOP&PW’s O.M.No.1/2/09-P&Pw(E) dated30.12.2009, O.M.No.1/18/01-P&PW(E)(Vol.II)dated 30.09.2014 and 05.11.2015 have beenadopted/Circulated vide Board’s letters of evennumber dated 15.01.2010, 27.10.2014 and11.01.2016 respectively.
Sanjay Prashar,
Deputy dir finance (Estt.) III, Rly Bd.
case of infirm and old pensioners. More than12 lakh pensioners have already used thisfacility till January, 2016, of which 3.5 lakhpensioners submitted their DLCs in the monthof November, 2015.
3. Banks may be advised to stress that whilethis activity is totally voluntary on the part ofpensioners, and the Life certificate can besubmitted by a pensioner in any branch of thepension disbursing bank in the month ofNovember every year through the conventionalmethods also there are possible benefits ofavailing the Digital Life Certificate (DLC)methodology to the pensioner and it is his/herchoice to make use of this facility.
4. Banks may further ensure that there isto be no discrimination against thosepensioners who do not submit their DLC digitallythrough the Jeevan Pramaan facility. However,keeping in view the advantages inherent in theonline submission of Digital Life Certificate tothe pensioners, especially those who are in anadvanced age or are suffering from any diseaseor infirmity, all pension disbursing banks maybe advised to facilitate pensioners whovoluntarily offer to have their Life certificatessubmitted online through the Jeevan Pramaanfacility. The banks may also be requested tooffer assistance to those pensioners who wishto link their Aadhaar number to their pensionaccounts.
Vandana Sharma,Jt Secy GOI
Letter No.E(W) 2003/PS 5-8/1 dt : 29.01.16from GOI Ministry of Rlys (Rly Bd) to allGenl Managers(P) & (Commercial), AllIndian Railways, New Delhi .
Sub: Family Identity Cards to retiring/retired railway employees.
Ref: Board’s letter of even No. dated16.03.2015.
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Letter No. 40-07/2007(Pen-T)(Vol.V) dt :05.01.16 from GOI Ministry ofCommunication & information TechnologyDeptt of Telcommunications SancharBhawan, New Delhi , to all controller ofcommunications accounts, Gujrat TelecomCircle, Opp. Khanpur P.O. Ahmedabad-380001
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In terms of Board’s letter cited underreference, Family Identity Cards (FICs) are tobe issued to retiring/retired railway employeesand the Widows of railway employees with lifetime validity.
2. The issue of simplification of FICs,presently in the form of a booklet, wasconsidered and with the approval of Board, ithas been decided that individual FICs shouldbe issued to the retiring/retired railway officialsand the Widows of railway employees in theform of computer printed and laminated cardson the model enclosed as Annexure - I. As it isstipulated in the Pass Rules that the RailwayAdministration should issue FIC, for the firsttime simplified FICs may be issued free of cost.However, issue of duplicate FICs should be onreceipt of a written request, accompanied by acopy of FIR filed on loss of the card andpayment @ ̀ 25/- per card.
3. The Railways should commence issueof individual FICs within 2 months from the dateof issue of these instructions. It has also beendecided that in order to avoid any rush, FICs inthe booklet form issued till March 2015 with 7years validity may be replaced free of cost withindividual FICs as and when they become duefor renewal. However, if any retired officialrequests for individual FICs in lieu of old FICbefore the expiry of validity, such requests maynot be denied and individual FICs should beissued free of cost treating it as renewal. Incase of officials who retired after April 2015 andgot an FIC with life time validity, they may beallowed to get it replaced with individual FICs,free of cost, as per their convenience. FICs inthe booklet form will, however, continue as avalid identity proof for travel on PRCP till itsreplacement with individual FICs in due courseso that pensioners do not face any problemwhile travelling. Individual FICs for travel onWidow Passes may also be issued on thesame model.
4. The following instructions issued vide
Board’s letter of even no. dated 04.06.2003would continue to be in force:-
(i) The identity card should be carried by thespouse/dependent children during journeyand produced on demand by the TicketChecking Staff.
(ii) The FICs, will be issued by the office fromwhere the employees retired.
(iii) In case of retired employees/Widowsdrawing Post-retirement ComplimentaryPass/Widow Pass from an office other thanthe office where the original FIC was issued,the renewal of the FIC shall be done by theauthority who is issuing the pass to theapplicant. For the purpose of renewal, theapplicant shall submit the old FIC based onwhich renewal will be done.
(iv)Any addition in the FIC shall be done onlyby the office who issued the FIC for the firsttime. Renewing authorities shall have nopower to carry out any addition in FIC.However, deletion of eligible member in FICon account of death, marriage of daughteretc. may be allowed on request.
5. Aadhaar No. if available may be incorporatedin the FICs as indicated in the format.Necessary action may be taken by theRailways accordingly.
6. This issues with the concurrence of theFinance Directorate of the Ministry ofRailways.
Sunil Kumar, Dir Establishment
(Wel) Rly Bd
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Sub: Issue of Pensioner’s Identity Cardrequest-Reg
Please find enclosed here with thepensioner ID Card Application from of Sh.Devayat Virabhai Lavadia, Cheif TelecomSupervisor, DoT. As per DoP & PW’s O.M.No.41/21/2000-P&PW(D) dated 25.07.2013,the pensioners’Identity Card is issued by theDepartment in which the employee last worked.In the instant case PPO has been issued byGujrat Telecom Circle, hence the same isforwarded to your office for necessary action.
Ranjeet Chakravarty
Section Officer (Pen-T)
Letter No. 55/45/2015-P&PW(C) dt : 02.03.16from GOI Ministry of Personnel PG &Pension Deptt of Pension & Pensionerswelfare 3rd floor, lok Nayak Bhawan NewDelhi, to Secy/Prez to all identifiedPensioners’Associations.
Sub :Exemplary work by identifiedPensioners’Assoiations-opening of anew section on the website ofPensioners’Portal
It has been decided by this Department toopen a new section on the website of thePensioners’Portal under the heading“Exemplary work by identified Pensioners’Associations”wherin commendable / praiseworthy acts of identified Pensioners’Associationwill be published/displayed.
2. You may like to send necessarypublishable material/photographs etc. of suchinitiatives undertaken by your Pensioners’Associations for its insertion in the proposedsection of the Pensioners’ Portal
Seema Gupta, Deputy Secy
Letter No. CPAO/Co-ord/ (93)/2015-15/1130dt :18.02.16 from GOI Ministry of Finance,Department of Expenditure' CentralPension Accounting Office, New Delhi - 66.
Sub : OM No.38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated 30thJuly, 2015 of DP&PW : pendingrevision of Pension cases.
Attention is invited to O.M. No. CPAo /Co-ord/(93)/2015-16/1052-1065 dated 13.01.2016on the obove subject. Though substantialnumber of cases have been revised. stiil largenumber of cases are pending for revision inMinistries/Deportments.
A list of 9 Ministries/Departments whichtogether constitute 75% of pendency as on17.02.2016 is attached. Out of total 4127revision cases pending in Ministries/Departments, 3105 pendencies pertain to 9Ministries/Departments The details ofunrevised cases are provided at the CCA &CPAO login of CPAO website (www.cpao. nic.in). All concerned pr. CCAS/CCAS arerequested to review the status and ensure thatall pending cases are revised latest by 29thFebruary, 2016 positively.
Sanjay Singh
Chief Controller (Pension)
Letter. No. 18/03/2015-Estt. (Pay-I) dt :02.03.16 from GOI Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievances & Pensions, Deptt ofPersonnel & Training New Delhi.
Sub: Recovery of wrongful / excesspayments made to Governmentservants.
The undersigned is directed to refer to thisDepartment’s OM No.18/26/2011-Estt (Pay-I)dated 6th February, 2014 wherein certaininstructions have been issued to deal with theissue of recovery of wrongful / excess paymentsmade to Government servants in view of thelaw declared by Courts, particularly, in the caseof Chandi Prasad Uniyal And Ors. vs. State ofUttarakhand And ors., 2012 AIR SCW 4 742,(2012) 8 SCC 417. Para 3(iv) of the OM inter-alia provides that recovery should be made in
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all cases of overpayment barring few exceptionsof extreme hardships.
2. The issue has subsequently come up forconsideration before the Hon’ble Supreme Courtin the case of State of Punjab & Ors vs RafiqMasih (White Washer) etc in CA No.1152 7of 2014 (Arising out of SLP(C) No.11684 of2012) wherein Hon’ble Court on 18.12.2014decided a bunch of cases in which monetarybenefits were given to employees in excess oftheir entitlement due to unintentional mistakescommitted by the concerned competentauthorities, in determining the emolumentspayable to them, and the employees were notguilty of furnishing any incorrect information /misrepresentation fraud, which had led theconcerned competent authorities to commit themistake of making the higher payment to theemployees. The employees were as innocentas their employers in the wrongfiil determinationof their inflated emoluments. The Hon’bleSupreme Court in its judgment dated 18thDecember, 2014 ibid has, inter-alia, observedas under : “7. Having examined a number ofjudgments rendered by this Court, we are ofthe view, that orders passed by the employerseeking recovery of monetary benefits wronglyextended to employees, can only be interferedwith, in cases where such recovery would resultin a hardship of a nature, which would faroutweigh, the equitable balance of theemployer’s right to recover. In other words,interference would be called for, only in suchcases where, it would be iniquitous to recoverthe payment made. In order to ascertain theparameters of the above consideration, and thetest to be applied, reference needs to be madeto situations when this Court exemptedemployees from such recovery, even inexercise of its jurisdiction under Article 142 ofthe Constitution of India. Repeated exercise ofsuch power, “for doing complete justice in anycause would establish that the recovery beingeffected was iniquitous, and therefore, arbitrary.
And accordingly, the interference at the handsof this Court.”
“10. In view of the afore-stated constitutionalmandate, equity and good conscience, in thematter of livelihood of the people of this country,has to be the basis of all governmental actions.An action of the State, ordering a recovery froman employee, would be in order, so long as itis not rendered iniquitous to the extent, thatthe action of recovery would be more unfair,more wrongful, more improper, and moreunwarranted, than the corresponding right ofthe employer, to recover the amount. Or in otherwords, till such time as the recovery would havea harsh and arbitrary effect on the employee, itwould be permissible in law. Orders passed ingiven situations repeatedly, even in exercise ofthe power vested in this Court under Article 142of the Constitution of India, will disclose theparameters of the realm of an action of recovery(of an excess amount paid to an employee)which would breach the obligations of the State,to citizens of this country, and render the actionarbitrary, and therefore, violative of the mandatecontained in Article 14 of the Constitution ofIndia.”
3. The issue that was required to beadjudicated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court waswhether all the private respondents, againstwhom an order-of recovery (of the excessamount) has been made, should be exemptedin law, from the reimbursement of the same tothe employer. For the applicability of the instantorder, and the conclusions recorded by themthereinafter, the ingredients depicted in paras2& 3 of the judgment areessentially indispensable.
4. The Hon’ble Supreme Court whileobserving that it is not possible to postulateall situations of hardship which would governemployees on the issue of recovery,where payments have mistakenly been madeby the employer, in excess of their entitlementhas summarized the following few situations,
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Letter No. 12(1) /2014/D (Pen/Policy)- Part-H dt : 03.02.16 from GOI Ministry ofDefence Deptt of Ex-Servicemen WelfareNew Delhi, to all Chief of Army Staff, NavyStaff, Air Staff.
Sub: One Rank One Pension to theDefence Forces personnel.
The undersigned is directed to refer thisMinistry’s letter No. 12(1)/2014/D (Pen/Policy)¬Part- II dated 7th November, 2015notifying One Rank One Pension (OROP)scheme for Defence Forces personnel. Salientfeatures of the scheme have been mentionedat Para 3 & 4 of above said letter with theprovision that the benefit of the scheme shallbe implemented from 1.7.2014 to all pre-1.7.2014 pensioners. Para 6 of the letterprovides that detailed instructions relating toimplementation of OROP along with tablesindicating revised pension for each rank andeach category, shall be issued separately forupdation of pension and payment of arrearsby Pension Disbursing Agencies concerned.
2. The undersigned is directed to say thatin order to quicken the process of revision ofpension/ family pension, total 101 pensiontables indicating rates of pension/familypension under OROP scheme notified vide thisMinistry’s order dated 7th Nov, 2015, areappended to this order. The appended tablesindicate revised rates of Retiring/Service/Special/ Disability/ Invalid/ Liberalizeddisability/War Injury Pension includingdisability/war injury element and ordinary/special/ liberalized family pension ofCommissioned Officers, HonoraryCommissioned Officers, jC0s/ORs and Non-Combatants (Enrolled) of Army, Navy, Air
wherein recoveries by the employers wouldbe impermissible in law:-
(i) Recovery from employees belonging to Class-III and Class-IV service (or Group ‘C’ andGroup ‘D’ service).
(ii)Recovery from retired employees, oremployees who are due to retire within oneyear, of the order of recovery.
(iii) Recovery from employees, when the excesspayment has been made for a period inexcess of five years, before the order ofrecovery is issued.
(iv) Recovery in cases where an employee haswrongfully been required to discharge dutiesof a higher post, and has been paidaccordingly, even though he should haverightfully been required to work against aninferior post.
(v) In any other case, where the Court arrives atthe conclusion, that recovery if made fromthe employee, would be iniquitous or harshor arbitrary to such an extent, as would faroutweigh the equitable balance of theemployer’s right to recover.
5. The matter has, consequently, beenexamined in consultation with the Departmentof Expenditure and the Department of LegalAffairs. The Ministries / Departments are advisedto deal with the issue of wrongful / excesspayments made to Government servants inaccordance with above decision of the Hon’bleSupreme Court in CA No.11527 of 2014 (arisingout of SLP (C) No.11684 of 2012) in State ofPunjab and others etc vs Rafiq Masih (WhiteWasher) etc. However, wherever the waiver ofrecovery in the above-mentioned situations isconsidered, the same may be allowed withthe express approval of Department ofExpenditure in terms of this Department’sOM No.18/26/2011-Estt (Pay-I) dated 6thFebruary, 2014.
6. In so far as persons serving in the IndianAudit and Accounts Department are concerned,
these orders are issued with the concurrenceof the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
(A.K. Jain)
Deputy Secy GoI
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Force, Defence Security Corps & TerritorialArmy retired/discharged/invalided out fromservice/died in service or after retirement. Theexisting pension of all pre- 1.7.2014 pensioners/family pensioners shall be enhanced withreference to applicable table for the rank (andgroup in case of JCOs/ORs) in which pensionwith reference to the actual qualifying serviceas shown in Column-I of the tables subject tomaximum term of engagement for each rankas applicable from time to time. The rate ofpension of pensioners/ family pensionersdrawing pension more than the rate of revisedpension/ family pension indicated in annexedtables, shall remain unchanged.
3. The undersigned is also directed toconvey that full pension of PSU absorbees whohad opted for 100% commutation of pension,shall also be revised under this order withreference to revised pension of the rankdetermined for regular category of pensioners.However, there shall be no change in restoredamount of pension already notified byrespective PSAs in their case.
APPLICABILITY
4. The provisions of this letter shall beapplicable to all pensioners/family pensionerswho had been retired/discharged/ invalided outfrom service/died in service or after retirementin the rank of Commissioned Officers, honorarycommissioned officers, KO s/ORs and Non-Combatants (Enrolled) of Army, Navy, AirForce, Defence Security Corps, Territorial Army& Ex-State Forces and are in receipt of pension/family pension as on 1.7.2014.
4.1 The provisions of this order, however,do not apply to UK/HKSRA/KCIO pensioners,Pakistan & Burma Army pensioners, Reservistpensioners and pensioners in receipt of Ex-gratia payments.
Methodology For Implementation :
5. All Pension Disbursing Agencies (PDAs)handling disbursement of pension to Defence
ensioners are hereby authorized to carry outrevision of Retiring/Service/ Special/Disability/Invalid/Liberalized disability/War Injury Pensionincluding disability/war injury element andordinary/special/liberalized family pension of allpre- 1.7.2014 pensioners drawing pension ason 1.7.2014 in terms of these orders withapplicable rates of dearness relief without callingfor any applications from the pensioners andwithout any further authorization from thePension Sanctioning Authorities concerned.
6. Where the revised pension as on 1.7.2014worked out in terms of these orders, happensto be less than the existing pension/ familypension as on 1.7.2014, the pension shall notbe revised to the disadvantage of the pensioner.
7. Arrears on account of revision of pensionfrom 1. 7 .2014 till date of its implementationshall be paid by the Pension DisbursingAgencies in four equal half yearly installments.However, all the family pensioners includingthose in receipt of Special/Liberalized familypension and all Gallantry award winners shallbe paid arrears in one installment.
8. The initial Pension Payment Order (PPO)or its Corrigendum PPO (Corr PPO) indicatesrank,group and qualifying service for which theindividual has been pensioned. This informationis available with Pension Disbursing Agenciesas they have revised pension of all suchpensioners in the recent past in terms ofGovernment orders issued for implementationof recommendations of Sixth CPC, CSC-2009& CSC-2012. In case, however, any informationregarding qualifying service, rank, group etc.,is not available with Pension DisbursingAgencies, such cases may be referred toPension Sanctioning Authority concerned onthe proforma enclosed as Annexure-A. ThePension Sanctioning Authorities concerned willprovide the requisite information from theavailable records within 15 days of the receiptof request from the Pension DisbursingAgencies.
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9. In case of any doubt relating to revisionof pension in terms of this order, pensiondisbursing agencies may immediately take upthe matter with nodal officers of respective PSAsdetails of which shall be notified by Pr.CDA(P)Allahabad in their implementation instructions.
10. The OROP shall be basic pension from1.7.2014 and therefore, additional pension asapplicable to the old age pensioners/ familypensioners on attaining the relevant age (80years and above) shall also be enhanced bythe PDAs from 1.7.2014 or the date from whichthe pensioner attains the age of 80 years ormore, whichever is later.
Payment of Life Time Arrears (LTA) :
11. If a pensioner to whom the benefitaccrues under the provisions of this letter hasdied/dies before receiving the payment ofarrears, the Life Time Arrears of pension (LT A)shall be paid in the following manner: –
a) If the claimant is already in receipt ofFamily Pension or happens to be the person inwhose favour Family Pension already standsnotified and the awardees has not becomeineligible for any reason, the LTA under theprovisions of this letter should be paid to sucha claimant by the PDA on their own.
b) If the claimant has already received LTAin the past in respect of the deceased to whomthe benefit would have accrued, the LTA underthe provisions of this letter should also be paidto such a claimant by the PDA on their own.
c) If the claimant is a person other than theone mentioned at 11(a) & 11(b) above, paymentof LTA shall be made to the legal heir/heirs asper extant Government orders.
12. The following elements shall continueto be paid as separate elements in addition tothe pension revised under these orders-
i) Monetary allowance attached to gallantryawards viz. Param Vir Chakra, AshokChakra etc.
iii) Dearness relief as sanctioned by theGovernment from time to time.
Miscellaneous Instructions :
13. No arrears on account of revision ofpension/family pension shall be admissible forthe period prior to 1.7.2014.
14. No commutation of pension shall beadmissible on revised/additional amount ofpension accruing as a result of revision ofpension under these orders. However, theexisting amount of pension, if any, that hasbeen commuted will continue to be deductedfrom the revised pension.
15. As a result of these orders, there will beno change in the amount of gratuity alreadydetermined and paid with reference to the rulesin force at the time of discharge/invalidment/death.
16. Any overpayment of pension coming tothe notice or under process of recovery shallbe adjusted in full by the Pension DisbursingAgencies against arrears becoming due onrevision of pension on the basis of these orders.
Metodology For Reporting :
17. An intimation regarding disbursementof revised pension shall be furnished by thePension Disbursing Agencies to the Office ofthe Pr. CDA(P) Allahabad in the formatprescribed as Annexure¬B to this letter in thefollowing month in which revision takes place.PDAs shall also ensure that an intimationregarding revision of pension is invariablyconveyed to the pensioners concerned for theirinformation irrespective of the fact the same isbeneficial to them or not. The Public SectorBanks who are disbursing defence pensionthrough Central Pension Processing Centres(CPPC), the progress report shall be furnishedby the CPPC of the bank directly to the officeof the PCDA (Pensions) Allahabad throughelectronic scrolls.
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18. All other terms and conditions whichare not affected by this order shall remainunchanged.
19. This issues with concurrence of FinanceDivision of this Ministry vide their ID No PC. 1to 10(11)/2012/FIN/PEN dated 2.2.2016 .
Manoj Sinha,Under Secy GOI
FLASHMEETING WITH NCJCM LEADERS
CONCLUDED AT RASHTRAPATHI BHAVAN,NEW DELHI on 01.03.2016?
The meeting of office bearers of Staff Sideof Standing Committee of NCJCM Leaders withthe Government Side comprising of EmpoweredCommittee of Secretaries (E-CoS) justconcluded at Cabinet Secretariat, RashtrapatiBhavan, New Delhi. NFIR was represented byShri Guman Singh, President, Dr M.Raghavaiah, General Secretary, Shri R.P.Bhatnagar, Working President and Shri K.S.Murthy, Vice President.
Dr Raghavaiah stated that the Govt Sidecomprising of Secretaries from variousministries and Chairman Railway Board heardto the detailed 26 charter of demands by NJCAleaders. The leaders also explained the peculiarworking conditions on Railways explaining thenumber of deaths in the course of working ofIndian Railwaymen. The leaders highlighted theinjustice done with regard to Minimum Pay,Multiplying Factor etc., The leaders made theintentions clear to Shri P.K. Sinha, CabinetSecretary that in the event of No SatisfactoryNegotiated Settlement all the CentralGovernment Employees will go on Strike from11th April 2016 as already decided.
After listening to the points raised by NJCAleaders, Mr Sinha suggested some more timeto explain the issues in detail to the CabinetCommittee. However, the talks wereinconclusive.
Further course of action will be discussedby NJCA on 02nd March 2016. ThePreparations of Strike should continue.
Grievance redressal system
1. If you have any grievance in pension mattersyou may take it up with your Head of Office,the pension sanctioning authority or thepension disbursing authority, as the casemay be.
2. In case you wish BPS to deal with it thensubmit it on the following Format
a. Name
b. Full address with contact Mob. No/ E Mailaddress
c. office from which retired (Name & Addressof the office may be indicated in full)
d. Post held at the time of retirement (andscale of pay with last Basic pay)
e. If pension has been sanctioned, quantummay be specified.
I. The particulars of Accounts Officer whichissued the PPO
II. The particulars of Pension DisbursingAuthority along with Bank account No, and
III. PPO number with a photocopy of the PPO
IV. Year of retirement & Type of retirement
V. Reference No & date, with copies ofrepresentation made so for if any along withresponse of concerned authority if any
Important: Summary of your representation innot more than 4000 Characters or 125 words
Note: Unless the above information is given inthe top sheet of your representation , the BPSwill not be in a position to deal with it.
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Man forgets bag full of valuables intrain and gets it back due to quick
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NORTHERN RAILWAY IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NORTHERN RAILWAYPENSIONERS
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IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NORTHERN RAILWAY PENSIONERS
All the Pensioners/Family Pensioners of Northern Railway may kindly following additionalinformation for updating the pensioner’s data base being maintained by Pension Sectionat Baroda House: -
a) Name as in Pension Payment Order: —————————————–
b) Pension Payment Order Number: —————————————–
c) Current Address for communication: —————————————–
d) Name of the pension Drawing Bank: —————————————–
e) Saving Bank Account Number: —————————————–
f) Mobile Number: —————————————–
g) Email id: —————————————–
h) Aadhar Number: —————————————–
i) Income Tax Permanent Account Number: —————————————–
The above information may kindly be sent by post or email to Sr. AFA (pension), Officeof FA&CAO, Northern Railway, Baroda House, New Delhi-110 001. Email id:[email protected]. All the pensioners’/family pensioners are also requestedto updated the information mentioned at (c), (f), (h) and (i) with their pension drawingbank branches. 505/2016
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Indian Railways – PaperlessUnreserved and Platform Tickets…
With a view to cut down queues at countersat Railway stations and to facilitate convenientbooking of tickets by passengers, IndianRailways have introduced the facility ofpaperless unreserved tickets through mobilephone over suburban sections of Central,Western, Southern, Northern (New Delhi-Palwal section), Eastern and South CentralRailways. Further, a pilot project of booking ofplatform tickets through mobile phones has alsobeen introduced on some stations of theseZonal Railways.
Leveraging new technologies to facilitatepassengers is a continuous and ongoingprocess. This information was given by theMinister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinhain a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabhaon 26.02.2016 (Friday).
PIB
Timely disposal of PublicGrievances – Q & A in Rajya Sabha…
As per the guidelines issued by theDepartment of Administrative Reforms andPublic Grievances, a grievance is required tobe redressed within a period of two months. Incase, it is not possible an interim reply withreasons for delay is required to be provided.However, due to federal structure of governance,each State can also create its own grievanceredress mechanism prescribing differenttimelines for redress of public grievances. Thegrievances received in the nodal Departments/offices of Central Government which pertain toState Governments are forwarded to them forappropriate action.
This was stated by the Minister of State forPersonnel, Public Grievances and Pensionsand Minister of State in Prime Minister’s officeDr. Jitendra Singh in written reply to a questionby Shri Md. Nadimul Haque in the Rajya Sabha.
Guidelines for Nomination ofRepresentatives in SCOVA
The Standing Committee of VoluntaryAgencies (SCOVA) is a forum for holdingconsultation with the stakeholders, i.e., thepensioners through their Associations andvarious Ministries/Departments of theGovernment of India, to get feedback onimplementation of pension related policies, todiscuss and critically examine the policyinitiatives and to mobilise voluntary efforts tosupplement Government action.
A mechanism has been put in place fornomination of a Standing Group comprising of5 Associations and a Rotating Groupcomprising of 10 Associations through aResolution issued from time to time. As perthe existing mechanism the Standing Groupserves for 3 terms of 2 years each or till thepleasure of the Chairman of SCOVA whicheveris earlier and Rotating Group serves for 1 termof 2 years and is eligible for re-nomination forone more term. These Associations representvarious categories of Central Governmentpensioners from various Regions/States.
The last reconstitution of SCOVA was donevide Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievancesand Pensions, Department of Pension andPensioners’ Welfare’s Resolution No. 42/08/2013-P&PW(G) dtd.25.08.2015. This wasstated by the Minister of State for Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministerof State in Prime Minister’s office Dr. JitendraSingh in written reply to a question by ShriMahendra Singh Mahra in the Rajya Sabhatoday.
KSD/NK/KM/PK/AK/887
(Release ID :137307)
Service tax raised,60% PF corpus taxableon withdrawal, no relief to Sr citizens & no
change in tax slab.pensioners worsthit#budget16-17.
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CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALPRINCIPAL BENCH,
NEW DELHI
RA 165/2015 in OA 2165/2011 With RA172/2015 in OA 1165/2011 Order reservedon: 13.01.2016 Order pronouncedon:22.01.2016. Hon’ble Mr. P.K. Basu,Member (A) Hon’ble Mr. Raj Vir Sharma,Member (J) RA 165/2015
2. Union of India through 1. Secretary, Ministryof Personnel, P.G. & Pensions, Deptt. ofPensions & Pensioners Welfare Lok NayakBhawan, New Delhi-110003 and othrs
ORDER
Mr. P.K. Basu, Member (A)
We dispose off Review Application (RA)165/2015 in OA 2165/2011 and RA 172/2015in OA 1165/2011 together as the prayer madeis the same.
2. This Tribunal had disposed of three OAsnamely OA 1165/2011, OA 2165/2011 andOA 246/2012 vide order dated 21.04.2015.These were disposed of together on theunderstanding that all the OAs dealt withthe same issue.
3. Through these RAs, the applicants havepointed out that while one part of their prayerhas been answered in our order dated21.04.2015, the order is silent on anotherpart. It is stated that in OA 1165/2011, therelief sought was basically to count thequalifying service for earning full pension as20 years for those who retired/ deemed tohave retired from Central Governmentservices on or before 31.12.2005 and werealive on that day at par with post-1.01.2006retirees. In our order, we had allowed this
prayer in para 13. 7 RA 165/2015 with RA172/2015
4. It is pointed out that in OA 2165/2011, theapplicants in para 8.6 of the relief clausehave prayed as follows: “8.6 The applicantspray that the U.O.I. be directed that thebenefits of due pension as per the qualifyingservice of 20 years/ 10 years for grant of fullpension with effect from 01.01.2006 be givenwithin three months of the judgment alongwith interest from the dates when thepayments were originally due.”
5. In our order dated 21.04.2015, while prayerfor earning full pension on 20 years of servicewas allowed, no order had been passedregarding 10 years of qualifying service inaccordance with rule 49 (2) of CCS(Pension) Rules, which relates tosuperannuation whereas 20 years’ clauserelates to voluntary retirement. Learnedcounsel for the applicants has made out acase that this is an error apparent on theface of record and we may rectify the same.
6. Shri Rajesh Katyal, learned counsel for therespondents has raised four objections,namely,
(i) since the applicants had not made a prayerin OA 1165/2011 regarding 10 year clause,they cannot raise it now in an RA as this isbeyond the scope of RA; (ii) in OA 655/2010decided on 1.11.2011, the applicants whowere pre-2006 retirees, claimed pension atpar with post-2006 retirees. This Tribunalhad rejected the prayer for grant of fullpension on 8 RA 165/2015 with RA 172/2015 completion of 20 years of service atpar with post-2006 retirees and, therefore,in view of this order, their claim cannot beconsidered; (iii) the respondents have fileda Writ in the Hon’ble High Court and,therefore, the matter being subjudice, thejudgment of the High Court should beawaited before passing any order in RAs;
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and (iv) In view of Section 11, ExplanationV of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, incase an order or judgment is silent on oneof the prayers, then it should be presumedthat that prayer has been rejected.Therefore, since there was no directionregarding 10 year clause, it should bedeemed to have been rejected.
7. We have heard the learned counsel for theparties and gone through the pleadingsavailable on record.
8. We have examined the law as expoundedby the Hon’ble Supreme Court in thefollowing two cases: (i) Kamlesh Verma Vs.Mayawati and others, (2013) 8 SCC 320 (ii)State of West Bengal and others Vs. KamalSengupta and another, (2008) 2 SCC (L&S)735. 9 RA 165/2015 with RA 172/2015
9. While the contention of the learned counselfor the respondents is that in OA 1165/2011,the prayer regarding 10 year clause was notthere, it was indeed included in para 8.6 ofOA 2165/2011. However, we had disposedof all the three OAs under the impressionthat they deal with the same legal issuei.e. whether a distinction can be madebetween pre and post- 1.01.2006 retirees.This legal principle had been decided thatno distinction can be made but in thespecific relief clause, only reference wasmade to 20 years clause and not the 10years clasue. In our opinion, in view of thelaw expounded by the Hon’ble SupremeCourt as quoted above, this clearly is wellwithin the scope of review as the relief soughtwas primarily on the question of governmentinstructions distinguishing benefits beinggranted to pre and post-2006 retirees beingviolative of law laid down by the Hon’bleSupreme Court. This would be clear frompara 8.1 of the relief clause in OA 2165/2011, which is as follows: “8.1 Quashingthe impugned clarification/ modification
given in Govt. of India, Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions, Dept. ofPensioners Welfare Office memorandumF.No.38/37/08-P&PW (A) dt. 03 Oct. 2008(Annex. A-1) to para 4.2 of the Officememorandum F.No.38/37/08-P&PW (A) dt.1.09.2008 (Annex. A-4) as violative of lawlaid down by the Supreme Court anddirecting that the qualifying service forearning full pension shall be same for pre2006 and post 1.01.2006 retirees/pensioners.” Similarly, para 8.1 of the reliefclause in OA 1165/2011 also refers to samegovernment instructions being violative of thelaw laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.We had, therefore, 10 RA 165/2015 with RA172/2015 examined this issue in depth inour order dated 21.04.2015 and come to theconclusion that in view of the law laid downby the Hon’ble Supreme Court in D.S.Nakara Vs. Union of India, 1983 SCC (L&S)145, V. Kasturi Vs. Managing Director, StateBank of India, Bombay and another, (1998)8 SCC 30, T.S. Thiruvengadam Vs.Secretary to Government of India, Ministryof Finance, Department of Expenditure, NewDelhi and others, (1993) 2 SCC 174 andorder of the Full Bench of this Tribunal inOA 937/2010 decided along with OA 2101/2010, no distinction can be made betweenpre and post- 2006 retirees. The prayer inthe OA was, therefore, allowed.
10. The error that has crept in is that while wehave specifically mentioned about thequalifying service for earning full pension tobe treated as 20 years also for those whoretired from the Central Government serviceon or before 31.12.2005 and were alive onthat date, the order does not specificallystate that the qualifying service for pre andpost-1.01.2006 retirees of 10 years will bethe same in case of superannuation or onabsorption in government bodies or
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AHMEDABD(Guj): All India BharatSanchar Nigam Ltd Retd Executives Assn.- GB - cum - Dewali get-together ofAIBSNLREA was held on 16-12-2015. 230members attended. After ‘Deep Prajavalan’ andprayer, prez P B Parmar welcoming allinformed of the activities of the assn of last sixmonths followed by homage to the floodedvictims of TN and members who have left fortheir heavenly abode. Jt Secy(W) CHQ B MBhavasar spoke of the importance of assn andneed to enrol new members. State Secy A BPatel appraising house of issues takenup withadministrative authorities, informed of the statusof pension revision involving merger of 78.2 %IDA & anomalies in pensions of pensionersretired in the first ten months of formation ofBSNL. Vice prez D MPatel addressed on 7thCPC and 3rd PRC 6th issue of ‘AIBSNLREANEWS’ Gujrat was released. Meetingconcluded with vote of thanks proposed byAsstt Finance Secy R M Nayi followed bydinner.
BELGHARIA (WB): Central GovtPensioners’ Welfare Assn. - CGPWAcelebrated Pensioners’ Day on 19-12-2015chaired by its prez P Chatterjee. After inauguralsong by master Srinjoy Saha, prez welcomingall spoke on the importance of the day & spelled
government undertakings. To this extent,the order needs to be modified.
11. Regarding the objections raised by thelearned counsel for the respondents, we areof the opinion that: i) The main relief soughtin the OAs was parity between pre and post-1.01.2006 retirees. Benefits of 20 years/ 10years clause was the consequence flowingfrom it. Thus, since the main prayer was
(ii) 11 RA 165/2015 with RA 172/2015 allowed,the latter would come under error apparenton the face of the record; ii) Our order in OA1165/2011 was decided on the basis of ourorder in OA 937/2010 along with OA 2101/2010. In the latter order we had consideredin depth respondents arguments based onOA 655/2010 decided on 1.11.2011.Therefore, raising the same issue again isnot admissible;
(iii)The fact of a Writ Petition having been filedin the Hon’ble High Court does not preventus from disposing of these RAs as therespondents have not produced any stayorder of the High Court; and
(iv) Res judicata will not apply in this case asthis is a case of ‘error apparent on the faceof the record’.
12. Thus, we allow the RAs directing that inpara 13, after the words “would apply bothas regards pension and family pension” andbefore the last sentence, the followingsentence shall be added: “For parity ofreasons, the qualifying service for earningpension in case of superannuation andretirement on absorption in governmentbody/ government undertaking will be treatedas 10 years also for those who retire fromthe Central Government service on or before31.12.2005 and 12 RA 165/2015 with RA172/2015 were alive on that date.”
(Raj Vir Sharma) ( P.K. Basu) Member (J)Member (A) /dkm/
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the monetary benefits likely to be accrued topensioners thru 7th CPC. Vice prez RatanmaniChakraborty apprised all of the time likely tobe taken by GOI in implementing therecommendations. A cultural performancecomprising songs, poems composed bymembers themselves and a Drama written bylate Narayanan Gangopadhyay was enjoyed byall. Function which had a good enthusiasticgathering ended with a vote of thanks by GenlSecy B G Saha.
CHHINDWARA (MP): SEC RlyPensioners. - Observed Pensioners Day on17-12-2015 at Rly Institute in memory of late DS Nakara who took the lead for better deal topensioners. At the request of Secy S S Rajput,members present, 80 in number observed twominutes silence as a mark of respect tomembers departed in 2015. Later secretaryread activity report for 2015 and pointed outdifficulties being faced due to laxity of Rlyauthorities in getting revised PPOs of nearly50 pre-2006 pensioners/family pensionersdespite regular visits undertaken by office-bearers to Divl Office, Nagpur. Later accountsfor 2015 were presented & same passed. PrezG K Chatterjee in his welcome address advisedall to submit life certificates on time. Apprisedhouse of the revision of PPO of Ganpat ex-PMR/CWA resulting in increase of pension of ¹ 3000/- p m and arrears amounting to ¹ 86,000/-. Prezalso referred to progress made in long pendingcase of release of DR due with family pensionto family pensioner Smt Dukini Bai w/o lateChadmi Manik of Nainpur Br. from 18-07-1997to 30-09-2014 and thanked secy(Rlys) BPSBimalendu Chakraborty for his help. Alsoexpressed resentment on unfavourable attitudeexhibited by 7th CPC to the genuine demandsof pensioners projected by BPS. Exhorted allto enroll new members and assured full help toresolve their grievances. Felicitated fourmembers who have completed 15 years ofretired life.
DARRANG (ASSAM) : Pensioner’s
Association, Mangal dai Branch - 2nd AGMfor 2014-15 held on 06- 12-2015, well attended,was chaired by its prez Amar Sarma. At thebeginning one minute silence was observed inmemory of its members who have left for theirheavenly abode and condolences offered withprayers for eternal peace to the departed souls.Secy N N Medhi read annual report for 2014-15 and same approved. Speakers namelyHarmohan Sarma, Jiban Ch Bohra, BhabaKanta Nath, Narayan Ch Das and Joydev ChPaul - prez, vice prez, Asstt Secy, treasurerand auditor respectively of Rly Pensioners AssnTezpur spelled 7th CPC benefits to pensionersand desired implementation of Supreme CourtJudgement. Vice prez Pabindra Sarma ofMangaldai assn, Janiram Kalita of Mangaldai,Binoy Kr Basumatary of Udalguri & Smt DiptiRani Devi spoke on the growth of association.House adopted 6 resolutions relating tocommon grievances of the pensioners. Laternew executive committee for 2015-16 waselected comprising Amar Sarma & NagendraNath Medhi as prez and Secy respectivelyalongwith VP-1, Asstt secy-1, Advisors 3 andEx members-20. Prez summed up with hissuggestions and meeting concluded with a voteof thanks.
DELHI: I T Retd Persons Welfare Assn.--- Editor Lajpat Rai thru assn's quarterly bulletin'Sun Rise " (Oct-December-2015) informs ofholding of monthly meetings of the MC on 18-11-015, 11-12-015 & 31-12-015. Assn in its pre-budget memorandum to the Hon'ble UnionFinance Minister , has pleaded for benefits topensioners such as incentives for savings,reduction in lock-in-period of saving instrumentscovered under section 80C of the I T Act,pension to be net of income tax,raise inexemption limit of Income Tax , increase inmonetary limit of 80C,exemption from TDS etc.Bulletin also contains analysis ofrecommendations of 7th CPC relating topensioners.
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Assn. -Monthly meeting held on 05-02-2016,attended by 200 members, was presided by VThirunavukkarasu MA. LLB. Prez of the assnin his welcome address gave detailed accountof the status of court case. Thanked all for theirliberal donations towards flood victims ofChennai resulting in giving ¹ 10,000/- to SriVasan Trust Chennai. Secy D Krishnamoorthygave a gist of the activities of the precedingmonth and apprised all of the recommendationsof 7th CPC. House felicitated Smt TChinnamani for her donating ¹ 30,000/- & apedestal fan to the assn on her getting familypension wef 25-08-2004 and receiving lump-sum arrears of ¹ 6,76,617/- with efforts of assn.Meeting ended with a vote of thanks proposedby Vengusamy followed by National Anthem.Tea and snacks were served to all.
DURG ( CHATTISGARH ): Rly PensionersAssn SECR --- Observed Pensioners Day on12-12-2015 with participation by 145 membersand chaired by RPA's prez D S L N Rao. APO/SECR/Raipur R S Bepari was chief guest andMadam Sangital Vipul Victor, Lila Dhar Gharsar- both managers SBI & K K Goswami Mgr DenaBAnk were the distinguished guests. Secy AK Rao welcomed all. Prez in his addresshighlighted the importance of the day andrecalled the historical judgement delivered byHon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of D SNakara Vs UOI. Chief guest addressing thegathering assured all of cooperation byPersonal Br and desired pensioners / Sr citizensnot to come personally to Raipur for redressalof their grievances and instead communicatethru SMS. Distinguished guests explained ofvarious facilities available to the pensionersincluding loan etc from banks and assured allassistance on priority. Secy informed house ofthe resolutions adopted by BPS at its 60th AGMheld at Amritsar on 29-11-2015 and thankedSecy Genl BPS S C Maheshwari for his effortsto resolve grievances of the pensioners. Alsoapprised of the demands projected by BPS andsent to 7th CPC. Chief guest felicitated four
members 75 years old with shawls and Shrifals.Proceedings were conducted by organiserLakhbir Singh Mungera. Function ended withvote of thanks followed by lunch. Local Hindidaily 'Nav Bharat' published the event.
GAYA (BIHAR): All India P & T And OtherCentral Govt Pensioners’Assn. - In its bi-monthly meeting held on 07-02-2016, the houseexpressed its anguish on 7th CPC which didnot consider favourably the grievances relatedto old aged pensioners viz better medi-care,increased FMA, LTC for pilgrimage andincrease/early release of additional pensionfrom 65 years onwards. Expressed hope thatthe E-COS appointed by GOI will give give dueconsideration. Meeting was well attended.
GANDHINAGAR (GUJRAT): PostalPensioners Assn - AGM held on 16-10-2015elected unanimously A K A Joshi and B P Darjias prez and Secy respectively alongwith 2Wkg prezs. 6 members were felicitated onattaining the ages of 75 years alongwith MsParul Parmar an employee of the departmenton her winning Arjuna Award.
KARNAL (HARYANA) : Haryana CivilPensioners Assn observed Pensioners’ Dayat State level on 17-12-2015 with participationof large number of pensioners/family pensionersfrom all over Haryana. Chief Guest was V SChaudhary IAS Retd Financial Commissionerand Principal Secy to Govt of Haryana. AGMSBI Kailash Chand and SE Irrigation werespecial guests. Prez HCPA H P Babbarwelcoming all informed of his meeting with ChiefMinister at Chandigarh on 02-07-2015 andapprised him of the grievances of pensionersof Haryana Govt. Legal Advisor Adv C Kathpaliahighlighted the importance of the day andrecalled the historical judgement delivered onthis day by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matterof D S Nakara Vs Union of India as per whichPensioners could not be classified differentlyon the basis of year of retirement. He applaudedthe Secy Genl BPS S C Maheshwari forrecalling and explaining the spirit of the
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judgement in his speech delivered at 60th AGMof BPS held on 29-11-2015 at Amritsar. Chiefguest V S Chaudhary in his address desiredpensioners to be accorded full respect by thesociety as the latter have to encounter variousold age related problems. Govt must considerfavourably demands of the pensioners. Otherspeakers who addressed were O P Jhamb, JC Chawla and Suresh Khanna. Local Hindi daily‘Bhaskar Hind’ gave full coverage to the function.Similar function was arranged by Pensioners& Sr Citizens Welfare Assn chaired by its prezB K Mehta.
KAPURTHALA (Pb) : P&T Audit AndAccounts And Other Central GovtPensioners Assn.- Monthly meeting held on31-12-2015, chaired by its prez H S Sandhu,started with recitation of Bhajan. Secy Genl PN Nagpal welcoming all requested membersand office bearers to attend meetings regularly.Minutes of last meeting were read and houseinformed of the formation of E-COS by GOI toexamime the recommendations of 7th CPC.Receipt & expenditure of annual function dt 17-12-2015 presented by treasurer B K Sharmawere approved. Ex-founder Secy Sant SinghKalsi in his address apprised audience ofrecommendations of 7th CPC. Ex-prez V SSikand and Retd Accounts Ooficer S S Sekhonalso spoke on 7th CPC. Prez thanked all fortheir cooperation and desired members toinvolve themselves in social activities andreferred to NGO - Bharat Jagran Manchengaged in beautification of the city by way ofplanting plants/trees and construction ofbathrooms for benefit of general public.Apprised all of purchase by the assn ofstationery items for distribution to poor childrenof school started by Gurbir Singh Retd HeadMaster in premises owned by him run by FreeEducation Mission. Thanked all who donatedfor this noble cause. B/D greetings wereconveyed to 12 members preceded by culturalprogramme. Homage was paid to four memberswho have since left for their heavenly abode.
House thanked ex-founder Secy Sant SinghKalsi for grand refreshments hosted by him onhis attaining the age of 80 years and also fordonating ̀ 1000/- to the welfare fund of the assn.Meeting ended with recitation of NationalAnthem.
KANPUR (UP): Kendriya PensionersSangathan - Observed Pensioer’s Dayalongwith 4rth annual function on 02-01-2016presided by its prez G P Singh. Hon’bleMember of Parliament Devendra Singh Bholewas the chief guest at the function which wasattended by 200 members. After lighting of lamp& National Anthem, portrait of Icon late D SNakra was garlanded. House discussedproblems relating to CGHS faced by pensionersespecially of local purchase of medicinesprescribed by Specialists and a memorandumhighlighting these was handed over to theHon’ble guest for redressal by concernedadministrative authorities. Genl Secy S PSingh presented activity report and balancesheet for 2015-2016 followed by address of prezG P Singh. Meeting ended with a vote of thanksto the chair.
KAlYAN (MAH): All India Central GovtPensioners Assn(HQ PUNE)- Prez B SDeshpande thru his communication dt 06-01-2016 addressed to HQs Pune and a copyendorsed to BPS has informed of constitutionof new executive body consequent on theresignation of Secy B J Arjitwar comprising BS Deshpande, H J Patil and O P Anand asprez, Secy and treasurer respectively alongwith1 - Hony Advr, 1-v prez, 3- org Secys and 4 excommittee members. New office address is forcorresspondence is : Secretary, All IndiaCentral Govt Pensioners Association, 201-OmApartment, Panchmukhi Colony, BeturkarPada, Kalyan(West) Maharashtra. Pin-421301.
KULGAON - BADLAPUR ( Dist Thane-Maharashtra): Nivrutta Rly Karamchari Mandal(NRKM). - Observed Pensioners Day on 17-12-2015 at sabahgrah of “ Jesthya NagrikSewabhavi Mandal” Kulgaon-BADLAPUR
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chaired by prez of mandal Adv D C Godbole.Pradeep Athavale- prez Rly Retirees SocialWelfare Assn ( RRSWA ) and Shrin Amboli -Editor ‘Railway Sandesh’ were invitees. Afterlighting of lamp by prez and invitees, Asstt SecyD M Chawrekar welcomed all followed byfelicitations with shawls, coconut, flowers andmementos of senior members on completionof 75,80 & 85 years of ages. Prez Godbole andP Athavale-prez RRSWA dealt on the problemsof Rlymen and recommendations of 7th CPC.Asstt Secy Chawrekar explained in detailsretirement benefits recommended by 7th CPC& fitment formula for pensioners. V prez C VRane spoke on the importance of Pensioners’Day. Secy D M Kulkarni exhorted members toenrol new members and cooperate inexpanding the activities of NRKM. Meetingended with a vote of thanks proposed by S MRane.
LUCKNOW (UP): All India Organisation- Observed Pensioner’s Day on 20-12-2015 withA K Agarwal Retd Asstt Director Genl(Finance)postal Directorate New Delhi and Ram Raj RetdDirector Postal Accounts & Finance,Dak Bhawan, New Delhi as Chief Guest andGuest of Honour respectively. Genl Secy V KMishra welcoming all highlighted dat-to-dayactivities of the assn. S P Maurya Retd AssttDirector(Official Language) briefed audience ofthe recommendations of 7th CPC. Housediscussed issues relating to pensioners vizdelay in finalization of tenders for local purchaseof medicines by CGHS officials Lucknow anddelay in payment of DR by the post offices.Secy assured to look into these and takeappropriate remedial steps. Other speakersnamely Ramagaya Singh, Mohan Lal Gupta,G P Srivastava and R S Singh also addressedthe gathering. Kavya Path was presented byShiv Dayal Ram ‘Sheel’. H B Ram and P Singhhosted nice breakfast and tea etc. Chief guestand Guest of honour blessed all followed bythanks to all by N Sharma.
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C G Penr’s Assn. - In the GB Meeting held on14-02-2016 at Karaikal, Secy P Krishnamurthyexplained the recommendations of 7th CPC.Secy(Hqrs) N R Packirisamy and Jt Secy -cum -treasurer M Ramalingam also attended.Secy M S Abdul Majeed was applauded formaking excellent arrangements for thismeeting.Meeting ended with thanks to all. (Grievances regarding loss of vision bysecretary Krishnamurthy has been publishedearlier in February, 2016 issue of BharatPensioner).
NELLORE (AP): A P State Govt RetdEmployees Assn,Distt Br.- Get- to-Gather heldon 12-01-2026 was chaired by its prez ILakshmi Narayana. Secy Y Durgaprasada Raowelcomed all. After prayer, homage was paidto three life members who expired in the monthsof Dec,2015 & Jan,2016 and two minutessilence observed. Thanking members formaking Pensioner’s Day function a success and their donations, prez informed all of GOMscircular no. 189 dated 13-11-2015 enhancingFMA and release of additional instalment of DRas also holding of free eye and dental medicalcheck up camp. Secy desired all memberswho have completed 12 years of membershipto renew the same. B/D greetings wereconveyed to members born during the month.House applauded treasurer A Haribabu and BV Subba Rao for hosting the meeting. Secyproposed vote of thanks followed by singing ofNational Anthem.
PULGAON (MAH) : Defence & RlyPensioners Assn. - ’Pensioners’ Day’ -cum-GB meeting held on 17-12-2015, attended bynearly 300 members, was presided by prez HB Nitnaware. Sri Wankhede Branch ManagerBOI Nachangam/Prez Rashtriya Mill MazdoorSangh was the Chief Guest who in his addressassured full cooperation to pensioners inresolving their problems. Secy N D Borkarspoke on the importance of Pensioner’s day.14 members between the ages of 80-92 years
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were honoured with garlands and shawls.Meeting ended with serving of snacks and tea.
RENIGUNTA(AP): Rly Pensioners Assn.- Observed 33rd Pensioner’s Day on 20-12-2015 chaired by assn’s Chief Advisor TSanjeeva ray appa/ex-DS SCRMU GTL Dn. DrSurendra Nath Addl CMS/RU was chief guestwith E Subbarayudu Retd DCM GTL, PrabhakarDPO/CRS/TPTY and G Srinivas Mgr CanaraBank as guests of honour. After prayer, ChiefAdvr explained the recommendations of 7thCPC. Other speakers included chief guest andguests of honour. Meeting ended with singingof National Anthem. Prez B Subbarayalu andoffice-bearers also participated in the function.
SAHIBGANJ (Jharkhand): RlyPensioners Assn. - Observed Pensioner’s Dayon 17-12-2015 chaired by its prez L N Vermawith participation of nearly 100 members. SecyN C Parmanik spoke on the importance of theday and advised all pensioners to enrolthemselves as members of the assn. He wenton to say that this alone would enable them toknow their entitlements and rights. Org Secyspoke of life after retirement and desiredpensioners to remain active till their last breath.Jt Secy stressed for unity amongst pensionersand concluded meeting with vote of thanks.
TAMBARAM (TN): All India RlyPensioners Sangam. - AIRPS celebratedPongal Vizha on 17-01-2016 and its monthlymeeting on 06-02-2016, both presided by itsprez N Kalivaradan. On Pongal Vizha,afterrecitation of prayer, Secy S Pushpanathanexplained the cultural heritage and traditionsof this important Tamil festival. On 06-02-2016,house observed two minutes silence in memoryof its four members who have since expired.Secy read minutes of preceding meetings andtreasurer A R Badrinarayanan presentedaccounts and same approved. A William gavehealth tips and desired members to wait forfindings /recommendations of E-CoS appointedby GOI on 7th CPC. Prez on both occasionsthanked members for their cooperation and
exhorted them to enrol new members with anappeal for liberal donations to augment thefinances of the Sangam. Apprised of ‘Dharna’being organised by AIFPA on 05-03-2016 infront of Memorial Hall, Park Town to highlightthe demands not considered favourably by 7thCPC. He requested all to participate in theproposed ‘Dharna’ and make it a success. Bothevents ended with vote of thanks proposed byT S Balakrishnan. Refreshments & tea wasserved on both events.
TALEGAON DABHADE (Distt Pune-Mah):Sewa Nivretta Sanghatana. - Celeberated36th anniversary of SNS on 26-01-2016. Apartfrom 75 members, Dr Shaligram Bhandari, DrAnat S Paranjape and ex-prez of NagarParishad Telengana Debhade Smt Meeratai DPhalle were chief guests. After flag hoisting byprez of SNS D V Dabhade, wall photo dated26-01-1980 of the first Managing Committeewas honoured followed by release of first issueof magazine ‘VATRUKSHA’. Ten octogenarianmembers were honoured. Prez DABHADEwelcoming all gave details of the activities ofSanghatana. Special guests Dr Bhandari & DrParanjape spoke on self-care during old age.Smt Phalle proposed vote of thanks andmeeting ended with serving of sweets, snacksand tea..
TUTICORIN(TN): Central GovtPensioners Assn. - EC meeting held on 20-01-2016 was chaired by its prez S Pitchiah.After prayer, prez addressed on 7th CPCfollowed by presentation of proceedings ofpreceding meeting by Secy V Govindaraj andtreasurer S Natarajan briefing on financialposition.Secy spoke on the deliberations ofPensioners Day observed by Ramanathapurambranch of CGPA Tuticorin whereat heparticipated and discussed 7th CPC at lengthexpressing all hopes for a favourable approachby the GOI. Others participants were-Ramalingam, Anaintha perumal, Balakrishnanand M R Subramanian. Prez S Pitchiahsummed up views of all. Meeting ended withvote of thanks.
March 2016THANKS !A 2987 A I C G P Assn Latur 10/16A 0340 BSNL&DOT Penrs Ahmedabad 02/17M 5866 Rly Penrs Society Jaipur 02/17M 8607 Postal Penrs Assn Srikakulam 08/16M 8238 National Rly Penrs Nagpur 11/16M 4210 Rly & CGPenrs Assn Mangalagiri 01/17M 5078 Retd Emplys Welfare Hamirpur 02/17M 4221 Retd R & C G E Assn Durg 02/17A 0298 Def & Rly Penrs Assn Pulgaon 02/17M 5050 H Penrs Kalyan Sangh Hamirpur 01/17M 8815 C G Penrs Assn Sagar Cantt 12/16M 3663 Rly Penrs Assn Jharkhand 03/17M 6086 C G Penrs Assn Patna 02/17M 7996 C G Penrs Welfare Siliguri 02/17M 4093 S C Rly Penrs Assn Tenali 06/17A 0919 P&T Penrs Welfare Anakapalle 06/16M 1279 Bina Rly Penrs Samaj Bina 02/17A 0337 C G P Assn Nadia 02/17M 5947 C G Penrs Assn Bhopal 12/16A 2692 Al P&T & OCG Penrs Pogaya 02/17M 4342 NFRPA Bangchatra 08/15M 4167 Rly Penrs Assn Katni 02/17A 3189 EIRPWO Purulia 03/17A 2633 Retd Emplys Welfare V’Patnam 03/17
RENEWAL - Annual (Members)L-9201 B D Baweja New Delhi 01/17M 8625 Swaran Singh Rihana Kalan 02/17A 0617 Kesar Singh Raipur 01/17M 4632 W R Sehgal New Delhi 02/17A 3107 Rinku Pune 02/17M 6855 M A Lari Delhi 01/17L 9192 S L Malhotra New Delhi 01/17A 3094 I O Solanki Bhavnagar 12/16M 5558 Dalipchandra T Dave Vadodra 02/17M 6630 Amar Nath New Delhi 03/17M 7628 K Yagapa V’Patnam 10/16A 3179 K Raghavan Tirunelveli 03/17A 1614 V S Sastry Rajahmundry02/17M 6267 S A Hameed Vijaywada 12/16A 0274 B S Shaik Kodur 02/17M 6923 S M Sharma Sahibabad 03/17A 0615 Pritam Singh Amritsar 02/17L 9532 C S Patnaik V’Patnam 02/17A 2174 R K Patnaik Bhubaneswar12/16A 2717 V R Joshi Hubli 02/17M 7917 R K Bajpai Kanpur 04/16A 2303 J Vembu Dindigul 12/16L 2984 J S Chauhan Agra 03/17A 3046 Rajendra Prakash Ajmer 11/16M 4645 P C Kapoor Bikaner 03/17A 1534 Partap Singh Amritsar 04/17A 1942 B Somanadhan Hyderabad 02/17A 0255 Ishwar Dass Sharma Harrera 01/17A 2078 A R Hazra Karimganj 11/16M 8098 T D Dharmani Mumbai 02/17A 1664 V Vishwanathan Hyderabad 01/17A 0976 M J Rao Vizianagaram12/16M 5995 Ram Prakash Gharu Panchkulla 04/17
NEW MEMBERS - AnnualA 3518 A P K Ari Nagaraja Rao Bangaluru 01/17A 3522 B M Verma Mehsana 01/17A 3523 Arun Kumar Mitra Pune 01/17A 3525 K Krishna Rao Hyderabad 01/17A 3537 Ramakrishnan P M Chala East 01/17A 3538 D Srinivasa Rao T’Puram 01/17A 3539 S K Das Jatni 01/17A 3540 K S N Reddy Hyderabad 01/17A 3541 C V Athalye Ratnagiri 01/17A 3543 F S Grewal New Delhi 01/17A 3544 Udayakumaran S T’Kundram 01/17A 3545 Saraswati Dewan New Delhi 01/17A 3547 S P Aniwal Wardha 01/17A 3548 Sukh Lal Gupta Delhi 01/17A 3549 G S Sodhi Faridabad 01/17A 3550 S L Garg Bathinda 01/17A 3552 N Venkatraman Chennai 01/17A 3553 N Ranganathan Chennai 01/17A 3554 Md Wakil Garhani 01/17A 3555 Bhanwar Lal Tanwar Sikar 01/17A 3558 Sev Raj Singh Gurgaon 01/17A 3560 Tirlok Singh Saini New Delhi 01/17A 3561 N M Mohan Pandoor 01/17A 3562 T K Sasidharan Kannur 01/17
NEW MEMBERS - BiennialB 3519 G S Srivastava Dehradun 01/18B 3521 S S Nanda Nagpur 01/18B 3524 Mavji Vasram Sihor 01/18B 3556 Juturu Jayanand Anantapuram01/18
NEW MEMBERS - TriennialT 3517 Hukum Chand Sharma Muzaffarpur 01/19T 3520 T L Puri New Delhi 01/19T 3526 P Thankaswamy Bangalore 01/19T 3527 N Narayana Bangalore 01/19T 3528 K Kalappa Jadhav Belgaum 01/19T 3529 R Balagowda Patil Belagaum 01/19T 3530 Gopala Bhimanna Sali Belgaum 01/19T 3531 C Trimbak Patil Belgaum 01/19T 3532 U Ramkrishna Shirali Belgaum 01/19T 3533 M Shrikant Patil Belgaum 01/19T 3534 Govind Mahadev Lad Belgaum 01/19T 3535 S Satappa Torgal Belagavi 01/19T 3536 Nalini Madhusudan Bangalore 01/19T 3551 Sikandar Talwar New Delhi 01/19
NEW AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONSA 3542 Rly Retd Penrs Office Kurnool 01/17A 3546 Jipmer Penrs Assn Puducherry 01/17A 3557 AIRR Men’s Fed Itarsi 01/17A 3559 C S B Penrs Assn Bengaluru 01/17
Bharat Pensioners Samaj Thanks the followingfor their generous donations .
M 8932 K K Banerjee Delhi 520/-A 3104 P K Abhyankar Mumbai 5020/-A 3094 I O Solanki Bhavnagar 250/-A 0340 BSNL & DOT Penrs Ahmedabad 520/-M 8637 Govt Penrs Welfare M’Nagar 100/ -A 3092 Ram Nagina Das Patna 50/-A 3116 G C Joshi Bangalore 50/-A 1534 Partap Singh Amritsar 50/-L 0104 R Devappa Kamble Hubli 2000/-A 0183 D Kumar Mukherjee Kolkata 1000/-M 5442 B P S Bhilwara 3000/-A 1716 G Sathya Murthy S’Bad 1000/-A 0590 Om Parkash Verma New Delhi 200/-A 3490 A I Pener Assn Wardha 100/-A-2633 Retd Emplys Welfare V’Patnam 100/-A 1594 Pushkar Raval Amedabad 121/-No Mem Lalitaben P Kamboya Bhavnagar 500/-
M 4668 G Solomon Kurnool 02/17M 7642 N L Narasimha Rao Bitragunta 01/17M 5053 K K Gupta Jaipur 01/17A 0620 K Malikarjuna Rao Hyderabad 02/17M 8857 R Seshagiri Rao Salem 02/17M 5840 Rewat Lal Arora Jwalapur 02/17A 1145 Manohar Lal Amritsar 01/17A 0228 A G Parmar Ahmedabad 02/17M 8561 Y Venkateswara Rao Rajahmundry12/16M 8867 M Pandu Ranga Rao Tenali 02/17A 1597 Jai Dev Ghosh Jabalpur 02/17M 8624 B V Gondane Gondia 02/17A 0291 V K Salwan AmbalaCantt 02/17M 5092 O P Gulati M’Dgarh 02/17M 7997 D N Bahl Faridabad 02/17A 2590 P S Makwana Ahmedabad 01/17A 2731 N Chandra Sekar Hyderabad 03/17L 2925 Kharak Singh Faridabad 02/17A 2543 Gyan Singh Gusain Dehradun 02/17A 1098 Rajesh Kumar Raju Amritsar 12/16A 1830 B Naryana Murthy Hyderabad 02/17A 3183 J C Bhatia Kanpur 03/17A 1628 K V Subbarao Hyderabad 03/17M 4637 Rattan Lal Mittal Ludhiana 02/17A 1158 L C Rajpal New Delhi 01/17L 2681 G P Chodha Delhi 02/17A 0848 Ram Babu Sharma Alwar 04/17A 0622 P L Deshmukh Nagpur 02/17M 6348 Y R Saini Faridabad 02/17M 8320 Sharad Kr V Sarang Nasik 02/17M 6383 Nandganesh M Mehta Vadodara 03/17L 2426 Dwaraka Dass Ludhiana 02/17M 8010 K Bala Babu Rajahmundry 02/17A 2343 R Balasubramaniam Erode 04/17A 3029 B B Nayak Odisha 10/16A 0230 S C Bhattacharje Haridwar 04/17M 4823 V V R Panth Secunderabad 03/17L 2602 Krishan Lal New Delhi 03/17A 3101 M V Murty Chhindwara 02/17L 2620 J V Parekh Ahemdabad 01/17M 7632 K K Sinha Muzzaffarpur01/17M 8853 V S Agnihotri Bhopal 02/17A 3161 V Janakiraman Chennai 03/17A 1583 G.S Asiwal Bhopal 01/17A 0282 Hazi Md Jasimuddin Munger 02/17A 2118 B R Sundara Mysore 02/17A 2242 K Elumalai Chennai 04/17M 5888 Jai Gobind Singh Kishanganj 02/17M 5097 J L Lekhi S’Nagar 02/17M 7144 O P Shairya S’Nagar 12/16M 8817 J Prasad Gupta S’Nagar 12/16M 4638 Jagjit Singh Faridabad 02/17A 2056 K Balasubramaniam Bangalore 12/16M 5113 K C Sehgal Delhi 02/17A 1956 K T Ramakrishnan Coimbatore 11/16A 1110 P B Rajderkar Igatpuri 12/16M 3506 Magdoom Chedi Khandwa 02/17M 7308 K Janardhanarao D’Swaram 02/17A 1579 Balwan Singh New Delhi 01/17M 8872 Tribawan Kaul New Delhi 02/17
A 2396 B M Shotriya Ratlam 12/16M 5584 R S Sardeshpande Hubli 01/17
Biennial
M 8200 N K Verma Jabalpur 10/17M 8932 K K Banerjee Delhi 02/18A 3104 P K Abhyankar Mumbai 02/18A 0363 R D Saklani Dehradun 04/18A 0436 O P Pathak Delhi 07/17M 7813 G P Thakur Madhubani 02/18A 2532 M R Vashit New Delhi 03/18M 8008 M S Gurjar Ahmedabad 02/17L 9006 S D Verma Ludhiana 02/18A 1087 P C Sethi New Delhi 02/18A 2906 D C Duggal New Delhi 08/17A 1731 J M Sindhwani Faridabad 06/17M 8766 S N Bajpe Delhi 10/17A 3096 Brajesh Kumar Singh Darbhanga 01/18A 1594 Pushkar Raval Amedabad 02/18M 7340 N C Vasishtha Panchkula 03/18A 1316 K N Marar Kannur 05/19
TriennialA 1605 Dev Raj Rishi Raj Delhi 02/19M 4203 TVR Chari T’Puram 02/19A 1607 Y P Bajaj New Delhi 02/19M 5836 Krishan Lal Sharma Tundla 02/19A 1193 Thakur Kamata Singh Allahabad 02/19M 7317 M Singh Diwana Hoshiarpur 03/19M 8635 D P Jain M’Nagar 03/19A 3092 Ram Nagina Das Patna 12/19A 3116 G C Joshi Bangalore 02/19A 0606 V Kumar Dubey Jabalpur 02/19A 1596 R Dayal Sharma Delhi 02/19A 0243 Y Kumar Rajvansh Jaipur 02/19A 1616 Shri Krishan Shandliya Faridabad 03/19A 0304 S N Gupta Delhi 02/19A 1152 A S Gupta Delhi 01/19A 3119 Ranjit Singh Kurukshetra 02/20A 0354 Norat Mal Gehlot Ajmer 03/19
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