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ALL INDIA CONGRESS COMMITTEE
x-Servicemen Department 10 Aug 2015
Govt. of INDIA, 5A, South Block
NEW DELHI 110011
Copy to
Capt Surain Singh(Retd)
2461,HIG Flats Ph. Ii
Dugri Road, LUDHIANA, 141013
ALL INDIA CONGRESS COMMITTEE
MAJOR VED PRAKASH 24
AKBAR ROAD
CHAIRMAN
NEW DELHI 110011x-Servicemen Department 10 Aug 2015
SECRETARY (ESW),
DESW,
Ministry of DefenceGovt. of INDIA, 5A, South Block
NEW DELHI 110011
For kind personal attention
of Shri Prabhu Dayal Meena
COUNTING OF SERVICE FOR PENSION AS A
COMMISSIONED OFFICER
OR AS PBOR IN RESPECT OF EMERGENCY
Commissioned/Short
Service Commissioned,( EC/SSC ) OFFICERs.
Sir,
1 (a) Further to our letter Dated 08 Dec 2014
0n the subject, and
(b)
ref PCDA(P) letter No G1/M/1042/EC/XI
Dated 5/5/2015 addressed to ACGDA(Pen),O/O CGDA with a copy of their
letter of even No Dated 30.08.2010 the
CGDA with copy to Shri Ajay Saxena,Under Secretary,MOD,DESW,D(Pen/Pol),Sena
Bhavan,New Delhi
2. The subject matter has affected the
welfare of a large number of EC/SSC Officers who Could not be granted pension
as ICO`s due to shortage of combined service. They were granted lesser pension,
as OR, than ICO`s pension, which was further reduced due to anomaly in counting
of their service as Commissioned officer towards their service in the ranks.
Yet it is 7 months since the letter at 1(a) above has not been responded to.
3. PCDA(P) letter at Para 1(b) above was
in response to our letter dated 23 Feb 15 wherein we complained against PCDA(P) for :-
(a) their not taking up with MOD to provide
policy decision for counting of ICO`s service towards OR`s service as had been
done in the case of counting of OR service for ICO`s (Indian Commissioned
Officer) pension.
(b) their
Counting ICO`s service at par with OR service in utter disregard to the
difference in the quality of service due to which HALF of OR service,earlier,
and 2/3 of OR service now was counted towards ICO`s service.
(C ) their
not initiating a case for such a provision even after it was brought to their
notice by MOD vide their ID No 09/D(Pen/Pol) 2010 Dated 13.05.2010 forwarded to
them vide CGDA letter no
AT/CC/P-Ors/S-1332/06/06 dated 19.05.2010 based on our DO letters Dated 25 Apr
2008 and 16 July 2009. .
4. Although our DO letter Dated 25 Apr
2008, addressed to the Honble RM, was referred to PCDA (P) and they replied
vide their letter No G1/M/1042/EC/XI Dated10.06.2010, yet we learnt it only
when a copy was sent to us by PCDA (P) vide their letter No G1/M/1042/EC/XI
Dated 18.09.2012 on some other query about the pension of Capt Surain Singh.
Similarly a correction to their letter Dated 10.06.2010 vide their letter dated
30.08.2010 has been conveyed to us now by them and not by MOD vide their letter dated 05.05.2015.
5. Counting of service for pension in
respect of EC/SSC Officers was carried out by PCDA(P) according to GOI, MOD
,letter No 10 (1)/59/593-S/1/D(Pensions/Services) Dated 30th Aug
1966, which catered only for “Counting
Of OR Service For ICO`s Pension”. In the first sentence of their letter Dated 30.08.2010, PCDA(P) have stated
that “ NO SUCH PROVISION HAS BEEN ISSUED BY GOVT FOR COUNTING OF COMMOSSIONED SERVICE TOwARDS OR SERVICE BY
MULTIPLING FACTOR OF 3/2”. PCDA(P), arbiterarily counted,ICO`s service at par
with OR`s service.
6. Probably provision for ICO`s pension for combined
service was made for EC officers who
were serving as JCOs/Ors before grant of commission in an earlier precedent,
when Emergency Commission was granted,
in World War ii to those EC officers only who were granted permanent
commission. Grant of pension for combined service to those EC/SSC officers who
were not granted Permanent Commission and were discharged from service appears
to have been a unique feature towards
welfare of such EC/SSC officers after
1962 .It is possible that such officers of World War ii vintage were not given
such a consideration.
7. Whereas PCDA(P) should have ,while
sanctioning first such pension,
immediately on their own, brought this point to the notice of MOD and
they would have issued suitable GoI. letter,no action to redress the wrong done
to EC/SSC officers has been taken even after it was pointed out by us since Apr.2008.This anomaly has resulted in
financial loss to the affected EC/SSC officers. PCDA(P) have tried to
camouflage this lapse in the last Para of their letter dated 10.06.2010 as
follows;-
“However,as per GOI, MOD. Letter no.
1(1)/2007-D(Pen/Policy) dt 20.05.2009,while counting the OR service for all Emergency Commissioned
Officers ,full pre-commission service (not 2/3 OR`s service ) is calculated for
pension towards commissioned officers.”
8. EC/SSC
officers were granted pension at the scale of pension of Hony Lt as per GOI
letter dated 20.05.1009,mentioned in Para7 above. Full pre-commission service
of EC/SSC officers was counted and not 2/3 because it was so in the case of
Hony. Lt.also.
9.The scale
of pension of EC/SSC officers having been rationalized wef 1,1.96, they have been put to financial loss due to
incorrect counting of pre-commission OR`s service for the period from the date
of award of pension to 1.1.96.You are, therefore, requested to issue a GOI
letter similar to the 30 Aug 1966 letter, captioned “COUNTING OF COMMISSIONED
OFFICER`s SERVICE FOR OR`s PENSION”, with 3/2 multiplying factor for
Commissioned Officer`s Service, and to be effective from the date of Special
Army Instruction 6/S/65.
Yours Sincerely
Lt Col HKL Anand,(Retd)
Welfare Officer
AICC Ex-Servicemen Department
Copy to
Capt Surain Singh(Retd)
2461,HIG Flats Ph. Ii
Dugri Road, LUDHIANA, 141013
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