First option also to be included in the pension fixation – NCCPA
NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
OF PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS.
13/c Feroze shah Road,
New Delhi. 110 001
Dated: 30.5.2016
Dear Comrades,
We send herewith a copy of the NJCA Circular letter dated 27th May, 2016. The same is self-explanatory. You could see there-from that the Government might not positively react to the demands placed by the NJCA over the recommendations of the 7th CPC. Simply raising the minimum wage by a few rupees without any consequential change in the fitment formula or pay matrix will not bring about any tangible benefit.
The revision of the minimum wage along would benefit only those who are likely to be recruited to the cadre of MTS in future. As you are aware, the 7th CPC had not accepted any demand of the employees. It is beset with dissenting notes in many chapters. The fight between the personnel in the organized Group A Services and all India Services had triggered such dissenting note on the part of the Member who retired from the IAS. A significant section of the Secretaries to various Departments, we were told, were against any revision over the recommendations of the 7th CPC. In any case, we are to await the outcome of the discussions at the NJCA meeting scheduled to be held on 3rd June, at New Delhi.
Coming to the issues pertaining to the Pensioners, we must recall that the 7th CPC had rejected almost all the demands unanimously placed before them by the Pensioners organizations. While tendering oral evidence the Staff Side had inter alia pressed for the parity for the past pensioners before the Commission, especially in the background of the granting of one rank one pension to the Defence Personnel. It is ironic to note that the Defence Ministry which had piloted the demand of the Ex-service men for one rank one pension i.e.parity between the past and present pensioners has now taken a stand against such parity for civil servants.
No personnel either in the organized Group A services or All India Services would stand benefited by the present recommendation of the 7th CPC except a few as most of them were in receipt of almost time bound promotion in their career. The modified parity one must recall has only benefited the upper echelons in the bureaucracy. One can understand that the Govt. refusing to make improvements over the suggestion made by a Commission. But it must be most intolerable when the Govt. refuses to implement a recommendation which was the outcome of a persistent presentation jointly by almost all the beneficiaries.
The plea advanced for non acceptance of the recommendation is the alleged impracticability due to the non availability of the relevant records. Should the pensioner suffer for the reason that the concerned department of the Government has not kept the records properly? It is the most callous approach and must be resisted with all the force that we can command. We cannot afford to have this situation to develop. We are certain that most of the individual pensioners would be able to provide the requisite information needed to consider the first option in the pension fixation to the concerned department and most of the Departments would be able to verify the same with the available documents with them. We must however await the decision of the NJCA in the matter.
In the meantime, all affiliates will take such action needed to mobilize the pensioners and undertake a serious educational campaign.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
KKN.Kutty.
Secretary General.
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Non acceptance of the recommendation to existing Pensioners due to alleged impracticability of non availability of the relevant records is out of imagination. In such cases, which may be only negligible in Nos. may be treated differently. The pensioner should not suffer for the simple reason that Records are not kept properly by the Department. This is is purely out of imagination of few Top Level Bureaucrats. Majority of Pensioners maintaining their old Records with them. The Govt. should implement the recommendations on Pensioners fully at any cost in the interest of “Natural Justice”
Regarding the 1st option suggested by 7CPC for pensioners, there is no need to search for old records. The number of increments drawn can easily be determined from the original PPO in which last pay drawn and the scale of pay held at the time of retirement would have been entered. The pensioners can themselves work out their stage of fixation in the revised pay matrix, self-attest and send it to the Head of Office, along with copy of PPO, for issuing revised PPO. It is a shame to say that we are the 21st century digital India, and at the same time look for flimsy excuses for denial of rationalisation benefits recommended by the pay panel. If there is a will, it can be done through a simplified procedure of just obtaining the last pay and scale of of pay from the pensioners themselves and enable them to work out their own revised pension by providing ready-reckoners. It is as simple as that.
3.6.2016
It is regrettable that Defence has shown inability to make available records. This is no excuse. This has exposed them on records management which needs to be reviewed effectively for future generation. Present serving employees of Defence are future Pensioners. They should come forward to solve this issue, if any. The Defence had objected to in reducing the age from 80 years to 75 for 20% increase in Pension. They had not raised records problem before the Commission than how they can raise it now. Other Deptts, maintaining records properly, have not raised any problem and should not suffer. The Record management Rules, weeding out procedure/certificate and other evidences available with Pensioners and Pension sanctioning authority etc will solve this problem easily. Let us not discuss this issue before any official news otherwise it will encourage those who don’t want any benefit to Pensioners.