AIBDPA has written to Com.K.K.N.Kutty, Secretary General, NCCPA to take up the following two issues in National Concil (JCM) for early settlement.

NOTES ON ITEMS TO BE TAKEN UP IN JCM(NATIONAL COUNCIL)

(1).Pension be 50% of last pay drawn to the pre 2006 pensioners.

The central government vide OM No.38/86/03-P & PW (A) dated 29-08-2008, as recommended by the 6^th Pay Commission, had extended full pension, ie 50% of the last pay drawn or 50% of the average of last ten months pay, whichever is beneficial to the retiring employee. And in the same para of the said order, the condition of 33 years service was reduced to 20 years, for those retired after 01-01-2006. Later the government, based on judgments of the courts, issued orders delinking of 33 years service to the pre 2006 pensioners also, but arbitrarily limited the pension as 50% of the MINIMUM of the pay to the pre 2006 pensioners. This has created a serious anomaly that one who retired after 01-01-2006 with a qualifying service of ten years is granted 50% of last pay as his pension where as  another retired before 01-01-2006,even with 40 years of service, is denied the same benefit. This is a great injustice and against the verdict of the supreme court in Nakara case, wherein, the apex court has stated that pensioner cannot be discriminated on the basis of date of retirement.

(2). Restore CGHS facilities to the pensioners retired from Department of Telecom.

Central government pensioners, residing out side the CGHS areas, are eligible to avail the CGHS facilities. But, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued an order in August, 1996 denying P&T retirees from availing the CGHS facilities, quite arbitrarily. Pensioners organizations and many individuals approached the courts of law against this unjustified order and also got favourable judgments. But the order in question was not revised or cancelled. Now, the 7^th Pay Commission has recommended  that “ All Postal pensioners , irrespective of their participation in CGHS, while in service, should be covered under CGHS, like all other central government retirees”. (Para 9.5.18 of 7^th CPC). However the Pay Commission has missed to include the pensioners of the Department of Telecom, presumably with the understanding that telecom was converted to BSNL on 01-10-2000. But the fact remains that there are thousands of pensioners retired prior to formation of BSNL. And these pensioners should not be discriminated, any more.

A Seminar was held  ON 12-04-2017 at the aegis of AIBDPA WB Circle and Kolkata District at CTO union room to observe the centenary year of the great November Revolution. Com. Hirak Sengupta controlled the proceedings. Com. Pijush Chakraborty CS placed the initial speech. Prime speaker was Com Dhananjay Ganguly who happened to be the DS Durgapur and the helm of T.U. Class organised by BSNLEU WB Circle.  Com. Ganguly narrated vividly the relevance of present scenarios in the world with the November Revolution. The well attended audience gave  patience hearing to the long more than one hour speech of Com Ganguly. 

 A slide show on the background of November Revolution will be the next program.

The representatives NCCPA affiliated pensioners organisations of Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu met on 10-04-2017 and formed the district unit.

Office bearers were elected unanimously with Com. A.Meenakshisundaram of AIBDPA (President), Com.S.Subramaniam of CGPA (Vice President), Com.Rajanayam of AIPRPA (Secretary), Jayachandran of Railways (Joint, Secretary) Com.K.Kaliprasad of AIBDPA (Asst.Secretary),  Com.Johnson of Railways (Tresaurer) and Com.Amalraj of Excise (Organising Secretary)  

Our continuous efforts and struggles have at last  yielded the desired result. BSNL management has issued letter restoring the quarterly medical allowance to BSNL retirees, which was stopped unilaterally in 2011.

AIBDPA thanks the BSNL management and congratulates all the BSNL pensioners who have participated in all the struggles for restoration of medical allowance.

We sincerely thanks BSNLEU who took the initiative to rally round all the working unions to agree for restoration of medical allowance to the retirees- view letter>.medical allowance to retirees restored.RetdEmployeeswithout voucher (1)

F.No.42/15/2016-P&PW(G)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003
Date : 07th April, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners – Revised rate effective from 1.1.2017.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 42/15/2016-P&PW(G) dated 16th Nov, 2016 on the subject mentioned above and to state that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief admissible to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 2% to 4% w.e.f. 1.1.2017.

2. These orders apply to (i) Civilian Central Government Pensioners/Family Pensioners (ii) The Armed Forces Pensioners, Civilian Pensioners paid out of the Defence Service Estimates, (iii) All India Service Pensioners (iv) Railway Pensioners/family pensioners (v) Pensioners who are in receipt of provisional pension.

3. These orders shall not be applicable on following categories
(i) The Burma Civilian pensioners/family pensioners and pensioners/families of displaced Government pensioners from Pakistan who are Indian Nationals but receiving pension on behalf of Government of Pakistan and are in receipt of ad-hoc ex-gratia allowance.

(ii) Central Government Employees who had drawn lump sum amount on absorption in a PSU/Autonomous body and are in receipt of 1/3 restored commuted portion of pension.

(iii) CPF beneficiaries, their widows and eligible children who are in receipt of ex-gratia payment in terms of this Department’s OM No.45/52/97-P&PW(E) dated 16.12.1997 and revised vide this Department’s OM 1/10/2012-P&PW(E) dated 27.06.2013.

Separate orders will be issued in respect of the above categories.

4. Payment of DR involving a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee.

5. Other provisions governing grant of DR in respect of employed family pensioners and reemployed Central Government Pensioners will be regulated in accordance with the provisions contained in this Department’s OM No. 45/73/97-P&PW (G) dated 2.7.1999 as amended vide this Department’s OM No. F. No. 38/88/2008-P&PW(G) dated 9th July, 2009. The provisions relating to regulation of DR where a pensioner is in receipt of more than one pension will remain unchanged.

6. In the case of retired Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, necessary orders will be issued by the Department of Justice separately.

7. It will be the responsibility of the pension disbursing authorities, including the nationalized banks, etc. to calculate the quantum of DR payable in each individual case.

8. The offices of Accountant General and authorised Pension Disbursing Banks are requested to arrange payment of relief to pensioners etc. on the basis of these instructions without waiting for any further instructions from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Reserve Bank of India in view of letter No. 528-TA, 11/34-80-11 dated 23/04/1981 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India addressed to all Accountant Generals and Reserve Bank of India Circular No. GANB No. 2958/GA-64 (ii) (CPL)/81 dated the 21st May, 1981 addressed to State Bank of India and its subsidiaries and all Nationalised Banks.

9. In their application to the pensioners/family pensioners belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the C&AG.

10. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their OM No.1/3/2017-E.II(B) dated 30th March, 2017.

11. Hindi version will follow.

(Charanjit Taneja)
Under Secretary to the Government of India