Pension from 01 January 2006 rather than 24 September 2012
: Supreme Court dismisses the Review Petition filedby Govt of India: News as
published by Maj Navdeep Singh on his Blog:-
As most would know, the Govt had challenged before the
Supreme Court the decision of the Delhi High Courtwherein the judgement by the
Central Administrative Tribunal granting benefit of rectification of pensionary
anomalies from 01 January 2006 rather than 24 September 2012 was questioned.
The order in effect and essence affected all central govt pensioners, including
defence pensioners.
The controversy had emanated from the fact whether the
benefits of the correct pension were to flow from 01 Jan 2006 which is the date
from which the 6th Central Pay Commission recommendations were implemented or
from 24 Sept 2012 when the Govt had decided to remove the anomalies in the
pension structure after the said Pay Commission. Of course, it was held by
Courts that the removal of the anomalies shall date back to the date of the
inception of the said anomalies and not any later artificial date.
Incorrigible as it is, the Govt had gone
ahead and filed a Review Petition in the matter urging the Supreme Court to
review its order of dismissal of the SLP filed by the Central Govt.
The Supreme Court has yesterday dismissed the Review
Petition filed by the Govt in the matter.
