The
7th Central Pay commission in its recommendations have suggested that
Pre-2016 pensioners should be compensated for the number of increments
they were drawing in their retiring pay scale by giving 3% of basic
pension per increment. This is a very beneficial step as far as
pensioners are concerned because they will get increased pension. The
increments in the retiring pay scale is earned as a result of a life
time of service, 35 or 40 or more years of service in government posts.
The
cabinet had generously accepted this recommendation of giving 3% per
increment to the pensioners. Then one government official had pointed
out that the necessary data for implementing this is not available. This
is not true. all the relevant information of the pensioner is recorded
and replicated in at least four places. In the original Pension Payment
Order issued to the pensioner, in the head quarter of the office from
which the pensioner had retired, the Central Pension Accounting Office,
New Delhi and the Central Pension Processing Cell of the bank from which
the pensioner gets the pension. An injustice is done to all the 52 lakh
pensioners by denying them the benefit of the increments that they have
earned by a life long service in Governement establishments.
Hence
it is requested that the Option 1 of the 7th CPC which takes into
account the increments while fixing the pension be implemented and
justice is done to the 52 lakhs Central Government Pensioners.
This petition will be delivered to:
Prime Minister of India
