NPS to OPS - Extension of old pension scheme under CCS(Pension) Rules 1972 to the employees who were selected During the year 2003 and who had joined service On or after 01-01-2004
Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary
National Council (Staff Side)
Joint Consultative Machinery
for Central Government Employees
13C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi - 110001
E-Mail : nc.jcm.np@gmail.com
No.NC-JCM-2019/Pension/NPS
April , 2019
The Secretary
Government of India
Department of Pension and Pensioners welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan.
Khan Market, New Delhi.
Sub: Extension of old pension scheme under CCS(Pension) Rules 1972 to
the employees who were selected During the year 2003 and who had joined
service On or after 01/01/2004.
Ref: 1) Judgment of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi
Judgment in WP (C)3834/2013 & in WP(C) 28/10/2016 dtd. 27/03/2017.
2) Min. of Home Affairs (Pay & Accounts Office)
CRPF Lt. No.PAO/CRPF/MHA/NPS/DA-9(1)/ 2018-19/797, dtd. 15th March 2019.
Sir,
You are aware that the Staff Side of National Council(JCM) is
representing in various forums to withdraw the National Pension System
and to restore the old Pension Scheme under CCS(Pension) Rules 1972, to
the Defence Civilian Employees recruited on or after 01/01/2004, since
the NPS is determental to the employees as there is no defined guarantee
for Pension during the old age. This was one of the important demand,
for which the NJCA has served Strike notice on the Govt. For observing
In-definite Strike. However due to the assurance given by the Group of
Ministers, the proposed In-Definite Strike was deferred.
Sir, at present based on the Judgment of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi
in the above referred cases, the Ministry of Home Affairs have decided
to extend the benefits of the old pension scheme under CCS(Pension)
Rules 1972, to the Para-Military forces who were selected during the
year 2003, but joined service on or after 01/01/2004. In this regard
your kind attention is drawn to the letter of Ministry of Home Affairs,
dtd. 15th March 2019 referred at (2) above (copy enclosed for ready
reference). The Ministry of Home Affairs have decided to transfer the
NPS contribution of the concerned employees to the GPF Scheme and also
to bring the employees who were selected during 2003 on the basis of
notification issued during 2002/2003 and joined service on or after
2004, under the coverage of CCS(Pension) Rules 1972.
A large number of Central Govt. Employees in various Departments Like
Railways, Defence, Postal and other Departments are similarly placed.
These employees were selected for appointment during the year 2003,
based on the employment notification issued during 2002/2003 however due
to delay in receiving the Attestation Forms(Police Verification
Report), Medical fitness etc., they were forced to join service on or
after 01/01/2004. Due to no mistake of theirs’ they were brought under
the coverage of NPS, thereby denying them the benefit of GPF and Defined
Guaranteed Pension under the CCS(Pension) Rules 1972. These employees
also have now started representing for extending the benefit given to
the Home Ministry Staff for them, and their demand is fully justified
and is covered under the Judgment of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi.
Sir, in view of the above, it is requested that you may kindly look into
the matter and arrange to issue instructions for extending the benefit
given to the Para-Military forces in the Home Ministry to the similarly
placed Central Govt. Employees by extending them the benefit of Old
Pension Scheme under CCS(Pension) Rules 1972. A copy of your instruction
may please be endorsed to this office.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Secretary
Encl: 1) Copy of Ministry of Home Affairs Lt. Dtd. 15th March 2019.
2) Copy of the Judgment of High Court of Delhi, dtd. 12th Feb. 2015 and 27 March 2017.
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