UPDATE ON OROP AS PER CoS REPORT (AGREED BY GOVT) : VETERAN PRABHJOT SINGH CHHATWAL PLS RETD

       THE FOLLOWING IS POSTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF INFORMATION OF ALL VETERAN BROTHERS:-
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Dear Veterans,

Regards. As informed earlier, I was away to Chandigarh and Delhi for two days. Following is the brief information, garnered by me during my stay in Delhi ,through reliable sources, regarding One Rank One Pension ( in fact, Improved pension ) as agreed and announced by Centre Govt. in its Budget speech and then reiterated by Prime Minister on Independence Day:-

Required no. of tables ( Appox. 50 ) were ready at appropriate level to be attached to the letter regarding ONE RANK ONE PENSION for underprivileged veterans up to the rank Sub Maj. and equivalents in other two forces by second week of October,2009 when a group of a few Senior Veterans met Defence Minister and then Prime Minister after a week with a memorandum asserting for One Rank One Pension as per their calculation .Hence, the said letter to which was to be issued for OROP by the Govt. has been kept pending since the Defence Minister has agreed for review of the CoS report. At the same time, it is gathered that a Veteran Advocate has filed a case in Punjab & Haryana High court praying for immediate implementation of ONE RANK ONE PENSION for which notice has been issued to Centre govt. to reply by 1-1-2010. This means the Govt. has, now, got handle to keep the matter pending, with impunity, till the decision of the High Court if it so desires.

At the time, as per some information, Govt. will not delay the implementation of the said OROP ( Improved pension for pension for underprivileged veterans )and produce the notification in the Court as a proof for having done so. Underprivileged veterans will be lucky if the Govt. does so. Govt., in fact, is not ( R) not in a mood to give even a single pie to officer cadre who has, already, got enough as on today . On the other hand, underprivileged veterans are the most sufferers.

Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
President,
Indian Ex-Services League,Punjab & Chandigarh.
Mob.098554-09128,Tele-Fax.0175-5000896.
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