AN APPEAL AND A REQUEST TO VETERANS

AN APPEAL AND A REQUEST TO
VETERANS
Dear veterans,
Regards. Ex Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Association
(ESSAA), is not an Association which has been formed
under ordinary circumstances. It has come up as a
result of gross injustice done to veterans of the rank of
Sub. Maj. and below by 6th Central Pay Commission
and at the same time, most un-caring attitude exhibited
by the serving Chiefs as well as retired Senior officers
still holding their sway in the bureaucratic set up of the
govt. towards those who serve or served under them.
1. Where as the Pay commission has dumped the soldiers,
up to the rank of Hav. and below, in Pay Band PB-1(along
with Class IV) and JCOs in Pay Band PB-II (along with
certain Class III employees of Centre Govt.) without
paying slightest attention to the fact that Hav. and Nk.
are Senior and Junior Non-Commissioned Officers and
JCOs. are Junior Commissioned Officers, no serving
Chief as well as Senior Retd. Officer came to their rescue
when certain organizations of veterans in Punjab raised
the demand of placing soldiers of the rank of Hav. in Pay
Band PB-II and Sub. Maj. in Pay Band PB-III as if Pay
Band PB-III is reserved for Commissioned Officers only.
At the same time when the demand of placing Lt. Col.
in Pay Band PB-IV surfaced, serving Chiefs as well as the
Senior Retd. Officers rallied around this demand and
supported it till the same was agreed to by the Govt.
2. ESSAA was born out of the frustration caused
among the veterans as a result of this discriminatory
attitude of the officers, both serving as well as retired,
towards them.
3. An Appeal and a Request.
a. As per rules, money received by way of Life
Membership Fees, will be invested as ‘Fixed Deposit’ in
the Bank. Only the Annual Membership Fee and interest
that will accrue on this ‘Fixed Deposit’ will be utilized
for funding various expenditure & activities of ESSAA,
viz. organizing Meetings of members, Press Conferences
and veteran’s Rallies etc. Since the amount that accrues
as interest will be very less and will not suffice to fund
ESSAA activities, this appeal is being made to veterans
to join ESSAA in large no. and donate as much as your
pocket allows for this good cause. Though a few of our
Veterans have been very kind & gracious enough to
to donate money to ESSAA for its activitie, not much
is available in our kitty to carry on our work smoothly.
b. Money is always required to fund every movement &
ESSAA is no exception.. Money to sustain ESSAA will
have to come from Veterans (Hony. Offrs and below)
themselves. Senior veterans will spend the money and
energy to hamper your efforts as one Maj. has gone to
Court with a plea that he gets less pension than a
Sub. Maj. is drawing more pension than him in his
neighborhood.
c The ESSAA is committed to fight for the rights
of Veterans (HONY. OFFRs and below).Our foremost
demand is that Govt. should grant enough pension to
enable us to live honorably and grant the Modified
Parity in Pension at the earliest and subsequently
change the Pay Band for Hav.and Sub. Major.
d. Our next demand is grant of two pensions to the
widow whose husband drew two pensions during his
life time.
e. We further demand guaranteed employment up to
the age 60 years like civilian employees.
To fight for such demands of veterans (Hony. Offrs. and
below, this organization has been formed under the able
guidance of one of the most experienced and able ,
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd. which has
now spread to whole of India and many state units
have come up. As such, we appeal to you all to join the
organization in large number to achieve your aim
Vet. B.S. Sohi Vet. S.C.Sharma Vet. Malkit Singh
IAF IND. NAVY IND. ARMY
Vice President Gen. Secy Asst Secy.
Vet. M.S.Anand
IAF
Finance Secy.