Letter to Director Pension regarding Modified Parity in Pension for JCOs and below :Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

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ESSAA/3/2010 Dt. 15 February,2010

To
Director (Pension/Policy),
Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare,
Ministry of Defence,
213-AWing,Sena Bhawan,
New Delhi.

Sub. Immediate issuance of notification regarding
Modified Parity in Pension for Pre-2006 JCOs.
and below.

Dear Sir,
It is in reference to the announcement made by
you as well as by Lt. Gen V.K. Chaturvedi, Director
General (MP&PS),General Branch, Army Hq. New Delhi
regarding the grant of Modified Parity in Pension by the
Govt. of India in lieu OROP being asked by some
organizations.
It is not out of place to mention that Her
Excellency, the President of India, Hon,ble Prime
Minister of India, and Finance Minister of India were,
at some stage, misinformed about the term ‘OROP’ and
the announcement regarding the grant ‘OROP’ to
Personnel Below the Officer Rank (PBOR) was,
erroneously, made by each of them which created a lot
of hue and cry among the Commissioned Officers. Finally
Defence Minister had to announce in the Lok Sabha that
same would, also, given to the officers which gave much
solace to the,so called, aggrieved officers who have been
hankering for ‘OROP’ for a long time.
Now when the Govt. has made it clear and agreed
to grant Modified Parity in Pension to ‘PBOR’ and this,
underprivileged, section of ex-services community has,
willingly, accepted this, the delay in issuance of
notification to this effect, is causing much frustration
among them and also creating the feeling that, perhaps,
this is being done, knowingly, by some one only to frustrate
the ex-servicemen who have no shoulder to lean upon.
This agony, among the veterans, will certainly lead to a
catastrophic situation if no remedial measure is taken
at the earliest.
As such, we, humbly, request you to issue the
notification without further delay lest the allocation,
made in this regard, in the last budget may lapse
leading to much harassment to the recipients.
This also refers to our letter no.ESSAA/1/2010 dt.
19.1.2010.
Thinking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Sd/-
(Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.)
President.
Copy to. 1.Hon’ble Prime Minister of India…..
2.Hon’ble Defence Minister of India…
3.Hon’ble Finance Minister of India…
…all for information and, deemed, necessary
action, please.
Sd/-
(Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.)
President.