Clerification required: Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS (Retd.)

Clarification reqd
From: Ravindran Major View Contact
To: prabhjot_singh0@yahoo.com

The info is not available me. Even the court order mentions only that he fought in 3 wars but has omitted the crucial info. Maybe he is not a battle casualty. Anyhow I am forwarding it to those who may be better informed.

regards n bw

ravi

From: prabhjot singh
Date: Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: THE GAMES BABUS ARE PLAYING WITH INDIAN MILITARY VETERANS - "REPORT MY SIGNAL" - EMAIL 057/2011 - 08 FEB 2011 (LIST-4)
To: Ravindran Major



Dear Veteran (Major) Ravindran, Regards.
Would you, please, confirm whether Major Dharam Chand was a war casuality or he died in harness. If he was a war casuality, basic pension of Mrs. pushpavanthi should be more than 25,000/- P.M. and not Rs.18000/- P.M.

Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS (Retd.)
President.
Ex-Soldiers Sailors & Airmen Association.
Mob.098554-09128. Tele-fax 0175-5000896.

From: Ravindran Major
Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 8:59:46 AM
Subject: Fwd: THE GAMES BABUS ARE PLAYING WITH INDIAN MILITARY VETERANS - "REPORT MY SIGNAL" - EMAIL 057/2011 - 08 FEB 2011 (LIST-4)

From: Ravindran Major
Date: Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: THE GAMES BABUS ARE PLAYING WITH INDIAN MILITARY VETERANS - "REPORT MY SIGNAL" - EMAIL 057/2011 - 08 FEB 2011 (LIST-4)
To: "Report My Signal (Chander Kamboj)"



I have posted the following comments at the ndtv site. it may appear after 'moderation':

The soldiers, including veterans, can trust these people in govt only at their own peril. Moily keeps on harping about reducing court cases by reducing govt litigation and then goes on with appeal after appeal in the case of remuneration of service people including veterans. Even the rank pay due to armed forces officers since 1986 has not been paid till date. These days government has not only become synonymous with corruption but also with treason! It appears that soldiers are sacrificing their lives to sustain thugs, scoundrels and traitors in offices of authority in this country.

regards n bw

Registration of new org.ALL INDIA EX-SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN ASSOCIATION : Vet.Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

Dear Veterans,
Regards. It to inform all the respected blogger
veterans that the Memorandum of Association
for New Org. i.e. ALL INDIA EX-SOLDIERS,
SAILORS AND AIRMEN ASSOCIATION is in the
final stages. Only the names and addresses of
FOUNDER MEMBERS from other states and
abroad are left to be added in the Memorandum.
Due to some problem with my E- mail ID, I am
unable to assess the particulars of out station
Founder Members which were mailed to me on
my old E-Mail ID and were saved there in. As
such, I request all ( R ) all veterans, who intend
( R ) intend to be registered as FOUNDER
MEMBERS of this mega organization, to mail
their signed 'Consent-cum-Undertaking' as
attachment on my new E mail which is as follows:
This is a requirement by the Registrar of Societies
for 'Out Station Members' who can not sign the
Memorandum.

Prabhjot_chhatwal@yahoo.com

Consent-cum-Undertaking

I,……… (Service no.)……… (Rank)………… (Name)………

hereby give my consent to become the member of
ALL INDIA EX-SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN
ASSOCIATION and undertake to pay the requisite
fee for life membership as decided by the
organization. My permanent and present addresses
are as follows:
Permanent Address:


Present Address:

(……………………)
The above Consent-cum-Undertaking must be
signed and sent as attachment in the mail or
by Fax. The Membership fee has been decided
as given below after a great deliberation with
the members. I hope my Veteran Brothers will
bear with me. It also decided that Honorary
Officers, though getting the pension of officers,
be given a sympathetic consideration and should
be registered in this organization since they serve
and live with JCOs. and below through out their
service but they will have no voting right and will
not be given any office (President, V. President etc)
in the org. setup. If the member agree to proposal,
we should not write our rank but should add
Veterans as prefix with our name as I am already
adding with my name.
Life Membership:
Hony. Officer ..................................Rs 2000/-
JCOs..................................................Rs 1500/-
Widows (All ranks).......................Rs.500/-
Annual Membership:
Hony. Officer ..................................Rs 200/-
JCOs..................................................Rs 150/-
Widows (All ranks).......................Rs.50/-

Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Mob: 098554-09128, Tele-Fax: 0175-5000-896

The latest on OROP- Hindustan Times News.Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhtwal PLS. Retd.

Dear Veterans,
Regards, Find below the latest on OROP.(Hindustan Times News)

T he Centre seem to have finally made up its mind on not accepting the ex-servicemen's demand for "one rank, one pension".
In a written reply to a question from Lok Sabha MP Sushma Swaraj, Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju on November 30 said, "A committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the cabinet secretary to look into the issue of "one rank, one pension" and other related matters. After considering all aspects of the issue, the committee did not find it administratively feasible to recommend one rank, one pension, as such."
Reacting to the development, Col Bhag Singh (retd), president of the Indian Ex-servicemen League (Punjab unit) and a Ludhiana resident, said: "If the government cheats us, we will not spare it. We had met the President and Defence Minister, and were assured the demand would be met. We are still hopeful."
Maj S.S. Dhillion (retd), SAS Nagar-based chairman of the Ex-ervicemen Joint Action Front, said, "The lobby of IAS officers is against 'one rank, one pension' for us. But we are still hopeful of a positive development."
Lt Gen Depinder Singh (retd) of Panchkula said, "My immediate reaction is that of distress.The government has gone back on its promise. The bureaucracy is pressurising politicians and they do not understand the difference between the defence forces and sycophants. It is a sad decision."
Said Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd) of Chandigarh, " It is bad in principle and not logical.Service conditions in the armed forces cannot be compared to any other force. It will have serious repercussions as the movement has gone too far. Lot of ex-servicemen movements are working together to achieve this aim."
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhtwal

PCDA (P) Allahabad admits in writing to IESL (P&C) that One Rank One Pension is under consideration and the same will be notified after finalization.

Dear Veterans,
Regards. Good News.
In response to our letter no.IESL/13/2009 dt.24-08-2009,PCDA (P) Allahabad, vide their letter no.Gts/Tech/165-III dt. 29-09-2009, received by this organization today,has firmly confirmed that orders on "One Rank One Pension" (OROP) is under active consideration at appropriate level and the same will be finalized soon and notified for implementation.

Letter shot by Indian Ex-Services League, Punjab & Chandigarh to Prime Minister of India on 22-08-2009 regarding welfare of Veterans and their Widows.

WOES OF PBORs VETERANS
IESL/13/2009 Dt……22August, 2009.

To

Hon'ble Prime Minister of India ,
Prime Minister's office,
New Delhi – 110 011.

Sub:Woes of PBORs Veterans.

Most Respected Sir,

The PBORs veterans were much elated to find the announcement of improved pension for PBORs in the Union Budget presented by your govt. on 6-7-2009 and then your announcement on 15 August, 2009 but now they feel much depressed since bureaucrats are delaying the process of implementation only to please the Senior Veterans who still matter in bureaucratic set up in your govt. and trying to keep the PBORs frustrated till they succeed in meeting their personal designs to embarrass your govt.

As such, the orders for removing the anomaly in the pay of Maj. Generals (implementing the court decision) and grant of improved pay grade to Lt. Generals, which were announced later (on. 12-7-2009) in Lok Sabha by Defence Minister, A.K. Antony, to calm down the much flared Senior Veterans after the Budgetary announcement for PBORs, have been issued about a fortnight ago but the orders regarding improved pension to PBORs have, so far, not been issued.

Similarly, instruction regarding disbursement of regular pension to Hony. Nab. Sub. have also not been issued by PCDA / CGDA resulting in to much frustration among the PBORs. Orders for grant of pension to PBORs at the rate of 70% of the last pay drawn, which were agreed by the govt. long ago, have also not been issued yet.
Woes of PBORs do not end at this stage. your Govt. has been kind enough to grant additional pension to aged veterans who attain the age of 80, 85, 90, 95 and 100 years. Since the date of birth of most of PBORs Veterans is not mentioned in their PPO's, they are not able to receive this benefit so far, though Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare (pertaining to civilian pensioners) has issued the instructions vide their letter no. 21-5-2009 to consider certain documents, such as Pan Card, Passports, CGHS Card, Matriculation Certificates, Driving License and Election ID Card etc as proof of date of birth to make the payment of additional pension to Civilian Pensioners and advised Ministry of Defence to issue such instructions for veterans also but the concerned ministry i.e. Ministry of Defence has, so far, not taken any step to enable the Veterans to receive the additional pension, perhaps they may be waiting for the permanent departure of old veterans from this world. This is creating a great resentment among the PBORs and bringing a bad name to your govt.

We, therefore, pray thee to take necessary action in this regard and instruct the concerned depts. to do the needful at the earliest to relieve the PBORs of their agony.

We shall be much obliged..

Yours Sincerely.

Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS (Retd)
President.

Copy: 1. Secretary to Govt. of India Ministry of Defence,Deptt. of Defence Welfare, Sena Bhawan, NewDelhi
2. PCDA Allahabad –
3. CGDA R.K. Puram, New Delhi-
4. Integrated HQ of MoD (Army) Adjutant General's Branch, Addl. Dte. Gen. Personnel Services Sena Bhawan New Delhi w..r.t. their letter no. B/38207/ Pay Com/AG/ PS-5 dt. 01 July, 2009 (Copy enclosed for ready reference). Sir, is it possible to clear the misconception in minds of ex-servicemen fraternity under such circumstances?
5. Harbans Singh Director (Pensions), Ministry of Defence, New Delhi Phone no. (011)23015609-
All for information and deemed necessary action, please.

Indian Ex-Services League, Punjab & Chandigarh makes efforts for the welfare of Veterans and their Widows.

Dear Veterans,

Indian Ex-Services League, Punjab & Chandigarh, has been, consistently, making a lot of efforts before and after the Sixth Central Pay Commission’s report and has made a number of representations to the Govt. of India in connection with the welfare of Veterans and their widows. It has also been receiving good response from the concerned authorities. League is now again going to shot a communiqué to the Govt. regarding the following points:-

1. Grant of One Rank One Pension immediately as announced by the govt. during
the budget speech and there after.
2. Change of Pay-Band from PB-I to PB-II for Havildar / Sgt. / Petty Officer and
from PB-II to PB-III for Sub. Major / MWO / MCPO-I.
3. Grant of Pension @ 70% of the last basic pay drawn to the soldiers.
4. Provision of befitting a re-employment up to the age of 60 years like
Civilians employees.
5. Grant of two family pensions to the widow whose husband drew two pensions
during his life time.
This is for general information of veterans. They can submit their suggestions in the comment column of this post.



Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS (Retd.)
President,
Indian Ex-Services League, Punjab & Chandigarh.
Mob. 98554-09128, Tele-fax- 0175-5000896.

Indian Ex-Serices League, Punjab & Chandigarh makes efforts for the welfare of Veterans and their Widows.