FELICITATIONS: LEGAL TEAM
IV CPC RANK PAY CASE:30 SEPT 12
The
legal team which was instrumental in getting the Armed Forces officers their
legitimate dues in the landmark and historic judgment given by the Supreme
Court on 04 Sept 2012 pertaining to the IV CPC Rank Pay case was felicitated on
30 Sept 2012 in DSOI Dhaula Kuan by Retired Defence Officers Association
(RDOA). Over hundred officers were present.
Welcoming
the members and guests, the President of the Association, Col BK Sharma said
that it was a proud moment in the history of the Armed forces where a few have
mustered strength to fight for the majority and seek a judgment which will
benefit all from 1986 onwards.
The
operative part of the judgments starting with the Single Judge order passed in
the case of Major AK Dhanapalan in Oct 1998 followed by the order passed by the
Supreme Court on 08 March 2010, and the
dismissal of appeal filed by UOI and upholding its order of 08 Mar 2010 on 04
Sept 2012 was read out for the benefit of the members by the Secretary RDOA,
Col Satwant Singh.
The
said order will be applicable to all affected offrs of the AF wef 01/01/1986 to
01/01/2006 across board. It would also
be applicable to all pending cases in various courts and AFT’s across the
country on the subject case.
The
interest will be applicable @ 6% wef 01/01/2006 and not 1986. This is the only
change made by the apex court. The court has also directed that all arrears
should be paid within outer limit of 3 months from today ie 04 Sept 2012.
It
was explained by the Secretary as to how the pay/pension would be revised with
the cascading affect from 1/1/86 (IV CPC), 1/1/96 (VCPC), 1/1/2006 (VI CPC). To this affect the commitment made by the
UOI on an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court with financial implications of
1623 crores was also read out to the members.
The
President then welcomed the guests, Senior Advocate Mahabir Singh and Advocates
on Record Gp Capt KS Bhati and Mrs Aishwarya Bhati. A brief introduction of
each of the guests highlighting their achievements and contribution to the case
was given to the members. The guests were presented bouquets on behalf of RDOA.
As
a token of their commitment and unflinching support to the cause of Ex
Servicemen, each of the guests were honoured with an ‘Honourarium’ amount in
the form of cheque; which is nothing as compared to the Services rendered and the legal fees
charged by them. As a reciprocative
gesture, Senior Advocate Mahabir Singh donated Rs 50000/- to the corpus of
RDOA.
Advocate
on Record Gp Capt KS Bhati requested all officers to make RDOA strong and the
nodal agency to fight and stand for securing denied benefits to the veteran
fraternity.
Col Sharma also welcomed out station officers Lt
General VK Oberoi, Air
Marshal
Savur, Maj’s NS Gill & Sadana. Speaking on the occasion Air Marshal Savur
was delighted at the ‘Perseverance and Gusto’ of the RDOA team in getting the
judgment. He came all the way from Bangalore to attend the felicitation.
Lt General Oberoi was appreciative at the
‘Resoluteness’ and brain power shown by RDOA and the legal luminaries.
Appreciations and thanks giving were also given by
Cdr Ahuja on behalf of Naval Foundation, Delhi Chapter since Admiral Harinder
Singh was out of the country. It would be pertinent to mention that Admiral
Harinder gave his complete unconditional support for the case from day one and
was always supportive of actions taken by RDOA.
Col Joshipura Krit, Executive Member IESM; on behalf of IESM
applauded the efforts of RDOA in getting the judgment for the benefit of all
the Armed forces officers.
Thanks
Giving
Team RDOA wishes to thanks all its members in
supporting it for the ‘cause’ and for all the congratulatory messages
sent/expressed on phone/email.
Team RDOA also wants to thank all others who are not
members of RDOA, yet have applauded their efforts and achievements.
The felicitations culminated with a contributory
lunch.
Next the
battle for implementation instructions of the Court order begins.
SECY RDOA
