BROAD BANDING OF DISABILITY PENSION

Hon’ble Supreme Court vide order dated 06/07/2017 in  IA No. 3/2016 in CA No. 856/2016 had directed Retired Defence Officers Association to submit detailed & comprehensive representation to the Competent authority to extend the benefit of broad banding to similarly situated personnel to avoid multiple litigation.

RDOA had sent a representation  to Hon’ble Raksha Mantriji on17/08/2017 and  a reminder on 28/09/2017. Addl Dte General Personnel Services vide letter dated 18^th Oct 2017 has asked the details of affected pensioners who are member of Retired Defence Officers Association as on 06^th Jul 2017 and have not been granted pension benefits (Broad Banding). Affected members are requested to provide the following details through email or by post on priority.

No. Rank & Name          

Membership No.

Corps/Regt

Date of Retirement

Disability Pension PPO No.

% Disability Pension Granted

Postal Address with contact No.

Email ID, if any

President/Joint Secretary,

9871351203,9212252627/9560084477

APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION OF COMMUTED VALUE OF PENSION

Officers who have completed 15 years of retirement should fill up the following form and send it to pension disbursing authority for restoration of commuted value of pension.

President, RDOA

9871351203, 9212252627

Application for restoration of commuted value of Pension

To be filled by the pensioner and submitted to the PDA

TS/PS NO………………… 

NAME OF THE BANK      …………………………… 

To 

…………………………….

…………………………….

…………………………….

SUBJECT: RESTORATION OF COMMUTED PORTION OF PENSION AFTER 15 YEARS 

Sir, 

Kindly restore my commuted portion of pension in terms of Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pension, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare OM No. 34/3/86-P&PW, dated 5^th  March, 1987.  Requisite particulars are given below :- 

1.   Name in Block letters                                   

2.   Date of retirement                                             

3.   PC/PPO No.                                                    

4.   Amount of pension commuted                         

5.   Amount of Original pension                              

6.   Name of the Accounts Officer viz                     

      the authority who issued PC/PPO 

7.   Name of the Treasury/Post Office/DPDO        

      /PPM/ Other Pension Disbursing authority*   

*Strike off whatever is not applicable. 

  

Signatures of Pensioner 

Date:    ……………… 

Postal Address:- 

 ……………………………

…………………………….

…………………………….

   

Particulars verified.

Signature :

Rubber Stamp of Pension Disbursing Authority

  

(Authority : G.O.I., MOD Order No. 1(2)/98/D(PEN/SERS) dated 14/7/98)         

EXTORTION CALLS BY FRAUDSTERS

Fraudsters are duping veterans by assuring them release of unpaid arrears on Extended Insurance, medical insurance schemes provided by AGIF or getting advances such as House Building/vehicle sanctioned on priority.

Please do not fall pray to such assurances and do not share/give any personal details. In case you receive such call, Kindly contact AGI office on 011-26142749 or ring up “Retired Defence Officers Association” 9871351203/9212252627.


President, RDOA

Here are some quotes shared by our former President 
Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam:

1- “Success Is When Your 'Signature' Changes to 'Autograph'.”

2- “All birds find shelter during a rain. But the Eagle avoids rain by flying above the clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference.”

3- “Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.”

4- “Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.”

5- “One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.”

6- “Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success”.

7- “Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.”

8- “The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom”.

9- “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

10- “It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone”

GREETINGS

RETIRED DEFENCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (RDOA)

WISHES ALL ITS MEMBERS AND VETERANS & THEIR 

FAMILIES A “VERY HAPPY DIWALI”

President, RDOA

9871351203, 9212252627

Applying for a passport? The rules have changed!

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The Ministry of External Affairs just recently announced a new set of rules for applying for a passport. And we’ve summarized some of the major changes that these new rules have bought in.

• DOCUMENTATION FOR PROOF OF BIRTH

As per the earlier rules, submitting a birth certificate was compulsory for all applicants born on/after 26^th January 1989. But the new rules have bought in a relaxation in this regards. Now, any of the following documents containing the DOB of the applicant will suffice:

• Birth Certificate (BC) issued by the Registrar of births and deaths or the Municipal Corporation or any other prescribed authority whosoever has been empowered under the Registration of Birth & Deaths Act, 1969 to register the birth of a child born in India
• Transfer/school leaving/matriculation certificate issued by the school last attended/recognised educational board
• PAN card
• Aadhar card/E-aadhar
• Copy of the extract of the service record of the applicant (only in respect of Government servants) or the pay pension order (in respect of retired government servants), duly attested/certified by the officer/in-charge of the administration of the concerned ministry/department of the applicant
• Driving license
• Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India
• Policy bond issued by the public life insurance corporations/companies

• DETAILS OF PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN:

In a welcome move, the new passport rules has done away with the mandate requiring names of both parents at the time of application. An applicant now only needs to provide the name of either one of the parents or the legal guardian. This makes it easier for children with single parents or orphans to apply for a passport. Provisions have also been made for spiritually oriented people (Sadhus/Sanyasis) who can now mention the name of their spiritual leader instead of their biological parents.

• ANNEXES

The total number of annexes has been bought down from 15 to 9. Annexes A, C, D, E, J, and K have been removed and some of them have also been merged. Lesser annexes means less trouble for you to collate documentation.

• ATTESTATION

While all annexes needed attestation from a Notary/Executive Magistrate/First Class Judicial Magistrate previously, henceforth all these annexes can now be in the form of a self-declaration from the applicant on plain paper. This will spare you all the running around for attestation that you would have had to do previously.

• MARRIED/DIVORCED PERSONS:

The need for a marriage certificate has been discontinued (along with annexure K). Also, in case of a divorce the applicant will not be required to provide the name of their spouse. This is another interesting change that has been made taking into consideration changing societal norms.

• WORK RELATED URGENT PASSPORTS:
  For urgent passports, if a government employee is unable to procure the NOC (no objection certificate) or identity certificate from their employers, they can submit a self-declaration stating that they have given a prior intimation letter to their employer informing that they are applying for an ordinary passport to a passport issuing authority.

To view the press release from the Ministry of External Affairs regarding the new passport rules, you can visit their website which has the complete details.

Overall, this move is set to make the application process easier and hassle-free for everyone. A welcome move, we say!

So don’t use your lack of passport as an excuse not to travel anymore. Apply for one now, and get going.

President, RDOA

9871351203, 9212252627

PENSION MAJOR & EQUIVALENT WITH 21 YEARS SERVICE RETIRED PRIOR TO 1996

Officers who have retired prior to 1996 with 21 years of service  must write to respective HQs  for sanction of Lt Col Pensions for them based on  AFT Chandigarh judgment dated OA No. 90 of 2014, OA No. 802 of 2014 and  OA No. 1480 of 2014 dated 25/05/2017.

On receipt of reply officers may approach the AFT in their area of jurisdiction. Where no AFT is functioning officers will have to go to AFT Delhi Principal Bench.

Affected officers are requested  to contact RDOA for clarification and  further action.

President, RDOA

9871351203, 9212252627