Referring to the response of Mr G Ramamurthi, I wish to state that the determination of Minimum Pension as per Rule 36(d) is construed by LIC as applicable only to employees who retired after the effective date of wage revision. This rule does not imply upgradation in Minimum Pension.
But happily, DHC in its judgment dated 27/4/2017 has ordered upgradation in Minimum Pension after every wage revision. This amounts to a direction to LIC to also get Rule 36(d) amended by the Central Government suitably . I had already shared my study on the anomaly created by this verdict because of confining upgradation only to Minimum Pension. Pensioners who are drawing basic pension marginally above the minimum pension will stand to lose cumulatively in the absence of upgradation of their basic pension when the "Minimum Pensioners" overtake them after every wage revision in basic and gross pension. So, upgradation in Minimum Pension and Basic Pension other than Minimum Pension are inseparable. If there is a rationale for upgradation of Minimum Pension, the same rationale applies equally for upgradation of normal pension considering effects of inflation eroding the capital value of basic pension which is a financial asset at the hands of the pensioner. This needs to be effectively driven home before the Supreme Court Bench.
Greetings.
C H Mahadevan
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