Dear Mr Sahni,
I give my comments below on the
points raised by you:
1. Do you want this anomaly to be removed by Stepping up or
equating the DR slabs with those of DA slabs & for how much period ?
Do you not want Upgradation of pension wef from 01.08.1992/01.04.1993
?
If yes , then this will automatically get removed with Upgradation
from the above date.
1.Anomaly in DR is one thing which has been created and persisting
for the past 22 years and has been a source of financial loss for the pre-August
1997 retirees, especially at the supervisory level and more acutely among
retired Class I Officers. It needs to be removed especially keeping in mind the
MOU signed between LIC and the unions/Associations on 14/1/1994. It is based on
the principle that the cost of living cannot differ between serving employees
and pensioners in relation to their Basic Salary/Basic Pension in terms of a
percentage linked to them.
That is not to say that we should sacrifice upgradation of pension.
That is an issue of importance to all the pensioners-present and future.
As regards the question of upgradation, should it not be done
in the same manner as revision of salary for in-service employee? When salary
is revised by merging existing DA with existing Basic Pay and providing
weightage based on negotiations with the unions, Pension being a deferred
wage has also to be correspondingly revised from those effective dates.
When we adopt the same principles for pensioners, now that it is
clear that there is an anomaly in the DR formula for pre-August 1997
retirees,it is only proper that the DR anomaly is rectified first
and the correct DR is applied for effecting upgradation.
For those who retired between 1/1/1986 and
31/7/1992,after rectifying the DR as applicable to in-service employees, the
correct DR should first be merged with Basic Pension and on the merged
total weightage should be applied notionally on 1/8/1992 and the pension should
be notionally revised.Based on the notionally revised Basic Pension,the
same process should be adopted to upgrade the pension on 1/8/1997 with a
11.25% weightage( which is only an average).Such upgradation should be
extended in chain on 1/8/2002,1/8/2007 and 1/8/2012.Of course there is no
DR anomaly for post July 1997 retirees and hence correct DR will
naturally get merged with every wage revision.The upgradation of pension for
them will only require due weightage as provided for –in-service
employees.
In the scheme of things at present,there cannot be a fitment chart
for pensioners as for in-service employees as there will be intermediate
values.So while using fitment charts for basic pay by taking 50% of Basic
Pay,upgraded Basic Pension will have to be arrived at by interpolation and
sometimes by extrapolation due to the effect of FPA component.
How much DR amount is at stake for Asstt Rs 3483 to Rs 52979 for
ED cadre?
.The impact of DR anomaly has been felt more by Class I Officers
than Class III employees because of the structure of the tapering
formula.Whatever may the percentage of pensioners affected,any anomaly
that exists has to be rectified.
2. In respect of those retirees of 01.08.1992/01.04.1993 to
31.07.1997 for whom we also want Upgradation of pension with effect from
01.08.1997, there will be DR anomaly for maximum 45 months and the maximum
amount of DR would be ₹ 1786 for Astt. to ₹27710 for ED.
Is it worth for pursuing this anomaly at the cost of Upgradation?
2.I have already explained the rationale above for my
approach.We need to have an integrated approach combining DR anomaly removal
for pre-August 1997 retirees and upgradation for all pensioners.
3. Our main emphasis should be Upgradation for all the Groups both
pre8/97 and post 8/97 with every wage revision.
I agree with you. But we cannot ignore the losses
suffered by pre-August 1997 retirees for about 17 to 22 years
with cumulative losses many of whom have died and many of whose surviving
spouses are still suffering.
But we at Hyderabad Retired Class I Officers’ Association will
vigorously work for wholesale upgradation of pension in our legal
fight at Delhi HC.
Kind regards.
C H Mahadeva
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