Anomaly in determination of Minimum Pension as at 1/8/12

29/8/2018

The Executive Director (Personnel),

LIC of India,                        For Personal attention of        

 Central Office,                   Mr Mukesh Kumar  Gupta

Mumbai                                                                  

                                         

  Dear Sir,                    

                   Re: Anomaly thrown up by Delhi High Court 

                         upgrading Minimum Pension

While calculating the upgraded  minimum pension and  upgradation in minimum family pension arising out of the Delhi High Court judgment dt 27/4/2017, I observed an anomaly  whereby the pensioners/ family pensioners who were drawing basic pension marginally above the minimum pension  came to be  at a disadvantage because their gross monthly pension (without upgradation) was less than the gross  monthly pension  drawn by pensioners  on minimum pension on upgradation for the month of August 2018.This was a common  feature both in regular pension and family pension.

Another anomaly noticed was that upgradation  does not really happen to pensioners retired from 1/8/2007 and 31/7/2012 placed on minimum basic pension as the minimum pension fixed as at 1/8/2012 gives  a gross pension in August 2018 which will be less than the existing gross pension on the minimum pension fixed as at 1/8/2007.

I attach two Tables  bringing out the anomaly in respect of regular pensioners and family pensioners.Kindly consider how this anomaly can be eliminated for equity among pensioners.

Yours faithfully,

C H Mahadevan

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