No.B /39046 / Anomalies/AG/PS-4 (a & c)/242/A/D(Pension/Services)
Government
of India / Bharat Sarkar
Ministry
of Defence / Raksha Mantralaya
Dated 31st March 2000.
To,
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
Subject:
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT DECISION ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 5TH
CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION REVISION RELATING TO PENSION / COMMUTATION OF PENSION.
Sir,
1. In terms of the
provisions contained in para 4 of this Ministry letter NO. 1 (6) / 98 / D (Pen/Sers)
dated 03.02.98 the average emoluments of those Armed Forces Pensioners who had
opted to come over to the revised scales of pay and had retired within a period
of 10 months from the date of coming over to the revised scales were to be
calculated by taking into account the following.
(1)
For the period during which pay was drawn in the Pre- revised scales
Basic pay including rank Pay stagnation increment
& NPA if any plus actual Dearness Allowance and the first and second
installments of interim Relief appropriate to the basic pay including Rank Pay +
NPA if any at the rate in force on January 1, 1996 drawn during the relevant
period and.
(2) For the period during which pay was drawn in the revised pay scales Basic Pay in the revised pay scale including rank pay stagnation increment & NPA if any.
2. Government
had received a large number of representations pointing out that as a result of
calculation of the pension in the manner indicated above Government servant who
had retired within a period of 10 months of coming over to the revised scales of
pay with effect from January 1. 1996 were entitled to a person lower than that
admissible to those who retired prior to January 1, 1996 from the same rank and
at the same stage of pay in the Pre-revised scales.
3. Government
has carefully considered these representations. The President is now pleased to
decide that the provisions contained in para 4 of this Ministry's Letter dated
03 February may be substituted by the following in respect of those Armed Forces
personnel who had retired during the period from Ist January 1996 to 30th
September 1996.
4. The average
emoluments based on the basic pay of the preceding ten months of those
Government Servant who had opted to come over to the revised scales of pay and
had retired within a period of 10 months reckoned from January 1 1996 shall be
calculated as follows for the purpose of determining their pension entitlement :
(A) For
the period during which pay was drawn in the pre-revised pay scales: The total
emoluments for the number of months for which pay was drawn in the pre-revised
pay scales shall be calculated after taking into account the following: -
(i)
Basic Pay (including increments, rank pay + NPA + Stagnation increment,
if any drawn during the intervening period).
(ii)
Dearness allowance upto CPI 1510 i.e. @ 148% , 111% and 96% of the basic
pay including rank pay and NPA as the case may be.
(iii)
The first and second installments of Interim relief appropriate to the
Basic Pay including rank pay and NPA drawn during the relevant period.
(iv)
Notional increase of the Basic pay @ including rank pay by applying the
Fitment Benefit of 40% on the Basic and rank pay in the pre-revised pay scales.
(B)
For the period during which pay was drawn in the revised pay scale: The
aggregate of the Basic pay including rank pay + NPA , if any, for the number of
months for which pay was drawn in the revised pay scales.
The
average emoluments of the preceding ten months will thereafter be calculated by
adding (A) & (B) and dividing the result by 10. Pension admissible will
consequently be 50% of the average emoluments so calculated.
5.
Other provision contained in the notes below para 4.2 of the Govt. letter
No. 1 (6) / 98 /D(Pen/Sers) dated 03.2.98 will remain unchanged.
6.
For facility of ready reference an illustrative example has also been
enclosed as Annexure I.
7.
Pension sanctioning authorities may revise suomoto the pension of Armed
Forces personnel who has retired during the period from Ist January
1996 to 30th Sep. 1996. The revision should be done without calling for
fresh application form the government servants concerned..
8.
In case where pension revised under Ministry's letter dated 7.6.99 is
more beneficial the pension should not be revised to the disadvantage of the
pensioners.
9.
These orders are issued with the approval of the Ministry of
Defence(Finance /Pension) vide their U.O. No. 1380/Pen/00 dt. 24.3.2000.
Your's Faithfully
Sd/......
( AMRIT LAL)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
ANNEXURE – I
Basic pay (prior to 1.1.96 of Major 3400/- (2300 - 100 - 3900 - 150 - 5100) for 1.4.95 to 31.5.95 Rs. 3500/- for 1/6.95 to 31.12.95.
Rank
Pay .................................... Rs 600/-
Corresponding
revised scale (wef. 1.1.96(11600 - 325 - 14850)
Rank
Pay -------------------------- Rs. 1200/-
Date
of Increment in the pre-revised scale 1 June 1995
Basic
Pay in pre-revised scale Rs. 3400/- (upto May 1995)
(Jun
1 to Dec. 31,1995) ............................. Rs. 3500/-
Date
of superannuation 31st Jan. 1996
(A)
Emoluments drawn in the pre-revised scale
(i)
April 1, 1995 to May 31, 1995
Basic Pay .................... Rs. 3400/- Rank Pay
.......................... Rs. 600/-
Dearness Allowance @ CPI 1510 (148%)
In
the present case in Basic Pay including RAnk Pay Rs. 5180/-
IR
(I) & (II) Rs. 100 + 10% of Basic pay and Rank pay ..... Rs 500/-
Fitment
weightage (40% of Basic Pay and Rank pay Rs. 1600/-
Total ......................... Rs. 11280/-
Total
Emoluments for 2 months
(April
& May 95) 11280 X2 = Rs. 22560/-
(ii)
June 1, 1995 to June 30 1995
Basic
Pay + Rank pay Rs. 3500 +600 = 4100
Dearness
Allowance
= 1510
(148%
in the present case) ............ 5180/-
IR
(I) & (II) Rs. 100 + 10% of Basic pay and Rank pay) 510/-
Fitment
weightage 40% of
Basic
pay & Rank pay total 11430/-
Total
Emolument for seven months (Jun 95 to Dec 95)
Rs.
11430 x 7 = 80010 .
(B)
Emoluments drawn in the revised of pay Jan 1.1.96 to 31.1.96
Basic
pay .. Rs. 11600/- Rank pay .. Rs. 1200/-
Total
Emoluments for one month ..................... Rs. 12800/-
(C)
Total Emoluments during 10 months
(A)
(i) + A (ii) + (B)
............................. Rs. 15370/-
(B)
Average Emoluments = 1, 15370/- 10........ 11537/-
(E)
Monthly pension Rs. 5769/- (50% of average emoluments i.e. 50% of Rs. 11537/-
(F)
(i) Minimum of revised scale of pay introduced wef. 1.1.96 ......... 11600/-
(ii)
Rank pay ........ Rs. 1200/- Total Rs. 12800/-
(G)
50% of Rs. 12800/- ........................ Rs. 6400/-
Since monthly pension indicated against (E) viz Rs. 5769/- is less than Rs. 6400/- p.m. the month pension should be raised to Rs. 6400/- p.m. wef. 1.2.96.
Note
:
(a)
Fitment
weightage of 40% of basic pay including rank pay and NPA to be added to basic
pay in pre revised scale.
(b)
D.A
actually drawn will be substituted by D.A. at C.P.I. 1510 relevant to the
particular slab of basic pay including rank pay and NPA.