DUAL FAMILY PENSION

DUAL FAMILY PENSION

A number of claims for dual family pension by the widows of the re-employed ex-servicemen has been rejected by various re-employers and Ministry of Defence by quoting age old pension regulations.  However, all these claims has been allowed through various High courts and Armed Forces Tribunals.

It has been proved by a number of judgments that the refusal to grant second family pension is not justified.  Yet the Government is not reviewing the age old pension regulations and continue to reject the dual family pension claims.

It is not good on the part of the Government, specially Ministry of Defence which is recruiting thousands and thousands of youngsters into the Armed Forces and throw them out at their middle age without assuring a second career.  If someone by change get a second career, their re-employed benefits are curtailed without having any regard to his past military service.  This is a gross injustice.

It is high time that the Government should review the policy of re-employment of ex-servicemen and remove all anomalies and get them justice without any legal proceedings.

All the recognized Ex-servicemen Welfare Associations should take up the matter with the Government and get them justice.  A clean administration reduces legal proceedings.  Will the top administrators review the issue without any delay ?