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BELATED REVISION
OF ENHANCED RATE OF ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION
FROM 1.1.2006 TO 23.9.2012.
(CDA
CIR.567 D.16.9.2016, CDA CIR.494 DT.19.3.2013 AND CDA CIR.397 DT.11.11.2008.)
Introduction:
The
Defence Family Pensioners, who were eligible for payment of Enhanced rate of
Ordinary Family Pension from 1.1.2006 for their respective period, were paid as
per 5th CPC scales. The
pension paid to the deceased pensioners at that time was as per his PPO which
was pro rata pension.
The
same Pro-Rata pension was sanctioned as Enhanced Rate of Ordinary Family
Pension. Whatever paid to the deceased Pensioner
was treated as Enhanced Rate of Ordinary
Family Pension. This rate of pension was
actually pro rata pension and not full pension.
The pro rata pension was continuing for pre 2006 pensioners even after
implementation of 6 CPC, which removed the Pro rate clause for the pre 2006
pensioners.
Various
pensioners’ federations took up the matter in the legal forum and got benefits
for pre 2006 pensioner including abolition of pro rata pension.
The
following circulars were released on this subject. Cir.547, 548, 567 and now delinking order for full pension.
Now
let us see the benefit of CDA Cir.567.
The
6 CPC recommendations were implemented in 2008 only through Cir.397. But the enhanced rate of Ordinary family
pension was not touched at that circular. It
was taken up only on 19.3.2013 through CDA Cir.494 to revise the Enhanced Rate
of Ordinary Family pension with the Minimum of the Pay Band rates through
Tables 1 to 4 w.e.f. 1.1.2006 w.e.f. 1.1.2006.
It is not known whether the benefits of this circular No.494 was passed
on the eligible family pensioners.
Because the effected family pensioners do not know this benefit at the same the Banks also
normally does not pay such arrears of their own.
Later
many judicial pronouncements made the government to release another Circular
No.567 on 16.9.2016 to revise the enhanced rate of Ordinary Family Pension as
per the attached tables A to F w.e.f. 1.1.2006 to 23.9.2012 or till the
effective period of enhanced rate of Ordinary family pension admissible,
whichever is earlier.
Now
the ball is in our court. The Banks will
not pay of their own. It is a back dated
arrears for a limited people and for a limited people. The concerned pensioners also do not know the
benefits. This is the time for the
Welfare Associations to come out and help these family pensioners.
In
order to make the arrears calculation easy, the Exwel Trust had developed a
Software programme to calculate the arrears for the affected people and it will
be uploaded in their Website www.exweltrust.in very soon.
This
is applicable for those pre 2006 deceased pensioners whose families were eligible
for Enhanced rate of Ordinary Family pension from 1.1.2006 to 23.9.2012. They will get arrears from 1.1.2006 to
23.9.2012 for their respective periods.
The amounts of arrears will be the difference between rates as per
circular 494 and cir.567 with DA for their applicable period from 1.1.2006 to
23.9.2012. (7 Years)
Every
family pensioner should have the following information to specific dates to claim
the arrears.
1.
Name
of the Deceased Pensioner.
2.
Rank
of the Pensioner.
3.
Qualifying
Service.
4.
Group.
5.
Date
of Birth of the Deceased pensioner.
6.
Date
of Death of the pensioner.
7.
Age
at the time of Death.
8.
Enhaned
pension received on 1.1.2006.
WAIT FOR FEW
DAYS, WE WILL UPLOAD THE CALCULATION IN OUR WEBSSITE www.exweltrust.in
2 comments:
Very very useful article. Our ESM Assns may please help the affected widows to get their dues.
S.Kanthiah, veteran.
Thank you sir,I will paste this valuable notification at bank & exsm MI room.
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