CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS’ FORUM, ANDHRA PRADESH D. Prabhakar Rao M. Somasekhar Rao Sk. Mahboob President General Secretary Treasurer 9490313416 9949052609 9441278709 MONTHLY BULLETIN – AUG 2013 Modified parity case: The SLP filed in the Supreme Court by the Government of India against Delhi High Court judgment dated 29.4.2013 was dismissed. Government’s orders for payment of arrears w.e.f 01-01-2006 to eligible pre 2006 pensioners and family pensioners are expected shortly. DA/DR : The additional installment of DA/DR for central government employees and pensioners due w.e.f., 1.7.2013 is 10%. 23rd SCOVA meeting: Bharat Pensioners Samaj has submitted items for inclusion in the agenda for 23rd SCOVA meeting to be held in September 2013 (a copy is enclosed for information of members). EPS 95: President of AISCCON and Secretary General of BPS jointly submitted a memorandum on 29.7.2013 to the Chairman, Petitions Committee of Rajya Sabha at New Delhi on the demands of EPS 95 pensioners. Senior Citizens protest day on 16.8.2013: The All India Senior Citizens Confederation is observing protest day through out the country on 16th of this month to ventilate the grievances of senior citizens. Our members are requested to participate in the above meetings in large number. Our members residing in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and neighboring areas are requested to join the protest day meeting being held on that day at 10 am in Lions Bhavan, near Paradise Circle, Secunderabad. Advertisements for souvenir: The Reception Committee of 58th Annual Conference of BPS is bringing out a souvenir to mark the occasion. The tariff for advertisement is as follows: Back cover page in colour ………………………………. Rs.15,000/- Inside full page (black and white) ……………………. Rs.10,000/- inside half page (black and white) ………………………… Rs. 5,000/- inside quarter page (black and white) ……………. Rs. 3,000/- Our members are requested to procure advertisements for the souvenir and pass them on to our General Secretary for onward transmission to the reception committee. The tariff may be collected by way of crossed cheque/DD drawn in favour of ‘BPS 58th Annual Conference’. Enhancement of amount of ex-gratia payable to pre 1986 CPF retirees and dependent family members of the deceased pre 1986 CPF employees – reg. New rates of ex-gratia payable to pre 1986 CPF retirees and dependent family members of the deceased pre 1986 CPF employees w.e.f., 4.6.2013 Group A ……. Rs.3000/- Group B…… .. Rs.1000/- Group C ….. Rs. 750/- Group D ….. Rs. 650/- Widows and dependent children …. Rs. 645/- Dearness ex-gratia equal to 50% of the enhanced amount of ex-gratia and dearness relief as notified from to time on the sums of enhanced amounts of ex-gratia and dearness ex-gratia shall also be admissible to them. The terms and conditions for grant of ex-gratia and dearness relief will continue to be governed by the departments OM No.A/1/87 – PIC of 13.6.1986 and OM No. A5/52/97 – P&PW€ of 16.12.1997 and subsequent OMs issued in this regard. As laid down in the Ministry of Finance OM dated 28.11.1969, the ex-gratia payment is not admissible to (a) those who are dismissed/removed from service (b) those who resigned from service. Simplification of pension process for permanently disabled children/siblings and dependent parents – instructions regarding: Please refer to DOP&PW’s OM No.1/27/2011 – P&PW (E) dated 1.7.2011. Details of these instructions will be given in our next month’s bulletin AIFPA’s 34th Annual General body meeting on 19 &20.7.2013 at Chennai: Shri S.C. Maheshwari, Secretary General, Bharat Pensioners Samaj attended and addressed the 34th Annual meeting of the above federation at Chennai on 19.7.2013 as chief Guest. BPS has entered into a memorandum of understanding with this federation for mutual cooperation and support. Shri V. Narayana Swamy, MOS, Ministry of Personnel, PGs & Pension, Government of India addressed the above meeting on 20.7.2013. He assured the meeting that SCOVA meetings in future will be conducted quarterly. He said he would ensure disposal of pensioners’ representations within 15 days from the date of receipt. He also told the gathering that Government of India was sympathetic to pensioners’ demands. Our General Secretary accompanied by Shri D. Subba Rao, Organizing Secretary and Shri DAN Sarma, MC member/BPS visited Visakhapatnam and Rajahmundry on 14th and 15th of last month respectively and addressed largely attended meetings of Railway Pensioners there. He also visited Vijayawada on 21.7.2013 along with S/Sri D. Subba Rao and S. Rama Rao and addressed a meeting of railway pensioners there in old Raja Rajeswaripet. At all the above places he exhorted them to participate in the 58th Annual Conference of BPS at Secunderabad on 17.11.2013 in good number and make it a success. In the monthly meeting of CG pensioners held at Malkajgiri on 27.7.2013 the untimely deaths of S/Shri V.P.R. Pillai, President/SCRMU and A. Ramulu, President, AP State Government Retired Employees Association were condoled. The meeting was presided over by our President Shri D. Prabhakar Rao. On 4.8.2013 our General Secretary joined the AP State Government Pensioners in their monthly meeting held in their Association’s office in Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad. in paying tributes to the sincere and dedicated services rendered by late A. Ramulu as President of State Pensioners Association. Further to the donations promised/received for 58th Annual Conference of BPS as reported in our last month’s bulletin, the following donations have been received. S.N. Name Amount S.N. Name Amount 1 D.Venkateswarlu 1000 23 K. Viswanatham 1000 2 S.S. Swamy 1000 24 Krishna Rao 1000 3 K. Simhadri Rao 1000 25 G.J. John Wesley 300 4 N.V.S.S.Prakasa Rao 2500 26 S. Ramulu 300 5 S.Ch. Venkata Reddy 500 27 G. Narsimha Rao 1000 6 T. M. Prasad 300 28 D. Srirama Murthy 1000 7 P. Murali Rao 1000 29 Mirza Wazid Ali Baig 1000 8 P.V. Kurulkar 500 30 B. Janardan 500 9 K. Seshachary 1000 31 P. Devadanam 500 10 K.L.K.Sastry 1000 32 S. Rama Swamy 300 11 Y. Madhava Rao 500 33 M. Veera Swamy 500 12 M.V. Subrahmanyam 500 34 K. Satyanarayana 500 13 S.V. Seshagiri Rao 1000 35 N. Mallayya 100 14 P. Narsimha Reddy 1000 36 N. Lakshminarayana 200 15 N.S.V.R.K. Sarma 500 37 D. Rosaiah 100 16 R.V. Ramana Rao 500 38 G. Yellaiah Iyliah 100 17 T.S. Sastry 500 39 S. Mastan Rao 100 18 B. Gurudas 1000 40 B. Krishna Murthy 100 19 T.M. Thomas 500 41 A, Trinadha Rao 500 20 V. Venkateswarlu 1000 42 R. Sayanna 1000 21 P. Chandrasena 1111 43 D.P. Shankar Rao 500 22 K. Balaiah 1000 44 V. Ramalingam 1000 Office: H.No. 12-11-1411, Boudhanagar, Secunderabad – 500 061, Ph. No. 040-27078848, Cell No. 9949052609 Agenda for 23rd SCOVA meeting 1. SCOVA Agenda items should be discussed & decided in SCOVA meeting only at least in the presence of Secretary: Often the official side rules (especially in case of Rlys) that the items may be discussed separately with the concerned Ministry/Department. This gives a feeling that the official side is not really interested in solving Pensioners problems. When Agenda items are segregated and remitted to the concerned Ministry/Departments well in advance, the representative officers from that Ministry/ Department should be in a position to give a firm reply on the Agenda items pertaining to them. And why all the items should not be discussed and decided in the SCOVA meeting at least in the presence of the Secretary. If need be amendment to the constitution of SCOVA may be considered. 2. New Pension Scheme (PFRDA) NPS: A comprehensive Guide line for quick & Time bound disposal of the settlement dues to eligible heirs of deceased employee covered under New Pension Scheme (PFRDA) need to be circulated through Pensioners Portal w/o delay. At present neither the employee nor their survivors or the pensioners’ organization are aware of the settlement procedure 3 . Deprivation of all the central pay commission benefits in terms of pay revisions & Pensionary benefits to pensioners born on 1.1.1946/1938/1928 owing to their retirements on31.12.2005/1955/1985 : The modified FR56(a), requires every one whose date of birth is the first of a month to retire from service on the afternoon of the last day of the preceding month on attaining the age of superannuation .As a result of this modification pensioners born on 1.1.1946/1938/1928 are deprived of all the central pay commission benefits in terms of pay revisions & Pensionary benefits owing to their retirements on31.12.2005/1955/1985. This proviso singled out the Ist Jan. 1946/1938/1928-born pensioners for deprivation of the Pay Commission benefits. Such of the pensioners are made to suffer for no fault of theirs and are deprived of EQUALITY of status and of opportunity. This violation of Article 14 of constitution need to be set right immediately. 4. Disparity in Pension fixation for Pre-2006 Pensioners: OM No 38/37/08-P&PW(A) 28/01/2013 has caused disparities within the Pre 2006 Homogenous group of pensioners, due to the application of different methods for calculation of minimum pension. For pre revised Scales S4 to S29 Minimum Pension has been arrived following the formula :50% of Pay in Pay Band +GP whereas for S 30,31,S 32 it has been calculated as 50% of the minimum of revised Scale .This has resulted in their minimum guaranteed pension going up by more than three times the pre revised minimum pension, whereas barring S24,percentage rise in minimum pension is much less for S4-23,S25-S29. In order to ensure uniform treatment among single homogenous class of pre-2006 pensioners w.e.f. 1.1.2006 for revision of minimum guaranteed pension, to ensure equality, it is requested that on par with the scale based retirees, (i.e. those retired from S-30, S-31, S-32 prior to 1.1.2006), a uniform multiplication factor of at least 3 may be applied over 50% of bottom stage of pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had retired, for deriving guaranteed revised pension w.e.f. 1.1.2006. 5. Merger of5 Postal Dispensaries in Andhra Pradesh: While we are thankful for the Merger of 19 Postal Dispensaries in 12 Cities covered by CGHS with effect from 01.08.2013 It is requested that merger of 5 Postal Dispensaries in Andhra Pradesh i.e at Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Guntur and Nellore with CGHS at Hyderabad may be considered to mitigate the health care difficulties of Pensioners living in Non-CGHS areas. Long distance factor may not come in the way as an hurdle in this age of advanced Information Technology. Internet Connectivity is available throughout the region. 6. At Vijaywada DOT pensioners are availing Medical facilities from P&T Dispensary Vijayvada which is one of the 15 P&T dispensaries leftover after the merger of 19 dispensaries with CGHS. It caters to over 3500 beneficiaries, over 500 of whom are pensioners in the age group of 75yrs & above with chronic ailments. There are 2 contract Doctors. The 4 regular Doctors & two lab Technicians retired but vacancies not yet filled . Contract doctors locally purchase medicines on the basis of prescriptions obtained by beneficiaries from empanelled hospitals. However, Local purchase limit is only Rs3500 per year per card holder which is too little,with the result most of other pensioners are not able to get all the medicines required for chronic ailments. The local purchase limit therefore, needs to be increased to CGHS level. 7.Sanction of Family pension to dependent widow/divorced daughters on their turn: Nagpur Division of Central Railway is refusing to sanction family pension to Widowed/divorced daughters on the ground that the event occurred after the death of both parents. The orders issued on the subject so far do not lay down any such condition. Necessary clarification on the subject may be issued so that eligible claimant, are not harassed. 8.RELHS facilities to Rly Pensioners: (A) Minister of Railways in his Budget speech in parliament on 26.02.2013 vide Para48 iv promised extending the treatment facility in case of medical emergency to RELHS beneficiaries to all cities where hospitals are empanelled either with CGHS or with Railways. Declaration in budget speech is commitment to Parliament thus warrants time bound action for implementation. So far there is no visible action in this regard. The Nodal Minister is requested to seek status report & disclose it to all concerned. (B)Smart Card facility to RELHS beneficiaries : Though instruction in this regard were issued vide Boards letter Nos 2007/H/28/1/RELHS/Smart card dated 18.07.2012& 27.8.2012 But the said orders have not been implemented even after more than a year. So much so, even the smart cards which were already issued against a cost by N.Rly in NCR have not been renewed. Action to issue Smart card & signing of MOU with CGHS/ECHS empanelled hospitals is dismal.RELHS beneficiaries are being deprived of legitimate facility. Nodal Ministry requested to take up the matter. (C) RELHS facilities to Rly.family pensioners, other than spouse {i.e Widowed / Divorced / Unmarried dependent daughters of Rly. Pensioners when they become Family Pensioner): Though in view of Rly Board’s letter No 2013/H/16/1/Misc dated 09.01.2013 & No 2003/H/28/1/RELHS dated 16.3.2009 All family pensioners are entitled to join RELHS but as the new RELHS cards are issued by the personnel branch (and not the Medical branch) they go by manual provision & as per the eligibility criteria prescribed vide Para 612 (2) iii of Indian Railway Medical Manual 2000 only the spouse family Pensioner is eligible to join RELHS Thus unless the eligibility criteria laid down in IRMM is amended Family pensioners other than the spouse will remain deprived of RELHS facilities. Inspite of the issue being raised from different Forums like SCOVA. Directorate General Railway Board has not taken adequate steps by way of amendment to IRMM, to ensure that facility is made available to all Family Pensioners & their dependent Kids 9. Dedicated day to meet Rly. Pensioners: There are almost 12 lac of Rly. Pensioners who have specific problems relating to Indian Rly Pension Rules & Rly’s department of health. It is therefore, desirable that on the lines of DOP & PW initiative. A system to meet pensioners & their Associations on a dedicated day is introduced on Railways right from Sub Divisional level to Rly Board level 10 : A JE Gr. II retired from CPWD from scale Rs.1400-2300 is drawing min. pension Rs.6750 w.e.f. 1.1.2006, whereas, a similarly placed JE II retired from Railways is getting min pension Rs.5585 ( copy of RTI Reply from CPWD enclosed – A1) Retd. JE Gr. II from CPWD Basic pension Rs.6750 + Rs.5400 DR = Rs. 12150 Retd. JE Gr. II from Rlys. Basic Pension Rs.5585 + Rs 4468 DR = Rs. 10053 --------- Railway Pensioner getting less pension evey month Rs. 2097 --------- Same is the case in respect of other categories also. This sort of degrading and downgrading of Railway Pensioners vis-à-vis other Central Govt. Pensioners is to be put an end. V PC – Summary of Recommendations para 37 (a) reads “ Diploma holders in Engineering generally entered service in the pay scale of Rs.1400-2300 or below. All of them have been brought up to the pre-revised scale of Rs.1600-2660.”. This Recommendation is applicable to all CG Pensioners, including Railway Pensioners. 11: In the case of Mistries ( Feeder Post) retired from scale Rs. 1400-2300, from Jagadhri Workshops of Northern Railway, min. pension in VI PC is fixed as Rs.6750, applying PB2 , based on Punjab & Haryana H.C. orders, whereas in the case of JEs Gr. II ( Promotional post) retired from scale Rs.1400-2300 min. pension is fixed as Rs.5585 based on PB 1. This anomaly of a “Supervised” getting more pension than the “Supervised” is to be set right. Para 126.5 of V PC Recommendations deal with extending judicial decisions in matters of a general nature to all similarly placed employees. 12: Benefit of upgraded scale Rs.67000-79000, introduced subsequently in place of already implemented PB 4+GP Rs. 12000, for S30 grade in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 22400-24500 is extended to pre 2006 retired S30 grade officers ( Addl. Secy. level etc) and min. pension re-revised as Rs.33500 w.e.f. 1.1.2006. But, benefit of upgraded grade pay Rs.4600, introduced subsequently in place of already implemented GP Rs. 4200, for S12 grade in pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10500, is not extended to pre 2006 pensioners retired from S12 grade. This is an anomaly, in that one yardstick is applied for Group ‘A’ cadre and another yardstick applied to Group ‘C’ cadre. This discriminatory treatment between Group ‘A’ and Group ‘C’ Pensioners need to be corrected. S.C. Sarup Chand Maheshwari
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