கோவை முப்பெரும் விழா.

15-12-2016 ல் சிறப்புற கோவையில் நடைபெற்ற  முப்பெரும் விழாவில் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட புதிய நிர்வாகிகளுக்கு மதுரை மாவட்டச்சங்கத்தின் பாராட்டுக்கள். பணி சிறக்க  வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

Com G. Gurusamy re elected as District President
Com. B. Arunachalam elected as secretary and

Com.Jegadheeswaran  elected as Treasurer.

ANOMALY CASE: Faced by those BSNL employees who retired without completing ten months in BSNL.

ANOMALY CASE: ARGUMENTS OVER

16/12

Com. R L Kapoor reports from Delhi that today, CAT Principal Bench took up the case filed by our Association regarding anomaly faced by those BSNL employees who retired without completing ten months in BSNL. Government advocate wanted postponement of the case; but the judge did not allow that.

Arguments are over today. Judgement is reserved.

It can be expected soon. Let us hope the best.

CHQ CLARIFICATION ON COURT CASE FOR 78.2% IDA MERGER AND AADHAAR SEEDING

78.2% IDR BENEFIT AND COURT CASE

15/12

Dear Friends,

All are aware that the financial benefit out of 78.2 % is granted from 10-6-2013 because the serving staff of BSNL was given from that date only. To the pensioners, it should have been given from 1-1-2007. But, DoT proposed it from 10-6-2013 in the Cabinet Note and the Cabinet approved it. It is understood that some people are now collecting money and vakkalathnama from pensioners to file a case in CAT to get the benefit from 1-1-2007. If any Pensioner gives money to such people, it is his/her responsibility.

We also thought of filing a case but postponed a decision for number of reasons;

1. We want that the present order should be implemented as early as possible. The target date is 31-12-2016. From the reports we feel that no Circle will complete the work before the date. Staff shortage in CCA offices is the main reason. Lethargic attitude towards pensioners is another. We must concentrate on this aspect now. We should get the benefit of the order without further delay. A court case challenging the order should not be an impediment to the ongoing process.

2. The Court Case is a time consuming exercise. In 2010, the CGPA Kerala filed a case for getting pension @ 50% of Last Pay Drawn for the pre-2006 people. Even after six years the case is not taken up for hearing. Cases filed in 2005 are taken up now. That means the CGPA case will be taken up in 2020 or 2021. In 2014, our Association filed a case in Principal bench of CAT to get the pension anomaly removed. [We did not collect money from the concerned pensioners.] It was listed several times and postponed every time. It may be taken up for hearing in 2017. So, if a case is filed in 2017 demanding 78.2% from 1-1-2007, it may be taken up after 4-5 years. Nobody can predict nature of the Court decision. If it is in favour of pensioners, the government will go on appeal to High Court and Supreme Court.

3. Our Association will make all efforts, including approaching the PM, to get the benefit from 1-1-2007.

For us, a regular system to revise our pension along with the central government pensioners in India is the most important issue. Similarly, we are trying to get a decision by the Government to grant pension at the rate of 50% of Last Pay Drawn to all who rendered qualifying service of ten years, irrespective of the date of their retirement. Everybody retired before 1-1-2006 should get it.

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At this stage, we are not contemplating to file any court case. When we decide we will intimate all.

………………. P S Ramankutty

Pensioners – Aadhaar Seeding not Mandatory

15/12

Pensioners – Aadhaar Seeding is not Mandatory for release of Pension – Govt.

There is no proposal to make Aadhar mandatory for release of pension to the central government pensioners, Parliament was told on Wednesday.

“There is, at present, no proposal to make Aadhaar seeding mandatory for release of pension to the central government pensioners,” said Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Noting 87 per cent of central government pensioners of all age categories have seeded their bank accounts with Aadhaar number, he said that the government has made efforts to seed accounts of all central government pensioners with Aadhaar numbers so as to enable them to benefit from the additional facility of submission of Digital Life Certificate.

“Public Sector Banks are authorised to enroll pensioners for issue of Aadhaar number, including old and infirm pensioners.”

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question by Shri Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel in the Lok Sabha yesterday.

இயற்கையின் சீற்றம்

வார்த்த புயலால் நிலை குலைந்துள்ள சென்னை, காஞ்சிபுரம் மற்றும் திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்ட மக்களுக்கு அனுதாபங்களையும் ஆறுதலையும் மதுரை மாவட்டச்சங்கம் தெரிவிகின்றது.

வாழ்த்துக்கள்

அதிகாரிகள் சங்க உறுப்பினர் சரிபார்ப்பில் முதல் இரண்டு இடங்களைப்பிடித்துள்ள

SNEA 

AIBSNLEA 

சங்கங்களுக்கு வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

PENSION @ 50% OF LPD

PENSION @ 50% OF LPD

11/12

Pensioners – both CDA Pensioners and BSNL IDA Pensioners – face number of anomalies. I personally felt that to remove all such anomalies there is a solution.Grant Pension at 50% of Last Pay Drawn (LPD) irrespective of their date of retirement.

Those who retired after 1-1- 2006 are getting pension @ 50% of LPD, provided they rendered a minimum qualifying service of 10 years. But, for the pensioners who retired before 1-1-2006, Pension was granted at 50% of 10 months average, not of LPD. They got this 50% only if they had rendered 33 years of qualifying service.If they rendered 10 years the pension was reduced to 10/33.

Just compare the pension granted to a person retired on 31-12-2005 with 11 years of service and his junior retired on 31-1-2006 with 11 years of service: In both the cases, the pay was same Rs 12000.

The first man retired on 31-12-2005 got basic pension of Rs 2000.00

The second man retired on 31-1-2006 got basic pension of Rs 6000.00

After consulting our GS Com. Natarajan, I wrote a letter to leaders of 20 organizations of central service pensioners to see that this Rule is changed.I requested them to take up the matter in the SCOVA meeting.Com. K B Krishna Rao, General Secretary of Karnataka P&T Pensioners Association, Bangaluru, responded immediately.He prepared a good draft Note and sent to be included as an agenda Item in the next meeting of SCOVA.

Both my letter to the 20 organizations and the Note prepared by Com. Krishna Rao are given here.You can see the letters by clicking on these links. 

letter-to-20-organizations.pdf

note-by-krishna-rao.pdf

DEFERED

As DoT cell have called for a meeting  on 16.12.2016 with our Circle Association  the proposed Demonstration has been deferred. 

EXTRACT FROM TN CIRCLE WEB SITE IN ITS REPORT ON PENSIONERS' DAY REPORT OF TRAFFIC DIVISION.