THE PIONEER BHUBANESWAR TUESDAY, 24 APRIL 2012
BASANT RATH | NABARANGPUR
IN A MEETING OF THE RETIRED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION HERE, ITS PRESIDENT DURGA PRASAD RATH FLAYED THE STEP-MOTHERLY ATTITUDE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE FIXATION OF PENSION FOR THOSE WHO RETIRED BEFORE 2006.
IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE ANOMALY COMMITTEE AND THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF THE STATE FINANCE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE APPROACHED TO SORT OUT THE ANOMALIES IN FIXATION OF THEIR PENSION.
THE MEMBERS EXPRESSED THEIR RESENTMENT OVER THE MATTER THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT WAS YET TO ADOPT THE ORDER OF THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL (CAT) ON PENSION FOR THOSE WHO RETIRED BEFORE 2006.
THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL HAS DIRECTED THE CENTRE TO RE-FIX THEIR PENSION ON THE BASIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SIXTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION.
A THREE-JUDGE BENCH OF THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL HEADED BY ITS CHAIRMAN JUSTICE VK BALI HAD QUASHED THE AUGUST 29, 2008 GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION WHICH AMENDED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SIXTH PAY COMMISSION DUE TO WHICH THE PRE-2006 RETIREES ARE GETTING LOWER PENSION THAN THE POST 2006 RETIREES.
PRESIDENT RATH REQUESTED THE STATE ANOMALY COMMITTEE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS ORDERS OF THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL IN RE-FIXING THE PENSION FOR THE PRE 2006 RETIREES.
