One Rank One Pension: Madras
HC notice to Centre on petition by ex-serviceman
Friday, 5 June 2015 -
11:29pm IST | Place: Madurai | Agency: PTI
Acting on the petition by ex-serviceman S Chinnadurai, Justice S
Vaidyanathan ordered notice to the Cabinet, Finance and Defence secretaries and
sought their reply within two weeks.
The Madras
High Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking
a direction to issue a notification to implement the One
Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme within a stipulated
period.
Acting on the petition by ex-serviceman S Chinnadurai, Justice S
Vaidyanathan ordered notice to the Cabinet, Finance and Defence secretaries and
sought their reply within two weeks. The petitioner contended that 90 per
cent of the ex- servicemen are living below the poverty line. Previous
governments had already announced OROP and allocated Rs 500 crore for it. On
May 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had
also assured that OROP would be implemented by the government but no timeframe
had been given, he alleged.
The Indian ex-servicemen movement had also sent a memorandum and
he had also submitted a representation. Chinnadurai said it was mandatory
on the part of the government to implement OROP before the fiscal 2014-15 after
announcing the scheme.
The delay in implementing the scheme would demoralise serving
soldiers and ex-serviceman and adversely affect the integrity of the country,
he said. He said that Armymen, who sacrificed the better part of their
youth for the country, were not even getting proper jobs after they retired
between 30 and 40 years of age
SOI: SNAJHA MORCHA
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