APPLICATION FOR ENDORSEMENT OF FAMILY PENSION
AT THE FAG END OF
A WIDOWS LIFE IS PAINFUL
The system of simultaneous notification of family pension
(Endorsement of family pension in the PPOs of the living pensioners) was not
done for those who retired before 1.4.1985.
Government introduced this for defence pensioners from 1.4.1985. Subsequently, they issued instructions on
30.6.1998, to all those who retired before 01.4.1985 to apply for Endorsement
of Family pension.
As usual, most of the pensioners ignored these
instructions and some of them have done endorsement but did not tell anything
about this to their spouses and died. As
a result, today, these aged widows are running pillar to post for their family
pension.
The pension paying banks and the Record offices are not
in a position to confirm to the widow whether the endorsement is done or
not. Most of these widows are aged above
seventy years. There is no one to help them in this regard. The pension paying banks, CPPCs do not reply
to any of the pensioners letters. The
Record offices normally take three months to reply a letter. All the banks, CPPCs, all the Record offices
are having email ids, but none of them make use of this facility for replying
for urgent purposes. Sometimes, we have
to get this information under RTI, which takes more than two months with
appeals etc.
As you all know, that most of those who retired around
1980 are now counting their days. They
are not in a position to run around for endorsement of family pension which
they have not done in earlier days.
Moreover, up to December, 2012 all the record offices were refusing to
do endorsement for the re-employed ex-servicemen, since dual family pension was
not allowed at that time. Therefore some
of the re-employed ex-servicemen died without completing the endorsement. And now, that the dual family pension has been
allowed i.e. 24.9.2012 and these widows are running pillar to post for dual
family pension at the fag end of their life.
There is no one help them. The
record offices, the CDA(P) Allahabad, and the banks don’t bother about the age
of the applicant. The Record offices ask
so many certificates like, Marriage certificate, birth certificate at the age
of 80, Affidavit from First class Magistrate or RDO etc., etc. It is not possible for ordinary widows to
obtain all these certificates nowadays
The widow is drawing re-employer’s family pension and
submitting the copy of the family pension orders. Even then, the Record offices insist to
obtain a certificate from the re-employer stating that the individual
ex-serviceman was re-employed from such and such date and they have sanctioned
pension for granting Defence Family pension.
Normally the re-employers grant pension and family
pension without any problem. It is the
Defence Department, which has utilized the youthful life of a young man, now
dragging them to grant family pension with so many questions. Most of the
re-employers refuse to issue such certificates as it is time barred. We have got instances of approaching legal
forum for getting this certificates.
Most of the time, the so called dual family pension is
sanctioned after the death of the widow.
This is the state of affairs.
What the Digital India is going to achieve God only
knows. First of all the government
offices, should be asked to reply to the emails received by them immediately. The
Record offices and the Banks should strictly instruct to reply to the email
complaints. The Record offices should
display their email address in the Indian Army Website.
The writer wishes to emphasis that all these hurdles
should be removed. Grant of dual family
pension to be simplified. Government
should issue fresh instructions to all concerned to simplify the
procedure. Pension for Unmarried
Daughters, widowed daughters, divorced daughters and for the mentally retarded
children are looking attractive. But how
many of these categories are getting these pensions are the question. Government should simplify the procedure and
grant these pensions in time.
Administrative
reforms are the most urgent need of the hour. The sufferings of millions of people are
going unnoticed as they have lost hope to revive the system. All those who are reading this article, may
forward to concerned departments for necessary action.
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