Update of the Maj Gen S P S Vains' case award

No. 4 (140)2010/D(Pen/Legal) Vol II

Ministry of Defence

Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

D (Pension/Legal)

Dated 10.08.2015

The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension)

The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Navy)

The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Air Force)

Sub: Implementation of Hon’ble AFT Chandigarh order dated 04.03.2010 passed in O. A. No. 100/2001 filed by S P S Vains & Others 

          I am directed to refer to above cited Hon’ble Tribunal order dated 04.30.2010 (copy enclosed). The approval of Competent Authority is hereby conveyed for implementation of the above mentioned order of the AFT Chandigarh directing respondent to implement the decision of Constitution Bench as well as decision of the Supreme Court rendered in SLP (Civil) 12357 of 2008 (Union of India and another versus SPS Vains (retd) and others) in the matter of fixation of pension of the pre-2006 retirees pensioners as per the list enclosed with this letter. The benefit of revision of pension of the petitioners is to be paid w.e.f 1.1.2006 after notional fixation of pay in the revised pay scales in terms of SAI 2/S/2008 and corresponding instructions for equivalent ranks in Navy and Air Force of 6^th CPC order as applicable.

2.      The PSAs viz Pr CDA (P), Allahabad, Pr CDA (Navy), Mumbai and Jt CDA (AF), Subroto Park, Delhi Cantt shall issue corrigendum PPO in respect of petitioners on receipt of notional pay details of the petitioners as the case may be from concerned Pay Accounts Office Viz Pr CDA (O) Pune, NPAO, Mumbai and AFCAO, Delhi. The fixation of pay of the petitioners will be done suo-moto by the concerned PAOs as the case may be and forwarded to PSAs for issue of Corrigendum PPOs for revision of their pension in this regard in compliance of Tribunal order.    

3.       All the PSAs concerned in the subject case are also requested to work out the total amount involved and intimate the same to this HQ so that ex-post facto sanction for ‘Charged Expenditure’ may be accorded.

4.      This sanction will however be subject to the final outcome of appeal filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. In the event the appeal is decided in favour of UoI, the petitioners shall be liable to refund the entire amount paid under the ibid sanction.

5.       This issues with concurrence of Ministry of Defence (Finance/Pension) vide their U. O. No. 17 (04)/2015/FIN/PEN dated 07.08.2015.

Sd/-------------------------

(R K Verma) 10/08/2015

Under Secretary to the Govt of India

Copy to:

1.       CGDA, New Delhi

2.      DFA (Pens)

3.       AFA (Pens)

4.      MoD (Pen/Legal)

5.       DADS (Pens), New Delhi

6.      Concerned Legal Cell

7.       Pr CDA (O), Pune

8.      Pr CDA (Navy), Mumbai

9.      Jt CDA (AF), Subroto Park, Delhi Cantt

10.     Petitioner Concerned

11.     Legal Cell, AFT, HQ Western Command, PIN- 908549 c/0 56 APO

12.     AF/MP – 5 (B), West Block –III, R. K. Puram, New Delhi

Annexure I

Letter No. 4(140)2010/D(Pen/Legal) Vol.II

List of 53 Petitioners in OA No. 100 of 2010 AFT, Chandigarh

1.       Maj Gen (retd) S. P. S. Vains  

2.      AVM (retd) J K Pathania

3.       Maj Gen (retd) Satbir Singh

4.      Maj Gen (retd) S. K. Sanan

5.       Maj Gen (retd) R. N. Wadhera

6.      Maj Gen (retd) K. S. Dahiya

7.       AVM (retd) B. S. Cheema

8.      Maj Gen (retd) P. I. Soorma

9.      Maj Gen (retd) S. K. Bali

10.     Maj Gen (retd) Princejit      

11.     AVM (retd) S. K. Sharma

12.     Maj Gen (retd) R. K. Sood

13.     AVM (retd) R. P. Mishra

14.     AVM (retd) A. K. Azadoo

15.     AVM (retd) Dalip Singh Dahiya

16.     Maj Gen (retd) V. S. Budhwar

17.     Maj Gen (retd) Rajendra Mehra

18.     Maj Gen (retd) N. D. Jetli

19.     Maj Gen (retd) V. S. Yadav

20.    Maj Gen (retd) B. S. Dhillon

21.     Maj Gen (retd) G. L. Chadha

22.    Maj Gen (retd) L. Tahiliani

23.    Maj Gen (retd) IC-16318F

24.    Maj Gen (retd) C. S. Brar

25.    Rear Admiral (retd) Kirpal Singh

26.    AVM (retd) Arvind Agarwal

27.    AVM (retd) Surjit Singh

28.    Read Admiral (retd) Jitendra Kumar Talwar

29.    Maj Gen (retd) R. P. Gopal

30.    Maj Gen (retd) Ugrasan Yadav

31.     Maj Gen (retd) Subhash Chander

32.    Maj Gen (retd) P. K. Renjen

33.     AVM (retd) Vinal Kapila

34.    Maj Gen (retd) Ajay Sood

35.     Maj Gen (retd) M. S. Sandhu

36.    Maj Gen (retd) Pushpendra Singh

37.     Maj Gen (retd) B. P. S. Virk

38.    Maj Gen (retd) Jasjit Singh

39.    Maj Gen (retd) Hardial Singh

40.    Mrs Amrita Talwar, widow of late Maj Gen H. S. Talwar

41.     Maj Gen (retd) S. S. Jawandha

42.    Maj Gen (retd) Mohan Singh Bains

43.    Maj Gen (retd) SPS Sidhu

44.    Maj Gen (retd) (Dr) Tirath Singh

45.    Maj Gen (retd) Sateshwar Singh Chahal

46.    Maj Gen (retd) Kaaram Singh

47.    Maj Gen (retd) M. S. Chehal

48.    Maj Gen (retd) Trilok Singh Chaudhri

49.    AVM (retd) P. P. Kahlon

50.    Maj Gen (retd) G. S. Jamwal

51.     Maj Gen (retd) R. N. Chibber

52.    Maj Gen (retd) B. N. Dhar

53.     Maj Gen (retd) R. S. Jamwal

 

(Aerial View: - Paragraph 4 of the MoD order became infructuous as the UoI prayed for disposal as the Contempt Petition was well as Civil Appeal. Please see Para 11 of the affidavit published in an earlier post.)