OROP-2 UPDATES FROM SC HEARING, NEW DELHI 09 JAN 2023
ü The Supreme Court on Monday, 09 January 2023 granted time till March 15 to the Centre for payment of arrears of One Rank-One
Pension (OROP) to all eligible pensioners of the armed forces.
ü A bench of Chief Justice DY
Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha asked the Centre to ensure that all
arrears are paid expeditiously to the pensioners of the armed forces and that
there is no further delay.
ü The top court granted
liberty to ex-servicemen association to file an application, if they feel
aggrieved by any action of the Centre on payment of arrears of the OROP.
ü Attorney General R
Venkataraman, appearing for the Centre, said the tabulation process has been
completed by the Comptroller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) and now the
tables have been sent to the Ministry of Defence for final approval.
ü "By March 15, the money will start
flowing into the accounts of 25 lakh pensioners of armed forces",
Venkataraman said.
ü Last month, the government has moved the top
court seeking extension of time till March 15, 2023 for payment of arrears of
OROP scheme to all eligible pensioners of the armed forces.
ü This is the 3rd extension given by the top
court to the Union government to pay the arrears after it had first moved the
top court in June, last year and sought three months to compute and make
payments in accordance with the March 16, 2022 verdict of the top court.
ü The top court's 2022 verdict came on the plea
filed by the Indian Ex-servicemen Movement (IESM) through advocate Balaji
Srinivasan against the Centre's formula.
ü It had said in terms of the communication
dated November 7, 2015, the benefit of OROP was to be effected from July 1, 2014
and the communication states that "in future, the pension would be
re-fixed every five years".
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