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1BHARAT PENSIONER

December 2012

OFFICIAL MONTHLY ORGAN OF THE BHARAT PENSIONERS SAMAJ, NEW DELHI - 110 014

(Federation of All India Pensioners’ Associations)

(MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ON AGEING, TORONTO, CANADA)

DIRECT SUCCESSOR TO “PENSIONER” ESTABLISHED IN 1955

Single Copy : Rs. 25DECEMBER 2012 Vol. VII No. 12

RNI REGD. No. DELBIL/2006/17678web site : www.bharatpensioner.org e-mail : [email protected]

1. Provide Rs500000/-basic Income Taxexemption to Sr. Citizens: This conferenceunder the aegis of Bharat Pensioners Samajexpresses its deep concern and anguish overthe treatment meted out to Sr. citizens in theCentral budget 20012-13

For & up to F.Y.2004-2005 Sr. Citizen weregetting concession in income tax payable(under Section 80CC) to the tune of Rs. 20000/-, as compared to other citizens with similartaxable income. In 2005-2006 this waschanged. Basic exception for other citizenswas raised to Rs 100000/- & that for Sr Citizensit was made 185000/- This resulted in actualTax relief of Rs 12000/- instead of Rs 20000/-. Thereafter it has been progressively reduced& today it stands at just Rs 5000/-

Right from its inception, the basic Income Taxexemption is related to cost of living. Whereasin comparison to the year 2004-05 cost of food

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE 57th ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING

OF BHARAT PENSIONERS’ SAMAJ AT N.DELHI ON 12.10.2012

items has gone up by more than 5 times &that of health care has gone up more than 7times. Income Tax exemption in terms of taxpayable for Sr. Citizens has gone down fromRs. 20000/- to Rs. 5000/-.

In view of the facts quoted above, thisconference appeals to Govt. of India to provideRs 5,00,000/- basic Income Tax exemption toSr. Citizens.

2. AMEND DEFINITION OF COMPLAINANTTO INCLUDE RETIRED PERSONS IN BILLNO. 131 OF 2011 (The Right of Citizens forTime Bound Delivery of Goods and Servicesand Redressal of their Grievances Bill, 2011)popularly known as Citizens Charter Bill:Chapter 1 Section 2(f) definition of‘Complainant’ seeks to exclude over 15 millionCentral/State Gov./PSU retired persons formits purview. As these retired personnel have(Cont @ p.26)

December 2012

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AGEING INDIA

Brief submitted to National Conference

on Ageing at N. Delhi on 06&07/11/2012

By S.C. Maheshwari Secy. Genl.

Bharat Pensioners Samaj

In 21st century population of older persons isincreasing faster than any other age group. InIndia during last decade population growth ratehas gone down by 3.09% population of 0-6 agegroup has gone down by 3.08% due to sharpdecline of 19% infertility, but the population ofSr. Citizens has gone up by 2.8% because ofrise in average life expectancy (69.89yrs).Withthe present trend we may surpass the 17%estimated Sr citizen population figure in 2050 .This may well touch 20%.

90% of Indian elderly are suffering from oneor the other ailment/disability. If India is not tobe a Nation of cripple. The Society & the Govt.will have to take care of them.

For happier or say healthier ageing Govt.support, Laws & Acts though are a necessity,are the second part of the story. The first partrests with older persons themselves, Employers,NGOs, Associations & the Labour organizations.

Every person right from the age of 45yearsneed to prepared for the old age. Governmentalone can not do it .NGOs, Associations,Employers & labor organizations can be apowerful tool & should voluntarily come forwardto train would be oldies, to save for the rainy days,to improve life style & eating habits to keep fit.

Financial security , Health care & abuseare the three major concerns of elderly:

Finance & health have to go side by side. Intoday’s scenario for continued financial securityhealth care is very important. Health is wealth is moretrue in case of Sr citizens, as one hospitalizationmay push the entire family below poverty line.

Health care : Adequate quality & Patientfriendly Heath care within easy reach. May bedivided under two major categories

(i) Preventive care, which in fact is self care

which need training & education –Healthy eatinghabits, Exercise, yoga, acupressure, sanitation,knowledge about diseases, symptoms & regularcheckups. NGOs, Associations, Employers,labour organizations be encouraged to take upthis task by introducing distt., State & Nationallevel award by the govt.

Monetary assistance to these organizationsby the govt. should be restricted to providingbasic infrastructure & transport.

(II) Curative or Managed care i.e. OPDs &Hospitalization for which Sr citizen population canbe split in two categories

(i) Over 17% superannuated persons inorganized sector are covered by Govt. Healthschemes like CGHS, RELHS & ECHS etc. Forthis category, to extend coverage area, all theseschemes be pooled together. OPD care beoutsourced, those who opt out may be providedFixed medical allowance of Rs 1200 linked toinflation or equal to the amount M/O H & FWspends on per card holder per month in CGHSdispensaries(whichever is more).

Hospital care: more number of Hospitals &Diagnostic centers be brought on govt. panel sothat beneficiaries do not have to travel more than15 KMs. For those who still remain uncovered &for the persons in unorganized sector adequateaffordable Health insurance cover including preexisting diseases at subsidized rate of premiumbe provided. For poor elderly Govt. should bearthe burden of adequate insurance cover.

Financial security :

1.In unorganized sector universal Pension atthe rate 50% of minimum wage of Central Govt .based on15th ILC Norms plus Dearness relief@ applicable to govt. employees, to all Sr citizenshaving income below this range be granted.

2. In organized sector:

(i) To ensure that value of Sr citizen’s moneyin Banks & P.O. does not go on reducing yearafter year, rate of interest should be at least twopercent higher than the normal rate of interest &

(Cont @ p.31)

HUM AUR AAP

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December 2012

1. Hum Aur Aap :

(i) Resolutions adopted by AGM-2012 ..... Title page

(ii) Ageing India ...................................................... 2

2. Letter to Prime Minister .......................................... 5

3. Letter from BPS (those born on 1st January) ........ 6

4. SCOVA Minutes ..................................................... 8

5. GOI ORDERS :

11.11.11 CGHS-Empanelment (Contd) Pune ..... 15

11.11.11 CGHS-Empanelment (Contd) Ranchi .. 18

11.11.11 CGHS-Empanelment (Contd) TVM ...... 18

01.11.12 Carry ID Proof when ticket reserved .. 19

04.10.12 Ex-servicemen (Reemployment in

Central Civil Services and Posts)

rules 1979 ........................................... 19

00.00.00 Ministry of External Affairs - Get your

PPO revised ........................................ 21

25.10.12 Payment of FP to physically

handicaped/mentally disabled ............ 22

01.10.12 Clarification regarding admissible/

non-admissible items under CGHS .... 23

27.11.12 Eligibility of children from a void or

voidable marriage for family pension .... 24

6. DR for Pensioners ................................................ 24

7. STATE GOVT ORDERS :

16.08.12 RJ - 80 o’kZ dh vk;q ij vfrfjDrisa”ku ds Hkqxrku ds laca/k esaA............25

27.09.12 RJ - Grant of DR to State Govt

Pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.12 ................. 25

8. BPS : Proceedings AGM-2012 ............................ 29

9. Daily Gurbani Routine .......................................... 31

10. H C Judgement

19.06.12 KVS Pensioners win CGHS

facilities at Bangalore ......................... 32

11. Thanks ............................................................ 33

12. Renewal ............................................................ 33

13. Aap Aur Hum ....................................................... 34

15. Significance of Pensioners Day-2012 .................. 35

16. Flash : 4th Rly Convention @ NGP on 09.02.13 . 35

17. Rules and Regulations of BPS............................. 36

18. Balance Sheet & other Accounts ......................... 42

APPEAL TO A MEMBERAn (unidentified) esteemed Member wants his

interesting article on ‘Honey & Health’ to bepublished in BHARAT PENSIONER. The MgCommittee would be glad to publish it. Pleaseurgently contact the Editor :

D Jayaraman

KIND ATTENTION:ALL MEMBERS

INCLUDING ASSOCIATIONS

In its meeting held on 01.12.2012, the Man-aging Committee decided that, in view of en-hanced costs and sptiralling process the mem-bership fees may be revised with effect from01.04.2013 as follows:-

Individual `250 annualIndividual `480 biennialIndividual `700 triennialAssociation `500 annualAccordingly, all members (including Associa-

tions) are requested to send their renewals andnew membership so as to ensure that all sub-scriptions received in the BPS office, on and af-ter 01.04.2013, shall be regulated accordingly.

S C Maheshwari, Secy Genl

OBITUARY

Inder Kumar Gujral, ex-Prime Minister of In-dia expired on 30.11.2012. After the Vth CentralPay Commission, he implemented most of itsbeneficial recommendations. He even improvedthe fitment formula from 20% to 40% BharatPensioners Samaj condoles his death and praysthat his soul rest in peace!


LIFE CERTIFICATE

All Whole members are requested to furnishtheir Life Certificate (with contact Tele/Mob No)latest by 31.01.2013


HUM AUR AAP

ADDENDUMAn amount of Rs. 7,000/- in cash was deposited

as donation for the Legal Fighting Fund by ShriBhoomitr Tyagi, Secy, Retd. C G Employees Assn,Mount Carmel School, Gali No 1, Meerut Road, MuradNagar-201206. It is regretted that, thanks to thePrinter’s Devil, it was omitted to be included in the listof LFF donations last month (November, 2012).

Rameshwar Kumar, Treasurer

December 2012

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BHARAT PENSIONERS SAMAJ, NEW DELHI(Federation of All India Pensioners' Associations)

Regd No. S - 2023 of 1962 - 63MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ON AGEING, TORONTO, CANADA

2/13-A, LGF ( Backside), Jangpura - 'A', Hospital Road, New Delhi - 110 014

Hon Legal Consultant : G S LobanaAdvocate, CAT Pr Bench & High Court, C-207,

Anand Lok Society, Mayur Vihar-I, Delhi - 110 091

Tel. : 011 - 2275 5422 Mobile : 098102 38999

(For any reply, a stamped ` 5 envelope a must)

Local SBI Cheques in f/o BPS should be deposited inyour own branch in BPS Account No 10825178380

IFSC : SBIN0001274 with MICR 110002055. For ecs

thru cash or outstation cheque (except AT PAR

cheque), add `̀̀̀̀ 25 as Inter Branch Transfer fee.

Members, Managing Committee1. K C Pipal Agra - 04 0562-248777

2. P K Goswami (Smt) DLH - 14 0112437 8583

3. S Kodwani (Smt) DLH - 24 0112984 1621

4. G S Asiwal BPL - 32 0755266 5545

5. M M Kapur DLH - 05 093508 47712

6. V K Taneja DLH - 05 0112578 9203

7. N C Gupta DLH - 87 093127 97353

8. B D Dhyani DLH - 14 099103 17318

9. Parkash Chand DLH - 18 092105 15470

10. S P Bhargava GGN - 01 0124232 5674

11. S P Bhardwaj GGN - 03 098109 14167

12. Y P Sawhney DLH - 52 0112712 7129

13. Asis Ranjan De GUW - 12 036125 7185214. D A N Sarma VZG - 16 092475 37961

15. Lajpat Rai DLH - 58 084470 20800

16. Harcharan Lal GZB - 01 092107 62511

President : Shyam Sunder

T : 011- 2437 6642 (O), 011- 2437 8583 (R)

Wkg President : Send Hindi News DIRECT to R N Tripathi

L-21, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-92 T : 011-2241 2731

Sr Vice-Prez : P N Sharma

T : 011- 2701 8811 M : 092102 04078

Secy Genl : S C Maheshwari,

490-A/16, Gurdwara Road, Civil Lines,

Gurgaon - 122 001 Fax : 0124-2300423,

T : 0124-2302262 M : 098684 88199

Secy (Defence) : Onkar Singh Riar,

786, Urban Estate-I, Jalandhar - 144 022

M : 09855050608

Secy (Postal & Ors) : M Chandra Mowli,

Flat - 43012, Janapriya Utopia Aptts, Block- 4,

B Wing, 3rd Floor, Hyderguda (Attapur),

Hyderabad- 500 048 T : 040-2400 2244

Secy (Rly Pensnrs) - For Rly matters, contact directly:Bimalendu Chakraborty, Nr. Balaka Club,

Sukantapally, Ward 32, Siliguri Bazar,

Jalpaiguri - 735 101 M : 080161 35182

T : 0353-2562545 (R) 2692331 (O)

Secy (BSNL/PSUs) ; Shreepad V Deshpande,

Pune. T : 020-2447 3757, M : 09422002219

Secy (P R) : A K Vatta, K-10, Finehome Aptts,

Mayur Vihar-I, New Delhi - 110 091

T : 011- 4308 1910

Editor : Send (English) News directly to:D Jayaraman, 23, Rashi Aptts, Plot - 3, Sector - 7,

Dwarka, Delhi - 110 075 T : 011- 2508 8062

Jt Secy General : Pooran Lal,MIG-81, Nehru Enclave, Shamsabad Road,

Agra - 282 004 M : 095364 61904, 094579 50415

Asstt Secy Genl : K L Malhotra, F - 11, Rail Vihar,Vasundhra, GZB-12 T - 0120269 8625, M - 098182 97181

Treasurer : Rameshwar Kumar, Delhi-110 088

M - 09654892289

Contact each of them directly at :Vice-Prez (North Zone):

Harchandan Singh, ChandigarhT : 0172 - 222 8306 M : 093161 31598

Vice-Prez (East Zone):R N Dutta, 12 - E, Shakuntala Park,Baidyabati - 712 222 -08T : 033 - 2632 6070 M : 098742 47912

Vice-Prez (West Zone):J Narayana Rao, 207 Kailash Aptts,Kamptee Road, Nagpur - 440 017T : 0712 - 265 2335 M : 094217 03511

Vice-Prez (South Zone):M Somasekhara Rao, 12-11-1411,Buddhanagar, Secunderabad - 500 061T : 040 - 2707 8848 M : 099490 52609

Vice-Prez (N E Zone):Th Yaisukul Singh, Irawat Bhawan,Imphal (Manipur)-795 001 T: 0385 - 244 3738

HUM AUR AAP

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December 2012

Letter No BPS/SG/012/pm-memo/2 Dt12.11.2012 to Shri Manmohan Singh, Hon.Prime Minister of India

Respected Sir,

Sub: Implementation of Sixth CPC Reportregarding Disparities in %age rise ofPension of certain categories of Pre-2006 Pensioners retired from S 4 to S23 & S 29 vis-a-vis S 24 to S 34

Reference:- i) DOP & PW OM No F.No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A), dated 1st September,2008 - regarding revision of pension ofpre-2006 pensioners and FamilyPensioners

ii) BPS Memorandum dated 11-10-2012(Point 7)– submitted to the Hon PrimeMinister reg: Long Pending issues &grievances Central Govt. Pensioners

Dear Sir,

In continuation of Memorandum submitted byBPS on 11-10-2012 to you, Bharat PensionersSamaj draw your kind attention towards PointNo 7 thereof – reg: the grave injustice done tocertain categories of the Pre-2006 Pensioners(i.e. those who had retired from S-4 to S-23) - inrespect of discriminatory Fixation of their RevisedPensions (vis-a-vis those who retired from S-24

to S-28 & S-30 to S-34) after Sixth PayCommission, in total disregard of the laws ofnatural justice and in violation of the Articles 14

& 16 of the Constitution of India.

Bharat Pensioners Samaj, therefore, seekyour benign intervention and submit the followingfacts for your favourable consideration to givejustice to the thousands of Pre-2006 Pensioners:

1. Pre-2006 Pensioners are ahomogeneous class as a whole and as such, asper settled law, they required equal treatment forrevision of their Pension. But the implementationof Sixth Pay Commission Report has created aclass within a class resulting in wide disparity inrespect of the percentage rise in the pension ofthose Pensioners who retired from lower Pay

Scales S 4 to S 23 vis-a-vis those who retiredfrom scales S 24 & above- (as per details

submitted below).

2. Glaring incoherence and partiality infixation of Pensions of Pre-2006 Pensioners atlower & middle levels were highlighted to theGovt. by one of the constituents of BPS - RSCWS(Railway Senior Citizens Welfare Society,Chandigarh) vide their Memorandum dated 24-4-2008 followed by other Memorandums dated8-5-2008 and the last one being dated: 28-5-2012. The facts were duly supported by relevantdata based on the details in the Report of SixthCPC.

3. We had a fervent hope that correctiveaction would be taken to ensure equality amongstthe past pensioners in respect of the %age rise- irrespective of the pre-revised scale from whichthey retired. Our hopes, however, had beenbelied – thus perpetrating the injustice - as wouldbe seen from the following facts.

(i ). Based on Para 4.1 of OM dated 1-9-2008 for arriving at consolidated pension and theminimum pension as per operative OM of 3-10-2008, a table is appended as Annexure-I*. Thisshows the ground reality in respect of thecomparative percentage increase in pension aswell as rise of pension in real terms as on 1-1-2006 for all the scales from S 4 to S 34 at theminimum level of pension. The following factsemerge from the table;

a) Percentage increase of Basic Pension ason 1-1-2006 was about 21.5% for scales S 4 toS 23 in Pay Bands PB 1 to PB 3, whereas thesame in Pay Band (PB) 4 and above was over50% (except for S 29) and even beyond 70 % in3 other scales - (as per details indicated in col. 7

of the Table Annexed herewith*).

b) Consequential rise in pension (Ratiobetween revised pension and Basic pension inpre-revised scale given in col.8 indicates a wideand unjustified variation between scales S 4 toS 23 in Pay Bands 1 to 3 and scales in pay band4 and above.

LETTER TO PM

December 2012

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Letter No : BPS /SG/Rep/K12/3 dt :15.11.2012to the Secretary, Deptt of AR, PG &Pensioners’, Ministry of Personnel, PG &Pensions, New Delhi – 110 001

Sub: Deprivation of all the Central PayCommission benefits in terms of payrevisions and pensionary benefits,suffered by Pensioners born on1.1.1946/1938/1928 owing to theirretirements on 31.12.2005/1995/1985 asa result of modification of FR 56 by theMinistry of Finance

Respected Sir, This representation issubmitted by ‘Bharat Pensioners Samaj’ onbehalf of Pensioners born on 1/1/1946, 1/1/1938 and on 1/1/1928 to seek restoration of

c) Rise of Basic Pension was 2.26 times for PB1 to PB 3 whereas for higher scales, it was 3 to 3.4times - except for S 29 where it was 2.6 times.

(ii ). All Pre-2006 Pensioners are ahomogeneous class as a whole. As such theyrequire an equal treatment and consideration forrevision of their pension. It is totally unjust thatrevision of pension to be as discriminatory asmentioned above to put the retirees from lowerscales to substantial loss of pension with as lowrise as 2.26 times of Basic Pension as comparedto a rise of more than 3 times of Basic Pensionfor the higher scales of Pre-2006 Pensioners.

( iii) It is, therefore, requested that a uniformrise of at least 3 times of Basic Pension (as on1-1-2006) be given for fixation of revised pensionof all Pre–2006 Pensioners who had retired fromS–4 to S-23 & S-29 – at par with the minimumrise of Basic Pension of Pre-2006 Pensionerswho retired from PB 4 and above - as they allform the same homogeneous group of Pre–2006pensioners.

Thanking you, with kind regards,

Yours faithfully,

Er.S.C.Maheshwari,Secretary General, BPS

*not printed Editor

all the Central Pay Commission benefits interms of pay revisions and pensionarybenefits.

2. While modifying the then existing provisionof FR 56(a) that every government servantshall retire from service on the afternoon ofthe last day of the month in which he attainsthe age of fifty eight years, it was provided onthe 7th February, 1975 in Rule 56 (a) that agovernment servant whose date of birth is thefirst of a month shall retire from service onthe afternoon of the last day of the precedingmonth on attaining the age of sixty years.

3. The proviso added by the Ministry of Financesingled out the 1.1.1946/1938/1928-bornpensioners, which deprived them of the fullPay Commission benefits, which weregranted to the rest of the pensioners, thusthe application of the rule becoming bereft ofthe universality and uniformity maintained sofar in keeping with upholding of a fundamentalrule. It is a general principle that framing oramending of any statutory rule should becommon to all retirees without exception andthere should not be any discrimination.

4. It will be seen that the basic rule already standsrelaxed by the Government itself consequenton its acceptance of the Third Central PayCommission’s recommendation, by which allthe government servants including those bornon 1st of every month other than January,benefited, by way of extensions in theirservices besides the Sixth CPC Pay & Pensionrevision benefits, barring the 1st January-borngovernment servants. While this initialrelaxation has benefited the employees bornon 2nd of January and onwards and even 1stof every month other than January (whichvirtually means all the remaining 364 days ofthe year), as in their case their retirement asper the basic rule on the preceding dayhappened in the same year (post-2005), therelaxation was not applied in the case of the1st January-born employees probably on

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December 2012

Paragraph 7and second is suitableamendment to the Government Resolutiondated 29/8/2008, the third is to retire the 1stJanuary pensioners also on the 31st of thesame month and the fourth is to grant 1stJanuary born pensioners also to avail likethe rest of the pensioners all the PayCommission benefits, extension of servicesetc. by following the same principle as appliedto Senior pensioners for grant of enhancedpension on attainment of 80 years, 85 years,etc. The best recourse will always be theremoval altogether of the first proviso underthis amended FR.

9. It will also be noticed that there is noproportionate reduction in enhanced pensionfor the particular month in which a pensionerattains the 81st/85th birthday irrespective ofthe date, ie. 1st day of the month or any otherday of the month, he is paid full enhancedpension. In other words, there is noproportionate reduction for the part of themonth during which the pensioner is below80 years since the benefit has been madeavailable for the whole month.

10.It is time to think of appropriate Administrativereforms to remove all such anomaloussituation by the Govt. so that things can beput straight. They shall not view like yetanother representation or grievance, but theyneed to take it as an improvement over thesystem that is prevailing. Such a right spiritwill facilitate added repute to the HR basedAdministration of date. I think still manycapable and positive oriented functionariesexist at top layer and hence the system keepson and on in spite of all odd factors.

11.May I, therefore, request for a deep examinationof the several issues raised hereinabove, witha view to finding a satisfactory and just solutionto the hardship being faced by the pensionersreferred to above?

Thanking you, Sir,Place: BPS Camp office Gurgaon

Yours faithfully,Er.S.C.Maheshwari, Secy. Genl.

ground that their retirement took place in theprevious month and year (Pre-2006).

5. Actually, the relaxation of FR 56 should havebeen made in an equitable manner by treatingthe application of the basic rule, which standsamended, inconsequential for the 1st Januaryborn employees also.

6. In response to a representation from asimilarly affected 1/1/46-born pensioner, theDepartment of Expenditure seems to havemade a stock observation that for any suchrevision, a line has to be drawn and whereverthe line is drawn, there will be persons whoretired on a previous day and would lose thebenefits of pay revision, We strongly feel thatthis analogy may not hold good in matters ofpay & pension revisions consequent on therecommendation of Pay Commissions, sincethis happens not routinely but once in tenyears as a measure of updating the pay &pensions, etc according to new economicconditions in the country and theserecommendations encompass allgovernment servants and there cannot be anyexception by application of any extant rules,which are meant for only routine purposes.

7. Further, in regard to 1/1/46-born retirees itmay be stated that they retired on theafternoon of the last day of the precedingmonth, i.e. 31/12/2005 consequent on adecision taken based on the Third CPCrecommendation. This clubbed them with theother retirees who retired notionally on 31/12/2005. There is absolute need to provide anenabling provision, by adding another suitableprovision under FR.56 (a), so that this categoryof pensioners, who have been left out for nofault of theirs – in fact it sounds as if they havebeen penalised for wrong-doing – can alsoavail the said benefits.

8. Thus there are several alternatives to removethe hardship being faced by the above-referred pensioners. First, addition of secondProviso to FR.56 as prayed for in the

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December 2012

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OM F. No. 42/45/2012-P&PW(G) dt10.10.2012 Ministry of Personnel, Public

Grievances & Pensions, Deptt of Pension &Pensioners’ Welfare (Desk-G), Khan

Market, New Delhi - 110003

Sub: 21st meeting of the Standing Committeeof Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) held on27.09.2012 at Civil Services Officers’Institute (CSOI), Kasturba Gandhi Marg,New Delhi

Please find enclosed herewith a copy ofminutes of the 21st meeting of StandingCommittee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) heldon 27.09.2012 presided over by Hon’ble MOS(PP)at Civil Services Officers’ Institute (CSOI),Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, for your kindperusal.

Sujasha Choudhury, Dy. Secretary

Tele No. 2463 5979 E-mail:[email protected]

Minutes of the 21st meeting of Standing

Committee of Voluntary Agencies

(SCOVA) held on 27.9.2012 under the

Chairmanship of Minister of State (PP) at

Civil Services Officers Institute (CSOI),

Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi.

Secretary (P&PW) at the outset welcomedHon’ble MOS(PP) as well as allrepresentatives of Pensioners’ Associationsand the participating members of variousMinistries/Departments. Thereafter, heenumerated the changes in the pension rulesand mentioned the fact that SCOVA has beenable to achieve the objective for which it wasstarted in 1986. Secretary (P&PW) furtheradded that today’s serving officers willeventually become pensioners tomorrow. Hepraised the contributions made by thePensioners as officers during their tenure inthe Government and also applauded for theirpresent contributions as Senior Citizens.Secretary expressed the hope that the

Department would continue to get supportfrom the pensioners’ Associations in future.

2. Hon’ble MOS (PP) in his welcome addressto the participants stated that representationsrelating to pensionary matters are increasingas different Ministries/Departments areinterpreting pension rules in different ways.Thus, he stressed the need for uniforminterpretation of pension rules so that thegrievances of the pensioners relating topensionary matters are reduced and settledwithout delay. In order to have bettercooperation between the Department and thepensioners association he agreed to theoutstanding demand of holding the SCOVAmeeting twice in a year.

( Action : DoP&PW )

3. The list of participants is at Appendix - I.

4. Thereafter, the Action Taken Repot (ATR) of20th SCOVA meeting (Annexure-I ) andAgenda items of 21st SCOVA meeting(Annexure-II) were taken up for discussion.

5. Action Taken Report (ATR) on the pointsraised in the 20th meeting of SCOVA( Annexure-I)

Sl. No. 1 and 19 of ATR

(1)- Issue of Corrigendum PPO for Pre-2006 retirees and also to communicate theamount of pension as well as FamilyPension to be revised consequent to the6th Central Pay Commission to Pre1.1.2006 pensioners.

(19)- Issue of Revised PPOs for pre andpost 2006 retirees- Status thereof

i) Central Pension Accounting Office hasindicated that out of 6.67 lakhs cases ofpre-2006 pensioners/family pensionersrevised PPOs in respect of 3.06 lakhscases have been issued. CPAO informedthat they are sending e-scrolls ofPensioners to all Ministries/Departments,which will solve the problem of non receiptof Annexure-III.

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ii) As final figures were not available,Department of Telecommunications andDepartment of Posts were asked tocompile data for the cases of pensioners/family pensioners of pre-2006 and takenecessary action for their revision by 31stMarch, 2013.

iii) Ministry of Railways informed that theyhave requested pensioners to apply forrevision of PPO by making all the dataavailable to them. They informed that theyhave revised 4.7 lakhs PPOs on receiptof these applications and 6.00 lakhs arepending. The Ministry has been asked tocomplete the task of issuing revised PPOsby March, 2013 where applications havebeen received. Simultaneously theyshould ascertain a mechanism of gettingdata of the remaining cases and revisingPPOs of those who have not applied forrevision of PPOs.

iv) Ministry of Defence informed that theyhave to cater to the requirement of morethan 11 lakh pre-2006 Pensioners. Theyhave revised PPOs of about 5.7 lakh outof them. They also informed that inapproximately 8.0 lakh cases, the revisionhas to be done manually and they have totake additional action for capturing all thedata which is available only in physicalform. The Ministry was asked to deployadditional manpower for capturing ofdata and complete the revisionexercise by 30th September, 2013.

Secretary (P&PW) requested all theorganizations/Departments/ Ministries toexpedite the same without further delay andupdate the latest status with the Departmentof Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare.

( Action : CPAO, Ministry of Railways,Ministry of Defence, Department of Posts,

Department of Telecom and DOP&PW)

Sl. No. 2 of ATR :

Expediting cases of sanction of secondaryfamily pension with monitoringmechanism at various levels.

The necessary clarifications as decided in thelast SCOVA meeting had been circulated toall ministries/departments and associationson 8.12.2011 and the same has beenreiterated in September, 2012.

Hence the item is treated as closed.

Sl. No. 3 & 12 of ATR :

(3)- Same fitment benefit to Pre-2006pensioners as recommended andimplemented in respect of servingemployees by the VI CPC.

Parity between Past and FuturePensioners.

Stepping up of Pension and FamilyPension to 50% and 30% respectively.Extension of new benefits granted to thepast pensioner.

(12)- The implementation of orders dated01.09.2008 read with the orders dated14.10.08 is not correct for fixation ofpension.

With regard to the issue of same benefit topre-2006 pensioners as given to servingemployees by 6th CPC and parity betweenpast and future pensioners, the memberswere informed that CAT in its judgement on

1.11.2011 had dismissed the issue. Withregard to issue of stepping up of pension andfamily pension to 50% and 30% respectivelyof the minimum of pay in the payscale, themembers were informed that appropriateaction in this regard is being taken taken bythe government. In view of the above, it hasbeen treated as closed.

Sl. No. 4 of ATR :

A suitable alternative to merger of DR afterit reaches 50% in view of VI CPCrecommendation against 50% DA/DRmerger benefit to ensure revision atreasonable intervals.

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It was informed that the issue was taken upwith the concerned Ministry for consideration,but the same has not been agreed to by theGovernment. Therefore, this item may betreated as closed.

Sl. No. 5 of ATR :

Restoration of commuted pension after 12years.

It was informed that the issue was taken upwith the concerned Ministry for consideration,but the same has not been agreed to by theGovernment. Therefore, this item may betreated as closed.

Sl. No. 6, 7 and 8 of ATR :

Revision of Ex-gratia rates in respect of pre-1986 CPF/SRPF retirees and their families.

(a) Revision of ex-gratia amount to CPF/SRPF retirees.

(b) Uniform rates of DR.

(c) FMA to ex- gratia beneficiaries

(d) Ex- gratia to those who voluntarilyretired after 20 years of service.

(e) Ex-gratia should not be less thanminimum pension and the sameshould be effective from 01/01/06.

(a), (b) and (e) : It was informed that the proposalfor increasing the ex-gratia for CPFpensioners so as to bring them at par withSRPF beneficiaries is under consideration.

(c) : Since they are the CPF beneficiaries whoare not eligible for CGHS benefits, hence,they are not eligible for FMA as well.

(d) : As regards ex-gratia to those who tookvoluntary retirement, it was agreed to re-examine the matter in the light of various courtjudgements

( Action : Ministry of Railways and DOP&PW)

Sl. No. 9 of ATR :

Extension of secondary family pension todependent widowed daughter-in-law.

In view of the decision of the Government not

to grant family pension to a widoweddaughter-in-law, the item was closed.

Sl. No. 10 of ATR :

Fixed Medical Allowance to be enhancedto Rs. 1000/- per month w.e.f. 01/01/06.

The Government has not agreed to furtherenhance FMA beyond Rs. 300/-. Item maybe Closed.

Sl. No. 11 of ATR :

Implementation of Web Based PensionersPortal -

The performance and facilities availableunder the Web based “Pensioner Portal” wasappreciated by the SCOVA members. TheSecretary (P&PW) suggested that Ministries/Departments should adhere to the timelinesin the redressal of grievances and they shouldalso sensitize the subordinate functionariesto adhere to these timelines. The item maybe closed.

( Action : DoP&PW )

Sl. No. 12 of ATR

Merged with Sl. No. 3 above of ATR.

Sl. No. 13 and 16 of ATR :

(13) - The Orders of Ministry of Healthreiterating that all the pensioners are atliberty to opt themselves with any of thenearest CGHS hospital/dispensary may bewidely circulated. Arbitrary orders dated01/08/1996 and 01/09/1996 issued byMinistry of Health and Director of CGHSmay be withdrawn and the benefit ofCGHS facilities be allowed to thepensioners of Department of Post andDepartment of Telecom as speciallyprovided in the order of the Departmentof Personnel and Pension.

(16)- (i) The existing Pensioners ofDepartment of Posts and Telecomcovered by P& T Dispensaries are neitherconsidered for treatment ofhospitalization facilities nor for FixedMedical Allowance.

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(ii) Pensioners falling within the limit of P& TDispensaries/CGHS Hospitals may beallowed to opt for P&T Dispensaries ordrawl of Fixed Medical Allowance.

It was informed that the issue was taken upwith the concerned ministries and the decisionto merge 19 dispensaries in 12 cities havebeen taken in principle. The concernedministries will inform the exact timelines. Inthis regard Hon’ble MOS(PP) will take up theissue with the Health Minister. He will alsotake up the matter with the Health Ministerregarding opening of one new CGHSdispensary at Mohali/Panchkula/Chandigarh.

(Action: Ministry of Health & FW,Department of Posts,

Department of Telecom, DoP&PW)


(14)-Early commencement of meeting ofNational Anomalies Committee to settleall anomalies arising out of 6th central paycommission recommendations.

(21)-Same as above.

In view of the fact that meeting was alreadyconducted by National Anomaly Committeeon 5th January, 2012 to 17th July, 2012, theitem is closed.


(15)-Grant of concessional telephonefacilities to retired P&T Employees.

(27)- Same as above.

The Department of Telecom informed that thematter had been referred to a committeewhich is looking into the financial aspects.Secretary, (Pension) suggested that thedecision should be taken by December, 2012.Secretary (Pension), however, desired thatthe SCOVA members may take up suchministry specific issues separately with theconcerned ministry which have no generalpolicy requirements and does not concern allpensioners.

Closed.

Sl. No. 16 of ATR :


Sl. No. 17 of ATR :

Inclusion of Representatives of A.I.R.R.Fand SCOVA in Railway Hospital AdvisoryCommittees.

The matter is under examination inconsultation with Zonal Railways.

(Action : Ministry of Railways)

Sl. No. 18 of ATR :

Withdraw new pension scheme as also thePFRDA Bill from the Parliament.

As this item is beyond the scope of theSCOVA objectives, the item is closed.

Sl. No. 19 of ATR :


Sl. No. 20 of ATR :

Revision of Pension/Family Pension of VthCPC:

Instructions for the same has been issued.Hence, the item is treated as closed.

Sl. No. 21 of ATR :


Sl. No. 22 of ATR :

Sanction of House Rent for Associationoffice.

Since necessary provision for providingsubsidy towards rent for Office has beenprovided in the Grant-in-aid under theScheme Pensioners Portal, item may betreated as closed.

Sl. No. 23 of ATR :

Fixed Medical Allowance

(i) to be enhanced to Rs. 1000/per monthw.e.f. 1.1.2006.

Item has already been discussed in para 5.10of ATR. Item was treated as closed.

(ii) to pensioner residing beyond 2.5 Kms.from dispensary.

It was informed that jurisdiction of a

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dispensary is decided by its admn. authorities.Department of Pension and Pensioners’Welfare instructions allow Fixed MedicalAllowance to pensioners residing outside thejurisdiction of dispensary.

Ministry of Railways explained that the 2.5Km. limit is laid down by the decision of courts.The members thereafter raised specific issueof RELHS. It was decided that the Ministry ofRailways may discuss the issue with themembers.

( Action : Ministry of Railways )

Sl. No. 24 of ATR :

CSD canteen facility to Defence CivilianPensioners.

The Ministry of Defence had not agreed tothe proposal, hence it is dropped.

(Action : Ministry of Defence)

Sl. No. 25 of ATR :

Implementation of the Governmentdecision on the recommendations of theCabinet Secretary’s Committee – Revisionof PBOR pension to pre-2006 retiree.

In view of the instructions issued by Ministryof Defence in March, 2012, the item wastreated as closed.

Sl. No. 26 of ATR :

Anomaly in fixation of pension to DoTemployees absorbed in BSNL, who retiredbetween 1.10.2000 and 31.7.2001.

Department of Telecom may re-examine theissue.

(Action : Department of Telecommunication)

Sl. No. 27 of ATR :


Sl. No. 28 of ATR :

Payment of pension to postal retireesthrough banks.

Department of Posts informed that proposalhas been sent to the Reserve Bank of India

for final clearance. The Department wasasked to finalize the issue by 31.12.2012.

(Action : Department of Posts)

Sl. No. 29 of ATR :

Revision of pension of pre 1996 Railwaypensioners.

Railway Board was advised to sort out thismatter after hearing the representatives of thepensioners associations and the item wasclosed.

6. Agenda Items for 21st SCOVA meeting (Annexure-II)

6.1 Time bound grievance redressal & realtime dissemination of information are thetwo main ingredients of this novel venturefor the welfare of pensioners

The Department of Pensioners andPensioners Welfare informed that all theMinistries have been issued instructions toredress the grievance as per the timelineprescribed by Department of AdministrativeReforms (ARPG). In cases it was not possibleto give immediate reply, an interim replyshould be given to the applicant. DOP&PWwill reiterate these instructions to all Ministries/Departments.

The Railway association pointed out thatdirect cases which goes to Ministry ofRailways should give acknowledgement onthe same lines as in respect of cases comingthrough DoP&PW. This facility is available inthe software CPENGRAMS which can bemade use by all Ministries/Departments.

(Action: Ministry of Railways, DOP&PW andother Ministries)

6.2 Dissemination of information in real time:

All the Ministries were requested to updatethe information available in the website andprovide necessary linkage to the websites ofDepartment of Pensioners and Pensioners’Welfare. Ministry of Railway have been askedto regularly update all the instructions forinformation of Pensioners association.

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Representative of the Posts & TelcomPensioner Association stated that when thecircular about enhancement of Dearnessrelief (DR) for pensioners/family pensionersis issued by Department of Pension &Pensioners’ Welfare (DoP&PW) andsubsequently pasted on the Pensioner portalWebsite, the post offices don’t takecognizance of it, until a separate circular isissued by the Department of Post on the basisof DoP&PW Dearness Relief circular. Thisdouble exercise tantamounts to delay ingetting the dearness relief by the pensioners/family pensioners through post offices. Duringthe discussions, Hon’ble MOS(PP)mentioned that, circular on enhancement ofDearness Relief (DR) issued by DoP&PWshould be applicable to all offices of theGovernment of India. In this regard Secretary(P&PW) will take up the issue withDepartment of Post and Department ofTelecommunication

( Action :Ministry of Railways/Ministry ofHealth & Family Welfare/Ministry of Defence/

Department of Personnel & Training/Department of Expenditure/ Department of

Financial Services/Department ofTelecommunication/ Department of Posts/

CGA/CPAO and DoP&PW)

6.3 Simplification of submission of LifeCertificate

The issue of submission of life certificate inany branch of Banks other than the Bank inwhich the pensioners had their accounts hasnot been found feasible. However, CPAO wasasked to look into the feasibility of submissionof life certificate in any of the branches of thesame Bank.

(Action : CPAO/Department of Posts/Department of Telecommunication)

6.4 Simplification for payment of FamilyPension in case of illiterate Family Pension.

In view of the number of documents availableto the pensioners and also in view of the

financial/legal implications of the proposal, thesame was not agreed to. The item is closed.

( Action : DoP&PW)

6.5 Nomination facility for Family Pensionersdrawing Life Time Arrears:

The Department of Pension and PensionersWelfare agreed to further examine theproposal.

( Action : Department of Expenditure/Department of Financial Services/ CGA/

CPAO and DOP&PW)

6.6 Review of DCRG-Limit.

The matter has not been agreed to by theGovernment, hence the item is treated asclosed.

6.7 Medical Insurance coverage toPensioners

The Representatives of Ministry of Health &Family Welfare informed that the proposalhas been sent to Planning Commission in12th Plan and the scheme will be started forobtaining the requisite information.

(Action: Ministry of Health & FamilyWelfare)

6.8 a) Grievances Committees at the AdditionalDirector (CGHS) Level at Delhi :

Advisory Committees have been constitutedat Wellness Centre level which meetsregularly to settle the issues at local levelitself. Claim day once in a month and ClaimAdalat from time to time are held in each zoneto settle outstanding reimbursement claims.Detailed instructions to streamline andexpedite disposal of Medical ReimbursementClaims have also been issued and theposition is being monitored at all levelsregularly. As a result of the initiatives takenby the Ministry in this regard, the pendencyhas been brought down drastically. MOHFWintends to further bring it down throughcomputerization and administrative actions.It was decided that a fix date and time may

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be prescribed for meeting the pensioners andthe same should be put on the website.

b) A similar grievance committee at nationallevel may also be constituted

c) Central Government Health Scheme:Issues at Wellness Centers Bangalore

d) CGHS Dispensary/Wellness Centre atJammu

e) Opening of three more CGHSDispensaries, one at Mohali, second atPanchkula and “one more at Chandigarh.

Hon’ble MOS (PP) directed Ministry of Health& Family Welfare to take appropriate actionand he will take the matter with Minister ofHealth & Family Welfare also forempanelment of hospitals to be made better.

(Action: Ministry of Health & FamilyWelfare)

6.9 Two family pension to widows ofreemployed ex servicemen:

The representatives of the Ministry of Defenceinformed that the same has been approvedby the government. Thus, the item is treatedas closed.

6.10 Refusal to sanction Family pension todependent daughters

In view of the fact that legal heir certificateissued by court has been accepted by Ministryof Defence, the item may be dropped.

(Action: Ministry of Defence)

6.11 Widen scope of pension Adalat toinclude all payment cases & to allowSCOVA members/representative as wellas representative of identifiedAssociations to actively participate

It was stated that as the guidelines on PensionAdalats are very clear with clear provisionsfor participation by SCOVA members, as suchthe item may be treated as closed.

6.12, 6.13 and 6.14 : 6.12 - RELHS facilities tofamily pensioners, other than spouse, and

to the kids of Divorced & widoweddependent daughters.:

i) RELHS facilities to dependent parents ;

ii) On 24th February 2010 during the budgetspeech Minister for Railways

iii) Separate nominated days for Pensioners/family pensioners for specialistconsultation in Rly hospital.

iv) Inclusion of representatives of identifiedAssociations & SCOVA members in RlyHospital grievance committees.

v) Smart Card Facility for RELHSbeneficiaries

vi) RELHS to be open ended scheme

vii) Streamlining of functioning of RailwayHospitals

6.13- Welfare Measures for RailwayPensioners:

i) Include Pensioners representatives invarious Committees.

ii) Provision of office accommodation toPENSIONERS Associations

iii) Dealing with the Pensioners Associations

iv) Allow dependents in Widow passes :

v) Provision of passes to family pensionersother than the widow

6.14- Implementation of the MACP

Ministry of Railways agreed to examine

issues on merit in consultation withpensioners associations. In case they haveany other grievance they may approachrailway authorities.

(Action : Ministry of Railways)

7. Secretary (Pension & PW) also requested therepresentatives of various Ministries/Departments that non-pensionary issuesraised by the Pensioners Associations wouldbe better handled by the concerned ministries/department itself by giving them patienthearing on regular basis.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks tothe Chair.

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List of New Hospitals empanelled under CGHS. PUNE

GENERAL PURPOSE

Continued from November, 2012 IssueANNEXURE - OM DT 11.11.11

Approved for

General Purpose inclJoint replacement,Cardiology &Cardiothoracic

General Purpose

incl Joint replacement

General Purpose

General Purpose

except cardiology &

Cardio-thoracic and

Joint Replacement.

General Purpose

except cardiology &

Cardio-thoracic and

Joint Replacement.

General Purpose

Orthopedics

Cardiology,Cardiovascular and

Cardiothoracic surgery

Orthopedic Surgeryincluding arthroscopic

surgery & Jt replacement

Orthopedic surgeryincl Arthroscopicsurgery & Jt replacement

Whetheraccreditedby NABH

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Whether already on the panelof CGHS and if yes, facilities approved

for

YES : General Purpose, specialisedpurpose [Cardiological investigation,cardiothoracic surgery, haemodialysis,Lithotripsy / TURP, Laparoscopicsurgery, IOL implant, Joint replacementand Radiotherapy

YES : General purpose.

YES : General and Specialised purpose

(Cardiology and Cardio-thoracic

Surgery, Lithotripsy, Haemodialysis,

Oncology, Chemotherapy)

No

No

No

Yes : Orthopedic surgery includingArthroscopic surgery & Jt replacement.

Yes : for Cardiology, Cardiovascular andCardio-thoracic Surgery

No

Yes : for Orthopedic surgery includingArthroscopic surgery and jointreplacement.

Name of the Hospital

Grant medical foundation Ruby HallClinic, 40 Sassoon Road, Pune 411 001w.e.f. 30th December 2010

Kotbagi Hospital, 163 D. P. Road, Pune

w.e.f. 30th December 2010

Deendayal Memorial Hospital, 926 F.

C. Road, Shivajinagar, Pune 411 004

[Tel: 020 – 2565 2497 / 2565 1613]


Jahangir Hospital, 32 Sassoon Road,

Pune - 411001.

w.e.f. 5th July, 2011

Sadhu Vasmani Mission’s Medical

Complex, Inlaks & Budhrani Hospital,

M.N. Budhrani Cancer Institute,

7- Koregaon Park, Pune 411001.


Bharti Vidyapeet Medical Foundation’s,

Bharti Hospital and Research center ,

Pune Satara Road, Dhankawadi, Pune-

411004 Tel: 020- 40555555w.e.f. 1ST November, 2011

Ranka Hospital, Mukund Nagar, Pune.w.e.f. 5th July, 2011

N M Wadia Institute of cardiology,

Pune, Phone No - 02026058136w.e.f. 1ST November, 2011

Kulkarni Hospital And DiagnosticCentre, Pune, Phone No 25230019

w.e.f. 1ST November, 2011

Rakshak Hospital, 52/1/1-Shree Ram

Nagar, Society Kharadi ChandanNagar, Pune-411014


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6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

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2.

3.

4.

5.

SUPER SPECIALITY

CANCER HOSPITAL

Dr. Bansal Hospital, Mumbai PuneRoad, Iehu Road-Pune- 412101w.e.f. 1ST November, 2011

OM Hospital Survay No.201/ HutatmaChowk, Alandi Road, Bhosari Pune-411039w.e.f. 1ST November, 2011

Karne Hospital Pvt. Ltd, P-4 415/8Office No.6 T0 Shrikrishna Chambers,Pune- 411037 Tel : 020-24266615w.e.f. 1ST November, 2011

Chaitanya hospital, Nr chinchwadgaon

police chowk chinchwad Pune -411033

Tel : 020-27353333


Satyanand Hospital, opp. konark poor

am kondhwa khurd, Pune

Tel :202-6838194


Samarth Hospital 48416,Mitramandal

colony paruati ,Pune -411009

Tel : 020-24422919


NIL

Nil

Ameya Netralaya, 2nd Floor, Santbhoomi

Co-operative Society, Behind Nigdi Bus

Stop, Nigdi, Pune 411 044


Dr. Jadhav Eye Foundation,

Vadaqgaonsheri, Nagar Rd, Pune 411 014


Sadhu Vaswani Mission’s Medical

Complex, I&BH , MNBCI, KKEI, FBHIw.e.f. 30th December 2010

National Institute of Opthalmology, 187/30, Shivaji Nagar, Pune.


Divya Eye Clinic, Shakun Apt. Above

Bank of Maharashtra Sanghavi Nagar,Aundh Pune- 41007. Tel.020-2581689w.e.f. 1ST November, 2011

Maternity andGynaecology

Cardiology,Cardiovascular andCardiothoracic surgery &Endoscopic Surgery.

Orthopedic surgery inclarthroscopic surgeryand joint Replacement

Orthopedic surgery incl

Arthroscopic surgery

and joint replacement







Eye Care

Eye Care

Eye Care & Dental

also

Eye Care

Eye Care Centre

No

No

No

No

No

No

NO

NO

NO

No

No

Yes : for Maternity and Gynaecology

No

No

No

No

No

YES : Eye Care [Cataract / Glaucoma,

Strabismus, Occuloplasty & Adnexa and

other specialised treatment

YES : Eye Care [Cataract / Glaucoma,


other specialised treatment].

NO

Yes : Eye Care [ Cataract / Glaucoma,Retinal Medical and Vitreoretinal surgery,


other specialized treatement].

No

EYE CARE CENTRES

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5.

DENTAL CLINICS

NIL

Medinova Diagnostic Services, No 95 D,Plot 8256, Bhambudra, Shivaji Nagar, Pune,w.e.f. 12th July, 2011

Super Religare Laboratories, IInd Floor,Mitruchaya , 1258, Deccan Gymkhana,Pune. Tel 020- 251200 / 3940w.e.f. 12th July, 2011

Pai Clinic & Diagnostic Centre,778/B-1,Abhinav Apartments, Next To Congress

House, Shivaji Nagar, Pune- 411005


N.M. Medical Centre, Unit No. 1-10, 1st

Floor, Amenity Bldg, Plot 72, astalisa,

Kalyani Nagar, Pune - 06.

Tel. No. 022- 26600505


Radiology only

DiagnosticLaboratory andRadiology

Laboratory servicesand Mammography,

USG/Color Doppler,

Endoscopic Procedure

CT Scan, MRI, Ultra

Sound, Mammography,

USG/Color Doppler, X-

ray, Bone Densitometry)

NR

Yes

No

No

Yes for (Laboratory, Mammography andUSG / Color Doppler).

No

DIAGNOSTIC AND IMAGING CENTRE

* Empanelment provisional subject to inspection of centre by QCI

The following hospitals and diagnostic centres in Pune shall continue to be on the panelof CGHS till further orders.

Name of the Hospital/Centre

Lokmanya Hospital, Sector No. 27, Tilak Road, Pradhi

Karan Nigdi, Pune - 411044. Tel. No. 020-30612000

Dhanshree Hospital, GP-66, Opp. K Bajaj School, G-

Block, Midc Chinchwad, Pune-411019 Tel : 020-

27370583.

Sushrut Medical Care and Research Societys HardikarHospital, 1160/61, Shivaji Nagar, University Road, Pune-

411005. Tel : 020-41095000

PBMA’S HV Desai Eye Hospital, 93, Tarwade Vasti,Mohammadwadi Hadapsar, Pune - 411028. Tel. No. 020-

26970043

Medipoint Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., 241/1, New D.P. Road,Aundh, Pune - 411007.Tel. No. 020-39841200.

Empanelled for

General purpose and specialised purpose [Laproscopic

surgery, IOL implant, Joint replacement] and diagnostic

purpose [USG / Colour Doppler].

Orthopaedic surgery including Arthroscopic surgery and

joint replacement

Super-speciality (Orthopaedic surgery, including

arthroscopic surgery and Joint replacement).

Super-speciality Eye Care [Cataract / Glaucoma, Retinal-Medical & Vitreo- Retinal surgery, Strabismus and

Occuloplasty & Adnexa and other specialised treatmentincluding Corneal Transplant].

General purpose and Superspeciality in Neurology and

Neurosurgery, Orthopedic surgery including Jointreplacement, Gastro-enterology and GI surgery,Paediatrics and Paediatrics surgery, Endoscopic surgery

and ENT.

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List of Hospitals - CGHS RANCHI

SPECIALITY (SELECTIVE) HOSPITALS

SUPER SPECIALITY (HOSPITALS)

Noble Hospital Pvt. Ltd., 153, Magarpatta City Road,Hadapasar, Pune - 13. Tel. No. 020-43285000.Tel : 020-43285000.

Lokmanya Medical Foundations, Lokmanya Hospital,314B, Telco Road, Near Chinchwad Station, Chinchwad,Pune -411033. Tel. No. 020-27452518

Sant Dyneshwar Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Hira Plaza, NR RupeeCoop Bank, Pune-Nasik Highway, Bhosari, Pune - 411039.Tel. No. 020-27119494

6.

7.

8.

1.

1.

1.

2.

Multi-Speciality Genl purpose and Super-speciality[Neurology & Neurosurgery; Urology incl dialysis;Orthopaedic surgery incl Arthroscopic surgery and Jointreplacement; Gastro-enterology; Endoscopic surgery andENT including specialised surgeries].

General purpose, specialised purpose [Cardiologicalinvestigation, Cardiothoracic surgery, TURP, Laparascopicsurgery, IOL implant, joint replacement] and diagnosticservices [Laboratory medicine, USG / Colour Doppler].

General and Specialised purpose (Lithotripsy andLaparoscopy) and Diagnostic services (Clinical Pathology,Biochemistry, CT Scan and USG / Colour Doppler).

Raj Hospital & Research Centre, Main

Road, Ranchi 834 001

Tel: 0651 – 233 1128 / 233 0129]


NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

DDRC PIRAMAL DIAGNOSTIC

SERVICES PVT LTD, Ullur, Medical

College, Trivendrum 0471 2310688

W.E.F. 12TH July, 2011

CANCER HOSPITALS

EYE CARE CENTRES

DENTAL CLINICS

General Purpose incl.

Joint Replacement.

Diagnostic Laboratory,

CT, X-Ray, USG and

Mammography

No

Yes

YES : General treatment and specialised

treatment (except cardio-thoracic surgery,

lithotripsy, renal transplant surgery\ and liver

transplant surgery and radio therapy)

No

CGHS TRIVANDRUM

As no hospitals are empanelled under new Tender Process in Thiruvananthapuram, the existinghospitals are continued at old rates

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM EXISTING HOSPITALS AT OLD RATES (2007 rates)

Chaithanya Eye Hospital & Research Institute,Kesavadasapuram Jn., Thiruvananthapuram 695 004

[Tel: 0471 – 447 183]

S. K. Hospital, Edappazhanji Junction, Thirumala,Thiruvananthapuram 695006

Specialised treatment and diagnostic procedures for

Ophthalmology.

Multi-speciality general purpose and specialised purpose[in Orthopaedic surgery including joint replacement and

arthroscopic surgery, Pediatrics and Paediatrics Surgery,Endoscopic / Laparoscopic surgery and ENT].

Eye Care [Cataract / Glaucoma], Diagnostic services [CT/ USG / Colour Doppler and X – Ray].

NB :- The list of Empanelled Hospitals under CGHS - OM dt 11.11.11-(published every month sinceFebruary 2012 with Delhi inclding NCR), has now been concluded. Editor, BPS

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COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO.68 OF 2012 Rlybd’s Letter No. 2011/TG-I/20/P/ID dt 1.11.2012The General Managers, All Indian Railways.

Sub: Provision of carrying of ID proof duringjourney on reserved tickets

Please refer to this office letter no.2011/TG-I/20/P/Tatkal dated 16.01.2012 (CommercialCircular No.4 of 2012) on the subject quotedabove wherein it was advised that with effect from15.02.2012, any passenger travelling on areserved ticket (non-Tatkal) issued through PRSfor undertaking journey in any air conditionedclass (except 3E) will have to produce any oneof the nine prescribed proofs of identity (inoriginal) during journey failing which all thepassengers will be treated as without ticket andcharged accordingly. This provision has helpedin keeping a check on the cases of travelling ontransferred ticket in AC classes to a great extent.

2. With a view to ensure availability ofreserved tickets to bona fide passengers in allclasses, it has been decided as under:

(i) One more proof of identity has been addedin the list of 9 prescribed proofs of identity forundertaking journey on e-ticket, Tatkal ticket andfor undertaking journey on a reserved ticketissued through PRS and these 10 prescribedproofs of identity are as under:

1. •Voter Photo identity card issued by ElectionCommission of India.

2. •Passport.

3. •PAN Card issued by Income TaxDepartment.

4. •Driving Licence issued by RTO.

5. •Photo identity card having serial numberissued by Central/State Government.

6. •Student identity Card with photograph issuedby recognized School/College for theirstudents.

7. •Nationalized Bank Passbook withphotographs.

8. •Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminatedphotograph.

9. •Unique identification Card “Aadhaar”

10.•Photo identity cards having serial numberissued by Public Sector Undertakings ofState/Central Government, DistrictAdministrations, Municipal bodies andPanchayat Administrations.

(ii) The above provision shall come into effectfrom 01.12.2012.

(iii) With effect from 01.12.2012, any one ofthe passengers booked on a PNR for undertakingjourney in any reserved class will have to produceany one of the 10 prescribed proofs of identity(in original) during the journey failing which allthe passengers booked on that ticket will betreated as travelling without ticket and chargedaccordingly. This provision shall, however, notaffect the existing provision of Tatkal schemewhere the passenger is required to show thesame original proof of identity as indicated onthe ticket.

3. Wide publicity may be given by ZonalRailways through all possible means on thisaccount for the information of general public.

4. Necessary instructions may be issued toall concerned particularly Ticket Checking Staffso as to educate them about the revisedprovisions.

S.K.Ahirwar, Director Traffic Commercial (G)

[To be published in the Gazette of India,Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub section (i)]

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances andPensions,

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, dt 4.10.2012

G.S.R. - In exercise of the powers conferredby the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution,the President hereby makes the following rulesfurther to amend the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts)Rules, 1979, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Ex-

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(iv) Personnel, who were on deputation inArmy Postal Service for more than six monthsprior to the 14th April, 1987; or

(v) Gallantry award winners of the Armedforces including personnel of Territorial Army; or

(vi) Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved onmedical ground and granted medical disabilitypension.

(2) for rule 3, the following rule shall besubstituted, namely:-

“3. Application - These rules shall apply to allthe Central Civil Services and Posts and theposts upto the level of Assistant Commandantin all paramilitary forces.”

(3) in rule 4,-

(a) for sub-rule(I), the following sub-rule shall besubstituted, namely:-

“(i) Reservation of vacancies: — Ten percent of the vacancies in the posts upto ofthe level of the Assistant Commandant inall para-military forces, ten per cent of thevacancies in Group ‘C’ posts; and twentyper cent of the vacancies in Group ‘D’ posts,including permanent vacancies filled initiallyon a temporary basis and temporaryvacancies which are likely to be madepermanent or are likely to continue for threemonths and more, to be filled by directrecruitment in any year shall be reservedfor being filled by ex-servicemen.”

(b) for sub-rule(2), the following sub-rule shallbe substituted, namely:-

“(2) The Scheduled Castes, the ScheduledTribes and the Other Backward Class candidatesselected against the vacancies reserved for ex-servicemen shall be adjusted against vacanciesreserved for Scheduled Castes, ScheduledTribes and Other Backward Classes,respectively:

Provided that if a the Scheduled Caste or theScheduled Tribe or the Other Backward Classex-servicemen is selected against the vacancy

servicemen (Re-employment in Central CivilServices and Posts) Amendment Rules,2012.

(2) They shall come into force from the dateof their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment inCentral Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979

(I) in rule 2, for clause (c), the following clauseshall be substituted, namely:-

(c) An ‘ex-serviceman’ means a person -

(i) who ‘has served in any rank whether as acombatant or noncombatant in the Regular Army,Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union, and

(a) who either has been retired or relievedor discharged from such service whether athis own request or being relieved by theemployer after earning his or her pension;or

(b) who has been relieved from such serviceon medical grounds attributable to militaryservice or circumstances beyond his controland awarded medical or other disabilitypension; or

(c) who has been released from suchservice as a result of reduction inestablishment; or

(ii) who has been released from such serviceafter completing the specific period ofengagement, otherwise than at his own request,or by way of dismissal, or discharge on accountof misconduct or inefficiency and has been givena gratuity; and includes personnel of theTerritorial Army, namely, pension holders forcontinuous embodied service or broken spellsof qualifying service; or

(iii) personnel of the Army Postal Service whoare part of Regular Army and retired from theArmy Postal Service without reversion to theirparent service with pension, or are released fromthe Army Postal service on medical groundsattributable to or aggravated by military serviceor circumstance beyond their control andawarded medical or other disability pension; or

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reserved for ex-servicemen and vacancyreserved for the Scheduled Castes or theScheduled Tribes or the Other BackwardClasses, as the case may be, is not available toadjust such exserviceman, he shall be adjustedin future against the next available vacancyreserved for the Scheduled Castes or theScheduled Tribes or the Other BackwardClasses, as the case may be.”

(c) after sub-rule (3), the following provisoshall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided that in case of recruitment to thevacancy reserved for Ex-servicemen in theCentral Para Military Forces, the reservedvacancy remained unfilled due to non-availability of eligible or qualified candidates,the same shall be filled by candidates fromnon-ex-servicemen category”.

(4) for rule 5, the following rule shall besubstituted, namely:-

“(5) (a) For appointment to vacancies in GroupB(Non-Gazetted), Group C or Group D postsin Central Government, an exservicemanshall be allowed to deduct the period of actualmilitary service from his actual age and if theresultant age does not exceed the maximumage fimit prescribed for the post for which heis seeking appointment by more than threeyears, he shall be deemed to satisfy thecondition regarding age limit.

(b) For appointment to any vacancy in GroupA and Group B services -or posts filled bydirect recruitment otherwise than on theresults of an Open All India CompetitiveExamination, the upper age limit shall berelaxed by the length of military serviceincreased by three years in the case ofexservicemen and commissioned officersincluding Emergency Commissioned Officersor Short Service Commissioned Officers.

(c) For appointment to any vacancy in GroupA and Group B services or posts filled bydirect recruitment on the results of an All India

Competitive Examination, the exservicemenand Commissioned Officers includingEmergency commissioned Officers or ShortService Commissioned Officers who haverendered atleast five years military servicesand have been released -,

(i) on completion of assignment (includingthose whose assignment is due to becompleted within one year) otherwise thanby way of dismissal or discharge on accountof misconduct or inefficiency; or

(ii) on account of physical disabilityattributable to military service or oninvalidment, shall be allowed maximumrelaxation of five years in the upper agelimit. [File No.36034/(IAM-Estt(SCT)]

Manoj Joshi, Jt Secretary to the GoI

MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, NEWDELHI. ATTENTION ALL PRE-2006PENSIONERS/FAMILY PENSIONERS OF THEMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, NEWDELHI.

All Pensioners/Family Pensioners of the Ministryof External Affairs. whose pension/family pensionhas not yet been revised in pursuance of theimplementation of the 6th CPC and revised PensionPayment Order (PPO) has not been issued, arerequested to contact any of the following officers inthe Ministry of External Affairs to facilitate therevision of their pension/family pension.

Shri Suneet Mehta, Under Secretary(Pension). Tel # 011-4901 5368.

Shri BB Bhattacharjee, Administrative Officer(Pension), Tel ‘# 011 4901 5388

Shri AK Santra, Administrative Officer(Pension), Tel # 4901 5388. E-mail:[email protected], [email protected]

Interested pensioners family pensioners, mayalso visit the Ministry at the following address:Pension Section. Ministry of External Affairs. RoomNo. 4091 (4th floor), B-Wing. Jawaharlal NehruBhavan, 23-D. Janpath, New Delhi - 110011

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Rly Bd’s Letter No.F(E)Ill/2005/PN1/32 / RBE No. 120/2012, dt 25.10.2012

Sub : Clarification regarding payment of family pension to physically handicapped/mentallydisabled children

A reference has been received from one of the Zonal Railways seeking clarification on certainissues relating to grant of family pension to a son/daughter of a deceased Railway servant, sufferingfrom any disorder/disability of mind/mentally retarded or physically crippled/disabled and is renderedincapable of earning a living even after attaining the age of 25 years of age, in terms of provisionscontained in Rule 75(6) of the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993. The matter has been examinedin consultation with the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW), and the issuesraised are clarified as under :-

S.No.

(A)

(B)

Clarification Sought

Whether the clarification given by Board videletter of even number dated 15.01.2010 willbe effective from the date of issue of theletter or the similarly placed past cases willalso be covered.

Whether the Board’s clarification of evennumber dated 15.01.2010 are alsoapplicable in the case of physically disabled/mentally handicapped son/daughter of CPF/SRPF(C) retirees who are eligible for grantof Ex-gratia payment for life on fulfillment ofthe same very conditions as specified forsuch son/daughter of the governmentservant governed by the RailwayServices(Pension) Rules, 1993. Ifapplicable, then from which date theclarification will be effective i.e. whether pastcases will also be covered and from whichdate the financial benefit will accrue in theircases.

Clarification given

(a) The past cases as indicated in letter ofeven number dated 15.01.2010 will also becovered under the said instructions. Thefinancial benefits will accrue from the date thefamily pensioner becomes entitled to the familypension irrespective of whether the injury/handicap occurred/manifested and whetherthe same was certified by the competentmedical authorities before or after attaining theage of 25 years.

(b) The clarification contained in this letter andletter of even number dated 15.01.2010 willequally apply in the case of similarly placedchildren of CPF/SRPF{C) beneficiaries

2. This disposes of Eastern Railway’s letters No.E787/0/Pen/Pt-XXV dated

20.07.2012 & 10.09.2012.Mrs. Sukhender Kaur,

Joint Director Finance (Estt),

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Clarification regarding admissible /non-admissible items under CGHS

OM F.No.2-1/2012/CGHS/VC/CGHS (P) dt01.10.2012, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,Deptt of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi

Sub: Clarification regarding admissible / non-admissible items under CGHS.

The undersigned is directed to refer to thedirections given by Hon’ble High Court of Delhi inthe case of Sh. Kanhiya Singh Vs UOI and others[W.P.(C)9044/2011], regarding admissibility andnon-admissibility of certain items under CGHS, thefollowing clarifications are issued:-

2. “CGHS Package Rate” means and includeslump sum cost of inpatient treatment / day care /diagnostic procedures for which a CGHS beneficiaryhas been permitted by the competent authority orfor treatment under emergency from the time ofadmission to the time of discharge including (butnot limited to ) – (i) registration charges, (ii) Admissioncharges, (iii) Accommodation charges includingpatients diet, (iv) Operation charges, (v) Injectioncharges, (vi) Dressing charges, (vii) Doctor /consultant visit charges, (viii) ICU /ICCU Charges,(ix) Monitoring charges, (x) Transfusion charges, (xi)Anesthesia charges, (xii) Operation theatre charges,(xiii) Procedural charges / surgeon’s fee, (xiv) Costof surgical disposables and all sundries used duringhospitalization, (xv) Cost of surgical disposables andall sundries used during hospitalization, (xv) Cost of

medicines, (xvi) Related routine and essentialinvestigations, (xvii) Physiotherapy charges etc. (xviii)Nursing care and charges for its services.

3. Cost of Implants / Stents / Grants isreimbursable in addition to package rates as perCGHS ceiling rates for Implants / Stents / Grafts oras per actual, in case there is no CGHS prescribedceiling rate.

4. During In-patient treatment of the CGHSbeneficiary, the hospital will not ask the beneficiaryor his / her attendant to purchase separately themedicines / sundries / equipments or accessoriesfrom outside and will provide the treatment within

the package rate, fixed by the CGHS, which includesthe cost of all the items.

5. In cases of conservative treatment, wherethere is no CGHS package rate, the abovementioned items are admissible – items wise atCGHS rates or as per AIIMS rates (if there is noCGHS rate) or as per actual (if there is no CGHS /AIIMS rate) for any item.

6. Package rates envisage up to a maximumduration of indoor treatment as follows:

•12 days for Specialized (Super Specialties)treatment:

•7 days for other Major Surgeries;

•3 days for Laparoscopic surgeries / normaldeliveries;

•1day for day care / Minor (OPD) surgeries.

7. However, if the beneficiary is required to stayin the hospital for his / her recovery for a period morethan the period covered in the prescribed packagerate, in exceptional cases, supported by relevantmedical records and certified as such by the hospital,the additional reimbursement shall be limited toaccommodation charges s per entitlement,investigations charges at approved rates, anddoctors visit charges (not more than 2 visits per dayper visit by specialists / consultants) and cost ofmedicines for additional stay). No additional chargeon account of extended period of stay shall beallowed if that extension is due to infection on theconsequences of surgical procedure or due to anyimproper proceed.

8. The above list is however not exhaustive. Somepatients may require additional facilities/ procedures,which are admissible depending upon the medicalrequirements as advised by the treating doctors/specialists, with proper justification. Therefore, it isnot possible to indicate a comprehensive list of items,which are not admissible. However, the following itemsare not admissible for the purpose of reimbursementunder CGHS:

Telephone charges, Toiletries, Sanitary napkins,Talcum powder, Mouth fresheners

V P Singh

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OM No.1/16/1996-P&PW (E) (vol.II), dt27.11.2012, Ministry of Personnel, P.G. &Pensions, Deptt of P & P W, New Delhi

Sub: Eligibility of children from a void orvoidable marriage for family pension -clarification regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to thisDepartment’s a.M. No.1/16/96-P&PW(E), dt2.12.1996 whereby it was clarified thatPensionary benefits will be granted to childrenof a deceased Government servant/pensionerfrom void or voidable marriages when their turncomes in accordance with Rule 54(8). It ismentioned in Para 4 of the a.M. that “It may benoted that they will have no claim whatsoeverto receive family pension as long as the legallywedded wife is the recipient of the same.”

2. The matter has been re-examined inconsultation with the Ministry of Law and Justice(Deptt of Legal Affairs) and Ministry of Finance(Deptt of Expenditure). It has been decided thatin supersession of Para 4 of the a.M., ibid, dt2.12.1996, the share of children from illegallywedded wife in the family pension shall bepayable to them in the manner given under sub-rule 7 (c) of Rule 54 of CCS (Pension) Rules,1972, along with the legally wedded wife.

3. It has also been decided that in past cases,no recovery from the previous beneficiaryshould be made. On receipt of an applicationfrom eligible child/children of the deceasedGovernment employee/pensioner born to an

ineligible mother, a decision regarding divisionor otherwise of family pension may be takenby the competent authority after satisfyinghimself/herself about veracity of facts andentitlement of the applicant (s).

4. As regards pensioners/family pensionersbelonging to the Indian Audit and AccountsDepartments, these Orders issue afterconsultation with the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India.

5. This issues with the concurrence of Departmentof Legal Affairs vide their FrS No. 3036, dated17.10.2012.

6. This issues with the ‘concurrence of Ministry ofFinance, Department of Expenditure vide theirI.D. No.530/E.V/2012, dated 23.11.2012.

D.K. Solanki, Under Secy to the GoI,Tel.24644632

(Cont from p.26 ) Age Pensions, Political Pensions or

any other kind of similar pensions, which are not related

to the service rendered under Government.

(viii) Dearness Relief at revised rates as above wouldalso be admissible to pensioners who retired/retirefrom service of Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishadand whose Pension Payment orders have beenissued by the Director. Local Fund AuditDepartment or Director, Pension and Pensioners’Welfare Department, Rajasthan, Jaipur.

Akhil Arora, Secy, Finance (Budget)

D R FOR PENSIONERS

May-12 June-12 July-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12

All India CPI (IW) 206 208 212 214 215 217

Base 2001=100

%age over 01.01.06 71.04% 72.41% 73.78% 75.22% 76.51% 77.88%

65% to 72% i.e. 7% increase w.e.f. July, 2012 (already published in October 2012 issue)65% to 72% i.e. 7% increase w.e.f. July, 2012 (already published in October 2012 issue)65% to 72% i.e. 7% increase w.e.f. July, 2012 (already published in October 2012 issue)65% to 72% i.e. 7% increase w.e.f. July, 2012 (already published in October 2012 issue)65% to 72% i.e. 7% increase w.e.f. July, 2012 (already published in October 2012 issue)

Contributed by : J N Uppal, Dy Director (Retd), CSO,Min of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

C-26, Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar-IV, New Delhi - 110 024 - Tel : 2644 8938 (R) [6 PM to 9 PM]

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Order No.F.12(4)FD(Rules)/2008 dt 27.09.2012

from Govt of Rajasthan, FInance Department

(Rules Division), Jaipur

Sub: Grant of Dearness Relief to State

Government Pensioners.

The Governor is pleased to order that the

existing rate of Deamess Relief sanctioned vide

Finance Department Order of even number dt

25.03.2012 to the State Government Pensioners

who are in receipt of superannuation, retiring,

invalid, compensation, family and extra ordinary

pension etc. shall be revised from 65% to 72% with

effect from 01.07.2012.For the purpose of this order-(i) Pension/Family Pension in the case of pre-

01.09.2006 retirees and where Family Pensionwas sanctioned prior to 01.09.2006, means theConsolidated Pension or Consolidated FamilyPension, as the case may be, effective from01.09.2006 in terms of Finance DepartmentMemorandum No. F.12(3)FD(Rules)/ 2008dated 12.09.2008.

(ii) In the case of pensioners who retire from serviceon or after 01.09.2006 or where family pensionis sanctioned for the first time on or after01.09.2006, Pension/Family Pension meansthe Basic Pension/Basic Family Pension, as thecase may be, in terms of Finance DepartmentNotification No. F.12(3)FD(Rules)/ 2008 dated12.09.2008.

(iii) Deamess Relief will also be admissible on theadditional quantum of pension / family pensionallowed to the pensioners who have attainedthe age of 80 years and above.

(iv) Payment of Dearness Relief involving a fractionof a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higherrupee.

(v) Other provisions governing grant of dearness

relief to pensioners’ such as regulation ofdearness relief during employment/re-employment, regulation of dearness relief

where more than one pension is drawn etc.,

will remain unchanged.(vi) This order shall also be applicable in case of

Pensioners/Family Pensioners who are in

receipt of provisional pension.

(vii) This order shall not be applicable in case of Old

(Cont @ p.24)

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(Cont from p.1) no other effective channel ormechanism for the redressal of their grievance.They are victims of rampant corruption in theGovt. departments dealing with their affairs i.e.Personnel, Finance & Health departments aswell as the Banks.

a) This conference urges the Govt. to includeretired Persons in the definit ion of‘Complainant’ in the said Bill.

b) It also requests that dissemination of uptodate information to Sr. Citizens & retiredpersons through websites of respectiveGovt. Departments & time bound redressalof their grievances should be part of citizensCharter under the said Bill.

3. WITHDRAW NEW PENSION SCHEME :As (i) Pension of Govt. employees is adeferred wage. Since wage paid out to themduring the course of work tenure is kept lowby design, to cater for pension. (ii) Pensionis a social security measure & cannot besubjected in any way to market risks (iii) Itdoes not guarantee minimum return & thuslacks the basic fiber of Social Security (iv) Itis in no way better than the existing Scheme(vi) It does not provide guaranteed FamilyPension to dependents & disabled siblingswhich exist in present scheme .

This conference therefore urges the Govt.to scrap New Pension Scheme w/o furtherdelay.

4 PENSION TO BE NET OF INCOME TAX:Purchase value of pension gets reduced dayby day due to constant inflationary spiral andhigh rise in food items and cost of medicalfacilities. Retired persons /Sr. citizens do notenjoy fully public goods and servicesprovided by Government for citizens due toimmobility and many other factors. Theirability to pay tax gets reduced from year toyear after retirement due to ever increasingexpenditure on food & medicines. Their networth at year end gets reduced considerablyas compared to the beginning of the year.

Inflation, for a pensioner, is much more thanany tax. It erodes the major part of alreadyinadequate pension. To enable pensionersat the fag end of their lives, to live honorably& to cater for ever rising cost of living, theyhave to be spared from paying Income Tax.Pension therefore, should be net of incometax as was recommended by 5th CPC VIDETHEIR PARA 167.11.

5. EARLY SETTING UP OF SEVENTH PAYCOMMISSION:- The Govt. has concededwage revision in PSUs after every 5 years –the same criteria should be applied in thecase of Central Government’ own past andpresent employees. Seventh PayCommission should, therefore, be set upforthwith for revision of wages and Pensionswef 1st January, 2011.

6. PENSION (FIXATION, REVISION &DISBURSEMENT): This conference wishesto draw Governments’ particular attention toH’ble Supreme Court Constitution Benchhistoric judgment delivered in case of D.S.Nakra and others on 17.12.1982 and requestthat it be implemented in letter & spirit.Pensioners should not be divided on thebasis of their date of retirement and uniformformula should be adopted for revision ofpension. All the pensioners irrespective ofClass, Category or status while in service,i.e., if a multiplication factor of 3 is given toone section of pre 2006 pensioners forrevision of pension, then by sheer logic, itshould uniformly be adopted as commonfactor for all the pre 2006 pensioners. Thisconference therefore, urges that either all pre2006 Pensioners be given a multiplicationfactor of 3 at par with HAG + level or theirpension be consolidated as per the followingformula.

Basic Pension as on 31/12/2005+86%DR+50% Grade pay as per 6th CPC. Furtherthe pre 1996 pensioners be given full parity

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as per V CPC recommendation in para137.14 of their report.

7. MERGER OF DR WITH PENSIONWHENEVER IT GOES ABOVE 50%:-

The Pension of Central Govt. Pensionersundergoes revision only once in 10 to 13years during which period the pensionstructure gets seriously disaligned. 50%increase in prices take place in less than 5years and this results in considerabledamage to the financial position of thepensioner with his otherwise inadequatePension. The working employees are gettingautomatic relief by way of 25% increase intheir allowances with every 50% rise inDearness allowance. Also their annualincrement, which is now as percentage ofbasic pay, takes care of part of inflationaryeffect. As pensioners do not get anyallowances or increments, they feeldiscriminated against. In order to strike abalance, DR should be merged with pensionwhenever it goes beyond 50% or pensionbe revised every 5 years.

8. RESTORATION OF COMMUTEDPORTION OF PENSION AFTER 12YEARS:- Taking into consideration: (i)Increase in % of recovery due to increasedaverage survival age of 68 years &comparative reduction in interest rates. (ii)Pensioners repay the commuted amount inmonthly installments by way of not drawingthe commuted portion of pension, thus thebalance goes on reducing month by month.The commuted amount along with interestelement stands fully adjusted in less than12 years. That is why States are restoringcommuted portion of pension of theirpensioners after 12 years. Thus there is noreason why the Central Govt. should alsonot restore it after 12 years. This conventionurges the Central government to immediatelyissue orders for restoration of commutedportion of pension after 12 years as was

recommended by 5th CPC more than 15years back.

9. INCREASE FMA (FIXED MEDICALALLOWANCE) TO RS 1200 PM: Themeager amount of Fixed Medical allowance(FMA) of Rs 300 P.M. in lieu of, day to dayOPD facility was sanctioned wef 01.09.2008on the basis of cost of OPD treatment percard holder under CGHS during the year2003-2004, which has increased more than6 times since then.

As per the figure disclosed by M/O Health &Family Welfare under RTI Act 2005. Averagecost of OPD treatment per cardholder underCGHS during the year 2007-2008 went upto Rs 1369/-PM. This has further gone upconsiderably since then. M/O Labour &Employment, is already paying Rs 1200/- asFMA to its beneficiaries. It is therefore, urgedthat to help elderly Pensioners to look aftertheir health, FMA for all C.G. Pensioners beraised to at least Rs 1200/- PM linking it toDearness Relief for automatic furtherincrease. Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare have no objection in raising FMAfrom Rs 300/- to Rs 1200 P.M. as intimatedvide their letter No. MOH &FW F.No20020/45/2012-CGHS (P) dtd. 22.02.2012.

Adequate raise in FMA will encourage agood number of Pensioners to opt out ofOPD facility, which will reduce overcrowdingin hospitals.

OPD through Insurance is likely to cost muchmore to the Govt. As such the demand forraising Fixed Medical allowance toPensioners is fully justified & viable. Thisconference therefore requests Minister ofFinance to grant his approval. Further thedistance restrictions imposed for sanction ofthis allowance are irrational and unjustifiedin the given facts and circumstances andtherefore they be done away with to ensureequal treatment in the matter to all centralgovernment pensioners and family

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pensioners. It is also not correct to denyFMA to pre 1986 CPF/SRPF© beneficiariesand their families after being sanctioned ex-gratia since they are allowed to join any ofthe existing health schemes.

10 ADDITIONAL OLD AGE PENSION:

Elderly persons beyond normal l i feexpectancy of 67 years are subjected tosevere natural vagaries of age, to cater toits direct and indirect effects normalminimum living expenditure increasesconsiderably. Therefore, additional quantumof pension need to start from 65 years ofage onwards with 5% increase every fiveyears upto 8O years & 10% thereafterincrease to cater to the special needs ofadvancing years of age.

11.RESTORE PENSION OF PRE-1996PENSIONERS W.E.F. 1.1.2006 :- RailwayPensioners who retired prior to 1.1.1996,from specified categories of posts such asHead Clerk, JE Gr. II, Chargeman B, PWI,DSK, AYM, PI, ECRC, ASM, HTC, TI, MCMetc. etc. from scale Rs. 1400-2300 are badlyaffected due to denial of min. pension Rs.6750/- w.e.f. 1.1.2006, though over pastover 14 years they had been drawingpension as per their fixation in 5th CPC Scaleof Rs. 5000-8000. Their pension is nowbeing refixed retrospectively by placing themin scale Rs. 4500-7000 / PB1+2800 GP,instead of Rs. 5000-8000 / PB2+4200G.P,This problem exists only in Railways. Thisconference urges on the government forearly and expeditious steps in the aboveregard.

12.EXTENTION OF BENEFIT OF ENHANCEDFAMILY PENSION FOR 10 YEARS: Thisconvention urges the Government of Indiato extend the benefit of enhanced familypension for a period of 10 years in cases ofdeath of Pensioner after retirement also.

13.a) WITHDRAWAL of APPEALS AGAINSTJUDGMENTS ON PENSIONERS CASES:

This conference urges the govt. that at leastwhile dealing with retired Persons/SrCitizens, it should change its attitude aslitigant. Instead of appealing against each &every judgment favoring Pensioners/SrCitizens, Govt. should sportingly implementCourt’s orders. Accordingly Government isrequested to withdraw all pending appealsin such cases.

b) WITHDRAWAL of APPEAL AGAINSTJUDGMENTS OF PRINCIPAL CAT NEWDELHI IN OA 655-2010: This conferenceespecially appeals to the Government towithdraw its above Appeal against the FullBench judgment of CAT New Delhi deliveredon 01.11. 2011

14.GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL:

Pensioners do not have representation evenin Forums & Committees wherein pensionpolicies & connected matters are discussed.The forum of Pension Adalat too is not ofmuch avail as it meets only once a year,which is too long a period for an elderlynearer to his end. Moreover, these Adalatsdeal with settlement claims only. SCOVA toomeets only once a year and the scope ofSCOVA is l imited to feedback onGovernment policies. DOP (P&PW) is atooth less authority which lacks directService Delivery Capability. Though, it hasbeen striving over the years for redressal ofPensioners’ grievance through ‘Sevottam’model of the Department of AdministrativeReforms & Public grievances which in theabsence of strict timeline with punitive clauseis proving to be a failure. Grievances areeither not resolved for years or closedarbitrarily without resolving.

This conference therefore, appeals that forresolving Pensioners complaints (i) A stricttime line with punitive clause be introducedin “Sevottam model” (ii) Grievances are notallowed to be closed without resolving.

RESOLUTIONS

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December 2012

PROCEEDINGS: AGM -2012

The House assembled on 12.10.12 at 10:00hours. The Chief Guest for this 57th Annual

Conference was Mrs. Mala Kapur Shankardas,

the renowned Sociologist. She was received

with warmth and affection by the President, Sr

Vice President, Secy Gl and Secy (Railways)

of BPS. After a brief welcome remarks by thePresident, the proceedings started with

collective singing of the National Anthem. R N

Tripathi, Sr VP anchored the proceedings of the

meeting.

Shri K C Pipal, President thanked the Chief

Guest for her acceptance of the invitation from

the BPS and also sparing her valuable time to

be with the delegates from across the country.

He also thanked Sh. Shiv Gopal Mishra (Genl.

Secy.) of All India Railwaymen’s Federation(who could not attend this meeting on account

of his other pre-ocupations) and each member/

office bearer of the Management Committee,

BPS. (Text of his welcome speech has already

been published in ‘BHARAT PENSIONER’ –

Nov.’12 issue).

Thereafter, the President requested the

Chief Guest to honour the Members of Platinum

Age Brotherhood and 27 Members were invited

to attend the function those who graced theoccasion were honoured with garlands and

presented with citations and shawls. One of the

members of Platinum Age Brotherhood thanked

the BPS for this honour. A Group Photograph

of this Brotherhood was also taken.

The Chief Guest Dr. Mala Kapur Shankardas

in her address thanked the BPS for warm

reception accorded to her. She expressed her

happiness to join this conference. She said that

she felt honoured to be invited to this large All

India gathering. She spoke in detail on the elderabuse problems(A complete text of her speech

has already been published at pp 7-9 of

BHARAT PENSIONER – Nov’12.)

This was followed by ‘BPS PMES AWARDS-

2012’ to the outstanding affiliates. The President

and the Chief Guest presented trophies/ cash

prizes. (Details have already been published at

p 9 of BHARAT PENSIONER - Nov.’12.)

First session before Tea-Break came to an

end after Sr VP conveyed ‘Vote of Thanks’ to

the Chief Guest, distinguished members on the

dais, members of Platinum Age Brotherhood

and all members of the BPS. When membersassembled after Tea-break, R N Tripathi moved

a resolution paying rich tributes to members who

left for their heavenly abode since the last AGM.

The House stood in silence for 2 minutes as a

mark of respect to them.

Thereafter, Secretary General’s Report was

taken up for discussion. In the absence of any

formal report of Secy Genl, Shri Shyam Sunder

recalled that most of our activities are being

covered regularly in our monthly magazine –

‘Bharat Pensioner’. He mentioned that BHARATPENSIONER was published regurlarly and

punctually throughout the year. He mentioned

that a Dharna by pensioners led by BCPC

alongwith the serving employees was held at

Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 25.11.11 in whichBPS participated and lent its full support. He

also spoke about All India Railway Pensioners

3rd National Convention held by BPS at New

Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) on 27.03.12. He told

members that another Special Supplement

(March 2012) on Govt. orders etc. was printed

by BPS and distributed to members at nominal

cost. He also expressed his happiness that the

Dharna held at Jantar Mantar the ti this AGM

day (11.10.2012) was a grand success and that

there was a record participation of more than

300 members from across the country. Hemade an announcement that 4 th Railway

Pensioners Convention would be held at Nagpur

on 09.02.13 which our V.P. Western Zone, J

Narayana Rao, has already taken up in right

earnest and necessary action/steps to make it

another grand success have already been takenby his team. After further discussions and

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clarifications, the House approved the report of

the Secy Genl by Voice Vote.

The Secretary General and other officerbearers regretted their inability to present

Audited Accounts for 2011-12 due to

circumstances beyond their control particularly

the pre-ponement of holding this AGM in

October itself instead of November. The House

was informed that the accounts would befinalized soon. It was, however, decided to

engage the services of the same auditor (Garg

Bros & Associates) for the current financial year

2012-13.

In his extempore and enlightening speech,

Sh. S.S. Ramachandran – Chairman, BCPC

and Secy General, AICCPA made a scathing

attack on the Government for the passive and

hostile attitude in solving our genuine problems.

He did not spare serving bureaucrats for theirever bending nature (for which they got 207.5%

increase in their basic pension from Rs. 13,000/

- to Rs. 40,000/- as against hardly 100%

increase in basic pension by Pensioners’ of

Group ‘D’ to Group ‘A’ – Dy. Secy. Level

officers). He gave a clarion call to pensionersto remain united and continue to fight for our

genuine demands.

After lunch, the session started with self

introduction of Affiliated Associations. This time,there was unusually a very large gathering

particularly because there were more delegates

from far and wide (more from North East and

Andhra Pradesh) who had come to attend

Dharna on the previous day. Com. Harbajan

Singh Sidhu, Secy. Genl. of All India HindMazdoor Sabha gave another extempore

illuminating speech which was spell bound

though occasionally punctuated by huge

applauses from the audience. He said he was

very much impressed with the gathering. He

promised that he was duty bound to extend anyhelp to the BPS. He exhorted that pensioners

should stand united and speak with one voice.

In the open house discussion, 36 resolutions

were passed out of which 14 have been

published in this Issue itself (Title Page). The

remaining 22 would be published next month.

In addition, the Secy. General moved aresolution regarding the need to change the

name of Y.C. Rai, Editor (for the purpose of the

Act). He proposed the name of D. Jayaraman

as Editor for this purpose also and it was

unanimously approved.

Thereafter, Secy. Gl. started the election

proceedings to the Management Committee. He

read out the agreed panel of Office Bearers/

MC members finalized after careful

consideration and discussions. Office Bearers

and MC members as per this agreed panel weredeclared elected unanimously by the House

through raising of hands and thunderous

applause. (The List of Office Bearers/ MC

members has already been published at p4 of

Nov.-12 Issue). He men

This was followed by free and frank views

expressed by participants/accredited delegates

of affiliated associations. The main speakers

were S/Shri M Somasekhar Rao, VP (South

Zone), R N Dutta, VP (East Zone), M ChandraMowli, Hyderabad, S K Kanjilal from North East

and other delegates/Office Bearers from North

East. Sh. Kanjilal thanked Sh. R. N. Tripathi,

Sr. V.P. and Sh. M.M. Kapur, former editor BPS

and now MC member, for having arranged their

nice and comfortable stay etc at Delhi (whenthey came here for Dharna and this AGM).

The newly elected Secy General S.C.

Maheshwari explained the need and necessity

to carry out Amendments to Rules andRegulations of BPS. He read out the existing

provisions and proposed amendments thereto.

These amendments were unanimously

approved by the House. (Amendments have

already been published at p12 of Nov.-12).

The A.G.M. ended with vote of thanks to the

chair proposed by R N Tripathi, Sr. V.P.

(Reported by D Jayaraman)

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December 2012

(Cont from p.2 ) should be subject to upwardrevision in relation to the rise in the CPI

(ii) For Sr Citizens exemption limit underIncome Tax be raised to Rs 500000/-

(iii) In organized sector minimum pensionequal to 50% of minimum basic Central .Govt.salary plus Dearness relief thereon to allsuperannuated persons irrespective of anydistinction of departments or Center, State Govt.or Local bodies etc be ensued

(iv) Parity in pension i.e persons retired fromsame rank, same scale of pay, same seniority &same length of service should get same Pension.

3.Elder abuse :-

(1) Abuse by Govt. & semi Govt. agenciescan be easily handled by strict enforcement ofCitizens’ Charter & strong Grievance redressalmechanism with strict time line, punitive clause& monitoring at different levels.

2.Abuse in the family : Here again laws & Actsalone can not help. A lot is to be done by theelderly themselves. They may be able to leadhappier life if they :

(i)Remember : You have lived your life theway you wanted. Now let others live as they want.

(ii)Do not interfere or render advise unlessasked for.

(iii)Never loose control over your assetsduring your lifetime. Do not yield to emotions.

(iv)Remember ‘Anekant’ i.e. there can be

several ways to do a work. Each one has his/herown way to do it .Do not try to impose your wayof working on others.

(v)As far as may be, do not loose yourusefulness in the family, volunteer yourself forthe jobs you can easily do.

(vi)You own a treasure of wisdom, knowledge &experience. You have no right to keep it to yourself.Share with the society as much as you can

(vii) Be an asset instead of being a liability.

So my elderly brothers & sisters, try to be partof the solution, instead of always being aProblem.

GURBANI ROUTINE

DAILY GURBANI ROUTINEWhen you get up in the morning

Never forget me, O great giver - please blessme with Your Naam. To sing Your Glorious Praisesday and night - O Nanak, this is my heart - felt desire.

While Bathing

After taking your cleaning bath, rememberyour God in meditation, and your mind & bodyshall be free of disease.

When you get ready

By his Grace, your form is so beautiful,constantly remember God, the IncomparablyBeautiful one.

When You go to gurudwara

Through the Gurudwara, the Guru’s Gate,one obtains understanding

When you feel jealous

Do not harbor evil intentions against other inyour mind, and your shall not be troubled.

When you proud of your success

All virtues are Yours, Lord, I have none at all.Without virtue, there is no devotional worship.

When you don’t feel like doing path

Without the Name of the Lord, you shall onlyfind pain

When you Study

Contemplate and reflect upon knowledge,and you will become a benefactor to others.

When you drink water

First, there is life in the water, by whicheverything else is made green.

While eating

You are the Giver, the Great Giver; we eatwhatever You give us.

When you do sewa of your parents

In the midst of this world, do seva, and you shallbe given a place of honour on the Court of the Lord.

When you go out

Within your home, and beyond it, He is always with you

While Sleeping

The nights are wasted sleeping, and the daysare wasted eating, Human life is such a preciousjewel but it is being lost in exchange for a mere shell.

Courtesy : M S Sethi, New Delhi.

December 2012

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KVS Pensioners win CGHSFacilities at Bangalore

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA ATBANGALORE DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY

OF JUNE. 2012

WRIT PETITION No. 39121/2011 fS-CAT)

BETWEEN

1. UNION OF INDIA

2. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTHSERVICES

3. ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR, CGHS,Bangalore

...PETITIONERS

AND

1. MRS. POORNIMA KUMARASWAMY

2. PRINCIPAL, KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, K.G. Field

...RESPONDENTS

This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226and 227 of the Constitution of India praying toissue a writ of certiorari setting aside the orderpassed in Original Application No. 131/2010dated 13.4.2011 passed by the CentralAdministrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench,Bangalore vide Annexure - B.

This Writ Petition coming on for PreliminaryHearing this day, Kumar, J., made the following:

ORDER

The Union of India has preferred this writpetition againt the order passed by the CentralAdministrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench,Bangalore on 13th April, 2011.

The grievance of petitioner is that though theimpugned order passed by CentralAdministrative Tribunal is in accordance with law,it has not taken into consideration the variousfactors in particular the contributions collectedfrom the employees who are serving in thosecities as well in other places which has directbearing on post retiremental benefits beingextended to them.

That is not what was contended before theTribunal. On the contrary, the order which isimpugned in this writ petition is passed on aconcession made by the respondents as is clearfrom para 4 which is extracted as under:

“4 The learned Counsel for respondents

graciously agreed that in view of the citation

quoted by the learned Counsel for applicant and

from the legal position as it obtains from the

above quoted citation, the claim in OA cannot

be disputed, The learned Counsel for

Respondent-4 i.e., KVS also maintains the same

stand.”

Therefore the Tribunal has proceeded to passthe order as per para-5 which is as under;

5. In view of this, the OA is allowed. No orders

as to costs. The Respqndents-2&3 are directed

that the necessary health facilities should be

extended to the applicant and to issue necessary

instructions which is effect will extend the benefit

of CGHS to the applicant as prayed for in

represnetation dated 18.2.2005. The

respondents-2&3 will also issue a suitable

general clarification confirming availability of

CGHS facilities to retired employees of KVS in

Bangalore.”

4. The Tribunal cannot be found fault with, ifthe said concession made is unauthorised or if itis on account of a bonafide mistake or if it iscontrary to the law, the appropriate course is toapproach the very same Tribunal seeking forreview of the impugned order, dated 13.4.2011,if the counsel who made the concession iswithout the authority, to proceed against him. Asthe said order is passed on the concession madeby the learned Counsel appearing for therespondents before the Tribunals, one cannotfind fault with the Tribunal. Therefore no casefor entertaining this writ petition before this Courtis made out.

Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed.

H C JUDGEMENT

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December 2012

NEW MEMBERS - AnnualA - 1476 K A Figerdo Housur 10/13A - 1478 Amal Krishna Dutta Tinsukia 10/13A - 1480 Jagdish Chand Yamuna Nagar 10/13A - 1481 G S Hari Haran Durg 10/13A - 1482 K Narayanna Rao Bangalore 10/13A - 1483 P S Thakur Jhansi 10/13A - 1484 Satyen Dey Jalpaiguri 10/13A - 1485 P Bhattacharjee Kolkata 10/13A - 1486 S A Razak Kolkata 10/13A - 1487 Sptuli DL-76 10/13A - 1488 N S Krishna Murthy Chennai 10/13

NEW MEMBERS - TriennialA - 1477 Balwant Singh Saini Chandigarh 10/15

NEW AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONSA - 1479 Pensioners Assn Kakinada 10/13

LEGAL FIGHTING FUND from NON MEMBERSM B Kulte Belgaum 1000Jainulisaben Ansari Sihor 100LEGAL FIGHTING FUND Donations NOVEMBER, 2012M - 8305 : Purvottar R P Assn Gorakhpr 10000A - 1457 Retd C G Emp Assn Murad Nagar 7000M - 7683 : Org Rly Pensioner Katni 5900M - 4140 : AIACG Pensioners Aruvankedu 5000M - 5442 : Bharat Penrs Samaj Bhilwara 5000M - 5597 : G S Murthy Hyderabad 2000A - 0276 : All I Sr Citizen CGPA Dharamshala 2000A - 0225 : A Pattabhi Vijayawada 500A - 1080 Bipinchandra S Bhatt Vadodara 500M - 7648 : Er Iqbal Singh Ludhiana 500WL - 9315 Dr A S Soni DL - 92 500A - 0251 : R K Chaudhary DL - 60 250A - 1035 H N Bhatnagar GZB 250M - 7560 : M L Sharma Dehradun 200M - 8024 : S N Acharya Jabalpur 100M - 7598 : D D Kantharia Dahod 100

SCPC FUND Donations NOVEMBER, 2012M - 7327 : A N Chatterjee DL - 45 200M - 8485 : A V Liddle Meerut 70

AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS (RENEWAL)M - 0588 : C G P A Kakinada 05/13M - 8238 : N R P Assn (CR) Nagpur 11/13M - 7885 : Uttranchal V Penrs Dehradun 10/13M - 6765 : Rly Penrs Assn Fatehgarh 09/13M - 4478 : Pensioners Assn Nasirabad 11/13A - 0965 : RPA Madhupur 06/14

RENEWAL - AnnualM - 6237 : N Guruswami Hyderabad 11/13A - 0835 : Uma S Saxena Jhansi 11/13A - 0552 : K N Singh Khagaul 11/13A - 1077 Vishwa Nath Bhatia Panchkula 11/13A - 0187 : Jagdish Prasad Jain DL - 93 11/13A - 0378 : SK MD Shariff AP 04/13M - 6223 : P S Ahluwalia Agra 11/13M - 5505 : Bijon Banerjee Krishnagar 09/13M - 8269 : Y C Dixit Dharwad 12/13M - 7918 : L B Yadav Satna 11/13M - 4475 : J K Vashist Sujanpur 11/13M - 8772 : S L Tripathi Satna 11/13

M - 4220 : N Koteswara Rao Vijaywada 02/13M - 8504 : B L Sabharwal Ghaziabad 10/13M - 7560 : M L Sharma Dehradun 10/13M - 5597 : G S Murthy Hyderabad 11/13M - 7938 : Radhay Mohan Saran DL - 32 12/13M - 6202 : R Chand Kapoor DL - 52 10/13M - 7948 : R K Chawla DL - 18 11/13M - 7090 : C Bhan Sharma DL - 34 10/13M - 8020 : Banamali Chakrabarti Noida 06/13M - 6833 : Krishan Lal Sharma Mandi 12/13M - 8630 : A S N Murthy Tuni 02/14M - 8495 : O P Gandhi Jaipur 10/13M - 1629A J P Kotian Mumbai 12/13M - 5631 : Birbal Narang Ambala Cantt 11/13A - 0194 : Gopal Das Mantan Jhansi 11/13M - 5001 : Sub Major R N Sibal DL - 18 12/13M - 8024 : S N Acharya Jabalpur 03/14M - 5693 : J Bumyan Titus Nazareth 12/13M - 6829 : Rajinder Kumar Rishi Barnal 01/14A - 1080 : Bipinchandra S Bhatt Vadodara 11/13M - 6546 : P L Goyal Udaipur 11/13M - 7120 : B R Narula AGRA 11/13M - 5787 : J P Soni Jagdalpur 01/14M - 8782 : A K Kamat Curchorem 11/13M - 4980 : C M Mulmule Gharkul Akola 11/13A - 0857 : D S Bhatt Dhoraji 11/13M - 8496 : N Koteswara Rao Tenali 10/13M - 8514 : R K Vohra Jalandhar City 10/13M - 5642 : Nanak Chand Faridabad 11/13A - 0534 : Samarendra Nath Kar Kolkata 11/13M - 6226 : S L Gupta Patiala 11/13A - 1122 Satya Narain Sharma Bandikui 12/13M - 8518 : M L Ahuja DL - 10 10/13M - 7213 : C P Jain Jaipur 12/13M - 5683 : BR Marwaha Jalandhar 12/13M - 7327 : A N Chatterjee DL - 45 02/14A - 1035 H N Bhatnagar GZB 10/13M - 6003 : Rokkam V Rao East Godawari 05/13M - 7598 : D D Kantharia Dahod 11/13A - 1040 W D Madanagopal Secunderabad 10/13A - 1083 Baldev Sahai Amritsar 11/13M - 3880 : S A Pandian Tenkasi 11/13M - 5642 : Nanak Chand FBD 11/14A - 1107 J L Bhati Ajmer 12/13M - 7106 : Bhagwan Das DL - 35 11/13M - 8479 : S K Deshpande Pune 09/13A - 0152 : R P Sandhu Karnal 10/13M - 7593 : B C Pant Nainital 12/13M - 7963 : K R Datta Yamuna Nagar 01/14A - 0528 : R K Srivastava DL - 64 11/13

RENEWAL - BiennialA - 0163 : R S Dube Bhopal 10/14M - 5704 : Prem Dayal Agra 12/14M - 8485 : A V Liddle Meerut 09/14M - 7187 : S Seshadri Tiruchirapalli 01/14

RENEWAL - TriennialA - 0251 : R K Chaudhary DL - 60 02/15M - 8300 : T Jaipal Pondicherry 01/16

THANKS!

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ACTIVITY REPORTS FROM OURAFFILIATES

RENEWAL: Please remember to renew yoursubscription (̀ 450) whether due this month or the next.

SEND DIRECT: Please send your reports (inEnglish) direct to the Editor, BPS – D Jayaraman,Flat No-23, Plot No-3, Sector 7, Dwarka,New Delhi -110 075. [Tele : 011-25088062]

Please send your reports (in Hindi) to:R N Tripathi, L-21, Lakshmi Nagar, Delhi-110 092.[Tele : 011-22412731]

Add ID: Please quote your ID (mailing numberand pin code number) while writing to BPS, NewDelhi (Reports received without your ID, mailing no/Pin code no may not be taken up for publication).

Chandigarh: Def. Accts.PWA - In a meetingheld on 05.11.12, following Office Bearers wereelected: President – D C Gupta, Gen. Secy. – NC Goel, Finance Secy. – Jaspal Singh.

Chembur (Maharashtra): Rtd. Rly. Men’sFederation – 25th AGM, was held on 13.10.12.Difficulties faced by RELHS beneficiaries ingetting various medical facilities at BycullaHospital were discussed. In the absence ofexclusive counters it was resolved to submit amemorandum containing various demands andsuggestions and forward the same to GM/CMD/MD - Byculla for taking necessary remedial steps.In the second resolution, delay in issue of revisedPPOs to Pre-2006 Pensioners/FamilyPensioners was discussed and it was resolvedto request the concerned authorities – GM/CPO/FA & CAO to expedite the issue of revised PPOs.

Nadaun (Hamir Pur Dt., H.P.): PWA – In ameeting held on 05.06.12 under theChairmanship of S.R. Sharma, one of theSeniormost Founder Members, following OfficeBearers were elected: President – O P Sharma,Gen. Secy. – D.S. Minhas, Chief Cashier –Nanak Chand. Besides this, one each ChiefPatron, Patron, V.P., Jt. Secy. & Cashier and20 EC members were also elected.

Nellore (Andhra Pradesh): A.P. Govt. Rtd.Employees Assn. – Monthly meeting was heldon 16.10.12 under the Chairmanship of N.Narayana, President. He informed members thatHealth Cards would be issued from 01.11.12.He requested the Govt. of A.P. to release theD.R. at 5.992 % w.e.f. 01.07.12. The Secretaryreminded members to submit life certificates tothe concerned authorities in November. He alsobriefed members about the activities of theassociation during the month. Birthday greetingswere conveyed to the members born in October.

Patiala (Punjab): Senior Citizens Association-A meeting was held on 01.11.12. Senior Members(75+) were honoured and presented with blankets.President of Women Welfare Organization invitedSenior Citizens on 05.11.12 for a get-together on theeve of Diwali. President of Senior Citizens Associationthanked the Women Welfare Organization andpresented a bouquet as a token of respect.

Vijayawada (A.P.): Central & StatePensioners’ Organization: AGM was held on06.10.12. The President briefed members aboutthe concessional telephone facility to PostalPensioners who had put in not less than 20 yearsof Service. Gen. Secy. briefed members onvarious issues viz unsatisfactory services at thelocal P&T dispensary, take over of all P&Tdispensaries by CGHS, increase in pension at theinterval of 5 years beginning with 65 years of age,delay in issue revised PPO’s, increase in FMA,Grant of Funeral expenses to the wards at thetime of death of the pensioner/family pensioner,travel concessions to the pensioners etc.

Vijayawada (A.P.): Welfare Association of theTelecom and BSNL Pensioners: AGM was heldon 18.11.12. It was attended by 450 members. GNatarajan, Gen. Secy., AI BSNL, PWA attendedthe meeting and explained Pensioners problems.B. Kondiah, Chief Advisor of A P Circle, President& Circle Secy. of A.P. addressed the gathering. Theissue of 78.2% merger was discussed thoroughlyand members were told that the association wouldget it solved as quickly as possible.

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BPS at Dindigul (TN)

M. Somasekhar Rao, Vice-President, BPS(South Zone), accompanied by D.A.N. Sarma, MCMember, BPS visited Dindigul (TN) on 5.11.2012.He was Chief Guest at the meeting of railwaypensioners called there by Railway Pensioners’Welfare Association, Dindigul. He handed over tothe President of the Association the Award givento the Association by Bharat Pensioners’ Samaj inits 57th Annual Conference held at New Delhi on12.10.2012 for outstanding performance topensioners and family pensioners. He honouredon behalf of BPS, D. Krishna Murthy, Genl Secy,NFRP (South) for rendering dedicated services torailway and other central govt pensioners of thearea. Somasekhar Rao also honoured 2 membersabove 80 years of age by presenting them shawls.Both Somasekhar Rao and Sarma explained thework being done by Bharat Pensioners Samaj forthe welfare of all sections of pensioners. V.Thirunavukkarasu, President of the Associationpresided over the meeing and S/Sri B.KrishnaMurthy, P.S. Subbukutti and N. Dhanushkodi,Office Bearers of the Association spoke thankingthe BPS for the Award given to their Associationand assured to strengthen the BPS in the South.

M. Somasekhar Rao, 10.11.2012

Somasekhar Rao presenting the Award to thePresident of the Association. To his left is D.A.N.Sarma. On the right of the President are S/SriP.S. Subbukutti and D. Krishna Murthy.

Significance of Pensioners’ Day-2012

Pensioners have to go a long way in securingfull justice. The need of the hour is to launch aunited struggle. On the coming pensioners’ day,let us take a vow to move forward unitedly andwith a strong sense of determination.

M. Somasekhar Rao

Vice Prez (South Zone), Secunderabad

FLASH :CLARION CALL TO

RLY PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATIONS

4th Rly Pensioners Convention @

NGP : 09.02.2013

Shyam Sunder, President, BPS, NDLS &

Secy Genl, AIFPA, Chennai with active

support of NFRP, Palghat

Call upon Rly Pensioners’ Associations &

C G Pensioners’ Associations with

membership of Rly Pensioners

to attend in large numbers.

4th National Convention of

Rly Pensioners Associations

on 9th Feb, 2013 at Nagpur

Bharat Pensioners Samaj, solicit support from

all other sister organizations willing to share

knowledge, wisdom & experience,

Delegation fee Rs 200/- per person.

For accommodation at Nagpur and other

information

Contact : J.N. Rao, Vice President (West),

Bharat Pensioners Samaj

Phone : 0712 265 2335

Mobile : 09421703511

email : [email protected]

President., BPS

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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF

BHARAT PENSIONERS SAMAJ

(ALL INDIA FEDERATION OF PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATIONS)

(As amended upto 12.10.2012)

1. Preamble: The Bharat Pensioners Samaj,which is an All-India. Federation of Pensioners’Associations will represent all categories, groupsand classes of Pensioners, who draw Pensionarybenefits from the Central or State Governments,or Public Sector Undertakings, Corporations orlocal bodies and their dependents with a view topromoting general welfare of pensioners andageing persons and to help them in all possibleways. Active members of the Samaj will beencouraged to utilize their time and experiencein social work, to raise the status and strength ofthe people and to improve the image of India bybringing about a change in their attitudes andthinking.

2. The Samaj shall be a non-political, non-commercial, secular and social welfareorganisation, free from party, group, provincialor linguistic affiliation. Its Registered office shallbe at Delhi/New Delhi.

3. Definitions :

(a) ‘Samaj’ means the BHARATPENSIONERS’ SAMAJ.

(b) ‘President’-means the President of theBHARAT PENSIONERS’ SAMAJ.

(c) ‘Member’ means and includes Patron. LifeMember, Ordinary Member and Members ofNational Council of Pensioners.

(d) A ‘Year’ shall be deemed to commenceon 1st April and end on 31st March next year.

(e) ‘Affiliated Association’ means and includesa State Association (or a District Associationwhere a State Association does not exist) andany Departmental Association of Pensionersaffiliated with and admitted to the privileges ofthe Samaj).

(f) A Pensioner means a person who retiredfrom Civil, Railways, Posts & Telegraph, orDefence Services of the Government of India or

any State Government or Union TerritoryAdministration in India or from the Governmentof undivided India or Burma, Pakistan, or fromthe service of any Local Body, Council, or PublicSector Undertaking.

4. Aims and Objects

(a) To promote the general welfare ofPensioners and elderly persons.

(b) To promote such measures as may beconducive to material benefits of members of theSamaj.

(c) To accept donations, grants-in-aid, loansfrom members of the general public and otherorganisations including Government and Semi-Government bodies and local authorities with aview to promote interests of the Samajparticularly in :-

(i) Providing medical and Social welfarefacilities for Pensioners and their dependents,

(ii) Arranging educational facilities fordependant wards of Pensioners.

(iii) Establishing homes, hostels, healthresorts with or without facilities for board andlodging for recreation of Pensioners on a no-profitno loss basis and

(iv) To acquire, by purchase on lease or free- hold basis, any land/built-up premises for officeetc, of Bharat Pensioners’ Samaj.

(v) Helping pensioners and their dependents

in distress.

(d) To take such steps as may be necessaryto help Pensioners in the redress of theirlegitimate grievances and complaints.

(e) To establish Information Centres to guide,help and assist pensioners in matters relating totheir rehabilitation on retirement, providingcounsel and other information of interest to them.

(f) To carry out survey, collect statistics andmaterial on living conditions of Pensioners andtheir dependents and disabilities from which theysuffer and plan projects for promoting theirwelfare.

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(g) To publish books, periodicals, newspapersand useful literature of Interest to Pensioners andelderly persons.

(h) To affiliate itself with InternationalAssociations with similar aims and objects.

(i) To encourage members to utilize their timeand experience in social and welfare work.

(j) To take such steps as may be necessaryto carry out the above objects in co-operationwith other Associations and social welfareorganizations with similar objects in views.

(k) To establish branches of the Samaj Invarious States and Districts and associate itselfwith other Associations working with similar aimsand objects.

5. Membership :

Every Pensioner irrespective of community,caste, creed or religion is eligible to become amember of the Samaj on payment of such feeand on such conditions as may be laid down bythe Managing Committee of the Samaj with amajority of two-third members present in themeeting.

Membership Fee :

(a) Life Members - A Pensioner who paysRs. 1000- will become a Life Member. [He willbe entitled to receive all Publications of BPSincluding ‘BHARAT PENSIONER’ Journal freeof cost.

(b) Any person may become a subscriber to‘BHARAT PENSIONER’ & Member of BPS onpayment of Rs 250-* per annum. He will receiveall publications of BPS including ‘BHARATPENSIONER’ free of cost for one year only.

Note : The rates of subscription for LifeMembers, Annual, Biennial & Triennial Membersand for Affiliated Associations, including cost ofsingle copy of ‘BHARAT PENSIONER’, may befixed by Managing Committee from time totime”. Effective from 01.04.2013.

6. Patrons :

Patrons - Any person who is in sympathy with

the aims and objects of the Samaj and donatesa sum of Rs. 5000/- or more may become aPatron of the Samaj, The Managing Committeeof the Samaj may also nominate any person asPatron for reasons of distinguished services tothe country or to the Samaj.

7. Affiliation Fee :

An Affiliated body of Pensioners shall pay toBharat Pensioners’ Samaj an annual fee Rs, 500-and receive all publications of BPS including‘BHARATPENSIONER’ for one year.

7-A : The Managing Committee may, forreasons to be recorded, revise the above rates,as and when necessary, and notify the same onemonth before the new rates are Implemented.

8. Cessation of Membership : Membershipof Bharat Pensioners’ Samaj shall cease onmember’s:

(i) Death

(ii) Resignation when accepted by ManagingCommittee,

(iii) Expulsion by Managing Committee forreasons to be recorded,

(iv) Conviction in a Court of Law on groundsinvolving moral turpitude, and

(v) Failure to pay the dues of the Samaj within6 months after the end of the period to which thesubscription relates.

9. General Body :

(i) Patrons, Life Members and OtherMembers.

(ii) Two representatives from each of theAffiliated Associations.

10. Function of the General body:

The General Body shall have supremeauthority over the affairs of Bharat PensionersSamaj.

Its functions shall be as follows:-

I. To consider the Annual Report on theworking of the Samaj.

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II. To pass such resolutions as are considerednecessary in the Interest of the Samaj and to laydown general policy for the guidance of theManaging Committee In matters pertaining to co-ordination work at various levels and establishclose relationship between the AffiliatedAssociations and to Issue guidelines and suchdirections and or instructions to AffiliatedNational/ State / District level bodies to enablethem to carry on work on a uniform basis toachieve the aims and objects of the Samaj.

III. To appoint Standing and Ad-hocCommittees for specific purposes and an Auditor,who must be a Chartered Accountant.

IV. To consider and to pass budget for thefollowing year.

V. In case of contest for election to any officeor for membership of the Managing Committeeand to pass any Resolution the procedure forvoting shall be by show of hand.

VI. To amend the Constitution.

11. Procedure for holding Meetings of theGeneral Body.

(i) A meeting of General Body shall be heldonce a year and shall be presided over by thePresident and in his absence by the Vice-President from Delhi; and in the absence of bothby a person elected to take the Chair. In the eventof an equality of votes the Chairman shall havea second or a casting vote. The quorum for sucha meeting shall be fifty.

Every Pensioner who has enrolled himself/herself as a member of Bharat Pensioners’Samaj or is an authorized representative of anAffiliated Association and has paid thesubscription by 30th September preceding thedate of the AGM in which elections are to beheld, is entitled to vote and stand for election asa member of the Managing Committee.

(ii) However, to be an office bearer, he/sheshould be a Life Member of the Samaj and shouldhave paid the subscription by 30th September

preceding the date of the Annual GeneralMeeting in which elections are to be held.

(iii) The agenda proposed for the GeneralBody Meeting shall be published one monthbefore the date of the meeting in the ‘BHARATPENSIONER’ notifying the date, time and placeof the meeting. Copies of the notice containingthe agenda shall be sent to all members 14 daysin advance of the meeting,

(iv) An extraordinary Meeting of the GeneralBody may be called by the President or by theSecretary General at the request of fiftymembers, after giving 30 days notice andspecifying the agenda for the meeting.

(v) If within an hour from the time appointedfor the meeting of the General Body quorum isnot complete, the meeting shall stand adjournedfor half an hour and proceed with the agendathereafter,

(vi) Decision at a meeting of the General Bodyshall be taken by a majority of votes of memberspresent,

(vii) Amendments to the Constitution of theSamaj shall be made by the General Body with3/5th majority of the members present and voting(See Rule - 14)

(viii) A record of the proceedings shall be keptby the Secretary General and be signed by thePresident (or the Chairman). Important decisionsshall be published In the ‘BHARAT PENSIONER’for general Information of members of the Samaj.

(ix) Progress on action taken on therecommendations or resolutions passed by theGeneral Body shall be reported in the‘BHARATPENSIONER* by the SecretaryGeneral.

12. Managing Committee :

(a) Managing Committee shall consist of thefollowing who must be primary members of BPS:

(i) President ........ ONE

(ii) Working President ….. ONE

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(iii) Vice-Presidents (cum-zonal organizers),....... SIX

(1) One from Delhi and five others elected ornominated at State level bodies by rotation fromeach Northern, North-Eastern, Southern, Easternand Western Zones. They will also act as ZonalOrganizers in their respective zones. TheseZones will comprise:

(2) Northern Zone: States of Delhi, Haryana,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab,Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal and Chandigarh.

(3) North - Eastern Zone: States of ArunchalPradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya,Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura;

(4) Eastern Zone : States of Bihar, Jharkhand,Orissa, Sikkim, West Bengal and Andaman andNicobar Islands,

(5) Southern Zone: States of Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu. Lakshadweepand Pondicherry.

(6) Western Zone : States of Goa, Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra andRajasthan.

(iv) Secretary General .......... One

(v) Joint Secretary General .......... One

(vi) Assistant Secretary General......... One

(vii) Secretaries .......... Five

[one each for {Civilian/ Posts & Telegraphs},Rly, Defence, {BSNL/PSU} and PR]

(viii) Treasurer .......... One

(ix) Editor .......... One

(x) Members .......... Sixteen

(xi) Immediate past President and immediatepast Secretary General shall continue asMembers of Managing Committee for the nextterm.

a. All office Bearers shall normally hold officefor two years. They shall, however be eligible forre-election but shall not be eligible for election inthe same office after 4 years (I.e. two terms of 2years each. If for any reason elections are

delayed, old office bearers shall continue tofunction till fresh elections are held. This subruleof two terms shall, however, be applicable onlyin case of President, Working President,Secretary General & Treasurer.

12a(i) Out of the two posts i.e. President &Working President incumbent of one post willbe from outside NCR

b. With the approval of the President, theManaging Committee may co-opt such persons,not exceeding four, as are considered useful forits work for any general or specific purpose.

c. Meetings of the Managing Committee shallbe called by the Secretary General for transactionof the affairs of the Samaj as often as necessaryand on such date, time and place as thePresident may direct, provided that ordinarily anotice of ten days for such a meeting shall begiven to members of the Committee.

d. Quorum for meetings of the ManagingCommittee shall be seven of whom 3 will be nonoffice bearers. If a member of the ManagingCommittee fails to attend three (3) consecutivemeetings without prior notice or reasonablecause to the satisfaction of the ManagingCommittee, this name may be removed from thelist of Managing Committee Members.

e. The Managing Committee shall

(i) Be responsible for implementation ofdecisions and policies of the General Body,

(ii) Review from time to time the financialposition of the Samaj and suggest to the GeneralBody improvements which may be considereddesirable.

(iii) Arrange for deputations of the Samaj orof State Organisations to Central or StateGovernment wherever such a course Isconsidered desirable.

(iv) Organise social welfare and personalservices for pensioners and elderly persons inco-operation with official agencies and other non-official Institutions.

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(v) Maintain and operate Pensioners’Benevolent Fund for relief of Pensioners and theirfamilies in distress.

(vi) Initiate measures for aid, help andguidance to pensioners in matters relating topension and redress of their other complaintsand grievances.

(vii) Have full powers to incur expenditureagainst the budget allotments made by theGeneral Body and make rules for its properfunctioning.

f. Study all aspects of the possibleadvancement of Aims and Objects of the Samajand all matters referred to the Samaj by AffiliatedAssociations or Individuals and submit to theGeneral Body such measures as it considersnecessary. It will co-ordinate the work of AffiliatedAssociations, deal with State and CentralGovernment and other matters relating to theinterest of members, lay down policy and line ofaction on general or specific issues.

g. The Managing Committee may fill anyvacancies which may occur during the term ofits existence.

12-A (i) May approve purchase/acquisitionof land/built up premises etc. of BharatPensioners’ Samaj in terms of rule 4 (c) (iv).

(ii) May authorize President/SecretaryGeneral to execute and sign all documents etc.on behalf of Bharat Pensioners’ Samaj for the

purposes of Rule (4) (c) (iv) and rule 12-A (i) ofthese rules.

13. Office Bearers-

(a) President: The President shall preside atmeetings of the Genera! Body and of theManaging Committee. In the absence of thePresident, Working President, the Sr. Vice-President shall preside. In the absence of allthree, any other member elected as Chairmanshall preside.

Note: The Working president shall functionas President in his absence.

He shall lead delegations, deputations to a

Central or State Government as and whennecessary.

He shall exercise directional authority overall office bearers and appellate authority over allemployees of the Samaj.

He may, in consultation with Senior VicePresident/Secretary General, fix suitableremuneration for any person (s) engaged for theactivities of Bharat Pensioners Samaj.

(b) VIce-President-cum-Zonal Organisers :

The Vice-President from Delhi shall be theSenior Vice-President and shall exercise fullpowers of the President in the absence of thelatter or that of the Working President.

Vice-President-cum-Zonal Organisers fromoutside Delhi shall act on behalf on the Presidentin their respective zones and be responsible forlooking after Pensioners’ Associations in thoseareas.

(c) Secretary General:

The Secretary General shall be the PrincipalExecutive Authority for the working of the Samajunder the general direction and guidance of thePresident and shall be the administrativeauthority over all employees of the Samaj, Heshall -

a. Implement all decisions of the GeneralBody and of the Managing Committee,

b. Carry on all correspondence with theCentral and State Governments and withAffiliated Associations and individuals In thename of the Samaj.

c. Hold an Imprest of Rs. 6000/- and renderits account to the Treasurer.

d. Prepare and present annual report on theactivities and achievements etc. of BPS,

e. Mobilize resources of the Samaj with theassistance of other members of the ManagingCommittee.

f. Printing and publishing of ‘BHARATPENSIONER’ with the assistance of his staff,

g. Bharat Pensioners Samaj shall sue or be

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sued in the name of the Secretary General.

(d) Secretaries :

All the five Secretaries will examine anddispose of the problems of Pensioners of therelated wings, in accordance with the Rules ofBharat Pensioners Samaj, direct; except in policymatters which will require prior consultation/consent of the President and/or SecretaryGeneral

(e) Joint Secretary General :

The Joint Secretary General shall assist theSecretary General and perform such duties asmay be assigned to him by the Prosident or theSecretary General: His chief assignment shallbe to Issue notice of meetings, record minutesof meetings of the Managing Committee and ofGeneral Body and coordination of work asbetween the Samaj and the various Standing andAd-hoc Committees and State, District andDepartmental Associations.

(f) Assistant Secretary General : TheAssistant Secretary General shall assist theSecretary General and the Joint SecretaryGeneral particularly :

(i) In maintenance of upto-date register ofMembers and Affiliated ‘Associations and toorganize campaign for their enrolment

(ii) To deal with correspondence with Statesand Districts, and

(iii) In publishing list of members periodicallyas may be decided by the Managing Committee.

(g) Treasurer:

(i) Treasurer shall operate the bank accountjointly with either the President or SecretaryGeneral, He shall supervise accounts maintainedby the Accountant.

(ii) Certify the correctness of monthlyaccounts of all receipts and expenditure preparedby the Accountant and the balance In hand.

(iii) Arrange to have accounts audited by theAuditor and place these before the ManagingCommittee for approval.

(i) Secretary Public Relations :

Secretary Public Relations shall assist theManaging Committee and also the AffiliatedAssociations in accordance with the generalpolicy of the Samaj, under the directions of thePresident He shall maintain close liaison withvarious Ministries and departments concernedwith pension and welfare of Pensioners and alsothe Press and Mass-media for publicity work

(j) Editor :

He will collect material for the JournalBHARAT PENSIONER, prepare editorial, fix uppriorities and supply the same to publisher toensure its dispatch to members by the prescribeddue dates.

(k) Auditor;

With the help of the Treasurer, the Auditorshall audit accounts of the Samaj.

14. Amendments to the Constitution.

The General Body of Bharat Pensioners’Samaj shall have the power to amend, add, alteror rescind any provision of the Constitution withconsent of 3/5th majority of the members presentIn a meeting and voting and to frame rules there-under and to amend or rescind them.

14-A. However, for day-to-day working of theSamaj, in all its prescribed activities, theManaging Committee may decide, by a majorityvote on amending/introducing any new

operational measure, but without Interfering withthe basic Aims and Objects of the Organisation.

The reasons for the same will be duly broughton record In the minutes of the ManagingCommittee. Any such new amendment/ additionwill be later got ratified at the next AGM,

15. Dissolution and disposal of assets of theSamaj :

The Samaj may be dissolved by a vote of 3/5th of the members of the General Body andafter such dissolution the assets of the Samajshall, after discharge of all liabilities, be donatedto such charitable purposes as may be directedby the General Body authorising such dissolution.

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President Secretary General Treasurer

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