CHANDIGARH:

12th February 2011.

To

The Principal Secretary, Finance,

Punjab Government,

The Secretariat,

CHANDIGARH.

Subject: WRONG, INCONSISTENT & DISCRIMINATORY FIXATION OF PENSION OF PRE-2006

RETIRED PROFESSORS VIDE Punjab Government, Department of Finance Letter

No.3/39/09-3FPPC/1568 Dated 30/12/2010 on the subject of Implementation of the

Recommendations of the Fifth Punjab Pay Commission -- Revision of Pension of pre

01-01-2006 Pensioners/Family Pensioners/Recipients of Extraordinary Pension etc.

Sir

I would like to bring to your notice the injustice done to Pre-2006 Retired

Professor Pensioners vide letter No.3/39/09-3FPPC/ 1568 dated 30-12-2010, issued

as a sequel to letter No.3/39/09-3FPPC/201 dated 22-2-2010, wherein para 4.2 of

letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17-8-2009 was partially modified.

As far as Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners are concerned, the net effect of

this partial modification of para 4.2 is nil because of the illogical,

inconsistent and discriminatory application of the said para as shall become

evident presently. A cursory look at the letter of 30-12-2010 brings out that it

has been an exercise in futility, since status quo ante 22-02-2010 is not altered

at all to the benefit of the Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners unlike for

other Pre-2006 Government Pensioners. Put in other words, the application of para

4.2 of letter of 17-08-2009 in letter of 30-12-2010, instead of the modified para

4.2 of letter of 22-02-2010, has worked to the detriment of the Pre-2006 Retired

Professor Pensioners when compared with the other 32 categories of Pre-2006 GoP

Pensioners.

2. What is NOT obvious is that the Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners stand DOWNGRADED both in relation to their pre-revised scales as also grade pay in the

revised pay bands, as is evident in the following Table.

NOTE: The pension of Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners, taken from Annexure B of 30-12-

2010 letter, is interpolated with that of Pensioners at Serial Nos. 31 & 32 taken from

Annexure A of 22-02-2010 letter, to bring out the disparity.

Sr

No

Pre-revised

scales of pay

w.e.f.

1.1.1996

Revised Pay Structure w.e.f.

1.1.2006

Pension

(50% of

the

initial

pay in

col 5)

Family

Pension

(30% of

the

initial

pay in

col 5)

Pay Bands Grade

Pay

Initial

Pay

31 16350-20100 37400-67000 8900 48590 24295 14577

16400-22400 37400-67000 10000 Professor 23700 14220

32 18600-22100 37400-67000 10000 54700 27350 16410

I may add that this inter se chaos did not exist under the letter of 17-08-2009.

3. Now, para 4.2 as given in Punjab Government Finance Department letter No.

3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17-8-2009 reads as follows:

4.2 The fixation of pension will be subject to the provision that the

revised pension, in no case, shall be lower than fifty percent of the

minimum of the pay in the pay band plus grade pay corresponding to the pre-

revised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired. This will be

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reduced pro-rata if the qualifying service of the person falls short of 33

years.

Since the fixation of one’s pension depends on the minimum of the pay in the pay

band plus grade pay corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the

pensioner had retired, the entitlement of Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners

under this para is given in the Table below and this is what precisely they had

already been drawing before the issue of 30-12-2010 letter:

MINIMUM PENSION OF PRE-2006 PUNJAB GOVERNMENT COLLEGE PENSIONERS [TEACHERS & EQUIVALENT]

BASED ON REVISED PAY BANDS AND GRADE PAYS VIDE PARA 4.2 OF PUNJAB GOVERNMENT LETTER No.

3/23/09-3FPPC/885 DATED 17-8-2009 & GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

(EDUCATION DEPARTMENT) NOTIFICATION No.10/3/09-3Edu.1/3321 DATED 2-9-2009

Sr

No

Pre-revised

scales of pay

Pay Bands Grade

Pay Minimum

Pension

(50% of

the sum

of min.

of

PB+GP)

Minimum

Family

Pension

(30% of the

sum of min.

of PB+GP)

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 16400-22400 37400-67000 10000 23700 14220

2 12000-18300 37400-67000 9000 23200 13920

3 12000-18300 15600-39100 8000 11800 7080

4 10000-15200 15600-39100 7000 11300 6780

5 8000-13500 15600-39100 6000 10800 6480

4. In the letter of 22-02-2010, the partially modified para 4.2 reads as follows:

4.2 The fixation of pension will be subject to the provision that the

revised pension, in no case shall be less than 50% of the initial pay shown

in column 8 of the schedule of the Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay)

Rules, 2009, against relevant Pay Band and Grade Pay corresponding to the

pre-revised scale of pay in which the pensioner had last worked. However,

such pension will be suitably reduced pro-rata, where the qualifying

service of the person falls short of 33 years.

I am reproducing below the Schedule given in the GoP NOTIFICATION No.5/10/09-

5FPI/207 DATED THE 27th May, 2009:

Schedule

[See rules 3(k) and 4]

General Conversion Table

S

N

Pre-revised Revised Initial Pay

Group Pay Scale Pay

Band

Group Corresponding

Pay Bands

Grade

Pay

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 D 2520-4140 PB 1 D 4900-10680 1300 6200

2 D 2720-4200 PB 1 D 4900-10680 1400 6700

3 D 2820-4400 PB 1 D 4900-10680 1650 6950

4 C 3120-5160 PB 2 C 5910-20200 1900 7810

5 C 3120-6200 PB 2 C 5910-20200 1950 7960

6 C 3330-6200 PB 2 C 5910-20200 2000 8240

7 C 4020-6200 PB 2 C 5910-20200 2400 9880

8 C 4400-7000 PB 2 C 5910-20200 2800 11170

9 C 4550-7220 PB 2 C 5910-20200 3000 11470

10 C 5000-8100 PB 3 C 10300-34800 3200 13500

11 C 5480-8925 PB 3 C 10300-34800 3600 14430

12 C 5800-9200 PB 3 B 10300-34800 3800 14590

13 B 6400-10640 PB 3 B 10300-34800 4200 16290

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14 B 7000-10980 PB 3 B 10300-34800 4400 17420

15 B 7220-10980 PB 3 B 10300-34800 4600 18030

16 B 7220-11320 PB 3 B 10300-34800 4800 18250

17 A 7220-11660 PB 3 A 10300-34800 5000 18450

18 A 7880-11660 PB 3 A 10300-34800 5400 20300

19 A 7880-13500 PB 4 A 15600-39100 5400 21000

20 A 9200-13900 PB 4 A 15600-39100 5700 22820

21 A 9750-14700 PB 4 A 15600-39100 6000 24140

22 A 10025-15100 PB 4 A 15600-39100 6600 25250

23 A 12000-15100 PB 4 A 15600-39100 7400 31120

24 A 12000-15500 PB 4 A 15600-39100 7600 31320

25 A 12000-16350 PB 4 A 15600-39100 7800 31520

26 A 13125-16350 PB 4 A 15600-39100 8200 32620

27 A 13500-16800 PB 4 A 15600-39100 8400 33510

28 A 14300-18150 PB 5 A 37400-67000 8600 46000

29 A 14300-18600 PB 5 A 37400-67000 8700 46100

30 A 14300-20100 PB 5 A 37400-67000 8800 46200

31 A 16350-20100 PB 5 A 37400-67000 8900 48590

32 A 18600-22100 PB 5 A 37400-67000 10000 54700

THE INITIAL PAY, AS GIVEN IN THE ABOVE SCHEDULE/GENERAL CONVERSION TABLE, IS EQUAL

TO THE REVISED BASIC PAY [TOTAL OF PAY IN THE PAY BAND AND GRADE PAY] IN THE

REVISED PAY SCALE CORRESPONDING TO THE BASIC PAY AT THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PRE-

REVISED PAY SCALE TO WHICH AN INCUMBENT IS ENTITLED ON 01-01-2006. THIS IS EVIDENT

FROM FITMENT TABLES No.1 TO No.32 ANNEXED TO THE SAID PUNJAB GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT

OF FINANCE) NOTIFICATION No.5/10/09-5FPI/207 DATED THE 27th May, 2009.

To illustrate the point, I am giving below only Fitment Table No. 32 from the

Notification No.5/10/09-5FPI/207 of 27th May, 2009 from which the above Schedule

has been taken.

FITMENT TABLE 32

[See rules 3(d) and 7]

Pre-revised

Pay Scale

Revised Pay Structure

Revised Pay Scale+ Grade pay

Rs 18600-22100 Rs37400--67000+Rs.10000

Basic Pay Revised Pay

Pay in the

Pay

Band

Grade Pay Revised Basic

Pay

1 2 3 4

18600 44700 10000 54700

19100 46050 10000 56050

19600 46050 10000 56050

20100 47440 10000 57440

20600 47440 10000 57440

21100 48870 10000 58870

21600 48870 10000 58870

22100 50340 10000 60340

Quite clearly, the initial pay shown in column 8 of the Schedule against Serial

No. 32 [Rs 54700] is the Revised Basic Pay [Rs 54700] in the Pay in the Pay Band

plus Grade Pay, shown in column 4 corresponding to the first stage of Basic Pay in

the Pre-revised Scale [Rs 18600].

To prepare a general conversion Table for Pre-2006 Government College pensioners

[teachers & equivalent] on the pattern of the Schedule, we need to refer to

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Annexure-I and Annexure-II of Punjab Government Department of Higher Education

(Education Department) NOTIFICATION No.10/3/09-3Edu.1/3321 2-9-2009. Annexure-I

gives Fitment Tables and Annexure-II para 2 gives details of new pay structure of

various categories of teachers. The pay structure for different categories of

teachers and equivalent positions is as indicated below:-

(a) Assistant Professor/Associate Professors/Professors in Colleges &

Universities

(i) Persons entering the teaching profession in Universities and

Colleges shall be designated as Assistant Professors and shall be

placed in the Pay Band of Rs. 15600-39100 with AGP of Rs. 6000.

Lecturers already in service in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 8000-

13500, shall be re-designated as Assistant Professors with the said

AGP of Rs. 6000.

(vi) The pay of the incumbents to the posts of Lecturer (senior

scale) (i.e. the un-revised scale of Rs. 10,000-15200) shall be re-

designated as Assistant Professor, and shall be fixed at the

appropriate stage in Pay Band of Rs. 15600-39100 based on their

present pay, with AGP of Rs. 7000.

(viii) Posts of Associate Professor shall be in the Pay Band of

Rs. 37400-67000, with AGP of Rs. 9000. Directly recruited Associate

Professors shall be placed in the Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000 with an

AGP of Rs. 9000, at the appropriate stage in the Pay Band in terms of

the conditions of appointment.

(ix) Incumbent Readers and Lecturers (Selection Grade) who have

completed 3 years in the current pay scale of Rs. 12000-18300 on

1.1.2006 shall be placed in Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000 with AGP Pay

of Rs. 9000 and shall be re-designated as Associate Professor.

(x) Incumbent Readers and Lecturers (Selection Grade) who had not

completed three years in the pay scale of Rs. 12000-18300 on 1.1.2006

shall be placed at the appropriate stage in the Pay Band of

Rs. 15600-39100 with AGP of Rs. 8000 till they complete 3 years of

service in the grade of Lecturer (Selection Grade)/Reader, and

thereafter shall be placed in the higher Pay Band of Rs.37400-67000

and accordingly re-designated as Associate Professor.

(xiii) . . . The Pay Band for the post of Professors shall be

Rs. 37400-67000 with AGP of Rs. 10000.

Using this information, we can prepare a schedule-like schema in the form of the

following Table to work out the initial pay of the five categories of teachers &

equivalent:

S

N

Pre-revised Revised Initial

Pay Designation Pay Scale Fitment

Table

Designation Correspondin

g Pay Bands

Grade

Pay

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Lecturer 8000-13500 See

Table 1*

Asst Prof 15600-39100 6000 21600

2 Lecturer

(Senior

Scale)

10000-15200 See

Table 2*

Asst Prof

(Senior Scale)

15600-39100 7000 25600

3 Lecturer

(SG)

12000-18300 See

Table 3*

Asst Prof (SG) 15600-39100 8000 30320

4 Lecturer(SG)

with 3 years

12000-18300 See

Table 4*

Asst Prof (SG)

with 3 years

37400-67000 9000 46400

5 Professor 16400-22400 See

Table 5*

Professor 37400-67000 10000 50890

* These are the Fitment Tables as given in Annexure-I of the GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT

OF HIGHER EDUCATION (EDUCATION DEPARTMENT) NOTIFICATION No.10/3/09-3Edu.1/3321 dated

2-9-2009.

5. The pension of Pre-2006 Government of Punjab pensioners based on the

partially modified para 4.2 and the concept of initial pay as defined in

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column 8 of the Schedule is given in Annexure-A, which has been taken

from the letter of 22-02-2010:

Annexure-A

Revised Pension/Family Pension based on Pay Band and Grade Pay and Initial Pay

corresponding to the pre-revised pay scales.(Referred to in para 4.2 of Punjab Government

letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17-8-2009 and letter No. 3/39/09-3FPPC/201 Dated

22nd February, 2010)

Note 1:- As per para 4.2 of Punjab Government letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17th August

2009 as modified vide letter no. No.3/39/09-3FPPC/201 Dated 22nd February, 2010, the revised

pension of those pensioners who retired after completing maximum qualifying service (i.e. 33

years) before 1.1.2006 cannot be less than the pension indicated in the column 6 above (50%

of the Initial Pay mentioned in column 5 above against relevant Pay Band and Grade Pay

corresponding to the pre-revised scale of pay held by the pensioner s at the time of their

retirement). The pension in column 6 will be reduced pro-rata, where the pensioner had less

than the maximum required qualifying service (i.e. 33 years) for full pension as applicable

on 1.1.2006 and in no case it will be less than Rs 3500/- p.m. In case the pension

consolidated as per para 4.1 of Punjab Government letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17th

August 2009 is higher than the pension calculated in the manner above, the same (the higher

pension) will be treated as Basic Pension.

Sr

No

Pre-revised

scales of

pay w.e.f.

1.1.1996

Revised Pay Structure w.e.f.

1.1.2006

Pension

(50% of

the

initial

pay in

col 5)

Family

Pension

(30% of

the

initial

pay in

col 5)

Pay Bands Grade

Pay

Initial

Pay

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 2520-4140 4900-10680 1300 6200 3500 3500

2 2720-4200 4900-10680 1400 6700 3500 3500

3 2820-4400 4900-10680 1650 6950 3500 3500

4 3120-5160 5910-20200 1900 7810 3905 3500

5 3120-6200 5910-20200 1950 7960 3980 3500

6 3330-6200 5910-20200 2000 8240 4120 3500

7 4020-6200 5910-20200 2400 9880 4940 3500

8 4400-7000 5910-20200 2800 11170 5585 3500

9 4550-7220 5910-20200 3000 11470 5735 3500

10 5000-8100 10300-34800 3200 13500 6750 4050

11 5480-8925 10300-34800 3600 14430 7215 4329

12 5800-9200 10300-34800 3800 14590 7295 4377

13 6400-10640 10300-34800 4200 16290 8145 4887

14 7000-10980 10300-34800 4400 17420 8710 5226

15 7220-10980 10300-34800 4600 18030 9015 5409

16 7220-11320 10300-34800 4800 18250 9125 5475

17 7220-11660 10300-34800 5000 18450 9225 5535

18 7880-11660 10300-34800 5400 20300 10150 6090

19 7880-13500 15600-39100 5400 21000 10500 6300

20 9200-13900 15600-39100 5700 22820 11410 6846

21 9750-14700 15600-39100 6000 24140 12070 7242

22 10025-15100 15600-39100 6600 25250 12625 7575

23 12000-15100 15600-39100 7400 31120 15560 9336

24 12000-15500 15600-39100 7600 31320 15660 9396

25 12000-16350 15600-39100 7800 31520 15760 9456

26 13125-16350 15600-39100 8200 32620 16310 9786

27 13500-16800 15600-39100 8400 33510 16755 10053

28 14300-18150 37400-67000 8600 46000 23000 13800

29 14300-18600 37400-67000 8700 46100 23050 13830

30 14300-20100 37400-67000 8800 46200 23100 13860

31 16350-20100 37400-67000 8900 48590 24295 14577

32 18600-22100 37400-67000 10000 54700 27350 16410

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6. The pension of Pre-2006 Government College pensioners [teachers & equivalent], which should also have been worked out using the same principles as used for the

above Annexure-A, is given in the following Table.

S

r

N

o

Designation Pre-revised

scales of

pay w.e.f.

1.1.1996

Revised Pay Structure

w.e.f. 1.1.2006

Pension

(50% of

the

initial

pay in

col 5)

Family

Pension

(30% of

the

initial

pay in

col 5)

Pay Bands Grade

Pay

Initial

Pay

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Lecturer 8000-13500 15600-39100 6000 21600 10800 6480

2 Lecturer(Sr.Scale) 10000-15200 15600-39100 7000 25600 12800 7680

3 Lecturer(SG) 12000-18300 15600-39100 8000 30320 15160 9096

4 Lecturer(SG) with

3 or more years of

service

12000-18300 37400-67000 9000 46400 23200 13920

5 Professor 16400-22400 37400-67000 10000 50890 25445 15267

7. Instead of following consistently the modified para 4.2 given in the letter of 22-02-2010 and the concept of initial pay as given in column 8 of the Schedule

(Notification dated 27-05-2009] for Pre-2006 Government College pensioners

[teachers & equivalent] as explained above, the Government issued the following

patently wrong, inconsistent, and discriminatory Annexure-B in its letter of 30-

12-2010:

ANNEXURE-B

Revised Pension/Family Pension based on Pay Band, grade Pay and Initial Pay of teachers and

equivalent cadres in colleges in the State with effect from 1st January, 2006, corresponding

to the pre-revised pay scales.

(Refer to Punjab Government Notification No. 10/03/09-3Edu.1/3321 dated 2.9.009 and para 4.2

of Punjab Government letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/8885, dated 17th August,2009 and letter No.

3/23/09-3FPPC/201, dated 22nd February, 2010)

Sr.

No.

Name of the post Pre-

revised

pay

scale

Approved

revised

pay Band

Grade

Pay

Minimum

Pension

(50% of

the sum

of min.

of

PB+GP)

Minimum

Family

Pension

(30% of

the sum

of min.

of PB+GP)

1 Professor 16400-

22400

37400-

67000

10000 23700 14220

2 Lecturer (S. G.) /

Reader with 3 or more

years of service)

12000-

18300

37400-

67000

9000 23200 13920

3 Lecturer (S. G.)/

Reader

12000-

18300

15600-

39100

8000 11800 7080

4 Lecturer (Sr. Scale) 10000-

15200

15600-

39100

7000 11300 6780

5 Lecturer 8000-

13500

15600-

39100

6000 10800 6480

Note: The pension shown in column 6 is for maximum qualifying service of

33 years. In cases of pensioners, where qualifying service is less than 33 years, the

pension shown shall be reduced pro-rata.

In this Annexure, even though lip service is paid to the initial pay, and

reference made to letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/201, dated 22nd February, 2010, the

initial pay as given in column 8 of the Schedule has been replaced by the minimum

of the Band Pay to the detriment of Pre-2006 Government College Pensioners

[teachers & equivalent].

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8. It is, therefore, requested that this discrimination be done away with as soon as possible by defining the Initial Pay in the same way as it is for other Pre-

2006 Punjab Government Pensioners, and a fresh Annexure similar to the following

issued to ensure and assure the Pre-2006 Government College pensioners [teachers &

equivalent] that a different and discriminatory yard stick is not applied to them.

S

N

Designation Pre-revised

scales of

pay w.e.f.

1.1.1996

Revised Pay Structure

w.e.f. 1.1.2006

Pension

(50% of

the

initial

pay in

col 5)

Family

Pension

(30% of

the

initial

pay in

col 5)

Pay Bands Grade

Pay

Initial

Pay

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Lecturer 8000-13500 15600-39100 6000 21600 10800 6480

2 Lecturer

(Senior Scale)

10000-15200 15600-39100 7000 25600 12800 7680

3 Lecturer(SG) 12000-18300 15600-39100 8000 30320 15160 9096

4 Lecturer(SG) with

3 years

12000-18300 37400-67000 9000 46400 23200 13920

5 Professor 16400-22400 37400-67000 10000 50890 25445 15267

9. The Pre-2006 Government College retired pensioners [teachers & equivalent]

simply want to be treated like the other 32 categories of pre 2006 government

pensioners BECAUSE THEY ARE COVERED BY THE SAME PUNJAB GOVERNMENT PENSION RULES AS

ARE OTHER GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS like it has ALWAYS been the case when pay scales

have been revised in 1996, 1986, and 1973.

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,

[GURKIRPAL SINGH SEKHON]

1080, Sector 39-B,

CHANDIGARH 160036.

Phone: (0172)2688085

Cell: 9815043164