A meeting has been scheduled for January 5 at the South Block.

The Ministry of Defence has constituted a high-level committee to conduct a “fresh and exhaustive review” for granting a salary increase to armed forces personnel who do not get promoted beyond a certain rank due to paucity of vacancies, but have served for specific number of years.

Called the non-functional upgradation (NFU), it is given to the entire civilian bureaucracy. It results in a hiked pay-band after a certain number of years of service, but the armed forces personnel do not get it.

The MoD formed the committee after the Supreme Court, while hearing the matter last month, asked the ministry to re-examine the issue. Respondents and legal representatives of those who moved the court have been invited by the MoD for an interaction. A meeting has been scheduled for January 5 at the South Block