Dear Sir,
- A few Young serving soldiers die at young age and the medical boards do not consider the death as Attributable to Military Service. The young widow gets the same family pension as that of her husband had he been alive with that length of service for 10 years from date of death. Though such cases are few yet there are many such widows who approach for help. The Ex-Servicemen who get discharged after 15 years if they die in one or two years of their retirement, the widows gets the pension of her husband for just 7 years when her children are still going to elementary school or at the most higher secondary school. Thereafter the pension is reduced to Ordinary Family Pension which is Rs Rs 20325 x 0.60 = Rs 12,195 in Dec 2024. Most of the widows of Sepoys or Naiks or Havildars are less educated and do not get jobs in their native villages.Most of them do not own single bed room house even. These young widows find it extremely difficult to bring up their children with meagre family pension after 10 years / 7 years.
2. Brig SC Kuthaila (mob no: 98116 60251 and Email id: kuthiala2743@gmail.com) of NOIDA has taken the initiative to remove the restriction of 10 years / 7 years for widows of Defence Services Personnel by registering a NGO titled Family Pensioners Welfare Samiti and filed a legal case in Hon’ble Supreme Court. The first hearing took places in a record time on 20 Dec 2024 (less than six months for filing the case in Hon’ble Supreme Case). He raised funds with help of few friends and some ladies. The bank balance is Rs 5.39 lakhs. He expects the expenditure will touch Rs 10 lakhs.
3. I contribute Rs 1,000 for this noble cause. I request you to generously contribute for this legal case. Kindly see the attachment where I give more details about Family Pensioners Welfare Samiti and the legal case No: W.P.(C) NO. 232/2024 – FAMILY PENSIONERS WELFARE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANR is listed on 20-12-2024 in Court No. 3 as Item No. 36 subject to order for the day.
- Kindly speak with Brig SC Kuthiala (Retd) in NOIDA as per the contact number I have given and then only remit your contribution to his NGO.
warm regards,
Brig CS Vidyasagar (Retd)
President, T SEWA
Mob No: 75695 13350
brigvidya.tsewa@gmail.com