It is high time that Maj Gen Satbir Singh must stop his business show for own propaganda at Jantar Mantar. He must take the legal course as continuous agitation at Jantar Mantar has already ruined the reputation of Ex-servicemen. The Public has already comparing this agitation with Trade unions,thus loosing all the credibility and respectability and sympathy from the Public.
Today Maj Gen Satbir is harping on and stating that what govt has given is not OROP. If so he should come out with definite points and bring out the deficiencies and anomalies of the Pay/Pension Structure. We are doubly sure that Maj Gen Satbir has nothing calculated else he should circulate to all veterans or email to all , so ensure support from ESM Community
What he has been doing i Slogans at Jantar Mantar against the Govt and even involved in mimickery of the RM Arun Jately and Honorable PM Narinder Modi like a Joker acting. These reports have gone to the concern Ministers through vigilance which is keeping an 24 hours eye and which is the root cause of their anger and holding up and depriving the ESM from the legitimate balance issues of OROP.
Maj Gen Satbir is damaging the entire ESM community for his own self interest of Political ambition and to get himself elected as Chairman of IESM ( Indian Ex-Servicemn Movement) .
The last but not the least any mature ESM with pride will advise him to stop his acting School Drama at JM and get on to the business of taking up the case in the Court.
There were Volunteers Advocate more than 21 who had offered free services to fight the case of OROP in court including Shri Ram Jethmalani, Than where is the delay ,Maj Gen Satbir must stop burning fire at JM which is costing Rs 12000/- per Day and now 80% of ESM do not want that the agitation to Continue and it will also stop misusing of the donated funds by the ESM.
Even if the advocate had to be paid than there are more than RS 2 crore collected in the bank and has 25 Lakhs in the new Account opened by Satbir. The huge amount collected from donations is the root cause and was earlier and during JM initial agitation as Maj Gen Satbir cannot afford to apart away from it. He has only used ESM and other organisation and left them as they wanted account of collections at JM. Till today he has not done even a single welfare work of ESM in any State or assisted any Martyrs families or widows .
Col Charanjit Singh Khera
Ex-Media Adviser UFESM
Jantar Mantar
SUPREME COURT RULING
An imp msg received from Shri H. I. Jani, ( AGM rtrd. and Asso. Activist) I9S AS BELOW.
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FOR INFORMATION OF ALL PENSIONERS
Forwarded as received:-
OROP.. LEGAL HELP..
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Mr Dushyant Dave, President of Supreme Court Bar Association has said that all 21 Lawyers of the SCBA are ready to represent the Veterans in SC on OROP Pro- Bono (Pro-Bono means without cost to the applicant)
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE IN RETIRED BANKERS GOOGLE BLOG
Dear friends,
It is surprising that a land mark judgement delivered by the Supreme Court of India on 01 07 2015, Civil Appeal no. 1123 of 2015 has gone unnoticed and except for a brief letter from Shri S R Sen Gupta to IBA, no other union has taken any steps. The salient features of the judgement:
1. The bench has authoritatively ruled that Pension is a right and the payment of it does not depend upon the discretion of the Government. Pension is governed by rules and a Government Servant coming within those rules is entitled to claim pension.
2.The judgement has recognised that the revision of pension and revision of pay scales are INSEPARABLE.
3.The bench has reiterated that on revision the Basic pension cannot be less than 50% of the Basic Pension in the minimum of the Pay Band in the revised scale corresponding to the pre-revised scale.
4.The government CANNOT take a plea of financial burden to deny legitimate dues of the pensioners.
5.The Government SHOULD AVOID unwarranted litigation and not to encourage any litigation for the sake of litigation.
6. When pension is upheld to be a right and NOT A BOUNTY, as a corollary to the averment that revision of pension and revision of pay scales are INSEPARABLE, upgradation of pension is also a RIGHT AND NOT A BOUNTY.
THE JUDGEMENT IS BASED ON THE DECISION ON D S NAKARA CASE.
The above details are available in the latest issue of Canara Bank Retired Officer’s Association Circular no 3/2016 dated 1st August 2015.
The judgement is very clear and I wonder how no one has noticed the important aspects and why no one has taken up the matter with the IBA/Govt.
Why no one has reacted to the judgement is surprising and perplexing.
While agitation is on why can’t we take recourse to court also as Supreme Court advocates are offering their services. One ruling by SC that govt can’t deny pension for lack of funds regarding OROP every year and VRS case.
Dear Maj Gen Satbir,
Are you aware of this decision by the Hon Supreme Court ?
Can you have it evaluated n share your interpretation with the anxious Veterans
