CGPA/KL/GL/2018/10             13-08-2018

To

The Secretary to Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi -110 003

Sub: Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners on the recommendations of the 7^th CPC – Defects in Concordance Tables regarding

Ref: Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare OM F. No. 38/37/2016-P&PW (A) dated 6^th July 2017

        Kind reference is invited to the above. The Concordance Tables circulated along with the OM referred to above are being used by all Pension Sanctioning Authorities as a final word in revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners / family pensioners. But this Association finds certain defects in the Concordance Table. Two glaring defects are brought to your notice.

i.            As per Rule 49(2) of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, rate of pension is 50% of the pay last drawn or average emoluments for the last 10 months, whichever is more beneficial to the pensioner. But in the Concordance Tables, revised pension is calculated based on the last increment stage only in the scale of pay drawn at the time of retirement. In some cases, the average emoluments for the last 10 months of service happen to be more than Last Pay Drawn (LPD) due to various reasons, which is not taken care of in the Concordance Tables. When the legitimate entitlement of pension based on average emoluments of last 10 months, if it is greater than LPD, is brought to the notice of Pension Sanctioning Authorities, their stand is that the Concordance Tables are the final authority and a sacred document and they cannot deviate from it. In effect rule 49(2) of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 is being superseded without amending the Rule. It is requested to address this serious issue urgently and give clarificatory orders.

ii.            The Concordance Tables are not fool proof. There are many instances where a person coming under the same or more pay range of a higher level getting less pension than those pertaining to the same pay range in lower level.

Two illustrative examples are given below:

Example	Table No.	Level	Pay in the pay range (Column 4 of Table)	Revised Pension	Difference in Pension
I	28	8 (G.P 4800)	27710	36050	Rs. 400/-
	29	9 (G.P 5400)	27710	35650
II	30	9 (G.P 5400 Gr.B)	24500	32050	Rs. 400/- This kind of difference is there in almost all pay ranges between levels 9 and 10
	31	10 (G.P 5400 Gr.A)	24500	31650

      The above cases are clear cut anomalies disturbing the concept of parity in pension. Unless it is rectified early, it will pave way for a plethora of Court cases.

Awaiting early orders, 

yours faithfully

 T.I. Sudhakaran,  General Secretary

Copy to:The Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure – For necessary action as the Concordance Tables have been issued with their approved vide their Diary No. 1(13)/EV/2017 dated 05-07-2017

Disbursement of Salary of August on 14.08.2018 to the CG Employees & Pensioners in Kerala on account of ONAM festival- reg.

F. No. 3(2)/2012/TA/361

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

Controller General of Accounts

Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan, E Block, GPO Complex

INA, New Delhi-110023

Dated: 06.08.2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Disbursement of salary/wages/pension to the Central Government Employees in the State of Kerala for the month of August, 2018 on account of ONAM festival.

In view of the ‘ONAM’ festival, the Government have decided that the salary of all Central Government employees in the State of Kerala for the month of August, 2018 may be drawn and disbursed by the Central Government offices (including Defence, Posts & Telecommunications) on 14th August, 2018 (Tuesday)

2. The wages for August, 2018 of the industrial employees of Central Government serving in the State of Kerala may also be disbursed in advance on 14th August, 2018.

3. The pension for August, 2018 of all Central Government Pensioners in the State of Kerala may also be disbursed by Bank/PAOs on 14th August, 2018.

4. The salary/wages/pension so disbursed is to be treated as advance payments and will be subject to adjustment after the full months salary/wages/pension of each employee/pensioner is determined. The adjustment, if any, will be made without exception from the salary/wages/pension as the case may be from the month of August, 2018.

5. The concerned Ministries/Departments are requested to bring these instructions to the notice of their offices located in the State of Kerala for necessary action immediately.

6. Reserve Bank of India is requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all paying branches of all Banks located in the State of Kerala for necessary action immediately.

(Vijay Kumar Singh)

Joint Controller General of Accounts

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