CGPA KERALA - LETTER TO MOS, PENSION MINISTRY NOT TO CURTAIL PENSIONARY BENEFITS DUE TO FREEZING OF DA INSTALMENTS

CGPA/KL/GL/2020                   25-04-2020

To

Dr. Jitendra Singh

Minister of State, Department of Personnel and Training

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,

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

Sub:   Freezing of instalments of Dearness Relief due to Central Government pensioners during the  period 01-01-2020 to 30-06-2021

Ref:   Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure OM 01/01/2020-E(II)(B) dated 23^rd April 2020

Respected Sir,

            Kind reference is invited to the OM cited.As per extant rules, dearness allowance admissible on the date of retirement / death shall be treated as emoluments for computing pensionary benefits such as gratuity, leave encashment. As per the OM cited, DA due to Central Government employees during the period          01-01-2020 to 30-06-2021 will be frozen. It is presumed that the intention of the Government is to freeze DA instalments only and not to curtail pensionary benefits. In that case, to avoid confusion among pension sanctioning authorities, a clarificatory order may be caused to be issued by the Pension Ministry urgently to notionally calculate DA admissible on the date of retirement /death of the employee and reckon that full amount of DA for calculating retirement benefits.

      

Thanking you,       

yours faithfully

G. Saharajan Nair

General Secretary

Copy to: 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