OROP PAYMENT CLARIFICATIONS & RANKS IN THREE SERVICES

   There have been numerous doubts on the payment of OROP which have been clarified by the PCDA in its circular Number 557 dt 17 Mar 2016. Salient features as applicable to the  three services are as given below:-

OROP PRINCIPLE .As per Govt. letter No. 12(1)/2014/D(Pen/Policy) Part-II dated 07.11.2015 OROP implies that uniform pension to be paid to the Defence Forces Personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of their date of Retirement.”  The pension of all past pensioners will be determined according to the above principle.

RANK WEIGHTAGE In Post-2006 retirees cases, weightage had been withdrawn from Qualifying Service. Therefore, the qualifying service mentioned in OROP table is actual qualifying service only. No weightage in qualifying service is to be allowed at all while extending the benefit of OROP in past cases. For example, if actual Q.S. was ‘q’ years and weightage, if any, was ‘y’ years, the pension indicated in the concerned table for ‘q’ years only is to be paid to the pensioner. (Please Note - The OROP



  OROP Scheme is aimed to bring Pre and Post – 2006 retirees at par where in the Rank weightage has been done away with. Post 2006 retirees get the 50% of last pay drawn which is more than the earst while full pension which has been 50% of the Minimum Pay in Pay Band of the Rank.   The rank weightage compensated for the early retirement which is forced upon Mil Pers by the Govt so that with their retirement age as per rank they get so called full pension which has been the 50% 0f the "Minimum Pay in the Pay Band" with no regards to your length of service and the increments.)

MAJORS GETTING LT COL'S PENSION , All substantive Majors retired on or after 1.1.1996 but before 01.01.2006, who had completed 21 years of commissioned service and were granted pay of Lt. Col. as per Para 5(a) (iii) and 5 (a) (iv) of Special Army Instruction 2/S/98. Such Majors have been allowed the benefit of revision of pension as per rates of Lt. Col. under 6th CPC on the authority of GoI, MoD Deptt. of Ex-Service Welfare letter No. 1(13)/2009/D(Pen/Policy) dated 24th sept 2012. In these cases, Corr PPO’s have been issued by concerned PSAs revising pension under 6th CPC. Pension of such Majors may also be revised as per the table applicable to Lt. Col. However, in case of any doubt, the case may please be referred to PSAs concerned for  clarification.

PAYMENT OF ARREARS - Arrears on account of revision of pension and LTA from 1.7.2014 to 02.03.2016 shall be paid by the Pension Disbursing Agencies in four equal half-yearly instalments and not in lumpsum. However, all the family pensioners including those in receipt of Special/Liberalized Family Pension and all  gallantry award winners shall be paid arrears in one instalment as per Para 17 of the Circular No. 555 dated 04.02.2016.

ACP PENSIONS   In case ACP is granted, pension of next higher rank will be admissible to the pensioner. In case of Subedar Major who got ACP-I, pension may be revised for Hony. Lt.  But it is not likely that ACP-II is granted to a Subedar Major, so if any case of Subedar Major with  ACP-II comes into the knowledge, the same is to be forwarded for clarification to PCDA (P).


AS PER CIRCULAR 557 DT 17 MAR 2016

The rank of Lt. Gen (HAG+) was introduced after 01.01.2006. Hence, rank of Lt. Gen (HAG+) is found only in Post-01.01.2006 cases. In such cases, pay scale for that rank i.e. Rs. 75500-80000 is mentioned in the PPO. For Pre-2006 cases, pension of HAG will be payable to retired Lt. Generals, unless retired in the rank of Army Commander or equivalent. Same applies to equivalent ranks in Air Force and Navy.

7TH CPC AWARD   Rumours have been dotting the social media that the award of 7th CPC will not be given to Def Pensioners since they have been given enhanced pension under the OROP Scheme. It is  clarified that these are only rumours. By the OROP principle as given above all past pensioners who retired before 01 Jan 2014 have been brought at par which also includes pensioners of 6th CPC. Please note that in case CPC award is denied it will amount to discrimination within a class. We are therefore of the firm view that there being just one category of PRE- Jan 2016 retirees now, the 7th CPC award has to be applicable to all.




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