New Delhi (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: India’s apex court on Wednesday showed its support on Central decision of one rank one pension (OROP), and said that it does not find any constitutional infirmity on the OROP principle.
Central Government has introduced the OROP scheme in defence forces as per its notification dated November 7, 2015 and Apex court upheld the decision of central Government. “We find no constitutional infirmity in the principle OROP adopted,” court said.
A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud had reserved its verdict on February 23 asking the Centre whether the hardships of ex-servicemen be obviated to a certain extent if the periodic revision of OROP is reduced from five years to a lesser period.
The plea had been filed by the Indian Ex-servicemen Movement (IESM) through advocate Balaji Srinivasan against the Centre’s formula of OROP.
The top court had said that whatever it will decide, it will be on the conceptual ground and not on figures. It said, “When you revise after five years, the arrears of five years are not taken into account. The hardships of ex-servicemen can be obviated to a certain extent if the period is reduced from five years to a lesser period”.
The Centre had earlier said that when the revision takes place after five years, the maximum last drawn pay which has all the factors is taken into account with the lowest in the bracket and it is the golden mean which is being given.
