As mentioned on this blog on 20 September 2010, recruits
who are boarded out with a disability pension are also to be treated as ‘Ex-Servicemen’
as per a clarification issued by the Ministry of Defence in the year 2006.
However since the definition of ‘Ex-Servicemen’ is
basically promulgated and regulated by the Department of Personnel and Training
(DoPT), many organisations, such as Rajya Sainik Boards, were not accepting the
clarification issued by the Ministry of Defence and also not issuing them with
Ex-Servicemen identity cards or allowing them to avail various facilities
including age relaxation and reservation.
In the year 2012, the DoPT finally issued a fresh notification for the definition of ‘Ex-Servicemen’ and this time explicitly
included boarded out recruits to tide over the initial ambiguity.
After the issuance of the DoPT notification which
included within its ambit boarded out recruits also, most organisations started
providing the said benefit to boarded out recruits but some were still
reluctant to cover those who were released prior to the issuance of the DoPT notification
dated 04 Oct 2012.
The MoD has now clarified the issue in conjunction with
the DoPT vide its fresh letter issued on 18 March 2013 wherein it has been
ordained that all recruits boarded out on or after the issuance of the earlier
MoD letter dated 01 Feb 2006 would be covered under the said definition.
Though the subject has been clarified in the above terms,
in my opinion, boarded out recruits in receipt of disability pension would ipso
facto be included in the pre-existing definitions in force prior to 01 Feb 2006
too since unlike officer trainees, recruits are entitled to pay and disability pensionary
benefits as applicable to regular Sepoys and are also under the purview of the
Army Act and hence cannot treated differently than others. Even otherwise, the
MoD clarification issued on 01 Feb 2006 did not contain any cut-off date for
the applicability of the clarification which has now been superimposed through
back-door.
Does this include , any boarded out recruit irrespective of days under trg and what is the quantum of such disability pension ??? ,please !
ReplyDeleteImplications/effect is not understood after reading your very useful write up.
Being a regular visitor of u esteemed blog ,this thought has emerged. u r at liberty and it is u choice to respond or not publish the said "comment "
my thanks and salutes to BABUs
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ReplyDeleteMany thanks yet again for bringing out the hidden truths under which our system operates. Ambiguity prevails. I am trying to get an Ex-Serviceman medical facilities card made (Not ECHS),vide The authority to this is:
i) Appendix to Letter No.16307/DGAFMS/DG3A dt.26-08-93
ii) HQ Western Command Letter No. 46153/A1 dt.24-11-95 and
(iii)Min of Defence DGAFMS/DG-1C vide letter No. 4407 dt. 11-08-92
Whilst ZSWO New Delhi continues to issue the family card for SSC Officers, Mumbai and Jharkhand state that they are not aware of any such 'scheme'.
Please throw some light on the subject.
Warm Regards
Vikrant
New GO is issued on 7th july2014 which covers all recruits with disabilty pension for ex-serviceman status irrespective of date which they got discharged or boardout,please go to the dept of ex-serviceman welfare site where you will find the new GO.
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