The much awaited orders on casualty
(disability) awards have been issued after resolution by the Anomalies
Committee.
Salient features-
For Pre-2016 pensioners:
(a) Disability and War Injury awards have been restored to the formula
as applicable to civilians. The rate shall now be revised to Old Award
as admissible on 31-12-2015 (under enhanced OROP rates based on the
percentage formula applicable at that time) X 2.57 with effect from
01-01-2016.
(b) Orders for notional percentage based calculations with fresh 7th
Central Pay Commission scales as the backdrop, not yet issued.
For Post-2016 pensioners:
(a) Broadbanding/rounding-off made applicable to all cases of disability/war
injury pension with effect from 01-01-2016 but only to post-2016 retirees (hence
as of now, status quo continues with respect to the legal position for Pre-2016
retirees).
(b) The percentage based rules for calculation of disability/war
injury/other casualty awards shall remain the same (percentage based) as were applicable
prior to 2016.
(c) Additional old age pension on attaining the age of 80 or above
restored for disability and war injury pensioners (however, the same has not
yet been restored for Pre-2016 retirees). Readers may recall, this confusion
and anomaly emanated due to a slip up by the military pay cells.
Both letters
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