News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Amit Mandal
Updated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:23 PM IST
Summary
It added that the ex-post facto approval of the Union Cabinet dated April 6, 2016 was also given by the Cabinet Secretariat on April 7, 2016.
The statement on the in-principle approval of One Rank-One Pension (OROP) for Defense Services was made by the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram on February 17, 2014, without the recommendation of the then Union Cabinet. The Center gave this information to the Supreme Court on Monday. However, the Center in its additional affidavit filed in the pending matter on OROP said that the Cabinet Secretariat had conveyed the Prime Minister’s approval on November 7, 2015.
In the affidavit, the Center said, we wish to state that this statement (statement of the then Finance Minister dated February 17, 2014) was not based on any decision or recommendation of the then Union Cabinet. On the other hand, the Cabinet Secretariat conveyed the approval of the Prime Minister in terms of Rule 12 of the Government of India (Business Rules) 1961 on 7th November, 2015. Subsequently, the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defense, vide communication dated November 7, 2015, conveyed the policy of OROP for Defense Forces personnel, it said.
It added that the ex-post facto approval of the Union Cabinet dated April 6, 2016 was also given by the Cabinet Secretariat on April 7, 2016. This clarification was given by the Center by a bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud on February 16 while hearing a PIL filed by the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) asking the government to clarify whether it was on February 17, 2014. The statement made by the then Finance Minister to the State was based on a decision or recommendation of the Union Cabinet.
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The statement on the in-principle approval of One Rank-One Pension (OROP) for Defense Services was made by the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram on February 17, 2014, without the recommendation of the then Union Cabinet. The Center gave this information to the Supreme Court on Monday. However, the Center in its additional affidavit filed in the pending matter on OROP said that the Cabinet Secretariat had conveyed the Prime Minister’s approval on November 7, 2015.
In the affidavit, the Center said, we wish to state that this statement (statement of the then Finance Minister dated February 17, 2014) was not based on any decision or recommendation of the then Union Cabinet. On the other hand, the Cabinet Secretariat conveyed the approval of the Prime Minister in terms of Rule 12 of the Government of India (Business Rules) 1961 on 7th November, 2015. Subsequently, the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defense, vide communication dated November 7, 2015, conveyed the policy of OROP for Defense Forces personnel, it said.
It added that the ex-post facto approval of the Union Cabinet dated April 6, 2016 was also given by the Cabinet Secretariat on April 7, 2016. This clarification was given by the Center by a bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud on February 16 while hearing a PIL filed by the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) asking the government to clarify whether it was on February 17, 2014. The statement made by the then Finance Minister to the State was based on a decision or recommendation of the Union Cabinet.