Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Pay Commissions: Supreme Court upholds decision in favour of Major Generals

IN LIGHTER VEIN (WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT) - "VICTORY HAS A HUNDRED FATHERS -------" !!!

Dear "Report my Signal" (RMS),

On 20 Jan, 2009, "Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare" (DESW) issued yet another amendment to their famous letter of 11/11/2008, eventually making some sense in the revised pensions of pre-2006 retired Maj Gens and Lt Gens.

In RMS 085/2009 of 29 Jan, a distinguished comrade points out that it is his representation to the DESW which has done the trick, and he even goes on to thank the Additional Secretary, DESW for complying so very promptly with his suggestions. Then we have a recent note to RMS, from an eminent alumnus of even more eminent 1st JSW Course, informing us that it is the letter written by the '1st JSW Course Association', which has moved the powers that be, to do the right thing by the poor exploited Maj Gens and Lt Gens of pre-2006 vintage.

Yet another version aloat is that the lawyers representing the 23 original + 67 interlocutory Maj Gens in their well-known Supreme Court case sent a notice of contempt to the Defence Secretary and Army HQ on 12 Jan, 2009, which made the DESW act double-quick (ie, by 20 Jan) in raising the General Officers' pension, from below Cols, to a little above Brigs, thus avoiding a blatant violation of Supreme Court orders !

Well, take your choice of solutions to this 'whodunit' ! Someone could certainly say that " victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan" !!! But I say, " many hands make light work" (pun intended) , as the Chinese lecturer said, once the hall lights came on again, after the audience clapped all together at his instance !

Sincerely,
Maj Gen Rajendra Prakash (Retd)
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