Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 10:39 PM
Dear Colleagues,
After the publication/ dissemination of government orders putting Lt Colonels in PB-4, there have been many calls from the PBOR. One apprehends that some of them might sense a pro-officer tilt in the grant of benefits. I have written a letter to the Defence Minister May 26, 2009 on the subject. Extracts:
“ .... You would recall our meeting on 18th December 2008 ...
During the meeting you had mentioned that out of the four core issues projected by the Defence Services the following three would be agreed by the Government.
A) Enhanced weightage (70%) for PBOR pensioners
B) Up-gradation of Lt Colonels to PB-4
C) Placing a certain percentage of Lt Generals in HAG+ scale
It is noted that out of the above, government orders have already been issued for Serials B & C whereas there has been no progress on serial A. It just so happens that both benefits announced so far pertain to officers. This runs counter to the military ethos of ‘subordinate first’ as taught to all officer cadets during training and punctiliously followed thereafter. Unwittingly, this has also laid the government open to criticism by some motivated reports alleging that the government is deliberately doing this to create a divide between PBOR and officers. This is an unfortunate fallout of giving priority to issues pertaining to officers vis-à-vis PBOR.
May I request you to kindly have the government orders for implementation of enhanced weightage for the PBOR pensioners issued at the earliest...
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM
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