Thursday, June 24, 2010
Press Conference by Ex-Solders, Sailors and Airmen Association at Patiala on 26-06-2010 at 11:45 AM Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Dear Veterans,
Regards.
Ex-Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Association (Regd.), in collaboration with Indian Ex-Services League, Punjab & Chandigarh, will hold a wide ranging Press Conference at Patiala on 26th June, 2010 at 11:45 AM to highlight the anomalies in circular no. 430 dated 10-03-2010 in which certain junior ranks have been authorized more pension than the senior ranks, to seek its implementation w.e.f. 01-01-1996 and its applicability to widow and reservist also. Association will seek a minimum pension of Rs. 4600/- in place of Rs. 3500/-. Association will also demand the removal of condition of ten months pay for fixation of pension and grant of pension to Hony. Naib Sub. equal to a regular Naib Sub. which the govt. has already agreed in principal. A large no. of News Paper correspondents and representative of T.V. channels are likely to attend the press conference.
Veteran Malkiat Singh
Gen. Secretary
Ex-Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Association
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Defence pensioners not being paid correct amount of pension- Gagandeep Ahuja Punjab News Online: Vet. Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Defence pensioners not being paid correct amount of pension, alleges association. Gagandeep Ahuja
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
PATIALA: Ex-Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Association has detected during, a survey held in last month, that a number of defence pensioners, particularly family pensioners, were not being paid correct amount of pension and there are glaring discrepancies in some cases.
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd. President, Ex. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Association said in a press release that in one such case, Rajinder Kaur, War Widow of Flt. Lt. Gurbax Singh, a General Duty Pilot and War Hero of 1965- War fame, was noticed of being paid a pension of Rs. 3500/- only without element of D.A. i.e. less than an Ordinary Pension of a Sepoy's widow instead of Liberalized Pension of Flt. Lt. (War Causality). Her husband was killed in action on 9th September, 1965 during the war with Pakistan.This case involved the negligencey on the part of Pension Sanctioning Authority i.e. PCDA (Pension, Allahabad) and then Pension Disbursing Authority i.e. State Bank of Patiala, Dharampura Br. Patiala which failed to pay her D.A. on the meager pension, erroneously, granted to her by PCDA (Pension), for the last about four decades.The Association immediately took up the case of payment of D.A. on present pension, with P.D.A. i.e. SBOP, Patiala and got the error rectified, to a great relief resulting in to payment of huge amount of arrear to the widow.
The case of enhanced pension to the war widow, Rajinder Kaur, is being taken up by the Association with PCDA, (Pension) Allahabad, along with another case of Stoppage of Service Pension of to Chief Petty Officer, Jaswant Singh, whose pension was stopped by Treasury Officer, Faridkot, the then Pension Disbursing Authority, in year 1974. The Ex-servicemen, who is above 70 years old now, drew his pension for one year and went abroad and returned after ten years to find his pension stopped. He requested his PDA to get his pension restored as per the law but got no response. He then tried his best for about twenty years by writing to various authorities related with the pension but of no avail. During this period his PDA i.e. Treasury Officer, Faridkot misplaced his pension record and washed his hands by making an entry in the pension register that his pension papers were dispatched to PSB. Since then the ex-serviceman is running from pillar to post and writing every one who could help him.
Now he has approached this Association for help to get his pension restored. The Association is planning to take up both these cases with the Pension Adalat going to be held in the month of July, 2010 at Pathankot and to write to the concerned authorities in due course.Earlier the organization helped Late. Sub.Sher Singh of Patiala and Late. Ranjit Kaur of Amloh to get them the correct amount of pansion. Late. Sub. Sher Singh of State Forces was being paid Sepoy's pension since long. He got relief through the Association, though belated i.e. a month prior to his deathSimilarly Smt. Ranjit Kaur, widow of Sub. Gurdial Singh, was also being paid the pension of Sepoy's widow which was got enhanced by the Association, that too at the fag end of her life, about two months before her deathThe Association is planning to conduct a detailed survey during the next six months in Punjab through its block level functionaries and submit a consolidated report to Director, (Pension), Deptt. of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
PATIALA: Ex-Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Association has detected during, a survey held in last month, that a number of defence pensioners, particularly family pensioners, were not being paid correct amount of pension and there are glaring discrepancies in some cases.
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd. President, Ex. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Association said in a press release that in one such case, Rajinder Kaur, War Widow of Flt. Lt. Gurbax Singh, a General Duty Pilot and War Hero of 1965- War fame, was noticed of being paid a pension of Rs. 3500/- only without element of D.A. i.e. less than an Ordinary Pension of a Sepoy's widow instead of Liberalized Pension of Flt. Lt. (War Causality). Her husband was killed in action on 9th September, 1965 during the war with Pakistan.This case involved the negligencey on the part of Pension Sanctioning Authority i.e. PCDA (Pension, Allahabad) and then Pension Disbursing Authority i.e. State Bank of Patiala, Dharampura Br. Patiala which failed to pay her D.A. on the meager pension, erroneously, granted to her by PCDA (Pension), for the last about four decades.The Association immediately took up the case of payment of D.A. on present pension, with P.D.A. i.e. SBOP, Patiala and got the error rectified, to a great relief resulting in to payment of huge amount of arrear to the widow.
The case of enhanced pension to the war widow, Rajinder Kaur, is being taken up by the Association with PCDA, (Pension) Allahabad, along with another case of Stoppage of Service Pension of to Chief Petty Officer, Jaswant Singh, whose pension was stopped by Treasury Officer, Faridkot, the then Pension Disbursing Authority, in year 1974. The Ex-servicemen, who is above 70 years old now, drew his pension for one year and went abroad and returned after ten years to find his pension stopped. He requested his PDA to get his pension restored as per the law but got no response. He then tried his best for about twenty years by writing to various authorities related with the pension but of no avail. During this period his PDA i.e. Treasury Officer, Faridkot misplaced his pension record and washed his hands by making an entry in the pension register that his pension papers were dispatched to PSB. Since then the ex-serviceman is running from pillar to post and writing every one who could help him.
Now he has approached this Association for help to get his pension restored. The Association is planning to take up both these cases with the Pension Adalat going to be held in the month of July, 2010 at Pathankot and to write to the concerned authorities in due course.Earlier the organization helped Late. Sub.Sher Singh of Patiala and Late. Ranjit Kaur of Amloh to get them the correct amount of pansion. Late. Sub. Sher Singh of State Forces was being paid Sepoy's pension since long. He got relief through the Association, though belated i.e. a month prior to his deathSimilarly Smt. Ranjit Kaur, widow of Sub. Gurdial Singh, was also being paid the pension of Sepoy's widow which was got enhanced by the Association, that too at the fag end of her life, about two months before her deathThe Association is planning to conduct a detailed survey during the next six months in Punjab through its block level functionaries and submit a consolidated report to Director, (Pension), Deptt. of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Monday, May 17, 2010
A Must Read for All from Navdeep's Blog :Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Whither landmark ? Victory or Defeat ?
More loyal than the king would be an apt expression to describe some actions of our official establishment. There are instances when instead of expressing sorrow or moving into a mode of introspection, we end up in a manner of jubilation, not realising that we are celebrating the kingdom of the dead, our graves, our loss, our defeat, and something which directly negatively affects us.I am talking of a recent communication from Delhi to all Record and legal offices, which I am told, in a manner of jubilation, celebrates the verdict of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a case wherein it was held that an old deceased schizophrenic soldier was not entitled to disability pension that had been granted to him by a division bench of the Hon’ble Kerala High Court. Damodaran AV was the name of this solider. The communication from Delhi has termed the judgement which has declined benefits to a deceased veteran as ‘landmark’. Before coming to the judgement, I would like to know if anyone has ever seen any official communication terming a beneficial judgment as ‘landmark’ or educating the environment about any favourable judgement which may affect a large section of the service community positively, chances are close to nil. But negativity is the sign of the times I must say.Now I’ll come to the judgement. The Hon’ble Apex Court, in Union of India Vs Damodaran AV (Dead) has held that the deceased soldier was not entitled to disability pension since the medical board had termed the disability as neither attributable to, nor aggravated by service, and that the deceased had not challenged or assailed the opinion of the medical board per se. Attributability or aggravation of a disability is the primary condition for grant of disability pension. The Apex Court also held that the medical board had provided detailed opinion about the disease and how it was not attributable or aggravated by service. In other words, the Hon’ble Court has held that the deceased had not contested the correctness of the opinion of the board and hence was not entitled to relief against the said findings since those were never challenged. The verdict, though termed landmark by the official establishment, is a mere re-iteration of earlier judgements of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in cases such as Balachandaran Nair, Keshar Singh, Baljit Singh, Chinna etc holding that the opinion of the medical board shall have primacy and cannot be brushed aside lightly. True and totally correct. But what happens when the medical board does not adhere to the applicable rules and the statement of non-attributability is prima-facie perverse or in contravention of provisions of law ? This is where the Hon’ble Courts have to intervene, and they have been doing so in the greater interest of justice. In Damodaran’s case, the Supreme Court has not laid down any new law and has simply opined that since the medical board had provided complete reasons for declaring the disability as ‘neither attributable, nor aggravated’ and that the deceased had not challenged the decision or findings of the medical board, it was not proper to hold the disability attributable or aggravated by military service. Damodaran’s case hence has no application where a person challenges the fact that the medical board had not adhered to the applicable rules. The law discussed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the primacy of the medical board has been discussed and distinguished earlier. The following from Naveen Chandra Vs Union of India is pertinent to the cause :-“The primacy of medical opinion expressed by the Medical Board constituted in light of the above principles can hardly be disputed. The respondents have heavily relied upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension) and Ors v. S Balachandaran Nair to contend that the opinion of the Medical Board is final and cannot be questioned before the Court. The principle of law enunciated by the Supreme Court in this case is not a matter of controversy and in any case is binding on the Courts. Their Lordships have clearly indicated that the view expressed by the Medical Board has primacy and would be respected by the Courts. There can be no doubt to the proposition that for the opinion of the Medical Board to attain its primacy as afore-referred, it must be in conformity with the statutory provisions framed by the competent authorities. If a report is ex-facie not in conformity with the various regulations and is not supported by any investigative or diagnostic evidence and is arbitrary or ex-facie perverse then it cannot be permitted to have the same value as indicated in the various judgments of the High Courts as well as the Supreme Court”
Moreover, even in Union of India Vs Neki Ram (AIR 2004 SC 1235), the Hon’ble Supreme Court had agreed with the presumption that a disease had been aggravated by service even when the medical board had replied in the negative, the Court also held that there was no material to rebut the presumption of attributability. In Union of India Vs Ranjit Singh, a Division Bench of the Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court had held that the medical board must be self contained and well reasoned and in that very case, the Hon’ble Court held the petitioner entitled for disability pension for schizophrenia. The said judgement was challenged by the Union of India before the Hon’ble Supreme Court which was pleased to dismiss the said SLP on 11-02-2010, albeit on technical grounds but much after the Damodaran AV case (20-08-2009).It is anyway time for the official establishment to trash this theory that the opinion of the medical board is supreme. It is not the medical board which has to determine attributability or aggravation but the Entitlement Rules. The said rules have been discussed in detail on this blog earlier. If medical boards are to be given a free run then there is no requirement of regulatory clauses in the rule book. We in India still have a long way to go, our system of attributability and aggravation determination is still stuck in the primitive times, or else what else could justify the basis of determining say heart diseases on the basis of a paper called the ‘14 days charter of duties’ ? The attributability / aggravation of complicated heart problems in the Indian military is determined by what activities a person had indulged in the last 14 days prior to the onset / discovery of the disease ? Is this medical science or some tantric mumbo-jumbo ? Does the medical establishment feel that the cause of heart diseases could be made out from two weeks in a person’s life ? It is common knowledge that heart diseases manifest over a long period of time, isn’t it time to shun these outdated practices and deal with such situations with a more scientific and humane approach ? Medical boards have been rejecting attributability and aggravation with words such as ‘constitutional’ or ‘idiopathic’ and this is what the Principal Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal had to say about this practice in a recent case :-“There is mandate to the medical board to provide cogent reason for it and not cryptic, slipshod or vague reasons by a covering expression ‘not applicable’ or ‘constitutional’ ”Then there is the tendency to thrust one’s thought process on others in the system and on to the affected parties without deep analysis of issues. An officer wakes up one day, drafts a letter which he or she thinks is the epitome of intelligence, floats a minute sheet, gets it approved on file and viola we have a ‘policy decision’ which is imposed on others who sadly have no say in the arrangement. Or else what could explain letters from the office of DGAFMS asking medical boards not to grant attributability or aggravation to disabilities such as hypertension if the onset is not in a field / high altitude area, when on the contrary, the rule governing the issue states the below mentioned :-“For the purpose of determining whether the cause of a disability or death is or is not attributable to service, it is immaterial whether the cause giving rise to the disability or death occurred in an area declared to be a field service/active service area or under normal peace conditions”So what should prevail over medical boards, the bright-morning idea of the gentleman who signed the policy letter or the rule extracted above ? It is sad but it is such illegal letters which are prevailing over our system than the actual rules.Which brings me back to the subject on celebrating the judgement in Damodaran’s case. The official communication circulated all over the country calls upon record offices and others to file appeals and reviews in cases where the medical board has held a disability as ‘neither attributable to, nor aggravated by service’ and still Hon’ble Courts have granted disability pension. The approach is wrong, misconceived, misplaced and misdirected. The Apex Court has not given any blanket chit for acceptance of medical boards in the said judgement, it has simply stated that in that particular case, medical opinion had to be accepted since no infirmity or non-adherence to rules was pointed out by the Petitioner. The judgement has no universal application and is not even intended to be ‘landmark’ for it lays down no new law.When there are truly landmark judgements rendered, we see no affirmative action. When in the year 1993, the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in Sapper Mohinder Singh’s case, had held that administrative bodies such as the Medical Advisor(Pensions) or PCDA(Pensions) Allahabad shall have no power to sit over the opinion of a medical board or reverse attributability / aggravation granted by a medical board or to reduce the percentage granted by a medical board, the official establishment took 12 years to change the system and the powers of PCDA(P) were finally abrogated in 2005, it is another matter that the powers were then instead granted to the govt – from Caesar to Caesar’s wife. We never heard the term ‘landmark’ for this progressive judgement then and for 12 years nobody acted on the same when time and again Courts deprecated this practice of govt, and here we are, a judgement is pronounced when benefits granted to a disabled veteran are set aside and our own people jump with joy in their seats and term it ‘landmark’ ? I repeat, more loyal than the king.I for one feel that it is this remark by the Hon’ble Supreme Court rendered on 31-03-2010 in Union of India Vs Capt C S Sidhu, which truly reflects the state of affairs today : “Before parting with this case, we regret to say that the army officers and army men in our country are being treated in a shabby manner by the government. In this case, the respondent, who was posted at a high altitude field area and met with an accident during discharge of his duties, was granted a meagre pension as stated in Annexure-P3 to this appeal. This is a pittance (about Rs. 1000/- per month plus D.A). If this is the manner in which the army personnel are treated, it can only be said that it is extremely unfortunate. The army personnel are bravely defending the country even at the cost of their lives and we feel that they should be treated in a better and more humane manner by the governmental authorities, particularly, in respect of their emoluments, pension and other benefits.”No one from the officialdom circulated the above remarks, even for the sake of introspection. We should all realise that we, particularly the ones serving the govt, uniformed and civilian, shall retire one day and would be a part of these very retirees whose small little defeats we are celebrating. In fact, to put it the other way round, it is not a celebration of victory of the mighty Union over a dead solider of the lowest rate, it is the celebration of our own defeat. The current state of affairs is landmark in that sense for sure.
Whither landmark ? Victory or Defeat ?
More loyal than the king would be an apt expression to describe some actions of our official establishment. There are instances when instead of expressing sorrow or moving into a mode of introspection, we end up in a manner of jubilation, not realising that we are celebrating the kingdom of the dead, our graves, our loss, our defeat, and something which directly negatively affects us.I am talking of a recent communication from Delhi to all Record and legal offices, which I am told, in a manner of jubilation, celebrates the verdict of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a case wherein it was held that an old deceased schizophrenic soldier was not entitled to disability pension that had been granted to him by a division bench of the Hon’ble Kerala High Court. Damodaran AV was the name of this solider. The communication from Delhi has termed the judgement which has declined benefits to a deceased veteran as ‘landmark’. Before coming to the judgement, I would like to know if anyone has ever seen any official communication terming a beneficial judgment as ‘landmark’ or educating the environment about any favourable judgement which may affect a large section of the service community positively, chances are close to nil. But negativity is the sign of the times I must say.Now I’ll come to the judgement. The Hon’ble Apex Court, in Union of India Vs Damodaran AV (Dead) has held that the deceased soldier was not entitled to disability pension since the medical board had termed the disability as neither attributable to, nor aggravated by service, and that the deceased had not challenged or assailed the opinion of the medical board per se. Attributability or aggravation of a disability is the primary condition for grant of disability pension. The Apex Court also held that the medical board had provided detailed opinion about the disease and how it was not attributable or aggravated by service. In other words, the Hon’ble Court has held that the deceased had not contested the correctness of the opinion of the board and hence was not entitled to relief against the said findings since those were never challenged. The verdict, though termed landmark by the official establishment, is a mere re-iteration of earlier judgements of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in cases such as Balachandaran Nair, Keshar Singh, Baljit Singh, Chinna etc holding that the opinion of the medical board shall have primacy and cannot be brushed aside lightly. True and totally correct. But what happens when the medical board does not adhere to the applicable rules and the statement of non-attributability is prima-facie perverse or in contravention of provisions of law ? This is where the Hon’ble Courts have to intervene, and they have been doing so in the greater interest of justice. In Damodaran’s case, the Supreme Court has not laid down any new law and has simply opined that since the medical board had provided complete reasons for declaring the disability as ‘neither attributable, nor aggravated’ and that the deceased had not challenged the decision or findings of the medical board, it was not proper to hold the disability attributable or aggravated by military service. Damodaran’s case hence has no application where a person challenges the fact that the medical board had not adhered to the applicable rules. The law discussed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the primacy of the medical board has been discussed and distinguished earlier. The following from Naveen Chandra Vs Union of India is pertinent to the cause :-“The primacy of medical opinion expressed by the Medical Board constituted in light of the above principles can hardly be disputed. The respondents have heavily relied upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension) and Ors v. S Balachandaran Nair to contend that the opinion of the Medical Board is final and cannot be questioned before the Court. The principle of law enunciated by the Supreme Court in this case is not a matter of controversy and in any case is binding on the Courts. Their Lordships have clearly indicated that the view expressed by the Medical Board has primacy and would be respected by the Courts. There can be no doubt to the proposition that for the opinion of the Medical Board to attain its primacy as afore-referred, it must be in conformity with the statutory provisions framed by the competent authorities. If a report is ex-facie not in conformity with the various regulations and is not supported by any investigative or diagnostic evidence and is arbitrary or ex-facie perverse then it cannot be permitted to have the same value as indicated in the various judgments of the High Courts as well as the Supreme Court”
Moreover, even in Union of India Vs Neki Ram (AIR 2004 SC 1235), the Hon’ble Supreme Court had agreed with the presumption that a disease had been aggravated by service even when the medical board had replied in the negative, the Court also held that there was no material to rebut the presumption of attributability. In Union of India Vs Ranjit Singh, a Division Bench of the Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court had held that the medical board must be self contained and well reasoned and in that very case, the Hon’ble Court held the petitioner entitled for disability pension for schizophrenia. The said judgement was challenged by the Union of India before the Hon’ble Supreme Court which was pleased to dismiss the said SLP on 11-02-2010, albeit on technical grounds but much after the Damodaran AV case (20-08-2009).It is anyway time for the official establishment to trash this theory that the opinion of the medical board is supreme. It is not the medical board which has to determine attributability or aggravation but the Entitlement Rules. The said rules have been discussed in detail on this blog earlier. If medical boards are to be given a free run then there is no requirement of regulatory clauses in the rule book. We in India still have a long way to go, our system of attributability and aggravation determination is still stuck in the primitive times, or else what else could justify the basis of determining say heart diseases on the basis of a paper called the ‘14 days charter of duties’ ? The attributability / aggravation of complicated heart problems in the Indian military is determined by what activities a person had indulged in the last 14 days prior to the onset / discovery of the disease ? Is this medical science or some tantric mumbo-jumbo ? Does the medical establishment feel that the cause of heart diseases could be made out from two weeks in a person’s life ? It is common knowledge that heart diseases manifest over a long period of time, isn’t it time to shun these outdated practices and deal with such situations with a more scientific and humane approach ? Medical boards have been rejecting attributability and aggravation with words such as ‘constitutional’ or ‘idiopathic’ and this is what the Principal Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal had to say about this practice in a recent case :-“There is mandate to the medical board to provide cogent reason for it and not cryptic, slipshod or vague reasons by a covering expression ‘not applicable’ or ‘constitutional’ ”Then there is the tendency to thrust one’s thought process on others in the system and on to the affected parties without deep analysis of issues. An officer wakes up one day, drafts a letter which he or she thinks is the epitome of intelligence, floats a minute sheet, gets it approved on file and viola we have a ‘policy decision’ which is imposed on others who sadly have no say in the arrangement. Or else what could explain letters from the office of DGAFMS asking medical boards not to grant attributability or aggravation to disabilities such as hypertension if the onset is not in a field / high altitude area, when on the contrary, the rule governing the issue states the below mentioned :-“For the purpose of determining whether the cause of a disability or death is or is not attributable to service, it is immaterial whether the cause giving rise to the disability or death occurred in an area declared to be a field service/active service area or under normal peace conditions”So what should prevail over medical boards, the bright-morning idea of the gentleman who signed the policy letter or the rule extracted above ? It is sad but it is such illegal letters which are prevailing over our system than the actual rules.Which brings me back to the subject on celebrating the judgement in Damodaran’s case. The official communication circulated all over the country calls upon record offices and others to file appeals and reviews in cases where the medical board has held a disability as ‘neither attributable to, nor aggravated by service’ and still Hon’ble Courts have granted disability pension. The approach is wrong, misconceived, misplaced and misdirected. The Apex Court has not given any blanket chit for acceptance of medical boards in the said judgement, it has simply stated that in that particular case, medical opinion had to be accepted since no infirmity or non-adherence to rules was pointed out by the Petitioner. The judgement has no universal application and is not even intended to be ‘landmark’ for it lays down no new law.When there are truly landmark judgements rendered, we see no affirmative action. When in the year 1993, the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in Sapper Mohinder Singh’s case, had held that administrative bodies such as the Medical Advisor(Pensions) or PCDA(Pensions) Allahabad shall have no power to sit over the opinion of a medical board or reverse attributability / aggravation granted by a medical board or to reduce the percentage granted by a medical board, the official establishment took 12 years to change the system and the powers of PCDA(P) were finally abrogated in 2005, it is another matter that the powers were then instead granted to the govt – from Caesar to Caesar’s wife. We never heard the term ‘landmark’ for this progressive judgement then and for 12 years nobody acted on the same when time and again Courts deprecated this practice of govt, and here we are, a judgement is pronounced when benefits granted to a disabled veteran are set aside and our own people jump with joy in their seats and term it ‘landmark’ ? I repeat, more loyal than the king.I for one feel that it is this remark by the Hon’ble Supreme Court rendered on 31-03-2010 in Union of India Vs Capt C S Sidhu, which truly reflects the state of affairs today : “Before parting with this case, we regret to say that the army officers and army men in our country are being treated in a shabby manner by the government. In this case, the respondent, who was posted at a high altitude field area and met with an accident during discharge of his duties, was granted a meagre pension as stated in Annexure-P3 to this appeal. This is a pittance (about Rs. 1000/- per month plus D.A). If this is the manner in which the army personnel are treated, it can only be said that it is extremely unfortunate. The army personnel are bravely defending the country even at the cost of their lives and we feel that they should be treated in a better and more humane manner by the governmental authorities, particularly, in respect of their emoluments, pension and other benefits.”No one from the officialdom circulated the above remarks, even for the sake of introspection. We should all realise that we, particularly the ones serving the govt, uniformed and civilian, shall retire one day and would be a part of these very retirees whose small little defeats we are celebrating. In fact, to put it the other way round, it is not a celebration of victory of the mighty Union over a dead solider of the lowest rate, it is the celebration of our own defeat. The current state of affairs is landmark in that sense for sure.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Pension Enhancement Close to One Rank One Pension Demand, says Govt: Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Pension Enhancement Close to One Rank
One Pension Demand, says Govt:
Pension Enhancement Close to One Rank One Pension
Demand,says Govt:In a move that will bring relief to over
12 lakhex-servicemen, the Defence Ministry has issued
orders to implement pending pensionary benefits to them
involving an annual expenditure of about Rs 2,200 crore.
The decision followed recommendations by a high-level
committee and recent assurance in this regard in the
Lok Sabha by Prim Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh.
With these orders, the ministry has implemented all
the seven recommendationsof the committee headed by
Cabinet Secretary Mr. K M Chandrasekhar on pensions,
which would now be close to the ‘One Rank-One Pension’
demand of ex-servicemen, senior ministry officials said
today.“The Defence Ministry issued the orders on March 8
this year to implement the remaining two of the seven
suggestions of the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar-
headed committee on‘One Rank-One Pension’ demand,”
they said.The two recommendations for which the orders
were issued werbringing parity between pension of pre- and
post-October 10, 1997, personnel below officer rank, and
further improving their pensions based on award of Group
of Ministers in 2006.To queries on the order, Defence
Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said implementation
of the orders would not only significantly reduce the gap
between the past and current pensioners, but would also
considerably improve the pension of ex-servicemen including
disabled pensioners.
One Pension Demand, says Govt:
Pension Enhancement Close to One Rank One Pension
Demand,says Govt:In a move that will bring relief to over
12 lakhex-servicemen, the Defence Ministry has issued
orders to implement pending pensionary benefits to them
involving an annual expenditure of about Rs 2,200 crore.
The decision followed recommendations by a high-level
committee and recent assurance in this regard in the
Lok Sabha by Prim Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh.
With these orders, the ministry has implemented all
the seven recommendationsof the committee headed by
Cabinet Secretary Mr. K M Chandrasekhar on pensions,
which would now be close to the ‘One Rank-One Pension’
demand of ex-servicemen, senior ministry officials said
today.“The Defence Ministry issued the orders on March 8
this year to implement the remaining two of the seven
suggestions of the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar-
headed committee on‘One Rank-One Pension’ demand,”
they said.The two recommendations for which the orders
were issued werbringing parity between pension of pre- and
post-October 10, 1997, personnel below officer rank, and
further improving their pensions based on award of Group
of Ministers in 2006.To queries on the order, Defence
Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said implementation
of the orders would not only significantly reduce the gap
between the past and current pensioners, but would also
considerably improve the pension of ex-servicemen including
disabled pensioners.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
IESL: Plea to Defence Minister to resolve Pension Disparity :Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
IESL: Plea to Defence Minister to resolve Pension Disparity
Please see the enclosed analysis (Appendix ‘A’) which shows the arbitrary manner in which the pension issue has been dealt with and the wide disparity that has crept in, instead of bridging the gap. The only solution to the emotive issue of parity in pension is to revise the pension as suggested in the analysis mentioned above.Unfortunate it is that, a few of us have chosen to agitate, but it is more with a view to focus your attention than to confront. My personal apprehensions are that the perceived indifference of the Government to the just pension demand of the Armed Forces Veterans should not distort the military ethos of the ESM community. It is but prudence to use this highly disciplined, passionately patriotic, deeply motivated and equally skilled community in the nation building. You have the vision to do just that.I believe that the Government owes parity in pension to us, as we the ESM neither have the platform from which we can project our issues nor do we like to go to the streets, staging all kinds of demonstrations. Please spend some time to understand the adverse impact the disparity in pension has on the livelihood and pride of the ESM, who have sacrificed much of their youthful years for the sake of defending the Nation. Almost 2.4 million of ESM stand to lose or gain by your appreciation of the issue.Wishing you all the best and with regards,Yours sincerely,Sd RN RadhakrishnanAddressed to: Sri AK Antony, The Defence Minister, GOI.Read the full text of Letter and Appendixclick here
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Please see the enclosed analysis (Appendix ‘A’) which shows the arbitrary manner in which the pension issue has been dealt with and the wide disparity that has crept in, instead of bridging the gap. The only solution to the emotive issue of parity in pension is to revise the pension as suggested in the analysis mentioned above.Unfortunate it is that, a few of us have chosen to agitate, but it is more with a view to focus your attention than to confront. My personal apprehensions are that the perceived indifference of the Government to the just pension demand of the Armed Forces Veterans should not distort the military ethos of the ESM community. It is but prudence to use this highly disciplined, passionately patriotic, deeply motivated and equally skilled community in the nation building. You have the vision to do just that.I believe that the Government owes parity in pension to us, as we the ESM neither have the platform from which we can project our issues nor do we like to go to the streets, staging all kinds of demonstrations. Please spend some time to understand the adverse impact the disparity in pension has on the livelihood and pride of the ESM, who have sacrificed much of their youthful years for the sake of defending the Nation. Almost 2.4 million of ESM stand to lose or gain by your appreciation of the issue.Wishing you all the best and with regards,Yours sincerely,Sd RN RadhakrishnanAddressed to: Sri AK Antony, The Defence Minister, GOI.Read the full text of Letter and Appendixclick here
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An ode to the Indian soldiers of World War I :Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
An ode to the Indian soldiers of World War I
Hasan Suroor Visitors to a new exhibition dedicated to Indian soldiers wounded during the First World War while serving in the British army will be struck by the following caption to a photograph: “Care was taken over religious and cultural differences of troops from British India. Hindus and Muslims had separate water supplies and patients were treated by orderlies from their own caste or faith.”Was it thoughtful regard for Indian cultural sensitivities? Or was there a deeper political move to perpetuate the divisive religious and caste practices among the “natives”?Whatever the motive, soldiers themselves were apparently quite pleased with the arrangement. One wrote to his family: “Don't be anxious about me…we're all very well looked after. Our hospital is the place where the king used to have his throne.”The exhibition is at Brighton's famous Royal Pavilion, once a royal seaside retreat and converted into a military hospital to treat wounded Indian soldiers, is aimed at creating a greater awareness about Indian contribution to the war effort. “We want them [people] to recognise, in the first instance, and be aware of what Indian soldiers did for this country. That's very important because it is a footnote in the First World War and needs to be exposed a little more,” Davinder Dhillon, an official, told the BBC.More than 4,000 Indian soldiers were treated at the Royal Pavilion and other buildings in the Brighton area from December 1914 to February 1916. They were said to have been so impressed with their grand surroundings that some compared them to “paradise”.An ode to the Indian soldiers of World War I. Subedar Manta Singh: 2nd Sikh Royal Infantry: Manta Singh was born in the Punjab, northern India. In 1907, as soon as he left the village school, he joined the 2nd Sikh Royal Infantry. By August 1914, when the German army invaded Belgium and France, Manta held the rank of Subedar, and his regiment was part of the Indian Expeditionary Force sent to France Participants from the Indian subcontinent in the First World War
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Hasan Suroor Visitors to a new exhibition dedicated to Indian soldiers wounded during the First World War while serving in the British army will be struck by the following caption to a photograph: “Care was taken over religious and cultural differences of troops from British India. Hindus and Muslims had separate water supplies and patients were treated by orderlies from their own caste or faith.”Was it thoughtful regard for Indian cultural sensitivities? Or was there a deeper political move to perpetuate the divisive religious and caste practices among the “natives”?Whatever the motive, soldiers themselves were apparently quite pleased with the arrangement. One wrote to his family: “Don't be anxious about me…we're all very well looked after. Our hospital is the place where the king used to have his throne.”The exhibition is at Brighton's famous Royal Pavilion, once a royal seaside retreat and converted into a military hospital to treat wounded Indian soldiers, is aimed at creating a greater awareness about Indian contribution to the war effort. “We want them [people] to recognise, in the first instance, and be aware of what Indian soldiers did for this country. That's very important because it is a footnote in the First World War and needs to be exposed a little more,” Davinder Dhillon, an official, told the BBC.More than 4,000 Indian soldiers were treated at the Royal Pavilion and other buildings in the Brighton area from December 1914 to February 1916. They were said to have been so impressed with their grand surroundings that some compared them to “paradise”.An ode to the Indian soldiers of World War I. Subedar Manta Singh: 2nd Sikh Royal Infantry: Manta Singh was born in the Punjab, northern India. In 1907, as soon as he left the village school, he joined the 2nd Sikh Royal Infantry. By August 1914, when the German army invaded Belgium and France, Manta held the rank of Subedar, and his regiment was part of the Indian Expeditionary Force sent to France Participants from the Indian subcontinent in the First World War
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Unit run CSD Canteen Trichy: Smart Cards out Smarted! :Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Unit run CSD Canteen Trichy: Smart Cards out Smarted!
Unit run Canteen OFT, Trichy Posted: 2010-02-01 by Gopinathan Vijaya Kumar smuggling out of canteen items to outside petty tradersIt is shocking to say that, one of the general trader in and around in the vicinity of CSD canteen run by Ordnance Factory Trichy found selling the CSD items in the MRP. Further on the reliable information, it is ascertained that, the firm is getting all the CSD general items from the above said canteen with the connivance of some staff of the OFT for years past and till continuing.unit run canteen OFT, TrichyUnit run CSK Canteen, TrichyRespected Sir,Kindly read this mail with patience and caution. Now I am going to reveal some secret problems to be dealt with. The problems are related to corruptions done in CSK Canteen, Trichy division.From our canteen many liqour bottles have been corrupted with the influence of the manager. A dealer buys 10 bottles for 400 Rs. Even inside the canteen kitchen they are selling in pegs. They are minting money through this illegal business. All the bottles are going out with the knowledge and prior permission of the manager. The main culprit is A.JOHN LOUIS. He is the security in Tanjore canteen. Now at present he is in Trichy canteen. He is the right and left hand of the manager. The customers who apply for smart card will use paper cards until the smart card is given to them. With help of those numbers from the paper card the customers buy goods.After the purchase is over the paper card will be locked.Per day not even 10 paper cards will be circulated but they prepare 20 to 30 paper cards and buy lots of liquors and sell it outside illegaly. This is done with the help of the manager. The person who possess a little computer knowledge can find all these corruptions easily.For Eg.On 11/03/2010 only three paper cards have been entered.PAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAMEGRO2426 10163329 Late.Mariyappan (P.C no.02426)GRO1658 60838 Late.Jaganathan 7142 148258862 Chauhan AjmalBut there are more number of cards been entered, they arePAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAME14264168 6875 Sivakumar14264168A 06875 Sivakumar1706141 2285 Shanmuga vadivu0007 JC196014 A.Sundaram2187 13937312 A.Louis21940 7031774A Nithyanandham219400 219400 Nithyanandham4774 2199651 R.Krishnasamy4774A 219965A R.K.SamyThis smart card maintanence is done by Mr.Kaalamegam. A 67 age old man who is working since 2003 but the shocking news is that he is not a canteen staff. He is the binami of manager Mr.Balraj.Manager G.Balraj and Kaalamegam will not give smart card to the customers at once. They will use the customer's smart card for 2 to 3 months and buy the goods and sell them outside. There are some brokers who get commission of about Rs.100 per Rs.1000. Per day they sell goods worth Rs.50,000 and gain a commission of Rs.5,000. Their average commission per month will exceed more than Rs.1,00,000. They have 2 to 3 contractors for moving the goods. Everything is done with the knowledge of watchman LOUIS. He collects Rs.500 per negotiation. From the year 2004-2005 each customer was given separate card for liquor and goods.But the watchman will only give goods card and keep the liquor card with himself.When the customer claims for the liquor card they give a new one. If you raid the manager's house you can get 100's of liquor cards. They have minted more amount of money with the help of these liqour cards.The culprits are Radhakrishnan Asst Salesmen in Tanjore, Rajendran from Vasantha Bhavan Hotel and Kamal. They are all the Binami's of the manager Balraj.At the same time the smart cards of the expired persons is used by them for 2 to 3 months and then only they hole the cards. Through a single dealer the manager gets more than Rs.1,00,000 money. Under his undertaking there are 5 canteens. So he gains more money which he buries in the underground of his house.He has spies in every departments.Nobody can complaint against him. If done he will easily find it out.For each postman he would give 2 liquor bottles per week. This is because nobody should write to the higher authorities against him and if it is done they will give all the letters to the manager Balraj himself. He will give 4 bottles for the dispatch clerks in the station headquarters and ask them to neglect all the complaints before rooted to higher officials. He is acting like a good person after committing so many crimes. Click here to read the full scam: Published by 8AK India Defence NewsArmy CSD Canteen MathuraPosted: 2009-12-09 by CAPT BRIJ LAL (Retd) I had purchased 15 liter Saffola Gold from Mathura Cantt Army Canteen @ Rs 1766/- whereas same item is available in open market for Rs 1710/-. It is shocking that "How can a item could be more cheaper in market than CSD Canteen?"MRP difference: Item cheaper in open market
Unit run Canteen OFT, Trichy Posted: 2010-02-01 by Gopinathan Vijaya Kumar smuggling out of canteen items to outside petty tradersIt is shocking to say that, one of the general trader in and around in the vicinity of CSD canteen run by Ordnance Factory Trichy found selling the CSD items in the MRP. Further on the reliable information, it is ascertained that, the firm is getting all the CSD general items from the above said canteen with the connivance of some staff of the OFT for years past and till continuing.unit run canteen OFT, TrichyUnit run CSK Canteen, TrichyRespected Sir,Kindly read this mail with patience and caution. Now I am going to reveal some secret problems to be dealt with. The problems are related to corruptions done in CSK Canteen, Trichy division.From our canteen many liqour bottles have been corrupted with the influence of the manager. A dealer buys 10 bottles for 400 Rs. Even inside the canteen kitchen they are selling in pegs. They are minting money through this illegal business. All the bottles are going out with the knowledge and prior permission of the manager. The main culprit is A.JOHN LOUIS. He is the security in Tanjore canteen. Now at present he is in Trichy canteen. He is the right and left hand of the manager. The customers who apply for smart card will use paper cards until the smart card is given to them. With help of those numbers from the paper card the customers buy goods.After the purchase is over the paper card will be locked.Per day not even 10 paper cards will be circulated but they prepare 20 to 30 paper cards and buy lots of liquors and sell it outside illegaly. This is done with the help of the manager. The person who possess a little computer knowledge can find all these corruptions easily.For Eg.On 11/03/2010 only three paper cards have been entered.PAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAMEGRO2426 10163329 Late.Mariyappan (P.C no.02426)GRO1658 60838 Late.Jaganathan 7142 148258862 Chauhan AjmalBut there are more number of cards been entered, they arePAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAME14264168 6875 Sivakumar14264168A 06875 Sivakumar1706141 2285 Shanmuga vadivu0007 JC196014 A.Sundaram2187 13937312 A.Louis21940 7031774A Nithyanandham219400 219400 Nithyanandham4774 2199651 R.Krishnasamy4774A 219965A R.K.SamyThis smart card maintanence is done by Mr.Kaalamegam. A 67 age old man who is working since 2003 but the shocking news is that he is not a canteen staff. He is the binami of manager Mr.Balraj.Manager G.Balraj and Kaalamegam will not give smart card to the customers at once. They will use the customer's smart card for 2 to 3 months and buy the goods and sell them outside. There are some brokers who get commission of about Rs.100 per Rs.1000. Per day they sell goods worth Rs.50,000 and gain a commission of Rs.5,000. Their average commission per month will exceed more than Rs.1,00,000. They have 2 to 3 contractors for moving the goods. Everything is done with the knowledge of watchman LOUIS. He collects Rs.500 per negotiation. From the year 2004-2005 each customer was given separate card for liquor and goods.But the watchman will only give goods card and keep the liquor card with himself.When the customer claims for the liquor card they give a new one. If you raid the manager's house you can get 100's of liquor cards. They have minted more amount of money with the help of these liqour cards.The culprits are Radhakrishnan Asst Salesmen in Tanjore, Rajendran from Vasantha Bhavan Hotel and Kamal. They are all the Binami's of the manager Balraj.At the same time the smart cards of the expired persons is used by them for 2 to 3 months and then only they hole the cards. Through a single dealer the manager gets more than Rs.1,00,000 money. Under his undertaking there are 5 canteens. So he gains more money which he buries in the underground of his house.He has spies in every departments.Nobody can complaint against him. If done he will easily find it out.For each postman he would give 2 liquor bottles per week. This is because nobody should write to the higher authorities against him and if it is done they will give all the letters to the manager Balraj himself. He will give 4 bottles for the dispatch clerks in the station headquarters and ask them to neglect all the complaints before rooted to higher officials. He is acting like a good person after committing so many crimes. Click here to read the full scam: Published by 8AK India Defence NewsArmy CSD Canteen MathuraPosted: 2009-12-09 by CAPT BRIJ LAL (Retd) I had purchased 15 liter Saffola Gold from Mathura Cantt Army Canteen @ Rs 1766/- whereas same item is available in open market for Rs 1710/-. It is shocking that "How can a item could be more cheaper in market than CSD Canteen?"MRP difference: Item cheaper in open market
Unit run Canteen OFT, Trichy Posted: 2010-02-01 by Gopinathan Vijaya Kumar smuggling out of canteen items to outside petty tradersIt is shocking to say that, one of the general trader in and around in the vicinity of CSD canteen run by Ordnance Factory Trichy found selling the CSD items in the MRP. Further on the reliable information, it is ascertained that, the firm is getting all the CSD general items from the above said canteen with the connivance of some staff of the OFT for years past and till continuing.unit run canteen OFT, TrichyUnit run CSK Canteen, TrichyRespected Sir,Kindly read this mail with patience and caution. Now I am going to reveal some secret problems to be dealt with. The problems are related to corruptions done in CSK Canteen, Trichy division.From our canteen many liqour bottles have been corrupted with the influence of the manager. A dealer buys 10 bottles for 400 Rs. Even inside the canteen kitchen they are selling in pegs. They are minting money through this illegal business. All the bottles are going out with the knowledge and prior permission of the manager. The main culprit is A.JOHN LOUIS. He is the security in Tanjore canteen. Now at present he is in Trichy canteen. He is the right and left hand of the manager. The customers who apply for smart card will use paper cards until the smart card is given to them. With help of those numbers from the paper card the customers buy goods.After the purchase is over the paper card will be locked.Per day not even 10 paper cards will be circulated but they prepare 20 to 30 paper cards and buy lots of liquors and sell it outside illegaly. This is done with the help of the manager. The person who possess a little computer knowledge can find all these corruptions easily.For Eg.On 11/03/2010 only three paper cards have been entered.PAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAMEGRO2426 10163329 Late.Mariyappan (P.C no.02426)GRO1658 60838 Late.Jaganathan 7142 148258862 Chauhan AjmalBut there are more number of cards been entered, they arePAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAME14264168 6875 Sivakumar14264168A 06875 Sivakumar1706141 2285 Shanmuga vadivu0007 JC196014 A.Sundaram2187 13937312 A.Louis21940 7031774A Nithyanandham219400 219400 Nithyanandham4774 2199651 R.Krishnasamy4774A 219965A R.K.SamyThis smart card maintanence is done by Mr.Kaalamegam. A 67 age old man who is working since 2003 but the shocking news is that he is not a canteen staff. He is the binami of manager Mr.Balraj.Manager G.Balraj and Kaalamegam will not give smart card to the customers at once. They will use the customer's smart card for 2 to 3 months and buy the goods and sell them outside. There are some brokers who get commission of about Rs.100 per Rs.1000. Per day they sell goods worth Rs.50,000 and gain a commission of Rs.5,000. Their average commission per month will exceed more than Rs.1,00,000. They have 2 to 3 contractors for moving the goods. Everything is done with the knowledge of watchman LOUIS. He collects Rs.500 per negotiation. From the year 2004-2005 each customer was given separate card for liquor and goods.But the watchman will only give goods card and keep the liquor card with himself.When the customer claims for the liquor card they give a new one. If you raid the manager's house you can get 100's of liquor cards. They have minted more amount of money with the help of these liqour cards.The culprits are Radhakrishnan Asst Salesmen in Tanjore, Rajendran from Vasantha Bhavan Hotel and Kamal. They are all the Binami's of the manager Balraj.At the same time the smart cards of the expired persons is used by them for 2 to 3 months and then only they hole the cards. Through a single dealer the manager gets more than Rs.1,00,000 money. Under his undertaking there are 5 canteens. So he gains more money which he buries in the underground of his house.He has spies in every departments.Nobody can complaint against him. If done he will easily find it out.For each postman he would give 2 liquor bottles per week. This is because nobody should write to the higher authorities against him and if it is done they will give all the letters to the manager Balraj himself. He will give 4 bottles for the dispatch clerks in the station headquarters and ask them to neglect all the complaints before rooted to higher officials. He is acting like a good person after committing so many crimes. Click here to read the full scam: Published by 8AK India Defence NewsArmy CSD Canteen MathuraPosted: 2009-12-09 by CAPT BRIJ LAL (Retd) I had purchased 15 liter Saffola Gold from Mathura Cantt Army Canteen @ Rs 1766/- whereas same item is available in open market for Rs 1710/-. It is shocking that "How can a item could be more cheaper in market than CSD Canteen?"MRP difference: Item cheaper in open market
Unit run Canteen OFT, Trichy Posted: 2010-02-01 by Gopinathan Vijaya Kumar smuggling out of canteen items to outside petty tradersIt is shocking to say that, one of the general trader in and around in the vicinity of CSD canteen run by Ordnance Factory Trichy found selling the CSD items in the MRP. Further on the reliable information, it is ascertained that, the firm is getting all the CSD general items from the above said canteen with the connivance of some staff of the OFT for years past and till continuing.unit run canteen OFT, TrichyUnit run CSK Canteen, TrichyRespected Sir,Kindly read this mail with patience and caution. Now I am going to reveal some secret problems to be dealt with. The problems are related to corruptions done in CSK Canteen, Trichy division.From our canteen many liqour bottles have been corrupted with the influence of the manager. A dealer buys 10 bottles for 400 Rs. Even inside the canteen kitchen they are selling in pegs. They are minting money through this illegal business. All the bottles are going out with the knowledge and prior permission of the manager. The main culprit is A.JOHN LOUIS. He is the security in Tanjore canteen. Now at present he is in Trichy canteen. He is the right and left hand of the manager. The customers who apply for smart card will use paper cards until the smart card is given to them. With help of those numbers from the paper card the customers buy goods.After the purchase is over the paper card will be locked.Per day not even 10 paper cards will be circulated but they prepare 20 to 30 paper cards and buy lots of liquors and sell it outside illegaly. This is done with the help of the manager. The person who possess a little computer knowledge can find all these corruptions easily.For Eg.On 11/03/2010 only three paper cards have been entered.PAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAMEGRO2426 10163329 Late.Mariyappan (P.C no.02426)GRO1658 60838 Late.Jaganathan 7142 148258862 Chauhan AjmalBut there are more number of cards been entered, they arePAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAME14264168 6875 Sivakumar14264168A 06875 Sivakumar1706141 2285 Shanmuga vadivu0007 JC196014 A.Sundaram2187 13937312 A.Louis21940 7031774A Nithyanandham219400 219400 Nithyanandham4774 2199651 R.Krishnasamy4774A 219965A R.K.SamyThis smart card maintanence is done by Mr.Kaalamegam. A 67 age old man who is working since 2003 but the shocking news is that he is not a canteen staff. He is the binami of manager Mr.Balraj.Manager G.Balraj and Kaalamegam will not give smart card to the customers at once. They will use the customer's smart card for 2 to 3 months and buy the goods and sell them outside. There are some brokers who get commission of about Rs.100 per Rs.1000. Per day they sell goods worth Rs.50,000 and gain a commission of Rs.5,000. Their average commission per month will exceed more than Rs.1,00,000. They have 2 to 3 contractors for moving the goods. Everything is done with the knowledge of watchman LOUIS. He collects Rs.500 per negotiation. From the year 2004-2005 each customer was given separate card for liquor and goods.But the watchman will only give goods card and keep the liquor card with himself.When the customer claims for the liquor card they give a new one. If you raid the manager's house you can get 100's of liquor cards. They have minted more amount of money with the help of these liqour cards.The culprits are Radhakrishnan Asst Salesmen in Tanjore, Rajendran from Vasantha Bhavan Hotel and Kamal. They are all the Binami's of the manager Balraj.At the same time the smart cards of the expired persons is used by them for 2 to 3 months and then only they hole the cards. Through a single dealer the manager gets more than Rs.1,00,000 money. Under his undertaking there are 5 canteens. So he gains more money which he buries in the underground of his house.He has spies in every departments.Nobody can complaint against him. If done he will easily find it out.For each postman he would give 2 liquor bottles per week. This is because nobody should write to the higher authorities against him and if it is done they will give all the letters to the manager Balraj himself. He will give 4 bottles for the dispatch clerks in the station headquarters and ask them to neglect all the complaints before rooted to higher officials. He is acting like a good person after committing so many crimes. Click here to read the full scam: Published by 8AK India Defence NewsArmy CSD Canteen MathuraPosted: 2009-12-09 by CAPT BRIJ LAL (Retd) I had purchased 15 liter Saffola Gold from Mathura Cantt Army Canteen @ Rs 1766/- whereas same item is available in open market for Rs 1710/-. It is shocking that "How can a item could be more cheaper in market than CSD Canteen?"MRP difference: Item cheaper in open market
Unit run Canteen OFT, Trichy Posted: 2010-02-01 by Gopinathan Vijaya Kumar smuggling out of canteen items to outside petty tradersIt is shocking to say that, one of the general trader in and around in the vicinity of CSD canteen run by Ordnance Factory Trichy found selling the CSD items in the MRP. Further on the reliable information, it is ascertained that, the firm is getting all the CSD general items from the above said canteen with the connivance of some staff of the OFT for years past and till continuing.unit run canteen OFT, TrichyUnit run CSK Canteen, TrichyRespected Sir,Kindly read this mail with patience and caution. Now I am going to reveal some secret problems to be dealt with. The problems are related to corruptions done in CSK Canteen, Trichy division.From our canteen many liqour bottles have been corrupted with the influence of the manager. A dealer buys 10 bottles for 400 Rs. Even inside the canteen kitchen they are selling in pegs. They are minting money through this illegal business. All the bottles are going out with the knowledge and prior permission of the manager. The main culprit is A.JOHN LOUIS. He is the security in Tanjore canteen. Now at present he is in Trichy canteen. He is the right and left hand of the manager. The customers who apply for smart card will use paper cards until the smart card is given to them. With help of those numbers from the paper card the customers buy goods.After the purchase is over the paper card will be locked.Per day not even 10 paper cards will be circulated but they prepare 20 to 30 paper cards and buy lots of liquors and sell it outside illegaly. This is done with the help of the manager. The person who possess a little computer knowledge can find all these corruptions easily.For Eg.On 11/03/2010 only three paper cards have been entered.PAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAMEGRO2426 10163329 Late.Mariyappan (P.C no.02426)GRO1658 60838 Late.Jaganathan 7142 148258862 Chauhan AjmalBut there are more number of cards been entered, they arePAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAME14264168 6875 Sivakumar14264168A 06875 Sivakumar1706141 2285 Shanmuga vadivu0007 JC196014 A.Sundaram2187 13937312 A.Louis21940 7031774A Nithyanandham219400 219400 Nithyanandham4774 2199651 R.Krishnasamy4774A 219965A R.K.SamyThis smart card maintanence is done by Mr.Kaalamegam. A 67 age old man who is working since 2003 but the shocking news is that he is not a canteen staff. He is the binami of manager Mr.Balraj.Manager G.Balraj and Kaalamegam will not give smart card to the customers at once. They will use the customer's smart card for 2 to 3 months and buy the goods and sell them outside. There are some brokers who get commission of about Rs.100 per Rs.1000. Per day they sell goods worth Rs.50,000 and gain a commission of Rs.5,000. Their average commission per month will exceed more than Rs.1,00,000. They have 2 to 3 contractors for moving the goods. Everything is done with the knowledge of watchman LOUIS. He collects Rs.500 per negotiation. From the year 2004-2005 each customer was given separate card for liquor and goods.But the watchman will only give goods card and keep the liquor card with himself.When the customer claims for the liquor card they give a new one. If you raid the manager's house you can get 100's of liquor cards. They have minted more amount of money with the help of these liqour cards.The culprits are Radhakrishnan Asst Salesmen in Tanjore, Rajendran from Vasantha Bhavan Hotel and Kamal. They are all the Binami's of the manager Balraj.At the same time the smart cards of the expired persons is used by them for 2 to 3 months and then only they hole the cards. Through a single dealer the manager gets more than Rs.1,00,000 money. Under his undertaking there are 5 canteens. So he gains more money which he buries in the underground of his house.He has spies in every departments.Nobody can complaint against him. If done he will easily find it out.For each postman he would give 2 liquor bottles per week. This is because nobody should write to the higher authorities against him and if it is done they will give all the letters to the manager Balraj himself. He will give 4 bottles for the dispatch clerks in the station headquarters and ask them to neglect all the complaints before rooted to higher officials. He is acting like a good person after committing so many crimes. Click here to read the full scam: Published by 8AK India Defence NewsArmy CSD Canteen MathuraPosted: 2009-12-09 by CAPT BRIJ LAL (Retd) I had purchased 15 liter Saffola Gold from Mathura Cantt Army Canteen @ Rs 1766/- whereas same item is available in open market for Rs 1710/-. It is shocking that "How can a item could be more cheaper in market than CSD Canteen?"MRP difference: Item cheaper in open market
Unit run Canteen OFT, Trichy Posted: 2010-02-01 by Gopinathan Vijaya Kumar smuggling out of canteen items to outside petty tradersIt is shocking to say that, one of the general trader in and around in the vicinity of CSD canteen run by Ordnance Factory Trichy found selling the CSD items in the MRP. Further on the reliable information, it is ascertained that, the firm is getting all the CSD general items from the above said canteen with the connivance of some staff of the OFT for years past and till continuing.unit run canteen OFT, TrichyUnit run CSK Canteen, TrichyRespected Sir,Kindly read this mail with patience and caution. Now I am going to reveal some secret problems to be dealt with. The problems are related to corruptions done in CSK Canteen, Trichy division.From our canteen many liqour bottles have been corrupted with the influence of the manager. A dealer buys 10 bottles for 400 Rs. Even inside the canteen kitchen they are selling in pegs. They are minting money through this illegal business. All the bottles are going out with the knowledge and prior permission of the manager. The main culprit is A.JOHN LOUIS. He is the security in Tanjore canteen. Now at present he is in Trichy canteen. He is the right and left hand of the manager. The customers who apply for smart card will use paper cards until the smart card is given to them. With help of those numbers from the paper card the customers buy goods.After the purchase is over the paper card will be locked.Per day not even 10 paper cards will be circulated but they prepare 20 to 30 paper cards and buy lots of liquors and sell it outside illegaly. This is done with the help of the manager. The person who possess a little computer knowledge can find all these corruptions easily.For Eg.On 11/03/2010 only three paper cards have been entered.PAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAMEGRO2426 10163329 Late.Mariyappan (P.C no.02426)GRO1658 60838 Late.Jaganathan 7142 148258862 Chauhan AjmalBut there are more number of cards been entered, they arePAPER CARD NO. ARMY NO. NAME14264168 6875 Sivakumar14264168A 06875 Sivakumar1706141 2285 Shanmuga vadivu0007 JC196014 A.Sundaram2187 13937312 A.Louis21940 7031774A Nithyanandham219400 219400 Nithyanandham4774 2199651 R.Krishnasamy4774A 219965A R.K.SamyThis smart card maintanence is done by Mr.Kaalamegam. A 67 age old man who is working since 2003 but the shocking news is that he is not a canteen staff. He is the binami of manager Mr.Balraj.Manager G.Balraj and Kaalamegam will not give smart card to the customers at once. They will use the customer's smart card for 2 to 3 months and buy the goods and sell them outside. There are some brokers who get commission of about Rs.100 per Rs.1000. Per day they sell goods worth Rs.50,000 and gain a commission of Rs.5,000. Their average commission per month will exceed more than Rs.1,00,000. They have 2 to 3 contractors for moving the goods. Everything is done with the knowledge of watchman LOUIS. He collects Rs.500 per negotiation. From the year 2004-2005 each customer was given separate card for liquor and goods.But the watchman will only give goods card and keep the liquor card with himself.When the customer claims for the liquor card they give a new one. If you raid the manager's house you can get 100's of liquor cards. They have minted more amount of money with the help of these liqour cards.The culprits are Radhakrishnan Asst Salesmen in Tanjore, Rajendran from Vasantha Bhavan Hotel and Kamal. They are all the Binami's of the manager Balraj.At the same time the smart cards of the expired persons is used by them for 2 to 3 months and then only they hole the cards. Through a single dealer the manager gets more than Rs.1,00,000 money. Under his undertaking there are 5 canteens. So he gains more money which he buries in the underground of his house.He has spies in every departments.Nobody can complaint against him. If done he will easily find it out.For each postman he would give 2 liquor bottles per week. This is because nobody should write to the higher authorities against him and if it is done they will give all the letters to the manager Balraj himself. He will give 4 bottles for the dispatch clerks in the station headquarters and ask them to neglect all the complaints before rooted to higher officials. He is acting like a good person after committing so many crimes. Click here to read the full scam: Published by 8AK India Defence NewsArmy CSD Canteen MathuraPosted: 2009-12-09 by CAPT BRIJ LAL (Retd) I had purchased 15 liter Saffola Gold from Mathura Cantt Army Canteen @ Rs 1766/- whereas same item is available in open market for Rs 1710/-. It is shocking that "How can a item could be more cheaper in market than CSD Canteen?"MRP difference: Item cheaper in open market
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