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OROP: Govt may extend tenure of judicial panel

OROP: Govt may extend tenure of judicial panel

The Centre informed Delhi High Court Thursday that the tenure of the one-member judicial commission to look into the public hearing of One Rank One Pension scheme will be extended, as representations filed by ex-servicemen and others are yet to be submitted to the Commission.
The central governmentโ€™s standing counsel Anurag Ahluwalia, appearing on behalf of Defence Ministry, told the court that โ€œover 2,500 representationsโ€ had been received by the ministry so far. โ€œThe representations are now being processed, and will then be submitted to the judicial commission,โ€ said Ahluwalia, adding that the panelโ€™s tenure โ€œwould have to be extendedโ€.

Former Chief Justice of Patna High Court L Narsimha Reddy was appointed the judicial commissioner to look into the implementation of the OROP scheme. The commission was expected to submit its recommendations within six months and its tenure is set to expire on June 14.
Ex-serviceman S P Singh filed a PIL before the high court earlier this week, seeking orders to have an โ€œeffective public hearingโ€ on the issue and claiming that the โ€œpeople were not informedโ€ how to submit their representations. The court, however, noted that a particular address had been allocated to the commission, and the representations could be sent via post.
Read at: Indian Express

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  • www.godhealing,org 9 years ago

    Rank of a soldier never expires. That the rank pay pay must be given to pensioners too like on duty.