The Supreme Court said on Monday that the Ministry of Defense has taken the law into its own hands by issuing a circular to pay the dues of ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) in four installments. I can’t take it. The court asked the Ministry of Defense 31 Asked to immediately withdraw the circular of January which said that the dues of OROP would be paid in four instalments.

) The Center told the apex court that it has paid one installment of dues to ex-servicemen under ‘OROP’, but it needs some more time to make the full payment. The Supreme Court asked the Center to first pay OROP dues Withdraw the circular issued on January, then we will consider your application for further extension.

The bench asked the ministry to immediately withdraw the circular A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala asked the Ministry in its 10 to immediately withdraw the January circular, which said OROP dues would be paid in four instalments. Attorney General R Venkataramani said the Center has paid one installment of OROP dues to ex-servicemen, but it needs some more time to make the next payment.

The bench told Venkataramani that on payment of OROP dues first 20 Withdraw your notification of January, then we will consider your application regarding extension of time. Along with this, the bench said that the Ministry of Defense The January circular was completely contrary to its decision and it cannot unilaterally say on its part that it will pay OROP dues in four instalments.

asked to prepare a note The bench asked the Attorney General to prepare a note detailing the amount to be paid, the modalities to be adopted and the priority for payment of dues etc. The bench said that we want that there should be some kind of classification and dues should be paid to the old people first. More than four lakh pensioners have died since the case started.

Defence Ministry pulled up for delay in payment The bench is hearing a petition filed by the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) through advocate Balaji Srinivasan. In this petition, the Ministry of Defense 31 There has been a demand to cancel the communication of January. Earlier, the Supreme Court 18 February had pulled up the Ministry of Defense over the delay in payment of OROP dues to eligible pensioners of the armed forces.

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Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 1: 01 PM IST