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The Supreme Court decision came on a petition filed by the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) through advocate Balaji Srinivasan against the Centre’s OROP formula. (News 18 File)
The Supreme Court had on March 16 upheld the One Rank One Pension (OROP) principle adopted by the Centre.
In its 2015 letter to the three defense chiefs, the Supreme Court rejected a review petition on its order upholding the One Rank-One Pension (OROP) principle adopted by the Centre, saying it was neither It suffers from any constitutional weakness nor is it arbitrary.
A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Suryakanth and Vikram Nath said that there is no merit in the revision petition.
The request to register the review petition in open court was denied. We have carefully perused the revision petition and the attached documents. The bench said that we do not find any merit in the revision petition and accordingly it is dismissed. The Supreme Court had on March 16 upheld the One Rank One Pension (OROP) principle adopted by the Centre.
It stated that the Bhagat Singh Koshyari Committee Report, tabled in the Rajya Sabha on 10 December 2011, provides the historical background, rationale for the demand, view of the Parliamentary Committee which adopted the OROP for armed persons. was proposed. Forces and beyond, the report cannot be construed as a statement of government policy.
It said that the government policy formulated by the Union in terms of Article 73 or by the State in terms of Article 162 has to be examined authoritatively from the policy documents of the government, which in the present case is the communication dated 7 November 2015.
The Supreme Court decision came on a petition filed by the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) through advocate Balaji Srinivasan against the Centre’s OROP formula.
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