Supreme Court asks Centre to clear arrears under OROP till March 15

The bench led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud asked the Centre to ensure that all arrears under One Rank-One Pension are paid expeditiously.

Under OROP, any two military personnel retiring at the same rank, with the same years of service, must get an equal pension. (File)

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The Supreme Court Monday gave the Centre time till March 15 to pay all arrears under the One Rank-One Pension (OROP) to all eligible pensioners of the armed forces.

The bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha asked the Centre to ensure that all arrears under OROP are paid expeditiously.

Under OROP, any two military personnel retiring at the same rank, with the same years of service, must get an equal pension.

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The apex court also granted liberty to ex-servicemen association to file an application if they are aggrieved by any action of Centre on payment of OROP arrears.

Appearing for the Centre, Attorney General R Venkataramani told the court that there are 25 lakh pensioners. He added, that the tabulation process has been completed and sent to the Defence Ministry for final vetting.

The Union Cabinet in December last year approved a revision in the pensions paid to retired defence personnel and their families under OROP at an annual additional expenditure of Rs.8,450 crore and arrears of Rs.23,638 crore. At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cabinet approved the increase that would be applicable from July 1, 2019.

— With PTI inputs

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