Pension Revision i.r.o. Pre-2006 Commissioned Officer, JCOs/ORs and Family pensioners: PCDA Circular No. 554

Revision of pension in respect of Pre-2006 Commissioned Officer, JCOs/ORs and Family pensioners: PCDA Circular No. 554

Circular No. 554

Subject:- Revision of pension in respect of Pre-2006 Commissioned Officer, JCOs/ORs
and Family pensioners.

Reference:-This office Circular No. 547, 548 dated 11.09.2015, Circular No. 549 dated
30.09.2015 and
Circular No. 551 dated 28.12.2015.

Pension Disbursing Agencies are required to revise the pension of
Commissioned Officer, JCOs/ORs pensioners and Family pensioners in terms of above
cited Circulars. A doubt has been raised as to whether, while revising Disability
Pension and War Injury Pension, Service Element is also required to be revised. In this
connection, the following clarifications are issued.

(i)- Service Element of Disability Pension shall also be revised in terms of this
office

Circular No. 547 dated 11.9.2015 where JCOs/ORs have rendered 15 year or
more qualifying service.

(ii)- In cases, where JCOs/ORs have rendered less than 15 years qualifying service,
such cases shall be referred to concerned Pension Sanctioning Authorities for revision
of Service Element of Disability Pension on Annexure which has already been
circulated vide this office
Circular No. 551 dated 28.12.2015 for issue of corrigendum
PPOs.

(iii)- Revision of Service Element of War Injury Pension in respect of JCOs/ORs,
irrespective of qualifying service rendered, shall be referred to concerned Pension
Sanctioning Authorities in the revised Annexure attached alongwith this circular.

(iv)- Similarly, Service Element of Disability Pension in respect of such
Commissioned Officer pensioners who have rendered 20 years or more service
shall be revised in terms of this office
Circular No. 548 dated 11.9.2015.


(v)- In cases, where Commissioned Officer pensioners have rendered less than 20
years, such cases shall be referred to the concerned Pension Sanctioning Authorities
for revision of Service Element of Disability Pension in the enclosed Annexure for
issue of corrigendum PPOs.

(vi)- Revision of Service Element of War Injury Pension in respect of
Commissioned Officer pensioners irrespective of qualifying service rendered, shall be
referred to concerned Pension Sanctioning Authorities in the enclosed Annexure
for
issue of corrigendum PPOs.

2. If a pensioner to whom the benefits accrue while revising the pension under above
cited Circular Nos. 547 and 548 dated 11.9.2015 has died/dies before receiving the
payment of arrears, the Life Time Arrears(LTA) on account of revision of pension,
shall be paid in existing manner as already circulated to all Pension Disbursing
Agencies in past i.e.

(a)- If the claimant is already in receipt of Family Pension or happens to be person in
whose favour Family Pension already stands notified and the awardee has not become
ineligible for any reason, the LTA under the provisions of this order shall be paid to
such claimant by the Pension Disbursing Agencies on their own.

(b)- If the claimant has already received LTA in the past in respect of the deceased to
whom the benefit would have accrued, the LTA under the provisions of this order shall
also be paid to the claimant by the Pension Disbursing Agencies on their own.

(c)- If the claimant is a person other than the one mentioned at (a) & (b) above,
payment of LTA shall be made to the legal heir/heirs as per the extant Government
orders.

3. In view of the above, all Pension Disbursing Agencies are requested that all affected
cases of Service Element of Disability Pension and War Injury Element may be dealt
with accordingly.

4. All other terms and conditions shall remain unchanged.

5. This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdagension.nic.in for
dissemination to the all concerned.

6. Cases to be referred to the concerned PSAs may be forwarded as under:–

Important Note:-

Pension revision cases to be referred in r/o Commissioned Officer and JCOs/ORs
pensioners and Family pensioners of Air Force and Navy referred/discharged/invalided
out up to 31.10.1985 shall be forwarded to the respective Sections of
PCDA (P) Allahabad as indicated above and cases pertaining to
retirement/discharge/ invalidment after 31.10.1985 shall be forwarded to office
of the Jt. CDA (Air Force), Subroto Park, New Delhi and PCDA(Navy), Mumbai as the case may be, as indicated above.

Source:http://pcdapension.nic.in/6cpc/Circular-554.pdf