New Delhi, March 28
The issue of rank parity between armed forces and civilian employees has now reached the court and the Centre has been served notices.
A group of retired defence personnel have moved the Delhi High Court saying the status, relative seniority, equivalence levels of armed forces officers along with their pay, perks, pensions and other emoluments and allowances are being systematically degraded in relative terms (with respect to civil servants).
The petitioners led by Maj PK Dharmani (retd) claim the changes have been made through “illegal and unauthorised changes to the Warrant of Precedence (WoP) through ghost/ unsigned letters”.
The WoP decides seniority or parity between various ranks of the armed forces, IAS, IPS and IFS among others. WoP is the only government document that outlines the sequential hierarchy of the various positions in the government.
Col Iqbal Singh (retd), Col Paramjeet Singh Randhawa (retd) and Retired Defence Officers Association are among the petitioners. The petition says unauthorised letters have been issued, downgrading ranks and equivalence of armed forces personnel by ‘letters’ which do not exist in government records.
The HC has issued notice to the defence and home ministries. The petition says successive pay commissions have lowered the pay and perks. — TNS
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