Plight of food transferee employees of food corporation of india in getting justice delivered by committee on petition of Lok Sabha
In this human rights week starting from today I want to highlight the the plight of Food Transferee Employees of Food Corporation of India in getting liberalized pension scheme of the central government is really pitiable. Take for instance my case. I retired as Joint Manager from Zonal Office South of the Food Corporation of India on 30/09/2003 after serving more than 38 years of service in the then Regional Directorate of food and in the Food Corporation of India on my transfer of service from food department to FCI . Being erstwhile employee of the Regional Directorate of Food, my services was transferred to FCI. I was deemed to be a cpf op tees in FCI as I could not give my second option for liberalized pension rules of the central government as I was transferred then from Chennai to Andhrapradesh on promotion as Assistant Manager (General). However, after repeated plea from our staff forums the IV pay commission (whose recommendation was accepted by the Central Government) had recommended that al
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Govt. employees in cpf be compulsorily be brought under liberalised
pension scheme and therefore i am rightly entitled to get Central
Government Pension by virtue of my transfer from regional directorate of
food which fact has been recognized by the committee on petition Lok
Sabha chaired by Honble Probhunadh Singh in its report dated 25.5.2005
vide its report duly submitted to Lok Sabha which fact is available in
google search under caption COMMITTEE ON PETITION 14th Lok Sabha. The
recommendation of the committee to amend 12 A of the FCI act to give
effect to iv pay recommendation for giving pension to employees like me
is delayed considerably and I have been requesting the Government to
grant me pension but I am yet to be favored with pension sanction order.
While the Central Government had conceded the demand of Central
Government Bank employees for giving another option and allowed them to
enjoy pension benefits we are yet to be favored with similar orders and
consequently I am continuously deprived of my legitimate right thereby i
feel myself pushed out of bounds and discriminated . I have no other
alternative but to seek justice before the President of India as I am
yet to get justice from the Government of India. In this context it is
also pertinent to mention that the matter also appears to have been in
lok sabha list of business list as on august 28 2012 and its fate is not
known.My apprehension is whether I will see my pension in my life time
itself being 70 years old senior citizen.
Regards,
P.Sadagopan
57(New) Raju Naicken Street,
West Mambalam, Chennai 600033
Regards,
P.Sadagopan
57(New) Raju Naicken Street,
West Mambalam, Chennai 600033
posted by p sadagopan @ 8:23 PM
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7 Comments:
The Government of India in their Food Department recently showed their inclination to give option for 5512 foodtransfees to come of liberalized pension rules and called for their latest addresses and life particulars at this late stage. The Food Corporation of India has not so far notified any advertisement in news papers to translate this into action. It is high time that the authorities whole heatedly translate straightaway pass ordinance for this purpose so that eligible foodtransferees approach their respective offices where they retired and apply and enjoy their pension as seeking particulars of employees will cause further delay and putting the eligible and interested employees in jeopardy
P.Sadagopan
The Food Department now started their elaborate exercise of calling for details of employer employee contribution paid on date of superannuation month wise government pension become payable from the date of superannuation to till date if option is given to these Food Transferees to switch to Government pension. Once the Government is convinced orders should be promulgated requiring payment of pension to these unfortunate lot after deducting the cpf payment already paid as was done to LIC employees inasuch as the cpf fund is administered only by FCI.
The Food Department now started their elaborate exercise of calling for details of employer employee contribution paid on date of superannuation month wise government pension become payable from the date of superannuation to till date if option is given to these Food Transferees to switch to Government pension. Once the Government is convinced orders should be promulgated requiring payment of pension to these unfortunate lot after deducting the cpf payment already paid as was done to LIC employees inasuch as the cpf fund is administered only by FCI.
The Secretary (Food) may kindly take simpathetic and magnanimous decision to help the 5512 foodtransferees to get their pension immediately as delay a is more than two decades since 4th pay commission had recommended for giving them pension and accepted by the Government an parliament c ommittee on petition etc. Terminal benefits already paid can also be deducted once orders of pension are released from out of their pension and commutation of pension payment legitimately due to them after promulgation of orders.
I retired from the Food Corporation of India on 30/09/2003 after serving 39 years of service in the erstwhile Regional Directorate of Food and in Food Corporation of Service after transfer. I could not give my option to the Central Government Benefits with the result governed by cpf benefits of FCI. After repeated representations the IV pay recommendations had come to our rescue according to which all cpf optees be should be brought to Central Government Pension Scheme with effect from 01/01/1986. After repeated representations the Food Department had at the fag end of tenure of this Government was pleased to recommend to the Cabinet for amending the Section 12 A of the Food Corporations Act 1964 to enable the foodtransferees to opt for liberalized pension scheme of the Central Government which was made available to the Central Government employees after the IV Pay Commission recommendation.
Though it is the policy of the Central Government to simplify procedures to cut delays in processing the disbursal of pension and retirement benefits in our case the matter is delayed as the proposal of the Department of Food was turned back to finance clearance and with the result my pension matter is inordinately delayed and denied more so in the context of elections. Therefore I feel myself pushed out of bounds as my pension is delayed or denied just on technicalities though we had served the Food Corporation of India from its inception and retired without pension.
My open letter to the Honble Prime Minister of India reads:
Respected Sir, there is a legacy from the earlier regime in that my long pending grievance of settlement of my pension still remain even after the then PMO`s Office had forwarded my letter dated 05/04/2014 to the Secretary, D/O Food and Public Distribution, M/O Consumer Aff., Food and Public Distribution vice PMO ID No.8/3/2014-PMP2/36996 dated 24/04/2014. ON 23rd JUNE 14 TV TELECAST IT THE HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHOW COMPASSION TO ALL GRIEVANCES OF PENSIONERS AND HAD DECIDED TO GIVE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO LONG PENDING UNSETTLED PENSION CLAIMS. HENCE IT IS TIME FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PENSION DEPARTMENT ALSO TO SHOW COMPASSION AND HELP SEE THAT OUR LONG PENDING PENSION MATTER IS INTER ALIA PLACED BEFORE THE HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA/CABINET AND SANCTION ACCORDED EARLY.
Respected Sir, In my case, I retired from the Food Corporation of India on 30/09/2003 after serving 39 years of service in the erstwhile Regional Directorate of Food and in Food Corporation of Service after transfer. I could not give my option to the Central Government Benefits with the result governed by cpf benefits of FCI. After repeated representations the IV pay recommendations had come to our rescue according to which all cpf optees be should be brought to Central Government Pension Scheme with effect from 01/01/1986. After repeated representations the Food Department had at the fag end of tenure of previous Government was pleased to recommend to the Cabinet for amending the Section 12 A of the Food Corporations Act 1964 to enable the foodtransferees to opt for liberalized pension scheme of the Central Government which was made available to the Central Government employees after the IV Pay Commission recommendation.
Respected Sir,though it is the policy of the Central Government to simplify procedures to cut delays in processing the disbursal of pension and retirement benefits in our case the matter is delayed . Therefore I feel myself pushed out of bounds as my pension is delayed or denied just on technicalities though we had served the Regional Directorate of Food Souther Region and Food Corporation of India from its inception and retired without pension and I have been living without pension for past more than a decade.
Respected Sir, I pray before your honor to kindly be pleased to consider my plight and sufferings and sanction my Government pension so that i can see my pension in my life time I being a senior citizen of 70 years old.
Thanking you, Sir,
With kind regards,
P.Sadagopan
57 New Raju Naicken Streetm
West Mambalam, Chennai 600033 Tamil nadu
Phone 044 24899133/09884717943
Dated 31/07/2014
A good news for all footransferees longing for pension for over a decades!!It is learnt from my welwisher that the Department of Pension is now taken up our cause and trying to issue an executive orders mandating Food Department to sanction pension to the foodtransferees in FCI and orders are expected to be issued shortly. Let us wait for the result.
P.Sadagopan
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