Civil servants initially received a pension equal to 50 percent on retirement after 33 years of full, perfect service of 33 years. In the last four decades, it had improved significantly. To cite some examples:
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After completing 20 years of service, 50 percent pension was given.
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Average emoluments were replaced by last month’s salary.
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The minimum pension was greatly increased.
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Additional pension (20 percent to 100 percent pension) was given to pensioners aged 80 years and above.
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The principle of a rank/scale one pension was adopted, resulting in a revised pension whenever new pay scale was introduced.
Almost all the benefits were given by GOI, either on their own or based on the recommendations of the PC, equal to the current employees/new pensioners.
As a result, in the last few years, when one had retired, 40 or 50 years ago – a pensioner’s pension was ‘equal’ for the latest retired pension. This principle was retained until Goi lost the All India S -30 case in the Delhi High Court in March 2024, and its special holiday petition was rejected by the Supreme Court in September 2024.
The 6th PC recommended Rs 67000-79000 as Scale-30/S-30, instead of Rs 22,400-525-24,500 of the 5th PC scale. 6 salary/pensionWan The PC employee was fixed between Rs 67,000 and Rs 79,000, based on the employee being in service on a scale of 22,400–525-24500.
East -6th PC retired officials wanted their pension to be decided in this way, that is, after taking into account the stage, the scale he retired. But in some cases, the government decided to fix the pension, took a minimum salary of Rs 67,000 in mind.
The Delhi High Court’s decision, which decided against the Supreme Court of GOI (and in favor of pensioners) and the GOI’s special holiday petition, the right to decide their pension for old pensioners in the manner that pensioners wanted.
Part IV of Finance Act 2025 wants to evaporate this right.
