Assault on pensioners rights ….!!
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Suryanarayana Ambadipudi
Nov 5, 2025, 9:48:19 PM11/5/25
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A Disturbing Assault on Pensioners’ Rights: The VIII Central Pay Commission’s Terms of Reference – A Dangerous Departure from Justice and Fairness.
The recently issued Terms of Reference (ToR) of the VIII Central Pay Commission (CPC) have come as a rude shock to millions of Central Government pensioners.
The recently issued Terms of Reference (ToR) of the VIII Central Pay Commission (CPC) have come as a rude shock to millions of Central Government pensioners.
By describing them as "unfunded, non-contributory pensioners”,the Government has effectively stigmatized a generation of retired public servants as a financial burden and a drain on the exchequer — an attitude that is not only ungrateful but deeply unbecoming of a welfare State.
This terminology, used in the ToR, is not a matter of semantics — it reflects a fundamental shift in governmental perception.Pensioners are being portrayed as a _hostile crowd feeding upon taxpayers’ money,_ rather than as rightful beneficiaries of a system they built, served, and sustained with dedication and sacrifice.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Government of India currently holds a corpus exceeding ₹10 lakh crore,accumulated precisely for meeting pension obligations. This massive reserve, built over decades, stands as a testimony that the _pension system is not unfunded_ , nor does it operate at the mercy of taxpayers.
There are now apprehensions — and not without reason — that there may be a tacit plan to divert or reallocate this enormous pension corpus for other fiscal purposes, while systematically weakening the moral and legal foundation of the pension framework.
Such a move, if true, would be a grave breach of fiduciary responsibility,and an affront to the generations of employees who devoted their prime years to national service on the solemn assurance of post-retirement security.
The Finance Act, 2025,which has been retrospectively backdated to 01.06.1972,compounding these fears. The timing and retrospective scope strongly suggest an attempt to undermine judicially protected pension rights* and *deny future pension revisions,*effectively freezing pensions under the guise of fiscal rationalization.
This stands in stark violation of the principles laid down by the *Supreme Court* of India in the landmark case of _D.S. Nakara & Others vs Union of India_ (1983 AIR 130), which categorically declared:
> “Pension is not a bounty payable at the will of the Government, but a right earned for past services rendered.”
“With the change in pay structure, revision of pension must also follow; otherwise the class of pensioners would become unequals among equals.”
The Nakara judgment remains a constitutional compass that binds the Government to ensure *periodic pension revision and maintain parity between serving and retired personnel.* Any deviation from this, under the guise of fiscal prudence or technical classification, would constitute a *violation of Article 14* of the Constitution — equality before law.
By vilifying pensioners and branding them as a liability, the *Government is repudiating its own moral and legal obligations.* Pension is *deferred salary, a continuing right,* and a *social assurance guaranteed by the State* — not a charitable dole.
To deny revision or attempt reallocation of the pension corpus would amount to *breach of trust of monumental proportions* — an act that would not only cause immeasurable hardship to senior citizens but also destroy the faith of serving employees in the very institution they serve.
It is therefore incumbent on the Government of India to:
1. *Withdraw the objectionable and misleading terminology from the VIII CPC Terms of Reference.*
2. *Affirm, in explicit terms, the inclusion of pensioners in all CPC deliberations* regarding pay and pension revision.
3. *Safeguard and ring-fence the ₹10 lakh crore pension corpus,* ensuring that it is used exclusively for the purpose for which it was created.
4. *Rescind the provisions of the Finance Act, 2025,* which intend to negate or dilute the pensioners’ right to revision.
The pensioners of India are *not a burden.* They are the *builders of the Republic* , who carried the administrative, scientific, and defence machinery of India through decades of challenge and change. To treat them now as expendable or parasitic is not just policy betrayal — it is a *moral failure of the State.*
Let it be known that we stand united — not only in anger, but also in *defence of fairness, dignity, and justice* for every pensioner who has served this nation with unwavering loyalty.
*National Coordination Committee of Pensioners Associations (NCCPA)*
This terminology, used in the ToR, is not a matter of semantics — it reflects a fundamental shift in governmental perception.Pensioners are being portrayed as a _hostile crowd feeding upon taxpayers’ money,_ rather than as rightful beneficiaries of a system they built, served, and sustained with dedication and sacrifice.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Government of India currently holds a corpus exceeding ₹10 lakh crore,accumulated precisely for meeting pension obligations. This massive reserve, built over decades, stands as a testimony that the _pension system is not unfunded_ , nor does it operate at the mercy of taxpayers.
There are now apprehensions — and not without reason — that there may be a tacit plan to divert or reallocate this enormous pension corpus for other fiscal purposes, while systematically weakening the moral and legal foundation of the pension framework.
Such a move, if true, would be a grave breach of fiduciary responsibility,and an affront to the generations of employees who devoted their prime years to national service on the solemn assurance of post-retirement security.
The Finance Act, 2025,which has been retrospectively backdated to 01.06.1972,compounding these fears. The timing and retrospective scope strongly suggest an attempt to undermine judicially protected pension rights* and *deny future pension revisions,*effectively freezing pensions under the guise of fiscal rationalization.
This stands in stark violation of the principles laid down by the *Supreme Court* of India in the landmark case of _D.S. Nakara & Others vs Union of India_ (1983 AIR 130), which categorically declared:
> “Pension is not a bounty payable at the will of the Government, but a right earned for past services rendered.”
“With the change in pay structure, revision of pension must also follow; otherwise the class of pensioners would become unequals among equals.”
The Nakara judgment remains a constitutional compass that binds the Government to ensure *periodic pension revision and maintain parity between serving and retired personnel.* Any deviation from this, under the guise of fiscal prudence or technical classification, would constitute a *violation of Article 14* of the Constitution — equality before law.
By vilifying pensioners and branding them as a liability, the *Government is repudiating its own moral and legal obligations.* Pension is *deferred salary, a continuing right,* and a *social assurance guaranteed by the State* — not a charitable dole.
To deny revision or attempt reallocation of the pension corpus would amount to *breach of trust of monumental proportions* — an act that would not only cause immeasurable hardship to senior citizens but also destroy the faith of serving employees in the very institution they serve.
It is therefore incumbent on the Government of India to:
1. *Withdraw the objectionable and misleading terminology from the VIII CPC Terms of Reference.*
2. *Affirm, in explicit terms, the inclusion of pensioners in all CPC deliberations* regarding pay and pension revision.
3. *Safeguard and ring-fence the ₹10 lakh crore pension corpus,* ensuring that it is used exclusively for the purpose for which it was created.
4. *Rescind the provisions of the Finance Act, 2025,* which intend to negate or dilute the pensioners’ right to revision.
The pensioners of India are *not a burden.* They are the *builders of the Republic* , who carried the administrative, scientific, and defence machinery of India through decades of challenge and change. To treat them now as expendable or parasitic is not just policy betrayal — it is a *moral failure of the State.*
Let it be known that we stand united — not only in anger, but also in *defence of fairness, dignity, and justice* for every pensioner who has served this nation with unwavering loyalty.
*National Coordination Committee of Pensioners Associations (NCCPA)*
A.SURYANARAYANA
The less you speak,the more you are listened to
Suryanarayana Ambadipudi
Nov 5, 2025, 9:53:33 PM11/5/25
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That's what I was apprehending right from the day the government announced the terms of reference. The Validation bill now Financial Act 2025 has not come out of the blue. There is a sinister design of the government behind it.
A.SURYANARAYANA
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krishna Rao Khanapur
Nov 5, 2025, 11:51:34 PM11/5/25
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IT IS NOTHING BUT CHEETING PENSIONERS BY THE GOVERNMENT
KKR
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Suryanarayana Ambadipudi
Nov 5, 2025, 11:54:21 PM11/5/25
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RG calls Modi a cheater
A.SURYANARAYANA
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Rajaram Krishnamurthy
Nov 6, 2025, 12:04:43 AM11/6/25
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CONSOLIDATED FUND OF INDIA IS DEFINED AND SO PENSION IS ONLY A CHARITY GIVEN AND SUBJECT MATTER OF STOPPAGE DUE TO INABILITY AS NOT EQUIVALENT TO SALARY THOUGH BRANDED UNDER THAT HEAD. KR IRS 61125
Rajaram Krishnamurthy
Nov 6, 2025, 12:12:43 AM11/6/25
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Yes, the Consolidated Fund of India includes government pensions for central government employees, along with other routine government expenses like salaries, infrastructure projects, and debt servicing. This fund is where all government revenues are deposited and from which expenditures are made, but withdrawals require parliamentary approval.
- Role of the Consolidated Fund: It is the main account for all government revenues, loans raised, and loan recoveries.
- Pensions as an Expense: The fund pays for routine government expenses, and pensions for government employees are a significant part of this expenditure.
- Parliamentary Control: Although the government manages the fund, it can only access the money after Parliament passes an Appropriation Bill, which specifies the amounts and types of expenses allowed.
- Hence where parliament passes the bill of monetary fund changes may occur incudung comptroller and auditor general pension KR IRS 61125
Inder Mohan Bhalla
Nov 6, 2025, 12:17:38 AM11/6/25
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Modi knows what he is doing.
Have faith in Modi Government.
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Suryanarayana Ambadipudi
Nov 6, 2025, 2:18:46 AM11/6/25
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Finance minister while introducing the validation bill ( now Finanace bill 2025) in parliament had lied that the bill has nothing to do with the pensioners and subsequently the government also lied.
But employee leaders knew, even I knew.
A.SURYANARAYANA
The less you speak,the more you are listened to
On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 at 11:15 AM, Rangarajan T.N.C. <tncran...@yahoo.com> wrote:
----- Forwarded message -----From: Madras Sivaraman <madras.s...@gmail.com>To: Rangarajan T.N.C. <tncran...@yahoo.com>This is misleading.As far as I know there is no pension corpus of Rs. 10 lac crores with the govt of india.Under the NPS the GOI contributes a fixed percentage of salary to the people under NPS.FM assured in the parliament that there will be no change in regard to pensions.
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