Yes indeed. But someone wrote yesterday that perks must be cut down for politicians' salaries; we cannot afford to lose; but others? KR
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Suryanarayana Ambadipudi <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 at 08:23 Subject: Re: Assault on pensioners rights ….!! To: ggroup <[email protected]>, Colinjivadi Mahadevan <[email protected]>, Satyanarayana Kunamneni <[email protected]>, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]>, Ravindra Kumar Bhuwalka < [email protected]>, Srinivasan MS <[email protected]>, Yeddanapudi Markandeyulu <[email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. < [email protected]> 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* *The less you speak,the more you are listened to* On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 at 8:18 AM, Suryanarayana Ambadipudi < [email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > 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)* > > > *A.SURYANARAYANA* > *The less you speak,the more you are listened to* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZooQ09igWs3XO%2BDN-VrrwiJCVCQUP6D4%2By0bXi%2BA2Pa%2Bqg%40mail.gmail.com.
