One-rank-one pension should be accorded across all ranks, demand servicemen

NEW DELHI: A group of 254 major generals has decided to reject the grant of one-rank one-pension unless it is accorded across all ranks, after the Centre assured its implementation in the apex court.

In 2010, the government moved the Supreme Court after the Armed Forces Tribunal ruled in favour of granting OROP to the major generals who approached the body.

On Wednesday, Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand told the court that the centre will grant OROP to the petitioners in three-four days. Col (Retd) Devendar Bahl, spokesman for the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement, said if the Centre implements OROP only to the major generals, it will open the floodgates of litigation.

Others also raised concerns. "The one-rank one-pension scheme is for all, starting from a sepoy to the senior most general. Creating such divisions will be dangerous for national security in the long run," Maj Gen Satbir Singh, one of the petitioners and chairman of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement, told ET.

The implementation of OROP for all services along with the case of major generals must go hand in hand, organisations representing ex-servicemen said.