Grant MACP benefit with effect from 01.01.2006 to all civilian pensioners as per Supreme Court judgment.

The recommendations of the 6^th CPC was implemented with effect from 01.01. 2006. However, while issuing the orders the MACP was introduced from a different date i.e. with effect from 01.09.2008.  The matter went first to the Armed Forces Tribunal, where the Govt. lost in as much as the Tribunal made it clear that the Government’s decision to implement MACP from 01.09. 2008 was wrong.

  The Government took  up the matter before the High Court, where again they lost.  The matter went up to the Supreme Court, who also confirmed the position taken by the Tribunal.  Having reached finality, the Government issued orders making the scheme effective from 01.01.2006 but only in the case of armed forces personnel, leaving out the Civilian employees and Pensioners from the ambit of their latest order.  This is despite many decisions of the  Honourable Supreme Court that similarly placed personnel  should not be dragged to the court for redressal. 

 We had taken up this  issue with the Government twice but are disappointed as those communications have not been responded with till date.  We request that the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance and the Department of Personnel may be directed to issue orders extending the MACP Scheme effective from 01.01.2006 in the case of all civilian pensioners.