Major General Rank Officers Of Are Getting Less Salary
Major General rank officers of armies are getting less salary than junior officers, military court orders.
The Tribunal of the Armed Forces has directed the Central Government to increase the salaries of the Major General rank officers of the armies.
As these military officers are getting less salary than their junior officers. The government has been asked to increase the salary of an Air Vice Marshal of the Indian Air Force.
Air Vice Marshal P. Subhash Babu has approached the Armed Forces Tribunal through advocate Ankur Chhibber. He took this step after the failure of the Sixth Pay Commission.
Failure to implement Sixth Pay Commission, junior officers were getting more salary
In fact, with the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission, the salaries of senior colonels and brigadiers have exceeded the salaries of Major Generals. Since they receive ‘military service pay’, they later stop getting.
Due to this, the salary of these junior officers like colonels and brigadiers increases by seven to eight thousand rupees more than the salary of Major General.
Hence, the tribunal’s chairman Rajendra Menon said in his decision that the respondent government has been asked to consider the salary of the petitioner and increase it from his then juniors and subsequent juniors from July 1, 2017.
They should also be provided all arrears up to this period. Besides, the government has also been directed to provide pension and other related benefits to the petitioner from July 1, 2020.
Also, arrears should also be paid along with an interest of six per cent within a period of three months of getting a copy of the judgment.
Chhibber said that this decision of the Armed Forces Tribunal will resolve the long pending problem of two-star officers of the Armed Forces.
He said that the honorable court said that the salary of the petitioner should be increased more than his junior officers and accordingly their pension should also be revised.
It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Defense had earlier dismissed the complaint filed on the discrepancy of pay scales. While the military court granted the petitioner’s petition.
In his petition, the salary of Major General Rank (Air Vice Marshal) military officer is Rs 2,18,200 from July 1, 2017, while two Air Commodores like his junior officer get Rs 2,26,800 and Rs 2,20,800 respectively for military service. Were staying.
