The Supreme Court on Monday took exception to the decision by the Ministry of Defence in unilaterally extending the deadline for payment of arrears to retired armed forces personnel under the OROP scheme.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha asked the Centre to ensure that all arrears are paid by March 15. The apex court also granted ex-servicemen association the liberty to file an application if they were aggrieved by any action of Centre with regards to the payment of OROP arrears.
Pension of the past pensioners would be re-fixed on the basis of an average of minimum and maximum pension of Defence Forces retirees of the calendar year 2018 in the same rank with the same length of service.