Review petitions on NPS during the year 2021: Rajya Sabha QA

Review Petitions on NPS: Status of SLPs / Review Petitions during the year 2021 – Rajya Sabha QA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(DEPARTMENT ·OF PENSION & PENSIONERS’ WELFARE)

RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 605 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021)

REVIEW PETITIONS ON NPS

605 CH. SUKHRAM SINGH YADAV: .
SHRI VISHAMBHAR PRASAD NISHAD:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to refer to answers to UQ428 and 425 given in Rajya Sabha on Feb 4 and July 22, 2021 respectively and state:

(a) whether Supreme Court has dismissed various SLPs and Review Petitions during the year 2021 and has allowed the Central Government officials under NPS, the benefits of old pension scheme whose advertisements were issued before 01/01/2004 and results declared and joining occurred after 31112/2003;

(b) if so, the details thereof, case-wise;

(c) the details of cases where Government has issued orders to revert these officials after / judgments of Supreme Court, case-wise; and

(d) by when general order for all similar cases on above lines would be issued?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (c): Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed some of SLPs filed by Union of India during the year 2021 against the orders of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi allowing benefit of old pension scheme to those Government servants whose selection process was completed after 01.01.2004. Details of cases is enclosed at Annexure-A

(d): National Pension System (NPS) was introduced for Central Government employees by a Notification of Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) dated 22nd December, 2003. NPS is mandatory for all new recruits to the Central Government service from 1st January, 2004 (except the armed forces).

In view of the specific prov1s1ons of the Notification dated 22.12.2003, the date of advertisement for the vacancies is not considered relevant for determining the eligibility for coverage under the Old Pension Scheme or the National Pension System.

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Annexure- A

Status of SLPs / Review Petitions during the year 2021

Source: Rajya Sabha