Armed Forces Tribunal issues notice to MoD, MoF on petition seeking pay parity with civil services - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/armed-forces-tribunal-issues-notice-to-mod-mof-on-petition-seeking-pay-parity-with-civil-services/#sthash.SDJkyoGu.dpuf

It has been contended that the armed forces officers cadre meets all the attributes attached to the Group ‘A’ organised service.

The Principal Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal in New Delhi today issued notice to the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Finance on a petition filed by a serving Colonel who has demanded that the Non-Functional Upgrade (NFU) applicable to IAS officers and other Group ‘A’ services be extended to armed forces as well.


 In his petition, Col Mukul Dev, of the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Branch, has contended that the morale officers of the armed forces has been lowered by the government by non-grant of the NFU and thus lowering the established status of the armed forces officers since independence. He has also argued that the stagnation in the armed forces is more acute than the civil services and that the denial is in clear violation of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution “as the equals since independence have been made unequals”.


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Wage issue: Javadekar leads bank employees’ delegation to meet FM

Wage issue: Javadekar leads bank employees’ delegation to meet FM

Unions had gone on a two-day nation-wide strike in February to press for their demands

Representatives of bank employees headed by Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for early settlement of wage revision negotiations.

Javadekar said the finance minister assured the delegation he would look into the matter and the settlement process would be expedited. The meeting came days after the umbrella body of the lenders Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) rejected the union’s call for steeper wage hike.

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