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Letter to VC on pension judgments
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- Record no.
- 9840
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- Letter
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- DUTA
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The Vice Chancellor,
University of Delhi,
Delhi-110007.
26th May, 2014
Dear Prof Dinesh Singh,
We note that the recent judgments of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the
matter of conversion from CPF to GPF for Delhi University employees has been
listed on the agenda for a special meeting of the Executive Council to be held
on 27th May, 2014. The petitioners in these cases had been
broadly categorized into three categories by the Hon’ble Single Bench as follows:-
Category I: Those who had exercised option of remaining in CPF only
after the cut-off date i.e., 30.9.1987.
Category II: Those who had exercised option of continuing in CPF between
1.5.1987 and 30.9.1987.
Category III: Those who had never exercised any option of continuing in
CPF either in the stipulated period 1.5.1987 -30.9.1987 or subsequent to the said
cut-off date.
The judgments in the case of category I and III have brought relief to
hundreds of employees of Delhi University who have been struggling for
several years for placement in the pension scheme, including some who have
retired in this period. We appeal to you and to all members of the Executive
Council, to accept these judgments and take immediate steps to implement them
in all colleges and Departments of the University.
In this connection, we would like to enclose for your information a
representation in this regard submitted to the UGC by the DUTA on 3.2.2014. The
points raised by the DUTA appear to have been vindicated by the judgment of the
Hon’ble High Court.
We would also request the EC to appeal to the UGC to take a policy
decision to give a 'one-time option' to those employees (in Category II) who
have not got relief from the Hon’ble High Court, to enable them to come over to
the Pension Scheme as well. There are only a few employees in this category,
and the financial implications of the change will be negligible, as the CPF
corpus in such cases would be recovered from them and can be utilized for payment of pension.
It may be noted that the Hon’ble High Court has not given any adverse
decision against the 2469 employees who, as per University records, had
exercised their option to come-over to the pension scheme after the cut-off
date ie 30.9.1987and had been permitted to do so by the University. Most of
these may already be in Category I or III (the exact figure can be ascertained
from colleges/departments), and so the expenditure on this account would not be
considered “unauthorized” as they would anyway have the right to pension as per
the ruling of the Hon’ble High Court. For the small number remaining, the
University should continue to protect their pension rights, which can be made
more secure by seeking regularization of the expenditure from the UGC as a
one-time measure, with an assurance that in the future, permission from the UGC
will be sought before taking such decisions.
With regards,
Yours sincerely,
Nandita
Narain
Harish Khanna
(DUTA President)
(DUTA Secretary)
https://duta.live
Cite this record
Delhi University Teachers’ Association. "Letter to VC on pension judgments." 26 May 2014. https://duta.live/2014/05/26/letter-to-vc-on-pension-judgments/.
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