CHANDIGARH:

12th February 2011.

To
The Principal Secretary, Finance,
Punjab Government,
The Secretariat,
CHANDIGARH.

Subject: WRONG, INCONSISTENT & DISCRIMINATORY FIXATION OF PENSION OF PRE-2006

RETIRED PROFESSORS VIDE Punjab Government, Department of Finance Letter
No.3/39/09-3FPPC/1568 Dated 30/12/2010 on the subject of Implementation of the
Recommendations of the Fifth Punjab Pay Commission -- Revision of Pension of pre
01-01-2006 Pensioners/Family Pensioners/Recipients of Extraordinary Pension etc.

Sir

I would like to bring to your notice the injustice done to Pre-2006 Retired
Professor Pensioners vide letter No.3/39/09-3FPPC/ 1568 dated 30-12-2010, issued
as a sequel to letter No.3/39/09-3FPPC/201 dated 22-2-2010, wherein para 4.2 of
letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17-8-2009 was partially modified.
As far as Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners are concerned, the net effect of
this partial modification of para 4.2 is nil because of the illogical,
inconsistent and discriminatory application of the said para as shall become
evident presently. A cursory look at the letter of 30-12-2010 brings out that it
has been an exercise in futility, since status quo ante 22-02-2010 is not altered
at all to the benefit of the Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners unlike for
other Pre-2006 Government Pensioners. Put in other words, the application of para
4.2 of letter of 17-08-2009 in letter of 30-12-2010, instead of the modified para
4.2 of letter of 22-02-2010, has worked to the detriment of the Pre-2006 Retired
Professor Pensioners when compared with the other 32 categories of Pre-2006 GoP
Pensioners.

2. What is NOT obvious is that the Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners stand
DOWNGRADED both in relation to their pre-revised scales as also grade pay in the
revised pay bands, as is evident in the following Table.

NOTE: The pension of Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners, taken from Annexure B of 30-12-
2010 letter, is interpolated with that of Pensioners at Serial Nos. 31 & 32 taken from
Annexure A of 22-02-2010 letter, to bring out the disparity.

Sr Pre-revised Revised Pay Structure w.e.f. Pension Family

No scales of pay 1.1.2006 (50% of Pension
w.e.f. the (30% of
1.1.1996 initial the
Pay Bands Grade Initial pay in initial
Pay Pay col 5) pay in
col 5)
31 16350-20100 37400-67000 8900 48590 24295 14577
16400-22400 37400-67000 10000 Professor 23700 14220
32 18600-22100 37400-67000 10000 54700 27350 16410

I may add that this inter se chaos did not exist under the letter of 17-08-2009.

3. Now, para 4.2 as given in Punjab Government Finance Department letter No.
3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17-8-2009 reads as follows:

4.2 The fixation of pension will be subject to the provision that the
revised pension, in no case, shall be lower than fifty percent of the
minimum of the pay in the pay band plus grade pay corresponding to the pre-
revised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired. This will be
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reduced pro-rata if the qualifying service of the person falls short of 33

years.

Since the fixation of one’s pension depends on the minimum of the pay in the pay
band plus grade pay corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the
pensioner had retired, the entitlement of Pre-2006 Retired Professor Pensioners
under this para is given in the Table below and this is what precisely they had
already been drawing before the issue of 30-12-2010 letter:

MINIMUM PENSION OF PRE-2006 PUNJAB GOVERNMENT COLLEGE PENSIONERS [TEACHERS & EQUIVALENT]
BASED ON REVISED PAY BANDS AND GRADE PAYS VIDE PARA 4.2 OF PUNJAB GOVERNMENT LETTER No.
3/23/09-3FPPC/885 DATED 17-8-2009 & GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
(EDUCATION DEPARTMENT) NOTIFICATION No.10/3/09-3Edu.1/3321 DATED 2-9-2009
Sr Pre-revised Pay Bands Grade Minimum Minimum
No scales of pay Pay Pension Family
(50% of Pension
the sum (30% of the
of min. sum of min.
of of PB+GP)
PB+GP)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 16400-22400 37400-67000 10000 23700 14220
2 12000-18300 37400-67000 9000 23200 13920
3 12000-18300 15600-39100 8000 11800 7080
4 10000-15200 15600-39100 7000 11300 6780
5 8000-13500 15600-39100 6000 10800 6480

4. In the letter of 22-02-2010, the partially modified para 4.2 reads as follows:
4.2 The fixation of pension will be subject to the provision that the
revised pension, in no case shall be less than 50% of the initial pay shown
in column 8 of the schedule of the Punjab Civil Services (Revised Pay)
Rules, 2009, against relevant Pay Band and Grade Pay corresponding to the
pre-revised scale of pay in which the pensioner had last worked. However,
such pension will be suitably reduced pro-rata, where the qualifying
service of the person falls short of 33 years.

I am reproducing below the Schedule given in the GoP NOTIFICATION No.5/10/09-

5FPI/207 DATED THE 27th May, 2009:

Schedule
[See rules 3(k) and 4]
General Conversion Table

S Pre-revised Revised Initial Pay

N Group Pay Scale Pay Group Corresponding Grade
Band Pay Bands Pay
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 D 2520-4140 PB 1 D 4900-10680 1300 6200
2 D 2720-4200 PB 1 D 4900-10680 1400 6700
3 D 2820-4400 PB 1 D 4900-10680 1650 6950
4 C 3120-5160 PB 2 C 5910-20200 1900 7810
5 C 3120-6200 PB 2 C 5910-20200 1950 7960
6 C 3330-6200 PB 2 C 5910-20200 2000 8240
7 C 4020-6200 PB 2 C 5910-20200 2400 9880
8 C 4400-7000 PB 2 C 5910-20200 2800 11170
9 C 4550-7220 PB 2 C 5910-20200 3000 11470
10 C 5000-8100 PB 3 C 10300-34800 3200 13500
11 C 5480-8925 PB 3 C 10300-34800 3600 14430
12 C 5800-9200 PB 3 B 10300-34800 3800 14590
13 B 6400-10640 PB 3 B 10300-34800 4200 16290
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14 B 7000-10980 PB 3 B 10300-34800 4400 17420

15 B 7220-10980 PB 3 B 10300-34800 4600 18030
16 B 7220-11320 PB 3 B 10300-34800 4800 18250
17 A 7220-11660 PB 3 A 10300-34800 5000 18450
18 A 7880-11660 PB 3 A 10300-34800 5400 20300
19 A 7880-13500 PB 4 A 15600-39100 5400 21000
20 A 9200-13900 PB 4 A 15600-39100 5700 22820
21 A 9750-14700 PB 4 A 15600-39100 6000 24140
22 A 10025-15100 PB 4 A 15600-39100 6600 25250
23 A 12000-15100 PB 4 A 15600-39100 7400 31120
24 A 12000-15500 PB 4 A 15600-39100 7600 31320
25 A 12000-16350 PB 4 A 15600-39100 7800 31520
26 A 13125-16350 PB 4 A 15600-39100 8200 32620
27 A 13500-16800 PB 4 A 15600-39100 8400 33510
28 A 14300-18150 PB 5 A 37400-67000 8600 46000
29 A 14300-18600 PB 5 A 37400-67000 8700 46100
30 A 14300-20100 PB 5 A 37400-67000 8800 46200
31 A 16350-20100 PB 5 A 37400-67000 8900 48590
32 A 18600-22100 PB 5 A 37400-67000 10000 54700

THE INITIAL PAY, AS GIVEN IN THE ABOVE SCHEDULE/GENERAL CONVERSION TABLE, IS EQUAL
TO THE REVISED BASIC PAY [TOTAL OF PAY IN THE PAY BAND AND GRADE PAY] IN THE
REVISED PAY SCALE CORRESPONDING TO THE BASIC PAY AT THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PRE-
REVISED PAY SCALE TO WHICH AN INCUMBENT IS ENTITLED ON 01-01-2006. THIS IS EVIDENT
FROM FITMENT TABLES No.1 TO No.32 ANNEXED TO THE SAID PUNJAB GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE) NOTIFICATION No.5/10/09-5FPI/207 DATED THE 27th May, 2009.

To illustrate the point, I am giving below only Fitment Table No. 32 from the
Notification No.5/10/09-5FPI/207 of 27th May, 2009 from which the above Schedule
has been taken.

FITMENT TABLE 32
[See rules 3(d) and 7]

Pre-revised Revised Pay Structure

Pay Scale
Revised Pay Scale+ Grade pay
Rs 18600-22100 Rs37400--67000+Rs.10000

Basic Pay Revised Pay

Pay in the Grade Pay Revised Basic
Pay Pay
Band
1 2 3 4
18600 44700 10000 54700
19100 46050 10000 56050
19600 46050 10000 56050
20100 47440 10000 57440
20600 47440 10000 57440
21100 48870 10000 58870
21600 48870 10000 58870
22100 50340 10000 60340

Quite clearly, the initial pay shown in column 8 of the Schedule against Serial
No. 32 [Rs 54700] is the Revised Basic Pay [Rs 54700] in the Pay in the Pay Band
plus Grade Pay, shown in column 4 corresponding to the first stage of Basic Pay in
the Pre-revised Scale [Rs 18600].

To prepare a general conversion Table for Pre-2006 Government College pensioners

[teachers & equivalent] on the pattern of the Schedule, we need to refer to
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Annexure-I and Annexure-II of Punjab Government Department of Higher Education

(Education Department) NOTIFICATION No.10/3/09-3Edu.1/3321 2-9-2009. Annexure-I
gives Fitment Tables and Annexure-II para 2 gives details of new pay structure of
various categories of teachers. The pay structure for different categories of
teachers and equivalent positions is as indicated below:-

(a) Assistant Professor/Associate Professors/Professors in Colleges &

Universities

(i) Persons entering the teaching profession in Universities and

Colleges shall be designated as Assistant Professors and shall be
placed in the Pay Band of Rs. 15600-39100 with AGP of Rs. 6000.
Lecturers already in service in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 8000-
13500, shall be re-designated as Assistant Professors with the said
AGP of Rs. 6000.
(vi) The pay of the incumbents to the posts of Lecturer (senior
scale) (i.e. the un-revised scale of Rs. 10,000-15200) shall be re-
designated as Assistant Professor, and shall be fixed at the
appropriate stage in Pay Band of Rs. 15600-39100 based on their
present pay, with AGP of Rs. 7000.
(viii) Posts of Associate Professor shall be in the Pay Band of
Rs. 37400-67000, with AGP of Rs. 9000. Directly recruited Associate
Professors shall be placed in the Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000 with an
AGP of Rs. 9000, at the appropriate stage in the Pay Band in terms of
the conditions of appointment.
(ix) Incumbent Readers and Lecturers (Selection Grade) who have
completed 3 years in the current pay scale of Rs. 12000-18300 on
1.1.2006 shall be placed in Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000 with AGP Pay
of Rs. 9000 and shall be re-designated as Associate Professor.
(x) Incumbent Readers and Lecturers (Selection Grade) who had not
completed three years in the pay scale of Rs. 12000-18300 on 1.1.2006
shall be placed at the appropriate stage in the Pay Band of
Rs. 15600-39100 with AGP of Rs. 8000 till they complete 3 years of
service in the grade of Lecturer (Selection Grade)/Reader, and
thereafter shall be placed in the higher Pay Band of Rs.37400-67000
and accordingly re-designated as Associate Professor.
(xiii) . . . The Pay Band for the post of Professors shall be
Rs. 37400-67000 with AGP of Rs. 10000.

Using this information, we can prepare a schedule-like schema in the form of the
following Table to work out the initial pay of the five categories of teachers &
equivalent:

S Pre-revised Revised Initial

N Designation Pay Scale Fitment Designation Correspondin Grade Pay
Table g Pay Bands Pay
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Lecturer 8000-13500 See Asst Prof 15600-39100 6000 21600
Table 1*
2 Lecturer 10000-15200 See Asst Prof 15600-39100 7000 25600
(Senior Table 2* (Senior Scale)
Scale)
3 Lecturer 12000-18300 See Asst Prof (SG) 15600-39100 8000 30320
(SG) Table 3*
4 Lecturer(SG) 12000-18300 See Asst Prof (SG) 37400-67000 9000 46400
with 3 years Table 4* with 3 years
5 Professor 16400-22400 See Professor 37400-67000 10000 50890
Table 5*
*
These are the Fitment Tables as given in Annexure-I of the GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT
OF HIGHER EDUCATION (EDUCATION DEPARTMENT) NOTIFICATION No.10/3/09-3Edu.1/3321 dated
2-9-2009.

5. The pension of Pre-2006 Government of Punjab pensioners based on the

partially modified para 4.2 and the concept of initial pay as defined in
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column 8 of the Schedule is given in Annexure-A, which has been taken

from the letter of 22-02-2010:
Annexure-A

Revised Pension/Family Pension based on Pay Band and Grade Pay and Initial Pay
corresponding to the pre-revised pay scales.(Referred to in para 4.2 of Punjab Government
letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17-8-2009 and letter No. 3/39/09-3FPPC/201 Dated
22nd February, 2010)

Sr Pre-revised Revised Pay Structure w.e.f. Pension Family

No scales of 1.1.2006 (50% of Pension
pay w.e.f. Pay Bands Grade Initial the (30% of
1.1.1996 Pay Pay initial the
pay in initial
col 5) pay in
col 5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2520-4140 4900-10680 1300 6200 3500 3500
2 2720-4200 4900-10680 1400 6700 3500 3500
3 2820-4400 4900-10680 1650 6950 3500 3500
4 3120-5160 5910-20200 1900 7810 3905 3500
5 3120-6200 5910-20200 1950 7960 3980 3500
6 3330-6200 5910-20200 2000 8240 4120 3500
7 4020-6200 5910-20200 2400 9880 4940 3500
8 4400-7000 5910-20200 2800 11170 5585 3500
9 4550-7220 5910-20200 3000 11470 5735 3500
10 5000-8100 10300-34800 3200 13500 6750 4050
11 5480-8925 10300-34800 3600 14430 7215 4329
12 5800-9200 10300-34800 3800 14590 7295 4377
13 6400-10640 10300-34800 4200 16290 8145 4887
14 7000-10980 10300-34800 4400 17420 8710 5226
15 7220-10980 10300-34800 4600 18030 9015 5409
16 7220-11320 10300-34800 4800 18250 9125 5475
17 7220-11660 10300-34800 5000 18450 9225 5535
18 7880-11660 10300-34800 5400 20300 10150 6090
19 7880-13500 15600-39100 5400 21000 10500 6300
20 9200-13900 15600-39100 5700 22820 11410 6846
21 9750-14700 15600-39100 6000 24140 12070 7242
22 10025-15100 15600-39100 6600 25250 12625 7575
23 12000-15100 15600-39100 7400 31120 15560 9336
24 12000-15500 15600-39100 7600 31320 15660 9396
25 12000-16350 15600-39100 7800 31520 15760 9456
26 13125-16350 15600-39100 8200 32620 16310 9786
27 13500-16800 15600-39100 8400 33510 16755 10053
28 14300-18150 37400-67000 8600 46000 23000 13800
29 14300-18600 37400-67000 8700 46100 23050 13830
30 14300-20100 37400-67000 8800 46200 23100 13860
31 16350-20100 37400-67000 8900 48590 24295 14577
32 18600-22100 37400-67000 10000 54700 27350 16410
Note 1:- As per para 4.2 of Punjab Government letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17th August
2009 as modified vide letter no. No.3/39/09-3FPPC/201 Dated 22nd February, 2010, the revised
pension of those pensioners who retired after completing maximum qualifying service (i.e. 33
years) before 1.1.2006 cannot be less than the pension indicated in the column 6 above (50%
of the Initial Pay mentioned in column 5 above against relevant Pay Band and Grade Pay
corresponding to the pre-revised scale of pay held by the pensioner s at the time of their
retirement). The pension in column 6 will be reduced pro-rata, where the pensioner had less
than the maximum required qualifying service (i.e. 33 years) for full pension as applicable
on 1.1.2006 and in no case it will be less than Rs 3500/- p.m. In case the pension
consolidated as per para 4.1 of Punjab Government letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/885 dated 17th
August 2009 is higher than the pension calculated in the manner above, the same (the higher
pension) will be treated as Basic Pension.
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6. The pension of Pre-2006 Government College pensioners [teachers & equivalent],

which should also have been worked out using the same principles as used for the
above Annexure-A, is given in the following Table.

S Designation Pre-revised Revised Pay Structure Pension Family

r scales of w.e.f. 1.1.2006 (50% of Pension
pay w.e.f. the (30% of
N 1.1.1996 Pay Bands Grade Initial initial the
o Pay Pay pay in initial
col 5) pay in
col 5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Lecturer 8000-13500 15600-39100 6000 21600 10800 6480
2 Lecturer(Sr.Scale) 10000-15200 15600-39100 7000 25600 12800 7680
3 Lecturer(SG) 12000-18300 15600-39100 8000 30320 15160 9096
4 Lecturer(SG) with 12000-18300 37400-67000 9000 46400 23200 13920
3 or more years of
service
5 Professor 16400-22400 37400-67000 10000 50890 25445 15267

7. Instead of following consistently the modified para 4.2 given in the letter of
22-02-2010 and the concept of initial pay as given in column 8 of the Schedule
(Notification dated 27-05-2009] for Pre-2006 Government College pensioners
[teachers & equivalent] as explained above, the Government issued the following
patently wrong, inconsistent, and discriminatory Annexure-B in its letter of 30-
12-2010:

ANNEXURE-B

Revised Pension/Family Pension based on Pay Band, grade Pay and Initial Pay of teachers and
equivalent cadres in colleges in the State with effect from 1st January, 2006, corresponding
to the pre-revised pay scales.

(Refer to Punjab Government Notification No. 10/03/09-3Edu.1/3321 dated 2.9.009 and para 4.2
of Punjab Government letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/8885, dated 17th August,2009 and letter No.
3/23/09-3FPPC/201, dated 22nd February, 2010)

Sr. Name of the post Pre- Approved Grade Minimum Minimum

No. revised revised Pay Pension Family
pay pay Band (50% of Pension
scale the sum (30% of
of min. the sum
of of min.
PB+GP) of PB+GP)
1 Professor 16400- 37400- 10000 23700 14220
22400 67000
2 Lecturer (S. G.) / 12000- 37400- 9000 23200 13920
Reader with 3 or more 18300 67000
years of service)
3 Lecturer (S. G.)/ 12000- 15600- 8000 11800 7080
Reader 18300 39100
4 Lecturer (Sr. Scale) 10000- 15600- 7000 11300 6780
15200 39100
5 Lecturer 8000- 15600- 6000 10800 6480
13500 39100
Note: The pension shown in column 6 is for maximum qualifying service of
33 years. In cases of pensioners, where qualifying service is less than 33 years, the
pension shown shall be reduced pro-rata.

In this Annexure, even though lip service is paid to the initial pay, and
reference made to letter No. 3/23/09-3FPPC/201, dated 22nd February, 2010, the
initial pay as given in column 8 of the Schedule has been replaced by the minimum
of the Band Pay to the detriment of Pre-2006 Government College Pensioners
[teachers & equivalent].
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8. It is, therefore, requested that this discrimination be done away with as soon
as possible by defining the Initial Pay in the same way as it is for other Pre-
2006 Punjab Government Pensioners, and a fresh Annexure similar to the following
issued to ensure and assure the Pre-2006 Government College pensioners [teachers &
equivalent] that a different and discriminatory yard stick is not applied to them.

S Designation Pre-revised Revised Pay Structure Pension Family

scales of w.e.f. 1.1.2006 (50% of Pension
N pay w.e.f. the (30% of
initial the
1.1.1996 Pay Bands Grade Initial
Pay Pay pay in initial
col 5) pay in
col 5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Lecturer 8000-13500 15600-39100 6000 21600 10800 6480
2 Lecturer 10000-15200 15600-39100 7000 25600 12800 7680
(Senior Scale)
3 Lecturer(SG) 12000-18300 15600-39100 8000 30320 15160 9096
4 Lecturer(SG) with 12000-18300 37400-67000 9000 46400 23200 13920
3 years
5 Professor 16400-22400 37400-67000 10000 50890 25445 15267

9. The Pre-2006 Government College retired pensioners [teachers & equivalent]

simply want to be treated like the other 32 categories of pre 2006 government
pensioners BECAUSE THEY ARE COVERED BY THE SAME PUNJAB GOVERNMENT PENSION RULES AS
ARE OTHER GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS like it has ALWAYS been the case when pay scales
have been revised in 1996, 1986, and 1973.

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,

[GURKIRPAL SINGH SEKHON]

1080, Sector 39-B,
CHANDIGARH 160036.
Phone: (0172)2688085
Cell: 9815043164