21-May-2026

Status of Pension Revision in Hon.Delhi High Court on 21st May 2026:
Today Arguments have been concluded from both sides. No further Arguments. Written submissions to be submitted within a weeks time.
Judgment is reserved.

21-May-2026

CBMPA - Nation wide Dharna successfully held on 20-05-2026 demanding enhanced IDA from 01-01-2026.

Check out the highlights from CBMPA - Nationwide Dharna held on 20-05-2026

21-May-2026

DoT released the OM for Revision of IDA w.e.f 01-01-2026, addressed to CMD BSNL with copy to CGCA and DDG (Est.).
Comrades,
While our struggle has yielded immediate relief but, for Pensioner's, DOT has created a very serious and unwarranted situation by linking our IDR to IDA for all times.
CBMPA leadership needs to take a very serious, immediate and larger view of this dangerous and deadly clause and plan a prolonged strategy and program of action to defeat this Sinister plan of the Govt. This is wholly unacceptable and highly condemnable on part of the Government.
Immediately, CBMA must outrightly and unequivocally condemn this dastardly and treacherous move of the Govt. and we have to be uncompromising and unyielding till our IDR is delinked from IDA.
Let us not accept this devilish move of the Government, the way we accepted linking of our Pension Revision to Wage Revision and become victims and slaves yet again of highly preposterous and condemnable move of the Government.
-GS / SNPWA.

View DOT OM for IDA revision w e f 01-01-2026 - Addressed to CMD BSNL with copy to CGCA.

21-May-2026

Pension revision case at Hon. HC of Delhi on 20/05/2026:
The arguments of our learned counsels, Shri Chibber and Shri Ghosh, concluded today.
Shri Chibber presented a highly convincing and well-substantiated argument, effectively refuting the submissions made by the Union of India counsel, Shri Kirtiman Singh. He specifically highlighted Rule 37A, particularly Sub-rules (8) and (21), to firmly establish that these provisions unequivocally grant parity with Central Government pensioners.
He produced documentary evidence to demonstrate that the VI CPC benefits were implemented for us with a 2.57 fitment factor over the IDA scales. He further pointed out that notional fixation had also been granted with 50% fitment under FR 116. In addition, DCRG benefits were extended based on the VII CPC. He therefore argued that, having extended all these benefits, the Government cannot selectively deny pension revision on VII CPC terms at par with Central Government pensioners, especially when such parity is clearly envisaged under Rule 37A.
Shri Chibber also submitted that the reliance placed by the Government counsel on certain CAT judgments was wholly untenable, as they were overturned by the Ernakulam High court He further pointed out that the Government itself had approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court through SLPs against this judgment. The Supreme Court had disposed of the matter with liberty to approach the High Court, and thereafter the High Court had dismissed their plea. Hence, those arguments no longer carried any legal sustainability.
He further brought to the notice of the Bench that many of the arguments advanced by the Union of India were based merely on internal departmental documents which neither had the approval of the competent authority nor possessed any statutory sanctity. Therefore, such documents were inherently unreliable and unsustainable.
He also highlighted that certain documents now being relied upon by the Government had not even been placed before the Hon'ble Tribunal earlier and, as already pointed out by the Hon'ble Bench itself, could not be introduced at this stage.
Shri Chibber concluded by emphatically asserting that we are fully entitled to pension revision on VII CPC terms at par with Central Government pensioners.
Shri Ghosh, in his arguments, pointed out that during the formation of the new PSUs, the unions and associations had specifically apprehended the possibility that these entities could later become either profitable or financially unviable. It was precisely to safeguard the pensionary and retirement benefits of the absorbed employees under all such eventualities that Rule 37 was amended and strengthened as Rule 37A with comprehensive protections. Therefore, he argued, the profitability or otherwise of the PSUs has absolutely no relevance in deciding pensionary benefits.
At the conclusion of the hearing, the Hon'ble Bench directed the Union of India to come prepared with their rejoinder tomorrow. The Government counsel pleaded inability to do so tomorrow, citing non-availability. However, the Bench firmly declined the request, observing that only four working days remained before the Court vacation.
The matter was heard at length today and Mr Chhibber argued in great details showing all the relevant documents and judgments. The matter is listed tomorrow for rejoinder arguments on behalf of Mr. Kirtiman Singh.

21-May-2026

Status the of Writ Petition filed by NCCPA, of which SNPWA is a constituent, Challenging Constitutional Validity of the Validation Act, 25, enacted by Parliament and notified by Government in the Supreme Court.
WP came up for hearing on 19th May, 26, in Supreme Court, but due to paucity of time could not be heard. Listed for 25th Aug,2026.