I am a central Govt. pensioner 81 years old. The 7th Pay Commission made some recommendations correcting very unjust pension fixation of earlier pay commissions. These would be highly beneficial to pensioners like me who retired prior to 1996. The Central Govt. while accepting the recommendations in general, deferred some of these beneficial recommendations and asked a committee of secretaries to study them and submit their views within 4 months. The report of the Committee though somewhat delayed ultimately has been with the Govt. for more than 6 months. We have been eagerly expecting the Govt. to announce their decision on this matter, so that our pensions can be refixed at the higher level as per the recommendation of the 7th CPC. The delay is inexplicable and any number of representations to authourities iincluding the PM, have met with the response that the report submitted is with the Cabinet with no mention of even a probable date of decision. We fear many of us will not even be around by the time the decision is taken.
My question is: Can a suit be filed in the Central Bench of the Central Adminstrative Tribunal, with a prayer to direct the Govt. to announce their decision setting a deadline?
I will be grateful for an answer.
