COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS CONSTITUTED BY DEFENCE MINISTER ON REVIEW OF LITIGATION AND REDRESSAL OF GRIEVANCES SUBMITS ITS REPORT
New Delhi, Tuesday, 24 November 2015
The Committee of Experts constituted for review of service
and pension matters including potential disputes, minimizing litigation and
strengthening institutional mechanisms related to redressal of grievances
submitted its Report to the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar here today. The
five members Committee was constituted on the directions of the Defence
Minister.
The Committee thanked the Minister for taking a historic
step for the first time to minimize litigation and grievances in the Ministry
of Defence so that the focus could remain on the core issues of governance and
administration. It also thanked Parrikar for ensuring that there was no
interference in the Committee’s functioning and for encouraging the panel to
come up with honest, dispassionate and objective observations without fear or
favour.
The Committee’s approach remained to identify practical
on-ground solutions to reduce litigation, especially appeals, and steps towards
reduction of heartburn, maintenance of harmony between employees and the
establishment and balancing of rights of both parties which could lead to an
increase in productivity and enable the Government to focus upon its basic
responsibilities. The Committee has postulated practical, workable, reformatory
and gradual solutions in its 509 page report encompassing 75 recommendations in
areas concerning service and pension matters, discipline and vigilance issues,
matters concerning promotions and confidential reports, military justice,
issues related to civilian employees and other potential areas of disputes.
Showing utmost sincerity and seriousness towards such
issues, it was the first time after independence that a step was taken in the
Ministry of Defence personally by the Defence Minister for constitution of a
panel of experts who went into great detail of all such issues.
The Members of the Committee were former Adjutant General Lt
Gen Mukesh Sabharwal, former Military Secretary Lt Gen Richard Khare, former
Judge Advocate General Maj Gen T Parshad, Advocate and expert in service
jurisprudence and Member of International Society of Military Law Maj Navdeep
Singh and Maj DP Singh.
COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS CONSTITUTED BY DEFENCE MINISTER ON REVIEW OF LITIGATION AND REDRESSAL OF GRIEVANCES SUBMITS ITS REPORT
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