A government of Pakistan Finance Division notification No. F1(5)R.4/95. Vol III dated 10-08-2012 states that payment of Rs 10,000 per month would be made from 01-07-2012 to all retired officers in BPS 22 including Federal Secretariat as well as Lt General and equivalent as also Chairman JCSC, service chiefs and generals as monetized value of a driver or an orderly. The order conveniently ignores BPS-21 officers who are paid only Rs 800/- per month at present as monetized value of an orderly which has no relevance to Rs 10,000/- per month for only a grade higher retired officers. This is obviously unreasonable classification. At present, no orderly can be hired at Rs 800/- per month which needs to be revised to a similar rate of BPS-22 officers.
It may be mentioned that both BPS-22 and BPS-21 posts are selection posts and deserve equal treatment. This would include retired major generals as well as their protocol is equal to BPS-21 civil officers. The Finance Division is requested to make a fair classification in this regard.
DR MUHAMMAD YAQOOB BHATTI
Lahore
