The Forum of Retired IPS Officers (FORIPSO), comprising officers of all ranks from 26 states, has prepared a detailed memorandum to be submitted to the 8th Central Pay Commission, to rectify disparities in the pension.
One of the foremost issues raised pertains to pension disparities where senior officers are receiving less pension than their juniors due to overlapping pay scales. To rectify this, FORIPSO has recommended two key measures: first, ensuring that the pay scales of juniors do not exceed those of their seniors, and second, in cases where this overlap is unavoidable, instituting a provision that guarantees the senior’s pension is not lower than the highest pension drawn by a junior from the feeder rank.
Another major concern involves the use of concordance tables and the notional pay formula, which, according to FORIPSO, ignores increments earned by officers during their service, violating the settled law. This practice contradicts established legal principles. The forum has urged the Commission to ensure full weightage is given to past increments when revising pensions.
FORIPSO has also flagged anomalies in the pay structure of Directors General (DGs). The 7th Central Pay Commission downgraded the DG’s pay to a lower HAG+ scale, resulting in two distinct classes within the DG rank. Moreover, acting DGPs or Heads of Police Force (HOPF) are being denied the Apex Pay scale. To address this, the forum has called for uniformity in the pay structure of DGs by granting all officers at this rank the Apex Pay.
Finally, the forum has proposed liberalisation of the enhanced pension scheme for senior pensioners. At present, enhanced pension benefits begin only after the age of 80, whereas the average life expectancy in India is approximately 70.82 years. FORIPSO has suggested two alternatives to make this benefit more equitable. The first proposes distributing the existing 20% enhancement gradually at a rate of 1% per annum over 20 years, starting from the date of retirement. For those above 80 years, further increments could be similarly distributed within each 5-year age slab. The second alternative suggests that the 5-year incremental slabs begin earlier, from age 65, with a 5% raise at each stage.
The underlying spirit behind the recommendations is to ensure fairness, legal compliance, and dignity for retired IPS officers across the country.
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