Dr Jitendra Singh to address the plenary session of National Workshop on Pension Litigation at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 2nd July 2025

Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions will address the National Workshop on Pension Litigation on July 02, 2025. The National Workshop on Pension Litigation will be attended by Nodal Officers and Panel Counsels of all Ministries/Departments including Legal Experts and reiterate Government’s commitment for improving litigation management and ensuring greater coordination.

Pension is an acknowledgement of the service rendered and ensures a life of dignity for the pensioners. Hence, Pension litigation needs to be handled in a timely and effective manner. However, difference in interpretation of pension rules, delay in effecting pensionary benefits, sanction of family pension and variation between pensions of pensioners of the same category are some of the reasons which lead to litigation on pension matters. Since the number of pending court cases are large in number and need to be handled timely and efficiently by the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India, a National Workshop on Pension Litigation has been convened by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare to evolve consensus amongst all the stakeholders including various Ministries/Departments, legal experts and counsels to work together towards minimizing litigation.

The workshop will be addressed by Shri R Venkataramani, Ld. Attorney General of India, Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary (Pension), Dr. Niten Chandra, Secretary (Ex-Servicemen Welfare), Shri Vikramjit Banerjee, Ld. ASG, Dr. Chhabilendra Roul, Member, CAT, Principal Bench, Delhi, Shri Dhrubajyoti Sengupta, Joint Secretary (Pension) and Shri T P Singh, Senior Central Government Counsel, High Court, Delhi.

The workshop will consist of two technical sessions on ‘Pension Case Law’ and ‘Pension Litigation in CAT’, with focus on effective handling of Pension Litigation. Department of Legal Affairs has issued Directives on 04.04.2025 for Litigation Management. This workshop is being convened in accordance with the Directives. 

This is the first time that the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has taken the initiative to hold a Pension litigation workshop and it is envisaged that the discussions will enhance the knowledge and improve Pension Litigation Strategy and skills of the nodal officers of the Ministries/Departments dealing with pension related litigation.