No. 12(1)2005/D (Res-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare
D (Res-1)
New Delhi, the 18th March, 2013.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Grant of Ex-servicemen status to recruits boarded out on Medical grounds with disability pension.
The undersigned is directed to refer to Office Memorandum of even number dated 01.02.2006 wherein with the approval of Raksha Mantri it was decided that such recruits who were boarded out /released on medical grounds and granted medical/disability pension will also be covered under the category of 'Ex-servicemen' for all practical purposes. Reference is also invited to DOP&T Notification No. G.S.R.757 (E) dated 04.10.2012 (published in the Official Gazette on 10.10.2012) wherein ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical grounds and granted medical disability pension have been given the status of Ex-servicemen. It has been reported that some Rajya Sainik Boards are not issuing Ex-servicemen cards to such ex-recruits as a result of which ex-recruits are being denied the benefits available to ex-servicemen. Various representations from ex-recruits are being received and court cases have also been filed in this regard.
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