Letter No. P(R)535/II dated 21.1.2000 - South Central Railway
31.7.84 in case his plea for entitlement to opt for the pension scheme w.e.from
31.1.82 is not acceptable. ..... The Railway Board in para 5 of the its letter dated
8.5.87 stated that a proposal to grant ex-gratia payment to the CPF beneficiaries,
who had retired prior to 1.1.1986 and to the ...... SERIAL CIRCULAR NO.157/
2000.