New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- A three-member delegation of the Alliance of All Ex Para-Military Forces Welfare Association met 8th Central Pay Commission chairperson Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and submitted a 14-point memorandum seeking a range of benefits for serving and retired Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel, the alliance said in a statement on Monday. According to the alliance, this was the first time the 8th Pay Commission had invited it to present its suggestions and demands.

The meeting is relevant in the context of the demands of the ex-paramilitary forces personnel for cadre officers and the ongoing petition filed by the CAPF serving officers in the Supreme Court, serving against the newly enacted Central Armed Police F...