Team Goemkarponn
MORMUGAO: The Mormugao Port Trust Pensioners’ Association has served a formal notice to the Mormugao Port Authority (MPA), warning that pensioners and family pensioners will stage a protest if their long-pending demands are not addressed within 30 days.
In a letter dated December 23, 2025, addressed to the Chairperson of MPA at Headland, Sada, the association stated that a conference held on November 16, 2025, at Ravindra Bhavan, Baina, Vasco, had unanimously passed several resolutions highlighting key concerns of pensioners.
Among the primary demands is the withdrawal of any proposal to close down the Port Hospital. The association maintained that no other port in India has moved to shut its hospital or adopt a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. It further stated that if a PPP model is introduced, the yearly subscription of pensioners and family pensioners must be borne by the MPA.
The association has also demanded payment of arrears based on the second formula/methodology before the New Year 2026, provision of medical benefits to SPVRS retirees who retired prior to 2017 on par with those who retired after 2017, and counting of 50 per cent ELR service for pension benefits.
Other demands include distribution of Port calendars for 2026 to pensioners and full reimbursement of medical bills as per the Supreme Court judgment.
The association has warned that if the demands are not fulfilled within 30 days of receipt of the notice, a protest will be held in front of the MPA Administrative Office.
