Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 20: The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare of Government of India has asked MD & CEO of J&K Bank (JKB) to urgently resolve the issue of releasing and crediting of the sanctioned enhanced Dearness Relief (DR) in the accounts of Central Government Pensioners and remove their hardship caused due to withholding the same since October 8.
A spokesman of the Central Government Pensioners’ Welfare Association (CGPWA) here today said they approached Union MoS, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension, Dr. Jitendra Singh and Chief Secretary J&K and stated that while all other Pension Disbursing Banks have credited the arrears into the account with enhanced DR within a week of after October 8, the JKB has not done it till date.
Acting promptly on this request of the Association, Dr. Jitendra Singh directed the Department to direct the MD & CEO of JKB to do the needful immediately. Consequently, the Director in the Pension Department of the Ministry, Dr. Pramod Kumar sent a letter to Baldev Prakash, MD & CEO of JKB on November 7 seeking his intervention to put an end to the hardship of the Pensioners.
He has clearly explained that their OM of October 8 did not require any further instructions to release the sanctioned DR to the Central Govt Pensioners.
The Spokesman regretted that even after these directions, the J&K Bank has not yet credited the enhanced Dearness Relief into pension accounts of the Central Govt Pensioners.
The Spokesman regretted the unresponsive attitude of JKB and said that many of the Pensioners are mulling to close their pension accounts with JKB and shift these to SBI or any other nationalized Banks where the pensioners face no such problems.
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