Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 6: State Government pensioners have urged upon the state authorities to address the pending issues of the pensions and state employees.
In a meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Pensioners & Civil Society Association held here today under the chairmanship of Ajit Singh Adyal, the members discussed the issues of State pensioners and employees. They pointed out that the implementation of 6th Pay Commission report in favour of pre 01-01-2006 pensioners with effect from January Ist, 2006 in respect of full pension payable instead of lesser pension, being paid to prorate basis pension formula, has not been made applicable by the State Govt as done by the Centre. This benefit is needed to be provided to state pensioners before implementation of 7th Pay Commission report.
They also demanded release of DA installment due from Ist July 2017, provision of interim relief @ 25 % in favour of employees and pensioners before implementation of the 7th Pay Commission report, enhancement of Medical allowance from Rs 300 to Rs 2000 per month and removal of anomalies in the pay grades of various cadre of the employees.
ND Sharma, Prof OP Sharma, R S Jamwal, JK Sharma, Mohd Shafi and others also spoke on the occasion.