SRINAGAR: For the final one and half years retired workers of the Directorate of City Native Our bodies (ULB) Kashmir have been shuttling between workplaces looking for the discharge of their pension however with none luck.
After spending their lifetime serving the division these workers retired in mid-2021 and are since ready for his or her first installment of pension.
“I by no means thought that after working sincerely for over 30 years my division would make me endure like this,” stated Ahmed, who retired in February this yr however is but to get his pension.
“My youngsters are on the peak of their academic profession. It’s now they want monetarily assist probably the most. However no matter little I had saved is already spent,” stated one other worker who wished to not give his identify as he fears this would possibly additional delay his pension. “I may need visited director’s workplace over a dozen occasions since February, however nothing has been performed thus far. In-stead we get handled like petty criminals.”
As per the workers they’ve accomplished all of the required formalities wanted to get their pension together with procuring virtually half-a-dozen NOC’s from totally different sections.
“It’s arduous to consider we had been a part of this division until lately as they appear to disown us after we want them probably the most,” stated Sajad, one other worker who visits the Srinagar-based ULB workplace virtually each different week to investigate about his pension.
Based on a 2013 Supreme Courtroom of India ruling “gratuity and pension are hard-earned advantages of an worker and proper to obtain pension is like “property”.
The highest Courtroom held that this proper can’t be taken away from a authorities worker pending departmental or felony proceedings.
However retired workers of UBL Kashmir allege that no cause has been given to them as to why their pensions has not been launched even after greater than a yr has handed since they retired from their providers.
“That is our solely supply of revenue. Our division ought to perceive that one can not maintain with out cash,” stated Ahmed, who’s a father of three women.
“We’ve got put every part on maintain. It’s painful to beg for one thing that’s rightfully ours,” added one other worker.
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