Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 6: Around 23,000 pension and employees’ service verification cases of Government employees are pending with the Accountant General’s Office in Jammu and Kashmir for the last several months.
The Financial Commissioner in a circular (FD-Code/486/2021-02-1489 dated 20-01-2022) issued to heads of the departments had asked them to get the service books of the retiring employees verified from the Accountant General’s Office.
“The service books of the Government employees of the UT J&K, who are due to retire w.e.f 01.01.2024 to 01.06.2024, are being verified in the first phase by the Office of Accountant General (J&K),” reads the circular.
An official said that 15,000 service book verification cases of retiring employees are pending with the AG’s office for last several months. “Some of the employees are retiring in a couple of months. When will they complete other formalities after service verification?” he asked.
The official said 8,000 pension cases are also pending for last few months and these retired employees are without pension and are facing difficulties.
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