Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 2: The working committee of the Retired Officer’s Forum met under the chairmanship of I D Soni to deliberate on the issues such as water usage charges, revision of PPOs by AG office in light of Format-II and payment of 7th Pay Commission arrears in one go.
The Forum members said that the State Government has enhanced water usage charges abnormally high from Rs 30/annum to Rs 2100 per connection, which are beyond the paying capacity of many consumers . These charges need to be reduced to a reasonable level, they added.
The Forum expressed concern over too much delay by the AG, J & K, Jammu, regarding issuing of revised PPOs. “The officers/officials who submitted their forms duly completed in the AG office sometimes May-June last year have not yet received their revised PPOs whereas some others, who submitted their forms much later have since received their revised PPOs. This needs to be looked in by the Govt,” the Forum explained and also urged the Government for release of 7th Pay Commission arrears to all the pensioners irrespective of their age limit in one go.
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