Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Dec 6: The district body of Retired Police Personnel Forum (RPPF) today held a meeting under the chairmanship of its president, Om Parkash Sharma, to highlight their demands.
The meeting, which was attended by a large number of retired police personnel, raised the demand of one rank one pension for the retired police personnel on the lines of army. Besides, the speakers demanded removal of pay anomalies in respect of Head Constable and ASI with effect from 1-1-1996 pay Commission Report.
The other demands highlighted by the forum were enhancement of medical allowance at par with the employees of Central Government, financial assistance of Rs one lakh from the Police Welfare Fund in favour of retired police personnel at the time of marriages of their daughters and sanctioning an amount of Rs 50,000 to the next of kin of the retired police personnel at the time of his death for performing last rites.
Moreover, the Forum stressed upon the Government to give 15% reservation quota in the police recruitment to the wards of police personnel and provide free medical treatment to the retired police personnel and their family members.
The Forum appealed the J&K LG GC Murmu to pass directions to the concerned authorities to redress its demands at the earliest.
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