Retirees accorded warm send off

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 30: A large number of officers and employees who attained age of superannuation today were accorded warm and affectionate send off by their officers and colleagues at their respective place of postings and they were wished happy, healthy and prosperous post retirement life.
Manager Punjab National Bank, Ramgarh branch, Ramesh Salhotra was given warm send off by the staff members as also PNB Family Club on his retirement and wished him all successes in life ahead.
Punjab National Bank Staff Union under the banner of AIBEA felicitated Som Nath Pandita of Branch Office Shamachak Jammu on his retirement. The Union presented memento to Pandita. Comrades Rakesh Chouhan, K K Mattoo and Manohar Sharma spoke on the occasion.
General Manager (O&M) Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, K R Suri superannuated from services today after rendering over 35 years of services indifferent capacities. He was accorded warm farewell at regional office here.
Dr Javed Akhter Chib, Chief Medical Officer Jammu was accorded warm send off at a function held here in the presence of Director Health Services Jammu Dr Baljeet Singh Pathania and other officers of the directorate.
Teachers and students of Government Girls High School Pakhian (Zone Bhalwal) accorded warm send off to senior Headmaster Krishan Lal Bhagat on his retirement on superannuation at a simple but impressive function today.
Ashok Kumar Pandita, Farm Manager, Sericulture Development Department was accorded warm send off by Farm Manager Rajinder Bhagat and his staff at a grand farewell. Director Sericulture Dr Malik Farooq and other officers participated in the function.
Staff of Sheep Husbandry Jammu accorded warm farewell to Dr Ravi Kumar Bhutyal and Abdul Ghani who retired from active services today. Dr Bhutyal retired as Joint Director (Farms) while Abdul Ghjani was a Flock Supervisor.
Officers and officials of Joint Directorate of Information accorded farewell to Section Officer Avinash Chander at a function held under the chairpersonship of Mrs Smita Sethi, Joint Director. Several other officers were present on the occasion.
Head Draftsman Sham Lal Verma was accorded warm and touching farewell by Town Drainage Division Jammu on his retirement. Executive Engineer Satvinder Singh Raina and others wished the retiree a happy and healthy life after retirement.
Head Assistant Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu,  Balwant Raj, was accorded warm send off on his retirement at a function under the supervision of Medical Superintendent Dr Romesh Gupta, others present on the occasion being Rakesh Bakshi, Markes Gill, Suresh Kichloo, Ashwani Wadhera and Mohd Nadeem.
Nana Ji Koul, Section Officer, tore Procurement Department Jammu was accorded warm farewell at a function in which all the officers including Chief Engineer Amresh Raina, M P Singh, Sukhwant Kour and others were present. All wished Nanaji good luck.
Jammu University Non-teaching Employees Union organized a function to bid farewell to Satish Chander, Assistant Registrar, Fateh Singh Data Entry Operator and Mrs Chander Rekha, Senior Assistant on their attaining age of superannuation.
Mrs Amita Sharma, Head Clerk, office of the AIR CCW Jammu was given a warm and affectionate send off on her retirement at a function organized today, Executive Engineer © and staff members were present on the occasion.
Warm farewell was accorded to AHTOs Gopal Krishan and Puran Chand as also HTO Makhan Lal on their retirement in the office chamber of Assistant Director Handicrafts Jammu today, who retired on superannuation today.
Surinder Kumar, Senior Lecturer, Government HSS Ramnagar was accorded warm farewell on retirement by the Principal and staff members of the School. All wished the retiring officer a happy and healthy life after retirement.
Warm send off was given to Mrs Hakuntla Devi, senior assistant, Poultry Nutritionist Section, Belicharana Jammu on superannuation at a function presided over by Dr R S Charak, Deputy Director.
The PHE Department Drivers, Cleaners Union, Division Kathua accorded warm send off to Hem Raj Chaffeur on his attaining age of superannuation. Provincial body office bearers of the Union including Kartar Chand Dubey, Mohan Singh, Devinder Singh and others were present on the occasion.
Mohinder Lal Choudhary, S/o Sita Ram Choudhary, a resident of Nowshera attained superannuation after completing 40 years services in J&K Forest Department. He retired from the services as Range Officer posted at Sunderbani.