Srinagar July 25 (KNS):  Jammu and Kashmir civil Society Forum has expressed concern over the treatment met with the pensioners and employees in JK with regard to the settlement, disbursement in their dues viz pensions, gratuity and General Provident Fund (GPF) which has compounded the problems of pensioners as well as in service employees than to ease them.

In a statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Chairman Forum Abdul Qayoom Wani expressed anguish over the treatment given to pensioners for last one year rendering them penny less by not settling the cases of their pensions and payment of gratuity.

"The pension cases for those employees who retired from service for last one year or so are in stagnation and the pensioners are wandering from pillar to post but nobody is there to address the grievance. This amount of pension and gratuity is employees earned money which he keeps with govt and if the employee does not get it even after retirement properly then what benefit of keeping it in such a saving that causes trouble than ease" Wani said

Forum said many delegations of employees met the chairman asking him to raise their issue of GPF stagnation cases in different treasuries pending for payment for months together.

Chairman lamented upon the issue that what benefit of this GPF if it does not come to the financial rescue of an employee when his ailing kith or kin is in a hospital or he is supposed to deposit fee of his ward or purchase an essential commodity from the market.

Notwithstanding the absolute delays in the settlement of pension cases and the release of GPF in favour of aspirant employees Forum has urged the govt to do the needful on priority.(KNS)