TGPJAC appeals for pensions to be credited on first of every month

The Telangana Government Pensioners’ Joint Action Committee (TGPJAC) urged the State authorities to guarantee that pensions are credited connected the archetypal time of each month, connected par with the precocious announced strategy of wage payments to authorities employees.

In a practice to Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao connected Wednesday, the TGPJAC welcomed the government’s determination to recognition salaries of employees connected the archetypal of each month, arsenic announced done a circular issued connected June 9. The committee, however, sought a akin statement for pensioners crossed the State.

TGPJAC president K. Laxmaiah and secretary-general Tulasi Satyanarayana pointed retired that astir 3 lakh pensioners receiving pensions done District Treasury Offices (DTOs), Sub-Treasury Offices (STOs) and Assistant Pension Payment Offices (APPOs) mostly person their pensions connected the archetypal oregon 2nd time of the month. However, successful immoderate districts, the payments are delayed until the seventh oregon eighth day, they said.

The committee claimed that pensioners of respective organisations look delays successful receiving pensions, with payments often made astatine the extremity of the period and, successful immoderate cases, lone erstwhile successful 2 oregon 3 months.