EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 11: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday expressed concern over submission of pension cases of retiring employees by various government departments without adhering to rules and regulations. As per order issued by the Financial Commissioner, Arun K Mehta, Department of Finance said that the Principal Accountant General (A&E), J&K has expressed serious concern over submission of pension cases of the retiring Government employees by the Government departments to his office without adhering to the relevant Rules and Regulations. It has been pointed out that gross irregularities have been noticed particularly in case of works departments (Jal Shakti, R&B, PDD, Irrigation and Flood Control, UEED and other offices), read an order. It further said that it has been observed that Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) Pension Sanctioning Authority are allowing the benefit of SRO-59 dated 06.02.1990 even beyond date of withdrawal of the SRO i.e., 15.01.1996, and in many career at the fag end of the service, retrospectively, without observing the rules and regulations, resulting in extra burden on the Government Exchequer. "The magnitude of irregularities in matters of fixation and regulation of pay of employees can be gauged from the fact that an amount of Rs 111.04 Crores has been recovered during the period from April, 2010 to March, 2020," it further read. |