FDE staff face delay in retirement benefits

The issuance of pensions of retired staff of educational institutions working under the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) have been delayed despite the apex court orders in this regard.

The Supreme Court (SC) had directed for early finalisation of pension cases.

Tahir Iqbal, a retired vice principal of Islamabad Model Postgraduate College (IMPC) Sector H-8 informed that the college office sent his pension papers to FDE on April 21 this year but due to administrative bottlenecks, the case is not yet ready to be sent to AGPR for final payment.

He have been made shuttle between college and FDE, he added.

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The authorities must take action to ensure smooth issuance of pension after retirement of the employees who have served for years, he added.

Liaquat Ali, another retired Associate Professor from Islamabad Model College for Boys, (IMCB) H-9, said “I was retired on April 14 from my service after awarding time scale of BPS-20. I applied to AGPR for revision of my pay slip of BPS-20 which has not been issued yet.”

After getting a revised pay slip, a Last Pay Certificate (LPC) will be needed to prepare his pension papers, he said adding that his pension case is still at initial stage.

A lengthy process of completion and verification of related documents is ahead and he is concerned how much time it will take, he said.

A female Associate Professor Danish Amjad facing delay in issuance of her pension dues since retirement in May 2020 emphasised that there should be a respectful way of payment of retirement benefits.

She suggested that process should be started one year before the superannuation of the government servants so that pensions may be sanctioned well in time before the retirement.

Unfortunately, the process of preparing the papers of pension starts after the retirement and it takes too much time due to administrative hurdles and the government servants have to move from pillar to post to get their dues after retirement.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 27^th, 2020.