Rs64.3m relief provided by Ombudsman’s office

Plaintiff from Mandi Bahauddin compensated for her deceased husband's employment

LAHORE:

The office of the Ombudsman of Punjab provided relief of Rs64.3 million to 23 complainants from various districts by issuing orders to the provincial government departments.

In a press statement issued in the provincial capital on Sunday, a spokesman for the provincial ombudsman’s office said the office had successfully resolved the longstanding matter of a family pension of a widow, Shaheena, residing in a secluded village within the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

After the decision, Shaheena, received her remaining pension dues of Rs182,695 from the district accounts office in Sargodha.

Furthermore, Najma Mazhar, the plaintiff from Mandi Bahauddin, had been duly compensated for her deceased husband's employment dues through the intervention of the ombudsman's office. Additionally, her daughter, Mehreen Saba, had also been appointed as a junior clerk in a government department in Grade-11 in adherence to Rule 17-A of the Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment & Conditions of Service) Rules, 1974, the spokesman said.

Moreover, the spokesman highlighted the commendable efforts undertaken by various district administrations in response to public complaints received by the ombudsman's office.

The administrations have successfully reclaimed over 40 kanals of state lands in their areas, valued at Rs19,120,000, to reopen public thoroughfares and roads, thereby enhancing accessibility for locals and safeguarding government lands.

In a separate case, the ombudsman's office facilitated the retrieval of two kanals and a corresponding area of marlas owned by Muhammad Ramzan in Rawalpindi.

The market value of the reclaimed land is estimated to be Rs4.2 million.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 26^th, 2023.