MOHALI: A meeting of Senior Vets Association was held today i.e 24th April, at Directorate of Animal husbandry here, in connection with dithering/delay of Government to pay leave encashment and other arrears to retired Officers , pending medical bills and other issues.
Thereafter , the matter was discussed with respected DAH, Punjab, who has kindly endorsed the FD letter regarding arrears payment to pensioners and employees, and forwarded it to all DDOs in state of Punjab and also assured to accord sanctions , where ever required to make payments to retirees on priority. The Association members expressed gratitude to DAH Dr G S Bedi for addressing their issues immediately and on priority.
Regarding pending medical bills, budget has been allocated to the Director which will soon be disbursed to different districts as per their demand in this regard .
Dr Gurinder Singh Walia urged the retired Officers to contact their respective DDOs (Drawing and Disbursing Officers) from where they retired and request them to send leave encashment /arrears and other medical bill cases for sanction.
Prominent among others present in the meeting were Dr Nitin Kumar, Dr Gurinder Singh Walia, Dr Shashi Saini, Dr Parmjit S Saini, Dr Gautam Parshad, Dr Madan Mohan Singla and Dr Jagjit Singh.