PLIGHT OF WIDOWS FOR
COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR PENSION.
After the death of
pensioners, the widows under go lots of hardship in
Getting their pension
commenced.
There are two types:
1.
Endorsement of
Family pension already done.
2.
Part II order
published for Marriage but Endorsement of
family pension not done- Pre 1985
retirees.
In the case of Endorsement Existing:
1.
The pension
account is converted to Joint A/C with spouse.
2.
No joint account done.
As
per pension Rules, where the Joint notification and Joint a/c is
existing,
on death of a pensioner, the pension may be disbursed to the
Widow after obtaining the death certificate, Non –marriage and
undertaking certificates.
But
what is happening, even after submitting the certificates, it takes
Months
together for commencement. The Paying
branch receives the Documents and forward it to their CPPC. CPPC takes their own time for Updating their DATA punching and so on. Till the time,
The
widows are with out pension and income and facing the financial Hardship.
In
some cases, as per Hindu religion, the
widows are not allowed to come out from home for about 40days, then they run
here and there for their pension.
The
delay is due to both side of Bank as well as the widows.
Not
only this, the widow has to run pillar to post for getting
Death
Certificate, Legal heir certificate and Non-Marriage certificate from
Municipality and Revenue Departments.
As
we understand that ,to commence Family pension, it takes about
Not
less than 3 months .
In
some cases, the documents submitted to the paying branch is misplaced at the Branch or CPPC and no
disbursement of pension
.
After repeated reminders, the widows are advised to forward once more the documents, thus the delay.
In
one case, due to this delay from all the sides, the CPPC now says
that
the claim has crossed more than a year and
a Fresh order has to come from CDA, then only they can disburse the pension.
The widows are advised to write to CDA
for getting Fresh PPO.
We all know how much time the CDA takes
for issuing PPO.
All
the above facts are for those - the
Endorsement and Joint A/C is
Available.
It
is more difficult for those for whom there is no Part II order for Marriage and
no Endorsement for family pension and No joint A/c..
These
are the Hardships faced by the widows for getting their pension due to the inaction by the pensioners and the
Banks.
We request all veteran brothers to
convert your Pension single account into Joint account with your spouse with
out delay to avoid the hardship to your spouse in the later date.
All
our veteran Associations and
Organisations are requested to
Educate /
inform the veterans on their
Annual meetings and other gatherings about this happenings..GUIDE AND HELP THEM.
