Employees appeal to relax ‘No dues’ certificate clauses
Dimapur, July 20 (MExN): The problems of retiring government employees in Nagaland, affected by the Nagaland Retirement act 2009 are not over yet. One consequential issue retirement has thrown up is that of clean chits for loans, from banks, are now tougher to come by for the retiring employees. The employees have appealed that the ‘No dues’ certificate’ clauses be relaxed.
“90% retiring employees have availed bank loan following the enhancement of superannuation age from 57 to 60 by the government hoping that the loan amount will be repaid or recovered before retirement. However, with the fixing of length of service to 35 years, many of the retiring employees could not recover the loan as expected,” the Nagaland senior government employees Welfare Association stated today. The association addressed a letter to the Additional Chief Secretary and Finance Commissioner today.
“Therefore, obtaining ‘No Dues’ certificate from banks to process pension papers is impossible at this stage,” the association informed the ACS and commissioner. The association said bank loans were availed with the recommendations of the DDOs in concern. Through an office memorandum, the government has already asked the banks to furnish a list of employees who had availed loans ‘to the concerned HoDs for reference. “Therefore it may not be necessary for the retiring employees to produce ‘No dues certificate from banks to process their pension papers,” the NSGEWA said.
Besides, the association said, due to the dispute over the length of service, many of the retiring employees were left without salary or are able to process their pension for almost a year, resulting in serious financial problems.
The state government is requested to ‘relax the office memorandum’ for ‘No dues certificate’ from banks. “…it is not only time-taking for both the parties but it is a direct harassment to the retired. Any amount of due against any retired can be recovered at source from respective pension money by the government,” the association added.
