30,000 elderly haven’t got pension in East Delhi
24 March 2015 4:57 AM IST
The East Delhi civic body told a division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva that due to the financial crunch it has also not paid the salaries of its officials and staff.
“The total number of pensioners under Old Age Pension Scheme is 30,816 and of them, 30,610 have received the pension up to March 31, 2013,” EDMC said in its affidavit in the court.
The agency’s response came after the bench asked it to file a status report while hearing a PIL filed by an NGO, Social Jurist, accusing it of stopping the pension of nearly 45,000 people, including the disabled, widows and the elderly under the scheme.
The court asked the civic body to file an affidavit stating the number of people entitled to receive pension under the scheme and the number actually receiving the pension.
In its response, the civic body claimed it had not stopped the pensions.
“EDMC has never stopped from its end, once the pension is allowed under the scheme to eligible persons,” it said, adding: “However, pension is not paid to those who have expired or who have shifted their address without informing about the new address and/or have started receiving the pension from Delhi government (Delhi government pays Rs 1,500 per month, Rs 500 more than the corporation).”
“The total number of pensioners under Old Age Pension Scheme is 30,816 and of them, 30,610 have received the pension up to March 31, 2013,” EDMC said in its affidavit in the court.
The agency’s response came after the bench asked it to file a status report while hearing a PIL filed by an NGO, Social Jurist, accusing it of stopping the pension of nearly 45,000 people, including the disabled, widows and the elderly under the scheme.
The court asked the civic body to file an affidavit stating the number of people entitled to receive pension under the scheme and the number actually receiving the pension.
In its response, the civic body claimed it had not stopped the pensions.
“EDMC has never stopped from its end, once the pension is allowed under the scheme to eligible persons,” it said, adding: “However, pension is not paid to those who have expired or who have shifted their address without informing about the new address and/or have started receiving the pension from Delhi government (Delhi government pays Rs 1,500 per month, Rs 500 more than the corporation).”
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