Dimapur, March 19 (EMN): The establishment of the treasury office in Dimapur has sought to wash its hands off the controversy surrounding the Dimapur District Pensioners’ Association (DDPA) and the alleged collection of illegal fee by the group.
A DIPR report on Monday cited a press release from the office of the senior treasury officer Dimapur through which it clarified that the ‘activities and functioning’ of the DDPA was outside the purview of the treasury office. Thus the issues of collecting INR 2000, setting up financial expert committee or distribution of ROP forms were the DDPA’s, according to the treasury office.
“Therefore, in this connection the pensioners are informed to tie up with the association for necessary information and not to approach Dimapur treasury office since the office is ignorant about the matter,” the report stated.
However the district treasury office clarified that it will not accept any ‘state government official prescribed form’ issued by any association unless authorised by the government to do so. It informed that the state’s finance department had recently approved revision of pension as per 7th ROP.
“However, preparation of revision arrears and necessary release is delayed due to busy engagement of treasury officials on the government transaction in lieu of approaching current financial year. Therefore, with regret all the pensioners are requested to wait for the time being till the officials are free to deal with the matters,” it stated.
