Jammu, April 16 -- In a significant relief to a retired government officer, the Central Administrative Tribunal, Srinagar Bench, has directed the Jammu and Kashmir authorities to process and release the pension along with all retiral benefits of former Principal, Government Polytechnic College, Pulwama, Firdous Ahmad Itoo, within six weeks. The Tribunal further warned that failure to comply within the stipulated period would make the respondents liable to pay interest at 6 per cent per annum.
The order was passed by a Bench comprising Member (Judicial) M.S. Latif and Member (Administrative) Prasant Kumar in OA No. 660/2024. The petitioner had challenged Government Order No. 313 of 2024 dated September 4, 2024, to the extent it granted only...