Jammu, Oct. 7 -- Amid growing complaints of unnecessary harassment of teaching staff by Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs), the Director School Education Jammu issued a stern warning against withholding the salaries and dues of employees without valid reasons.
In a circular issued today, the Director noted that it has come to notice that certain DDOs were delaying the disbursement of salaries and other admissible dues such as arrears on account of regularisation, promotion, and Dearness Allowance (DA) without sufficient justification.
"Such delays are causing undue hardship to employees and, in many cases, resulting in time-barred claims under Rule 295 of the General Financial Rules (GFR) 2017 due to delays exceeding two years," the c...