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HP farm varsities' pensioners up in arms against government- 1-Sep-2015

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Shimla: About 1000 pensioners of two state farm varsities are up in arms against the state government for amending the Himachal Pradesh Universities of Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry Act 1986, seeking to put the onus of payment of pension to retired employees on the universities by mobilising their own resources.
 
The Bill amending the section 44 for the Act under which the liabilities for all the committed expenditures are to be met through government grants but now the liability on account of payment of pension to superannuated employees would be on the university and not on the government.
 
The employees of the two varsities namely CSK Agriculture College, Palampur and Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan were not getting regular pension for past five years and had filed cases in the Court and also won the case.
 
"Even after verdict in our favour, the government remained indifferent and now it has amended the relevant section to wash its hand off from sharing the responsibility," said Sushil Kumar Phull, president of Palampur Agriculture University pensioners Society.
 
"We will approach the Governor and urge him to withhold assent to the bill," he said.
 
The Bill was passed without any discussion in the din and the pensioners came to know about it later.  

He said that the total liability of Palampur Agriculture University on payment of pension was about Rs 1.75 crore per month and the varsity being fully funded by the government, the liability on account of payment of pension should also be met by the government as being done in case of other government organisations.

 

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