Our pension for Dec 2022 not released: Pensioners at J&K Bank’s NS Road branch

Srinagar, Jan 5: The pensioners, who have their bank accounts at New Secretariat Road Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, here have complained that the pensions of some of the pensioners have not been released for unknown reasons.
Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), one of the pensioners said that despite producing a life certificate, his pension for the month of December 2022 has not been released.
“A couple of pensioners whose accounts are in New Secretariat Road branch of J&K Bank have not been released,” he said, adding that the requisition for pensions have not been sent up to the mark, thereby causing delay in releasing the pensions, which according to them has left them to face hardships.
“The bank officials have informed us that our pension for the month of December 2022 will not be released this month, but will be released in next month,” he said, adding that they are facing tremendous hardships in absence of the pension and appealed the concerned authorities to look into the matter and release the pension for the month of December 2022 at earliest. (KNO)