LAHORE : The Office of the Ombudsman Punjab has intervened to provide a cumulative legal relief worth Rs.52.86 million to plaintiffs of different districts seeking redressal of their complaints related to provincial government departments.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the spokesman explained that the long-awaited educational stipends of the Zawer-e-Taleem Program valued at Rs.1,29,000 have been released to the studying daughters of five Bhakar residents after the involvement of the ombudsman’s office.
In response to two separate applications of Muhammad Tayyab Azeem Tariq of Lahore, the health department has released Rs.97,42,500 and Rs.44,12,500 and confirmed to pay Rs.11,02,500 and Rs.2,40,750 in the next quarter budget after the intervention of ombudsman’s office, he added.
As a result of effective action taken by the ombudsman’s office on public complaints, the spokesman mentioned that the retired employee of Municipal Corporation Sheikhupura namely Muhammad Mansha has been paid employment dues worth Rs.23,31,570 and the involvement of the ombudsman’s office resulted in the payment of Rs.30,31,24 to legal heirs of Janu Bibi from Mandi Bahauddin who died during the processing of her application. Apart from payment of dues, Punjab Employees Social Security Institutions (Pessi)have also employed her son, the spokesman noted.
The spokesman asserted that the involvement of the ombudsman’s office has resulted in the payment of employment dues of Rs.32,12,946 to the widow of a primary school teacher by the education department. The agri director (e & m) released one crore 53 lakh 42 thousand and 669 rupees to Khushab’s Malik Allah Daad Khan and other pensioners who have been awaiting their pension amounts for the last three years.
The spokesman mentioned that the district health authority Gujrat has given 2.5 million rupees to Samia Bibi as financial aid, the district education authority Gujranwala has paid 33 lakh 86 thousand and 934 rupees to the widow of Bashir Ahmed and the buildings department Faisalabad has released security dues valuing 3.7 million rupees to the complainant Muhammad Jameel of Sheikhupura, the spokesman added.
As a result of the effective pursuance of the complaint of an employee from Sialkot, 425 employees of the district health authority are paid Rs.10,15,035 every month while the district accounts office has paid Rs.50,79,675 to them in a period of five months.
The complainants have thanked Ombudsman Punjab Maj. (r), Azam Suleman Khan, for providing legal relief to them.
