Sri Vijaya Puram, October 27: A meeting of government pensioners of the Wimberlygunj area was held at the Gram Panchayat Hall, Wimberlygunj, recently. Mr. K. Mohammed, retired Headmaster, presided.
Addressing the meeting, D. Ayyappan, former General Secretary of the Non-Gazetted Govt Officers Association, A&N Islands, briefly explained various anti-pensioner measures of the Central Government. He dealt in brief with the provisions made in the Finance Act, 2025, by which the government has been authorised to differentiate the pensioners on the date of their retirement. This has been made to deny the Central Pay Commission benefits to the pensioners, he said. He called upon the pensioners of rural South Andaman to participate in the agitation being conducted throughout the country on various issues of pensioners.
Suresh Lall, General Secretary, Govt Pensioners Association, briefly explained the issues taken up by the Association with the Govt of India and the A & N Administration.
P. Sathyapal, Asst General Secretary, Govt Pensioners Association, briefly explained the demands included in the memorandum submitted to the 8th Central Pay Commission by the National Coordination Committee of Pensioners Associations, New Delhi, to which the Govt Pensioners Association is affiliated.
Raj Kumar Saw, Office Secretary, Govt Pensioners Association, also addressed the gathering.
A Branch Committee for Wimberlygunj was formed with K. Mohammed, C. Yousuf and P. Yusuf as Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively. KP Kasim and Mohd Asraf are Joint Secretaries. 15 members were elected to the Executive Committee.
About 90 government pensioners of Wimberlygunj and adjoining areas attended the meeting.
