The inordinate delay in processing the pension papers of retiring government employees is unacceptable. Sadly after retirement the employees have to run from pillar to post for months if not years to get their pension. All hurdles and delay faced by a retiring employee in the processing of pension papers is deplorable. The head of every department should undertake the work of preparation of pension papers at least a year in advance before the date on which a government servant is due to retire. It is infact a violation of the human rights of the retiring employees wherein their livelihood is affected, often resulting in untold misery and poverty. A government employee should as a matter of right start receiving pension immediately after retirement. It is high time the authorities awaken to the reality that in delaying the clearing of pension papers they cannot leave the retired person in financial distress. The government must take concrete steps and measures to ensure that there is no violation of human rights of the government employees by way of delay in processing the pension papers of those staff retiring.
