SEVEN PLAINTIFFS GET OVER 14.2 MILLION RELIEF AFTER INVOLVEMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN PUNJAB

SEVEN PLAINTIFFS GET OVER 14.2 MILLION RELIEF AFTER INVOLVEMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN PUNJAB
LAHORE, May 30:
In the latest development, the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab has intervened to provide a cumulative legal relief of Rs.1,42,26,380 to seven individuals hailing from various districts. These plaintiffs had sought assistance from the ombudsman’s office to address their long-pend issues pertaining to government departments.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the spokesman announced that in compliance with the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab’s direction, Government Said Mitha Teaching Hospital Lahore has duly settled the outstanding employment dues of Ms Ruqiya Batool. She has been provided with a payment of Rs.37,07,890, in addition to the creation of an OSD post with a monthly salary of Rs.45,752.
Furthermore, the ombudsman’s office had taken action to provide a travel allowance of three million rupees to the teachers from 1100 schools in Sheikhupura district who were engaged in dengue focal person duties, the spokesman said.
As a result of the action taken by this office on complaints of non-payment of pension-related amounts, the irrigation department has disbursed Rs.11,74,254 to Saher Begum, a widow from Attock. Additionally, the office of the Accountant General Punjab has not only reinstated the pension of Zubaida Begum from Gujrat but has also issued her Rs.12,14,867 as arrears of her pension, added the spokesperson.
Similarly, Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation has granted financial assistance of 1.6 million rupees to Azra Tahir, the widow of a sanitary worker. Moreover, the accounts office in Gujranwala has not only transferred the pension of plaintiff Muhammad Abdullah’s deceased father to his widowed mother but has also disbursed a payment of Rs.21,05,700 to her after the involvement of the ombudsman’s office.
Furthermore, the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Lahore has settled the dues of one Usman Khan, amounting to Rs.14,23,669, following the mediation of the ombudsman’s office, concluded the spokesman.