A retired Government school teacher, who was struggling to get her `20.59 lakh General Provident Fund (GPF) dues, pending from the past 10 years, released was helped by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).
According to a DCW official, the complainant had approached the DCW regarding non-payment of her GPF dues and retirement benefits by school authorities.
She had worked for over 30 years in different Government schools across the Capital and eventually retired in 2012 from a Government school in Dallupura, officials said.
However, despite passage of over 10 years, the complainant didn't receive her GPF dues and had been struggling to get it. Acting on the complaint, DCW member Promila Gupta met the retired teacher and thereafter, issued a notice to the Education Department of Delhi Government for speedy redressal of the matter.
“Subsequently, action was taken by authorities and the commission was informed by the Education Department that an amount of `20,59,881 has been disbursed to the teacher and the process of providing her retirement benefits has been initiated,” said the DCW official.
DCW chief Swati Maliwal also issued summons to Education Department in matter for speedy disbursal of complainant's retirement benefits.
“This is very unfortunate that a retired teacher, despite working hard for over 30 years, had to wait for 10 long years for getting her GPF dues which is her right.
The Commission shall ensure that her other retirement benefits are also provided to her and fix responsibility for delay. We have a zero tolerance policy towards harassment and shall be taking strong action in this matter," said Maliwal.