Dear Editor,
One of the today's issues is the submission of Existence Certificate.
This certificate needs to be certified by any of the following.
1.Gazetted
Officer.
2 Class-I officer of LIC
3.HGA
4.Development Officer with 5
years service as DO.
5.Bank Manager
6. Registered Doctors.
During
the early years as pensioner, there is not much difficulty in obtaining
the certificate as there are many younger colleagues in LIC offices who
know the pensioners.
The
difficulty starts after a few years when the serving younger
colleagues, knowing the pensioners disappear because of their
retirements or transfer elsewhere. This difficulty starts gaining
momentum for the pensioners in the late seventies when many of them are
unable to make any movement. Bank Managers remain busy during their
working hours resulting in keeping the pensioners, approaching them for
existence certificates, wait for hours. More over, some of the Banks
charge some amounts for such certificates. Medical practitioners charge
amounts equal to their consultation fees.
Gazetted officers are reluctant to issue existence certificate unless the pensioners are known to them personally. This problem is more relevant in metros like Chennai, Mumbai, kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangaore.
In view
of this burning problem for the pensioners, the Associations /
Federations should approach the CO for liberalising the requirement of
Existence certificate by Specified officials (as mentioned above). The Central Government is considering dispensing with the attestation by
gazetted officers and introducing the self attestation. Now the bank
accounts can be opened with self attested copies of documents. Mobile
Sims are activated on the basis of self attested documents.
Subir kumar Mazumder