The sources said that thousands of employees from grade-3 to grade12 have got pensions by retiring on medical grounds. According to an audit report, more than 7,000 employees of Education Department alone have retired on medical grounds since 1980. We then perform medical board of the employee. An employee can be advised leave from job and re-appearance before medical board sometimes, he added. To a query about which department’s employees mostly file such cases for retirement on medical grounds, he said that such applications come from education department mostly.

Source: The Nation August 09, 2021 02:01 UTC