61-Year-Old Made to Run From Pillar to Post for Husband's Retirement & Death Benefits

The wife of a late school headmaster in Salem has been awaiting his retirement and death benefits for the last 11 years from the state government.

- N DHAMOTHARAN @Salem

J Revathi of Fairlands in Salem said she has been running from pillar to post because educational officers of the School Education Department in Salem have been unjustifiably delaying the due benefits so far.

The 61-year-old recently petitioned the School Education Secretary, urging him to ensure the payment of the benefits and demanding action against educational officers for withholding them. Revathi told TNIE that her husband, C Jothirlingam, the headmaster of a government-aided school in Salem, passed away in September 2014 and she received a gratuity of 10 lakh in 2015.

Except for the gratuity and pension, I have not received any death-cum-retirement benefits such as leave encashment, lifetime arrears, final closure amount etc from the state government, she said.