Two-Day Special Camp Held at TMBU Senate Hall for Dues Payment of Retired and Working Employees; Heavy Turnout on the First Day, Over 100 Applications Received

Two-Day Special Camp Held at TMBU Senate Hall for Dues Payment of Retired and Working Employees; Heavy Turnout on the First Day, Over 100 Applications Received

Bhagalpur, Special Correspondent: A special initiative has been undertaken by the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University (TMBU) administration for the prompt disposal of pending dues for retired and currently working teachers and non-teaching staff of the university and its constituent colleges. In this sequence, a grand and well-organized two-day special resolution camp was held in the university's historic Senate Hall. The primary objective of this camp was to resolve the years-old economic and administrative troubles of elderly pensioners and employees who had been making rounds of offices for a long time for gratuity, pension, arrears, ACP-MACP, and other financial dues. On the very first day of the camp, over 100 applications were received from various departments and colleges of the university, making it clear how serious and pressing this issue of dues payment is for the personnel.

Inauguration of the Camp in the Senate Hall and Administrative Readiness

Since morning on the first day of the camp, elderly pensioners, serving teachers, and employees had begun arriving at the TMBU Senate Hall premises.

Arrangement of Counter System: To ensure applicants faced no inconvenience, separate counters were established—one counter for submitting new applications, a second for document verification, and a third designated to inform applicants about the status of old pending files.

Presence of Top University Officials: To ensure the success and transparency of the camp, several key administrative officials, including the university's Finance Officer, Registrar, and Controller of Examinations, were personally present in the Senate Hall. Officials listened to the grievances of the pensioners one by one and issued immediate directives to the relevant branches for prompt action.

Pensioners Share Their Woes with Officials: Cases Pending for Years

During the camp, the pain and hardship of pensioners and elderly teachers came out openly. Several cases surfaced that had been entangled in the university's red tape and paperwork for the past five to ten years:

Payment of Medical Bills and Arrears: Several retired teachers stated that their medical reimbursement bills and arrears of the 6th and 7th Pay Commissions had not been paid to date, forcing them to face immense hardships regarding financial distress as well as undergoing health treatments.

Family Pension and Paperwork Complexities: Some female pensioners acquainted officials in detail with the administrative bottlenecks encountered in initiating family pensions. They explained that their files had been kept hanging for months under the pretext of minor paper errors.

Assurance from Officials: After listening to the problems of the pensioners, the university's finance department and administrative officials assured them that the very purpose of this two-day camp is the on-the-spot settlement of pending cases. Officials promised that files for all applications received at the camp will be processed on a priority basis and dues transferred to their bank accounts within a prescribed timeframe.

Over 100 Applications Received on the First Day, Technical Cell Active

Upon reviewing the statistics of the first day following the conclusion of the camp, it was found that over 100 applications had been received for the payment of dues across various categories:

Activation of Technical and Accounts Department: The received applications were immediately scanned and uploaded to the server of the university's Finance and Accounts Department. A special technical cell was deployed right inside the Senate Hall for this purpose, leaving no scope for any application to be misplaced or delayed.

Transparency and Receipt System: Every applicant was provided an acknowledgement receipt of their application form bearing a unique ID, enabling them to track the status of their case's disposal online or via the counter.

Appreciation by Employee Unions and Pensioners Association

This step taken by the TMBU administration has been widely lauded by various teachers' associations, the non-teaching employees' federation, and the pensioners' association of the university:

Union office-bearers stated that employee morale was dropping and they were suffering mental harassment due to dues remaining pending for years. Organizing such special camps not only reduces administrative distance but also frees elderly individuals from having to make rounds of offices.

They demanded that such resolution camps should not be limited to just two days but rather organized at fixed intervals every month so that a backlog of files does not accumulate in the future.

This two-day special resolution camp held in the TMBU Senate Hall proved to be an excellent medium for establishing dialogue between the university administration and its employees. Receiving over 100 applications on the very first day and receiving assurances of prompt action from officials indicate that the university administration is now growing serious toward the economic and social interests of its personnel. If all these applications are processed in a time-bound manner, it will undoubtedly prove to be a historic and relieving step in the history of TMBU.