DLSA helps eligible get pension benefits

Ongole: District Legal Services Authority helped poor and old aged people to receive welfare pensions from the concerned department on Tuesday.

The DLSA received complaints from Mareddy Tulasamma, Sannapureddy Anjamma, Vaka Annapurnamma, Venkateswara Reddy and others from the H Nidamanuru village in Naguluppalapadu mandal that they were denied welfare pensions, though they were eligible to receive them. 

The DLSA secretary, T Raja Venkatadri called the mandal parishad officers to the DLSA and ordered them to issue pensions to the complainants after finding them eligible as per the document proofs.

The chairman of DLSA and district judge, MG Priyadarsini said that the issues related to the implementation of the welfare schemes by the government will be sorted out with the amicable settlement of both parties through the DLSA.

The complainants and respondents along with the mandal parishad superintendent Sk Siraz also attended the pension settlement programme in DLSA on Tuesday.