Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 26

The two-day defence pension adalat was inaugurated by the Controller General of Defence Account, SK Kohli, at the Army cantonment auditorium here today.The event was organised for on-the-spot redressal of pension- related problems of ex-defence personnel.A defence pension camp to create awareness among pensioners about various schemes available for them was also organised at Satkar Palace in Tarn Taran today.Ex-servicemen from Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Pathankot districts attended the lok adalat at the Army cantonment here today.Speaking on the occasion, Kohli said the purpose of the event was to ease official work for pensioners. He, however, added that legal disputes pertaining to pensions or its various heads were not considered as pensioners were free to appeal with the competent authorities.