Release 18% DA or face poll fallout in 2027: Punjab Pensioners warn Govt
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, May 9, 2026: Punjab Civil Secretariat Retired Officers Association has demanded immediate release of 18 percent DA to pensioners and employees and in case of failure they will have to face the consequences in the upcoming 2027 assembly elections said Shyam Lal Sharma, President ..
The other leaders present at the press conference included Manohar Singh Makkar, Amarjit Singh Walia, Uma Kant Tiwari, Sukhdev Singh, Asha Sood, Jaspal Kaur, Surjit Kaurand others.
Sharma said that during the last four and a half years the government promised every time to resolve the legitimate demands of pensioners and employees, but all are forced to face hurdles at every step to get their demands resolved.
He said that today, pensioners of the Punjab government are getting 18 percent less DA than employees of the centre and its neighboring states. While the government has not yet released 18% DA of pensioners from 01.07.2023 to 01.01.26.
The situation has become so bad that the pensioners have also received the pension for the month of April from the state government on 7th May, while most of the pensioners are still waiting for the pension. He said that the pensioners should not be forced to give digital life certificates.
Sharma further informed that the High Court had issued an interim order on April 8 that the up-to-date DA should be given to the pensioners, family pensioners and employees of the Punjab Government before June 30. But at the hearing held on 5th May 2026, the Court categorically refused to stay this decision and upheld the decision.
The government is deliberately delaying this issue and is working on a policy of delay and is not implementing the old pension scheme.