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Teacher paid for invigilation after two years
LAHORE, June 6(Daily Times): The Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, paid
remuneration to a schoolteacher who had acted as invigilator in MA/MSc
examinations held in June, 2005, on the orders of Punjab Ombudsman Abdur Rasheed
Khan on Tuesday. Complainant Muhammad Naeem, a teacher at Government High
School, 557/EB, Machiwal Tehsil, Vehari, filed a complaint in the regional
office in Multan, stating that he had acted as an invigilator in the MA/MSc
examinations of the Bahauddin Zakariya University in June, 2005, at the
Bhurewala exam centre, but had not been paid for his service. He said that he
contacted the university authorities and was told that a cheque had been posted
to him and if he did not receive the cheque, he should inform the university so
that a new cheque could be issued.
After six months, he was informed by the
university that the cheque had been cashed by another teacher. He requested the
ombudsman that the university be directed to pay his remuneration. In its
departmental response, the university treasurer conceded that due to
typographical mistake, the cheque was sent to Sahiwal, instead of Machiwal, and
was cashed by another teacher there. He added that the teacher who had cashed
the cheque had been asked to refund the sum and that the complainant would be
paid after the sum had been refunded to the university.
The ombudsman observed
that the mistake was committed by a university employee, but the complainant had
been suffering and waiting for payment for more than two years. The Ombudsman
said that the remuneration should be paid to the complainant by the university
instead of the teacher who had cashed the cheque within a fortnight. On Tuesday,
the university informed the ombudsman that it had paid the teacher his due
remuneration.
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