Pensioners staging a protest in front of Head Post Office in Palayamkottai on Friday pressing their demands.
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Central and State government pensioners staged a demonstration in Tirunelveli on Friday in protest against the Centre’s move to segregate the pensioners as retirees before and after the 8^th Pay Commission for fixing the retirement benefits.

As the pensioners, who will retire before January 1, 2026 are likely to be missed out of 8^th Pay Commission benefits, the pensioners staged the demonstration. Led by R. Seetharaman, president of Confederation of Pensioners of Central and State Local Bodies and Public Sector Undertakings, the protestors raised slogans against the move to segregate them as retirees before and after the 8^th Pay Commission for fixing the pension benefits.

The urged the Centre to treat all the pensioners equally while fixing the benefits of the upcoming Pay Commission.

Office-bearers S. Muthusamy, N. Ramkumar, S. Kannan, K. Sivasubbu and others spoke.