Assures regular settlement of bills
Jammu, Mar 31: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that bills amounting to ₹12,561.31 crore under various heads, including gratuity, commutation, leave salary and contractor payments, have been cleared up to March 27, 2026, while GPF bills worth ₹5,821.43 crore have been settled up to December 31, 2025. The CM was replying to a question raised by legislator Sham Lal Sharma during the Question Hour of the ongoing Budget
Session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The Chief Minister, who also holds the Finance portfolio, stated that financial liabilities of the government in the form of bills presented at Treasuries are being cleared on a regular basis. He added that payments relating to contractors and retired employees are also processed at regular intervals. Abdullah further informed that during the financial year (2025–26), the Government has cleared ₹2,864.14 crore in gratuity, ₹1,123.22 crore
in commutation, ₹773.47 crore in leave salary and ₹7,800.58 crore in contractor bills up to March 27, 2026, while GPF claims amounting to ₹5,821.43 crore have been settled up to December 31, 2025. The CM also clarified that allocations are made on the basis of Heads of Expenditure rather than on a divisional basis, and accordingly, payments in the Treasuries are accounted for head-wise. Legislator RS Pathania also raised a supplementary question.
