Srinagar, Jun 24: The long-pending issue of pensionary benefits for thousands of former Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers in Jammu and Kashmir has resurfaced, with the School Education Department (SED) and the Office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), J&K, seeking clarity on the admissibility of five years of service rendered by ReTs prior to their regularisation for pension purposes. The latest developments comes after the Accountant General’s office sought a formal clarification from the J&K School Education Department (SED) regarding the interpretation of government orders and court rulings governing the counting of ReT service for pensionary benefits. According to official communications, the Accountant General’s office raised the issue following a representation from the Zonal Education Officer, Banihal, which stated that service rendered under the Rehbar-e-Taleem scheme does not qualify for pension and that only service rendered after regularisation as Regular Rehbar-e-Taleem (RReT) should be considered for pensionary benefits.