Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 16 (EMN): The Kohima bench of Gauhati High Court has directed the state government to complete the verification of old age pension eligible citizens in the state within three months and submit an affidavit for compliance in the next hearing. A bench of justices Songkhupchung Serto and Kakheto Sema asked the state government to complete the exercise within three months, starting September 14, and “send the proposal to the concerned ministry so that the eligible persons get the benefit of Old Age Pension at the earliest”. “While doing so, the State respondents should also include the names of the 198 persons identified by the petitioner if they are eligible for the benefit,” added the court. The matter was listed for hearing after three months, wherein an affidavit of compliance is to be submitted. Advocate Neiteo Koza appeared on behalf of the petitioner during the court hearing. Earlier in June, Koza had filed an additional affidavit showing that