Most learned, richly experienced & law abiding pensioner colleagues,
Namaskar. This message reaches you second time.
With
regard to implementation of orders of Supreme Court, we are yet to know
the real intention of LIC. But, position becomes clear that UOI is not
pleased to render justice to the working and retired employees. This
becomes evident from the approach of UOI / FM / DFM & the concerned
Secretaries towards the same pending issues of Ex-Service Men, Bank
Retirees ( including RBI ) & Pensioners / Family Pensioners of
Insurance Industries. They seldom give respect to the judgments of
Courts . All of them are vying with each other as to how best matters
could be traversed with unethical arguments and dragged on the issues
and finally thrown to dustbins.
Army
people have shown the way as to how the rulers should be made to
realize their wrong approach and bring them to senses. They are forced
to adopt ' Boycott Programmes ' .There are about 25 lakh army retirees.
Working
and Retired Employees in RBI are unitedly fighting against the
lackadaisical approach of the bureaucracy. They have staged dharna
programmes during Board Meetings.
During
the 10th BPS of Bank Employees, GOI have shown their real face through a
' Record Note ' conveniently negating the demands of Bank Retirees.
They have made IBA & UFBU as scapegoats. The Bank Retirees have
decided to part with the working employees' associations and face the
onslaught of Managements joining unitedly with similar organisations in
an independent style for common causes. They are prepared to fight
through legal processes too in a bigger way. Some 2000 elderly
pensioners of Bank Units have assembled from different parts, unmindfu
of their ages, ailments & inconvenience and expressed their anguish
protesting against IBA through a powerful demonstration.
The
recent above scenarios should have by now opened our eyes indeed. One
or two articles have started appearing in our e-mail messages. Time is
ripe for our mighty organisation to ponder over this aspect and find
ways and means to follow suit and take our fight on in a similar style
which gives no scope for any further escape by the powers that be.
It
is unfortunate that there are few notorious individuals and
organisations among us with an ulterior motive to sabotage our legal
successes. They fail to understand that their moves are against the
interest of our own community and that they help the bureaucracy to sit
tight on our issues. What next, in case LIC / GOI were to delay in
implementing the final judgment of Supreme Court ? OROP issue is an eye
opener.
A
beginning should be made to organize CONFEDERATION OF FEDERATIONS
representing pensioners of Public Sector Units, Public Sector
Undertakings, similar Financial institutions, LIC & GIC to fight for
common causes. Such moves only will open the eyes of the bureaucrats to
settle not only the present cent percent neutralization DA / DR &
periodical upward revision of pension on every wage settlement, but also
our other major pending issues. The bureaucrats should be made to
realize that all the other pensioners are not different from those of
GOI and every pensioner should be treated alike since all are the
subjects of UOI.
It
is suggested that an urgent meeting of our leaders in the helm should
be arranged at the earliest i.e sufficiently earlier to 23rd September
and leaders from other like minded organizations should be invited for
chalking out effective programmes which yield the desired results.
Slowly we try to understand the time consuming and lengthy processes
adopted in all Courts.
I hope this small message will lead to an enlarged discussion shortly. ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH IS ALWAYS VITAL.
With
a happy note, Fraternally Yours,
M.P.Subrahmanian,
Chairman, RIEA, Madurai.
