Dear Sh. Chhabra,
I thank you for your calls, and heartily appreciate the zeal and your devotion and determination with which you are working for LIC PENSIONERS/Seniors community at this advanced age and not so good health.
May God keep you, as well as all the leadership, activists ( and of course us all ) in good health and spirits.
LIC ,s Affidavit is full of distortions, twisted facts and misleading. Its very unfortunate that LIC/GOI are playing with the sentiments of the Seniors.
As regards your query that as per LIC, the demand for DA/DR was not raised in the WP 6676/1998 KML Asthana Vs LIC , it's wrong. Please refer to LIC's Affidavit under reference Paras 12 which reads :-
"" ............Writ Petition No. 6676 of 1998. His main contention was to maintain parity as for as rate of dearness allowance to in service employees as on 01. 08.1997 and the rate of dearness relief to Pensioners retired between 01.08.1992 to 31.07.1997 is concerned.""
Supreme court had given 40% IR from 1998, which stands recovered by LIC now qouting DHC orders.
So. LIC is wrongly interpreting every thing just to provoke petitioners to enter into arguments, point out anomalies, seek corrections through the supreme court and remain entangled in the DA/DR issue, and further delay delivery of justice by shadowing the main issue of Revision of Basic Pension.
As regards my opinion, dear Chhabra, you are well aware that
(1) I had been against pursuing for IR on account of DA ANOMALY during the years 2014-15/16 also, and requesting / suggesting to take up the. Main issue of REVISION / UPDATION OF BASIC PENSION simply for the reason that this main demand may not go under shadow, and the result is before us.
(2) After the SUPREME COURT judgement dated 31.3. 2016, when three LIC Pensioners Organisations ( wrongly) decided to file Fresh Writs in Delhi High Court I and many others were against this move, and had requested them to support the three existing petitioners ( Jaipur, Chandigarh & Delhi) instead.
But leaders of the respective Organisations in their own wisdom, may be ego and ideologies preferred to ignore the suggestion of ordinary members. And the result was DHC judgement dated 27.4. 2017. totally rejecting Revision of Pension, against which the Petitioners had no option but to file SLPs in Supreme Court and fight legal battle at very heavy costs of money, time and energies without any tangible or positive results in sight. LIC/ GOI assertions in the SUPREME COURT during 2018 hearings and the current Affidavit has again trapped the petitioners to contest the issue of DA anomaly, which will be a death knell for the main issue of REVISION / UPDATION OF BASIC PENSION, if the same is not brought out and pressed in the SUPREME COURT by all and together..
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. It is learnt that the Organisatios have agreed to COLLECTIVELY fight for THE MAIN ISSUE , as DA has no meaning without
REVISION OF BASIC PENSION,
I wish them all the success, and hope for some miracle to happen and SUPREME COURT allows REVISION / UPDATION OF BASIC PENSION, which in my firm opinion seems impossible unless GOVERNMENT agrees, for the reasons all are well aware.
It will be appropriate to mention that to my 5th appeal to Honourable Prime Minister on 4.1.2019, I got a different reply (instead of the routine NO RULES... ). , on 31.1.2019 and the response is : -
""Your appointment request has already been sent to concerned unit* for consideration."".
* Appointment with PM.
Which may take long time as verbally informed by Sh. Ambuj Sharma, U/S, PMO on 5.2.2019 on my phone call.
So let's keep our fingers crossed, and pray God for early end to the stress and strain & agony we all retirees/super seniors are going through.
With best wishes for good health, success and peace of mind to all.
H K Aggarwal,
Mohali.
9855002556.
Sent from my Superphone
Dear Aggarwal Sahib,
As discussed in details,I have forwarded to you my affidavit
and the LIC rejoinder to it.Kindly oblige by getting me the
views of Asthana Sahib on the correct date of calculations
of the arrears as per DHC judgement dated 27/4/2017.
Thanking you,
S N Chhabra
1 comment:
The intention of LIC is to divert attention of the petitioners Councel is to DHC orders from the main demand of wage updation.we should not fall prey to this shameless trick.Our consul should continue arguments on main target.
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