I received the following WhatsApp message from Mr H K Aggarwal:
"Next Tentative date in LIC PENSIONERS CASES is 3rd Week of August, 2025. ----------------------------- EIGHT YEARS GONE - 25 Adjournments - TAREEKH PE TAREEKH BY SUPREME COURT. WHY & What can be the reasons??.
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Since AIRIEF Patron Sh. SS Saxena JI has been closely monitoring and was instrumental in filing fresh WRIT in 2016 in Delhi HC ( after SC JUDGEMENT DATED 31.03.2016, who only referred Rule 3A for adjudication to Delhi HC as SC wanted to settle the issue by August, 2016 ), and after a fractured order by Delhi HC , filed SLP in SC in 2017 as the then PRESIDENT of AIRIEF, he is requested to kindly throw some light on the reasons "why no hearing by Supreme Court in eight years on SLP-( now CA), and what further strategy is being proposed or prepared on resolving the burning issues of REVISION/UPDATION OF PENSION and DR anomaly affecting pre 8/97 retirees, besides increase in pension on reaching age of 80, 85, 90, 100... etc .
Members expect AIRIEF to be more proactive and consider taking out of court solid steps also , to get all legitimate demands met without further delays. H K Aggarwal Octogenarian+88. Mohali, Chandigarh."
I replied to him as follows:
"Till 2005 , the only point of grievance for pre -August 1997 retirees was DR anomaly and lack of 100% neutralisation. There was no serious demand for upgradation of pension and retirees started feeling the pinch of non-upgradation from 1/8/2002 onwards and today 7 generations of retirees are suffering the pain of non -upgradation of pension at various degrees.Fortunately the Board Resolution dt 24/11/2001 decided to recommend revision of pension for pre- August 1997 retirees from 1/8/1997, but Central Government didn't approve the recommendation. If the logic of the Board resolution is applied for post August 1997 retirees also, the pension revision will be taken care of to some extent for all generations of pensioners and to future retirees among pension optees as well even though the quantum of increase will be much less than stage to stage fitting.Of course pre-August 1997 retirees got some relief from DHC judgment dated 27/4/2017 although the revised DR was still short of 100% neutralisation .So now our focus in Supreme Court needs to be to fight for all generations of pensioners to get revised pension with every wage revision without highlighting pre-August 1997 anomaly . Of course we need to highlight the fact that the Board Resolution dated 24/11/2001 envisaged revision of pension w e f 1/8/1997 and the same logic applies to subsequent generations of retirees & family pensioners .
Increase in pension for pensioners aged 80+ years cannot be isolated from upgradation.It has to happen by implementing Rule 56 of LICEP Rules 1995 .
Ultimately everything boils down to applying Rule 56, avoiding discrimination by Rule 55B and without losing sight of the spirit of the Board Resolution."
Since AIRIEF Patron Sh. SS Saxena JI has been closely monitoring and was instrumental in filing fresh WRIT in 2016 in Delhi HC ( after SC JUDGEMENT DATED 31.03.2016, who only referred Rule 3A for adjudication to Delhi HC as SC wanted to settle the issue by August, 2016 ), and after a fractured order by Delhi HC , filed SLP in SC in 2017 as the then PRESIDENT of AIRIEF, he is requested to kindly throw some light on the reasons "why no hearing by Supreme Court in eight years on SLP-( now CA), and what further strategy is being proposed or prepared on resolving the burning issues of REVISION/UPDATION OF PENSION and DR anomaly affecting pre 8/97 retirees, besides increase in pension on reaching age of 80, 85, 90, 100... etc .
Members expect AIRIEF to be more proactive and consider taking out of court solid steps also , to get all legitimate demands met without further delays. H K Aggarwal Octogenarian+88. Mohali, Chandigarh."
I replied to him as follows:
"Till 2005 , the only point of grievance for pre -August 1997 retirees was DR anomaly and lack of 100% neutralisation. There was no serious demand for upgradation of pension and retirees started feeling the pinch of non-upgradation from 1/8/2002 onwards and today 7 generations of retirees are suffering the pain of non -upgradation of pension at various degrees.Fortunately the Board Resolution dt 24/11/2001 decided to recommend revision of pension for pre- August 1997 retirees from 1/8/1997, but Central Government didn't approve the recommendation. If the logic of the Board resolution is applied for post August 1997 retirees also, the pension revision will be taken care of to some extent for all generations of pensioners and to future retirees among pension optees as well even though the quantum of increase will be much less than stage to stage fitting.Of course pre-August 1997 retirees got some relief from DHC judgment dated 27/4/2017 although the revised DR was still short of 100% neutralisation .So now our focus in Supreme Court needs to be to fight for all generations of pensioners to get revised pension with every wage revision without highlighting pre-August 1997 anomaly . Of course we need to highlight the fact that the Board Resolution dated 24/11/2001 envisaged revision of pension w e f 1/8/1997 and the same logic applies to subsequent generations of retirees & family pensioners .
Increase in pension for pensioners aged 80+ years cannot be isolated from upgradation.It has to happen by implementing Rule 56 of LICEP Rules 1995 .
Ultimately everything boils down to applying Rule 56, avoiding discrimination by Rule 55B and without losing sight of the spirit of the Board Resolution."
I am sharing this in the blogs so that we have a holistic perspective on pension revision.
C H Mahadevan
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