A PENSIONER’S ANXIETY
Referring to the post under the above
caption by Mr R K Viswanathan, it will be interesting to know,in response
to the belated requirement of LIC from the Federation of Retired LIC Class I
Officers’ Associations, who will all be included in the list that will be
submitted by the Federation.
1.
Will the list
contain the names of all the members of the Federation or will it only contain
the names of members who retired on or before 31/7/1997, considering that the
Delhi High Court has only allowed the petition of the Federation for removal of
DR anomaly and 100% DR neutralization?
Even, for the sake of satisfaction of the post-July 1997 retiree
members, if a complete list of all members of the Federation is furnished to
the LIC, the Corporation will have the laborious task of separating the wheat
from the chaff(pardon me for the metaphor), unless the lists are submitted
separately for both the categories.
1.
Presumably the
list will contain the names of the family pensioners also in respect of
pre-deceased Class I retirees with their contact details.
With already about two months having elapsed since the interim
order of SC, let us hope LIC is able to pay the interim relief to
the petitioners in this group well before 23/9/2015 when the next hearing
is to take place in the Supreme Court.
Another question that arises is whatever payment the Corporation
makes to the beneficiaries, will LIC give supporting calculations, as
experience in the past indicates that LIC gives its calculations only if asked
for by the court? I hope that the Federation, while submitting the list to LIC,
will clearly insist on the calculation sheet being provided to each of the
beneficiaries in respect of payments made .Merely because interim benefit is
paid, it does not mean calculations need not be given as LIC needs to establish that the interim
relief is 20% of the amount due to the beneficiary in terms of the impugned
judgment of the Delhi High Court.
With greetings,
C H Mahadevan
