A ROUSING & WARM WELCOME TO SHRI KML ASTHANA BY TRICITY CHANDIGARH, MOHALI & PA NCHKULA PENSIONERS

SHRI ASTHANA' s HISTORIC VISIT TO CHANDIGARH A MEETING OF LIC PENSIONERS ORGANISED BY TRICITY PENSIONERS FORUM TO HONOUR AND LISTEN SH KML ASTHAN, THE MAIN ARCHITECT, CRUSADER AND PETITIONER OF REVISION OF PENSION CASES, WAS HELD TODAY THE 18TH OCT.,2015 AT SOOD BAHAVN, SECTOR-44 CHANDIGARH, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 125  PENSIONERS, FAMILY PENSIONERS AND  IN SERVICE EMPLOYEES, BELONGING TO ALL CLASSES AND CADRES FROM CHANDIGARH, MOHALI AND PANCHKULA.  BESIDES SOME PENSIONERS FROM FARIDABAD, SIRHIND, YAMUNA NAGAR. DUE TO GT ROAD BLOCKADES  IN PUNJAB MANY PENSIONERS FROM AMRITSAR, JALLANDHAR ETC. HAD TO ABANDON THEIR JOURNEY TO CHANDIGARH. SHRI ASTHANA WAS ESCORTED  BY SH HK AGGARWAL OF MOHALI AND SH SR MONGIA OF PANCHKULA TO THE MEETING HALL WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A STANDING OVATION BY ONE AND ALL WITH CHEERS. HE WAS WELCOMED & HONOURED BY A SENIOR MOST RETIREE PRESENT IN THE MEETING, S. BALWANT SINGH, WITH A BOUQUET FOLLOWED BY GARLANDING BY ALL SECTIONS OF RETIRED EMPLOYEES INCLUDING MRS. SP SOOD (FAMILY PENSIONER).  A CHEQUE OF RS.11000/-WAS PRESENTED TOWARDS LEGAL FUND OF AIRIEF BY CHANDIGARH UNIT OF AIRIEF LEAD BY SH. RK BEDI & OTHERS. . ANOTHER  CHEQUE OF RS.2500/- WAS PERSONALLY GIVEN BY SH BIRBAL CHOPRA WHO HAD COME ALL THE WAY FROM FRIDABAD NEAR DELHI.  FURTHER A WOOLEN SHAWL WAS  ALSO PRESENTED AS A MEMENTO ON BEHALF OF  TRICITY LIC PENSIONERS  LEAD BY SH RS JAIN & OTHERS  WITH A APPLAUD BY THE AUDIENCE. SH ASTHNAN SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT THE LEGAL FIGHT WITH LUCID  & COGENT DETAILS AND THE CURRENT  POSITION/STATUS  OF OUR CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT WHICH IS LISTED FOR 18.11.2015 AND EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE OF WINNING (UNLESS SOMETHING UNTOWARD HAPPENS).  THEREAFTER HE TOOK UP VARIOUS QUESTIONS/QUERIES FROM THE AUDIENCE AND GAVE DETAILED REPLIES  TO THE SATISFACTION OF ALL. ONE OF THE PENSIONERS  SH ARYA MITTER WAS TOO PLEASED TO TELL THE NICE & TRANSPARENT  WAY SH ASTHANA HAD EXPLAINED ALL PROS AND CONS OF OUR CASE LEAVING NO ROOM FOR ANY QUESTIONS /QUERIES OR DOUBTS. THE MEETING WENT VERY WELL, SMOOTH WITHOUT ANY DISTURBANCE OF ANY KIND AND THE CREDIT GOES TO ALL THE PENSIONERS WHO CONTRIBUTED AND THE ACTIVE ORGANISERS  OF THE FORUM LIKE M/S RS JAIN, RK BEDI, AS DHAWAN, SR MONGIA, JM GANDHI,  NAGPALS , PANNA LAL, IP PURI, IK THAKRAL, ML VOHRA, JK DAR, SUBASH MAHAJAN, JAGJIT KAUR, MOHINDER SINGH , HK AGGARWAL& OTHERS.  THE MEETING  WAS ANCHORED BY SH IP PURI AND ENDED WITH A VOTE OF THANKS BY SH AS DHAWAN FOLLOWED  BY LIGHT POETRY BY SH BS KHANDPUR AND  LUNCH. THE MOST INTERESTING AND EXCITING ASPECT OF THE MEETING IS THAT IT PROVIDED A VERY AFFECTIONATE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL TO EXCHANGE PLEASANTRIES, SHARE MEMORIES, SHAKING HAND AND HUGGING EACH OTHER WHO HAPPEN TO MEET AFTER MANY YEARS. ALL SUGGESTED FOR SUCH GATHERINGS IN FUTURE ALSO. TRICITY LIC PENSIONERS FORUM CHANDIGARH-MOHALI-PANCHKULA. 18.10.2015