Re: PENSIONERS' EMAILS & FEEDBACK FROM 1st OCTOBER, 2015 :SERIES No. 111

PENSIONERS' EMAILS & FEEDBACK FROM 1st OCTOBER, 2015 :SERIES No.111 1)i)Usually i do not amdavadis4everposts.but to day i read all the three posts.the post reservation – what about deprivation is thought provoking particularly a call to file a pil to make it mandatory to know the section of the population deprived whenever reservations are announced.the photos of queues in india are excellent also.----------AVSubbaraman ii)Dear Sri AVS, amadavasi4ever gujarathi site is excellent actually, covering entire gamut of ones living.It gives ample tips on Health, lots on devotional matters, historical photos, Practical tips for living, refinement & enhancement of ones personality,updated info on incometax, savings & investment, class ,unique photos around the world,so beautiful, touching quotes & powerpoints on human & humane qualities thro pictorial presentations,in short, nothing is omitted. An academic, an intellectual, wanting to go & grow individuals,we retirees & elders get a lot of kick & all strata of society can benefit by browsing the insertions from this site.As it is etched, one is not able to remove that title name amadavasi4ever,so we need not be cold-shouldered about this site. Thanx for sharing ur views----------------R.B.KISHORE,VP,AIRIEF 2)Reservation Vs Deprivation: A matter of fact observation and a fit case for PIL since deprivation to even an individual is violative of Constitutional Provisions, except for ST &SC and that too for a limited period of 10/15 years, I don't exactly remember. Furthermore it is necessary to make public the list of beneficiaries with their present social and economic status and exclude such persons from availing reservation quota allocation, after fixing a reasonable criteria. This will enable the disadvantaged from the reserved class get the benefit who will also qualify for exclusion Nobody seems to have asked one question i.e why do any one say that the so called forward castes, have cornered in the earlier days, all educational seats and posts in the employment sector. How many professional seats were available prior to say January 1950. What is the total number after that date. Assuming all the seats and posts earlier to 1/1950 was cornered for a period of 20 years earlier, what is the figure post that date allotted to the reserved section. Results may surprise all. May be a case of no such statistics.--- ASRamanathan, Retd.DM & Manager (Legal), LIC, Jaipur said: 3)Respected Pensioner-Colleagues Of Chandigarh Unit   Namaskar. Thousands of members of AIRIEF were waiting for an 'U' turn of events that were lingering amongst us for some time past to the utter dislike of all concerned. While the happenings appeared to be disastrous to our own wanted unity, basically. But, the developments went to the extent of threatening to jeopardize our ultimate goal of securing a clear cut favorable judgment in the SC.  Glad to see the change of events & atmosphere, at last . Let us all forget the past  The turn of events must have given a severe warning to our Main Opponents. Their gimmicks against us shall not pass all the time and hence must stop forthwith. It is nice to see that all pensioner brethren, including in-service colleagues, are invited to the Meet arranged at Chandigarh on 18th instant.         WISH THE MEET ALL SUCCESS, UNITY IS STRENGTH. Fraternally Yours,-----------M.P.Subrahmanian, RIEA,  Madurai. 4)Thoughts on Dr AbdulKalam  Archana on the name of India: I am really glad to read this piece. I am sure all of us, at the conclusion of Pooja/Prayer, at home/ temple/any place where any prayer is offered to Almighty , say "Sarve Janaa Sukhino Bhavanthu, Sarvathra Mangalani Santhu, Lokaah Samasthas Sukhino Bhavanthu," and in Tamil we say " Vaazhga, Valrga, Valam Peruga,Valamudan Vaazhga, Vaazhgave Vaiyaham". In all religions and in all Languages there is always a Prayer for UNIVERSAL WELLBEING. Be that as it may, it is Good of you to have highlighted the message of our former President .Dr. Abdul Kalam and his concern and thought was always about INDIA, our Mother land. Let us prove, now and in future too ,worthy of his mission.---  -----------S.R. Nagarajan. 5)Dear Sir,      Remembering Lord Krishna  Thanks for this beautiful spiritual forward.----------Kasiviswanathan, NABARD  6)Dear Sir  தமிழ் அளவுகள், உறவுகள், மற்றும் பல அரிய தகவல்கள் You are doing a great service - not only to LIC Retirees but also to our Society as a whole in circulating this information and many more like this.   Our Forefathers  - Tamils , Hindus , Indians  - developed great  knowledge about this worldly life and also great wisdom about spiritual life.   The ancient wisdom about spiritual life has been continuously preserved by our Gurus.   But knowledge about this worldly life - science and technology - has not been properly preserved. Your retrieving and circulating  them is highly laudable.-----------K.R.Ramani   7)RARE FLOWERS ON EARTH:30 BEAUTIFUL SERMONS   A NICE MSG CONTAINING BEAUTIFUL SERMONS FOR EVERY AGE GROUP   With Best Regards---------------M.S.Sachdeva     8)SIR,   SHRI HEGDE HAS SHOWN THE RIGHT PLACE TO THE SPLINTER GROUP,THEY DESERVE IT. NOW EVERTHING IS AS CLEAR AS CRYSTAL. WE ARE CONFIDENT OF OUR OWN ARGUMENTS. THE CASE LAWS ARE VERY CLEAR SUPPORTING OUR CAUSE. WHEN THE ELEPHANT MOVES DOGS BARK, BUT IT CARRIES NO WEIGHT. I CAME TO KNOW THAT AIIPA IS ALSO IN LINE WITH THEM. IT COULD NOT SHATTER OUR CAPACITY TO PRESENT OUR CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT. WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE CASE. THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED, PLEASE READ ALL THE ARGUMENTS SUPPLIED BY OUR LEADER SHRI R B K AND READ OUT THE CIRCULAR ISSUED BY OUR PRESIDENT SHRI S S SAXENA, HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN SHRI K M L ASTHANA AND I AM DOUBLY CONFIDENT THAT OUR LEADER SHRI ASTHANA WILL SURELY WIN OUR CASE AND EVERY PENSIONER WILL REJOICE WITH   JOY. IT IS BUT NATURAL THE COURT WILL TAKE TIME, IT IS NOT THE POINT OF TIME, IN THE ULTIMATE ANALYSIS, TRUTH WILL TRIMPH AS OUR LEADER SHRI AGARWAL RIGHTLY ADVISES US. NOW THE UPGRADATION OF PENSION IS NOT A BOUNTY, IT IS A RIGHT. THE JUDGEMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT SURELY HELPS THE EXISTING EMPLOYEES AND ALSO TO THE OTHER EMPLOYEES BELONGING TO OUR SISTER ORGANISATION. SO, LET US HOLD HIGH THE BANNER OF AIRIEF, SUCCESS IS THE NAME OF AIRIEF. LET US BE PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF AIRIEF.   WITH GREETINGS,---------------------L S R KRISHNA RAO   9) HARPING ON THE SAME STRING.                 From the circular of Federation of Retired LIC Class-I Officers Associations circular, I understand that the Counsel for the LIC seems to have stressed that Government approval was mandatory for implementing the direction of the Board. I was anticipating this arguments, when I made certain counter proposals. I was also expressing my opinion that more than this, LIC/Govt. may not have anything to argue. It has therefore become very important for us not to take this aspect lightly.                   It was, I thought, very important to break this stonewalling argument of the LIC, and I hope those concerned to whom I have mailed my arguments given in three or four instalments to review. In the last two  submissions, I attempted to imagine 10 questions that may be asked to our counsel by the Bench or may come as interjection from the Govt/LIC counsel. Through the answers to those 10 questions, I have shown that there are effective arguments supported by earlier SC decisions to break this stone wall built with assumed strength of Sec.48 of the LIC Act. I think my arguments require serious consideration, because my contentions on Sec.48 might result in very serious arguments, because I it is a novel challenge. Our captains should have a serious discussion on the points with the Senior Counsels and may require to be strengthened further with their expertise and knowledge.               In my submissions under the heading 'A REVIEW OF SEC.48 OF THE LIC ACT, 1956" , I have shown the Sec.48 provisions as without teeth and opened the concept of hidden powers, that I believe answers all questions. Though I am not repeating all of those points for the sake of brevity and confidentiality, I am sure, those leaders conducting the case, whom I know personally, to once again review and be ready with written arguments on those points. Let us not miss any points. I firmly believe we have a strong case to win. The result will have far reaching implications for those in service employees also. ---------------------------------     A.S.Ramanathan.     10)Dear Mr Ramanathan,  I appreciate and admire your erudition and optimism.No doubt you are bringing your legal knowledge and experience into full play through your legal inputs,but to what extent it is taken advantage of  and utilized in the court room will determine the degree of success in the ongoing CAs.  Having said that I wish to leave with you my thought on a point which in my view has a crucial bearing in the case especially the CA against the Jaipur judgment. I feel we need to decide whether our objective is to have  the Sec 48 struck down by the Supreme Court or to effectively lay a ground through our counsel's arguments to ensure a direction by the Bench to the GOI to use its powers  under Sec 48 so that the violations of Articles 14,16 & 21 of the Constitution are rectified by amending the LIC Pension Rules, 1995 thereby removing the discriminatory treatment of pensioners based on different dates of retirement.To me the latter course holds more promise of striking a favorable chord in the minds of the Bench.   In my view our case has got enormous strength on merits due to anomalies and disparities.There is also human rights angle.There were 21762 pre- August 1997 retirees as on 1/8 2003.The number dwindled to 16498 on 20/2/2009 due to deaths of over 5000 pensioners in this category over 5 years.Now another 6 years have passed by with higher mortality due to advanced ages. According to the faulty formula followed by LIC,family pensioners of the deceased pre- Aug 1997 retirees will have recoveries instead of increase in pension.We have already discovered that retirees from the cadres of RCs and below are left with declined pension according to LIC method.With so many anomalies in LIC's approach,it is more important to highlight these deficiencies in the LIC Pension Rules as they  exist today before the Apex Court. I am sure you will  be able to apply your mind as to how to dovetail the above facts with points of law to our advantage and provide your inputs to Mr K M L Asthana suitably.   In the over-riding focus on pre-August 1997 retirees in the context of 20% Interim Relief,the issue of up gradation of pension and also the interest of post- August 1997 retirees seem to have been relegated to a secondary position.This issue  also needs to be propped up on sound legal arguments. Kindly bear with me on my elaborate and long response to your mail. Kind regards.          ---  ------   ---- C H Mahadevan    11)AIRIEF WEBSITE airiefvision.wordpress.com  SNAPSHOTS & STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Posts inserted 3611 from 1 Feb 2015 to 31August 2015 & 561 posts for September 2015 &  282 from 1October to 15th October, 2015.Stupendous by any standards, with variety. It is not easy to  continuously do good & credible dissemination of choicest,utilitarian news. Further, one of the hallmarks of a good website must be quality & compelling content. It is also essential to keep pace  with speed of news in this digital era & centrifugal & centripetal forces working around the whole globe. A good website can be an instrument of change & exert a desirable influence on thinking & living It fosters a better  understanding & appreciation of  the dynamics of surging ,vital issues Substantive articles ,choicest inclusions for erudition, enlightenment enables all to be worthy citizens Think & Ponder.Pearls of wisdom indeed exerts a powerful mode of reflection & introspection to introduce changes in thought processes.Above all, we move with the times ,not lead life like a vegetable but breathe fresh air, vim & vigour & vitality We attempt ,in our own humble way as a vehicle of communication spreading waves in concentric circles to illuminate our minds with a whiff of new breeze Read,Tell others of airiefvision.wordpress.com, many even relatives, friends can browse & profit by the same.Radiate joy & friendship & camaraderie always as a motto of our lives. Greetings & good browsing & reading multi-category disciplines of life ,inserted as a labour of love, ----------------R.B.KISHORE,  VP,AIRIEF 12)Greetings for Dassara,i)LET DASSEHRA HERALD A NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY ELDERS, SR CITIZENS,PENSIONERS  FIGHTING A LONG-DRAWN LEGAL BATTLE,    CRAVING FOR VICTORY OF JUSTICE over INJUSTICE,EQUITY over INEQUITY,GOOD over EVIL, EQUALITY over DISCRIMINATION,KNOWLEDGE over IGNORANCE, ILLUMINATION  over  DARKNESS, HUMILITY over PRIDE, MODESTY over FLAMBOYANCE, PEACE over WAR,BROTHERHOOD over ENMITY   LET  GODDESS DURGA BLESS US ALL WITH A FRUITFUL& FULSOME  VICTORY  & A THUMPING SUCCESS ON 18 NOVEMBER, 2015 IN THE  SC BENCH HEARING  WITH A SPECIFIC COMPREHENSIVE JUDGEMENT ON THE TWIN BENEFITS ,FOR ALL THE PATIENCE, PERSEVERANCE, ENDURANCE,&LEGAL ACUMEN DISPLAYED FOR REAL NECTAR TO FLOW & PEACE & TRANQUILLITY TO PREVAIL IN  OUR LIVES . ------------ -------------R.B.KISHORE,     VP,AIRIEF  ii)It's so nice of u sir- -your greetings for all of us on the occasion of Dasara festival.  All members in our family heartily reciprocate and wish the best to you all.   Looking forward to meet you in person at Bhopal.   Regards, -------------------B.Sudhakar,     Visakhapatna iii)Thanks for good wishies of DURGA POOJA (Dashehara) and we, the Jamnagar pensioners group reciprocate the same  to you and the entire team working hard for final victory and maintaining continuous contacts with all of us. P B Acharya(Rajkot DO) iv)Thank you for Dasara images of Durga Devi.-------B.Ganga Raju v)Dear Kishore, I heartily reciprocate your Vijayadashami greetings and wish you and your family a very happy year.    I cannot express in words as to how precious are your mails, always full of information, entertainment and rarities. Although I am not replying to your mails, pl. do not stop sending them as I value them very much and it always keeps me in touch with you.     Regards.  -----------R. S. Shah, Pune, (now at Ladnun, Rajasthan, and will be back at Pune from 28th onwards). vi)THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREETINGS AND HEARTY DURGA PUJA GREETINGS! Regards.  ----------C H Mahadevan vii)​Thank you Sir. Best wishes for you and your Family on the occasion of DurgaPuja & Dassera. ------------      -Dilip Kumar Ghosh, Kolkata.​   13)SIR   I  AM ALSO BORN ON THE DATE REKHA WAS BORN .U  WISHED REKHA NOT ME ON  MY  COMPLETING 75 AND ENTERING 76 TH. SORRY U DID NOT KNOW IT.  With Best Regards---M.S.Sachdeva    (Many many happy returns of the day. REKHA was a born    Actress, we are LICians! my dear   ---R.B.KISHORE )   14)HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT THE SAME : YES  SIR, INTOLERANCE, RAGE, QUARRELING, FIGHTING, AND KILLINGS  ALL VICES ARE RISING  TO AN UNBEARABLE EXTENT. IS IT KAAL YUGA, RULED BY RAKSHASAS.---REGARDS ,-------HK Aggarwal   15)CHEST PAIN:WHEN IS IT SERIOUS? A LOT OF THANKS FOR THE INFM GIVEN---With Best Regards  -----  M.S.Sachdeva                 COLLECTIONS :  R.B.KISHORE, VP, AIRIEF  :16/10/2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------