ShriM P Subramanian
Dear Sir,
You have very rightly assessed the prevailing situations and
the present day apathetic approach of the bureaucrats as well as the
politicians who are in the helm of authority and are supposed to be responsible
to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people. The equity
demands that what principles you apply for your self, the same you ought to apply
for others. LIC pensioners’ legal cases for DR Anomaly resolution and pension
upgradation with each wage revision have been testified on judicial scrutiny
but it is probably the bureaucratic arrogance which has dragged us to the
Supreme Court. It is a well-known fact that board resolution dated 24.11.2001
was for resolving the DR anomaly by revising pension with each wage revision of
in service employees. There were not only exchange of letters between LIC and
Finance Ministry on the matter of pension revision with each wage revision but
several rounds of talks between the officials of Personnel Department of LIC
Central Office and Finance Ministry had also taken place where LIC had
submitted its financial report duly
verified by Actuary. Today, when we see how LIC Management has twisted and
misconstrued the said board resolution while depositing the money due to the
petitioners, we are shocked and fail to understand as to what has happened to
the values and culture of LIC of India, whom we have established as a symbol of
trust & belief.
I am also surprised when some of the legal experts, who are of
late very active and vocal for the cause of pensioners see the grounds of
favorable judgment of Jaipur HC as Achilles Heel in the Supreme Court. LIC has
made out its appeal in the Supreme Court on a weak law point of applicability
of Sec 48 of LIC Act 1956 and by twisting the spirit of the board resolution.
All the points stated in the post of said law expert have been taken therefrom.
Shri KML Asthana and AIRIEF leaders have taken all these points into
consideration and prepared our defense properly so I am not worried of said
Acilles Heel; but I am really worried for the unethical ‘uru-bhangam’ approach
of LIC and its supporters. I am aware and confident that our leaders and the Sr
Advocate are fully prepared to safe guard pensioners’ interest and counter the arguments
of LIC /UOI and will come with final victory in the Supreme Court.
M P Agnihotri.
