Disbursement of arrears of DR collection drive

Federation of Retired LIC Class I Officers' Associations

 Fedn e circular DK-38                                                                  Sept 6,  2018

Friends,

Disbursement of arrears of DR collection drive 

            We are now passing through a period of frustrating moves by LIC, in carrying out the DHC mandate, by first withholding payment orders , and then releasing the payment of Arrears,  after deducting the 40% paid earlier, quite against the DHC directions, not to recover the old, interim amount paid. We have unequivocally conveyed our strong protest to the Management on these measures which do not speak of trust or straightforwardness. The amounts so received by all of you is under Protest.

I thought, I should , through this communication, remind the Unit leaderships at the Association levels to get moving on the collection campaign without missing out on the golden hour, i.e. when the amounts are just received by the members.  I may mention here that the  Chennai Association has already sent out personal (written) letters by post to the 177 members who will be the Beneficiaries, and in addition is now in the process of contacting each one over phone. This calls for timely efforts with much advance preparations.

As I mentioned in the earlier Communication on this subject, the Federation cannot go forward with the Court Case if we do not recover the money spent already in the Court process so far. This is our life-blood, and the Association units will kindly take this Call forward seriously to enable the Federation to move on, with the important matters that remain to be decided  in the Supreme Court.

Let me once again remind all the Association Units that a flat rate of Rs 1000/- is to be also collected from the non-beneficiaries of this Arrears payment, towards the Legal Fund. These members should take to heart that the whole of the SLP demands, including  Pension Revision, are to be pressed for, when the Court resumes our case on October 11th.

            I would also like to re-assure our pre-97 pensioners that  the point regarding constitutional validity of Rule 3A of Appendix IV of Pension Rules, remains to be settled  as also removing the defects in settling the arrears, involving the base year assumed by LIC, for arrears to be calculated, and the deduction of the earlier paid amount etc, are to be brought up before the Court, as inadequacies of LIC in carrying out the mandate of the Delhi High Court of April 2017.

FOR ALL THIS WE NEED FINANCIAL BACKING AND THAT PART IS NOW IN YOUR HANDS. SO PLEASE MAKE A SUCCESS OF THE COLLECTION DRIVE, MAKING THE MEMBERS AWARE THAT MONEY IS BADLY NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE.

With Best wishes

D.Krishnan

General Secretary

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