Regn No.PN 4769 (Regd under Indian T U Act, 1926)
(Affiliated to Bharateeya Mazdoor Sangh)
BMS Office, Vishwakarma Bhavan, 185, Shaniwar Peth, Pune 411030.
President: T.C. Gunesh Kumar Mob No: 9880683639
General Secretary: Ashok J. Joshi Mob No: 9561084182 & 9945104570
Date: 14-09-2024
The Chief Executive Officer & MD, LIC of India, Central Office, "Yogakshema", MUMBAI.
Respected Sir, Re: Inordinate delay in disbursement of wage revision arrears to retirees.
With a lot of pain at heart, we would like to place the following points for your kind information and necessary immediate action-
- ➢Ever since 2010 (from 2007 wage revision), NOIP has been writing to CO after every wage revision, to fix a deadline to the operating offices for payment of arrears to retirees, who are eligible to receive wage revision arrears. It seems to have fallen on deaf ears!
- ➢We are happy that in service employees receive the arrears within a fortnight. Why the step motherly attitude towards senior citizens who have retired?
- ➢This time one more new feature added- arrears are being paid in 3 instalments viz salary arrears, gratuity difference and finally difference in commutation amount and pension arrears.
- ➢Many Divisional Offices have not released arrears even the second instalment ie gratuity difference.
- ➢Most astonishing and despicable fact is that retired development officers are the most neglected lot, though they supply blood and oxygen to the organization by way of new business. In many divisions even salary arrears are not paid to them. Are they not our employees? This is happening perhaps, there is a lack of coordination/understanding between the marketing and pension depts of divisional office.
- ➢We learn that thousands of cases are pending in all ZOs for approval of arrears on account of revision of pension and commutation amount. Extra staff needs to be deputed to clear the backlog.
- ➢At the cost of repetition, we implore upon you to take the serious view of this issue and fix the deadline to operating offices for releasing arrears. With each passing day, retirees are losing thousands of rupees by way of interest, as the arrears are huge running into several lakhs of rupees.
- ➢If no immediate remedial action is initiated from your end, NOIP would be left with no other alternative than to stage Dharanas before all the operating offices and Zonal Offices. This would be a disgrace to our great institution which we would try to avoid, unless it is forced upon us to do so due to apathy of the management towards senior citizens.
We anticipate the immediate response from you, Sir. Since you always affirm that we seniors have built this great edifice of Yogakshema.
With thanks and regards,
General Secretary
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