DEAR ALL,
EXCLUSIVE PAST FEEDBACK FROM ALL OVER INDIA ON PENSIONERS COURT CASES –A PANORAMA OF INVOLVEMENT, A KALEIDOSCOPE INDEED: as part of RIEA Chennai Silver Jubilee Celebrations :RBKishore 8/8/2023 to 8/8/2O24
1)Excerpts from our letter to Hon Judge (Retd) V.R.KrishnaIyer
Any slight dislocation or disturbance in the unalloyed & unadulterated enjoyment of those Rights,Courts must immediately step in & bring harmony & justice. Courts must issue Directions to the delinquent authorities with a positive Order --
a)----to uphold Human Rights mercilessly trampled upon, taking 13 long years to arrive at a decision,
b)--when High Court has given verdict in favour of pensioners,
c)--when LIC Board’s clear & distinct Resolution dt 24/11/2001 with positive solution for both Dearness Relief & Pension revision exists.
LIC Board Resolution of 24/11/2001 unnecessarily kept in the melting pot for so long & still more unjust & unwarranted Review Petition,after Appeals were dismissed , to create havoc is indeed a reverse master stroke .Oh Justice, where are you, we ask. Reply is Whither or Wither !
d)--when LIC has written to MOFinance on 20/2/2009 & 6/5/2009 to grant 100% DR to pre-8/97 pensioners(CPI 600 & 1148) & fitment with the next group of pensioners,(CPI1740)
e)----when such Noble Resolutions & Honourable Judgements cannot & must not be guillotined or killed by Ministry of Finance.
f)--more so when thousands of pensioners have died without securing the retiral benefits in the manner & quantum in which pensions had to be paid with equality amongst all Groups of pensioners, Who is answerable to them,How can we take it lightly as though it is a non-event,
all these certainly attract consternation & anger, & Courts must punish such guilty conduct with severe penalty
The human rights enshrined have to be protected & strengthened by the SC, not weakened.
SC is not a mere noun, it is an adjective too.Therein lies its Supreme importance & impartiality to protect the weak against arbitrary policies of Govt & institutions. 4/2010
2) If your all pervasive and heart and mind convincing letter to the Board members does not evoke any positive response in them, we have to feel sorry for their cruel heart as well their unrealistic mind.
I have no words to express my sentiments. I am sure the Almighty will get melted by your tireless efforts for the common noble cause despite your personal constraints.---
G Srinivasan,Trichy 2/2011
3) Excerpts from our Letter to Chairman, Human Rights Commission
The treatment meted out to Elders is far from satisfactory.
It assumes many forms –
*apathy, indifference,neglect of their interest, welfare ignored, *insensitivity of organizations & Government,
*insensitivity to their genuine, modest & legitimate demands,
*lack of response & inordinate delay in settlements.
*You are considered as a Torchbearer of the most invaluable human Rights ,which cannot be trampled upon by ANY agency whatsoever.HR is supreme,HR is unconditional,HR is inviolable. You have championed the cause of the adversely affected groups,whoever they may be,to bring redressal of inequity & establish modicum of justice. 3/2011
4) Sri Mohan Talekar,GS, RBREA, Mumbai was confident justice is on pensioners’ side. He said 'never ever have fear. Be fearless. Doubt & uncertainty are the enemies of success.Let us not create worry, If anyone has worry, ask him ,to write on a piece of paper, in the morning when he wakes up, to list & afterwards, to bring a matchstick &burn that paper, lo, worry also flies away & disappears. Let us not create a 'syndrome of paralysis thro analysis.'. There is no case in history of Courts where pensioners ever lost, it has been singularly in their favour.
He added that in the case of Kerala Warehousing Corpn ,where also a somewhat similar Resolution was there, when Govt wanted the KWC to rescind the Resolution, they went to Court & got strictures & everything went in f/o pensioners. 3/2011
5) First of all, I am moved by the patience & reticence you are exercising in the current situation in the family.-- The way you are playing your role in the Organization is just unique. I see it as it emerges from your mails. But it must be much beyond and gape wonderstruck at the levels of energy that you apply to all that, dedication, meticulousness, speed and command on articulation - all apart!
That you sent me what I needed (earlier 2 issues of Varistha Vaani) and also thoughtfully sent the Souvenir makes me so grateful to you. That you personally handled the dispatch had not escaped my noticing. Your bookpost came along with Shri Sanjeeva Rao's brochure on the matter-- The Souvenir spoke of the immense organization you people have built up for LIC retirees. I have been saying to bankers what scope exists for organizing themselves if we have the LIC yardstick.
--------Dr Ashok Wadikar,Pune 4/2011
6) There can be ties in World Cup matches.But as far as LIC pensioners are concerned, there can only be a decisive victory for them, thanks to the immortal LIC Board Resolution!
Let us hope LIC recognizes that they have to be above board by understanding that they are not above(LIC) Board!------–CHMahadevan 4/2011
7) All these mails point to the singular fact that Mr R.B.Kishore is a clearing house for vital and valuable communication among the LIC pensioners, who perhaps were, in my judgment, till more than a year ago, were not so much in electronic proximity to each other as now.Mr Kishore with his astounding energy has admirably succeeded in bonding LIC pensioners together.
MAY THIS BOND LAST FOR EVER GETTING STRENGTHENED CONTINUOUSLY WITH POSITIVE RESULTS FOR LIC PENSIONERS.---C.H.Mahadevan 5/2011
8) There is a Chinese proverb: “It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.” Precisely this is what LIC did and were shown the door by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. You have rightly summed up that we should rejoice the positive developments. Success is more sweet when it comes in parts and there is no doubt that we are inching towards FINAL VICTORY.
A couplet by the great Ghalib comes to my mind: "Koi mere dil se poochhe, terey teere neem-kash ko' voh khalish kahan se hoti jo zigar ke paar hotaa..." - ( If asked, without hesitation, I would admit that I relish the sweet pain of the sharp arrow aimed at my heart by my beloved; which did not pierce through it and left a lasting sensation ).
Heartiest congratulations to AIRIEF, all pensioners and ofcourse to the fighter Sh. Asthana. S.P.Sood,Chandigarh 7/2011
9) Your mailing the text of the petition filed by LIC in collusion with the heartless GOI who speak of National Litigation Policy which is a big hog wash,Asthana's counter and your own comments which will add fodder and ammunition to our counsel is an eloquent testimony of your untiring effort to unite the pensioners and get a favourable Court verdict. May your tribe increase, :R.K.Viswanathan,Chennai 7/2011
10)Only a handful of pensioners are in the know of the details. Many do not have
e mail id and they do not get the real and complete message. Further, this will go a long way in
(1) enlightening the members and other non-members
(2) creating an atmosphere for solidarity
(3) stopping the gossips from the vested interest ones
4) clearing the confusion in the minds of the retired employees of LIC as to who are the real achievers and whose sweat and toil has caused this victory
(5) Making everybody realise by whom their cause has been really taken care of.
&(6) Making the campaign for fund mobilisation to meet the future legal battle as well other expenses, easy. The circular must also deal with the need for the fund. G.Srinivasan,Trich y 7/2011 FANTASTIC, Really RBK
11) When we go back in memory the tremendous work output we have done,in the last 13 yrs or so, the papers, computer word & email jottings & Archives etc, it dawns in our mind progresssively, we are indeed handling important, very important & most important as we come to this grand finale. It is a Final Battle.We have entered the tallest peak of Mt Everest
With fervent prayers ,the best lawyer with solid reputation to be carefully chosen, enough we can hand over & enough he shd do to take us to that memorable victory ending long drawn wait & frustration for pensioners granting them, as it were , a new lease of happy life in their twilight years.
ALL ARE AWARE, THAT WHEN LIC OR UOI/MOF CANNOT & WILL NOT DECIDE, EVEN WHEN PLANK & FOUNDATION WAS CORRECTLY LAID ON 24/11/2001 THRO LIC BOARD RESOLUTION, IF WE LOSE OPPORTUNITY NOW, WHEN IT HAS REACHED NEAR FINAL ,NEVER WILL THAT OPPORTUNITY COME AGAIN .NOONE TRUSTS MOF.—R.B.Kishore,Chennai 7/2011
12)History has its own calendar, and the significant date has arrived on 14th November,2011 as a harbinger of a glimmer of hope and happiness for us pensioners.Coincidentally,the foundation for this development was laid on 24th November 2001, , i.e a decade ago by the LIC Board resolution
LIC in their SLP laboured hard to defend the powers of the UOI u/s 48.But the judicial development in the SC only demonstrates clearly , that if any power that is claimed even legally is not appropriately and responsibly used by the powerholder in time, such power slips out of his hands.
This seems to be a lesson for those who believe in the arrogance of power to act and also not to act.The arms of justice take over the reins sooner or later.
It is indeed an unprecedented moment for LIC pensioners, when a path for further progress has been firmly laid through the creative order of SC, thanks to the long, persistent,tenacious and untiring struggle of Mr Asthana against all odds..—C.H.Mahadevan 14 Nov 2011
13)Bhagiratha is beaten by you. Herculean efforts moving an obstinate machinery to action GOD bless you and us. I am sending a cheque for Rs.1000/ to u fvg.RIEA.as my humble contribution--- RTSwamy, Chennai
14)I have been a silent side-sitter with all that you have been writing and posting and mailing at all levels, Management, Directors, friends, top, bottom, Ministry and colleagues all over. It is great going. There is no looking back now. Only looking forward to the great day of victory for truth and justice.
Salute to Shri Asthana and for your own sweat and labour and energy that you have been single-handedly putting behind the cause of pensioners.
When you will win, we, GIC pensioners will have to put up a fight and some more struggle to be able to fall in line with our LIC colleagues=== Harish Ganatra,Nash ik 11/2011
15) I am very much thankful for your informative,thought-provoking & very useful info to the retirees. Many of our members appreciated about the matters contained in the mails.With greetings-----P.SANJEEVA RAO, GS, RBONC,Blore 11/2011
16) I have gone through your Article—Panorama & Perspectives of Legal Battle of Insurance Pensioners-- very carefully and have no words to express my feelings on the way you have discussed various issues. Let us pray good sense prevails upon the powers that be and they refrain from killing the legimate aspirations and needs of the retired persons who toiled hard to make this gigantic institution what it is today . --------------------------
I wish people in power should see the writing on the wall and take corrective measures before our tribe vanishes. Amen! Regards, RS Ahuja ,Meerut
17) I have met no.of people who have made my life more meaningful and rich. I feel gratitude for all those who have showed me the light through darkness and made me to enjoy life through struggles. Sir, I sometimes wonder as to the variety of topics on which you write ,for the benefit of all of us. We ,at Kolhapur are sincerely thankful to you for the treasure you are sharing with us. Wishing U all peace, prosperity and happiness, ---Sujata Ade,Kolhapur
18) Dear Shri Asthana ji, This NEW YEAR let the ‘Scrip’ called Life pay you rich Dividend of joy and issue Bonus of Good Fortune. + Get you all the Rights Issue 2 enjoy Success. Let there be no Volatile Corrections in your Health & YOU HIT the Upper Circuit of Prosperity. Wish you a very very BULLISH NEW YEAR. I pray GOD that all these add up to get the SLP dismissed at the admission stage itself – that will be the minimum upper limit of Circuit of Success.—Vinay Panchamia,Mumbai 12/2001 * EXCELLENT : RB KISHORE
19) Thank you. Excellent job done exposing the real Contempt perpetrated by an insensitive LIC. I am sure this time they are in trouble. Wish you all success. ---Sreenivasa Murty Mulukutla,Hyderabad
20) This is indeed a monumental piece of drafting where one individual has marshalled all facts relevant to the counter and has put them up in a commanding way. He has handled so many diverse points ,at the same time, taking care, that nowhere he put one argument somewhere,which is in danger of controverting some other point elsewhere. The tying up of the arguments is superb. There is a unique lingo for the legal field where they have developed a language that may not look so attractive English-wise but very apt to nail a point unambiguously!---------D.Krishnan,Chennai SABBASH, DK,Class as usual from ur facile PEN:RBK
21) SLP SC MUST ENSURE A GALA, CLASSIC, HISTORIC VICTORY TO ALL GROUPS OF PENSIONERS .VIEWED FROM ALL ANGLES, CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ENSHRINED, HUMAN RIGHTS OF ELDERS IN PARTICULAR,PLETHORA OF CASE LAWS IN OUR FAVOUR, SC VERDICTS, LATEST TRENDS IN SC VERDICTS INDICTING GOVT & BUREAUCRACY, THE ROCKLIKE LIC BOARD RESOLUTION -A PILLAR OF SUPPORT,THE SERIES OF 4 VICTORIES WE HAD IN JAIPUR HC,& ABOVE ALL, THE ASSERTIVE, ARTICULATE, POWERFUL COUNTER AFFIDAVIT OF SRI ASTHANA, WHO, LIKE ARJUNA , POINTEDLY DEMOLISHES ALL ARGUMENTS IN SLP SC ,WITH SOUND LOGIC, REASON, LAW THAT ONLY VICTORY MUST EMBRACE ENTIRE PENSIONERS FRATERNITY WAITING EAGERLY FOR THE HISTORIC FINAL VERDICT---R.B.KISHORE 3/2012
22) I fully agree with your observations and would like to state that this type of exercise which you have been Doing for more than 3 years has really kept the retirees all over the country fully enlightened and to be frank with you it is only because of this enlightenment, funds are pouring from all the units. This is a great service you have been doing and I am sure that no other organisation would be doing such an exercise which you are doing. Entire organisation remain vibrant and prepared to respond to any call that is given by Federation. Entire credit goes to you and you only.-- M.M.Thakkar,Rajkot
23) Thanks for sending news of sky-high powers of SC. On seeing killing of Krounch bird, Valmiki moony uttered words of compassion and it was "Anushtubh Cchanda". Similarly, your feeling of compassion leading you to holistic thinking of welfare of pensioners. Cheers to you ! Your all efforts are unique. My best wishes to all efforts by you and your entire team. ------ L R Parab---(Former GS of All India Reserve Bank Officers' Association) Thank u,SIR:RBK
24) Thanks for the multitudes of mails being sent everyday. No words to describe the kind of efforts put in by you to see smiles on the faces of the aging pensioners.Not only the present generation of pensioners, but the generation next pensioners too would remember your unparalleled services to this community, neglected both by the Government and LIC alike. May God Bless you with long life M.V.Venugopalan,Palghat
25) I must compliment you for the yeoman services rendered by you to the Pensioners. Each one of them will remember you for this & pray for your well being.
May GOD give you strength & energy to continue the great task.--:----
D S Narain,Chennai
26) Yes . I too welcome the Crescendo to the Final legal battle in Supreme court than inevitable intermediate skirmishes in lower ones.No other course of action was expected from LIC nor was it possible for any authority in LIC to deviate from this course. On first day of LIC was written , as to how it will exercise its autonomy ( ! ) ,which will continue to be read till the last Day.
That's why many salutes to what Mr. Asthana did and believed and equal number to those who are standing with him in thick and thin.---, Ashok Shaligram,Pune
27) SURELY. STRANGELY ENOUGH IT COINCIDED WITH JULY 17 ,2012 BEING INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE DAY LET US PRAY AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
--- 8/2012
44) RIEA Madurai unit owes Sri R.B.Kishore very much for the splendid way of educating our members at every stage the developments of our legal battle right from Jaipur branch of Rajastan HC (SJ, DB,revision petitions etc ) SLP's in SC and up to Contempt petitions lying in HC and SC .
M/S CS MURTY , CH MAHADEVAN , CR SANKARAN , TR MADHAVA RAO , RK DEIVANAYAGAM , HK AGGARWAL , JALARAMIAH , BALASUBRAMANYA , Prem SRIVASTAVA , AGNIHOTRI , VC JAIN and some more involved activists have contributed their valuable counsels and thrown more light over our twin issues through their email communications . RED = Died,No More,Sad : RBK
Our staunch rock-like warrior shri. KML Ashthana bestowed with undeterred determination, blessed with abundant legal wisdom clubbed with the knack of handling the twin mountainous issues with balanced ease has demonstrated his conviction over his crusade against LIC / UOI and thus vindicated his unquestioned leadership amongst the hapless mass of pensioners.
Pensioners of other PSUs are awaiting anxiously to know the final outcome of our contempt petitions in SC. ----Anyway, we hasten to salute you and our other leaders in advance ahead of our victory
---MP Subramaniam, Madurai SAD,No More,this VETERAN,WonderfulSpeaker,Loveable Character,at 85,he did miracle in joint ChENNAI RIEA reaching 104 NEW Enrolments in 1 year,RARE GEM RBKISHORE
Timely on the eve of our AIRIEF CAs tentative Final Hearing around 11th December 2024
Great CJI Sri Chandrachud retires on 11 th November
Ours is a 2 Judge SC. BENCH
Continue ur Info as many sideline & main news will start pouring
.if u have some in their PARENT NABARD,they must have already received settlement of PU pension revision with every wage revision
Others known to you& Assn find out about DA DR Discrepancy like ours Pre 8/1997pensioners like my humble self getting 50 %DR ,not like Employees & Post 8/1997 Full DA DR
3 CHEERS ,DURGA,SARASWATHI,LAXMI GODDESSes have bestowed on RRBs & tell ALL to have FAITH & PRAYERS till we all succeed as aLIC FAMILY & FRATERNITY
GREETINGS & WARM REGARDS
RBKISHORE
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