treat us as UIPs (Un important Persons) - Look at the
paltry, miserly grant of Medical Allowance to pre-1986
pensioners - WE, THE LIC PENSIONERS, ARE BEING PUT IN THE
LAST UNRESERVED COMPARTMENT BY THE AUTHORITIES...
writes Shri Kishore.
1. Yes, thanx for the
initial compliments. I only know the pains I had taken, on the eve of 2nd
August, to portray the panorama of pensioners journey, with a mission to
achieve pension upgradation with inbuilt Full DR for all. I made it not only
comprehensive but also categorical, shorn of emotional content, built step by
step assiduously on reason, logic, events as they unfolded, especially stress
on principles which all Courts do lay emphasis.
PLUS please note we have such abundant RTI info, thanx to veteran
specialists in AIRIEF, who, indefatigably apply, process, fup & all know
the knotty, thorny path to get truth from such institutions & indeed we
have succeeded. Some I quoted in my presentation, the SECRET letter of LIC to
then Jt Sy,MOF dt 31/12/2001, 11/8/2003 etc., a potent source of info & a
valuable document to be presented in SC, if required at the time of submission
of arguments by our Sr Counsel.
2. It is wrong for Sri
Nithin to say my entire write up is only legal, sorry, not at all.
i) What all I
narrated about monstrous anomalies & grotesque discrepancies &
differences in pension – is not legal, it is factual, earth, earthy data.
ii) What all I said
about DR per slab difference in various cadres & resultant inequity – is
not legal, it is truth, & nothing but the truth.
iii) What all I
said, even confirming that question of outlay was never raised, yet we have to
be ever ready, on LIC financial muscle & strength –is not legal, but raw
data.
iv) Why, even latest FM
quote glorifying LIC while electronically on digital platform, opening 300 mini
offices, does it not tantamount to admission ? So, I said Pensioners & Employees richly
deserve special, unique treatment & LIC must rank as highest paid wage
& consequentially highest paid pension organization.
vi) Where on earth, u can
notice Basic pension same, static & stagnant wef 1/11/1993, 20 long years -
2 decades - touch your hearts, is it not intolerable ?
vii) Why another
Committee to unload & dish out another National Policy thro SC orders to
bring to book, MOF/UOI to allow LIC & other Boards to be independent ? Never will they agree, bureaucrats are
authoritative, unapproachable, dictatorial, nod their heads, delay, dither,
procrastinate --- no, no, not at all required. Villain of the piece is shrewd
to ensure his hands will never be tied, he has to ride roughshod over prestigious Institutions Chairman, MD.
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viii) As all know, Indian
laws are well drafted, discipline is zero, implementation is lax, corruption is
rampant, we citizens lose the race. Have you not seen steady erosion in
morality, ethics, discipline & a virtual economic & political bankruptcy
& collapse. Policymakers have brought dear Rupee also to the ranks of Sr
citizen. Winston Churchill doctrine about Indian rulers uttered then has become
prophetic, thugs & robbers, scams & scamsters, falsehood & lie, will
rule this great country, what more.
Let us try to stem the
rot atleast as LICians
ix) We have NPOP, National
Policy on Elder Persons, Activists like dogged, indefatigable Sri M.V.Ruperalia
are fighting for justice for all Elders & Sr Citizens. We must salute them,
we must emulate them. We must value all
ideas, right-thinking individuals to progress by making a dent.
x) I quoted Justice
Khandelwal Committee which rightly stressed on institutional settlements, not
jumbo, so that ripple effect will not be seen, & full autonomy & powers
to HRD, Personnel of organizations must be granted as a concomitant.
xi) Nakara 5 judge
Constitutional Bench was a landmark judgement, still valid & quoted. Justice
V.R.Krishna Iyer so renowned, lighthouse of constitutional law & legal
jurisprudence is even now quoted by many Chief Justices & Hon Judges. They
have done yeoman services to poor, aggrieved sections of society.
3) When someone pointed
Board Resolution deficiency, it was clarified. Sri CH Mhadevan too gave his
delineation. When someone said Hon SJ Bhandari’s verdict is vague, I
quoted extensively relevant paras from his verdict about pension
upgradation substituting new scales of pay.
4) When Article 226 of
Constitution & Artcle 32 confers powers on High Courts & SC
respectively to issue writs & mandamus against Govt, there is no need for
any more appurtenances who will play only spoilsport. All those who cross the
rubicon or Laxman Rekha will be booked by HC or SC. That is it.
5) When 12,272 pensioners
have died till 31/7/2007, because of MOF/UOI intransigence & LIC
acquiescence, Sri Nithin, are you not crying ? We shed tears for them &
families.
6) When LIC Board waives
certain yardstick prescribed for PLLI eligibility & grants, & when we
say pension outlay is a tail of wage agreement, PLLI, why such different
yardstick, antipathy to pensioners aged 60 & above, many 70 & 75 yrs
old, no mercy displayed. Blood boils,
you see. We may not be VIPs, but we must not allow anyone to treat pensioners
as UIP-Un Important Person. Look at paltry, miserly grant of Rs1000pm as
Medical Allowance to pre-1986 pensioners recently as against RS.3400 to 5600 pm
to RBI exgratia retirees & they are clamouring for higher amount. We in LIC
will be in the last unreserved compartment ! Pre-1986 are 85 yrs & above !!
7) Ripple effect theory
is an excuse, sidetracking the main issue, not resolving the problem, & to
keep pensioners on tenterhooks. Don’t believe in that dictum. CGovt should have
been the practitioners of the art, not mere preachers who announce from rooftops,
but belittle in their own domain.
8) Lastly, I must
reinforce Sri Nithin, with all my modesty & humility, that I very well know
my audience. I have 726 email ids in my Address book in PC, right & left, I
use yahoo, gmail & now rediffmail too to circumvent sometimes queer
restrictions of limit or other unwanted remarks from these agencies. 4 groups
are for pensioners, about 450. In addition, our AIRIEF GS, Organising Secy,
VPs & other activists radiate to others in their own groups, even
if some may be common, & this has ripple effect of quick communication ever
expanding in concentric circles.
9) As a
professional trainer, Professor, Principal ZTC, MDC, I enjoyed the privilege of
taking all type of classes to all types of varied audiences. There are many
types of recipients, some to hear & forget, some to preserve process &
intent, some to question & criticize. Here when some activists are dying
for all round general cause & welfare, even at the cost of health, it
behoves every sane individual & thinking pensioner, howsoever ordinary he
can be, to read, mull over the presentation , arguments, do ask for
clarifications, we get umpteen phone calls, emails etc. We are here to dispel
ignorance. I have addressed any number of meetings, a galaxy of varied audiences,
of high profile too, in many platforms. It has been an enriching experience for
me. In life, we don the role of a Teacher & a Taught, a Trainer & a
Trainee at different times. We don’t claim we are indispensible, but we do
enliven the proceedings & enrich the readers & listeners & in that
churning process, we ourselves grow & submerge our ego.
10) With all such
many-sided cardinal principles in pensioners favour, viewed from all angles,
right, left & centre, if anything adverse happens during semi-finals &
finals in SC, God forbid, as torch of Faith is burning bright, it only means
Court Emblem not honoured, in breach than in the observance. It is IA 12 &
13 only.
Beautiful & symbolic
Balance signifying impartiality & neutrality, upholding of Equity &
Justice, must not allow any worthwhile issues fought with candour &
transparency to be buried under the carpet. SC cannot allow the death of
Reason, it cannot & should not allow death of Truth or to trample Truth. If
Truth dies, Humanity dies.
11) THANX FOR WRITING
& KINDLING MY THOUGHTS ON THIS ENCOMPASSING TOPIC FOR PENSIONERS.
R.B.KISHORE,VP,AIRIEF