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Monday, January 26, 2015

NEXT DATE: 28TH JAN. OR 4TH FEB.?

Dear Shri. Gangadharan,

It will be a gross understatement if I say that you 
deserve all praise and congratulations for the 
excellent manner in which you covered  the court 
room proceedings in real-time, on the 21st. 

We also cannot  underplay  the   supreme  sacrifices made by  our  case managers who despite the limitations placed on them have been straining every nerve to ensure that our case is not just taken up, but placed on top of the list of the day and ultimately, heard.  Whether we win or  lose  the case  the credit or discredit  should never be attributed to those who championed our case. In cricket, sometimes , we have heard the captains saying that it is not  the victory or loss of the country for which they have played the game that matters  but ensure that under all circumstances  “the game of cricket wins”.  Similarly, whatever be the final outcome  in the Apex Court,  the victory or defeat should be viewed as one of the entire community of pensioners and not the individuals  who have laboured from behind.

Perhaps it is this psychology which is working on the minds of our  leaders and that which makes them indulge in ‘one upmanship’, forestalling any possible slip in the future. Otherwise, one doesn't see any reason for Messrs. Asthana and Srinivasa Murthy coming out with two different versions of the next date on which our case is fixed to be heard. I don’t think it is such an ardous task for either of them to contact the  other and come out with a date ; the real one. It will spare the pensioners logging on  to  the ‘CHRONICLE’  certain confusion and uncertainty. Having said  this, I fully agree with the viiews expressed by Mr.Sreeenivasa Murty  with regard to the develpments  of  the 21st  in the SC and the futility of  casting aspersions on the judiciary.
   
Is it going to be 28th of January or 4th of February?  Let us wait and watch.

With warm regards,
Venugopalan M.V