UNION BANK RETIRED
EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
To
Shri R.K.Powar,
General Secretary,
Union Bank Retirees' Association (Maharashtra).
Dear Comrade,
Pension Option to Resigned, Compulsory Retired Employees, etc.
Received your Circular No.10 dated 22nd May,'15.
As informed to you earlier, the two Union Bank Retired Employees'
Associations functioning in Gujarat have already filed a Joint Petition
in Gujarat High Court before about four years for pension to Resignees.
Our nine effected members are the co-petitioners. So far as I remember,
copies of our petition, Bank's reply, etc. were sent by me to Shri
Dinesh Vengurlekar, Chairman of your Association. The matter is still
pending at the admission stage in Gujarat High Court. There is heavy
back log of cases in High Court of our State.
We are in touch with Shri R.K.Pathak, Advocate, Pune and according to
his guidance we have requested our Advocate to file some amendments in
the petition.
None of the Compulsorily Retired Employees have approached our Association to take up his case for pension option.
So far as I know, citizens residing in one state cannot file petition
in High Court of other State. However, you may confirm this from Shri
Pathak.
Moreover, in most of the cases, judgments, even if favorable, are
made applicable only to the petitioners and not to all other similarly
situated persons. Therefore, I opine, those who are seriously interested
for legal remedy, should invariably file petitions or join other
petitioners in the same state instead of waiting for judgments in favor
of others.
The efforts of your Association in this direction are commendable.
Yours sincerely,
B.G.Raithatha,
General Secretary