LIC PENSIONERS CALICUT recently talked to Shri GN Sridharan over telephone.
That was a rewarding experience for us. We were trying to get clarification for various questions about which there was a lot of misunderstanding. We believe he has clarified the points.
We specifically requested him to make a general survey of the situation obtaining in the country in general and in the Life Insurance Corporation of India in particular. We asked him whether he envisaged the possibility of a joint struggle by all trade unions in the industry. We also asked him if it would be possible to realize our demands through the intervention of courts.
Naturally there was also discussion about writ petitions filed in Kerala and Delhi High Courts, his transfer petition in the Supreme Court and of course we posed the question as to what would be his attitude towards Sh. Asthana's petition in Rajasthan HC and SLP in Supreme Court. In a few posts from tomorrow, we will be publishing this interview.
General survey
1. What is your perspective of the problems faced by LIC pensioners in general? 2. What are the problems faced by different groups of pensioners in LIC ?
Joint struggle by trade unions
3. Can we envisage a struggle jointly by all trade unions in the industry for the realisation of the just demands of LIC pensioners as regards pension?
Pressure on management and government.
4. Can we achieve these demands for pension benefits by exerting pressure on LIC management alone ?
5. Can we in any way exert pressure on government and realize our demands ?
5. Can we in any way exert pressure on government and realize our demands ?
Legal battle
6. What is the advantage of fighting a legal battle and pressurize the government to sanction pension to all sections of pensioners alike and without any discrimination ?
Intervention of courts.
7. Can we realize pensioners demands through the intervention of courts?
Writ petitions in Kerala & Delhi High Courts.
8. Your reasons for filing writ petitions in Kerala and Delhi High Courts and future course of legal action envisaged by you in this matter?
Transfer of petitions to Supreme Court.
9. What are your reasons for moving SC for getting these writ petitions transferred to the apex court?
10. Now that this request for transfer is not favourably considered by SC, what is going to be your next course of action?
10. Now that this request for transfer is not favourably considered by SC, what is going to be your next course of action?
Your attitude towards Asthana's court cases.
11. What is going to be your future attitude towards Asthana's court cases?
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