YOUR REASONS FOR MOVING THE SUPREME COURT FOR GETTING THE WRIT PETITIONS TRANSFERRED TO THE APEX COURT ?
The only and strong reason is that neither myself nor any overwhelming majority of our E.C. members do not want the problem of pre -97 retirees to go by default whatever happens to the SLPs pending in the Supreme Court where the focus is on the powers of the Government, to control any changes in the monetary benefits of employees (including pensioners) rather than on the justness of the demands or genuineness of the problem.
The above two High Courts (Kerala and Delhi) have for the past two years been slapping adjournments on the ground of pendency of SLPs in S.C. though in the both the HCs our petitions are in the list for final disposal.
It is unfortunate that Delhi HC has passed as many as eighteen orders mostly on deferrals. We genuinely felt that it would be safer and appropriate to bring the issue to the scrutiny of Apex Court.
I must make it clear that the issue in the two HCs are not similar to those in SC because we are on a single issue of discrimination offending constitutional rights under Art 14 whereas SLPs are also on other multiple issues including the one that relates to (point-to-point) revision based on wage revision for in-service employees, decision on which could be anything or court decision by itself may not be the end.
(To be continued)