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Thursday, August 15, 2013


FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONS

The Chairman                                                                                              14th August 2013
LIC of India
Mumbai

Dear Sir,

Ref: Removal of Anomaly in respect of DR to Pensioners – Justice to Pre-1997 retirees

We refer you to our several communications addressed to you in the past on the above issue, and the various litigations relating to the same pending or disposed off by High Court/Supreme Court.

It will be recalled that our Federation has filed a Writ Petition (WP No.184 of 2006) in the High Court of Delhi on the specific issue of discrimination on the basis of DR for pensioners by dividing them into two groups based on an artificial cut off date, viz. 01.08.1997. The said W.P. was allowed by the Honourable Delhi High Court by order dated 30.01.2013 read with order dated 25.02.2013.

While so, out of the two Writ Petitions filed in the High Court of Rajasthan (Jaipur Bench) against the decisions on which LIC had taken the matter to the Supreme Court in SLP No.29956 and 29957 of 2011, one relates to this issue of Discrimination on DR.  While disposing off the said SLPs, recently on 08.08.2013, the Supreme Court has in its order recorded the fact that LIC has not challenged the decision of Rajasthan HC. In this context, we demand that the Delhi High Court’s order dated 30.01.2013 (read with order dated 25.02.2013) should be honoured forthwith in the interest of the justice to the affected section of pensioners.

We therefore once again call upon you to allow immediately 100% neutralisation on DR with consequential upgradation of basic pension for those who had retired prior to 01.08.1997. We are confident that the issue can be sorted out without delay if the following factors are taken into account dispassionately.
  1. The Board of LIC has already decided more than 12 years back that the discrimination of DR should be done away with, vide Resolution dated 14.11.2001.
  2. The Pre-01.08.1997 retirees are already receiving meagre/low basic pension, based on pay scales linked to 600 & 1148 points of CPI.
  3. The concerned retirees are in the advanced age 75 or so already, and they deserve relief before they depart from the world. 

We look forward to an early and favourable decision in the matter.

                                                                                              Yours faithfully,
                                                    gnsridharan
                                                                                           General Secretary


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