- (1) the letter I wrote to LIC on 14th was on behalf of my organisation & he has no business to offer a public comment.
- (2) his ignorance and childishness stand exposed when he says I have taken 7 months for demanding implementation of Delhi HC order without knowing that from day-1 I have been at it. I don't owe it to him to furnish chronological details of my actions. Anyway is 7 months longer than 3 and 1/ 2 years for taking the pensioners for ride?
- (3) HKA &co. were holding the carrot of point to point upgradation of pension (which is not given anywhere in the world for pensioners) based on their own wishful thinking & interpretation of LIC's Board resolution and the judgement of the hon'ble single judge of Raj. HC. They frantically attempted to judicially bring about an acceptance of their theory by forcing the LIC to deposit a whopping 1600 crores through contempt proceedings which consumed 3 years of precious life of pensioners. The petitioner's sense of ego & heroic may have been vindicated but what it meant to the pensioners? Having miserably failed in their attempts they now TALK OF FOCUSING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER HC JUDGEMENTS ! NOTHING PREVENTED THEM FROM SEEKING IT WHEN SLP WAS PENDING. THEIR SELFISHNESS would not also allow others like my Federation also to intervene to get some interim relief to pensioners. Even now they are gripped by the 'one-up' spirit which is reflected by silly outbursts against me personally.
- (4) HKA & co are clearly on finding an escape route to redeem themselves from their debacles and I know that we cannot prevent them FROM thinking that it is their monopoly to work for pensioner's cause and no one else should enter their Domain. Let me end this with my best wishes to HKA on this (17th Aug) which happens to be my 82nd birthday.
GN Sridharan GEN. Secy
RETD LIC CLASS 1 OFFICERS ASSNS