You can also write a letter to the
Chairman, LIC of India, to convey your feelings,
in his email id: chairman@licindia.com
Shri
S.K. Roy,
Chairman,
L.I.C.
of India,
Central
Office, ‘Yogakshema’,
Jeevan
Bima Marg, Nariman Point,
Mumbai
400021.
Dear
Sir,
LIC’s failure to implement the Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, Judgment by
Justice Bhandari.
I
am deeply pained to point out to you that in spite of the NATIONAL LITIGATION POLICY, which provides that ‘IN PENSION MATTERS NO APPEAL SHOULD BE FILED & THE
JUDGMENTS ARE TO BE RESPECTED AND COMPLIED WITH PROMPTLY’ Corporation is flagrantly & deliberately violating the said
policy. Not only that but the Corporation is committing deliberate &
intentional contempt of Hon. High Courts of Rajasthan (Jaipur) / Punjab & Haryana (Chandigarh) &
Delhi & the Supreme Court with idea to belie the Judgment given in favour
of the pensioners vide order dated 12.01.2010, in S.B. CWP No. 6676 of 1998
& S.B. CWP No. 654 of 2007.
By
not honouring the Rajasthan High Court Judgment, LIC management is not honouring the Hon’ble Supreme
Court / Hon’ble High Courts of Rajasthan, Punjab & Haryana, & Delhi
orders to implement Rajasthan High Court orders passed by the learned single
Judge vide order dated 12.01.2010, in S.B.CWP No.6676 of 1998 and S.B.CWP
No. 654 of 2007, vide which the Hon’ble Judge allowed both the Writs and LIC
has been directed to implement LIC’s own Board Resolution No. 492 passed on
24.11.2001 - which provide relief to all the retired employees of LIC (i.e.
Pensioners) on two long pending demands:
1) Updation of pension consequent
upon revision of pay scales of in-service employees from time to time i.e. 1997,
2002, 2007 and subsequent revisions as and when take place.
(2) To remove glaring anomaly with
regard to payment of DA to pensioners who retired on or before 1.8.1997 as they
are getting 50% neutralization whereas who retired after this date get 100%.
It
is unfortunate that instead of implementing its own Board Resolution, & Judgments
of three High Courts / Supreme Court, Corporation is delaying the matter.
Hon. Justice Bhandari’s Judgment dated 12.01.2010 has been upheld by the Division
Bench and LIC’s Review Petition was dismissed. Hon’ble High Courts of Punjab
& Haryana and High Court of Delhi have also allowed similar writs on the
lines of Jaipur Judgment, with further orders by Punjab & Haryana allowing
12% interest for late payment, and Delhi HC allowing implementation in
rem. LIC filed SLPs in the Supreme Court which too were
dismissed. Though the revised SLPs filed by LIC were converted into Civil
Writs, the Hon’ble Supreme Court passed
the following orders on 19.8.2013 / 30.9.2013 & 08.10.2013 while
disposing off SLPs filed by LIC against the orders of three High Courts:
“There shall be no stay of the directions given by the learned single Judge vide order dated 12.01.2010 passed in S.B.CWP No.6676 of 1998 and connected matter.”(Connected matter means CWP No.654 of 2007 regarding up gradation of pension).
I
may add for your information that nearly 30% of pensioners have left this world
taking with them the feeling of UTMOST BETRAYAL by the Corporation for whom he
/ she had toiled for whole working life. This is a very very sad commentary on
present state of affairs. Majority of those who are surviving are in the age group
of 70-80 and above. With high cost of living, persistent inflation and ever
increasing medical bills, they are being deprived of equity & justice for
the last over 15 years. At the cost of repetition I would like to state that we
pensioners are proud of our contribution of laying very sound foundation of
this mighty Institution but are dismayed by the indifferent and unhelpful
attitude of the management in paying the overdue retiral benefits of
updation of pension & removal of DA anomaly to the retired employees which
are, whichever way you look, our LEGAL RIGHTS.
By
this letter I earnestly hope that GOOD SENSE will prevail & you shall
manage to get us our RIGHTFUL DUES.
Is
there any chance for a quick response – whether favourable or otherwise?
Thanking
you,
Yours
faithfully,
V.O.
Panchamia.