( Hope on, hope ever,
though to-day be dark,
The sweet sunburst may
smile on thee to-morrow,
Shri Balasubramanya seems to be telling the pensioners. Ed.)
WE ARE
RINGING OUT " VIJAYA " IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT WAS A
YEAR OF HECTIC ACTIVITY, KNOCKING THE DOORS OF TEMPLES OF JUSTICE. WE
ALTERNATED BETWEEN FRUSTRATION AND HOPES, WITH IMMENSE FAITH IN THE DICTUM : "JUSTICE CAN BE DELAYED ; BUT IT WILL NOT BE DENIED " ! ALL OUR
CRIES FOR REASON, FAIR PLAY IN RECOGNIZING OUR JUST AND REASONABLE FOR UPDATION
OF PENSION IN THE CONTEXT OF UNCHECKED, SPIRALING INFLATION AND EVER-ESCALATING
HEALTH-CARE EXPENSES FELL ON DEAF EARS, AND THE DELAYING TACTICS OF THE
FINANCIAL GIANT HAD THE UPPER HAND THANKS TO THE SERVICES OF ITS LEGAL
COUNSEL OF EMINENCE !
IT IS IN THE FACE OF ALL THESE ODDS, THAT THE PENSIONER COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
PUTTING UP A CONSISTENT LEGAL FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, ABLY
CONDUCTED BY OUR WARRIOR, SRI K.M.L. ASTHANA, DULY
SUPPORTED BY AIRIEF, THANKS TO THE UNFLINCHING EMOTIONAL
AND FINANCIAL BACKING OF THE AGED, CASH-STRAPPED PENSIONERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
!
KUDOS TO SRI ASTHANA FOR SUCCESSFULLY LEADING THE JUST CASE OF PENSIONERS BEFORE THE
SINGLE-JUDGE BENCH & DIVISION BENCH OF THE HON. HIGH COURT
OF RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR AND THE HON. SUPREME COURT, AGAINST THE
LEGAL & FINANCIAL MIGHT OF LIC, WITH FOCUSED PERSISTENCE
AND PATIENCE FOR THE COMMON CAUSE, UNMINDFUL OF THE SPORADIC MISINFORMATION
CAMPAIGN BY SOME, SOWING THE SEEDS OF CONFUSION AND
FRUSTRATION AMONG THE ANXIOUS PENSIONERS OF ADVANCED AGE !
THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR IS ALSO HERALDING THE NEW YEAR " JAYA "
!
THE WRIT OF MANDAMUS FILED BY SRI ASTHANA BEFORE THE HON. HIGH COURT
OF RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR IS SLATED TO COME UP ON THE 2ND OF APRIL 2014 AND WE HOPE THAT THE
BENEFICIAL INTENTIONS OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 12-01-2010 OF MR.
JUSTICE M.N.BHANDARI WILL BE COMPREHENSIVELY CLARIFIED TO HELP LIC
TO IMPLEMENT THE DIRECTIONS OF THE COURT IN
LETTER & SPIRIT !
MAY THE NEW YEAR " JAYA" PUT AN END TO THIS PROTRACTED LITIGATION
AND PROVIDE IMMENSE RELIEF AND HAPPINESS TO ALL OUR PENSIONER FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILIES !
WITH BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY " UGADI " !
- A.BALASUBRAMANYA, BANGALORE