LIC PENSIONERS CHRONICLE

Dear Mr Gangadharan,

In response to the post of Mr. L.S.R.Krishna Rao, I wish to submit my views on some of the points as follows:

I wish to assure Mr Krishna Rao that the Unity moves pursued by Mr M.Sreenivasa Murty, as I understand through my interactions with him, is undoubtedly towards securing for the pensioners the following:

• 1. Removal of DR anomaly from 1/11/1993 or date of retirement, whichever is later, for pre-August 1997 retirees and 100% D.R. neutralization w.e.f 1/8/1997 with upgradation of pension;
• 2. Revision of pension for pre-Aug 1997 retirees on subsequent wage revision dates also from 1/8/2002 and 1/8/2007; and
• 3. Upgradation and revision of pension for all post- July 1997 retirees also.

All the above three objectives will be achieved, if all the three sets of petitioners pray unitedly to the Supreme Court on the date of the next combined hearing in the second week of August 2014 for directions to LIC to implement the respective High Court orders which have been refused to be stayed by the Apex Court, if the disposal of the Civil Appeals is likely to take more time.

If the Supreme Court accepts such prayers from all the three sets of petitioners, LIC will have no other alternative but to implement the three High Court judgments which are already binding on LIC. If and when that happens, all the above three objectives will be fulfilled.
Mr Sreenivasa Murty’s ‘Mission Unity’ is only directed towards that goal. It is upto the three sets of petitioners to collaborate in the matter lest LIC and the GOI should take advantage of the differing approaches of the three sets of petitioners and adopt dilatory tactics.

With greetings,

C H Mahadevan