A Pensioner's observation

This refers to Sreenivasa Murty’s ‘Let us be vigilant’. On 12 TH AUGUST we hope that the nagging adjournments and the annoying suspense will come to an end. To have this happen one should not be caught napping and there should a fusion of legal brain with one point agenda to get justice then and there on 12 TH AUGUST. 

There is no dearth of intellectual acumen with the LIC folks, some of them having served in the legal department during their service and some of them now practicing in the bar. With the favorable verdicts we got in various courts the final verdict we expect from the Apex court will be icing on the cake. But the vagaries of our judicial system is such that sometimes the unexpected happen much to our astonishment. 

We should be fully prepared and in advance there should be adequate counseling with the advocates to stall any move by the appellant for any more adjournments or for bringing a new issue for adjudication although there could be no such issue in existence to be brought now. 

The present government is for less government and for more governance and as declared by them they are averse to tinker into the autonomy of statutory and autonomous Corporations and with this policy it may not dictate to LIC in court matters and the various timely memorandums submitted by pensioners individually and through their representative bodies should influence the attitude of the government in not interfering in the court matters and to find a solution quickly should justice be on the petitioner’s side.

Armed we are with a double barrel gun but our target should be the same, to hit the bull’s eye, removal of DR anomaly and updation of pension. Let us not miss the target.

R.K.Viswanathan