Retired LIC Class I Officers Association, Hyderabad is likely to disaffiliate the Association from the Federation and to merge with the new Association being registered so as to lend all legal support to intervene in the Supreme Court if the Minutes of the Special meeting of the Executive Committee of RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION, HYDERABAD (Affiliated to the Federation of Retired LIC Class I Officers’ Associations) held at Athithi Inn on 14 July 2014 is any indication. The minutes of the meeting are as follow:-
1. This urgent special meeting was called at the request of Sri M Sreenivasa Murty, member of the EC. Mr Murty, who has been interacting with Sri GN Sridharan, General Secretary of the Federation and other leaders & activists, desired to apprise the EC and the available senior members of the Association about his efforts to coordinate the on-going litigation before the Supreme Court and various High Courts. The meeting was also convened to take appropriate decisions on the next steps, after hearing him and after all the issues are thoroughly discussed in the EC and after obtaining the opinion and advice of the special invitees.
2. The meeting was very well attended. Sri C H Mahadevan, President of the Association presided and explained to the members present, the background and the purpose of the urgent meeting. He brought to the notice of the members that as a member of the EC of the Federation, he responded to various communications received from the General Secretary from time to time with particular reference to the Federation General Secretary’s Circular dated 4th June 2014 and how General Secretary appeared to be bent upon pursuing his own plan of action in the Supreme Court without subjecting the same to any worthwhile review. He also informed the EC about the conference call he and Mr Murty had with Sri SK Kapahi, the President of the Federation, on the evening of 12th July 2014. Mr Mahadevan also reported to the EC that during the fairly long call with Mr Kapahi, the latter was fully briefed about our serious concerns on how the General Secretary is pursuing his moves before the Supreme Court and how when all our efforts to persuade him to look at the other options fail, we may be constrained to protect the interests of our members by supporting those who are intervening in the SC. On being told that we may have to register our Association and convene an Extraordinary General Body Meeting to revive the proposal for disaffiliation, Sri Kapahi seriously requested us to keep on hold, all our further moves in
that direction with an assurance that he understands the seriousness of the situation and he will immediately take up the matter with General Secretary and revert to us. With these introductory remarks, Mr Mahadevan requested Sri Sreenivasa Murty, to share information with the EC on his recent efforts and their outcome.
3. Sri Murty explained in detail, the gist of his personal discussions with Sri GN Sridharan, General Secretary and other activists of the Federation on 3rd and 4th July 2014, in Chennai. He also referred to his interaction with different people (including Dr Pritam Singh) between 10th and 12th July in Delhi. The thrust of Sri Murty’s elaborate exercise is that the manner in which Sri G N Sridharan is pursuing his legal steps and his declared strategy are not in the interests of LIC pensioners, not even in the best interests of the pre- August 1997 retirees, contrary to his professed claims. In the circumstances Sri Murty feels
that the EC may have to take a view and decide on the steps to be taken to play a proactive role to protect the interests of all its members.
4. There was extensive, free and frank discussion with wide participation. All the office bearers, EC members and the special invitees present agreed with the opinion and assessment of the overall situation as presented by Sri Murty. Various urgent possible steps and their implications were discussed in depth, keeping in view the procedures involved and the legalities of the same. At the end, EC TOOK NOTE of the following:
1. Sri Sreenivasa Murty thinks that unless the General Secretary withdraws or suitably modifies his Interim Application dated 3rd March 2014 before the SC it will be necessary to suitably oppose it ourselves.
2. The only way to oppose the IA is to intervene in the Supreme Court ourselves and take to the SC’s notice that the prayer in IA No 3 is not acceptable to a majority of the members of the Federation.
3. In order to intervene, there should be a duly registered Association of members with common interests.
4. Sri Murty reported that he is ready and is making arrangements to facilitate registering such an Association, at Hyderabad immediately. He will be doing so on his own, after resigning his EC Membership of the Hyderabad Association. He suggested that the EC of the Hyderabad Unit of the Federation, in its meeting today may take a view and decide on how it proposes to go about, in the given circumstances.
5. In the above background, it has been unanimously resolved as follows:
1. EC and the special invitees present fully appreciate and agree with the analysis of Sri Murty and record their firm resolve to take all appropriate steps to protect the interests of all its members.
2 The Association shall immediately issue Notice and call for an Extraordinary General Body Meeting of the Association and obtain necessary mandate of the General Body on how to move forward, including, if necessary and if so decided, to disaffiliate the Association from the Federation and to merge with the new Association being registered so as to lend all legal support to intervene in the Supreme Court.
3. Our Association will keep the Federation’s Office Bearers and the EC members fully
informed from time to time, of the developments and action being taken by this Association
and some of its active members.
4. Secretary is requested to issue Notice immediately and convene the Extra Ordinary General Body Meeting at the earliest possible date providing the required notice of 15 days to members to transact the following items on the agenda:
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AGENDA
2. To discuss and take decisions on the following:
A) To discuss and decide whether Our Association should disaffiliate itself from the Federation of Retired LIC Class I officers’ Associations, and
B) To decide on merging the Association with the new Association being formed and registered by some retired Class I Officers.
3. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair.