LIC PENSIONERS - THEIR FATE TO BE DECIDED BY THE APEX COURT SHORTLY.

M.SREENIVASA MURTY

As on today, NONE of LIC's Appeals find a place in the Advance Cause list of Supreme Court, for the week commencing on 11.08.2014.

• However, a regular list is expected (as a supplementary) to be released by late evening of Friday the 8th Aug 2014 which should include ALL the three CAs filed by LIC.
• SC Registry has acted upon the written request of Shri Jay Savla, Advocate retained by the Petitioners in P&H HC at Chandigarh (to appose CA No 6995 of 2013 filed by LIC) to "tag all Appeals and post them together" in compliance with SC proceedings dated 4.4.2014.
• The listing as expected for 12th August 2014, is technically for "FINAL HEARING". When matters are listed for for Final Hearing, no IA may be taken up by SC for any of the so called interim relief. 

This should be welcome to all Pensioners and Petitioners while it may not be so to LIC.

It is most important that all leaders representing the Pensioner-Petitioners before Rajasthan, Delhi and Chandigarh High Courts, sink all their differences and oppose any moves by LIC to delay the final hearing, by following a cohesive strategy beneficial to ALL CATEGORIES of LIC Pensioners.

Any shortsighted approach or wrong move can cause immense damage to the pensioner community as a whole.

• Briefing the Counsel and make sure that they acquire complete command on full 'facts' of the cases is the responsibility of the leaders and it is the normal duty of all affected pensioners to ensure that the leaders do not falter at the crucial moment.