Sir,
It all betrays nervousness of Asthana. He is out to emotionally blackmail the assembly at BANGALORE to win sympathy and a clean chit. Asthana admits he is basically a petition writer. Such professionals learn instinctively how to camouflage truth and create confusion to get at least benefit of doubt for their clients.
There is nothing in the mail which has not been discussed already. He has collected all the old issues and presented them in a new packing.
Though disgusting for me to do so, I cannot simply ignore them. The best way to contain evil in public life is to expose it.
Asthanaji says I am a human being and mischief mongers should desist from nefarious activities. We all are human beings and desire that mischief mongers should desist from nefarious activities.
In our relationship the mischief started when Asthana refused to give me Receipt of Rs.56000/- deposited by me into his personal account.
The nefarious activities started when I wrote to the FED
1-It is time to institutionalise the functioning of the FED.
2-There is need for financial discipline. And
3-There is need for a committee of legal advisers.
Mr Asthana feels anything spoken or done against his personal interest or gain is anti FED. I may inform the readers that Panchkula is one of the best units of the FEDN. All the 52 Rtd Officers living in and around PKL are our members. The last one is Sri J.P.Aggarwal,88yrs old Rtd SBM. We offered him honorary membership last month.
Mr Asthana is never tired of pointing out my lack of legal knowledge. Right. When Asthana invited me to Delhi to meet with our Sr advocate I myself suggested that it will be of no use unless I bring along Mr Brijjit Singh. He is Rtd Chief Legal LIC. He is a Petitioner and was associated with late Mr Gandhi in preparing our Chandigarh WRIT.
Asthana refused to accept the presence of B.S. Later events have proved that Asthana is wary of working with any LIC Legal person lest his designs are exposed. Mr Brijjit Singh is actively helping in our COC case in Chandigarh H C.
Yes, Mr Murty is helping us in the Supreme Court. He is dependable and not a thug. As regards Mr Asthana's boast of coming to Chandigarh to help late Gandhiji, I may confirm to my readers that I was there at the Rly station with G all the time, from receiving to sending him off. G was President of CHG Unit and wanted to glorify the FED by inviting A to speak to the members. That's all. I was a confidant of Gandhi and know he never required any legal help from Asthana.
Mr Asthana accuses me of not filing a Caveat in the Supreme court, the SLP would have been dismissed straight away. If that is as simple as that why Asthana did not file it in his Jaipur case?
Legal advice given to me was filing Caveat will be waste of money. Once the LIC files an
Appeal, the SC will take two years to serve Notice to each and every petitioner. What Caveat will do.
I had explained the position to Asthana. He had agreed. Now he is trying his petition writer skills.
Asthana has made a long story about not filing a suit of recovery in Jaipur case. He wanted to force enter our case in Chandigarh. He drafted a writ petition for us for recovery of arrears. He added new petitioners to the old list. Our advocate rejected it for being bad in law.
The CHG Writ requested for correct DR Updation of pension
and interest on arrears. It has been allowed. What would have
happened if Jaipur case was not there. I don't know. Hundreds
of cases are quoted while deciding legal matters. What would
have happened to a particular case if another particular case
was not there, only a brilliant lawyer can answer.
I may inform that our Objection Application to be filed in the PB and Hyna HC against LIC depositing amounts much less than ordained in the Nov 2001 Resolution and the writ in our favour is ready to be filed in the HC. It is complete in every respect. I am under no obligation to submit it to Mr Asthana for his approval.
Our calculations for correct pension and arrears have
been done by Sri C.H. Mahadevan to whom we are
grateful. Asthana taunts us, are we aware of the
correctness of family pension etc. My question is was
he aware of it before Sri Mahadevan pointed these out
and wrote to the LIC Chairman about it?
Mr Asthana finds nothing wrong in Sri Aggarwal's appeal for funds to be deposited in Asthana's personal account. But under what rules these donations sent in the personal account of Asthana become his property?
Asthana says I was not taking proper action in the
matter and that is the reason for him to file a petition
for his own impleadment in our case. May I know
what action was pending to be taken at the end of
April this year when he filed his application for
impleadment?
Mr Asthana wants to know why a separate advocate for two similar cases.
There are three Appeals. Each one is a distinctly separate case. Three
separate senior advocates, in tune with themselves are likely to create
better impression on the Bench.
Mr Asthana says he has not been informed who our advocate is. Now, this is completely wrong.
On being informed of our advocate, first reaction of Asthana was they are only a legal firm. After some days Sri VC Jain contacted me with a proposal that we have the same advocate. Mr. Murty had discussion with Asfhana who later backed out. It was suggested that the FED should be aware of our strategy. I offered to get Asthana introduced to our advocate for direct confabulations. No response yet.
Why can't he behave and live like gentleman?
Regards,
S.N. Chhabra.