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Don't you know "time and tide waits for none"?
For all these years, I am almost every day ... a regular visitor of "LIC PC". During earlier visits I found very interesting information on our issues in various courts (it is not that now a days the information is not floating .. it is .. but it is not that much interesting ..
Words like COURT ADJOURNMENTS have become very common in which we have no interest rather not so sweety.
I used to inform my wife and children (almost regularly) the status of our cases and the benefit that we are going to get and they too were very much enthusiastically asking me when they expect arrears and revised pension and they were dreaming some thing...something with the arrears because I promised them whatever arrears I get, the amount will be distributed in four parts i.e., myself, my wife, my only daughter and my only son and hoped let them enjoy keeping my part in a savings account.
The days passed by..
months passed by...
then years...
My children got married and they have gone on their own jobs/businesses...finally my children forgot it. Only my aged wife is enquiring once in two/three months intervals regarding the status of our case.
Even if we get any arrears, we have to clear our debts spent on our health and other expenses. Now she has no interest in our case and she has left all hopes. Only, I was having a RAY of hope till 7th May, 2015.
If the pensioners are treated as employees .. why all these cases in high courts and the supreme court? The pensioners are to get wage revisions .. food coupons etc., etc., automatically on par with the employees. Employees are paid their salaries one day prior to the next first of a month, if it falls on a saturday or a holiday, one more day in advance .. if it is in the month of March atleast eight to ten days in advance... where as for pensioners it is only on or after first of next month .. why this kind of discrimination? Are we a discarded section of people in the society/administration?
Thousands of LIC pensioners are at their ages ranging from 70+, 80+ and very small number with 90+ are eagerly waiting for a favourable judgement from the SC bench and observing the case for years..particularly from August,14, November 14, January 15, March 15, April 15 (all were adjourned) and with top expectations on 7th May 15.. Finally what we saw - an order which was without a clear clarification on HC judgement ( an IMPUGNED JUDGEMENT). The Jaipur HC judgement was very clear that the DR anomaly should be removed and upgradation of pension as per LIC 2001 Board decision.
All these years since Jaipur HC judgement, LIC litigating the implementation of the HC judgement misleading the SC saying that they have deposited in the registry of the concerned HCs .. the arrears as per Jaipur HC judgement. Nowhere LIC has given the list consisting of basis for new pensions, period of pension arrears etc., that too they have remitted to the respondent pensioners only i.e., very few of whom we can count on fingers after reducing the candidates who have already left this world.
Are the three pensioners organisations and the LIC/GOI are fighting only for few respondent pensioners for few thousands of rupees by spending crores of rupees towards legal expenses? IT IS A BIG JOKE DIGGING A BIG MOUNTAIN TO CATCH A SMALL RAT on the part of LIC. It is a shameful act by an organisation like LIC.
LIC/GOI are encashing the weaknesses of three pensioners organisations. Let us keep aside the LIC/GOI combine who have POLITICAL POWER and MONEY POWER. Our three organisations (pensioners) are looking like big enemies - none of them will support the other. These three are not coming on to a single platform and with one idealogy. Always they differ with each other. Where is the end for this fight? Definitely at the end - LIC/GOI are going to benefit - THE BIG LOSERS ARE THE POOR PENSIONERS. It makes no difference for the pensioner organisations/LIC/GOI whether they loose or win the case. WE THE PENSIONERS ARE THE SUFFERERS.
Without a clear cut order from the SC - 99.9% of pensioners are not going to get any relief immediately. Another waiting of four more LONG months for next hearing in the SC that too for another adjournment with in few minutes of our case being taken up (if at all) on 23rd Sept.15.
In the mean time, let us see how many of us will leave this world without the case being decided.
Even if we get any arrears, we have to clear our debts spent on our health and other expenses. Now she has no interest in our case and she has left all hopes. Only, I was having a RAY of hope till 7th May, 2015.
If the pensioners are treated as employees .. why all these cases in high courts and the supreme court? The pensioners are to get wage revisions .. food coupons etc., etc., automatically on par with the employees. Employees are paid their salaries one day prior to the next first of a month, if it falls on a saturday or a holiday, one more day in advance .. if it is in the month of March atleast eight to ten days in advance... where as for pensioners it is only on or after first of next month .. why this kind of discrimination? Are we a discarded section of people in the society/administration?
Thousands of LIC pensioners are at their ages ranging from 70+, 80+ and very small number with 90+ are eagerly waiting for a favourable judgement from the SC bench and observing the case for years..particularly from August,14, November 14, January 15, March 15, April 15 (all were adjourned) and with top expectations on 7th May 15.. Finally what we saw - an order which was without a clear clarification on HC judgement ( an IMPUGNED JUDGEMENT). The Jaipur HC judgement was very clear that the DR anomaly should be removed and upgradation of pension as per LIC 2001 Board decision.
All these years since Jaipur HC judgement, LIC litigating the implementation of the HC judgement misleading the SC saying that they have deposited in the registry of the concerned HCs .. the arrears as per Jaipur HC judgement. Nowhere LIC has given the list consisting of basis for new pensions, period of pension arrears etc., that too they have remitted to the respondent pensioners only i.e., very few of whom we can count on fingers after reducing the candidates who have already left this world.
Are the three pensioners organisations and the LIC/GOI are fighting only for few respondent pensioners for few thousands of rupees by spending crores of rupees towards legal expenses? IT IS A BIG JOKE DIGGING A BIG MOUNTAIN TO CATCH A SMALL RAT on the part of LIC. It is a shameful act by an organisation like LIC.
LIC/GOI are encashing the weaknesses of three pensioners organisations. Let us keep aside the LIC/GOI combine who have POLITICAL POWER and MONEY POWER. Our three organisations (pensioners) are looking like big enemies - none of them will support the other. These three are not coming on to a single platform and with one idealogy. Always they differ with each other. Where is the end for this fight? Definitely at the end - LIC/GOI are going to benefit - THE BIG LOSERS ARE THE POOR PENSIONERS. It makes no difference for the pensioner organisations/LIC/GOI whether they loose or win the case. WE THE PENSIONERS ARE THE SUFFERERS.
Without a clear cut order from the SC - 99.9% of pensioners are not going to get any relief immediately. Another waiting of four more LONG months for next hearing in the SC that too for another adjournment with in few minutes of our case being taken up (if at all) on 23rd Sept.15.
In the mean time, let us see how many of us will leave this world without the case being decided.
