Dear Editor,
While ordering releasing of 20% of what
was deposited in the Courts by LIC,
the Bench had obviously assumed that
what was deposited is what is 'payable'.
Most unfortunately we could not take it to
the notice of the Bench that the principal
contentious area between the Petitioners
and LIC pertains to the amounts payable
on account of our demand for 'Enhancement'
of Pension. Here LIC played foul by
misleading the Bench (successfully) that
they had already deposited the amounts
'payable', that too under the Hon'ble
Supreme Court's directions in the contempt
proceedings.
Although the contempt proceedings in the Rajasthan High Court are not pending, the case is very much open in Punjab & Haryana High Court in Chandigarh with the next date of hearing fixed for 21st May 2015. Further LIC was very much put on Notice in Chandigarh on the exact amounts payable to each of the Petitioners there, month-wise.
All this, just to establish that the Petitioners' claims on amounts payable, are very much before the concerned HCs.
I think we have a good case to discuss among ourselves and to appraise our Sr Counsel, on what went wrong and what can be done to retrieve the lost ground.
By approaching the Court for clarification and correction, we have nothing to lose and we will not be certainly worse off.
Thanks and regards,