I am an admirer of the posts occasionally made by CH Mahadevan in this Chronicle. However, I would like to reply to his comments made on 6 July 2015 thus:
(1): If we lose the case in SC,
everything is lost.
I did not mean that it is useless to go to courts. Of course, whatever success we have achieved so far has been because of our fight in the courts. I was trying to imagine the future after SC passed a verdict. There can be only two possibilities: if we lose, it will be a blackout, even if temporarily. If we win, MOF will, as usual, do its best not to implement the verdict, in which case we shall fight in every possible manner.
(4): Why then are our leaders (of all
the associations) meeting the officials of LIC and GOI/MOF? Are they hoping to
change the latter’s attitude? Or are they trying to inject in them any modicum
of sympathy or ethics?
Yes, we have to meet the LIC officials for various issues like mediclaim, pension anomalies etc. I only objected to meeting them for pension issues which are sub judice and about which LIC officials will not hold a candid discussion.
Finally, at the risk of repeating myself, I would like to say that we should immediately approach the SC for:
1. Post-1996 retirees must also be included (which LIC is vehemently trying to avoid for updation issue)
Is there any news about contempt proceedings in SC? If yes, then the above-mentioned points must be emphasised.
Best wishes,
Best wishes,