Dear Mr Gangadharan,
Thank you so much for uploading my previous post so promptly. May I submit the following as reply to a comment made on my previous post:
"Dear Mr Subburathinam,
I’m afraid you are mistaken. The great leader of AIIEA was the late Sunil MAITRA. He, along with the people you have mentioned, fought for the employees. To these should be added the name of Chandrasekhar Bose who was the founder of the great institution. However, times have changed, the politics have changed; the tasks and priorities of the trade unions have also changed. We, the pensioners, cannot expect help from others. Why would others join our struggle? Today’s motto is give and take. What help can we give those in other, similar industries? The strength of the organisations is different; the financial strength of the industries is also different. How can a joint front be mobilised? The representatives of the people are busy with their fat remunerations. And anyway, they shall focus their attention on the whole people rather than only a certain section (like LIC pensioners). Our efforts should be:
1. To coordinate our pensioners’ associations as far as possible
2. To appoint a team of expert and celebrated lawyers to monitor the cases
3. To appeal to SC to henceforth hear and complete our case at a stretch
4. To enlist the help of national media for highlighting the non-compliance of judgments of different courts by LIC/GOI.
In my opinion, futile pursuit of mild measures will only waste our energy, time and money.