ON MR R K VISWANATHAN’s POST

My responses to  the above  the points made by Mr R K Viswanathan are as follows:

• What will happen if the Federation gives a list of those members who are on their rolls and who have retired between 1-8-1996 and 31-7-1997, ignoring the cut off dates manufactured by LIC WHICH IS CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE DELHI HC ORDER as according to the court order the payment due has to be made in rem.

My ans. LIC will find it convenient to argue that we asked for a list of pensioners eligible for payment of interim relief, but the Federation did not comply with the proper list (LIC may conveniently skirt the fact that the cut-off criteria prescribed by it is in violation of the Supreme Court order).This will give an excuse to escape the charge of contempt of court.  

• Can LIC toss the ball into the Federation court and say yours is a fractured list and not in conformity with our requirement and let us keep going with sweet rallies as you find in tennis and the spectators keep moving their head from one side to the other hoping that the rallies will soon end and aces will be served.

My ans. Yes, the ball will again be thrown in the Federation’s court and the game will continue till the umpire (Supreme Court) calls for a halt. This will suit the Federation saving it from the embarrassment of a division even among the pre-August 1997 retiree-members , forget about not getting the interim relief before 23/9/2015 as hoped for.LIC will be sitting pretty as it has got a ground for non-compliance of SC order dt 7/5/2015.

In effect  what is being played is a game of a ‘give and take’ of escape routes!

Greetings.

C H Mahadevan