A JOURNEY TOWARDS TRUTH, PEACE .

I have just seen the post of Shri Prem Dhamija on the above matter carried in your esteemed blog a couple of hours back. Shri Dhamija is one of the senior functionaries in my organisation .Though being a soft spoken gentleman we have always found him to be candid in expressing his views and yet ever willing to listen to others. His post could not have come at a more opportune time when pensioners are eager to know what the court decides rather than knowing who did what!!  I am therefore tempted to make some clarificatory 'observations '- I hasten to call them so and not as 'my Response'- on certain points arising out of his mail. 1)Out of the five members of the  'legal committee' of our federation at least three viz myself Sri R Rajagopalan & shri Vk jain are practising lawyers of more than two decades of standing.  According to my information -i promise to stand corrected if I am wrongly informed - our friend Mr. murthy was never a

PREM DHAMIJA WRITES: LIC PENSIONERS LEGAL CASE IN DELHI HIGH COURT     WE HAVE REACHED A STAGE WHEN ALL THE FIFTY THOUSAND PENSIONERS ARE WAITING FOR THE JUDGMENT FROM DELHI HIGH COURT.  LET US PRAY  FOR A  FAVOURABLE DECISION  ON BOTH THE ISSUES OF REMOVAL OF DR ANOMALY AND UPGRADATION OF PENSION. ALL THE PARTIES WHO FILED THEIR PETITIONS HAVE PRESENTED THE CASE WELL THROUGH THEIR COUNSELS. THE OBJECT OF EVERY ONE WAS THE SAME.  THE WAY OF PRESENTATION MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.  HOPEFULLY THE DICISION SHOULD COME IN FAVOUR OF THE PENSIONERS AND THE CREDIT SHOULD GO TO ALL THE PARTIES. IN ANY CASE THE MATTER WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT FOR FINAL VERDICT. HOWEVER, SOME FRIENDS ARE SPREADING A MESSAGE THAT THEY PRESENTED THE CASE MORE FORCEFULLY AND WANT TO TAKE THE ENTIRE CREDIT. BEFORE TAKING THE CREDIT LET THEM WAIT FOR THE JUDGMENT AND THEN COME OUT WITH SUCH TYPE OF PUBLICITY. BUT NO—THEY HAVE TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT WHAT THEY ARE WRITING IS A WRITING ON THE WAL

The news we have from Bengaluru on the demise of M/S J Matthan and  K R Chandrasekhar during this week is indeed saddening. Both of them  were Presidents of the Chennai Assn of the class 1 officers' in yester years and I had the privilege of working with them as Secretary.  Shri  Matthan was always magnanimous in dealing with problems of officers and he held the offices of ZM chairman etc with grace and compassion  for all.  Shri Chandrasekhar was gentleman to the core and I recall the  problem he had with his medical cover a couple of years back when he  sought my assistance to have it sorted out. In short  we  have lost  two great men Who were in our midst.  May their soul rest in peace -GNSridharan