S K Mazumder writes

SUBIR KUMAR MAZUMDER writes:

Respected Sri Sridharan,

This refers to your supplementary report of 1^st August; 2018 on 30/07 hearing  at Supreme Court where you had the privilege, for your being an Advocate, of sitting on the second row.

I would like to draw your kind attention to the following lines of your report stating “The fact however remains that by this interim order we have nearly clinched one major demand”. Have we, at all, clinched anything? Perhaps there is nothing to be happy considering the fact that a sizeable section of the Pre-August’97 pensioners will receive nothing for fault of their basic pension being lower than 2131 ( for retired between 01/01/1986 and 31/03/1993 ) and 3851(for retired between 01/04/1993 and 31/07/1997). Had it been a nearly clinched issue, why then we did not speak out in April’97? Perhaps, now, we have been able to realise that the issue has nearly been clinched. Is this an interim order of the SC Bench?  It can, at best, be termed as the direction to implement the Delhi HC order, nothing more nothing less..

There is nothing to celebrate as our Federation has not accepted the Delhi High Court order of 27^th April’17 as advancement. A sense of disappointment has set in the minds of a sizeable section of pre-Aug’97 pensioners who will be deprived of any payment as per Delhi High court order.

Regards,      subir Kumar Mazumder.