DK-50

Ecircular No.DK/50                                                    16-12-2018

Friends,

My hearty Greetings to all of you in this very special season of Christmas and New Year. Let us hope things that have eluded us in the past will see new fortunes in the New Year.  Incidentally this is  my second message after I reported to you in detail about the Executive Committee Meeting held in Bengaluru on the 9th of Dec. 2018. That Circular was  incidentally numbered 48, when it should have been  49. So this one rightly becomes  DK 50. And  a half century of communications in one year is a fair commentary  on our  being connected to our members. There was a point that emerged in the EC Meeting that some important Circulars should also be sent in Hard copy version to enable the Units to copy it and  pass it on. This has been noted for future action.

There is good news from Sri V K Jain our  coordinator on legal matters at Delhi, that our Affidavit on defects in implementation of DHC judgment for pre-97 retirees, has been duly filed in the SC. But one of the loud cries in the EC meeting, and even outside of it, from members , is that we should quickly steer clear of the DHC ( Arrears)  matter, so that our SLP, carrying our main objections to the DHC judgment, on our Demands of Up -gradation of Pension, and annulment of Rule 3A of Appendix IV of Pension Rules, can be taken up in the SC

 In the background of the live possibility of a total re-constitution of our SC Bench, when the Court re-assembles after Christmas Vacation, it is keenly felt that we should take recourse to some advance initiatives with our Sr Counsel, to communicate the larger mood of members, in wanting to move ahead of the DHC matters, and get to the SLP.  Towards this end, there is also a coordinated thinking between the leaders of AIRIEF and our own Federation,  that we should think actively of synergizing the efforts, in moving quickly over to the SLP matters. We shall keep you informed of such moves as and when they take shape.

On the 92-93 Retirees' Case in Ernakulam HC ....., As I had reported in DK 49 (put wrongly as DK 48), a date was suddenly given by the HC, for the 7th of Dec 2018, without giving us any advance Notice,  and thereby giving us no chance to prepare ourselves for the Hearing. We were forced to ask for an adjournment, which was granted, and the Case was shifted to the 'Hearing' List, which means it might take some time before another date is given. Meanwhile I have addressed a letter to Sri Mukesh Gupta ED (P) reminding him of our discussions on this matter, on the 13th of Nov. 2018, when we met him in CO, and  again urging him to consider extending the logic of the MC Jain case to the hand full of survivors who are similarly placed.  I have once again re-iterated the earlier promise that if they took it up for solving it, we would pull out of the Court Cases that are now on.

Meanwhile LIC has issued a Circular dt. 7-12-2018,   offering one more chance to opt for higher limits of Family Floater Cover under the Medi-claim  Scheme. There is nothing new in terms of any of the conditions involved. The time period for exercising such option has been  given upto Feb 15th 2019. The Circular is reproduced here for the benefit of our Members.

With Best Wishes,                                                                               

D.Krishnan

General Secretary

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EDITOR'S NOTE.

CO CIRCULAR DATED 7.12.18 HAS ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED THREE DAYS EARLIER BY US.