D krishnan our Gen.Secy. Federation issues a circular . It was so good of him to have issued this immediately too. Thank U Krishnan Sir. From the Editor of this Blog.

 

FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONS   

Acting President :    Shri P.P.Dhamija R-6/104, Raj Nagar, GHAZIABAD – 201002. Tel: 0120-4107104 / 9810186067 Email Id – premdhamija38@gmail.com

General Secretary :    D Krishnan No.6/1, Sreshta Riverside Apartments, Wood Creek Road, Nandambakkam, Chennai - 600089 Tel : 9176635967 / 044 42850049. Email Id - dkrishnan1@gmail.com

 

E circular No.DK/63                               19-05-2021

Dear Friends,

I thought a rather peculiar situation has suddenly come up, pointing to an area, where we perhaps need to be alert and tighten up. Yes, I am talking about Membership of our Associations, and our being not too vigilant, in bringing into our fold, those who are newly/already retired. I do know of some units amongst us, who systematically work on the List of Retiring Officers in their HQ Divisions of LIC, and approach them with the necessary formalities in right time, to make them part of us. But there are also Units of ours, where this aspect is not in their active consideration, resulting in a number of Retired Officers of LIC, just being left alone without their being brought in.

As all of you know, our Federation is very actively following up on the problems being faced by the Retired Officers. If some of them are left out from our membership, we are still fighting for their cause, and their remaining out of our fold, becomes a weakness for us.  We have, over the years, learnt it the hard way, that nothing ever gets done for us, without a sustained action at the All-India level. Then why leave the newer Retirees out, when legitimately, they should be part of us, because all their future interests are part of our goals in the Federation?

The sudden situation I have referred to in the beginning of this Circular, happens to be a Circular issued on the 18^th May 2021, by the in-service Federation of Class I Officers, seeking Life Membership from Retirees, in the Officers’ Cadre! They have asked for the Retiree Officers to join in, as Life Members, paying a one-time Entry Fee of Rs 5000/-!

       It is a fact that we have been keeping a good working relationship with the In-Service Officers’ Federation all through.  I remember their General Secretary being invited during our Annual General Body Meetings, and in the speeches made on such occasions, the GS of Class I Federation, has been invariably expressing solidarity with us on all matters of concern to the Retired Officers, and promising to go along with us on areas of common concern.

       We had never any doubts regarding any plans for the in-service Federation to come in into our areas of operation, crossing the lines, which are pretty clear. Even now, I personally do not believe they have any such ideas of crossing over into our territory, in a show of contest with us where the interests of the Retired Officers are concerned. Though I do not look at this sudden call from them, to the Retired Officers, as anything more than an attempt to garner some amount of money from those Retiree Officers who have now received lump sum Arrears, we still need to take this as a wake -up call, to become alert, in enlisting into our fold, all Officers who are retiring. I would therefore like to call upon our Associations to be active in enlisting all the Retired Officers, which alone will give the Retiring Officers a feeling of a sense of belonging to this group, for all their future needs. The old saying, ‘Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty’ holds good here in a very real way.

      Meanwhile, I have already written to the General Secretary of the In-service Federation, asking him to withdraw the call for any type of Membership of Officers who are Retired, as we are there to fulfil that role for them. I do hope this matter gets sorted out early, so that the erstwhile goodwill and relationship between the two Organizations gets back on track, instead of providing Threat Perceptions, which are not in the interests of both.  

It hardly needs to be stated here that the call given by the in-service Federation should not be heeded to by our members as such a Membership will not serve any purpose of theirs, as we are already in business there.

Greetings to all 

D.Krishnan.

 General Secretary