May Lord Ganesha bless !

I am constrained to stroll into the happenings during the meeting of our representatives with Shri Sandhu, Finance Secretary, GOI. It was reported that Shri Sandhu called Shri Srivastava, Director, Insurance (LIC) and asked about our matter, the two issues and the ongoing litigation and he replied that he is ignorant of the matter ! Strange are the ways how some departments work and their lacuna in their inter-departmental communication.

There after Shri Sandhu asked the Director to collect all the details from LIC about the reasons for not implementing the judgments and unwanted litigations without the notice of the Director. You could very well imagine what could be the expected

answer: As the dispute is before the Apex court we are awaiting its final verdict and any action to be taken now outside the court will be subjudice.

It is also reported that the Finance Secretary asked the Director, Insurance (LIC) TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER OF DA/DR ANAMOLY AND CLEAR THE SAME. If the reporting is correct it could be presumed that the Finance Ministry wanted to clear this outside the court by an administrative instruction and tell the Apex court later when it sits that one issue in the dispute is already cleared.

On the auspicious VINAYAKA chathurthi I pray Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles to bless us to get our lawful rights, the twin benefits of removal of DR anomaly and pension upgradation without any more delay.

R.K.Viswanathan