Attention gets focused on D-Day, 12th November 2014

The ‘MENTION‘ a privilege bestowed to the litigants who have a genuine grievance has not been utilized by us for so many years and when it suddenly surfaced people swung into action to be the first to petition for it. Had such an action emerged earlier perhaps it could have reduced the number of agonizing adjournments. However better late than never. Wisdom has dawned for good.

• Now all our attention gets rightly focused on that D-day, 12/13 NOVEMBER when all the pending cases will be heard and disposed with no more adjournments. We all pray and wish for it. Some aged and ailing, I am also one at age 81, include in their prayer that God should keep them going until then. 

While it could be a cake walk for us as far as one writ is concerned, removal of the DA anomaly, as the law is very much on our side and the appellant has no defense to offer and the law cannot be made topsy turvy. Then comes the effective date and the rate of interest for implementation where there could be some argument. I am not sure what the earlier court order said about it and any information on that would help me to calculate the arrears and to keep my better half in good humor!

• With regard to the other writ, the most important one, the upgradation of pension, although admitted in Jaipur HC and validated subsequently the appellant may come forward with some argument as to the interpretation of the Board resolution more especially whether it is automatic whenever there is a wage revision and whether the same weightage has to be given. We therefore need to be vigilant with all statistics and interpretation at our command, not to hibernate with over confidence, remembering the proverb that even an elephant will slip and get into the pit. To succeed there should be fusion of our wisdom and synergy in action and that is possible only when the stake holders come on a common platform burying all their differences. But who will bell the cat ?

R.K.Viswanathan