The Gazette Notification 824E- Class I officers

           L.I.C. has repudiated the arrears' payment to the resigning employees on the basis of section 3b) of the Gazette.

           If L.I.C. of India knew that this clause would appear in the Gazette,(It was the Corporation that recommended this clause in the first place!) why did it accept my resignation as well as the resignations of the other employees who resigned between the 1st of August, 2007 to the 8th of October, 2010? It could have kept these resignations pending. Thus it is proved that L.I.C. of India acted maliciously and in a manner that was detrimental to the interests of its resigning employees.
       
         Interestingly, the Corporation hasn't provided the Minutes of the Meeting of the L.I.C. Management Board that passed the resolution to repudiate arrears, etc. with the points relating to this recommendation/proposal to repudiate arrears; in response to my R.T.I. query. It has provided irrelevant extracts of the Minutes.

        There is no rationale on record, regarding this recommendation/proposal by the Corporation to the Finance Ministry, to repudiate arrears' payment to its resigning employees. Hence the decision is arbitrary.
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My R.T.I. queries to L.I.C. of India

1.      What is the official reason, because of which my arrears payment and difference in retirement benefits were repudiated during Wage Revision payment in the latest Wage Revision Charter dated 11^th October, 2010?

2.      Kindly provide me a copy of the gazette and official notification, along with information about which specific provisions of the gazette and official notification justify or state that I should not be given the arrears due w.e.f August 2007?

3.      Please furnish me a copy of Names, Addresses, Telephone/Mobile nos., Branch Nos., Branch addresses, D.O. Nos. and D.O. addresses of all the employees of LIC of India, who were denied arrears’ payment under the Charter dated 11^th October, 2010.

4.       Were any of the above employees paid the arrears amount by LIC of India?  If so, why, when and by whom? Names and other details as in (3) above, to be furnished. Documentary proof to be provided by LIC of India. 

5.      Is there any case filed by any such employee, whose arrears’ payment was repudiated by LIC of India, against LIC of India; in respect of any such Charter.  If so, details about the case—Name of the appellant, B.O. and D.O. addresses, residential and official address, telephone/mobile no., Charter Date (in respect of any such charter, including the latest one) and copy of the judgement.

6.      What was the outcome of the case as in (5) above?  Documentary proof to be provided by the LIC of India.

7.      No. of resigning employees all over India and the total amount repudiated (of arrears’ payment by LIC of India) with bifurcation in respect of each such employee; in the Charter dated 11^th October, 2010 applicable w.e.f August 2007.

8.      No. of employees, names, addresses, telephone/mobile nos. and amounts repudiated respectively (in respect of each one) under all the Charters of Wage Revisions (Previous 5 Charters, excluding the latest one) and their Branch Nos., Addresses of Branches, D.O. Nos., Addresses of D.O.s also to be provided.

9.      Since which year or which Charter has LIC of India started repudiating arrears’ payment legitimately due, to its resigning employees; and why?

10.  Details of the exact legal provisions and clauses on the bases of which LIC of India has arrived at its premise of refusing to pay Arrears’ payment and subsequent difference in retirement benefits to its resigning employees.

11.  Who takes this crucial decision to repudiate arrears’ payment to the employees?  The Government of India or LIC of India?  Details to be provided with documentary proof.

12.  The total no. of transactions effected under my S.R. No. 441595 from 1^st August, 2007 to 2^nd July, 2010, the last date of my service in LIC of India.

13.  Copy of the note or letter put up to the Chairman, LIC of India for the final decision regarding my resignation.

14.  Copy of the final approval of my resignation by LIC of India.

15.  Documents pertaining to the Board Meetings of LIC of India wherein this resolution to repudiate arrears of resigning employees; has been taken. Kindly provide Minutes of the Meetings with signatures of all the attending members.

16.  With reference to my representation letters dated 20-10-2010 (addressed to the Executive Director, Personnel, LIC of India) and 20-11-2010 (addressed to the Chairman, LIC of India), sent through Speed Post and subsequent e-mails dated 22-10-10, 26-10-10, 01-11-10, 08-11-10, 13-11-10, 16-11-10, 20-11-10, 27-11-10, 04-12-2010, 06-12-2010, 09-12-2010, 13-12-2010, 21-12-2010, 24-12-2010, 25-12-2010, 30-12-2010, 04-01-2011, 13-01-2011, 17-01-2011, 28-01-2011, 31-01-2011, 08-02-2011; why were they not replied to immediately?  Why was there an inordinate delay of 8 months for a single line unsatisfactory reply vide letter dated 14-03-2011, received by me on 07-06-2011, that too replied to; not by the addressees of my letters, but by the lower office (Pune Divisional Office No.1)?  Kindly provide an explanation letter.

17.  Copy of the LIC of India, Staff Regulations, 1960 and subsequent modifications/amendments therein, if any.

18.  Names, phone numbers and official addresses of the current Chairman, Officiating Chairman, Executive Directors, Managing Directors and Sr. Divisional Manager of Pune Divisional Office 1; LIC of India

19.  Please provide a list of applicants for Wage Revision arrears’ payments in respect of the Charter dated 11^th October, 2010 during the last 16 months, giving names, dates of application and dates on which replies were issued by LIC of India.

20.   What are the factors due to which the Wage Revision Charter is delayed inordinately, every time that it is legitimately due?

21.   a) Does the LIC of India, Staff Regulations, 1960 and subsequent modifications/amendments therein, if any, contain any clause wherein it is mentioned that arrears payment after Wage Revision due to a Charter notification, may be denied to an employee on roll of the LIC of India in the period for which the Charter has been announced?

              b) If so, kindly point out the requisite provision or clause with adequate, satisfactory explanation/rationale.

              c) Does this denial of arrears payment and difference in retirement benefits, agree in principle, with the labour laws applicable in India?

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