Dear friends very sorry it simply got out of my mind to post this G.B circular. but better late than never.                                                                                                                                 Date: 21-01-2019

The Eighth General Body Meeting went off very well and the attendance was so good and encouraging and participants enjoyed the presence of their colleagues and there was very good interaction on many subjects. The following are the important points emanated from the Meeting.

We started the meeting with prayer by Smt. Saraswathi Murali and Smt.Jayamangalam. Then 2 minutes silence for the departed souls was observed.

Our President welcomed the gathering and insisted that this type of meeting will give a boost to the loneliness many people feel due to the absence of their wards  for various reasons and compulsions prevail now, because of the competitive world we live in.

The audited Accounts for the years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18, was presented by our Treasurer M.K.Murali and was  passed unanimously by those present in the meeting.

We also adopted a resolution to take Shri. Raghunathan as Assistant Treasurer, and add two committee members Shri.T.A.Srikant and Shri. B.N.Narasimha murthy,

Our General Secretary, gave a clear picture about what transpired in the Apex Court during the arguments and explained how it raised the hopes of getting either the Notional Credit or the reopening of our case, but unfortunately lost the case. Then It was explained that after thorough discussion in the Executive Committee, a proposal was made to file a Curative Petition, which was the only remaining source in the Legal forum, to exploit. He also said that since the Curative Petition will be considered by circulation among Three Senior Judges of the Apex Court and as the Judges who gave the  controversial decision in our case have already retired, we have good chance of getting a favorable decision. All the members approved the proposal overwhelmingly and gave consent to move further.

The Secretary also explained the problems faced by members  in getting I D cards and cashless settlement from the new TPA-HIT, and asked the members  to  wait for some more time as this formation of HIT is a long time demand achieved after very long wait. Our Secretary met the HIT officials at Delhi even before our General Body and discussed the problems we face. The officials, posted from our own  companies, are working with the sole interest of welfare of the employees and especially retirees, assured us to solve each and every issue, but sought time.

Then Dr. Rajagopalan our Joint Secretary, spoke about the achievements of our Association, in a very detailed manner like getting arrears for those in Karnataka, who came out late on Svrs and many other issues, and also about the pending issues we should attend like the issue of, stagnation increment of Dy.Managers, in United india,

Shri. Limayeji, from Pune appreciated the unstinted effort of our Association in getting the legitimate claim for arrears and assured us the full co-operation in our further actions not only in this case for all other issues pertaining to the welfare of the pensioners.

Shri. Venkatkrishna, from Bangalore explained the reason why we should go for the Curative petition, quoting many flaws in the judgment, which contradicted its own statement, and said we have enough points, which will appeal the Judges who will scrutinize our Petition.

Shri.Nagaraj from United India, remembered the struggle we did in the beginning to get our Salary structure which was, one of  the best at that time, and pleaded with members to  give strength to the Association by being together.

Shri. Manekchand Saklecha of National, spoke very nicely by explaining ‘Hope’ is the best medicine for the ailing person and like that the ‘Hope’ we have to get the positive result will guide us to the final success. His speech and his encouraging words got thundering applause and the crowd came to life by his  approach to  the present situation.

Shr.Anand Raj from Madurai wished our Association, for the success of our case and assured full co-operation from their centre.  

Representatives from other centers attended the meeting in good strength, not only from Tamil Nadu, but also from Karnataka, Orissa, Pune, Mumbai and Nagpur. Our Kolkatta, unit representative could not attend the meeting but sent greetings for the success of our Meeting.

 Shri. Venkitachalam from Mumbai, assured us the full support from his centre and thanked the Association for taking up matters of the Pensioners and solving it in time.

Finally our Chair  person consolidated the whole program in his own style, calm and composed way,  explaining, how the formation of this Association took place and in a short period grew in leaps and bounds, and about the struggle we took to bring the case up to the Apex Court, twice, which no other Unions or Associations would have even thought of. He appreciated the work done by the Office bearers and committee members in bringing the Association to this level, and ended the speech with a quote ‘ SERVICE TO MANKIND IS SERVICE TO GOD’.

We also got greetings from other centers like Mysore, Hubli, Mangalore, Jaipur, Ludhiana and Delhi. Due to ageing factor and for personal reasons many representatives could not  attend. Any way with their greetings and whole hearted support, our Meeting went off very well.

Vote of Thanks was delivered by our Vice President Shri Vijayakumar.

After National Anthem, delicious Lunch was served which every one enjoyed and dispersed.

V.A.Nagarajan.

All India General Secretary