Cooperative Agricultural Development Bank
Medical bills of MD pensioners are not being passed
Honorable Supreme Court's orders are also being flouted
Sick pensioners became dependent on treatment and medicines.
Chandigarh:-Retired pensioners from Punjab State Co-operative Agricultural Development Bank Ltd., Chandigarh attacked Bank's MD Gulpreet Singh Aulakh (IAS) with the intention of killing all the pensioners including 300 family pensioners (widow women) From the mouth of 900 pensioners Accused of taking away the medicine. The MD has in fact sidestepped the Supreme Court judgment which had issued directions to all pensioners to restore their pensions immediately.
While interacting with media, Rajinder Pal Meelu, Convener, SADB Pensioners Tricity, said that Hon'ble Supreme Court of India vide judgment dated 11.01.2022 in SLP(C) 1940-41, 2020 has upheld our right to pension admissible under law. Thereafter, the review against this decision was also dismissed on 12.04.2022. The miscellaneous application of the Bank seeking extension of time for implementation of the award was also dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.
Permission was not granted vide order dated 29.08.2022. But the bank started giving us pension on the basis of 1996 pay scale, we all are in the age group of 70 to 93 years and are suffering from different types of health problems and many of us have to undergo immediate major surgery on different parts of our body, is required. We on 11.05.2022, 05.06.2022 S. Gulpreet Singh Aulakh IAS MD, he assured us to implement the decision step by step in letter and spirit, but promised reimbursement of all our pending medical bills and enhancement of prescribed medical allowance. Pension Rules approved by Registrar Cooperative Societies Punjab. Now the bank vide letter dated 21.07.2023 has refused to Implement the decision dated 1 1.01.2022 and is adamant on granting us pension on the basis of 1996 pay scale with fixed medical allowance of Rs. 350/- per month without reimbursement of in-patient medical bills, The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India vide order dated 21.04.2023 in Contempt Petition No. 34-35/2023 granted us liberty to take action against the Bank as per law if the Bank does not implement the award in letter and spirit. Draupadi Murmu, Hon'ble President of India, during the recent inauguration of the new building of Jharkhand High Court, strongly criticized the system of contempt of court in the presence of Hon'ble Chief Justice of India Shri Chandrachud and many other senior judges of the Supreme Court. Was Court/High Court as well as Law Minister of India Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal explained why people should spend more time and money to get justice after the final judgment of Supreme Court of India video of the ceremony is available with us Anyone can see it. Recently, 2 IAS officers have been sent to jail for 15 days for not following the Madras High Court's decision. We have already spent 13 years in winning the pension case and have sacrificed 700 of our pensioner brothers during the long litigation. We were 1307 pensioners but now we have only 600 pensioners and 300 family pensioners (widow women) all very senior citizens. But the bank is not increasing our fixed medical allowance from Rs. 350/- to Rs. 1000/- per month as well as reimbursement of in-patient medical bills, revision of pension based on revision of pay scales. Admissible under Pension Rules w.e.f. 01.01.2006 and as per judgment dated 11.01.2022 passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.
Rajinder Pal Meelu,
Convener
SADB Pensioners Tricity Mobile No. 98550 80599
Email: meelumelody@gmail.com
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