MY LATEST COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC GRIEVANCES Srinivasa Murti Devulapalli Attachments19:46 (0 minutes ago) to anandsharma Srinivasa Murti Devulapalli 17TH. AUGUST, 2017 MANYA SHRI ANAND SHARMAJI, HON'BLE CHAIRMAN, PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC GRIEVANCES HON'BLE SIR, I FORWARD THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION FOR YOUR KIND INFORMATION EARNESTLY SOLICITING YOUR KIND INTERVENTION TO COME TO OUR RESCUE AT THIS FAG END OF OUR LIVES... PETITION UPDATE MY LATEST COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Devulapalli Srinivasa Murti VIJAYAWADA, India 9 AUG 2017 — (NHRC) MY FERVENT APPEAL TO YOUR EXCELLENCY ..."SOS" Srinivasa Murti Devulapalli Attachments23:35 (5 hours ago) to cr.nhrc, bcc: sgnhrc, bcc: dg-nhrc, bcc: registrar-nhrc, bcc: js-nhrc, bcc: jst.nhrc, bcc: dir-nhrc, bcc: nhrcestt, bcc: covdnhrc, bcc: nhrcga, bcc: nhrclib, bcc: dydr.media.nhrc, bcc: aio-nhrc, bcc: dsr.nhrc, bcc: sro-nhrc, bcc: srotrg.nhrc, bcc: ssa.nhrc, bcc: programmer.nhrc, bcc: Prog-astt.nhrc, bcc: dig-nhrc, bcc: ssp1-nhrc, bcc: ssp2-nhrc, bcc: ssp3-nhrc, bcc: jrlawnhrc, bcc: dr2.nhrc MY FERVENT APPEAL TO YOUR EXCELLENCY....KINDLY COME TO OUR RESCUE....."SOS" Srinivasa Murrti Devulapalli devulapallimurti@gmail.com August 09, 2017 to secy.president, Admin, office, bcc: secy.president, bcc: msp, bcc: siddharth.s, bcc: physician, bcc: sudhansu, bcc: dmsp, bcc: cph, bcc: dps, bcc: acph-rb, bcc: jg.subramanian, bcc: osdab, bcc: john.basil, bcc: sns.prakash, bcc: PANKAJ, bcc: sp.jain, bcc: reception-offi., bcc: ksamresh.nbt, bcc: supremecourt, bcc: speakerloksabha, bcc: s_mahajan, bcc: info, bcc: Secretary MY FERVENT APPEAL....KINDLY COME TO OUR RESCUE....."SOS" YOUR EXCELLENCY, AT THE OUTSET, I TAKE IMMENSE PLEASURE TO GREET YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, TO BECOME THE FIRST CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT NATION Following is the extract of my latest communication addressed to : 01. His Excellency, President of India : 02. Hon'ble Prime Minister of India; 03. Hon'ble Finance Minister; 04. Council of Ministers in the central cabinet; 05. His Lordships: The Chief Justice of India and other judges of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. 06. Secretariats of PMO and Finance Ministry 07. The Hon'ble Members of the Parliament; 08. Hon'ble Speaker; Lok Sabha, 09. Comptroller and Auditor General of India, 10. Office/s of CBI/CVC, 11. Press Council and Accredited Journalists 12. National Human Rights Commission I FERVENTLY APPEAL YOUR EXCELLENCY TO PATIENTLY GO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING CONTENT AND COME TO OUR RESCUE- "SOS" MY PREAMBLE .... OVER 8 LAKH- BANK RETIREES HAVE BEEN ON STREETS VIRTUALLY.... WE ARE HARD HIT BY INFLATION...... A FERVENT APPEAL FROM THE SENIOR MOST BANK RETIREES, WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR BLOOD AND SWEAT FOR THE GROWITH OF THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY.......... A CLARION CALL FROM THE SUPER SENIOR BANK RETIREES.....”SOS” WE HAVE BEEN DRAWING THE SAME PENSION/FAMILY PENSION WHICH WAS FIXED ABOUT 20 YEARS BACK WHICH HAS NO RELEVANCE TO THE CONTEMPORARY LIVING STANDARDS. ... WE HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF A DECENT AND DIGNIFIED LIVING IN THE SOCIETY AT THIS FAG END OF OUR LIVES...... THE WAGES OF THE SERVING BANK EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN REVISED FIVE TIMES IN THESE 20 YEARS ..... IN GLARING CONTRAST, WE HAVE BEEN DRAWING THE SAME PENSION/ FAMILY PENSION WHICH WAS FIXED 20 YEARS BACK, WITHOUT ANY REVISION Even the available resources in the Pension corpus can easily pay the revised pension to all retirees with retrospective effect from our of the existing pension fund corpus with out any extra financial burden on the banks/government whatsoever. FIGURES SPEAK BY THEMSELVES...... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pension Fund details (Amount in Rs.Crores) All Public Sector Banks ( as on 31.03.2014) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Closing balance 1,58,782.61 Contributions received during the year 7,789.27 Income from investments 11,919.89 Actuarial gains 7,624.79 Total Accretions during the year 27,333.95 Pay out of benefits 9,998.06 Percentage of Pay out 36.57%* *(The Pay out % has been steadily on the decline trend in the successive years) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The money held in trust is NOT BEING PROPERLY UTILISED by banks by denying due pension with updation as provided in regulation 56 of Pension Regulations. The Pension Fund need not service employees who are recruited after 01.04.2010 who are governed by PFRDA Scheme and a rapidly growing Pension Fund is meaningless and illogical. WE HAVE BEEN TOTALLY IGNORED AND NEGLECTED BY THE BANK MANAGEMENTS AND THE UNIONS AS WELL TO TREAT AS “ UNTOUCHABLES”. WE ARE NOW “WITH ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE”... MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED THEIR “HEAVENLY ABODE” AND WE STILL REMAIN WAITING FOR OUR TURN TO MEET THEM.........PLEASE COME TO OUR RESCUE TO BRING US THE SOLACE..... A CLARION CALL FROM THE SUPER SENIOR BANK RETIREES.....”SOS” NOW , PLEASE GO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING CONTENT PATIENTLY........ Your Excellency, IN FURTHERANCE OF THE SETTLEMENT (SIGNED UNDER THE ID ACT) DATED 29th. OCT.1993 BETWEEN THE BANK MANAGEMENTS REPRESENTED BY “IBA” AND THE UNIONS REPRESENTING THE EMPLOYEES – “PENSION REGULATIONS OF 1995” WERE ADOPTED BY ALL THE BANKS. THESE REGULATIONS WERE FORMULATED ON SIMILAR LINES TO THE ONE PREVAILING IN THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA.A SPECIFIC MENTION WAS ALSO MADE IN THE REGULATIONS ITSELF. YOUR EXCELLENCY ! THUS, THESE REGULATIONS FORM PART AND PARCEL OF THE SETTLEMENT SIGNED UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT - A STATUTORY PROVISION. THE PARTIES TO THE ABOVE SETTLEMENT HAVE NO AUTHORITY, WHATSOEVER, TO ALTER / MODIFY THE TERMS / PROVISIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT ALREADY INCORPORATED AS ABOVE, SUBSEQUENTLY AT A LATER DATE. CONTRARY TO THE ABOVE , “IBA” WENT ON ISSUING ITS ADMNISTRATIVE GUIDELINES SUBSEQUENTLY TO ITS MEMBER BANKS OVER RULING THE PROVISIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT MUCH DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PENSIONERS , WHO ARE THE ULTIMATE BENEFICIERIES OF THE PENSION TRUST. 100% DA Neutralisation and Family Pension were long back resolved by RBI in 2008 and 2013 respectively. In fact, RBI revised the family pension from 15% to 30% of last drawn pay without any sealing. But the same is not made available to the retirees of the Banks. This discrimination is contrary to the provisions of the pension scheme adopted in the Banking Industry. A glaring discrimination indeed ! You may be aware Your Excellency, that ours is a fund based pension scheme with the employees contribution (towards PF) from out of their salaries every month and where as the matching contributions from the employers towards the pension corpus, which is supposed to be invested in the approved Government Securities to make it self-sufficient for smooth servicing of the scheme as envisaged by the settlement signed under the ID Act. The responsibility of managing / servicing the pension corpus is vested in the hands of the respective boards of trustees formed by the concerned banks who are to take the best interest of the beneficiaries of the Pension Trust ultimately. PERPETRATED FRAUDS COMMITTED BY THE BANK MANAGMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GROSS VIOLATION OF THE PENSION REGULATIONS (STATUTORY IN NATURE): - BY NOT REMMITTING THE MANAGEMENTS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PENSION TRUST CORPUS PROMPTLY. - INVESTMENT OF THE PENSION CROPUS IN GROSS VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT SIGNED. - LOSS OF INTEREST HAS NOT BEEN COMPENSATED TOWARDS THE PENSION TRUST CORPUS. - UNAUTHORISED TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE PENSION TRUST CORPUS TO P&L ACCOUNTS OF THE BANKS TO COV ER UP THE LOSSES OF THE BANKS. – WINDOW DRESSING THE BALANCE SHEETS . IN SHORT, THE ABOVE, TANTAMOUNT TO “EMBEZZLEMENT OF FUNDS” Supposing, the same were to be indulged by any erring employee, for his/her Misconduct in a stray /isolated instance, he/she would have been sacked from the service mercilessly as per the service conditions !-- Even for a paltry amount of involvement for that matter ! That being the case , Can the representatives of the unions on the respective pension trust boards plead for their “estoppels” from being guilty on par with the managements on the above logic? YOUR EXCELLENCY, ONLY A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION ON THE ABOVE LINES BY AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION LIKE "CAG" ALONE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THE TRUTH TO THE SURFACE IN THE INTEREST OF THE INNOCENT RETIREES LIKE US, AS THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE PENSION TRUST . AUDITORS CONCERNED SHOULD ALSO BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE YOUR EXCELLENCY, WE ARE HARDHIT BY INFLATION. OUR PENSION & FAMILY PENSION HAS BEEN REMAINED STATIC FOR OVER 15-20 YEARS WITHOUT ANY REVISION INSPITE OF SEVERAL WAGE SETTLEMENTS TOOK PLACE IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY. WE ARE UNABLE TO MAKE OUR “BOTH ENDS MEET” AT THIS FAG END OF OUR LIVES. It is unfortunate your Excellency, to bring it to your kind notice that neither the bank Managements represented by the IBA, nor the unions represented by UFBU have been serious to resolve our burning issues despite our hue and cry through various forums. In fact, they both have gone to the extent of saying that – we the retires cease to have any relationship with the employers and have no contractual obligations whatsoever and refused to have any dialogue with the organisations representing us for the redress of our legitimate grievances stated supra, vide their “Record Note” dated 25th May, 2015, which reminds us of the historical “Magnacarta” signed by themselves , to leave our fates to the destiny forever. Your Excellency, We are therefore, forced to necessarily bank upon the time-consuming legal recourse which needs to be expedited simultaneously together with other organisational efforts like dharnas, CLC meetings, etc. In this regard, the pains-taking efforts of the leadership of All India Bank Retirees Federation- AIBRF, an apolitical organisation representing us , who have been making their relentless efforts unmindful of the humiliating/frustrating experiences at the behest of IBA and UFBU - The sole architects and copyright holders of their so called "Magnacarta" - ie. "Record Note" of 25th.May, 2015 in their bid to make us to stand before them as "beggers". YOUR EXCELLENCY ! THUS, WE ARE TREATED AS “UNTOUCHABLES” PRACTICALLY -- BOTH BY THE MANAGEMENTS AND THE UNIONS AS WELL. Under the circumstances, we have been left with no other option but to knock the doors of justice for the redress of our legitimate grievances – -though burdensome, frustrating and time consuming. Sir , We are at loss to understand as to how our funds are being managed by the trustees "Behind our back" without even an iota of our knowledge . Hence my request for "CAG" inquiry – THERE ARE NO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RETIREES ON THE PENSION TRUST BOARDS OF THE BANKS. Our Pension INCLUDING FAMILY PENSION, has been remained static for over 15-20 long years. We are thus, hard hit by inflation and consequently have been deprived of a decent and dignified living in the society at this fag end of our lives. To avoid repetition, I annex my appeal addressed to SHRI NARENDRA MODIJI, the Hon'ble Prime Minister ,Govt. of India, as detailed out in the following links, which will throw enough light as to the pathetic plight of the senior most bank retirees. WE HAVE BEEN HARD HIT BY INFLATION FOR OVER 20 YEARS.... https://www.change.org/p/hon-ble-prime-minister-of-india-sri-narendra-modi-plight-of-the-bank-retirees-urgency-to-constitute-banking-pay-commission?source_location=minibar https://www.change.org/p/hon-ble-prime-minister-of-india-sri-narendra-modi-plight-of-the-bank-retirees-urgency-to-constitute-banking-pay-commission/u/20581433 Many of our colleagues ALREADY attained their HEAVENLY ABODE. WE STILL REMAIN WAITING FOR OUR TURN TO MEET THEM. ..... “SOS” Eagerly Looking forward to your word and deed of solace your Honour! Sincerely Yours, Sd./- (D S MURTI) Encls:6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D S MURTI ; #3-23 (GF:1) “RAGAMALIKA RESIDENCY” PLOT#37 SRI RAMA CO.OP HOUSING SOCIEYT LAYOUT; NEAR CHINMAYA DHYANA MANDIRAM; RAMAVARAPPADU (PO): VIJAYAWADA 521108; PHONES: 0866-2843298; 9989318300;devulapallimurti@gmail.com