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The President of India 16 December 2014
Rashtrapati Bhawan
New Delhi.
Sir,
Re: GIPSA companies tactics of Writ Petition filed to harass,intimidate
and finish the career of honest citizens of India
With reference to above I beg to lay before your most exalted honour
that due to the extremely litigious attitude in the following 4 General
Insurance Public Sector (henceforth called as GIPSA ) Companies millions
of rupees of Public money and innumerable national resources ,including
precious time of our judiciaries are deliberately wasted.
As your excellency is the appointing authority of the CMDs of the
GIPSA companies,I bring it to your kind attention that :-
1. That as per the Law Commission report No. 126ththe Public Sector
Undertakings (PSUs) must eschew litigation with their employees.
(relevant pages are enclosed in the annexure*).
2. That the Ministry of Finance is a very big Ministry and GIPSA officials
have effectively colluded so as to apply bureaucracys layer of non
transparency to take advantage of unclear law and non transparent
manner of working as a two pronged strategy:-
(a):To protect the interests of employees of doubtful integrity:-
example: I got such a list from CBI,almost all the GIPSA employees
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list facing the charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act shows
that every one of such GIPSA employees are promoted either in the
grade or designation.
(b): To harass,intimidate,destroy the career of honest employees.
That at least 3 known cases of taking stay orders over the decision of
Central Information Commission have come to notice of the
complainant,moreover the GIPSA a non registered association has
secured court stay to keep itself out of RTI act,though it runs entirely
on public money.
That the complainant, an activist for the cause of transparency in public life
wrote RTIs in the matter to all the concerened departments,i.e. the law
Commission,Dept of Law & Justice, Ministry of Finance,LIC,GIC,GIPSA
companies etc,he got vague and evasive replies on the basis of which it is
reasonably concluded that there is no clarity in the matter before the 4 PSU
GIPSA companies,besides LIC and GIC,however both LIC and GIC replied
that they do not file Writ Petitions against their employees.
However the following 4 GIPSA companies where corruption is
systematically supported and where the employees of doubtful
integrity continue to be showered with prospects/opportunity of
promotion are continuing with the recourse of Writ Petitions
effectively to curb the legal rights of honest employees:-
1. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd
2. National Insurance Co. Ltd
3. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd
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4. United India Insurance Co. Ltd
As the 4 General Insurance Public Sector companies are fully owned
by the Central Government your excellency may issue suitable
directions to the CMDs of all the GIPSA companies and the chairman
of the GIPSA Mr. G Srinivasan to strictly follow the law commission
report in respect of eschewing litigation with the employees.
A lawful intervention for saving the livelihood of honest
employees,saving the precious resources of our nation,saving the
habitual abuse of public money and to stop the personal hatred in
public life against the complainant is prayed.
Yours Sincerely,
Shri Gopal Soni
Address: C231,Panchsheel Nagar,
AJMER-305004 Cell No. 9414982395
[email protected] https://twitter.com/revribhav
Enclosed:Annexure: 1. Relevant pages of law commission report 2.relevant details
published in social media/public forum. (P.S.) 3.News clip of a sitting high court
judge saying that 300 minutes time is accorded to him to hear 300 cases. Stay order to
implement the Govt of India order in favour of the complainant is granted by the same
authority.
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4 LawCommissionofIndia126thReport
the
case
of
a
Governmentcompany,asdefinedinsection617ofthe
CompaniesAct,1956,whichwouldmeanthatitisacompanyinwhichnotless
than
51%
of
thepaidupsharecapitalisheldbytheCentralGovernment,
orbyanyStateGovernmentorGovernments,orpartlybythe
Central
Government
andpartlybyoneormoreStiucGovern
ments,includingitssubsidiary,failedwhenProjectandEquipment
CorpoialionofIndiaLtd.,awhollyownedsubsidiarycompanyofStateTradmgCorporation,whichitselfwasaGovernmentofIndiaundertaking, was
hcid
to
be
aninstrumentalityoragencyoftheStateand,therefore,
governedbyPart111oftheConstitution.'''Itisthusnowunquestionablyestablished
that
either
acorporationsetupunderastatuteenactedby
Parliament
or
State
Legislature
or
a
Government
company
or
even
a
co-opeiative
society
if
it
satisfies
certain
criteria,
namely,
it
is
carrying
on
a
publicorGovernmental
function
and
is
either
aidedbythe
State
or
its
managementiscaptiveundertheState,then,notwithstandingtheformithasadopted,v/ouldbecompreherdedinilieexpression'otherauthorities'inarticle
12
of
the
Constitution
and
would
forpracticalpurposesbeStatefor
thepurposesoftheConstitution.
1.5.
If
thepublicsectorundertakingsbyandlargearecomprehendedin
theexpression'otherauthorities'inarticle12andareshowntobethe
instrumentaUties
andagenciesoftheStateandhence'theState'forall
purposes,consistent,ofcourse,withthepurposeforwhichtheyhavebeensetup,theyshouldactlikeStateandwhenabodyissupposedtoactlikea
State,amongstothers,itmustbefairandjustandrationalinitsactivities,in
its
relation
to
itsemployees,onthegroundthattheStateisanideal
employer
and
its
activities
must
be
conducive
to
the
formation
and
settingup
of
a
welfare
State.
The
ideal
of
the
Constitution
unquestionably
is
to
setupawelfareState.
And,apartfromotherthings,thewelfareStatemusteschew
litigiousattitude.Thisreportdealswiththeproblemofhtigationpolicyandstrategyofpublic,sectorundertakingsaspartoftheongoingprogrammeoftheLawCommissionforrecommendingbasicjudicialreforms.
1.6.Thereisanalternativeroutewhichtakesonetothesamedestination.The
goalofsettingupaDemocraticSocialistSecularStatewastobeachievedbyconcretestepstakentowardsimplementingtheDirectivePrinciplesofState
Policy.OneofthefundamentalassumptionsonwhichawelfareStatecan
be
founded
is
to
soarrangethesocialorderthatinitjustice,social,
economic
andpolitical,willinformallinstitutionsofnationallife.Itis,
therefore,asafeassumptionthatIndustrialPohcyResolutionswouldhavetwin
objectivestobeattained,namely,toavoidconcentrationofwealthandmeans
of
production
to
subserve
the
common
good
by
distributing
ownership
and
control
of
material
resources
of
the
community
on
instrumentalities
of
the
State
which
are
more
or
lessexpectedtoworkonnoprofitnolossbasis.
The
aims
and
objectivesofthe
Constitution
are
clearly
reflected
in
the
Resolutions
dated
6-4-1948
and
30-4-1956layingdowntheindustrialpolicy
of
the
Statewhich,amongstotherthings,requiredtheStatetoprogressively
assume
apredominantanddirectresponsibiUtyforsettingupnewindustrii
undertakings.Publiccorporations,StateholdingcompaniesandStatecontrolled
societies
were
chosen
as
the
vehicles
fortranslatingthis
mdustrialpolicyintoaction-orientedprogramme.Whatevergarbthey
maywear,then:lifeandsoul,boneandblood,istheStateitself.TheyatelimbsoftheStateandtheyexistforthesolepurposeofrunningthehugeapparatusoftheStateindustrysmoothlyandefficientlyinpursuit
of
theobjectivesoftheStatepoli cy."Theyshould,however,bedistinguished
from
aDepartmentoftheGovernmentundertheadministrativecontrolof
anyMinistry,otherwiseaprovisionlikesub-section(4)ofsection32ofthePaymentofBonusAct,1965,wouldcreateanunnecessaryconfusion.
National
Textile
Corporation
was
appointed
as
an
authorised
controller
undersection
18A
of
the
Industries
(Development
and
Regulation)
Act,
1951,
for
revivingasickunit,calledthe
Model
Mills.
As
the
workmen
raised
a
demand
for
bonus
for
theperiod1964-65to1967-68,itwassoughttobe
counteredbyurgingthatontheappointmentofanauthorisedcontroller,the
Model
Mills
is
an
establishmentengagedinanindustrycarriedonbyorunder
theauthorityofaDepartmentoftheCentralGovernmentand,therefore,
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La w
ConvnissionofI nd ia126 thReport
excluded
troni
theoperation(jfth ePaymeu tofBonusAct. Ne ga t ivi ngth e
contention,
it
wa s
lield
I'li
(hfappointmentofanauthor isedcontroller,
onlyth emanagementchangesbiiitheunitremainsbyitselfauniti r r espec t iwof
th e
na tu re
and
character
of management.'' Thes tandt akenbyth e
employer thatsincetheappointmentofanauthor isedcontroller,theModel
Mills
b ecome s
an
establishment
in
anindustryru nbyaDepar t inen tof th e
Union
Governmentbet ra ysaverynarrowoutlook a ndself-defeatingattitude
be ca use
if
the
unit
b ecome s
aDepar tmentofth eGovernment,itmayatbes t
goou tofth etentaclesofth ePaymen tofBonusAc tbu titwouldbesubject to
al l
thepr ov isi on softh eConstitution. Aclear po li cys tatementwasmade
tha t
the
pu bl ic
sector
corporations
or
companies
must
ru n
on
commercial
pr in ci pl es
and
in
bu si ne ss
liice
manner
to
acliieve
the
goals
and
objectives
set
fo r
them
bu teschewingailthepr iv at esector t an t rumsofexploitingworkmen.
Inanyviewofth ematter,asthesecorporationsandcompanies , havebe en
held
to
be
ins trumentalides
andagenciesofth eState,theyar ewithin the
pu rvi ewofPartI I IoftheConsti tu t ion . However ,thesepu bl icsector under
takings,havingacquiredth eformatofaGovernmen tcompanyoracorporation ,have
more
or
lessb et raye danapp roachofth epr iva tesector whentheylost
th e
ba tt le
on
thegroundofapplicationofPar tI IIoftheConstitution. An
alternative
wa sadoptedby urgingtiiatPar tXIVoftheConsti tu t ionwould
no tapplytotheemployeesofthesecorporationsandaGovernmentcompany
on
thespeciouspl eathatllieemphixeesofthesebo di esareno tmembersof
acivilserviceoftlieUnionoranall-Indiaserviceoracivilserviceofthe State
or
hekl
a
civilpost under th eUnionortheState. Thepr ot ect ionof
Part
XIV
wa ssoughttobea\'oidcdbythiscontentionontheir behalf . Even
that
s toodnegativedwhen th e courts ruledthatthesepu bl ic sector under
takings
will
be
subject
to
th e
limitation
on
heir
po wer
imposed
by
article
14
in
that
they
cannot
act
in
an
arbitrary
manner
or
be
guilty
of
discrimination
and
th e
acdonsqu ano tonlytheir employeesbu teventheconsumersoftheir
goodsandserviceswillhavetobeju dg edinthelightofth econstitutional culture.'"'
To illustrate, a State Finance Corporation , after havingentered
into
a
contract
to
finance
thepr oj ec tofsettingupafivestar hotel, ba cked
ou t
after
thep ro jec twa shalf through, leavingthevictimtothe so-called
remedyofasuitfo rdamagesfo rabr ea chofcontractbe ca useitwa scontended that
contractualobligationsevenofapubhcsector under taking ,whichisan
ins trumentali tyofth eState,cannotbeenforcedbyahighpr er oga ti vewrit.This
lastattemptequallyfailedandth eStateFinanceCorporation ,byawrit
of
mandamus,
wa s
directed
to
fulfil
itsobligationof financingthe pr oj ect
within
the
limitsagreedupon.-"
1.7. Keepinginabeyancefo rthet imebe ingthequestionoft reat ingall
pu bl icsector under takingsasbe ing within th ecomprehens ion of article 12
of
th e
Consti tudon,
their
role
as
pu bl ic
sector
under takings
must
b e
emphasisedby
specifically
contrasting
them
with
pr iva te
sector
enterprises
in
contradistinc
tion
to
whichtheywere b rough tinto existence. The Industr ial Policy
Resolution
aimed
at reducingdisparitiesinincomeandwealthwhichwere
then
existent,
topr even tpr iva temonopoliesa ndconcentrat ionofeconomic
po werindifferentfieldsinth ehandsofsmallnumbersofindividuals. The
State,therefore,resolvedtoassumeap r edomi na ntanddirect responsibility fo rsettingupne windustrialunder takings an dother servicefacilities. In
certain
commodities.
State trading wa s to be accelerated; the adoption of
the
socialistpa tt ernofsociety withoutthe word' sociahst' be ingin th e
pr eamb lewa sacceptedasanationalobjective;theeconomicpl ann ingwa sto aim
atrapiddevelopment;and,withthisendinview,allindustriesofba si c
andstrategicimpor tanceorinth enatureofpu bl icutilityservicesweretobe
in
thepu bl icsector. Highcapitalintensiveindustries,whichth eStatealone
ca n
under take
withoutbe inginfluencedbyth efactofapr of i tmotiveinshort
term,
were
also
to
be
in
th epu bli csector.
1.8.
The
ground
norm.';
were
la id
fo r
mixed
economy. But
over
a
pe ri od ,thedemarca t inglinebe twe enthepu bl icsector andpr iva tesector is
be comi ngdim. Ifpr iva tesector weretoimplythatth ecapitalfo rsetting
upindustrialunitswillbepr ov ide dbyth eentrepreneursandwheretheState financed
th epr oj ec teither whollyorsubstantially,theindustrialunder tak ing
would
be
t reated
as
on e
inpu bl icsector,thenthisha sbe comeaeuphemism.
A
survey
would
show
that
the
so-calledpr iva tesector under takingsmobilise
their
financial
resources
f rom
th epu bl icwithouttheentrepreneur inanywa v
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