Excuse the typos...texted this. 'Patricia Nazareth' via Saligao-Net <[email protected]> wrote:
>Only just reading this. I don't know this man, and I don't believe we are >related, although we share the same last name. However, thus is very sad, and >a true testimony to what happens to people who stand up for the truth and for >what is right and just....they are beheaded (metaphorically in the case of >this upright man.). It's little winder then that many people turn a blind eye >to unfairness and injustice happening all around them...because not everyone >can afford to deal with the consequences. > >One thing that puzzles me, though, is really, where IS God (since you >mentioned his name, Gerard,) when all this injustice to good, upright people >(and sometimes the results are really much worse) is happening?? > >Patsy > >Gerard Delaney <[email protected]> wrote: > >Just got to know that my dear friend Joseph Nazareth is no more. >I will always remember him for his role in keeping the Saligao Civic and >Consumer Cell alive and flourishing. He meticulously kept the minutes of the >monthly meetings and ensured that the registration of the Cell with the >Registrar of Societies was always done from time to time. >However, what very few people will know about him is the fact that till his >end, he carried on a losing battle with the Govt. authorities over his sudden >"dismissal" from service, if at all it can be called that. >He served as the Chief Stenographer in the Bombay High Court in Panaji, and he >observed that a few judges were passing biased judgments, apparently because >of the exchange of you know what. He started to expose them, and suddenly in >1999, his salary was stopped without any intimation to him. Any Govt. servant >will know that there is a procedure to follow, for this to happen, and no one >can be suspended or dismissed from service just like that. >On the Govt. rolls, Joseph Nazareth just ceased to exist. He stopped getting >his salary, the 6th Pay commission did not benefit him in any way, his long >years of service were forgotten and with that his retirement benefits went >down the drain. >This started his long battle with RTI's to the concerned authorities, letters >to prominent people including the Governor, etc., etc., but to no avail. >Meanwhile he kept doing small jobs of composing and typing out legal documents >for the public, charging the minimum fees among all his competitors. >Just a month back, when I spoke to him, he had come to the realization that >there was no hope at all for him and this must have spelt his death knell. >Adieus my friend, you paid the price for exposing wrongdoing which many >prophets in the past have paid, like John the Baptist. >May our good Lord console his family and grant them the grace and strength to >bear his loss. >Gerard Delaney > >-- >-- >Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe email [email protected] > >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Saligao-Net" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
