My condolences to the family of this good man. I remember how he took an active part in the SCCC meetings and he impressed me as a simple upright person keen to work for the betterment of the community. Thanks for the write-up Gerard. Yvonne
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 12:02 PM, 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.
