GMS MANAGING COMMITTEE MINUTES OF THE MEETING Date: 14th July 2013 Venue: Mohyal Foundation, New Delhi Attendance: 50 In Chair: Rzd. B.D. Bali, President Mohyal Mitter Sad News: After the Mohyal prayer, the house observed two minutes’ silence, in ONE OF INDIA'S OLDEST JOURNALS memory of the following members of the biradari, who had passed away recently: Established in 1891 Volume 57 Issue No.9 1. Smt. Sheila Devi Bali, w/o the late Shri Krishan Lal Bali of New Delhi, expired September, 2013 on the 9th June 2013. Chief Editor: Mehta O.P. Mohan 2. Shri Raj Bakshi, s/o the late Bk. Mulak Raj Chhibber, expired on the 28th May Editor English: D.V. Mohan 2013, in Germany. Editor Hindi: Ashok Lav 3. Shri Chaman Lal Datta, s/o Ch. Dina Nath Datta of Sonipat, expired on the 25th GMS MC Minutes 3-5 May 2013. Dr. Tripta Dutta 6 Birthday Greetings 7-8 4. Smt. Ved Kumari Dutta, w/o the late Shri Om Prakash Datta of Ambala City, Vinod Dutt-Another Feather in Cap 9 expired on the 11th May 2013. Mohyal Play School News 10 Merit News 11 5. Shri Ayudhya Nath Bali, s/o the late Rzd. Prabh Dayal Bali of Solan, expired on Community News 12-18 the 22nd May 2013, at the age of 92 years. GMS Founding Fathers’ Passion 19 Children’s Corner 20 6. Shri GD Datta of Bhopal expired on the 16th April 2013. High Marks 21 st Matrimonial 22-23 7. Shri Pawan Bali of Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, expired on the 1 July 2013. Hindu Rituals 24 8. Shri Ramesh Bakshi Bhimwal of Najafgarh, New Delhi, expired on the 8th May History of Panja Sahib 25 2013. Langar Fund 26 Aspects of Aging 27 9. Shri Sanjay Mehta, s/o Shri Devki Nandan Mehta of Vikaspuri, New Delhi, Sad News & In Memoriam 28-31 expired, due to heart attack, on the 27th June 2013, at the young age of 45 Donations List 32-33 CONTENTSHindi Section 34-46 years. th Ownership: General Mohyal Sabha N. Delhi - 67 10. Shri Ashish Datta of Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, expired on the 28 May 2013. Place of Publication: New Delhi 11. Smt. Janak Rani Datta, w/o Shri Sardari Lal Datta of Yamuna Nagar, expired Languages in which it is published: on the 13th July 2013. English & Hindi Periodicity: Monthly Uttarakhand Tragedy: The house paid tributes to those who lost their lives in the Retail Selling Price: single copy: Rs. 10.00 recent Himalayan ‘Tsunami’ in Uttarakhand and expressed its sympathy to those Annual Subscription- Rs. 100.00 who had lost their dear & near, as also properties, in nature’s fury. It was decided that the GMS also should contribute for according relief to those affected. A donation All cheques/drafts should be drawn in favour of GENERAL MOHYAL SABHA (REGD.) DELHI of Rs. 5 lakhs from the GMS was decided upon, including donations from members and sent to: Mohyal Foundation, of the Biradari. Rzd. B.D. Bali, Ch. S.N. Datta & Sh. P.K. Datta announced donations A-9, Qutab Institutional Area, U.S.O Road, of Rs. 21,000/- each towards this noble cause. Donations were also announced by Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi-110067. S/Shri K.N. Mohan & Dalip Singh Datta. Ph.: 011-26560456, 26561504, Email: [email protected] It was also noted that a few donations had already been received, in response to Email: [email protected] the appeal made by President GMS in last month’s issue of the Mohyal Mitter. Website:www.mohyal.com/mohyalonline.com Introduction of First-comers: On the request of the Secretary General, guests, who MOHYAL BHAWAN were attending the meeting for the first time, introduced themselves. EG-29, 30-30A, Inderpuri, New Delhi-110012 Confirmation of Minutes: The minutes of the last meeting of the Managing Phone: 011-25835123 Committee, held on the 9th June 2013, were read out by the Secretary General and MOHYAL ASHRAM-HARIDWAR were unanimously confirmed. Mohyal Ashram Marg, Haridwar-Rishikesh Road, Presentation of Accounts: The Secretary, Finance, Shri S.K. Chhibber, presented Bhoopatwala (Opp. Shanti Kunj), Haridwar the statement of accounts for the month of May 2013, which was also unanimously Ph.: 09219441137, 09219443813 passed by the house. MOHYAL ASHRAM-VRINDAVAN Plot No.23, Ashram Vihar, Chhatikra Road, Visit of Members of MS Karnal to Vrindavan: The Secretary General informed that Vrindavan (U.P.) Ph.: 0565-2913160 - 63 60 members of MS Karnal had made a pilgrimage trip to Vrindavan, on the 8th/9th Sh. PK Bali, Manager (Mob. 08126722303) June 2013, and also held their monthly meeting at the Mohyal Ashram, Vrindavan. Sh. Narayan Sharma (Mob. 09758650105) They were very appreciative of the arrangements and courtesy extended to them. Printed and published by Shri D.V. Mohan, on behalf Vinod Dutt is Sarprast Trustee: The Secretary General informed that Shri Vinod of General Mohyal Sabha (Regd.) and printed at Dutta Press, B-9/3, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase- Dutt, Member GMS MC & President MS Khanna, has been co-opted as a Trustee II, New Delhi-110020, and Published at Mohyal in the Sarprast Trust. The announcement was greeted with cheers by the members. Foundation, A-9, Qutab Institutional Area, USO They Made the Community Proud: 1. Shri C.K. Bhai of Faridabad, an ex-M.C member Road, New Delhi-110067. GMS has been re-elected as Vice President of the Haryana State Badminton Editor- Shri O.P. Mohan. 3 Association for 4 years. He is also the Chairman of the GMSLM: The house approved the admission of the following Badminton Development Committee of Haryana State. 20 Mohyals, as life members of the GMS, on the 2. Lt. Gen Rajan Bakshi has been appointed GOC-In-C, Central recommendations of the Membership Committee: Command Lucknow, w.e.f. the 1st July 2013. S.No. Name Category Station Non-receipt of Mohyal Mitter: Complaints of non-receipt of Mohyal 1. Shri Arjun Chhibber GMSLM New Delhi-43 Mitter were again raised. It was noted that complaints were on 2. Smt. Uma Bhardwaj (Sharma) -do- Delhi-88 the rise during the last three years. This was attributed to the Chhibber collapse of the postal system. While we spend around Rs. 12- 3. Smt. Sunita Satish Bakshi Vaid -do- Naraingarh 13 lakhs per year for bringing out the magazine, we were being stingy in spending money to ensure that the magazine reaches 4. Shri Nitai Hari Bali -do- -do- all the subscribers, without fail, in time. One way of generating 5. Smt. Neelam Mehta Lau -do- Ambala City revenue for the magazine was to publish advertisements. Shri 6. Ms. Deeksha Dutta -do- -do- G.L. Datta ‘Josh’, who had been in the postal department, opined that there is no objection to advertisements being published in 7. Shri Amit Bali -do- -do- the Mohyal Mitter. It was also noted that, earlier, the Mohyal 8. Shri Shubham Bali -do- -do- Mitter used to carry advertisements. After some more discussion, 9. Shri Ram Swarup Chhibber -do- -do- it was decided that we should collect advertisements for the 10. Shri Sanjeev Mehta Lau -do- -do- Mohyal Mitter, after which we can consider dispatching the magazine to all by Book Post. As per the decision taken in the 11. Shri Sunil Kumar Mehta Lau -do- -do- last meeting, Mohyal Mitter had been dispatched by Book Post, 12. Rzd. Naveen Kumar Bali -do- Jammu individually, to the subscribers in Noida, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram 13. Shri Diwakar Chhibber -do- Dehradun and Gurgaon, and, as per our information the magazine has been received by all the subscribers. 14. Shri Alok Chhibber -do- Anuppur M.P 15. Shri Rana Pratap Mehta Bhimwal -do- Saharanpur Mohyal Bhawans of Local Sabhas: Referring to the decision taken in the last meeting that the GMS should obtain and keep in its 16. Shri Lalit Mehta Bhimwal -do- -do- record the registration documents of the Mohyal Bhawans, 17. Smt. Kiran Bala Mohan -do- Jalandhar constructed with grants from the GMS, Shri P.L. Mehta clarified 18. Shri Sunil Mohan Chhibber -do- -do- that the idea was to ensure that the Bhawans were being used 19. Shri Kapil Dev Bakshi Lau -do- New Delhi-57 for the welfare of the community. He felt that the local sabhas concerned should send Utilisation Certificates in respect of these 20. Shri Sunil Vaid -do- Jaipur Bhawans to the GMS, every year. On-the-Spot Donations: A total amount of Rs.37,553/- was Display Boards of Langar Fund Donors at Haridwar: Members received on the spot, as per details below: requested that the Display Boards at the Mohyal Ashram (1) GMSLM Rs. 6,300/- Haridwar regarding the Langar Fund donors be updated urgently; (2) Other Donations Rs. 31,253/- and this should be an ongoing process. Mehta O.P. Mohan and Ch. S.N. Datta stated that the Display Boards were being Total Rs. 37,553/- updated with data up to 30.06.2013 and the same would be Goverdhan Ashram News: The Secretary General informed ready by 15.08.2013. that Shri Satish Aggarwal has been appointed as Manager in the Goverdhan Ashram with effect from the 18th June 2013. He Post-Partition History of the GMS: Ch. G.L. Datta ‘Josh’ was also also informed that the Contractor, who had been appointed to included in the committee constituted for preparing the post- carry out the repair/renovation work, has left and that balance 1947 of the GMS. Ch. G.L. Datta ‘Josh’ will give inputs for the work was being executed by the GMS, by engaging labour.