ALL INDIA RAILWAY ACCOUNTS STAFF ASSOCIATION
(AIRASA) ( REG.NO 17/9621)
Dear Comrades,
The continuing discriminatory treatment of Railway Accounts department in the implementation of VI PC has compelled us to come to streets once again to fight for justice. It is history that how we, the Accounts Staff came together, fought against the mighty Finance Ministry and DOPT and achieved improved Pay Scales on par with the Central Secretariat for Railway Accounts, which made those who mocked at us to look in disbelief. It is only through sustained struggle by all the Accounts Staff that we were able to achieve it.
Now again, the Finance Ministry has granted Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- to the Assistants and Stenographers of Central Secretariat w.e.f 01-01-2006 outside the Pay Commission disturbing the parity in Pay Grades between the Central Secretariat cadres and the Organised Accounts and Audit Cadres and totally disregarding the recommendation of 6 CPC to grant absolute parity between similarly placed personal employed in field offices and in the Secretariat.
Apart from this, ignoring the recommendations of VI CPC vide Chapter 3, Government has denied the legitimate Grade Pay of Rs.4200/- to Junior Accounts Assistants.
By placing the Accounts Clerks in Grade pay of Rs.1900/-, they have almost been equated with Group D Staff now rechristened as Group C with a Grade Pay of Rs.1800/-. The above ignominy has to be fought tooth &nail.
Though the Group D Staff have been placed in Group C by allotting Grade Pay Rs.1800/-, the Railway Administration is yet to notify that their further promotion as Accounts Clerk will be on seniority basis.
The implementation of MACP has added insult to the injury. This scheme does not fit in to the Accounts department where promotions are based on passing stringent qualifying Examinations and not on Seniority basis. The scheme has lost its purpose and has served as a tool to the Authorities to divide the staff by enabling the Juniors to get placed in higher Grades leaving the Seniors to languish. In this regard, AIRASA is demanding Stepping up of Pay for the Seniors and Grant of ACP as per departmental hierarchy.
On 9th August 2010, Principal bench, CAT, New Delhi has ordered grant of stepping of Pay to the Seniors on par with Juniors in the implementation of MACP on the application filed by the Postal Accounts Employees.
The PATNA HIGH COURT has delivered a landmark judgement on 08-04-2010 ordering the Railway Administration to pay the Arrears of Pay for the period between 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003 in the implementation of improved pay scales from 19-02-2003 terming the action of the Government in granting notional fixation from 1-1-96 as highly discriminatory and violation of Article 14 of the Constitution.. Now the Administration has filed a Review petition after the Staffside filed the Contempt petition.
After a lapse of four years and several rounds of negotiation, the Government of India has decided to reject the Arbitration Award dated 24-08-2004 granting pay parity with Central Secretariat from 1-1-1986 on notional basis and actual benefits from Nov 2001. A resolution in this regard has been listed by the Parliamentary business Advisory Committee. As usual the two Federations have closed their eyes without any response.
The CWC of AIRASA which met at GUWAHATI on 05-07-2010 has decided to resort to ONE DAY ZONAL LEVEL MASS DHARNA ON 15TH SEPTEMBER ‘2010 in front of all Zonal Headquarters/GM’s Offices.
Charter of demands :-
1. Promote all Staff in Grade Pay 1800 (erstwhile Gr.D) as Accounts Clerks on Seniority basis.
2. Grant the following pay sales to different cadres-
Accounts Clerk /Jr. Typist PB-1 with Grade Pay Rs.2400
Jr. Accts Asst./Steno Gr.II/ FPE/Sr.Typist PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4200
Accts.Asst./Steno Gr.I/ASV/Sr. FPE/Hd.Typist PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4600
Sr.ASV/ OS-Typing PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4800
SO(A)/TIA/ISA/CFPE/CA/ PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4800
PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.5400
on completion of 4 years.
3. Grant MACP on departmental hierarchy basis on completion of 10 years irrespective of the number of promotions already earned OR Step up pay of Senior Promotees who exhausted ACP in the event of junior drawing more pay and getting ACP in compliance with apex court judgment.
4. Implement the PATNA HIGH COURT Order allowing Arrears of Pay from 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003 duly withdrawing the Review Petition.
5. Create additional posts of TIAs and afford promotion to all App.IIIA empanelled candidates.
6. Grant one increment and Grade pay of Rs.4800 from the day of passing App.III(IREM) Examination.
7. Grant 3 increments on passing departmental confirmatory exams(App.II & IV IREM Exams)
8. Withdraw the Resolution listed in the Parliament to reject the Arbitration Award and implement the same by granting higher pay scale notionally w.e.f.1-1-1986 and effectively w.e.f 1-1-2006.
9. Promote all App. IIA qualified Accounts Clerks as JAAs against Direct Recruitment quota.
10. Promote all Accounts Clerks who have put in 10 years of Service as JAAs.
11. Grant Group B Status to SO(A)s/TIAs/ISAs on par with other Audit and Accounts of Central Government.
12. Ministry of Railways should treat Railways Accounts as a separate entity and grant recognition to the representative body of Accounts Employees of Railways i.e. All India Railway Accounts Staff Association without any delay.
Comrades, it is time for us to come together without any cadre discrimination in order to restore the lost pride, prestige and dignity of the Railway Accounts Employees and put up a united fight till all the above demands are achieved.
MASS DHARNA BEFORE GM’S OFFICE ON 15-09-2010
ATTEND ENMASSE ! AGITATE ! ACHIEVE !
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Minutes of CWC Meeting held on 05-07-2010 at GUWAHATI
Dated 12th July’ 2010
Dear Comrades,
Accepting the offer to host the CWC Meeting, the Office Bearers of AIRASA, NF Railway under the able leadership of S/Shri. Dilip Tamuli, Prashant Mahanto, Paritosh Sen and Nirmal Mondal had made excellent arrangements for the smooth conduct of the CWC Meeting ON 05-07-2010 at GUWAHATI.
Sri. Dilip Tamuli, Secretary, AIRASA N F Zone, welcomed the delegates. Sri. R.K. Saraswat, President, AIRASA presided over the Meeting and outlined the agenda of the Meeting. Sri. N. Srinivasan, General Secretary outlined the activities of Central office since last CWC Meeting held at Solapur on 15-02-2009. He dwelt upon the visit of the President, Working President and General Secretary to New Delhi in the month of April 2010. He said that Railway Board has finally agreed to extend the Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- to Sr. AAs vide Railway Board’s letter dated 17-05-2010 and this will enable the II ACP beneficiaries (direct Recruit JAAs) under the old Scheme to get their pay also fixed in Rs.4800/- and to get elevation to Rs. 5400/- on completion of 30 years. But the non extension of the GP Rs.4800/- to Sr.ASVs was deplored. As usual the Federations claimed the credit without even writing a single letter on the issue.
Despite regular reminders to Board, personal meeting with Board Officials and FC there is not much progress in any of the rest of our demands including improved Grade pays demanded by the Association. On the issue of Large number of CG II appointed Sr.SO(A)s/Sr.TIAs/Sr.ISAs and AAs who have not been granted Grade Pay of Rs.5400/- ans Rs.4800/- respectively whereas their juniors appointed as JAAs have been granted the benefit under MACP, the General Secretary stated that the matter has been taken up with the Anomaly Committee on MACP and one round of discussions have been held with the Official side and the same will be discussed again in the next Meeting and all the authorities are being reminded regularly in the matter.
The General Secretary reported to the meeting that the Government has passed a Motion in both the Houses of the Parliament rejecting all the pending Arbitration Awards including the one granting Rs.1640-2900 from 1-1-86 to all the Accounts Assistants of Railways just by informing staff side the previous night. As usual both the Federations have not shown any response to this draconic action of the Government. Hence there is a necessity for intensifying the agitations to press our demands.
Mr. Reji George, Secretary, Finance detailed the present financial position of the Association and said that with the meager balance available it will be difficult to carry on the activities of the Association and urged the members present to take the matter serious and arrange for immediate remittance of the central portion of the membership collection. The absence of office bearers from NE, EC,NC, SW,SC and Northern Railways was deplored and it was decided to nominate two central committee members to go to Gorakhpur, Patna, Allahabad, Varanasi, Hubli, Secunderabad, Jaipur, Jabalpur and Newdelhi for strengthening the Organisation.
In the discussion that followed all the Central Office Bearers and other CWC Members present participated and argued for the strengthening of the Organisation in all the Railways and particularly in places where there has been no activities at all. Most of them wanted a calendar of agitations to press our pending demands.
The Meeting also discussed the outcome of the HIGH COURT ,PATNA’S JUDGEMENT ordering payment of Arrears of Pay from 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003 and members present expressed desire that AIRASA should implead in the Case if the Administration decides to appeal in the Supreme Court.
Many members reiterated the following issues also apart from improved Grade Pays for all Cadres.
• Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- to all AAs on par with Assistants of Central Secretariat who have been granted the same vide MOF order dated 16-11-2009.
• Large number of Accounts Clerks and JAAs are stagnated in the Cadre for more than 10 to 20 years without promotion and Board should consider AIRASA’s proposal of modification of cadre ratio of JAA s from 80 : 20 to 20:80 i.e to enhance the promotion quota to 80% .
• Extension of ACP benefit to Stock Verifiers also duly taking the tenure as AA and SV put together for II ACP.
• Promotion of all Group D Staff now classified as Group C as Accounts Clerks on seniority basis by doing away with the selection.
• Change of designations of all accounts Cadres on par with the other organized Accounting organizations of Central Govt.
• Introduction of uniform 5 day week to all Accounts Cadres including Workshop Accounts staff, Construction Accounts Staff, Stock Verifiers, ISAs and TIAs etc.,
Following this, the CWC passed the following resolutions unanimously.
1. To observe DEMANDS DAY on 11h August 2010 in pursuance of the Charter of Demands already placed before Railway Board by holding Unit level LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATIONS and wearing Demands Badges.
2. To stage a DAY LONG DHARNA before GM’s Offices on 15th September 2010 in all Zonal Head Quarters and Production Units. (The decision for holding an All India Dharna at New Delhi was postponed for want of adequate funds)
3. To reiterate to Railway Board to calculate 5% of the merged Cadre of Section Officers for the posts of Sr.AA and distribute the same among various divisions/Units based on the Unit wise strength of Section Officers so that the senior most AAs of each and every division will get the benefit of promotion as Sr.AA.
4. To hold the next Biennial General Meeting of AIRASA on 18th &19th November 2010 at NAGPUR. All Units/branches should send a contribution of Rs.2000/- for the BGM to the Secretary, Finance by way of DD or remit the money in AIRASA SB Account No. 11037325652 in any branch of STATE BANK OF INDIA. This is apart from the regular Membership contribution to Central body
5. To implead in the Case of HIGH COURT ,PATNA’S JUDGEMENT ordering payment of Arrears of Pay from 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003 if the Administration decides to appeal in the Supreme Court. A team of CWC members under the leadership of Shri. R.K. Saraswat, President and Partha Bhattacharjee, Working President will look after this work.
6. To collect Rs.500/- from SO(A)s and Rs.300/- from AAs and JAAs to meet the Legal Expenses as STRUGGLE FUND.
It was also resolved to pursue the resolutions already passed in the last CWC Meetings held at Mysore and Solapur and the Charter of Demands already forwarded to Board after observing the Demands Day on 21-01-2010.
In the evening an Open Session was held in which Shri. P. MOHANTY, FA&CAO/NF Rly was the Chief Guest., Shri. Paritosh Sen, President, AIRASA, NF Zone presided over the Meeting. Shri. R.K. Saraswat President, Shri. Partha Bhattacharjee, WP, Shri. Reji George, Secy, Finance and Shri. Ashok Dwivedi, AGS spoke on the occasion. Sri. N. Srinivasan spoke on the anomalies of VI CPC and AIRASA’s efforts. Shri. P. MOHANTY, FA&CAO in his address said that the high standards of Accounts Cadre is incomparable and lauded the efforts of AIRASA in highlighting the grievances of Railway Accounts staff. Sri. Kanak Burman proposed vote of thanks.
The CWC Meeting at GUWAHATI will be remembered not only for the hectic discussions and exchange of ideas but also for the exemplary hospitality shown by the volunteers of AIRASA,.NF Railway including S/Shri. Subol Sinha, Aswani Sharma, Pabitra Baruah, Kamal Anwar, Anil Baishya, Juhin Nag, Badal Pal, Sasadhar Das, Keshab Baruah,Arup Das, Vijay Singh, Omprakash Yadav, Nirmal Sharma, Bhupen Deika, Ranjit Sarkhel, Ashok Das, Bhaben Baishya, Mahendra Choudhry, Hitesh Deika, Smt. Narmada Das and Smt Swasati Dey braving the monsoon rains.
Yours faithfully,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
The following Office bearers shall visit the places mentioned against their Names before 30-09-2010 and conduct Mobilization Meetings and form adhoc divisional/Zonal committees of AIRASA. All the incumbent office bearers in the respective divisions/units are requested to coordinate and facilitate the visiting Office bearers in organizing the Meetings. A compliance Report shall be submitted to the General Secretary by 10th October 2010.
Names of Office Bearers Places to visit
S/Shri
R.K. Saraswat, R. K . Mishra & Baroda House, Traffic Accounts &
Nanoma, President, W. Zone New Delhi Division of Northern Railway
Partha Bhattacharjee & Shailendra Kumar All Accts Offices in ALD, N C Rly, & Dhanbad
Reji George & C.M. Chengappa Tfc Accts, SBC & BNC of SW Rly
C. Sarathbabu & Md. Dawood All Accounts offices in Secunderabad
D. Govindarajulu & Md. Dawood Guntakal, Nanded, Guntur & Vizag divisions
Ashok Dwivedi DLW and Varanasi Division of N E Railway.
P. Mahanto & N.K. Mondal Gorakhpur, N E Rly & Jamalpur
Rakesh Guptha RCF, Kapurthala, & DMW, Patiala
R. Ramani, Mehboob Jakati & T.S. Mohan All Accounts offices in Hubli, SW Rly
K. Chaturvedi, Tapan Baisya & P.S. Anand Patna, Hajipur, Sonpur & Samastipur
Sheik Taher Ali & Ashish Das Sealdah, Asansol, Malda & Jamalpur
C.P. Singh, B.M. Balai & Rakesh Sharma All Accts Offices in Jaipur, Jodhpur & Bikaner
Deepak Dudane, S. Mitra & Ekta Gupta All Accts offices in Jabalpur, Bhopal & Kota
P. Suryanarayana & Umakant Raut All Accts Offices in Bhubaneshwar, Khurda Road
S. Bhringraj Nagpur, SECR & Raipur
S. Veeramani ICF & RWF/YNK
Dated 11-08-2010
To,
THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN
NEW DELHI – 110 001
Subject:- Request for settlement of long pending demands of Railway
Accounts Employees.
Madam,
The 6th Central Pay Commission did not do justice to Railway Accounts Employees and while implementing the recommendations of 6th Central Pay Commission, Government of India also did not also take any favorable action to remove the injustice done by the pay Commission. The Railway Accounts employees have been consistently requesting the Railway Board to resolve the grievances of the Accounts Employees regarding their pay scale related issues. But the Government of India has created further disparity between the Accounts &Audit cadres and the Cadres in Central Secretariat by upgrading the pay scales of Central Secretariat cadres.
Also, there are various other issues –listed below- that are pending for long with resolution. The employees of Railway Accounts are agitated over the non upgradation of pay scales of Accounts Cadres at par with CSS and also over the inaction on other long pending grievances and observed 11th August’ 2010 as DEMANDS DAY AND HELD LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATION BEFORE GM/DRM’S OFFICE.
It is requested that, appropriate action for settlement of all the demands may kindly be taken at an early date.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely
Encl: charter of demands
Demands
1. Implement arbitration award by granting higher pay scale notionally w.e.f.
1- 1-1986 and effectively w.e.f 1-1-2006.
2. Grant the following pay sales to different cadres-
Accounts Clerk/Jr. Typist PB-1 with Grade Pay Rs.2800
Jr. Accts Asst./Steno Gr.II/ FPE/Sr.Typist PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4200
Accts.Asst./Steno Gr.I/ASV/Sr. FPE/Hd.Typ PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4600
SO(A)/TIA/ISA/CFPE/Sr.ASV /CA PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4800
Sr. SO(A)/Sr.TIA/Sr.ISA /CA PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.5400
3. Grant MACP on departmental hierarchy basis on completion of 10 years irrespective of the number of promotions already earned OR Step up pay of Senior Promotees who exhausted ACP in the event of junior drawing more pay and getting ACP in compliance with apex court judgment.
4. Grant one increment and Grade pay of Rs.4800 from the day of passing App.III(IREM) Examination.
5. Grant three increments on passing departmental confirmatory examination.(App.II & IV IREM Exams)
6. Grant Group B Status to SO(A)s/TIAs/ISAs on par with other Audit and Accounts of Central Government.
7. Promote all App. IIA qualified Accounts Clerks as JAAs against DR quota.
8. Promote all Accounts Clerks who have put in 10 years of Service as JAAs.
9. Promote all Staff in Grade Pay 1800 (erstwhile Gr.D) as Accounts Clerks on Seniority basis.
10. Ministry of Railways should treat Railways Accounts as a separate entity and grant
recognition to the representative body of Accounts Employees of Railways i.e. All India
Railway Accounts Staff Association without any delay.
Dear Comrades,
Accepting the offer to host the CWC Meeting, the Office Bearers of AIRASA, NF Railway under the able leadership of S/Shri. Dilip Tamuli, Prashant Mahanto, Paritosh Sen and Nirmal Mondal had made excellent arrangements for the smooth conduct of the CWC Meeting ON 05-07-2010 at GUWAHATI.
Sri. Dilip Tamuli, Secretary, AIRASA N F Zone, welcomed the delegates. Sri. R.K. Saraswat, President, AIRASA presided over the Meeting and outlined the agenda of the Meeting. Sri. N. Srinivasan, General Secretary outlined the activities of Central office since last CWC Meeting held at Solapur on 15-02-2009. He dwelt upon the visit of the President, Working President and General Secretary to New Delhi in the month of April 2010. He said that Railway Board has finally agreed to extend the Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- to Sr. AAs vide Railway Board’s letter dated 17-05-2010 and this will enable the II ACP beneficiaries (direct Recruit JAAs) under the old Scheme to get their pay also fixed in Rs.4800/- and to get elevation to Rs. 5400/- on completion of 30 years. But the non extension of the GP Rs.4800/- to Sr.ASVs was deplored. As usual the Federations claimed the credit without even writing a single letter on the issue.
Despite regular reminders to Board, personal meeting with Board Officials and FC there is not much progress in any of the rest of our demands including improved Grade pays demanded by the Association. On the issue of Large number of CG II appointed Sr.SO(A)s/Sr.TIAs/Sr.ISAs and AAs who have not been granted Grade Pay of Rs.5400/- ans Rs.4800/- respectively whereas their juniors appointed as JAAs have been granted the benefit under MACP, the General Secretary stated that the matter has been taken up with the Anomaly Committee on MACP and one round of discussions have been held with the Official side and the same will be discussed again in the next Meeting and all the authorities are being reminded regularly in the matter.
The General Secretary reported to the meeting that the Government has passed a Motion in both the Houses of the Parliament rejecting all the pending Arbitration Awards including the one granting Rs.1640-2900 from 1-1-86 to all the Accounts Assistants of Railways just by informing staff side the previous night. As usual both the Federations have not shown any response to this draconic action of the Government. Hence there is a necessity for intensifying the agitations to press our demands.
Mr. Reji George, Secretary, Finance detailed the present financial position of the Association and said that with the meager balance available it will be difficult to carry on the activities of the Association and urged the members present to take the matter serious and arrange for immediate remittance of the central portion of the membership collection. The absence of office bearers from NE, EC,NC, SW,SC and Northern Railways was deplored and it was decided to nominate two central committee members to go to Gorakhpur, Patna, Allahabad, Varanasi, Hubli, Secunderabad, Jaipur, Jabalpur and Newdelhi for strengthening the Organisation.
In the discussion that followed all the Central Office Bearers and other CWC Members present participated and argued for the strengthening of the Organisation in all the Railways and particularly in places where there has been no activities at all. Most of them wanted a calendar of agitations to press our pending demands.
The Meeting also discussed the outcome of the HIGH COURT ,PATNA’S JUDGEMENT ordering payment of Arrears of Pay from 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003 and members present expressed desire that AIRASA should implead in the Case if the Administration decides to appeal in the Supreme Court.
Many members reiterated the following issues also apart from improved Grade Pays for all Cadres.
• Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- to all AAs on par with Assistants of Central Secretariat who have been granted the same vide MOF order dated 16-11-2009.
• Large number of Accounts Clerks and JAAs are stagnated in the Cadre for more than 10 to 20 years without promotion and Board should consider AIRASA’s proposal of modification of cadre ratio of JAA s from 80 : 20 to 20:80 i.e to enhance the promotion quota to 80% .
• Extension of ACP benefit to Stock Verifiers also duly taking the tenure as AA and SV put together for II ACP.
• Promotion of all Group D Staff now classified as Group C as Accounts Clerks on seniority basis by doing away with the selection.
• Change of designations of all accounts Cadres on par with the other organized Accounting organizations of Central Govt.
• Introduction of uniform 5 day week to all Accounts Cadres including Workshop Accounts staff, Construction Accounts Staff, Stock Verifiers, ISAs and TIAs etc.,
Following this, the CWC passed the following resolutions unanimously.
1. To observe DEMANDS DAY on 11h August 2010 in pursuance of the Charter of Demands already placed before Railway Board by holding Unit level LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATIONS and wearing Demands Badges.
2. To stage a DAY LONG DHARNA before GM’s Offices on 15th September 2010 in all Zonal Head Quarters and Production Units. (The decision for holding an All India Dharna at New Delhi was postponed for want of adequate funds)
3. To reiterate to Railway Board to calculate 5% of the merged Cadre of Section Officers for the posts of Sr.AA and distribute the same among various divisions/Units based on the Unit wise strength of Section Officers so that the senior most AAs of each and every division will get the benefit of promotion as Sr.AA.
4. To hold the next Biennial General Meeting of AIRASA on 18th &19th November 2010 at NAGPUR. All Units/branches should send a contribution of Rs.2000/- for the BGM to the Secretary, Finance by way of DD or remit the money in AIRASA SB Account No. 11037325652 in any branch of STATE BANK OF INDIA. This is apart from the regular Membership contribution to Central body
5. To implead in the Case of HIGH COURT ,PATNA’S JUDGEMENT ordering payment of Arrears of Pay from 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003 if the Administration decides to appeal in the Supreme Court. A team of CWC members under the leadership of Shri. R.K. Saraswat, President and Partha Bhattacharjee, Working President will look after this work.
6. To collect Rs.500/- from SO(A)s and Rs.300/- from AAs and JAAs to meet the Legal Expenses as STRUGGLE FUND.
It was also resolved to pursue the resolutions already passed in the last CWC Meetings held at Mysore and Solapur and the Charter of Demands already forwarded to Board after observing the Demands Day on 21-01-2010.
In the evening an Open Session was held in which Shri. P. MOHANTY, FA&CAO/NF Rly was the Chief Guest., Shri. Paritosh Sen, President, AIRASA, NF Zone presided over the Meeting. Shri. R.K. Saraswat President, Shri. Partha Bhattacharjee, WP, Shri. Reji George, Secy, Finance and Shri. Ashok Dwivedi, AGS spoke on the occasion. Sri. N. Srinivasan spoke on the anomalies of VI CPC and AIRASA’s efforts. Shri. P. MOHANTY, FA&CAO in his address said that the high standards of Accounts Cadre is incomparable and lauded the efforts of AIRASA in highlighting the grievances of Railway Accounts staff. Sri. Kanak Burman proposed vote of thanks.
The CWC Meeting at GUWAHATI will be remembered not only for the hectic discussions and exchange of ideas but also for the exemplary hospitality shown by the volunteers of AIRASA,.NF Railway including S/Shri. Subol Sinha, Aswani Sharma, Pabitra Baruah, Kamal Anwar, Anil Baishya, Juhin Nag, Badal Pal, Sasadhar Das, Keshab Baruah,Arup Das, Vijay Singh, Omprakash Yadav, Nirmal Sharma, Bhupen Deika, Ranjit Sarkhel, Ashok Das, Bhaben Baishya, Mahendra Choudhry, Hitesh Deika, Smt. Narmada Das and Smt Swasati Dey braving the monsoon rains.
Yours faithfully,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
The following Office bearers shall visit the places mentioned against their Names before 30-09-2010 and conduct Mobilization Meetings and form adhoc divisional/Zonal committees of AIRASA. All the incumbent office bearers in the respective divisions/units are requested to coordinate and facilitate the visiting Office bearers in organizing the Meetings. A compliance Report shall be submitted to the General Secretary by 10th October 2010.
Names of Office Bearers Places to visit
S/Shri
R.K. Saraswat, R. K . Mishra & Baroda House, Traffic Accounts &
Nanoma, President, W. Zone New Delhi Division of Northern Railway
Partha Bhattacharjee & Shailendra Kumar All Accts Offices in ALD, N C Rly, & Dhanbad
Reji George & C.M. Chengappa Tfc Accts, SBC & BNC of SW Rly
C. Sarathbabu & Md. Dawood All Accounts offices in Secunderabad
D. Govindarajulu & Md. Dawood Guntakal, Nanded, Guntur & Vizag divisions
Ashok Dwivedi DLW and Varanasi Division of N E Railway.
P. Mahanto & N.K. Mondal Gorakhpur, N E Rly & Jamalpur
Rakesh Guptha RCF, Kapurthala, & DMW, Patiala
R. Ramani, Mehboob Jakati & T.S. Mohan All Accounts offices in Hubli, SW Rly
K. Chaturvedi, Tapan Baisya & P.S. Anand Patna, Hajipur, Sonpur & Samastipur
Sheik Taher Ali & Ashish Das Sealdah, Asansol, Malda & Jamalpur
C.P. Singh, B.M. Balai & Rakesh Sharma All Accts Offices in Jaipur, Jodhpur & Bikaner
Deepak Dudane, S. Mitra & Ekta Gupta All Accts offices in Jabalpur, Bhopal & Kota
P. Suryanarayana & Umakant Raut All Accts Offices in Bhubaneshwar, Khurda Road
S. Bhringraj Nagpur, SECR & Raipur
S. Veeramani ICF & RWF/YNK
Dated 11-08-2010
To,
THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN
NEW DELHI – 110 001
Subject:- Request for settlement of long pending demands of Railway
Accounts Employees.
Madam,
The 6th Central Pay Commission did not do justice to Railway Accounts Employees and while implementing the recommendations of 6th Central Pay Commission, Government of India also did not also take any favorable action to remove the injustice done by the pay Commission. The Railway Accounts employees have been consistently requesting the Railway Board to resolve the grievances of the Accounts Employees regarding their pay scale related issues. But the Government of India has created further disparity between the Accounts &Audit cadres and the Cadres in Central Secretariat by upgrading the pay scales of Central Secretariat cadres.
Also, there are various other issues –listed below- that are pending for long with resolution. The employees of Railway Accounts are agitated over the non upgradation of pay scales of Accounts Cadres at par with CSS and also over the inaction on other long pending grievances and observed 11th August’ 2010 as DEMANDS DAY AND HELD LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATION BEFORE GM/DRM’S OFFICE.
It is requested that, appropriate action for settlement of all the demands may kindly be taken at an early date.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely
Encl: charter of demands
Demands
1. Implement arbitration award by granting higher pay scale notionally w.e.f.
1- 1-1986 and effectively w.e.f 1-1-2006.
2. Grant the following pay sales to different cadres-
Accounts Clerk/Jr. Typist PB-1 with Grade Pay Rs.2800
Jr. Accts Asst./Steno Gr.II/ FPE/Sr.Typist PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4200
Accts.Asst./Steno Gr.I/ASV/Sr. FPE/Hd.Typ PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4600
SO(A)/TIA/ISA/CFPE/Sr.ASV /CA PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4800
Sr. SO(A)/Sr.TIA/Sr.ISA /CA PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.5400
3. Grant MACP on departmental hierarchy basis on completion of 10 years irrespective of the number of promotions already earned OR Step up pay of Senior Promotees who exhausted ACP in the event of junior drawing more pay and getting ACP in compliance with apex court judgment.
4. Grant one increment and Grade pay of Rs.4800 from the day of passing App.III(IREM) Examination.
5. Grant three increments on passing departmental confirmatory examination.(App.II & IV IREM Exams)
6. Grant Group B Status to SO(A)s/TIAs/ISAs on par with other Audit and Accounts of Central Government.
7. Promote all App. IIA qualified Accounts Clerks as JAAs against DR quota.
8. Promote all Accounts Clerks who have put in 10 years of Service as JAAs.
9. Promote all Staff in Grade Pay 1800 (erstwhile Gr.D) as Accounts Clerks on Seniority basis.
10. Ministry of Railways should treat Railways Accounts as a separate entity and grant
recognition to the representative body of Accounts Employees of Railways i.e. All India
Railway Accounts Staff Association without any delay.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
CWC MEETING AT GUWAHATI ON 05-07-2010
Dated 9th June , 2010
Dear Comrades,
I hope all of you would have seen the Railway board’s order clarifying that Sr.AAs will get Grade pay of Rs.4800/-. This would also pave the way for II ACP beneficiaries under the previous ACP scheme to get their pay fixed in Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- from 05-04-2007 and their III financial upgradation under MACP will be in Rs. 5400/- on completion of 30 years of service. After a relentless fight for the last two years AIRASA has achieved this. All the beneficiaries may be appraised of this and asked to donate liberally to AIRASA for its ongoing fight for various pending demands.
The next CWC Meeting of AIRASA will be held at MALIGAON, GUWAHATI, NF RAILWAY ON 5th JULY 2010 at 10.00 hrs to discuss the further course of action to be taken on the pending demands and to discuss the outcome of the Patna High Court judgement.
I come to know that some divisions are collecting donations from the Accounts Staff on the request from Sri. Sudama Singh, applicant of the PATNA HIGH COURT CASE for grant of Arrears from 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003. I request them to wait till the above CWC Meeting is over. After discussing the issue in the meeting and passing of Resolutions regarding following up the Case further, instructions will be issued in regard to collection Fund to fight the Case further.
I request all the Central Office Bearers, Permanent invitees, Zonal Presidents and Secretaries to attend the meeting without fail.
As the financial position is still very weak , all possible efforts may be taken to collect and personally remit the Membership contribution to the Central office to the Secretary, Finance in the meeting.
Yours Comradely,
(N. SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
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Dear Comrades,
I hope all of you would have seen the Railway board’s order clarifying that Sr.AAs will get Grade pay of Rs.4800/-. This would also pave the way for II ACP beneficiaries under the previous ACP scheme to get their pay fixed in Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- from 05-04-2007 and their III financial upgradation under MACP will be in Rs. 5400/- on completion of 30 years of service. After a relentless fight for the last two years AIRASA has achieved this. All the beneficiaries may be appraised of this and asked to donate liberally to AIRASA for its ongoing fight for various pending demands.
The next CWC Meeting of AIRASA will be held at MALIGAON, GUWAHATI, NF RAILWAY ON 5th JULY 2010 at 10.00 hrs to discuss the further course of action to be taken on the pending demands and to discuss the outcome of the Patna High Court judgement.
I come to know that some divisions are collecting donations from the Accounts Staff on the request from Sri. Sudama Singh, applicant of the PATNA HIGH COURT CASE for grant of Arrears from 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003. I request them to wait till the above CWC Meeting is over. After discussing the issue in the meeting and passing of Resolutions regarding following up the Case further, instructions will be issued in regard to collection Fund to fight the Case further.
I request all the Central Office Bearers, Permanent invitees, Zonal Presidents and Secretaries to attend the meeting without fail.
As the financial position is still very weak , all possible efforts may be taken to collect and personally remit the Membership contribution to the Central office to the Secretary, Finance in the meeting.
Yours Comradely,
(N. SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
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latest Reminders to Board
Dated June 11, 2010
Shri. B.N. MAHAPATRA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTS.
RAIL BHAVAN, NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Sir,
Sub : Introduction of 5% quota for unqualified Sr.AAs in
Supervisory cadre.
Ref : Railway Board’s letter dated 05-04-2007 and this
Assn’s earlier letters dated 2-05-2007 and 14-06-07,
16-06-09,09-09-09,30-09-09,20-09-09,7-12-09, 2-2-10
12-03-2010 & 28-04-2010.
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The Railway Board’s letter No. PC V/98/I/II/23(pt) dated 05-04-07 reserving 5% of the posts of SO(A)s to be designated as Sr. Accounts Assistants for promotion of Senior most Accounts Assistants intended to provide promotional opportunities to the thousands of Accounts Assistants stagnated in the same grade for more than 20 years, has indeed benefited around 50 Accounts Assistants only for the entire Indian Railways. The benefit did not reach the Accounts Assistants serving in any of the production units since the 5% of Accounts Assistants worked out to less than 0.5. Now that the posts of Section officer and Sr. Section Officer have been merged consequent on the implementation of VI PC, this Association requests Railway Board
1. to issue necessary orders to calculate the 5% of Sr. AAs on the combined strength of Section officers and Sr. Section officers, as has been done by other Audit and Accounts Organisations and to ensure creation of atleast one Sr.AA post in Production units/ Railways wherever 5% of SO(A) posts works out to less than 0.5.
2. to modify the scheme on par with the 10% unqualified quota available in other organized Accounts and Audit where the beneficiaries are designated as Supervisors.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dated June 11, 2010
SMT. SOWMYA RAGHAVAN
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN
NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Madam,
Sub : Grant of Qualification Incentive for qualifying Appendix
II & Appendix IIIA IREM Examinations.
Ref : This Association’s earlier letters dated 07-09-2009, 30-09-
2009 & 20-11-2009, 05-12-2009, 2-02-2010 & 28-04-2010.
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The quantum of the Qualification Allowance has simply been doubled after the implementation of VI Pay Commission. This Association has already submitted that a special dispensation should be given to Accounts department in this regard considering the tough standards of these Examinations and the stringent conditions attached to it linking it as a qualification to continue in service and for promotions at every stage. Hence it will be a real incentive for those who clear the Appendix II and IIIA Examinations if some increments are granted in place of a meager Qualification Allowance without any additive benefits considering the long period of waiting for their next promotion.
This Association requests grant of Two increments for qualifying Appendix II and Four increments for Qualifying Appendix IIIA whichwill be of some incentive for those who aspire for the promotion to JAA and SO(A) Cadre respectively. Further these incentive increments should be doubled if the qualified staff does not get promoted within Five years. Kindly do the needful.
Thanking You,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dated June 11, 2010
SMT. SOWMYA RAGHAVAN
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN
NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Madam,
Sub : Modification in Recruitment Rules for the post of
Assistant Officers in Accounts Department – Para
210 of IREC Vol.1- Request of.
Ref : This Assn’s earlier letters dated 07-09-09 &
30-09-09, 20-11-09, 2-02-10,12-03-2010 &28-04-2010.
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The Sixth CPC has grouped all the Accounts and Audit organizations of Central Government as Organized Accounts and Audit and has recommended uniform of Pay structure. Already these organizations are having uniform cadre structure also. Thus everything is uniform for the organized Accounts and Audit except the group B classification for Section Officers and Recruitment Rules for Assistant Officers in Accounts department. Copies of the Recruitment Rules for Assistant Officers in C&AG Offices and Controller General of Accounts under Ministry of Finance which provides promotion on seniority basis to the post of Accounts Officers are enclosed. The Recruitment Rules of Assistant Officers in Postal and Defence Accounts organization are also on the same lines.
Hence, kindly modify the Recruitment Rules of the Assistant Officers in Accounts department of Railways also on the same lines and oblige.
Thanking You,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dated June 11, 2010
Shri. SAMAR JHA
ADDITIONAL MEMBER, FINANCE
RAIL BHAVAN, NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Sir,
Sub :- Avenue of Promotion to App.IIIA passed candidates – TIA &
ISA Group.
Ref :- This Association’s earlier letters dated 06-02- 2006,12-05- 2006
10-10-2006, 19-12-2006, 22-01-2007, 19-03-2007, 02-05-2007
02-09-2007, 06-11-07, 18-12-2007,28-2-2008, 24-06-2008, 15-
10-2008 &15-12-2008, 12-03-2009, 16- 6-2009,09-09-2009, 30-
09-2009 ,5-12-2009,2-02-2010 12-03-2010 & 28-4-2010.
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Railway Board’s orders dated 30-11-2006 restructured the Supervisor and supervised ratio as 1 : 3 for SO(A) cadre alone. This had created an anomalous situation wherein the seniors who qualified TIA and ISA Group more than 16 years ago are still remaining as Accounts Assistants whereas their juniors are promoted as SO(A)s.
In this connection, this Association placed many suggestions vide letters cited above for creation of additional posts of TIAs and ISAs as done during 1981 when a similar situation prevailed. Though Railway board has left the issue of creation of additional posts to Zonal Railways, Zonal Railways have not come forward to create additional posts for want of matching surrender posts.
As the TIA/ISA group qualified staff are suffering the ignominy for more than 16 long years, this Association requests Railway Board to consider upgradation of the posts of AAs who have qualified App. IIIA ( TIA & ISA group ) and waiting for promotion temporarily as TIA/ISA and the same may be down graded as and when vacancies in TIA & ISA cadre arises /additional posts are created in future. The financial implication will be very less and temporary under this scheme.” This practice of giving adhoc promotions is already in vogue in CAG’s Offices for SAS qualified candidates AND RECENTLY C&AG HAS CONVERTED NEARLY 2000 ADHOC SO POSTS AS REGULAR POSTS. (Copy enclosed)
Please consider this proposal and arrange for issue of necessary orders.
Thanking you, Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
Dated 11th June 2010
SHRI PRANAB MUKHERJEE,
HON’BLE FINANCE MINISTER OF INDIA,
NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI - 110001.
Respected Sir,
Sub : Implementation of Board of Arbitration Award.
Ref : This Association’s earlier letter dated 13-02-2010 & 12-03-
2010.
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The Audit and Accounts personnel belonging to Indian Audit & Accounts Department and other Organised Accounts Departments remember with gratitude your tenure as Finance Minister of India in Smt. Indira Gandhi’s Government in 1983 when you had addressed to the long pending grievance of Audit and Accounts Employees of IA&AD by grant of higher pay scale to the Senior Auditors at par with Assistants of Central Secretariat. In 1983, Shri Ashok Vajpayee, Congress leader of U.P. took initiative to arrange for a meeting of representatives of Staff side of IA&AD with you. As decided by you, the higher pay scale to Senior Auditors was granted w.e.f. 1.3.1984. As a result, the Fourth Central Pay Commission recommended same pay scales to Senior Auditors, Senior Accountants, Accounts Assistants and the Assistants of CSS which were accepted by the Government in 1987 by giving effect of the benefit to others from 1. 1. 1986 and in case of Senior Accountants from 1. 4. 1987. The Accounts Employees of Organised Accounts Departments under Union Government were also granted the same pay scale in accordance with the recommendation of the Fourth CPC and accepted by the Government.
However, the Government took an arbitrary decision in 1990 to upgrade the pay scale of Assistants of Central Secretariat with retrospective effect from 1.1.1986. This benefit was not extended to the Senior Auditors and Senior Accountants and created anomaly. Since then we have been insisting the successive governments to rectify the anomaly. Some employees of Audit offices in Assam and Himachal Pradesh knocked the door of Central Administrative Tribunals and won the cases. In Jabalpur, the Defence accounts employees went to CAT and won the case.
In each of these cases the Government appealed to respective High Court Benches and lost the cases. The Union Government filed SLP in Supreme Court and lost the case in case of Defence Accounts Employees of Jabalpur. In the other SLP against decisions of Guwahati and Shimla bench of High Courts, the Apex Court has upheld the SLP not on merit but left the matter to the Government to decide because the Government had mentioned that implementation of Award given by the Central Board of Arbitration is under negotiation with the Staff Side. An anomalous situation has arisen as two different decisions of the two different benches of Apex Court has resulted in extension of parity to Defence Accounts employees and denying the same to Audit employees of Assam and Shimla by two judges Bench. In case of Defence Accounts Employees of Jabalpur, the decision was given by three judges Bench and the other decision was given by two judges’ bench.
Incidentally it may be mentioned that the matter was referred to the JCM (NC) as an agenda in 1992 in which Government de -linked the Senior Auditors from the agenda and only it was pending for the Senior Accountants and Accounts Assistants of the Railway Accounts. It lingered for a long and after recording of disagreement in JCM (N.C.) the matter was referred to the Central Board of Arbitration. The Central Board of Arbitration has given an award with unanimous decision to grant higher pay scale to Senior Auditors and Senior Accountants including the Accounts Assistants of Railway Accounts with notional benefit from 1. 1. 1986 & 1.1.1996 and actual benefit from 12 11. 2001 (being the date for referring the matter to the Board).
Sir, as Hon’ble Finance Minister, Dr. Man Mohan Singh took a decision to grant higher pay scale to Senior Auditors and Senior Accountants when he was Finance minister and accordingly the Guwahati High Court was informed by the then Accountant General Mrs. A.L.Ganapati by filing an affidavit. Dr. Man Mohan Singh could not implement his decision as election code of conduct came in the way. Congress lost in the election and his decision could not be implemented. The next Government reversed his decision and informed the High Court accordingly. As leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha, Dr. Man Mohan Singh recommended our case to Shri Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister of NDA Government.
In 2003, the NDA Government took a decision to grant higher pay scale to Senior Auditors, Senior Accountants and Accounts Assistants of Railway Accounts notionally from 1. 1. 1996 and effective from 19. 2. 2003. The decision taken by the NDA Government has caused anomaly as direct pay fixation from pay scale of Rs.1400-2600 to Rs. 5500-9000 was not possible as pre revised scale of Rs.5500-9000 was Rs.1640-2900. There was no nexus between Rs.1400-2600 and Rs.5500-9000.
PRAYER
We therefore request you to kindly look into the grievance of the Audit and Accounts employees and remove the discrimination meted out to the Senior Auditors/Senior Accountants/ Accounts Assistants by implementing the Board of Arbitration Award granting upgraded pay scale of Rs. 1640-2900 from 1.1.1986 and Rs. 5500 from 1. 1. 1996. Regarding payment of arrears we are open for any negotiated settlement which may be beneficial to both the sides so that the anomaly may once again be removed for ever.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(N. SRINIVASAN)
Dated June 11’ 2010
Shri. Basudeb Acharya,
Hon’ble Member of Parliament,
New Delhi.
Respected Sir,
Sub : Anomalies in MACP Scheme for Central Govt.
Employees.
Ref : This Assn’s earlier letter dated 28-04-2010.
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The Modified Assured Carrier Progression (MACP) scheme of 6th Central Pay Commission implementation has the following features.
• Every Employee will get atleast 3 Financial upgradations in their service.
• Financial Up gradation is ensured to be given on completion of 10th , 20th , 30th year.
• Also financial upgradation will be considered if an employee stagnates for more than 10 years in a particular grade.
The above scheme, instead of proving to be beneficiary, has ironically created severe Heart burns amongst the Railway Accounts employees in view of the following:
1. This scheme does not fit in to the Accounts department where promotions are based on passing stringent qualifying Examinations and not on Seniority basis.
2. Railway Accounts department has more than one way / channel of recruitment in that lateral induction (Junior Accounts Assistant)is also encouraged while promotional avenues for the same post from the lower grade(Accounts Clerk) is available
3. An Accounts Clerk (in the initial recruitment grade) can skip two promotional Grades in hierarchy i.e Junior Accounts Assistant and Accounts Assistant and directly become a Section officer (Accounts) after qualifying the Appendix III (IREM) Examination conducted by Railway Board.
4. A Panel Seniority is being allotted on qualifying the Examination in the order of hierarchy of the post held by the Candidates qualified in the Examination and that Seniority position is reckoned for further promotions.
5. Under the MACP Scheme those Section officers who were directly recruited as Junior Accounts Assistants and those who were directly promoted from Accounts Clerk and Junior Accounts Assistant Grade have got the benefit of 3rd Financial upgradation under MACP and are placed in the next higher Grade Pay of Rs.5400/- despite being Juniors in the Panel Seniority while the Senior most Section Officers who are promoted to the grade as early as 1982 and stagnating in the Grade for 28 long years have not been given the benefit simply on the ground that hey had already earned three promotions.
6. The prohibition of stepping up of the pay of Seniors to that of their Juniors in the MACP is the root cause for their heart burns.
7. Worse of all, a directly recruited Jr. Accounts Asst who works under a Senior Section Officer also has been allotted the Grade Pay of Rs. 4800/- and Rs. 5400/- in the ACP and MACP schemes on completion of 24th and 30th year of service respectively while his Supervisor will languish by stagnating at the Grade Pay of Rs, 4800/- as he has got 3 regular promotions. In spite of their passing tough Departmental Examinations, such Section Officers will either draw the same Grade Pay of their Subordinate or less than the Grade Pay of his / her Subordinate. If a subordinate is placed in a higher Grade than the Supervisor what control can the supervisor exercise over his subordinate and what command he will have over him?.
A comparative analysis of the discriminatory nature of MACP scheme is enclosed from which the grave injustice heaped on the Sr. Supervisors can be seen.
Such an aggrieved position is not obtaining in any other department of Railways / other Central Government Departments in view of the continuous professional examinations (Training Exams, Appendix II, Appendix III) taken for their promotions instead of getting the elevation purely on seniority basis by other Railway Departments / Government Departments.
To set right this anomalous situation, this Association has already requested the Hon’ble Minister of Railways and Hon’ble Minister for DOPT to consider grant Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/- to all the Sr. Section Officers once they complete 4 years of service in the Section Officer grade. This scheme is available to the staff of many other Departments.
Your kind self is requested to urge the Railway Minister to favorably consider the above proposal and help the Seniormost employees to get their genuine grievance redressed.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
General Secretary
Dated June 11, 2010
SMT. SOWMYA RAGHAVAN
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN,NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Madam,
Sub: Anomaly in MACP - in cases of own/mutual
transfer on lower Grade to another division/unit
of same railway.
Ref: 1. Rly Bd. Lr no: PC-V/2009/ACP/2 dt 10/06/09. (RBE101/2009).
2. This Association’s earlier letter dated 28-04-2010.
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The employees who are transferred on mutual/own request basis on lower grade from one division/unit to another division/unit of the different seniority unit within the same Railway on lower/initial grade and subsequently they are again promoted have not been given the benefit of MACP in terms of para 24 of Annex of letter no. PC V/2009/ACP/II DT. 11.6.09. For example an employee appointed as JAA and after getting his AA promotion, he has been transferred on own request to another division/unit of the different seniority unit within the same Railway as JAA. In the new division/unit he again gets promoted as AA and S.O(A/Cs). In these cases Railways are counting his promotion of AA twice ( i.e. one of parent office & second of new office.)and are rejecting 3rd ACP.
In this regard it is stated that it is incorrect to count the promotion as AA twice. Further it is also pointed out that in some of the Zonal Railways there is Zonal seniority and in others division-wise seniority. In such cases if one employee joined as JAA in Central Railway and on completion of three years he was promoted as AA and transferred to other division, he doesn’t loses his 3rd ACP, whereas in case of another employee who joined in Western Railway as JAA and after getting AA’s promotion he seeks own request transfer to other division he is reverted on lower grade as JAA and takes his promotion based on the new seniority. In both the above cases being recruited through same RRB but posted in different Railways one gets 3rd MACPS benefit and another not. This Association requests your kindself to look into this anomaly and take suitable action to modify the rule under Para 24 of MACP Circular so that they are treated atleast on par with their juniors in the new Unit/Organisation.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
General Secretary
Dated June 11, 2010
SMT. SOWMYA RAGHAVAN
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN,NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Madam,
Sub : Restructuring of Accounts cadres.
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We understand that Cadre Restructuring Committee has been formed by Railway Board to restructure the percentage of various cadres in all the departments of Railways. As regards Accounts department we would like to present the following for your favourable consideration.
The Accounts Clerks are stagnated in the Cadre for more than 10 years for want of vacancies in JAA cadre. Hence it is requested for a change in the 80 : 20 pattern of Direct Recruitment Vs Promotions as 20 : 80 since virtually there are no direct recruitments.
Similarly the ratio of ASVs : Sr. ASVs may be modified from the present 65 : 35 to 20 : 80 as large number of posts are in work charged posts under Sales Organisation which varies from year to year. At present virtually only 10 % are in ASV cadre.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Shri. B.N. MAHAPATRA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTS.
RAIL BHAVAN, NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Sir,
Sub : Introduction of 5% quota for unqualified Sr.AAs in
Supervisory cadre.
Ref : Railway Board’s letter dated 05-04-2007 and this
Assn’s earlier letters dated 2-05-2007 and 14-06-07,
16-06-09,09-09-09,30-09-09,20-09-09,7-12-09, 2-2-10
12-03-2010 & 28-04-2010.
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The Railway Board’s letter No. PC V/98/I/II/23(pt) dated 05-04-07 reserving 5% of the posts of SO(A)s to be designated as Sr. Accounts Assistants for promotion of Senior most Accounts Assistants intended to provide promotional opportunities to the thousands of Accounts Assistants stagnated in the same grade for more than 20 years, has indeed benefited around 50 Accounts Assistants only for the entire Indian Railways. The benefit did not reach the Accounts Assistants serving in any of the production units since the 5% of Accounts Assistants worked out to less than 0.5. Now that the posts of Section officer and Sr. Section Officer have been merged consequent on the implementation of VI PC, this Association requests Railway Board
1. to issue necessary orders to calculate the 5% of Sr. AAs on the combined strength of Section officers and Sr. Section officers, as has been done by other Audit and Accounts Organisations and to ensure creation of atleast one Sr.AA post in Production units/ Railways wherever 5% of SO(A) posts works out to less than 0.5.
2. to modify the scheme on par with the 10% unqualified quota available in other organized Accounts and Audit where the beneficiaries are designated as Supervisors.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dated June 11, 2010
SMT. SOWMYA RAGHAVAN
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN
NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Madam,
Sub : Grant of Qualification Incentive for qualifying Appendix
II & Appendix IIIA IREM Examinations.
Ref : This Association’s earlier letters dated 07-09-2009, 30-09-
2009 & 20-11-2009, 05-12-2009, 2-02-2010 & 28-04-2010.
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The quantum of the Qualification Allowance has simply been doubled after the implementation of VI Pay Commission. This Association has already submitted that a special dispensation should be given to Accounts department in this regard considering the tough standards of these Examinations and the stringent conditions attached to it linking it as a qualification to continue in service and for promotions at every stage. Hence it will be a real incentive for those who clear the Appendix II and IIIA Examinations if some increments are granted in place of a meager Qualification Allowance without any additive benefits considering the long period of waiting for their next promotion.
This Association requests grant of Two increments for qualifying Appendix II and Four increments for Qualifying Appendix IIIA whichwill be of some incentive for those who aspire for the promotion to JAA and SO(A) Cadre respectively. Further these incentive increments should be doubled if the qualified staff does not get promoted within Five years. Kindly do the needful.
Thanking You,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dated June 11, 2010
SMT. SOWMYA RAGHAVAN
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN
NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Madam,
Sub : Modification in Recruitment Rules for the post of
Assistant Officers in Accounts Department – Para
210 of IREC Vol.1- Request of.
Ref : This Assn’s earlier letters dated 07-09-09 &
30-09-09, 20-11-09, 2-02-10,12-03-2010 &28-04-2010.
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The Sixth CPC has grouped all the Accounts and Audit organizations of Central Government as Organized Accounts and Audit and has recommended uniform of Pay structure. Already these organizations are having uniform cadre structure also. Thus everything is uniform for the organized Accounts and Audit except the group B classification for Section Officers and Recruitment Rules for Assistant Officers in Accounts department. Copies of the Recruitment Rules for Assistant Officers in C&AG Offices and Controller General of Accounts under Ministry of Finance which provides promotion on seniority basis to the post of Accounts Officers are enclosed. The Recruitment Rules of Assistant Officers in Postal and Defence Accounts organization are also on the same lines.
Hence, kindly modify the Recruitment Rules of the Assistant Officers in Accounts department of Railways also on the same lines and oblige.
Thanking You,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dated June 11, 2010
Shri. SAMAR JHA
ADDITIONAL MEMBER, FINANCE
RAIL BHAVAN, NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Sir,
Sub :- Avenue of Promotion to App.IIIA passed candidates – TIA &
ISA Group.
Ref :- This Association’s earlier letters dated 06-02- 2006,12-05- 2006
10-10-2006, 19-12-2006, 22-01-2007, 19-03-2007, 02-05-2007
02-09-2007, 06-11-07, 18-12-2007,28-2-2008, 24-06-2008, 15-
10-2008 &15-12-2008, 12-03-2009, 16- 6-2009,09-09-2009, 30-
09-2009 ,5-12-2009,2-02-2010 12-03-2010 & 28-4-2010.
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Railway Board’s orders dated 30-11-2006 restructured the Supervisor and supervised ratio as 1 : 3 for SO(A) cadre alone. This had created an anomalous situation wherein the seniors who qualified TIA and ISA Group more than 16 years ago are still remaining as Accounts Assistants whereas their juniors are promoted as SO(A)s.
In this connection, this Association placed many suggestions vide letters cited above for creation of additional posts of TIAs and ISAs as done during 1981 when a similar situation prevailed. Though Railway board has left the issue of creation of additional posts to Zonal Railways, Zonal Railways have not come forward to create additional posts for want of matching surrender posts.
As the TIA/ISA group qualified staff are suffering the ignominy for more than 16 long years, this Association requests Railway Board to consider upgradation of the posts of AAs who have qualified App. IIIA ( TIA & ISA group ) and waiting for promotion temporarily as TIA/ISA and the same may be down graded as and when vacancies in TIA & ISA cadre arises /additional posts are created in future. The financial implication will be very less and temporary under this scheme.” This practice of giving adhoc promotions is already in vogue in CAG’s Offices for SAS qualified candidates AND RECENTLY C&AG HAS CONVERTED NEARLY 2000 ADHOC SO POSTS AS REGULAR POSTS. (Copy enclosed)
Please consider this proposal and arrange for issue of necessary orders.
Thanking you, Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
Dated 11th June 2010
SHRI PRANAB MUKHERJEE,
HON’BLE FINANCE MINISTER OF INDIA,
NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI - 110001.
Respected Sir,
Sub : Implementation of Board of Arbitration Award.
Ref : This Association’s earlier letter dated 13-02-2010 & 12-03-
2010.
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The Audit and Accounts personnel belonging to Indian Audit & Accounts Department and other Organised Accounts Departments remember with gratitude your tenure as Finance Minister of India in Smt. Indira Gandhi’s Government in 1983 when you had addressed to the long pending grievance of Audit and Accounts Employees of IA&AD by grant of higher pay scale to the Senior Auditors at par with Assistants of Central Secretariat. In 1983, Shri Ashok Vajpayee, Congress leader of U.P. took initiative to arrange for a meeting of representatives of Staff side of IA&AD with you. As decided by you, the higher pay scale to Senior Auditors was granted w.e.f. 1.3.1984. As a result, the Fourth Central Pay Commission recommended same pay scales to Senior Auditors, Senior Accountants, Accounts Assistants and the Assistants of CSS which were accepted by the Government in 1987 by giving effect of the benefit to others from 1. 1. 1986 and in case of Senior Accountants from 1. 4. 1987. The Accounts Employees of Organised Accounts Departments under Union Government were also granted the same pay scale in accordance with the recommendation of the Fourth CPC and accepted by the Government.
However, the Government took an arbitrary decision in 1990 to upgrade the pay scale of Assistants of Central Secretariat with retrospective effect from 1.1.1986. This benefit was not extended to the Senior Auditors and Senior Accountants and created anomaly. Since then we have been insisting the successive governments to rectify the anomaly. Some employees of Audit offices in Assam and Himachal Pradesh knocked the door of Central Administrative Tribunals and won the cases. In Jabalpur, the Defence accounts employees went to CAT and won the case.
In each of these cases the Government appealed to respective High Court Benches and lost the cases. The Union Government filed SLP in Supreme Court and lost the case in case of Defence Accounts Employees of Jabalpur. In the other SLP against decisions of Guwahati and Shimla bench of High Courts, the Apex Court has upheld the SLP not on merit but left the matter to the Government to decide because the Government had mentioned that implementation of Award given by the Central Board of Arbitration is under negotiation with the Staff Side. An anomalous situation has arisen as two different decisions of the two different benches of Apex Court has resulted in extension of parity to Defence Accounts employees and denying the same to Audit employees of Assam and Shimla by two judges Bench. In case of Defence Accounts Employees of Jabalpur, the decision was given by three judges Bench and the other decision was given by two judges’ bench.
Incidentally it may be mentioned that the matter was referred to the JCM (NC) as an agenda in 1992 in which Government de -linked the Senior Auditors from the agenda and only it was pending for the Senior Accountants and Accounts Assistants of the Railway Accounts. It lingered for a long and after recording of disagreement in JCM (N.C.) the matter was referred to the Central Board of Arbitration. The Central Board of Arbitration has given an award with unanimous decision to grant higher pay scale to Senior Auditors and Senior Accountants including the Accounts Assistants of Railway Accounts with notional benefit from 1. 1. 1986 & 1.1.1996 and actual benefit from 12 11. 2001 (being the date for referring the matter to the Board).
Sir, as Hon’ble Finance Minister, Dr. Man Mohan Singh took a decision to grant higher pay scale to Senior Auditors and Senior Accountants when he was Finance minister and accordingly the Guwahati High Court was informed by the then Accountant General Mrs. A.L.Ganapati by filing an affidavit. Dr. Man Mohan Singh could not implement his decision as election code of conduct came in the way. Congress lost in the election and his decision could not be implemented. The next Government reversed his decision and informed the High Court accordingly. As leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha, Dr. Man Mohan Singh recommended our case to Shri Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister of NDA Government.
In 2003, the NDA Government took a decision to grant higher pay scale to Senior Auditors, Senior Accountants and Accounts Assistants of Railway Accounts notionally from 1. 1. 1996 and effective from 19. 2. 2003. The decision taken by the NDA Government has caused anomaly as direct pay fixation from pay scale of Rs.1400-2600 to Rs. 5500-9000 was not possible as pre revised scale of Rs.5500-9000 was Rs.1640-2900. There was no nexus between Rs.1400-2600 and Rs.5500-9000.
PRAYER
We therefore request you to kindly look into the grievance of the Audit and Accounts employees and remove the discrimination meted out to the Senior Auditors/Senior Accountants/ Accounts Assistants by implementing the Board of Arbitration Award granting upgraded pay scale of Rs. 1640-2900 from 1.1.1986 and Rs. 5500 from 1. 1. 1996. Regarding payment of arrears we are open for any negotiated settlement which may be beneficial to both the sides so that the anomaly may once again be removed for ever.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(N. SRINIVASAN)
Dated June 11’ 2010
Shri. Basudeb Acharya,
Hon’ble Member of Parliament,
New Delhi.
Respected Sir,
Sub : Anomalies in MACP Scheme for Central Govt.
Employees.
Ref : This Assn’s earlier letter dated 28-04-2010.
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The Modified Assured Carrier Progression (MACP) scheme of 6th Central Pay Commission implementation has the following features.
• Every Employee will get atleast 3 Financial upgradations in their service.
• Financial Up gradation is ensured to be given on completion of 10th , 20th , 30th year.
• Also financial upgradation will be considered if an employee stagnates for more than 10 years in a particular grade.
The above scheme, instead of proving to be beneficiary, has ironically created severe Heart burns amongst the Railway Accounts employees in view of the following:
1. This scheme does not fit in to the Accounts department where promotions are based on passing stringent qualifying Examinations and not on Seniority basis.
2. Railway Accounts department has more than one way / channel of recruitment in that lateral induction (Junior Accounts Assistant)is also encouraged while promotional avenues for the same post from the lower grade(Accounts Clerk) is available
3. An Accounts Clerk (in the initial recruitment grade) can skip two promotional Grades in hierarchy i.e Junior Accounts Assistant and Accounts Assistant and directly become a Section officer (Accounts) after qualifying the Appendix III (IREM) Examination conducted by Railway Board.
4. A Panel Seniority is being allotted on qualifying the Examination in the order of hierarchy of the post held by the Candidates qualified in the Examination and that Seniority position is reckoned for further promotions.
5. Under the MACP Scheme those Section officers who were directly recruited as Junior Accounts Assistants and those who were directly promoted from Accounts Clerk and Junior Accounts Assistant Grade have got the benefit of 3rd Financial upgradation under MACP and are placed in the next higher Grade Pay of Rs.5400/- despite being Juniors in the Panel Seniority while the Senior most Section Officers who are promoted to the grade as early as 1982 and stagnating in the Grade for 28 long years have not been given the benefit simply on the ground that hey had already earned three promotions.
6. The prohibition of stepping up of the pay of Seniors to that of their Juniors in the MACP is the root cause for their heart burns.
7. Worse of all, a directly recruited Jr. Accounts Asst who works under a Senior Section Officer also has been allotted the Grade Pay of Rs. 4800/- and Rs. 5400/- in the ACP and MACP schemes on completion of 24th and 30th year of service respectively while his Supervisor will languish by stagnating at the Grade Pay of Rs, 4800/- as he has got 3 regular promotions. In spite of their passing tough Departmental Examinations, such Section Officers will either draw the same Grade Pay of their Subordinate or less than the Grade Pay of his / her Subordinate. If a subordinate is placed in a higher Grade than the Supervisor what control can the supervisor exercise over his subordinate and what command he will have over him?.
A comparative analysis of the discriminatory nature of MACP scheme is enclosed from which the grave injustice heaped on the Sr. Supervisors can be seen.
Such an aggrieved position is not obtaining in any other department of Railways / other Central Government Departments in view of the continuous professional examinations (Training Exams, Appendix II, Appendix III) taken for their promotions instead of getting the elevation purely on seniority basis by other Railway Departments / Government Departments.
To set right this anomalous situation, this Association has already requested the Hon’ble Minister of Railways and Hon’ble Minister for DOPT to consider grant Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/- to all the Sr. Section Officers once they complete 4 years of service in the Section Officer grade. This scheme is available to the staff of many other Departments.
Your kind self is requested to urge the Railway Minister to favorably consider the above proposal and help the Seniormost employees to get their genuine grievance redressed.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
General Secretary
Dated June 11, 2010
SMT. SOWMYA RAGHAVAN
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN,NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Madam,
Sub: Anomaly in MACP - in cases of own/mutual
transfer on lower Grade to another division/unit
of same railway.
Ref: 1. Rly Bd. Lr no: PC-V/2009/ACP/2 dt 10/06/09. (RBE101/2009).
2. This Association’s earlier letter dated 28-04-2010.
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The employees who are transferred on mutual/own request basis on lower grade from one division/unit to another division/unit of the different seniority unit within the same Railway on lower/initial grade and subsequently they are again promoted have not been given the benefit of MACP in terms of para 24 of Annex of letter no. PC V/2009/ACP/II DT. 11.6.09. For example an employee appointed as JAA and after getting his AA promotion, he has been transferred on own request to another division/unit of the different seniority unit within the same Railway as JAA. In the new division/unit he again gets promoted as AA and S.O(A/Cs). In these cases Railways are counting his promotion of AA twice ( i.e. one of parent office & second of new office.)and are rejecting 3rd ACP.
In this regard it is stated that it is incorrect to count the promotion as AA twice. Further it is also pointed out that in some of the Zonal Railways there is Zonal seniority and in others division-wise seniority. In such cases if one employee joined as JAA in Central Railway and on completion of three years he was promoted as AA and transferred to other division, he doesn’t loses his 3rd ACP, whereas in case of another employee who joined in Western Railway as JAA and after getting AA’s promotion he seeks own request transfer to other division he is reverted on lower grade as JAA and takes his promotion based on the new seniority. In both the above cases being recruited through same RRB but posted in different Railways one gets 3rd MACPS benefit and another not. This Association requests your kindself to look into this anomaly and take suitable action to modify the rule under Para 24 of MACP Circular so that they are treated atleast on par with their juniors in the new Unit/Organisation.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
General Secretary
Dated June 11, 2010
SMT. SOWMYA RAGHAVAN
FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS
RAIL BHAVAN,NEW DELHI – 110001
Respected Madam,
Sub : Restructuring of Accounts cadres.
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We understand that Cadre Restructuring Committee has been formed by Railway Board to restructure the percentage of various cadres in all the departments of Railways. As regards Accounts department we would like to present the following for your favourable consideration.
The Accounts Clerks are stagnated in the Cadre for more than 10 years for want of vacancies in JAA cadre. Hence it is requested for a change in the 80 : 20 pattern of Direct Recruitment Vs Promotions as 20 : 80 since virtually there are no direct recruitments.
Similarly the ratio of ASVs : Sr. ASVs may be modified from the present 65 : 35 to 20 : 80 as large number of posts are in work charged posts under Sales Organisation which varies from year to year. At present virtually only 10 % are in ASV cadre.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Monday, May 10, 2010
PATNA HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ON PAYMENT OF ARREARS FROM 1-1-96 TO 18-02-2003
CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.11452 OF 2005
1. SUDAMA SINGH, SON OF LATE TULSI SINGH, RESIDENT OF RAILWAY
HUNDER ROAD, EAST LOHANIPUR, P.S.- KADAM KUAN, AND DISTRICT-
PATNA.
2. DINDAYAL PANDIT, SON OF SRI RAMCHANDRA PANDIT, RESIDENT OF
VILLAGE NATHOPUR, P.S.- PARSA BAZAR, P.O.- KURTHAUL, DISTRICT-
PATNA.
3. NAGENDRA PRASAD SINGH, SON OF LATE R.B. SINGH, RESIDENT OF
VILLAGE CHHOTI BADALPURA, P.O.- KHAGAUL, P.S.- DANAPUR,
DISTRICT- PATNA.
4. BIRENDRA KUMAR YADAV, SON OF SRI JAGDEO PD. YADAV, RESIDENT
OF MOHALLA KHAJE KALAN, SABJI MANDI, PATNA CITY, P.S.-
KHAJEKALAN, DISTRICT- PATNA.
5. MADHUR KUMAR RAI, SON OF SRI HULAL RAI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE
SHAHPUR DIARA, P.O.- AND P.S.- SONEPUR, DISTRICT- SARAN
(CHAPRA).
6. BRIJ MOHAN PRASAD MEHTA, SON OF SRI SHIVA BALAK PRASAD,
RESIDENT OF MOHALLA NEHRU TOLA, P.S.- BEGAMPUR, P.S.- CHOWK,
PATNA CITY, DISTRICT- KPATNA.
---------------------------petitioners
Versus
1. THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF
RAILWAYS, RAIL BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
2. THE RAILWAY BOARD THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN, RAIL BHAWAN, NEW
DELHI.
3. THE CHAIRMAN, RAILWAY BOARD, RAIL BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
4. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PAY COMMISSION-V-RAILWAY BOARD, RAIL
BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
5. THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS, RAILWAY BOARD, RAIL
BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
6. THE GENERAL MANAGER, EAST RAILWAY, CALCUTTA.
7. THE CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER, EASTERN RAILWAY, CALCUTTA.
8. THE GENERAL MANAGER, EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY, HAJIPUR (BIHAR).
9. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, EAST
CENTRAL; RAILWAY, HAJIPUR (BIHAR).
10. THE CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER, EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY HAJIPUR
(BIHAR).
11. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, DANAPUR DIVISION, EAST CENTRAL
RAILWAY, DANAPUR, DISTRICT- PATNA.
12. THE SENIOR DIVISIONAL PERSONNEL OFFICER, DANAPUR DIVISION,
EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY, DANAPUR, DISTRICT- PATNA.
13. THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, PATNA BENCH PATNA,
THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR.
-----------------------------------Respondents
For The Petitioners :M/s Pushkar Narain Shahi,
Ravi Kumar, Sanjeet Kumar Singh.
For The Respondents :Mr. Shabbir Ahmad, Advocate
P R E S E N T
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.K.KATRIAR
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KISHORE KUMAR MANDAL
S.K. Katriar, J.
This writ petition is directed against the order dated 30.06.2005(Annexure-13), passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, in O.A no. 925 of 2003 (Sudama Singh & Ors versus The Union of India & Ors), whereby the original application preferred by the present petitioners have been rejected, and the decision of the respondent authorities granting higher pay-scales to the category of the employees of the petitioners on notional basis, has been upheld.
2. A brief statement of facts essential for the disposal of the writ petition may be indicated. The recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission constituted by the Union of India were enforced w.e.f. 1.1.1996. The Indian Railways adopted the report of the Pay Commission by framing the Railway Services (Revised Pay Rules), 1997, in terms of Article 309 of the Constitution of India marked Annexure-1. After the recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission were enforced, anomalies were pointed out with respect to the recommendations so implemented. The Indian Railways considered the same, and issued orders rectifying the anomalies. In so far as the grant of appropriate pay-scales to the category of Accounts Establishment is concerned, to which the petitioners belong, the Ministry of Railways issued notification dated 7.3.2003 (Annexure-3), giving appropriate pay-scales to
the employees of this category. The supplementary notification dated 16.6.2004 (Annexure-9), deals with the post-retirement benefits admissible to this category of employees. The petitioners complain about the following clause of Annexure-3, whereby notional benefits were given to the petitioners:
“ The above revised pay scales have been granted on notional basis with effect from 01.01.96 and actual payment prospectively from the date of approval of Cabinet i.e. 19.02.2003.” The same was challenged by preferring the original application before the Tribunal, praying therein that they should have been given the actual money benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996, the date on which the recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission were enforced, rather than giving the benefit notionally. The original applicants also raised the issue of discriminatory treatment. The same has been rejected by the impugned order, inter alia, on the ground that the petitioners have not been given discriminatory
treatment.
3. We have perused the materials on record, and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. The petitioners are obviously aggrieved by the aforesaid notification dated 7.3.2003 (Annexure-3), and the consequential notification dated 16.6.2004 (Annexure-9), dealing with post-retirement benefits, whereby the benefit of higher pay-scale has not been given effect retrospectively, but on notional basis. As stated hereinabove, the Annexures- 3 and 9 applied to the employees of the Accounts Establishment of the Indian Railways,
and the petitioners belong to this category of employees.
4. Before we proceed further, we must notice the three other notifications issued by the Eastern Railway which is relevant in the present context, and is summarized herewith for the facility of quick reference:
(i) The notification dated 8.12.1998 (Annexure-4), with respect to pay-scale of Artisan staff in Railways , whereby higher pay-scales were granted after the anomalies in the recommendation of the Vth Pay Commission were detected, whereby revised pay-scales were granted with effect from 1.1.1996. The relevant clause is reproduced herein below for the facility of quick reference
“INDEX NO. 1057: Revised pay Scales of Artisan Staff in the Railways consequent upon – Vth Central Pay Commission.”
(ii) The notification dated 26.11.1999 (Annexure-5), with respect to pay-scale of Master Cook in Catering, Medical and Canteen Departments, whereby revised
pay-scales were granted with effect from 1.1.1996. The relevant clause is reproduced hereinbelow for the facility of quick reference.
“INDEX NO. 1057. Revised Pay Scale allotted to Hd. Cook and Master Cook of Catering Dept. Medical Dept. and Canteen staff w.e.f. 1.1.1996.”
(iii) The notification dated 21.1.2003 (Annexure-6), with
respect to pay-scale of Primary School Teachers in Railway Schools with monetary benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996. The relevant clause is reproduced herein below for the facility of quick reference:
INDEX NO. 1057- The senior and selection Grade Scales of Primary School Teachers in Railway Schools be revised w.e.f. 01.01.1996.
5. It is thus evident that of the four categories of employees of the Indian Railways, namely, Artisan Staff, Master Cook in Catering, Medical and Canteen Departments, and Primary School Teachers, have been given uniform treatment by identifying their appropriate pay-scales, and granting them monetary benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996, the date on which the recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission were enforced. On the other hand, the employees of Accounts Establishment have been given a differential treatment. They have not been given monetary benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996, but have instead been given notional benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996, as a result of which they have been deprived of the differential amount of salary for the period 1.1.1996 to 19.2.2003. This calls for serious consideration.
6. The only logic advanced by the respondent authorities before the Tribunal was that these three categories of employees had threatened to proceed on strike, leading to mutual negotiations, and bipartite settlements. The Tribunal has, therefore, concluded that there was a sound basis to treat the
three categories of employees differently. In the absence of such agreement governing the employees of the Accounts Establishment, the Tribunal has concluded, it cannot be said to be a case of discriminatory treatment.
7. We have given our thoughtful consideration to the matter, and entirely disagree with the approach of the learned Tribunal. Threat of strike, and the consequent agreement, cannot be a valid basis for such a discriminatory treatment. We consider it to be a most unsound basis which can never be said to provide reasonable differentia with the object sought to be achieved. No logic has been advanced that the category of employees of Accounts Establishment have to be differently treated, say, for example, nature of duties and functions, in absence of which we have no hesitation in holding that this category of employees has been subjected to hostile discrimination. It was open to the respondents to give notional benefit to the employees of the Accounts Establishment, provided the same principle were applicable to all categories of employees, in the absence of which it falls foul of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.
8. In the result, we set aside the order dated 30.6.2005, passed in O.A. no. 925 of 2003, and the orders dated 7.3.2009 and 16.6.2004 (Annexures- 3 and 9), stand modified. We take this writ petition to be in a representative category for all employees of the Accounts Establishment of the Indian Railways. all of whom shall get the benefits of appropriate pay-scales w.e.f.
1.1.1996, with payment of arrears of salary, but without the obligation of payment of interest. It goes without saying that the post-retirement benefits of such employees, who have already superannuated, shall be revised, apart from payment of arrears of salary.
There shall be no order as to costs.
Kishore K. Mandal, J : I agree.
Patna High Court
9th April, 2010
NAFT/pkj
(S.K. Katriar, J.)
( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )
1. SUDAMA SINGH, SON OF LATE TULSI SINGH, RESIDENT OF RAILWAY
HUNDER ROAD, EAST LOHANIPUR, P.S.- KADAM KUAN, AND DISTRICT-
PATNA.
2. DINDAYAL PANDIT, SON OF SRI RAMCHANDRA PANDIT, RESIDENT OF
VILLAGE NATHOPUR, P.S.- PARSA BAZAR, P.O.- KURTHAUL, DISTRICT-
PATNA.
3. NAGENDRA PRASAD SINGH, SON OF LATE R.B. SINGH, RESIDENT OF
VILLAGE CHHOTI BADALPURA, P.O.- KHAGAUL, P.S.- DANAPUR,
DISTRICT- PATNA.
4. BIRENDRA KUMAR YADAV, SON OF SRI JAGDEO PD. YADAV, RESIDENT
OF MOHALLA KHAJE KALAN, SABJI MANDI, PATNA CITY, P.S.-
KHAJEKALAN, DISTRICT- PATNA.
5. MADHUR KUMAR RAI, SON OF SRI HULAL RAI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE
SHAHPUR DIARA, P.O.- AND P.S.- SONEPUR, DISTRICT- SARAN
(CHAPRA).
6. BRIJ MOHAN PRASAD MEHTA, SON OF SRI SHIVA BALAK PRASAD,
RESIDENT OF MOHALLA NEHRU TOLA, P.S.- BEGAMPUR, P.S.- CHOWK,
PATNA CITY, DISTRICT- KPATNA.
---------------------------petitioners
Versus
1. THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF
RAILWAYS, RAIL BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
2. THE RAILWAY BOARD THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN, RAIL BHAWAN, NEW
DELHI.
3. THE CHAIRMAN, RAILWAY BOARD, RAIL BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
4. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PAY COMMISSION-V-RAILWAY BOARD, RAIL
BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
5. THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, RAILWAYS, RAILWAY BOARD, RAIL
BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
6. THE GENERAL MANAGER, EAST RAILWAY, CALCUTTA.
7. THE CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER, EASTERN RAILWAY, CALCUTTA.
8. THE GENERAL MANAGER, EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY, HAJIPUR (BIHAR).
9. THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, EAST
CENTRAL; RAILWAY, HAJIPUR (BIHAR).
10. THE CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER, EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY HAJIPUR
(BIHAR).
11. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, DANAPUR DIVISION, EAST CENTRAL
RAILWAY, DANAPUR, DISTRICT- PATNA.
12. THE SENIOR DIVISIONAL PERSONNEL OFFICER, DANAPUR DIVISION,
EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY, DANAPUR, DISTRICT- PATNA.
13. THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, PATNA BENCH PATNA,
THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR.
-----------------------------------Respondents
For The Petitioners :M/s Pushkar Narain Shahi,
Ravi Kumar, Sanjeet Kumar Singh.
For The Respondents :Mr. Shabbir Ahmad, Advocate
P R E S E N T
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.K.KATRIAR
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KISHORE KUMAR MANDAL
S.K. Katriar, J.
This writ petition is directed against the order dated 30.06.2005(Annexure-13), passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, in O.A no. 925 of 2003 (Sudama Singh & Ors versus The Union of India & Ors), whereby the original application preferred by the present petitioners have been rejected, and the decision of the respondent authorities granting higher pay-scales to the category of the employees of the petitioners on notional basis, has been upheld.
2. A brief statement of facts essential for the disposal of the writ petition may be indicated. The recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission constituted by the Union of India were enforced w.e.f. 1.1.1996. The Indian Railways adopted the report of the Pay Commission by framing the Railway Services (Revised Pay Rules), 1997, in terms of Article 309 of the Constitution of India marked Annexure-1. After the recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission were enforced, anomalies were pointed out with respect to the recommendations so implemented. The Indian Railways considered the same, and issued orders rectifying the anomalies. In so far as the grant of appropriate pay-scales to the category of Accounts Establishment is concerned, to which the petitioners belong, the Ministry of Railways issued notification dated 7.3.2003 (Annexure-3), giving appropriate pay-scales to
the employees of this category. The supplementary notification dated 16.6.2004 (Annexure-9), deals with the post-retirement benefits admissible to this category of employees. The petitioners complain about the following clause of Annexure-3, whereby notional benefits were given to the petitioners:
“ The above revised pay scales have been granted on notional basis with effect from 01.01.96 and actual payment prospectively from the date of approval of Cabinet i.e. 19.02.2003.” The same was challenged by preferring the original application before the Tribunal, praying therein that they should have been given the actual money benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996, the date on which the recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission were enforced, rather than giving the benefit notionally. The original applicants also raised the issue of discriminatory treatment. The same has been rejected by the impugned order, inter alia, on the ground that the petitioners have not been given discriminatory
treatment.
3. We have perused the materials on record, and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. The petitioners are obviously aggrieved by the aforesaid notification dated 7.3.2003 (Annexure-3), and the consequential notification dated 16.6.2004 (Annexure-9), dealing with post-retirement benefits, whereby the benefit of higher pay-scale has not been given effect retrospectively, but on notional basis. As stated hereinabove, the Annexures- 3 and 9 applied to the employees of the Accounts Establishment of the Indian Railways,
and the petitioners belong to this category of employees.
4. Before we proceed further, we must notice the three other notifications issued by the Eastern Railway which is relevant in the present context, and is summarized herewith for the facility of quick reference:
(i) The notification dated 8.12.1998 (Annexure-4), with respect to pay-scale of Artisan staff in Railways , whereby higher pay-scales were granted after the anomalies in the recommendation of the Vth Pay Commission were detected, whereby revised pay-scales were granted with effect from 1.1.1996. The relevant clause is reproduced herein below for the facility of quick reference
“INDEX NO. 1057: Revised pay Scales of Artisan Staff in the Railways consequent upon – Vth Central Pay Commission.”
(ii) The notification dated 26.11.1999 (Annexure-5), with respect to pay-scale of Master Cook in Catering, Medical and Canteen Departments, whereby revised
pay-scales were granted with effect from 1.1.1996. The relevant clause is reproduced hereinbelow for the facility of quick reference.
“INDEX NO. 1057. Revised Pay Scale allotted to Hd. Cook and Master Cook of Catering Dept. Medical Dept. and Canteen staff w.e.f. 1.1.1996.”
(iii) The notification dated 21.1.2003 (Annexure-6), with
respect to pay-scale of Primary School Teachers in Railway Schools with monetary benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996. The relevant clause is reproduced herein below for the facility of quick reference:
INDEX NO. 1057- The senior and selection Grade Scales of Primary School Teachers in Railway Schools be revised w.e.f. 01.01.1996.
5. It is thus evident that of the four categories of employees of the Indian Railways, namely, Artisan Staff, Master Cook in Catering, Medical and Canteen Departments, and Primary School Teachers, have been given uniform treatment by identifying their appropriate pay-scales, and granting them monetary benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996, the date on which the recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission were enforced. On the other hand, the employees of Accounts Establishment have been given a differential treatment. They have not been given monetary benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996, but have instead been given notional benefits w.e.f. 1.1.1996, as a result of which they have been deprived of the differential amount of salary for the period 1.1.1996 to 19.2.2003. This calls for serious consideration.
6. The only logic advanced by the respondent authorities before the Tribunal was that these three categories of employees had threatened to proceed on strike, leading to mutual negotiations, and bipartite settlements. The Tribunal has, therefore, concluded that there was a sound basis to treat the
three categories of employees differently. In the absence of such agreement governing the employees of the Accounts Establishment, the Tribunal has concluded, it cannot be said to be a case of discriminatory treatment.
7. We have given our thoughtful consideration to the matter, and entirely disagree with the approach of the learned Tribunal. Threat of strike, and the consequent agreement, cannot be a valid basis for such a discriminatory treatment. We consider it to be a most unsound basis which can never be said to provide reasonable differentia with the object sought to be achieved. No logic has been advanced that the category of employees of Accounts Establishment have to be differently treated, say, for example, nature of duties and functions, in absence of which we have no hesitation in holding that this category of employees has been subjected to hostile discrimination. It was open to the respondents to give notional benefit to the employees of the Accounts Establishment, provided the same principle were applicable to all categories of employees, in the absence of which it falls foul of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.
8. In the result, we set aside the order dated 30.6.2005, passed in O.A. no. 925 of 2003, and the orders dated 7.3.2009 and 16.6.2004 (Annexures- 3 and 9), stand modified. We take this writ petition to be in a representative category for all employees of the Accounts Establishment of the Indian Railways. all of whom shall get the benefits of appropriate pay-scales w.e.f.
1.1.1996, with payment of arrears of salary, but without the obligation of payment of interest. It goes without saying that the post-retirement benefits of such employees, who have already superannuated, shall be revised, apart from payment of arrears of salary.
There shall be no order as to costs.
Kishore K. Mandal, J : I agree.
Patna High Court
9th April, 2010
NAFT/pkj
(S.K. Katriar, J.)
( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )
Saturday, May 8, 2010
DELHI VISIT BY CENTRAL OFFICE BEARERS
Dated 6th May 2010
Dear Comrades,
I along with Sri. R.K. SARASWAT, President, REJI GEORGE, Secretary-Finance and PARTHA BHATTACHARJEE, Working president camped in New Delhi from 28th to 30th April to follow up the pending demands with Railway Board. We had fruitful meetings with top Railway Board Officials.
During our discussions with the Officials of Board we were given to understand that
1. The proposal for granting Grade pay of Rs.4800/- to Sr. AAs has been Cleared by competent authority and orders for the same is expected with in 10 days. This will enable all those who had their II ACP under the previous scheme to get Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- and they will get Rs 5400/- on completion of 30 years under the MACP scheme. We also requested for the clarification to calculating the 5% on the combined strength of SO(A)s and Sr.SO(A)s since both the cadres have been merged.
2. Orders on doubling the Qualification Allowance will be issued in a few days. AIRASA will continue to fight for the reintroduction of Grant of increments for passing App. IIA and App.IIIA.
3. The proposal sent to Finance Ministry for grant of higher Grade Pay Rs.4200/- to JAAs and Rs.5400/- to Sr.SO(A)/Sr.TIA/Sr.ISAs is under active consideration of the Finance Ministry.
4. We were also informed that VI PC Grades in respect of other categories like FPEs is still in pipeline.
5. Regarding the anomalies in MACP Railway Board officials informed that they have received large number of representations from all over Indian Railways ( in the format circulated by AIRASA) and the same are under active scrutiny and it is expected that the matter will be referred to Ministry of Finance shortly. However, the delegation had discussion with top officials including Member, Staff in the matter and impressed upon urgent positive action in the matter. We also came to know that the letter by CAG on the MACP anomalies is under active consideration by the Finance Ministry and some positive development is expected shortly. The delegation also pointed out that some Railways like S C Railway are refusing to act on the Clarificatory letter on MACP issued by Railway Board to Western Railway dated 28-01-2010 and requested the Officials to address the same to all Zonal Railways and Production Units.
6. The delegation’s demand for promotion of erstwhile Group D Staff now in Group C Status on seniority basis to the post of Accounts Clerk was appreciated and the officials agreed to put up the papers positively. AIRASA demanded modification of Recruitment Rules in this regard.
7. To mitigate the grievance of Accounts Clerks stagnated in the cadre for want of vacancies in JAA cadre, AIRASA requested for change in the 80 : 20 pattern as 40 : 60 since there are no direct recruitments being made. The proposal was well received and the Accounts directorate Officials promised to initiate papers in this regard. The matter will be followed up further.
8. We also reminded the demand for modification of Recruitment Rules for selection to the post of AAOs and submitted the copies of Recruitment Rules of other Organised Accounts and Audit which contains selection by seniority cum suitability only.
9. On the issue of creation of additional posts of TIAs/ISAs , reminders have been submitted to give adhoc promotions and the officials were requested to give directions to all the Zonal Railways to create additional posts of TIAs and ISAs.
Group B Status to SO(A)/TIA/ISA.
We expressed our anguish over non affording of Group B Status to SO(A)/TIA/ISA to top Railway Board Officials including Member, Staff and requested them to have a fresh look into the issue.
Restoration of three Additional increments to ASVs.
We pointed out to the officials despite permitting the Cash Office Staff who qualified App. IIA to volunteer for selection to the post of Accounts Stock Verifiers there is no huge response for volunteering to the post. Even the Special Allowance of Rs.1000/- has not attracted the AAs/JAAs to volunteer for the post of ASV. Hence we pointed out that the only way out is to restore the grant of three additional increments for qualifying in the App.IV Exam. We also insisted the need for extending the Special Allowance to those ASVs who came from the Cadre of JAAs. We also pointed out that many Railways are not granting MACP to Stock Verifiers duly taking their combined service in AA and ASV cadre and requested for issue of clarifications in this regard.
Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- to AAs and Arbitration Award :
The Apex JAC has reminded the Finance Minister to implement the Arbitration Award with cash benefit from 1-1-2006 and to extend the Grade pay of Rs.4600/- to all Accounts Assistants on par with Assistants of CSS.
The delegation met Hon’ble MPs Com. Basudeb Acharya and Shri. Raveendra Kumar Pandey. Both the MPs assured to take up the issue of Arbitration Award MACP anomalies with Finance Minister and Minister of DOPT personally.
Reminders on all other pending demands raised by AIRASA were also placed before the Railway Board.
Though Most of the Zonal Railways had implemented the Unit wise Dharna on 08-04-2010 in solidarity to the MASS CL program of other Audit and Accounts Staff, many Zonal Railways like Northern, NE, EC,SW,E Co and production Units have not participated in the program. It is once again reiterated that unless we show the same Unity and Solidarity as we had done during 1998 to 2003, it will be very difficult to achieve the pending demands. Huge participation in such programs only will pressurize the Government to look into our demands.
Yours Comradely,
(N.SRINIVASAN)
General Secretary
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
DAY LONG DHARNA ON 08-04-2010
ALL INDIA RAILWAY ACCOUNTS STAFF ASSOCIATION
(AIRASA) ( REG.NO 17/9621)
Dear Comrades,
All of you might be aware that how under the Fourth and Fifth Pay Commissions Railway Accounts Employees were treated badly and only through sustained struggle by all the Accounts Staff that we were able to achieve parity with Central Secretariat from 19-02-2003 for Accounts Assistants and next higher Grade for other Cadres. Now the Sixth CPC is no different and the discriminations still persist.
The Apex JAC of ACCOUNTS & AUDIT EMPLOYEES & OFFICERS ORGANISATIONS utilized the opportunity of presenting Oral evidence before the Sixth CPC and the delegation led by Com. S.K. Vyas was successful in forcefully presenting the justification for parity in Pay scales with Central Secretariat. All the Members of Pay commission were fully convinced of the fact that when ever the previous Pay Commissions extended parity , the same had been disturbed by the Government by granting higher scales outside the Pay Commission. Contrary to this personal acknowledgement, in its Report the Sixth CPC claimed that the Government never conceded Parity and gave only identical pay scales under different circumstances. The Report was accepted and implemented by the Government.
Now in the same old fashion, the Finance Ministry has granted Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- to the Assistants and Stenographers of Central Secretariat w.e.f 01-01-2006 outside the Pay Commission disturbing the parity in Pay Grades between the Central Secretariat cadres and the Organised Accounts and Audit Cadres and totally disregarding the recommendation of 6 CPC to grant absolute parity between similarly placed personal employed in field offices and in the Secretariat.
Apart from this, ignoring the recommendations of VI CPC vide Chapter 3, Government has denied the legitimate Grade Pay of Rs.4200/- to Junior Accounts Assistants.
By placing the Accounts Clerks in Grade pay of Rs.1900/-, they have almost been equated with Group D Staff now rechristened as Group C with a Grade Pay of Rs.1800/-. The above ignominy has to be fought tooth &nail.
The implementation of MACP has added insult to the injury. The scheme has lost its purpose and has served as a tool to the Authorities to divide the staff by enabling the Juniors to get placed in higher Grades leaving the Seniors to languish. In this regard, the JAC & AIRASA are demanding Stepping up of Pay for the Seniors and Grant of ACP as per departmental hierarchy.
Though the Group D Staff have been placed in Group C by allotting Grade Pay Rs.1800/-, the Railway Administration is yet to notify that their further promotion as Accounts Clerk will be on seniority basis.
The CWC met at SOLAPUR on 15-02-2010 and after thorough deliberations it has been unanimously decided to resort to ONE DAY MASS DHARNA ON 08TH APRIL 2010 in front of GM / DRM Offices.
It has been decided to give thrust to the activities of AIRASA and prepare for a sustained and united struggle by all the employees of Railway Accounts department in order to restore the lost pride, prestige and dignity of the Audit and Accounts Employees by getting the higher Grade Pay for all Grades as per the Charter of demands already placed before Railway Board.
Charter of demands :-
1. Promote all Staff in Grade Pay 1800 (erstwhile Gr.D) as Accounts Clerks on Seniority basis.
2. Grant the following pay sales to different cadres-
Accounts Clerk /Jr. Typist PB-1 with Grade Pay Rs.2400
Jr. Accts Asst./Steno Gr.II/ FPE/Sr.Typist PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4200
Accts.Asst./Steno Gr.I/ASV/Sr. FPE/Hd.Typist PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4600
SO(A)/TIA/ISA/CFPE/Sr.ASV /CA PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4800
PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.5400
On completion of 4 years.
3. Grant MACP on departmental hierarchy basis on completion of 10 years irrespective of the number of promotions already earned OR Step up pay of Senior Promotees who exhausted ACP in the event of junior drawing more pay and getting ACP in compliance with apex court judgment.
4. Grant one increment and Grade pay of Rs.4800 from the day of passing App.III(IREM) Examination.
5. Grant three increments on passing departmental confirmatory examination.(App.II & IV IREM Exams)
6. Implement Arbitration Award by granting higher pay scale notionally w.e.f.1-1-1986 and effectively w.e.f 1-1-2006.
7. Promote all App. IIA qualified Accounts Clerks as JAAs against Direct Recruitment quota.
8. Promote all Accounts Clerks who have put in 10 years of Service as JAAs.
9. Grant Group B Status to SO(A)s/TIAs/ISAs on par with other Audit and Accounts of Central Government.
10. Ministry of Railways should treat Railways Accounts as a separate entity and grant recognition to the representative body of Accounts Employees of Railways i.e. All India Railway Accounts Staff Association without any delay.
Comrades, it is time for us to come together without any cadre discrimination and put up a united fight till all the above demands are achieved.
MASS DHARNA BEFORE DRM OFFICES AND BEFORE GMs OFFICE ON 08-04-2010
ATTEND ENMASSE ! AGITATE ! ACHIEVE !
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