Monday, September 27, 2010

Minutes of MACP anomalies committee Meeting held on 15-09-2010

Dated: 26th September, 2010




Dear Comrade,







The 2nd meeting of the MACP Committee was held on 15th September, 2010. The meeting was chaired by the Joint Secretary (Estt.) Department of Personnel and Training. We give hereunder a brief resume of the discussions on various issues taken up by the Staff Side.







1. Item No. 1, 9 and 29,46: The demand was to provide for Grade Pay of the next promotional post under MACP as was given in the old ACP Scheme. This has not been agreed to.



2. Item No.3. Option for each individual employee either to retain the old ACP scheme or to switch over to MACP. It was only agreed by the DOPT that they may consider giving option to the Department and not to the individual employee to retrain old ACP Scheme in respect of either the entire establishment of that Department or for a specific category or cadre of the employees of that Department. They also added that they may instruct the Administrative department to undertake restructuring of the cadres in consultation with the Staff Side which would secure quicker promotion.



3. Item No. 8. Anomaly in respect of Junior Engineers of CPWD. The Official side agreed that CPWD may ask for option to retain the old ACP in respect of Junior Engineers which will be considered.



4. Item No. 2, 10 and 48. The Scheme of MACP to be implemented with effect from 1.1.2006. Not agreed to.



5. Item No. 7.Grant of financial up-gradation under ACP between 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008 in respect of employees who have opted the revised Pay Band Grade Pay System with effect from 1.1.2006. Agreed to.



6. Item No. 4 and 26. Applicability of MACP scheme to Group D employees placed in the grade pay of Rs. 1800 in PB1. along with the benefit of 3% increment in each stage of up-gradation. Covered by the clarification already issued by the Department of personnel ( See their website)



7. Item No. 5 and 23. Counting of 50% of service rendered by a casual labourer with temporary status for reckoning the 10, 20 and 30 years of service for the purpose of MACP. They will examine the court ruling in this regard according which the entire casual service should count for the purpose of MACP.



8. Item No. 6. Supervised staff placed in higher grade pay than their supervisor. The item has been transferred to the National Anomaly Committee for discussion.



9. Item No.11 and 47. In the Railways and some other departments, promotion continues to be given in the merged pay scales, since these have not been functionally merged. It was demanded that in such promotion increment at the rate of 3% may be granted. The Official side has agreed to consider such cases, if taken up by the respective departments.



10. Item No. 15, 22, 39 and 51.These would be considered in the Anomaly Committee of Railways.



11. Item No. 12, 30 and 49. Those selected under LDCE/GBCE schemes may be treated as directly recruited personnel as was done in the case of old ACP scheme. The Official side agreed to look into it.



12. Item Nos. 13, 16. 24 , 50 and 58. It was pointed out that under old ACP scheme in case of an employee who were reverted from higher post to lower post at this request ( to enable him to get transfer to another recruiting unit) the service rendered by him in the higher post was counted for the benefit of ACP. This should be extended to the MACP as well. The Official side agreed to issue necessary clarification in this regard.



13. Item No.14. A departmental employee who has been appointed to a higher grade by virtue of his being selected in a Direct Recruitment Examination the ten, twenty and thirty years of service for the purpose of MACP to be reckoned from the date of such appointment. Necessary clarificatory order has been issued by the DOPT. ( Please see their website)



14. Item No. 16. The service rendered by an employee who had resigned may be counted if he is given re-employment for the purpose of MACP. The Official side wanted this item to be processed separately.



15. Item No. 17. The service rendered prior to removal or dismissal should count if he is reinstated on appeal or by Courts. The Official side stated that the past service will be considered if so ordered by the Court or the Appellate Authorities.



16. Item No. 36. The service rendered in a State Government/Statutory body /PSU before appointment in the Central Govt. to be counted for MACP. Not agreed to.



17. Item No. 37 and 38. Counting the probation period for the purpose of MACP. This is counted as per the scheme



18. Item No. 42. Application of MACP to a surplus hand redeployed to lower post. This is covered under the scheme.



19. Item No. 18 and 54. A person de-categorised on medical grounds to be treated as a fresh appointee. It was not agreed to .



20. Item No. 41. The service rendered in higher grade who have been redeployed in the lower post on medical de-categorised on medical grounds may be counted under the MACP. The official side agreed to reiterate Railway Board's order issued in the year 2005.



21. Item No. 19, 33 and 53. Stepping up benefit to seniors when the juniors get higher pay on account of financial up-gradation. The Supreme Court has given such an order. The Official side will examine this issue and the copy of the Supreme Court's order may be furnished to them.






22. Item No.20. The Account Assistants in the Railways when appointed on qualifying the Appendix II Examination may be treated as a fresh appointee and his past service in the lower post be ignored. The Railway Board to process this case separately.



23. Item No. 21.27 and 28. The Bench mark of good for entitlement to MACP benefit in cases where promotion to the higher posts is on the basis of seniority cum fitness may be done away with. Agreed to examine and issue necessary clarification.



24. Item No. 24, 40 and 45. Counting of Training period. The induction training period would be counted.



25. Item No. 25. The incentive may be given as applicable to the grade pay granted under MACP. This may be considered by the Railways.



26. Item No.31. Extension of MACP to Staff Car Drivers and other Drivers etc. The orders have been issued separately.



27. Item No.34. Pay fixation on promotion subsequent to the grant of MACP with an increment. This was not accepted.



28. Item No. 35. Notional classification for Central Government employees Insurance scheme for those with Grade Pay of Rs. 4200 to be treated as Group B and covered by the scheme for Group B. Not accepted.



29. Item No.43. There are several illustrations given relating to Railway employees. These were not discussed and each case was asked to be processed separately.



30. Item No. 55. There are no provisions for grant of certain privileges/incentive on grant of MACP as was there in the old ACP scheme. The Item may be considered by the Railway administration.







Due to some unavoidable circumstances, we could not place this letter on our website immediately after the meeting. We regret for the same.







With greetings,



Yours fraternally,



Sd/-



K.K.N. Kutty



Secretary General



Posted by Confederation Of Central Government Employees at 6:42 AM

latest on PATNA JUDGEMENT ON Payment of Arrears

The Contempt Petition filed by Shri. SUDAMA SINGH and others against CRB, FC and FA&CAO/ECR for having failed to implement the High Court Order in CASE No.11452 OF 2005 directing the Administration to pay the Arrears of Pay due to the Accounts Employees from 1-1-96 to 18-02-2003 came up for hearing today i.e 21-09-2010. The High Court has ordered Notice to the Government returnable with in 3 Weeks failing which Contempt proceedings will be initiated against CRB, FC and FA&CAO/ECR.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

ZONAL LEVEL DHARNA ON 15-09-2010

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



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