JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE OF
ACCOUNTS & AUDIT EMPLOYEES &
OFFICERS ORGANISATIONS
17/2 – C, P & T Quarters, Kali Bari Marg, New Delhi: - 110001
No: JAC/ Circular-4/2014
Date: 15th
February 2014
To
Chief Executive of Constituent Organisations
&
Conveners, local JACs
Dear Comrades,
We
congratulate you for having observed dharna by Executive Committee Members on
29th January ‘14 all over the country in almost of all the offices
of IA&AD & Organised Accounts. We also take note of the fact that 48
hour strike call on 12-13 February ‘14 has been to a certain extent implemented
in many offices of IA&AD and organised Accounts.
These
measures have had its impact and a meeting with JS (Per) (i.e. Joint Secretary,
Department of Expenditure) to discuss the agenda item 28 of National Anomaly
Committee regarding Audit / Accounts wage structure took place on 14
February,14 (i.e. very next day of our strike action).
The gist of the discussion is as under:
Pay Scale of Auditors/Accountants:
We pointed
out that the Six Central Pay Commission in para 7.56.8, 7.56.9 and Para 7.56.13
has only recommended the revised pay structure of SA (7.56.8), SO, AAO, AO
& SAO (Para 7.56.9) and Divisional Accountant the Sr. DAO (Para 7.56.13).
As regards other posts in IA&AD & organised Accounts i.e.
Auditors/Accountants the Six Central Pay commission had separately recommended
(vide para 7.56.10) parity between Secretariat and non-secretariat in chapter
3.1 of the report.
In
para 3.1.14 it has been specifically stated that the posts of
Auditor/Accountants being in the Pay Scale of 4500-7000 should be placed in the
PB-2 (Rs.9300-34800) with GP of 4200.
However
Auditor/Accountants have been given the pay structure of PB-1 (5200-20200)
Grade Pay of 2800 which is incorrect. On the basis of para 3.1.14
Auditor/Accountants should be placed in PB2 (9300-34800) with Grade Pay of
4200.
Senior Auditors/Accountants
In Para
7.56.8, the Six Central Pay Commission had recommended for Sr
Auditor/Accountant (SA) PB-2, GP 4200 in which the Assistants of Central
Secretariat and SA has been placed. The observation of Six CPC that Govt. had
never conceded the principle of parity between Assistants of Central
Secretariat Services and SA is not factually correct. In the year Nov.1983
Govt. has proposed to grant the pay scale of Assistant of Central Secretariat
i.e. 425-800 to 80% posts of Auditors. Again the 4 CPC has recommended the pay
scale of 1400-2600 to Assistant of Central Secretariat and SA on the basis of
merit which was accepted by Government. Finally the pay scale of Assistant of
Central Secretariat i.e. 5500-9000 was granted to SA notionally w.e.f. 1.1.96.
From
these developments, it is fully established that parity between Assistant of
CSS & SA has been conceded by the Government time and again. Now after the Sixth CPC, the Government has
further upgraded the pay scale of Assistants of Central Secretariat to PB-2
9300-34800 with GP of 4600 w.e.f. 1.1.2006. With effect from 1.1.2006 the Sr
Auditors/Accountants should also be granted the GP of 4600 in PB-2, 9300-34800.
Assistant Audit /Accounts Officers
In para
7.56.9 6th CPC has made the following recommendations: ‘The post of
SO will be placed in the next higher pay scale carrying the GP of 4800 in PB-2
which corresponds to the pre-revised pay scale of 7500-12500. This upgradation
will place the posts of SO and AAO in an identical pay scale, thus
necessitating the upgradation of the later category (AAO)’. The 6 CPC had
therefore recommended that the post of AAO & AO should be merged.
Government have in their resolution dated 29.08.2008 decided that post of SO
and AAO should be merged ‘as per recommendation of 6 CPC’.
From
this it is very clear that the Government have erroneously read the
recommendation of pay commission according to which the posts of AAO & AO
should be merged. This error has to be rectified by merging the posts of AAO
with AO granting the pay with GP of 5400 in PB-2.
Accounts/Audit Officers
Audit &
Accounts Officer had been assigned the pre-revised pay scale of 7500-12000
w.e.f. 1.1.96 as recommended by 5th CPC. As a result of
re-structuring in 1990, 20% posts of Divisional Accountants have been upgraded
as Gr. DAO in the pre-revised pay scale of 7500-12000 bringing them at par with
AOs. Therefore the AO should be placed in PB-2 GP of 5400 in which Sr. DAOs
have been placed on the basis of recommendations of 6 CPC in para 7.56.13 and
not in PB-2, GP of 5400 as has been done. Consequently Sr. AOs have to be
granted the next higher grade PB-3, GP 6600.
In this connection the observation of 6 CPC
that the entry pay for IA&AS is presently 8000-13500 - which is identical
to the scale of SAOs - upgrading their pay scale any further will place them in
a higher level than the entry grade of IA&AS, which is a promotion post.
This observation is not based on actual practice. AOs when they are promoted to
Gr. A post, they are not placed in the entry grade of IA&AS, but in the
post of Dy. Accountant General which is in the PB-3, GP of 6600. Therefore the
perceived anomaly would not at all arise and Sr. AO can legitimately be placed
in PB-3 GP of 6600 to maintain the vertical relativity.
We
also pointed out the press release issued by PIB dated 14th August
2008, conveying the Cabinet decisions implementing the recommendations of 6
CPC. In Para 11.5 of this release, it has been stated that Government has
continued the present position of granting
Group A scale to Gr B officers after completion of 4 years of service
and this officers would be placed in PB-3 instead of PB-2 recommended by 6CPC.
This would benefit the Gr. B officers of Railway Accounts Services, CSSS,
DANICS &DENIPS.
However
this dispensation which has been allowed to all Gr. B officers of the
categories specified above except in Audit/Accounts Services. Therefore, what
has been given is in contrary to the above policy of the Government.
Comrades,
The
above gist of discussions should be explained to the entire membership through
pamphlets, separately for each category so that the justification for
upgradation in the pay structure is fully understood by them. General Body
meetings should also be held where this circular is read and discussed. Members
should be encouraged to offer their views and comments on the justification
which has been placed by us before the Government for upgrading our wage
structure. The membership should be informed that only if we collectively
manifest our unity through massive dharnas, mass deputation etc the Government
may pay head to our arguments and consider them.
To
create requisite pressure upon Government we should organise demonstrations,
Dharna, Mass deputations etc once in every fortnight. It is only then that when
another meeting is held with Js(Per) & JS (Estt) meaningful negotiations
may take place and some outcome may be
there. As we want that our legitimate demand for upgraded wage structure should
be agreed by the Government we have to organise every fortnight programmes,
dharna, mass deputation, etc. It would be necessary that a continued campaign
is carried out amongst the membership that the entire membership is organised
and mobilised in these programmes. Please implement these programmes and
intimate the total strength of membership and the number of membership who
participated in the programmes.
The
apex JAC will meet again in June or even earlier if the next meeting with the
Government takes place earlier to review the mobilisation achieved through
these programmes as also the outcome of negotiations and then to decide further
intensification of the struggle for upgraded wage structure. Therefore, as per
our decision of the Joint National Executive meeting of 11th January
2014, we shall have to go ahead with the programmes of Joint Dharna by all the
constituents of the station in the 2nd or 3rd week of
March 2014 and Massive signature campaign during April/May 14. Date of Dharna
and the format for signature campaign shall be finalised and circulated
shortly.
With
greetings,
Yours fraternally,
(V.
Bhattacharjee)
Convener
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