Sunday, March 29, 2015

PHOTOS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMENS' DAY 2015 OBSERVED IN KOLKATA  BY THE CIVIL ACCOUNTS WORKING WOMENS' GROUP WEST BENGAL BRANCH








PHOTOS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMENS' DAY OBSERVED IN DELHI BY THE WOMEN-SUB COMMITTEE OF THE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS’, DELHI STATE ON 10TH MARCH 2015





















 A.I.C.A.E.A. LETTER TO PR. CCA, CBEC IN RESPONSE TO HIS OFFICE LETTER DATED 25TH MARCH 2015


  
 All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: -                                                                                     Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                                       17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                                                              New Delhi-110001
           
No: AICAEA/HQ/A-3/2015/194-230                                                                               Dated: 27.03.2015

To,
Shri P. Sudhir Kumar,
Principal Chief Controller of Accounts,
Central Board of Excise and Customs,
R.No.105 ‘B’ Wing,
A.G.C.R. Building,
I.P. Estate,
New Delhi – 110002

Sub:     Settlement of the 20 Point Charter of Demands concerning with the employees working under the setup of Pr. CCA, CBEC including the issue declaring the DEOs as surplus.

Sir,

When a delegation of this Association comprising Shri V. Bhattacharjee, Secretary General, Shri N.K. Sharma, Finance Secretary and Shri S.C. Bamrara, Asstt. Secretary General had met the CCA, CBEC on 15th January 2015 in her chamber in presence of other officers and unit President of AICAEA, CBEC Unit, Delhi and kindly requested her to settle the long pending concerning with employees of Principal Accounts office and Pay and Accounts Offices of CBEC setup, the CCA, CBEC in turn,  had directed the Association to make a fresh request to your good-self for convening meeting with the National Executives of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category-II.
Responding to the directions of CCA, CBEC, a letter vide No. : AICAEA/HQ/A-3/2015/52-55 dated 21.01.2015 (Copy enclosed as ANNEXURE -A) was submitted, enclosing the agenda items, with the request of convening a meeting with the National Executives of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II.

But your office ignored the letter and only when the Branches of the Associations all over the country had once again resorted to protest action in the form of a daylong Dharna on 11th February 2015 in protest of the non- settlement of 20 point demands of the Association including scraping your unilateral decision to declare the Data Entry Operators as surplus, your office served a letter in the evening hours of the day vide letter No. APAR Cell/1(10)3/Association/2014-15/441 dated 11-02-2015 (Copy enclosed as ANNEXURE -B) conveying the Associations that a meeting shall be convened by the Official side on 12-02-2015 at 3.pm.

As it was not humanly feasible on the part of the National Executive members of the Associations to reach Delhi on 12th February 2015 within twenty four hours from different corners of the Country, the available office bearers of the Associations immediately called on the Sr. AO, (Estt.) of your office who was the signatory of the letter. He was explained about the aforesaid technical difficulties of the Association and it was proposed that, since the National Executive members of the Associations shall reach Delhi on 25th of February 2015 to attend the National Executive meeting of the Associations slated to be held on 25th and 26th February 2015, the meeting might be fixed on 25th February. Responding to our proposal positively, concerned Sr. AO went and discussed the matter with the competent authority and on his return informed the said representatives  that it was agreed and the Association may therefore send a letter in confirmation of its verbal proposal.

Based on the above fact, we immediately made the request for fixing the meeting on 25th February 2015 vide our letter No.AICAEA/HQ/A-3/2015/95 dated11.02.2015 (Copy enclosed as ANNEXURE-C).

But to the utter surprise of all, your office vide letter No. Admn. /1(10)3/Association/1514 dated 23rd February 2015 (Copy enclosed as ANNEXURE -D) informed Association that the meeting has been fixed on 10th April 2015.  The letter was issued by your office in such a time when majority of our out station National Executive members had boarded the Train and many of them had already covered a long distance towards Delhi.  But being very responsible in its approach, the Association also requested you very humbly, through its letter No. AICAEA/HQ/A-3/2015/100 dated 24.02.2015(Copy enclosed as ANNEXURE -E)  to kindly fix the meeting on a convenient date before 15th March 2015 for discussion and early settlement of the long pending issues of the employees.  But no response was there from the end of the authorities. Inspite of this, the Association made its sincere   attempt of discussion with the Sr. AO (Admin.)  on 25th of February also, inquiring about the modification in the date as requested by us. But he tried to evade any discussion.

When it was observed that your Administration was neither serious in its approach nor inclined to discuss with the National Executive Members of the Associations for the settlement of the Demands, obviously, such a callous attitude on the part of your administration had precipitated the resentment of the employees throughout the country and the Federal Executive Members of the National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations and office bearers of the Branches of Delhi  were constrained to take the decision to sit for Dharna in front of your office on 25th February 2015 in protest of your decision to postpone the date of the meeting from 25th February to 10th April 2015 and on  the demand of settlement of long pending 20 point Charter of Demands and also  in protest of the issue of  declaring the DEOs as surplus.

However, 26th March, 2015 your administration telephonically informed the undersigned that our request for preponing the date of meeting was not accepted by the authority and it has been again decided unilaterally to convene the meeting on 10th April 2015. Subsequently a letter dated 25th March 2015 has been emailed to the Association on the same day at 5.59 pm confirming your decision to convene the meeting on that date itself.

After considering the above discussed developments, the Association has directed me to inform you
that the Association is not averse to mutual dialogue. But such dialogue should be on a mutually agreed convenient date so that the official side is able to concentrate on the issues and National Executive Members of the Associations, from various stations, are able to attend the meeting.

We assumed that you would kindly consider our request for preponing of date and fix the meeting within 31st March 2015. But in the absence of any communication from your end till 26th March 2015, organizational travel plans were framed out for the National Executive members in connection with the call of the Joint Council of Action of The Central Government Employees towards “March To Parliament On 28th April 2015” for settlement of 7th CPC related demands and the demands like Merger of DA etc which embrace all sections of the Central Govt. Employees and Officers. So, due to pre-occupied organizational work, it is not possible for them to make themselves available at New Delhi on 10th April 2015. Therefore, under the above circumstance we request you to convene the meeting on another mutually agreed date in the month of April 2015 itself.

I am also directed to state that, it is also essential to create conducive atmosphere for mutual dialogue and hence you may kindly direct your administration to-

1.      Withdraw all orders issued threatening the employees that their participation in peaceful meetings of the Association even during lunch hour shall make them liable for disciplinary actions.

2.      Comply with the directive of the Controller General of Accounts and also as per Government of India norm, issue the open pass to the Secretary General of the Association who is a member of the Departmental Council (JCM).

I am further directed to request you that, as per JCM norm travelling allowance may be granted to the National Executive Members who shall attend the meeting from the stations other than Delhi.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Enclo: as above
(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
Copy to:-

1.      The Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, Loknayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003
2.      The Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, North Block, New Delhi- 110001.
3.      The Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, North Block, New Delhi – 110001.
4.      All Federal Executive Members including National Women Committee Members of National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations.

(V.Bhattacharjee)

Secretary General



Thursday, March 26, 2015


A.I.C.A.E.A. LETTER TO CCA, MINISTRY
OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ON THE ISSUES OF KOLKATA


     
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: -                                                                                               Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                                    17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                                    Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                                                                        New Delhi-1100

No: AICAEA/HQ/C-1/2015/169-171                                                                                         Dated: 18.03.2015

To,
            The Chief Controller of Accounts,
            Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
            Room No. 147, ‘A’ Wing, Nirman Bhawan,
            New Delhi–110011

Subject: - Settlement of the problems referred by the PAO, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Kolkata Unit.

Reference: - This Association’s letter No. AICAEA/HQ/C-1/2014/2252-54 dated 26-02-2014.

Madam,

            With reference to the above and in pursuance of the discussion held with the Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 10th February 2015, I would like to  draw your kind attention to the following few lines –

1.                  Payment of Minimum wages to DEOs engaged in PAO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata:-
Through the letter dated 1st September 2014, the Unit Association of PAO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata had brought it to your kind notice that the outsourced employees engaged in the PAO, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Kolkata as Data Entry Operators have not only been receiving less pay then the rate prescribed by the Ministry of Labour but also lesser than their counterparts working in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare itself. Alongwith its letter, the Unit Association had also forwarded a detailed note analyzing the entire fact for your perusal and favorable action.
As  10 posts of Accountant/Senior Accountant, 4 posts of LDCs and 4 posts of MTS  were vacant in PAO, Ministry Of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata , it was decided by the  CCA, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to recruit 5(Five) Data Entry Operators through third party (Contractor) to meet the shortfall.  These DEOs were granted  Rs. 339/-  per day in spite of the fact that being Graduates and  Computer trained,   they fall under the category of “Highly Skilled” and  they had been engaged  against regular works being performed by the Accountant, Senior Accountant and LDC.
Data Entry Operators engaged in the Central Drug Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata have been receiving daily wages @ Rs. 405/- and the Pay Accounts Office, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata is making payment of the Bills preferred by DDO concerned. The Copies of the Bills are enclosed herewith for your ready reference. Therefore, the DEOs working PAO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata are being paid less than their counterparts.
Moreover, the explanations below Part II of the Schedule of Government of India extra ordinary Gazette Notification No. 800 dated May 20th, 2009(copy enclosed) stipulated that-
(a)    If there are two rates for the Highly Skilled category, the higher rate is to be protected (Explanation No. 2 below Part II of the Schedule). This fact has further been clarified vide Note of the order No. B-27(1)/2013 dated 1-4-2013 issued by the Dy. Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Mumbai (copy enclosed).
(b)   The minimum wage of DEO is to be determined after allowing Variable Dearness Allowances (explanation No. 7, below Part II of the Schedule). 
(c)    The minimum rates of wage include also the wage for weekly day of rest (explanation No.3 below Part II of the Schedule) which implies that pay is to be given for 26days and not 22days.
Further, the Ministry of Labour, Government of India vide OM No. 14(113)Misc. RLC (coord)/ 2012 dated 23rd January 2014 provided the detailed guidelines regarding engagement of workers through Contractors by the Ministries and Departments of Central Government (Copy enclosed).
In view of the above we request the following-
1.      Wage to DEOs may be given for 26days instead of 22 days.
2.      Discrimination in wages of DEO may be removed by granting the wage equal to the wage being paid to the DEOs of Central Drugs Laboratory, O/o the DDC (I) of ADC (I).
3.      Variable Dearness Allowance may be given to DEOs twice in a year.
4.      Higher rate of wage may be protected in r/o DEOs to determine the minimum wage.
5.      The Ministry of Labour order No. 14(113)Misc.RLC(coord)/2012 dated 23rd January 2014 may be implemented in the matter of engagement of DEOs.
2.                  Filling up of vacant posts:-
In the year 2011, the office of the Controller General of Accounts issued orders directing the heads of the Civil Accounts organization to upload the data relating to vacancy to website of Staff Selection Commission within stipulated time. The arrangement was in operation in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 also.  Various Ministries and Departments of Civil Accounts organizations which had taken action promptly could fill up large number of vacancies as they were allotted candidates by the Staff selection Commission from among the qualified candidates of examinations of 2012 and 2013.

But the office of the CCA, Ministry of Health and family Welfare did not send its requirement to the Staff Selection Commission at that time and due to this the posts have been left vacant in this organization.

Therefore, we request you to kindly initiate steps for filling up of vacant posts immediately as the office is suffering from huge shortage of staff.

The PAO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata Unit alongwith the West Bengal Branches of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II have been agitating for settlement of above demands. However, responding to an assurance of the authority, the Unit Association and the aforementioned Branch Associations had suspended their agitational programmes after holding three days continuous Dharna in January 2015. But it is nearly two months they have not yet received any favourable response from the authorities.

            It will therefore, be highly appreciable, if you kindly intervene into the state of affairs and settle above issues at the earliest.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Enclo: as stated above





 (V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General

Copy to:-

1.      Shri Subhendu Roy Choudhury, Branch Secretary, AICAEA, West Bengal Branch, O/o Controller of Accounts, CAO, GSI, 5&6 Espalnade East, Kolkata-700069.
2.      Shri Shantanu Bhattacharjee, Vice–President, A.I.C.A.E.A., Pay and Accounts Office, Health and Family Welfare, 8 Esplanade East, Kolkata – 700069.



(V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General








 Letter to CCA,MHA by All India Civil Accounts Employees Association for formal meeting on charter of Demands

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNIZED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
Central Headquarters
Phone No. 011-23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926 e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: -                                                                                     Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                           17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                                                       New Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/A-3/MHA/2015/129-135                                                                   Dated:  02.03.2015

To,
            Shri Bhupal Nanda,
            Chief Controller of Accounts,
            Ministry of Home Affairs,
            Room No. 127-D, North Block,
            New Delhi – 110001

Subject: - Request for formal meeting with the representatives of the Associations for discussion and settlement of issues concerning with the staff.

Sir,
            With reference to our discussion in your Chamber on 16th December 2014, I am forwarding herewith the agenda items with the request for a formal meeting with Delhi based representatives of the Associations.

            It is also requested that, the Presidents and Secretaries of AICAEA and AICAEA CAT II, West Delhi Branches (PAO, CRPF) may kindly be permitted to attend the meeting.

             It will be highly appreciable, if you kindly convene the meeting at an early date and direct your office to inform us the date of the meeting at least three days in advance.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Enclo: as above


(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General

  
ITEMS OF AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION

1.         Filling up of vacant posts:-

There is large number of vacancies in different PAOs. In PAO, CISF, and Kolkata and PAO, CISF, Chennai position has been reported to be very acute. Further, Centralization GPF accounts are causing harm to the interest of the employees of Civil Accounts Organization. It needs to be addressed.
                                                    

2.         End of Discrimination in Encadrement:-

At the time of encadrement, the post of Constable in PAO, CRPF was encadred as MTS in PB-I with grade pay of Rs:- 1800/- while the same category of employees in PAO, BSF were encadred as LDCs with grade pay of Rs:- 1900/-. This discrimination is required to be removed.

3.         Removal of discrimination in the process of endrement and promotion as AAO selectively:-
In PAO, CRPF, a section of the employees have been granted extra advantage in the process of encadrement and also given extra facilities in giving consent for the same by the local Admn. It has resulted serious discrimination and a large number of employees have been deprived from the benefit of having the post of AAO. Representations of some of the affected officials have been forwarded to Pr. Acctts Office by PAO, CRPF, New Delhi on 06.03.2013 for consideration of the matter. Since it is discrimination requires to be addressed early.

4.         Induction of Inspector (Min) of PAO, CRPF, New Delhi:-
The inspectors working in PAO, CRPF had not been granted Grade Pay applicable to them at the time of encadrement in Civil Accounts Organization. Hence their grievances need to be redressed.

5.         Request for consideration of requests for transfer:-
             Requests for transfer of the following officials may kindly be considered favorably.

Sl. No.
Name of Official
Requests
1.                  
Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, Sr. Accountant
Unilateral transfer to Jaipur (Rajasthan) on compassionate ground which is not yet materlised.
1.                  
Shri Venugopal K.G, Sr. Accountant
unilateral transfer to Trivandrum or Cochin (Kerala) on compassionate ground as his wife is serving in Trivandrum, Kerala Govt.
2.                  
Shri Jaiswal, Sr. Accountant
 Transfer to Jallandhar (Punjab) which is not yet materlised.
3.                  
Shri Ajun Pandy, Sr. Accountant
Transfer to RPAO, Patna due to domestic problem.
4.                  
Shri N.K. Pandey, Sr. Accountant
Transfer to RPAO, Lucknow due to domestic problem.
5.                  
Shri Francy T. Jose, Sr. Accountant
Transfer to CBDT/CBEC/Agriculture Cochin as his wife is serving in Cochin.
6.                  
Shri Jagjeet Singh, Sr. Accountant
Transfer to CBDT, Amritsar on medical ground.

6.         Inter – PAO transfer – Consideration of problems regarding:-                                           
Transfer Orders of staffs are being issued from one PAO to another PAO within Delhi. As  these transfers are causing serious impediments to schooling of children of officials, representation of the employees may be considered sympathetically.

7.         Remuneration to MTS for performance of additional duties:-
MTS are required to be performed duty beyond their normal duty hours such as opening and closing of all Sections of PAO CRPF which is the largest PAO. Remuneration to the tune of Rs. 2400/- pm may please be provided to them for performing the extra duties.

8.         Posting of Husband & Wife in same station:-
As per DOP&T OM No. 28034/9/2009-Estt (A) dated 30/9/2009 Husband and Wife serving in Central Government Departments shall mandatorily be considered for posting to same place/station. As the Husbands of some of the women officials of PAO, CRPF have been posted out of Delhi and they are facing various difficulties. They are unable to lead a normal family life and ensure education and welfare of their children. Some of the examples are as discussed below-
Sl. No.
Details of Official working in PAO
Details of spouse working in CRPF
Present place of posting
1.                  
K. Jayasri, Sr. Accountant
No. 850781716 Inspector (M) K. Chandrasekharan
166 Bn CRPF, Jammu
2.                  
Hima Mishra, Sr. Accountant
No. 851540062 SM/M Harish Chandra Mishra
Group Centre, CRPF, Sonipat (Hayana)
3.                  
Charan Bala, Sr. Accountant
No. 8816200981 Insp(M) Bhodhraj Sharma
Group Centre, CRPF Kootah (J&K)
4.                  
Anita Walia, Sr. Accountant
No. 921800486 Insp(Steno) Vineet Walia
Office of IG, CRPF, Tripura, Agartala
5.                  
Geeta Joshi, Sr. Accountant
No. 861680141 SM/M Narendra Prasad Joshi
Group Centre, CRPF Gurgaon, Haryana
6.                  
Leena Sabu, Sr. Accountant
No. 881020083 SI/Crypto Sabu T.L
119 Bn CRPF, Jorhat (Assam)

It is requested that above cases may be considered sympathetically and necessary action to post the spouse at the same stations may be taken.                                                                                         

9.         Removal of discrimination in grant of transfer TA:-
In the recent past, the officials transferred from New Delhi to Patna have been granted transfer TA benefits while the officials transferred to Kolkata have been denied the benefit. The discrimination may therefore, be removed.

10.       Grant of MACP:-
Request for grant of 3rd MACP from the actual due date in Smt. Kalpana Dutta, Sr. Accountant is pending for settlement.

11.       Compassionate appointment:-
One of cases of compassionate appointments in  respect of  Shri Anil Kumar, S/o Late Rajpal Singh, Delhi is lying pending since 2011. This compassionate appointment case may kindly be settled early.