Wednesday, June 14, 2017

LETTERS OF A.I.C.A.E.A. TO C.G.A.

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNIZED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
Central Headquarters
Phone No. 011-23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926 e-mail:- aicaeachq@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-40/2017/359                                                                       Dated: 14. 06.2017

To,
            Shri Anthony Lianzuala,
            Controller General of Accounts,
            Ministry of Finance,
            Department of Expenditure,
            4th Floor, GPOA, Block-E, INA,
            New Delhi – 110023

Subject: -  Unilateral discontinuation of foreign service facility to All India Civil Accounts Employees  Association in violation of DOPT instructions and ignoring the role of CGA.

Sir,

            In continuation of this Association’s letter No AICAEA/HQ/A-40/2017/351-354 Dated: 10. 06.2017, I have been directed to draw your kind attention to the following few lines -

1.     The Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi vide its letter F. No.B-12020/2/2003-Ad.IX dated 15-01-2007 had conveyed the decision of the Central Board of Direct Taxes to The President of the Income Tax Employees Federation not to extend the deputation period of Shri K. K. N. Kutty, Secretary General(copy enclosed as ANNEXURE –A1)

Responding to the above letter of Central Board of Direct Taxes, the   Income Tax Employees Federation vide its letter No. Itef/Z-1/2007 dated 19-02-2007 had forwarded the Department of Posts Circular No:- 86-5/200-SPB-II dated 5th March, 2002 (copy already forwarded to your office by this Association) and requested to  the Board authorities to grant extension of foreign Service period of Shri K. K. N. Kutty, Secretary General, Income Tax Employees Federation(copy enclosed as ANNEXURE –A2).

The Central Board of Direct Taxes had accepted the request made by the   Income Tax Employees Federation  through its letter dated 19-02-2007 and vide letter No F. No.B-12020/2/2003-Ad.IX dated 21-03-2007 had extended the Foreign Service period of Shri K. K. N. Kutty, Secretary General, Income Tax Employees Federation uninterruptedly. The Board had also endorsed the copy of its letter to the CCIT, Chennai where Shri K.K.N. Kutty was originally posted (copy enclosed as ANNEXURE –A3).

2.     Shri M.S. Raja Secretary General, All India Audit & Accounts Association is working in his Association on Foreign Service terms. He is a Senior Accountant in the office of the Principal Accountant General Accounts and Entitlement, Maharashtra, Mumbai.  The requests of Shri M.S. Raja, Secretary General, All India Audit & Accounts Association to continue with the Foreign Service facility un-interruptedly is being approved by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

In support of the above facts, we are enclosing the copies of the Principal Accountant General Accounts and Entitlement, Maharashtra, Mumbai “OFFICE ORDER” No. Admn-I/Deptn/Sr. Acctt/MSR/28 dated 17-05-2016 and letter No. Admn-I/Deptn./MSR/9801 dated 09-02-2017 and also the Comptroller and Auditor General letter No. Staff (app-1/06-2017 279 dated 17-02-2017 as ANNEXURE- B1, ANNEXURE-B2 and ANNEXURE- B3 respectively for your kind perusal.

            Therefore, I have been directed further by the Association to request you to kindly consider the above submission and the submissions made by us through our earlier correspondences and take a favorable decision on the matter of continuation of Foreign Service facility uninterruptedly.

           
Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,
Enclo: as stated above

(V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
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All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNIZED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
Central Headquarters
Phone No. 011-23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926 e-mail:- aicaeachq@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-40/2017/351-354                                                               Dated: 10. 06.2017

To,
            Shri Anthony Lianzuala,
            Controller General of Accounts,
            Ministry of Finance,
            Department of Expenditure,
            4th Floor, GPOA, Block-E, INA,
            New Delhi – 110023

Subject: -  Unilateral discontinuation of foreign service facility to All India Civil Accounts Employees  Association in violation of DOPT instructions and ignoring the role of CGA.

Sir,

            The National Executives Meeting of this Association held today has reviewed the outcome of the official meeting held between the official side of the Office of the Controller General of Accounts and the National Executive of this Association on 9th June 2017 under the Chairpersonship of Joint Controller General of Accounts. Apart from other items, while reviewing the outcome of the discussion and assurance of official side to take a favorable decision in a week’s time on the issue of unilateral discontinuation of Foreign Service facility to All India Civil Accounts Employees Association in violation of DOPT instructions and ignoring the role of CGA by the office of the Principal CCA, CBEC, the meeting of the National executive has decided bring the following matters to your kind information:-

1.     Ministry of Labour &  Employment OM. No. 18/21/60-LRI dated 09-05-1961 and Ministry of Finance OM No. 1(10)-EIII (B)/75 dated 20.10.1975 has  extended  the facilities to the representatives of recognized Unions/Associations of Central Government employees  to work as Union functionaries on Foreign Service terms.

Accordingly, the Foreign Service facilities to the service Associations/ unions of Income Tax Department, Department of Post, Indian Audit and Accounts Department and Railways etc  has been granted by the apex authorities concerned and the same procedure is applicable to Civil Accounts Organization too.

Therefore, it is amply clear that the discretion of extending Foreign service facilities to All India Civil Accounts Employees Association which is representing the employees working under more than 35 (thirty five) Heads of the Departments of Civil Accounts Organization rest with the authority who have granted the recognition i.e. Controller General of Accounts and not on any other subordinate authority to the Controller General of Accounts.

Accordingly, the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association being recognized at the level of CGA, it had sought Foreign Service facility for the Association and the same was made effective with effect from 09.02.2007.

Further, the Association never requested the Pr. CCA, CBEC, New Delhi to extend Foreign Service facility to the Association who is not at all competent to take any decision on this matter.

2.     The clarifications of DOPT circulated by the Department of Posts vide its Circular No:- 86-5/200-SPB-II dated 5th March, 2002 stated that,  the DOPT OM dated 05.01.1994 is not applicable to the cases of deputation of officials to Union/Associations and it has been accepted by  all the Departmental Heads of Government of India.

This Circular when submitted to the authorities of the Departments other than the Department of Posts by the respective service Associations requesting them to extend the facilities extended through the circular, the authorities of those departments have accepted the request of their Associations and extended them the facilities.

Therefore, the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association is to get similar treatment from Controller General of Accounts who is the apex authority of Civil Accounts organization.

3.     It has been noted that, after the above mentioned circular of Department of Post was forwarded by the Association to the Pr. CCA, CBEC, New Delhi, the plea of discontinuation Foreign Service facilities to the Association was changed by the administration of Pr.CCA, CBEC from the question of “extension deputation period beyond three years” to “administrative reason”.

Not only this, initially the administration of Pr.CCA, CBEC also tried to stall the Foreign Service facility granted to the Association keeping the Controller General of Accounts away from the picture. It has started endorsing the copies of its correspondences to the lowest of level of hierarchy of the Office of CGA only after noticing that, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association has sought the intervention of the Controller General of Accounts.

Therefore, the meeting is of the opinion that the administration of Pr. CCA, CBEC has been trying to discontinue the Foreign Service facility by overstepping its discretion undermining the role of CGA and perusing  a double standard approach only with the objective of straining the relation between the Association and the authorities and victimizing the individual association functionary .

4.     At the time of relieving Shri V. Bhattacharjee, Senior Accountant and Secretary General to join in the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association vide Office order No:- Admn/1/ (10) 3/Association/2013-14/1408 dated 14.01.2014 the office of the Pr.CCA, CBEC had stated in its order that terms and condition of deputation would be communicated in due course. But it did not issue the terms and condition within last three years even after several rounds of discussions with different level officers and written request made by the Association vide its letter No. AICAEA/HQ/A-40/FS/2015 /110-112 dated 24-02-2015.

Now to cover up its lapses and with the objective of destabilizing the functions of the Association by panelizing the Secretary General of the Association in different forms, the administration of the Pr. CCA, CBEC is taking shelter of those orders of Government on deputation which are not applicable to the persons working on deputation basis to the service Associations.

Therefore, the meeting of the National Executives held this day is of the firm opinion that, future relations between the CGA authorities and the employees Association and also the welfare of thousands of Civil Accounts Employees working under rest of the heads of the departments of Civil Accounts Organization should not be entrusted to the departmental head who is not competent in terms of the Government of India Rules.  

5.     It is very clearly evident from the letter No. A.11019/25/2011/MF. CGA (A)/NGE/AICAEA-HQ/101 dated 15th May 2017 issued to the Pr. CCA, CBEC by the office of the CGA that, Controller General himself has expressed his desire for continuation of Foreign Service facility to the All India Civil Accounts Employees uninterruptedly. But from the orders and correspondences of the administration of Pr. CCA, CBEC,  it implies that the administration of Pr. CCA, CBEC preferred to ignore the letter and thereby ignored the desire of the highest authority of Civil Accounts organization.

In consideration of above situations, the meeting of the National Executives has decided to request you once again to kindly regulate foreign service facility at the apex level of the organization and  direct the administration of Principal CCA, CBEC to regulate the facility in terms of the Government of India instructions.

  Therefore, I on behalf of the Association request you to kindly consider the request of the National Executive meeting of this Association and take an early favorable decision on this matter.   
           
Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,



(Shantanu Bhattacharyya)
President
1.     Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra, Secretary, National Council Staff side(JCM), 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi- 110001 for kind necessary action.
2.     Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, 1st Floor, North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi-110001 for kind necessary action.
3.     The All National Executive Members and Branch Secretaries of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association.

(Shantanu Bhattacharjee)
President

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All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNIZED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
Central Headquarters
Phone No. 011-23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926 e-mail:- aicaeachq@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-2/2017/355                                                                         Dated: 12.06.2017

To,
            Shri Anthony Lianzuala,
            Controller General of Accounts,
            Ministry of Finance,
            Department of Expenditure,
            4th Floor, GPOA, Block-E, INA,
            New Delhi – 110023

Subject: - Revocation of inter-station transfer orders of National Executive member and Branch Secretary - Request regarding.

Sir,
            While deliberating on the outcome of the meeting held between the official side of office of Controller General of Accounts and the National Executive of this Association under the Chairpersonship of the Joint Controller General of Accounts on 9th June, 2017, the National Executives meeting of this Association held on 9th and 10th June, 2017 has reviewed the issue of vindictive transfer of Shri Naresh Khatri, one of the Assistant Secretary Generals of this Association from Ahmadabad to Rajkot.
            The meeting of the National Executives noted that Shri Khatri has been transferred vindictively at the advice of the local authorities and without cross verifying the facts. The effort of Shri Khatri to present his case in person before the higher authorities was a wasteful exercise by him. Representation submitted by Shri Khatri in this regard has not also been forwarded by the local administration to the office of Principal Chief Controller of Accounts, Central Board of Direct and Taxes and the advance copy of the said representation handed over to the competent authority by this Association has not been given any cognizance.
            This Association vide its, letter No:- AICAEA/HQ/C-9/2017/249-50 dated 31.05.2017 had requested Principal Chief Controller of Accounts, Central Board of Direct and Taxes to kindly intervene and revoke the vindictive transfer order. But, no response was received by this Association.
            However, thereafter this Association vide its letter No:- AICAEA/HQ/C-9/2017/291 dated 05.06.2017 had sought your kind intervention in this regard. Further, the National Executives of this Association when raised this matter in the meeting on 9th June, 2017, it has been assured by official side that, the issue shall be looked into at the earliest and a favorable decision shall also be taken.
            In view of this, National Executive meeting of this Association has directed me to request you to kindly direct the authorities concerned to revoke the vindictive transfer order and allow Shri Naresh Khatri, Accountant and Asstt. Secretary General, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Branch Secretary, AICAEA, Gujarat Branch and Unit Secretary, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Zonal Accounts Office, Central Board of Direct and Taxes, Ahmadabad to work as Accountant in Zonal Accounts Office, Central Board of Direct and Taxes, Ahmadabad, so that he could perform his official duty, take care of his family and discharge his responsibility towards the Association without any difficulty.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,



(V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
Copy to:-
1.     The all National Executive Members.

(V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
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