CO-ORDINATION
COMMITTEE (COC)
OF
CIVIL ACCOUNTS
EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONS
Represented
By
National
Federation of Civil Accounts Associations (NFCAA)
[All India Civil Accounts
Employees Association]
[All India Civil Accounts
Employees Association Category II]
And
[All
India Association of Pay and Accounts Officers (Civil)]
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.COC/CA/2017/Circular-11 Dated:
28.08.2017
To
The Federal Executive members/ National Executive
/Branch Secretaries of NFCAA and AIAPAO(C) and conveners of
COCs
Dear Comrades/Friends,
IN PROTEST OF
INDIFFERENT, ANTI-EMPLOYEE AND VINDICTIVE APPROACH OF THE
PRESENT CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS TOWARDS THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES!!!
STAGE HALF DAY WALK OUT
ON 13TH SEPTEMBER 2017
Inspite of our all sincere
endeavor, Controller of General of Accounts is not ready to meet us or settle
any of our long pending issues. We have made several attempts to meet
Controller General of Accounts and convey the feelings of officers and
employees of Civil Accounts Organization. But, Controller General of Accounts
has not responded positively to our requests.
Even after your
participation in Dharna on 9th August, 2017 in large numbers, we had
once again requested Controller General of Accounts vide our letter dated 11th
August, 2017 to kindly convene a meeting with the representatives of the
Co-ordination Committee. But, Controller General of Accounts did not respond.
The Delhi based COC representatives had tried to meet CGA consecutively on 23RD
and 25TH August 2017. But there was no response.
You are aware, the
apex level meeting of Co-ordination Committee held at Nagpur on 13th
July, 2017 had adopted and forwarded a Resolution to the Prime Minister,
Finance Minister, Minister of State for Finance, Cabinet Secretary and
Secretary Expenditure urging upon them to kindly direct the Controller General
of Accounts to settle the long pending demands of the employees and officers of
Civil Accounts Organization.
Thankfully enough,
Prime Minister’s Office has directed the Secretary, Department of Expen-
diture to direct
Controller General of Accounts reply to the Co-ordination Committee. The Ministry of Finance has also asked the
Controller General of Accounts to settle the demands of Civil Accounts Employees
and Officers. But, the authorities of Controller General of Accounts instead of
initiating appropriate action to settle our demands through mutual dialogue have
started showing their red eyes to the representatives of the Association and
harassing them which are untenable.
1.
NO CADRE REVIEW:-
Inspite of clearcut orders of DOPT,
the Civil Accounts authorities had never done any cadre review of the Group B
officers & group C employees even after lapse of more than forty one years
while they have done Cadre Review of the ICAS cadres five times within a time
span of thirty five years flouting all the Government instructions and in this
process they have abolished a large number of promotion posts of AO/Sr.AO
thereby stalling their further promotions.
Civil Accounts authorities have added
and upgraded hundreds of the posts of ICAS grade in the Civil Accounts organizations within
last four decades by reducing the promotional quota of AOs/Sr. AOs from the
prevailing 33.33% of entire ICAS posts to 50% of Junior Time Scale (ACAs)
posts, and abolishing a good number of posts of Dy. Controller of Accounts so
as to justify the creation of higher posts which are directly beneficial only
to the direct ICAS officers and depriving the existing promotion prospects to
AOs and Sr. AOs.
The Ministry of Finance had asked Controller General of
Accounts in September 2015to submit the proposal of Cadre Review for Group B
and C cadres after the 7CPC recommendations are implemented. It is more than a
year the 7CPC recommendations have been implemented, but the CGA office has not
taken any action to finalize and submit the cadre review proposal to the
Ministry of Fiancé. Such a situation is not there in any
of the Central Government Department and majority of the Group B officers and
employees of the Civil Accounts organization are not getting even a single
upliftment in their entire service career and retiring in the grade they are
being recruited.
2.
NO
RE-RECOGNITION/RECOGNITION OF A.I.A.P.A.O.(Civil) AND A.I.C.A.E.A. CATII:-
The
CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993 and its provisions are being totally misused by the
Controller General of Accounts. Further, the Controller General of
Accounts maintains a complete biased approach in the matter of extension of
recognition to the Service Associations and all these would be evident from the
following facts-
a)
Controller
General of Accounts has arbitrarily derecognized the All India Association of
Pay and Accounts Officers (Civil) on the plea of no re-verification of
membership was held after stipulated five years period while the membership
re-verification was supposed to be done by the office of the Controller General
of Accounts itself before five years period was over.
b)
Despite
several requests by the Employees and Offices Associations, Controller General
of Accounts is not processing the membership verification in terms of the CCS
(RSA) Rules 1993 in respect of the All India Association of Pay and Accounts
Officers (Civil) which represents the AO/Sr. AOs and the All India Civil
Accounts Employees Association Category –II which represents the Assistant
Accounts Officers. With the intention of not extending recognized status to
these Associations, Controller General of Accounts is ordering re-verification
of membership of these two Associations repeatedly for years together.
c)
On
contrary to the above, Controller General of Accounts has granted recognition
to a local Association.
d)
In
spite of giving specific instance with proof of sabotaging the membership
verification process of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category
II by another Association in violation of the CCS (RSA), 1993, Controller
General of Accounts is reluctant to take any action on the matter.
3.
NO FOREIGN SERVICE FACILITY TO
RECOGNISED ASSOCIATION:-
The Controller General of Accounts
does not care for the Government of
India instructions on JCM norms and instructions regarding the facilities to be
extended to the recognized service Associations. Defying the DOPT guidelines,
the Controller General of Accounts has declined to extend due facilities
relating to Foreign Service to the All India Civil Accounts Employees
Association and shrugged off his responsibility on this matter to his
subordinate while this is not the procedure as per Government of India
guidelines. Moreover, with
the motive to stall and curb the democratic functioning of the All India Civil
Accounts Employees Association by discontinuing its Foreign Service facility,
Controller General of Accounts and his officers are also harassing the office
bearers of the Association by imposing provisions of irrelevant rules. No heads of the organizations of
Central Government Departments has been behaving in this manner.
4.
NO DEPARTMENTAL PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION:-
Controller General of Accounts has completely
ruined the departmental promotional examination system in Civil Accounts
organization for last half decade by mismanaging and indulging in malpractice
which shall be crystal clear from the following actions of Controller General
of Accounts-
a) The
Departmental Examination for promotion as Assistant Accounts Officers conducted
in 2013 and 2014 were cancelled in 2017
arbitrarily on the ground of irregularities after declaring of results
in 2015 and all candidates appeared in those examinations have been mandatorily
forced to appear the re-examination conducted in July 2017 defying the
directive of Central Administrative Tribunal. The Central Administrative
Tribunal has kindly directed to isolate the persons responsible for
irregularities and grant benefit of promotion to other genuine candidates
passed the examination.
b) Right from MTS to Sr.
Accountants thousands of the employees have lost
their eligibility for appearing the AAO (Civil) examination on the condition of
age limit for not conducting the examination after 2014.
c) Despite
being eligible, hundreds of the lowest category employees i.e. Multi Tasking
Staff have lost their lone opportunity of appearing Departmental Examination
for Promotion to the level of Lower Division Clerks on the condition of age bar
for not conducting the examination since 2012.
As
such, it is a precarious condition for the officers and employees of Civil
Accounts organization.
5.
NO PROMOTION/ ADHOC PROMOTION:-
Controller
General of Accounts has completely disgruntled the scant opportunities of
promotion prospects available for different categories of officers and
employees in the following manner-
a) Controller
General of Accounts has arbitrarily stopped operation of 10% (ten percent)
promotional quota for Senior Accountants for the posts Assistant Accounts
Officers for last three years and thereby closed down the solitary promotion
prospects of the largest cadre of the Civil Accounts organization permanently.
b) Controller General of Accounts has
not taken any action to add or upgrade required number secretarial assistants
posts while adding and upgrading the posts of ICAS cadre.
c) As there are nearly 800(eight
hundred) posts of Assistant Accounts Officers
are laying vacant for last three years the Senior Accountants are
attending all works including PFMS etc.
But, Controller General of Accounts is not even ready to grant promotions on
adhoc basis to the eligible Senior Accountants as Assistant Accounts Officers
in spite of a clear orders issued by earlier Controller General of Accounts.
6.
NO BENEFIT OF 7CPC
RECOCOMMNEDATIONS:-
Controller
General of Accounts has not taken any initiative to implement the 7CPC recommendations regarding-
a) Grant of Level – 9 of Pay
Matrix to AAOs after 4 years
b) Level – 7 of Pay Matrix to Senior Accountants.
and
c)
Benefit of bunching to Assistant Accounts Officers as per the 7CPC
recommendations and in terms of the orders of Implementation Cell so far.
7.
NO BENEFIT AS APPLCABLE IN IA&AD
AND OTHER ORGANISED ACCOUNTS:-
Though
the Governments of India and the Pay Commissions have always extended same
benefit and status to the employees and officers of organized Accounts and
IA&AD, but Controller General of Accounts is not honoring it and declined
to extend following benefit to employees and officers of Civil Accounts organization
which have been granted by IA&AD-.
a) IA&AD
is granting fresh appointee status to JAO/AAO
with effect from the date of passing examination. But the Controller General of
Accounts has refused to provide this benefit to the concerned AO/Sr. AO/AAOS of
Civil Accounts organization as a result of which they are facing tremendous
financial loss.
b) IA&AD
has granted relaxation for revision of
option for fixation of pay in the revised pay structure for persons promoted to
the grade of Asstt. Accounts Officer (AAO) after 01.01.2006. But Controller
General of Accounts has not agreed to extend this facility to the AAOS of Civil
Accounts organization causing them to suffer financially.
c)
IA&AD and all Central Government
Departments have granted headquarter allowance
to Sr.PS/PS/Stenos working in the headquarters of the Departments/ Ministries.
But CGA has not granted it to the Sr.PS/ PS/ Stenos working in his office.
d) IA&AD
has provided 33.1/3% promotional quota
to the post of LDC for Gr-D/MTS. But Controller General of Accounts is not
agreeable to extend similar facility to the MTS of Civil Accounts organization
despite the fact that MTS in Civil Accounts are not getting promotion as LDC
even after thirty years of service as MTS.
e) As
the Group D post(s) have been merged as MTS after implementation of 6th
CPC recommendations, IA&AD in terms of the para 6 below Annexure-I to
DOPT’s OM No.35034/1/97-Estt. (D)dated 09-08-1999 ordered on 04.06.2015 to
extended first two financial upgradation
under ACP scheme and third financial upgradation under MACP scheme to the
employees of the cadre of MTS ignoring
financial upgradation granted to them prior to implementation of 6CPC. But the Controller General is not ready
to take any action on this matter which is causing severe financial loss to the
lowest paid employees.
8.
NO
MUTALLY AGREED TRANSFER POLICY:-
Controller General of Accounts operates a most
in-transparent and unscientific transfer policy in respect of Gr. B and C
Cadres and it is often being used as a tool for vindictive actions against the
individuals who seek justice. Though the employees are worst causality of such
a defective transfer policy, but Controller General of Accounts and his
officers are not ready to accept this reality and adopt an employee friendly
mutually agreed transfer policy by having dialogue with the employees
Associations while all Government departments and Public Sector Under Takings
are following this method.
9.
NO
ROTATIONAL TRANSFER POLICY:-
Controller
General of Accounts is not operating the rotational transfer policy in a transpa-rent
manner in spite of directive of CVC.
10.
NO
MODIFICATION IN RRs IN TERMS OF DOPT NORMS / NO ACP-MACP BENENFITS
Controller General of Accounts is not
correcting and updating the defects in the recruitment orders of different
categories of employees or in respect of the officials inducted in the cadres
from other departments laterally in terms of the DOPT and Government
instructions. As a result of this, hundreds of the Civil Accounts employees are
not getting their legitimately due ACP/MACP benefits for years together.
11.
NO
12.
NO
AND
NO-NO-NO-
NO
Under
the above circumstances, we are having no other alternative but to precipitate
our organizational actions unitedly. Without united action our voice shall not
be heard and we would not be able to achieve our long pending demands.
We
therefore, appeal upon all members of All India Association of Pay and
Accounts Officer (Civil), All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
Category-II and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association to participate
and make the half day walkout programme on 13th September, 2017 a
grand success.
All are requested
to leave the work spot during lunch hour for rest of the working hours of the
day.
All local Co-ordination Committee are requested to take
all necessary steps to educate the members and ensure that the programme
becomes grand success.
The apex level Co-ordination Committee has served the
intimation to Controller General of Accounts about the walk out. It is obvious
that the authorities instead of appreciating their deficiencies and attempting
to resolve the demands through mutual dialogue shall issue circular threatening
the members so that they get scared and do not participate in the protest
action.
But, we appeal all to ignore the Circular of Controller
General of Accounts and participate in the programme unitedly. We should
remember that only through united struggle we shall be able to achieve the
demands.
With
warm greetings,
(A.B. Sunilkumar) ( Debraj Singha Roy) (V.Bhattacharjee) Joint Convener, COC
and Secretary
General Joint Convener,
COC and Secretary General
All India Civil
Accounts Secretary General All India Association of Pay Employees Association All India Civil Accounts
and Accounts Officers (Civil) Category II Employees Association
COPY OF THE COC OF CIVIL ACCOUNTS
EMPLOYEES AND
OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONS
LETTER NO. COC/CA/2017/CORR-28 DATED
25.08.2017
To,
Shri Anthony Lianzuala,
Controller General of Accounts,
Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure,
4th Floor, GPOA, Block-E, INA,
New Delhi – 110023
Subject:- Non-settlement
of Demands of the Co-ordination Committee of Civil Accounts Employees and
Officers Associations by holding mutual dialogue.
Sir,
We have been directed to invite your kind attention to our
letter No:- COC/CA/2017/Corr-27 dated 11.08.2017 wherein we, on behalf of the
employees and officers had requested you to kindly convene a meeting with the representatives
of this Co-ordination Committee for discussion and settlement of the long
pending issues of the employees and officers including the issue of Cadre
Review.
But, we have not received any favorable response to our request
so far and none of the issues has moved towards settlement.
We are therefore, constraint to inform you that, in order to
record their protest and resentment against non-settlement of the demands our
members shall stage a half day walk out from the work spot on 13th
September, 2017 for the second half.
We understand the inconvenience likely to be there for resorting
to the protest action by our members, but we hope, instead of directing to
penalize aggrieved officers and employees you will kindly take favorable action
for settling the long pending Charter of Demands and initiate appropriate
action against those officers/officials who are responsible for creating the
situation of unrest in the organization by not taking any action on the issues
referred by the Service Associations for years together.
Thanking
you,
Yours
Sincerely,
Enclo:-
Charter of Demands
(A.B.Sunilkumar)
(Debraj Singha Roy) (V.Bhattacharjee) Joint Convener, COC
and Secretary
General Joint Convener, COC and Secretary General
All
India Civil Accounts Secretary General All India Association of Pay Employees
Association All India
Civil Accounts
Copy to:
1.
Shri
Ashok Lavasa, Finance Secretary & Secretary Expenditure, Government of
India, 129-A, North Block, New Delhi – 110001.
2.
The
All Members of the COC of Civil Accounts Organization.
(A.B.Sunilkumar)
(Debr aj Singha Roy)
(V.Bhattacharjee) Joint Convener, COC and Secretary
General Joint Convener, COC and Secretary General
All
India Civil Accounts Secretary General All India Association of Pay Employees
Association All India
Civil Accounts
and Accounts Officers
(Civil) Category II Employees
Association
CHARTER OF DEMANDS
1. CONDUCT IMMEDIATE CADRE REVIEW OF
GR.B & C OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AS PER THE GOVT. INSTRUCTIONS
1. Allotment
of 33.1/3% promotional quota to the post of LDC for Gr-D/MTS and clearing of
backlog by promoting all eligible MTS to the grade of Accounts Assistant as a
onetime measure.
2. Accounts
Assistant (by up-gradation of post of LDCs) – Level –4 of Pay Matrix Rs:- 25500/-
3. Staff Car Driver
Gr. II
Level – 4 of
Pay Matrix Rs:- 25500/-
4. Stenographer Gr.
III
Level
– 5 of Pay Matrix Rs:- 29200/-
5. Accountant -20%,
DEO Grade A and Junior
Hindi Translator (converting as Accountant)
- Level
– 6 of Pay Matrix Rs:- 35400/-
6. Sr. Accountant - 80%,
Data Entry Operator Grade B/
Hindi
Translator (Converting as Sr. Accountant)
Stenographer
Gr. I (Merged post of Gr. II& I) - Level – 7 of Pay Matrix Rs:-
44900/-
{Recruitment of Accountant: - 33.1/3 percent by direct
recruitment, 33.1/3 percent by promotion of clerks on seniority basis on
completion of 5 years, 33.1/3 percent by promotion from following officials: -
(i) Graduate Group – ‘D’ Officials
with three years’ continuous regular service in the grade on passing the
departmental examination for Accountants.
(ii) Matriculate clerks with three
years’ continuous regular service in the grade on passing the Departmental
Examination for Accountants.
(iii) Clerks on passing Part-I of
the Section Officers grade examination.}
7. Sr. Accountant- on
completion of 4 years/
Computer Operator
- Level – 8 of Pay
Matrix Rs:- 47600/-
8. Private
Secretary –
Level – 8 of Pay Matrix Rs:- 47600/-
After 4 years of
service- Level
–10 of Pay Matrix Rs:- 56100/-
9. Asstt. Accounts
Officer – Level
– 9 of Pay Matrix Rs:- 53100/-
30% posts by promotion of Sr. Accountant on seniority with removal of
condition of 53 years of age for eligibility and 70% by AAO(c) examination
-
10. Asstt.
Accounts Officer Grade II on completion of4 years- Level–10
of Pay Matrix Rs:- 56100/-
11. Sr.
Private Secretary
- Level – 11 of Pay Matrix Rs:- 67700/-
(Post
should be re-designated as Principal Private Secretary] Post of PPS may be
allocated to Principal Chief Controller of Accounts and Chief Controller of
Accounts (Addl. Secretary/Joint Secretary level officers) As per para 2(iii) of
DOPT Order No.20/51/2009-CS. II (A)(Vol.II) dated 25th February,
2011 -625 newly created posts of PPS have been allocated against Joint
Secretaries and equivalent level officers in different Ministries Departments
participating in CSSS on functional jurisdiction
12. Merger of the PAOs/AOs and
Sr. AOs with PB3 and GP Rs. 6600 in Level 11 w.e.f. 1-1-2006
immediately and after two year PB 3 with GP Rs. 7600 in Level 12.
13.
De-link CCAS from ICAS Cadre for the purpose of promotion.
2. CANCEL RE-EXAMINATION CONDUCTED FROM
6TH TO 9TH JULY 2017, WITHDRAW COURT CASE AND
POST ALL CANDIDATES QUALIFIED AAO (CIVIL) EXAMINATION, 2013 AND 2014.
3. A) CONDUCT THE AAO (CIVIL) AND
OTHER DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATIONS IMMEDIATELY AND GRANT AGE RELAXATION AS
NO EXAMINATION WAS CONDUCTED SINCE 2012 AND 2015 FOR MTS AND OTHER
GROUP- C EMPLOYEES RESPECTIVELY.
B) ALLOW MULTI TASKING STAFF TO APPEAR
AAO (CIVIL) EXAMINATION BEING GROUP -C.
C) CONDUCT OF SPECIAL
EXAMINATION FOR GRADUATE MULTI TASKING STAFF FOR THE POST OF ACCOUNTANT AS HAS
BEEN DONE BY C&AG.
4. HONOUR CCS (RSA) RULES, 1993 AND
GRANT RE-RECOGNITION TO A.I.A.P.A.O. (CIVIL) HAVING REQUISITE MEMBERSHIP AS PER
THE RE-VERIFICATION REPORT.
5. STOP ATTEMPTS OF VITIATING MEMBERSHIP
VERIFICATION PROCESS AND GRANT RECOGNITION TO A.I.C.A.E.A. CAT II ON THE BASIS
OF EXISTING VERIFICATION REPORT IN TERMS OF CCS (RSA) RULES, 1993 BEING THE 2ND MAJOR
ASSOCIATION IN THE CATEGORY.
6. IMPLEMENT 7CPC RECOMMENDATIONS:
GRANT-
(A) CORRESPONDING GP OF RS. 5400 TO
AAOS AFTER 4 YEARS,
(B) CORRESPONDING GP OF RS. 4600 TO
SENIOR ACCOUNTANTS.
7. FOLLOW GOVERNMENT RULES AND J.C.M.
NORMS:
a) ALLOW UN-INTERRUPTED FOREIGN
SERVICE FACILITY TO A.I.C.A.E.A. LIKE ALL OTHER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
b) STOP VINDICTIVE TRANSFERS OF
OFFICE BEARERS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS.
8. GRANT PROMOTIONS TO THE ELIGIBLE
SENIOR ACCOUNTANTS AS ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS OFFICERS AGAINST 10%
PROMOTIONAL QUOTA AND ADHOC PROMOTION IN TERMS OF THE
C.G.A. ORDERS DATED 30TH DECEMBER 2016.
9. HONOUR DEPARTMENTALISATION
SCHEME: GRANT OF BENEFITS TO GR.B
OFFICERS ALREADY GRANTED BY C&AG: TREAT JOINING TO THE POST OF JAO/AAO
AFTER PASSING THE EXAMINATION AS FRESH APPOINTMENT ON THE BASIS OF DATE OF
EXAMINATION/W.E.F DATE OF EXAMINATION.
10. CONDUCT REGULAR D.P.C. MEETINGS FOR
TIMELY PROMOTION OF PAOS/SR. AOS TO THE HIGHER POSTS.
11. SETTLE FOLLOWING PENDING ISSUES
DISCUSSED IN THE FORMAL MEETING HELD WITH AICAEA ON 6TH NOVEMBER
2015 AND 9TH JUNE 2017: -
(i)
Adoption of mutually agreed transfer
policy for AAOs by holding dialogue with employees and officers Associations
and implementation of the existing policy transparently without any
discrimination.
(ii) Counting of service for grant
of benefit of II ACP to Sr. Accountant appointed as Accountant–
(a) From the date passing
departmental competitive examination conducted by SSC
(b) From the 1st July of the next year of passing open
examination conducted by SSC as per orders of DoPT and MHA.
(iii) Removal
of injustice to newly recruited Accountant in the matter of granting 1st increment
through rectification of the procedure of Departmental Confirmatory test.
(iv) Grant of
two financial up gradation to MTS under ACP scheme who had completed 24 years
of service before implementation of MACP Scheme as has been done by the O/o the
Pr. Of Audit and Director, Economic and service Ministries, Delhi vide
order dated 24.06.2014.
(v) (a) Grant of Headquarter allowance to
Sr.PS/PS/Stenos posted in office of CGA.
(b) Improvements in promotional avenues of
secretarial assistance through creation of posts and promotion of eligible
persons working in Civil Accounts organization.
(vi) Removal of
anomaly in grade pay arisen in PAO, CRPF after amalgamation of the office in
Civil Accounts Organization.
(vii) Relaxation
for revision of option for fixation of pay in the revised pay structure for
persons promoted to the grade of Asstt. Accounts Officer (AAO) after
01.01.2006.
12. SETTLE THE ISSUE OF THE BENEFIT OF BUNCHING
TO ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS OFFICERS AS PER THE 7CPC RECOMMENDATIONS AND IN
TERMS OF THE ORDERS OF IMPLEMENTATION CELL.
13. PROVIDE
OF ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION AND AMENITIES TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF ALL INDIA
CIVIL ACCOUNTS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AS THE
PRESENT ACCOMMODATION HAS BEEN DECIDED TO BE DEMOLISHED.
14. PROVIDE
SUITABLE OFFICE ACCOMMODATION WITH AMENITIES TO CHQ OF AIAPAO (CIVIL) AND
ALL INDIA CIVIL ACCOUNTS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION CATEGORY II.
