Saturday, December 16, 2017

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-15                                                                                            Dated: 16.12.2017

To
            The Federal Executive members/ National Executive
            /Branch Secretaries of NFCAA and AIAPAO(C) and conveners of COCs

Dear Comrades,
CONGRATULATIONS:
TWO DAY'S ROUND THE CLOCK DHARNA FROM 11AM
OF 7TH TO 4.30 PM OF 8TH DECEMBER 2017 WAS A GRAND SUCCESS.

Two day's round the Clock Dharna under the banner of Co-ordination Committee of Civil Accounts Employees & Officers Associations held in front Controller General Accounts Office, New Delhi from 7th to 8th December 2017 was a grand success. The Dharna was started at 11 am on 7th December 2017 and continued till 4.30 pm of 8th December 2017. 

Apart from Delhi, more than a hundred AO/Sr.AO, AAO, Acctt./Sr.Acctt, LDC, MTS and other category employees including ladies from the stations like Shillong, Guwahati, Farakka, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Madurai, Bangalore, Cochin, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Jaipur etc took part in the Dharna representing All India Association of Pay and Accounts Officers (Civil), All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association.

A three member committee comprising Com. S. S. Raghavan, Vice President, All India Association of Pay and Accounts Officers (Civil), Com. Chinmay Mukhapadhyay, President, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II and Com. Ajit Huparikar, President All India Civil Accounts Employees Association presided over the ongoing meeting held at the Dharna spot for two days.

The Dharna was inaugurated by Com. Giriraj Singh, President, ÑFPE as well as the President of C.O.C. of Central Government Employees and Workers, Delhi State.

In spite of threatening circular of CGA and creation of obstructions by the local administrations, hundreds of employees from various offices of Delhi participated in the lunch hour demonstrations on both the days and also visited the Dharna spot round the clock.

The ongoing meeting held at the Dharna spot was addressed by Com. A. B. Sunil Kumar, Secretary General, AIAPAO (Civil), Com. Amol V. Sule, Secretary General, AICAEACAT II, Com. V. Bhattacharjee, Secretary General, AICAEA, Com. Ajay Kumar Patole, Addl. Secretary General, AICAEA, Com. Shantanu Bhattacharya, former president, AICAEA, Com. Pranab Kumar Acharjee, Joint Secretary General, AICAEA, Com. S. P. Roy, Addl. Secretary General, AIAPAO(Civil), Com. B. Sitharam, Working President, AICAEA, Com(Smt.) Laxmi Swaminathan, Chairperson, National Women Committee, NFCAA, Com. Ravinder Kumar, Working President, NFCAA and Finance Secretary, AICAEA, Com. Krishna Kumar Yadav, Asstt. Secretary General, AICAEA, Com. Samar Sarkar, leader of the AICAEA, West Bengal Branch, Com Arijit Lahiri, Finance Secretary, NFCAA, Com. Chinmay Gain, Unit Secretary, AICAEA, PAO, Farakka Barrage project Unit, Com. Gautam Chakraborty, Addl. Secretary General, AICAEA Cat-II, Com. Rupak Kumar Bhattacharjee, Vice President, AICAEA, Com. (Smt.) N. Durga, Joint Convener, National Women’s Committee, NFCAA, Com. M. Manivasan, Finance Secretary, AICAEA Cat-II, Com. A. Balasubramaniam, Branch Secretary, AICAEA, Com. R.K. Chourasia, Permanent Invitee, Com. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Vice President, AICAEA Cat-II, Com. Amit Kumar, Asstt. Secretary General, AICAEA Cat-II, Com. Amit Kumar Chawla, Vice President, AICAEA Cat-II, Com. S.C. Bamrara, Working President, AICAEA, Delhi Branch, Com. Muhammad Ansar, Asstt. Secretary General, AICAEA, Com. Pradeep Amrute, Asstt. Secretary General, AICAEA and many others.

On 8th December, 2017, all Branches held sessions of slogans on the demands in the regional languages and state languages. It was a unique scenario. Com. Bivash Bhattacharjee from West Bengal Branch sang a few songs which were applauded by the participants of the Dharna.

The meeting held at the Dharna spot adopted two resolutions. One of the Resolutions has been forwarded to the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Minister of State for Finance, Cabinet Secretary, Secretary, Department of Expenditure and other authorities of the Government of India with endorsement of the copies to the Secretary Staff side, JCM, the Secretary General, Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers and the Secretary General, Central Government Gazetted Officers organization. The other Resolution was handed over to Smt. Vibha Pandey, Add.CGA, who received it on behalf of CGA as he is on tour to USA.

The dharna therefore, was a grand success and we congratulate all who have made the programme a success through their participation. 

MEETING WITH ADDITIONAL C.G.A.

At about 4 p.m. of 8TH December 2017, a delegation consisting   of Com. A.B Sunilkumar, Secretary General, AIAPAO (Civil) & Joint Convener COC, Com. S. S. Raghavan, Vice President, AIAPAO(CIVIL), Com.V Bhattacharjee, Secretary General, AICAEA & Joint Convener COC, Com. Ajit Huparikar, President AICAEA,  Com.(Smt.) L. Swaminathan, Chairperson, National Women Committee, AICAEA/NFCAA, Com. Amol V. Sule, Secretary General, AICAEA Cat-II and Com. Chinmay Mukhapadhyay, President, AICAEA Cat-II  went to CGA office to hand over the resolution to the C.G.A. in person. However, CGA being on tour, Smt. Vibha Pandey, Addl. CGA met the delegation and the delegation handed over the Resolution to her accordingly. While receiving the Resolution, Addl. CGA and other officers of CGA office available at that time in her chamber discussed the issues for half an hour with the Delegation. Brief resume of the discussion is as below –

1.     The proposal for cadre review of Group B & C cadres shall be discussed shortly with the representatives of COC before it is finalized and submitted to the Ministry of Finance.
2.     For finalization of issues concerning with grant of recognitions to AICAEA CAT II and AIAPAO (Civil), CGA office shall hold a meeting on 13th December with the representatives of Heads of the Departments of Civil Accounts organization and re-recognition. AIAPAO(C) has more than sufficient number of members and re-recognition is likely to be granted soon. Recognition to AICAEA Cat-II is also at the final stage and being finalized on the basis of actual membership with reference to the working strength of AAOs.
3.     The issue of grant of corresponding grade pay of 5400 to AAOs has been forwarded to the government and the copies of the related documents is being handed over to the COC so that the staff side JCM member from AICAEA could peruse it with DOPT and Ministry of Finance.
4.     Other issues of the15 point charter of demands shall be discussed in the formal meeting. Since the CGA office has issued some letters to AICAEA recently seeking certain informations, meeting with staff side shall be fixed as soon as the replies to those letters are received. In response to this, the Delegation assured that, replies to the said letters shall be sent within a week.
Discussion was ended thereafter.

NEXT COURSE OF ACTION: INDUSTRIAL ACTION

In pursuance of the decisions taken by the 15th/7th All India conferences of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II, the National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations (NFCAA) has decided that, if the long pending demands are not negotiated and settled by the Civil Accounts authorities, the members of the Federation shall resort to one day token strike on 15th March 2018. The NFCAA has also made an appeal to the AIAPAO (Civil) to consider and decide about the united industrial action.

In this respect, the AIAPAO (Civil) conveyed that, its ensuing All India Conference slated to be held at Chennai on 15th and 16th February 2018 would take the decision.

Therefore, we request all local COCs and Branches to start preparations for next course of united action discussed above.

With warm greetings,
                                                                                                       
(A.B.Sunilkumar)                                                        (Amol Sule)                                        (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

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