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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CIVIL ACCOUNTS ASSOCIATIONS

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Represented By
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNIZED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS: NEW DELHI
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category -II
  CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS: MUMBAI

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No. NFCAA/HQ/A-1/Cir-1/2019                                                    Dated: 15.02.2019

To,
            All Federal Executive Members,
            All Women Committee Members,
All Branch Secretaries of AICAEA & AICAEA Cat- II

Dear Comrades,

            FEDERAL EXECUTIVES MEETING HELD AT NAGPUR ON 11TH FEBRUARY 2019

·  ENDORSED THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS OF THE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE OF CIVIL ACCOUNTS EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONS-

1.  Seeking immediate intervention of the Government of India against indifferent attitude of CGA towards the causes of employees& officers of the organization.
2.      Poster campaign from 1st March 2019
3.     Two days mass Dharna on 12th &13th March 19 in front of CGA office, New Delhi
·       DECIDED TO RESORT TO LEGAL ACTIONS ON ISSUES OF GRANT OF
1.               Benefit of MACPS to Levels 8 and 9 to Accountants Respectively.
2.               Promotion as AAO under 10%promotion quota from due dates.
·       HAILED THE MEMBERS FOR MAKING THE STRIKE ON 8TH& 9TH JANUARY 2019 A GRAND SUCCESS
The meeting of the Federal Executives of NFCAA was held at Nagpur on 11th February 2019 immediately after the meeting of the Co-ordination Committee of Civil Accounts Employees and Officers Associations was concluded. The meeting was chaired by Com. Amol. V. Sule, President, NFCAA and Secretary General, AICAEA CATII. The meeting endorsed the decisions of the meeting of Co-ordination Committee of Civil Accounts Employees and Officers Associations held on 11th February 2019 and took following decisions: 

Seeking immediate intervention of the Government of India against indifferent attitude of CGA towards the causes of employees & officers of the organization

The All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Associations Category II shall be signatories to the representation to be submitted to the higher authorities by the Co-ordination Committee of Civil Accounts Employees & Officers Associations in protest against the indifferent and adamant attitude of Controller General of Accounts.

Poster Campaign from 1st March 2019

National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations (NFCAA) shall resort to extensive postering throughout the country demanding intervention of the Government against indifferent and anti-employee attitude of the Controller General of Accounts.
TWO DAYS CONSECUTIVE MAHA DHARNA IN FRONT OF CGA OFFICE, NEW DELHI
FROM 10.30 AM OF 12th TO 4 P.M. OF 13th March 2019
·      The Dharna shall be held in front of the office of Controller General of Accounts, New Delhi under the banner of Co-ordination Committee of Civil Accounts Employees & Officers Associations. It shall commence at 10.30 A.M. of 12th March and continue till 4 P.M. of 13th March 2019.
·     All National Executive members of AICAEA and AICAEA CAT II, Federal Executive Members of National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations, office bearers of state/station/local COCs, Branch Committee members and Unit Committee Members (of All India Civil Accounts Employees Association) shall participate in the Dharna.
·    All participants for Dharna shall ensure their arrival at the Dharna spot before the commencement for the Dharna. 
·  Station/State wise participants from different affiliates shall be as under-
Sl. No.
Branch/Station/ state
No. of participants from

NFCAA
AICAEA
AICAEA CAT-II
Total
1.
North East(Shillong and Guwahati)
4+3=7
2+2=4
11
2.
West Bengal (all stations)
30
10
40
3.
Jharkhand
5
3
8
4.
Bihar
5
3
8
5.
Orissa
2
1
3
6.
AP & Telangana state(all stations)
20
4
24
7.
Tamilnadu & Pondicherry(all stations)
20
8
28
8.
Karnataka(all stations)
5
2
7
9.
Kerala(all stations)
5
2
7
10.
Mumbai
20
8
28
11.
Pune
5
2
7
12.
Nagpur
10
4
14
13.
Nashik
3
2
5
13.
Madhya Pradesh(all stations)
5
2
7
14.
Rajasthan(all stations)
10
2
12
15.
Gujrat (all stations)
5
2
7
16.
Punjab(all stations)
5
2
7
17.
Himachal(all stations)
2
1
3
18.
Uttarakhand(all stations)
5
2
7
19.
Haryana(all stations)
5
2
7
20.
Delhi
40
15
45
21.
Lucknow
10
5
15
22.
Kanpur
5
3
8
23.
Allahabad
4
2
6
24.
J&K(all stations)
2
2
2

STRUGGLE FUND
Since large number of members shall come to Delhi from different Branches and Units to take part in the two days Dharna on 12th &13th March 2019, huge amount of additional financial burden shall be there on the Organisations. The meeting has therefore, decided that a struggle fund shall be generated to mitigate the additional financial burden. All members shall be appealed to contribute a minimum of Rs. 100/- (one hundred only) to the Struggle fund. This fund shall be retained by the Branches and they shall use the accumulated amount for the to and fro journey of the participants for Dharna. Delhi Branches shall use the fund for arranging buses/ transportation of the members from different parts of the city to CGA office. The Central Headquarters of AICAEA and AICAEACATII shall make arrangements for boarding and lodging of the participants for Dharna in Delhi.

LEGAL ACTIONS ON THE ISSUES OF GRANT OF

Benefit of MACPS to Levels 8 and 9 to Accountants Respectively.Promotion of Senior Accountants as AAO under 10%promotion quota from due dates.

1.     The Principal Chief Controller of Accounts, C.B.D.T., New Delhi vide order dated 01-08-2018 has granted the 3rd MACPs benefit to Senior Accountants to the Grade Pay of Rs:- 5400/- from Rs:- 4800/-. That means they were in receipt of Grade Pay of Rs. 4800/- and have been granted the Grade Pay of hierarchical post of Asst. Accounts Officer. Similarly, the Controller of Accounts, C.B.D.T., Mumbai in compliance of orders of the C.A.T. Mumbai order had issued order on 01-02-2016 granting grade pay of Rs:- 4800/- as benefit of 2nd MACPs to Senior Accountants. But rest of the Senior Accountants of Civil Accounts Organization have been given the Grade Pay of Rs:- 4600/- as 2nd MACPs benefit and grade pay of Rs:- 4800/- as 3rd benefit MACPs which amounts to discrimination and violation of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.
Therefore, the Central Headquarters of AICAEA vide its letter dated 08.10.2018 requested CGA to remove the discrimination by issuing orders for granting grade pay of Rs:- 4800/- and Rs:- 5400/- respectively as 2nd  & 3rd  MACPs benefits to all left out Senior Accountants of the Civil Accounts Organization and place them on par the Senior Accountants of ZAO, C.B.D.T., Mumbai. But CGA did not respond. The AICAEA   vide its letter dated 17.01.2019 has once again requested  CGA to extend the benefit to all left out Senior Accountants without further delay.  But, CGA has preferred to ignore the requests of the Association.
2.   In persuasion of Ministry of Finance, Government of India Notification dated 29.08.2008, the office of the Controller General of Accounts had decided that the cadre of Junior Accounts Officer and Assistant Accounts Officer would be re-designated as Assistant Accounts Officer and classified as Group “B” Gazetted and till the new Recruitment Rules are framed, the promotions to the new cadre of AAO would be made in terms of existing RRs of JAO cadre. As per the Central Civil Accounts Service (Junior Accounts Officer and Assistant Accounts Officer) Recruitment Rules, 2000, 90% posts in the grade of Junior Accounts Officer shall be filled by promotion of persons who have passed Junior Accounts Officers (Civil) Examination and 10% of posts in the grade shall be filled up by promotion of senior Accounts who have rendered not less than 10 years’ service in the grade on selection-cum-seniority and who have crossed the age of 53 years as on 1st January of the year.
From December 2014 onwards, CGA office had stopped granting promotions to the eligible persons under 10% promotion quota. The AICAEA was however, conveyed vide letter dated 26.10.2015 that, a separate method for promotion of Senior Accountants shall be adopted through issuing of Notifications of Recruitment Rules for Supervisor (Accounts) and AAOs simultaneously. But it is more than three years now, CGA has not taken any action.
Due to above narrated situations, hundreds of eligible Sr. Accountants have not got the due promotions as Assistant Accounts Officers from December 2014 onwards and many of the Sr. Accountants have even retired from service while nearly 50% (fifty percent) posts of Assistant Accounts Officers in the Civil Accounts Organization are lying vacant for last four years.
The AICAEA vide its letter dated: 10.09.2018 requested CGA that since neither the Central Civil Accounts Service (Junior Accounts Officers and Asstt. Accounts Officers) Recruitment Rules, 2000 has been amended nor the Recruitment Rules for Supervisor (Accounts) has been framed for last three years and the Senior Accountants eligible for promotions  as Assistant Accounts Officers under 10% promotion quota as par the provisions of the Central Civil Accounts Service (Junior Accounts Officers and Asstt. Accounts Officers) Recruitment Rules, 2000 were not granted promotion as Assistant Accounts Officers despite existence of vacancies under the specified promotion quota, all of them may be granted promotion as Assistant Accounts Officers immediately. Further, the process of granting promotion to Senior Accountants as Assistant Accounts Officers under 10% promotion quota may be continued till the Recruitment Rules for Supervisor (Accounts) is framed and implemented so that the promotions of the Senior Accountants are not stalled abruptly. But CGA ignored the letter of the Association.
The Federal Executives meeting has decided to take legal course of action on the issues discussed above and directed the AICAEA headquarters to take necessary steps in this regard. The meeting has also decided that, all the affected members shall be asked to offer their willingness to become the party to the cases being filed in the CAT and give their consent of sharing the expenditure involved in legal process through their respective Branches.
In pursuance of the decisions of the Federal Executive meeting, a delegation comprising Com. Amol V Sule, President, Com. V. Bhattacharjee, Secretary General, NFCAA, Com. Ajay K. Patole, Addl. Secretary General, Com. P. Amrute, Asstt. Secretary General, AICAEA along with Com.  G.R. Kumbhare, Finance Secretary, AICAEA, Nagpur Branch met the Advocate at Nagpur on 12th February 19 who had acquired the judgment for grant of MACP at higher grade pay from CAT, Mumbai in favor of a section of the Civil Accounts Employees of Mumbai. As per his suggestion, it has now been decided to file the cases in Pr. CAT, New Delhi.

CADRE REVIEW PROPOSAL: ADDITIONAL POINTS

In the informal discussion with the Internal Cadre Review Committee of CGA Office on 8th February 2019, the official side had raised some doubts in the justifications in the matter of upgradation of LDCs as Accounts Assistants (to the level of UDCs) and merger of DEOs with the cadre of Sr. Accountants. Further, the official side had suggested that, since there would be big gap between pay scales of Accounts Assistants (level 4) and the Senior Accountants (level 7), the posts of Accountants may be continued.
The Federal Executive meeting, after due consideration has decided on these matter that,
1.      In order to justify  (a) the upgradation of LDCs as Accounts Assistants and (b) the merger of DEOs with the cadre of Sr. Accountants, the individuals and Branches shall send the copies of the orders of the local authorities on allocation of duties to the members of these two cadres
and
2. Regarding continuation of 20% posts of Accountants even after the Cadre Review, Branches shall give their opinion to the Central Headquarters of AICAEA (email: aicaeachq@gmail.com) before 18th February 2019 so that it could prepare a note on the point no:- 1 and 2 forward it to the Internal Cadre Review Committee.

REVIEW OF TWO DAYS STRIKE ON 8TH AND 9TH JANUARY 2019

Ten major Trade Unions of the country except BMS had called upon the working class of the country to resort to two days strike on 8th and 9th January 2019 against the anti-employee and anti-working class   policies of the Government and in support of their Demands.
The Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers' which represents 120 Central Government Employees organizations including the AICAEA and AICAEA CATII had endorsed the call of strike and called upon the Central Government Employees of the country to resort to strike in support of the ten common demands of Central Government Employees and their respective depart-mental demands.
The Central Government Gazetted officers Associations (CCGGOO) representing  all major Central Government  departments including Civil Accounts extended support to the Strike and directed its state level Committees to organize MASS DHARNA ON 8TH AND 9TH JANUARY 2019.
The Federal Council meeting of the National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations held at Bengaluru on 6th & 7th December, 2018 had endorsed the call of two days strike on 8th and 9th January 2019.
AICAEA and AICAEA CATII had served the strike notice to CGA on 12.12.2018 which was the sixth anniversary of first ever strike of the Confederation demanding appointment of 7 Pay Commission. The Charter of Demands was submitted along with the strike notice in two parts -PART-A: Ten common demands of CG Employees including to demand of “Scrap NPS and Restore OPS” and Part-B: Ten major demands of Civil Accounts Employees including prominent demand of “Immediate Cadre Review”.
In spite of threatening  by  the Controller General of Accounts vide OM dated 20.12.2018, the members observed “STRIKE PLEDGE DAY on 27.12.2018” and served notice to all local heads of the Departments and offices informing that that they shall be on strike on  8th and 9th January 2019.
Thousands of Civil Accounts employees from all those places/stations/states where major concentration of Civil Accounts Employees are there have participated in the strike. There are many offices, where only one employee is working and such single person had also participated in the strike. Members from North Eastern States, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Tamilnadu & Pondicherry, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh took part in the strike. Strike was total in Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh &Telangana, West Bengal and almost total in Assam and Tamilnadu etc. In other places, percentages varied from 50 to 70 percent.
The strike performance was therefore a grand success in the Civil Accounts Organization.
According to the media reports nearly 20 crores workers took part in the strike on 8th and 9th January 2019.
The Federal Executive meeting congratulated the rank and file of membership and offered red salute to them for making the strike a grand success in the Civil Accounts organisation and becoming the part of 20 CRORES STRUGGLING WORKERS OF THE COUNTRY.
(V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General

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