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All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS: NEW DELHI
All India Civil
Accounts Employees Association Category -II
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS: MUMBAI
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Central
Office: - Address for Communication:
Room
No. 351, ‘B’ Wing, 17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
Loknayak Bhawan Kali Bari Marg,
Khan Market, New Delhi –
110003 New
Delhi-110001
No. NFCAA/HQ/A-1/Cir-9/2020
Dated: 27.04.2020
To,
All Federal Executive Members,
All Women Committee Members,
All Branch Secretaries of AICAEA & AICAEA Cat-
II
Dear
Comrades,
RED SALUTE:
COM. ASHIM KR. BHATTACHARJEE
In the morning of 15TH April 2020 we lost one of
our beloved Comrades Ashim Kr. Bhattacharjee. He expired due to cardiac
arrest.
Born on 13th September 1951, Com. Bhattacharjee joined
service in the office of CA, Supply, Kolkata in 1970 as a Casual Gr. D and
regularised in 1971. He worked as a soldier of the Working Class Movement
throughout his life. The time in which Com. Ashim Bhattacharjee came to
service during a period of semi-fascist terror in the state of West Bengal and
in the offices of the Central Government. Com. Ashim Kumar Bhattacharjee had
stood in the front line. During this period, the office (room) of the
Association was sealed. CRPC 144 was promulgated upto 100 metres from the
entrance gate of the office and a special officer was appointed by the Court to
stop the agitation. All the working Committee Members were charge sheeted
including Com Ashim Kumar Bhattacharjee.
Some were suspended of which two were dismissed under 311 2(C). In
addition to this, some leaders of the then Co-ordination Committee of CGEs were
jailed and removed from service under 311 2(C) and even some Comrades were
forced to leave their respective localities they had been residing. Despite all
these, Com. Ashim Bhattacharjee stood firm and stayed in the front.
Late Com. Dipen Ghosh, Com. Ajay Bhowmick and others were impressed by
fearlessness and sincerity of Com. Ashim Kumar Bhattacharjee chose him to lead
the organisation. Authorities tried to remove him from Kolkata by offering
promotion, but he refused.
Despite all the happenings, Com Ashim Kumar Bhattacharjee used to be
seen in Hospitals, Houses of Comrades, meetings and all other programmes.
When Civil Accounts Employees fought a battle
against coercive transfer of Civil Accounts Employees who were rendered surplus
in the Supply unit, Comrade Asim was the Secretary of Supply unit. During that
movement, he received promotion orders to the post of Accountant. But he
refused promotion as his transfer from the epicentre of movement would weaken
the entire struggle.
Com. Ashim Kumar Bhattacharjee did a lot of
sacrifice to build up the composite All India Civil Accounts Employees
Association. He faced victimisations unabated for organisational activities and
while working in PAO (Ptg), Kolkata, he had faced another victimisation for
organisational activities just before few years of his retirement. With the
intention of imposing a major punishment, he was charge sheeted under Rule
14 of CCS (CCA) Rules.
Apart from holding posts in the Unit
Associations, Com. Ashim Kumar Bhattacharjee worked in the West Bengal
Branch as its Branch Secretary, President and also as office Bearers in
various other posts. Com. Ashim Bhattacharjee also worked as the Vice-
President of the AICAEA.
Com. Bhattacharjee is
survived by his wife, son and daughter in law.
NFCAA OFFERS RED SALUTE AND
DIPS ITS BANNER TO MARK RESPECT TO THIS GREAT LEADER.
DA/ DR FREEZE:
SEVERE ATTACK ON THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES
PREPARE TO FIGHT UNITEDLY TO REVERSE THE
DECISION
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance
vide O.M.No.1/1/2020-E-II (B) dated 23rd April, 2020 has conveyed the arbitrary
decision of Government to freeze the Dearness Allowance to
Central Government Employees and Dearness Relief to the Central
Government Pensioners due with effect from January 2020 for next eighteen
months i.e. upto June, 2021. This is one of the very serious attacks on the
Central Government Employees and Central Government pensioners after the attack
in the form of NPS. After the independence of the country such types of
attacks were never launched by any of the Governments on the Central Government
Employees so far.
48 lakhs Serving Central Government Employees and
about 60 lakhs Central Government Pensioners shall be adversely affected by
this decision of the Government. More than 80% of the serving employees as well
as pensioners who are low paid or retired from lower level posts would be the
worst hit sections. It would be extremely difficult for this section of the
citizens to survive while they would not be getting any compensation against
the price hike which would take place during the next one and a half year.
It is extremely disappointing to find that the
essential service providing low paid Central Government Employees especially
the health, sanitation, casual, outsourced, postal, Accounting, Railway workers
and police personnel etc. who are in the forefront of fighting the COVID-19
pandemic and even sacrificing themselves are being made to suffer for the rest
of their life financially while they have already agreed to contribute at
least one day’s salary/ wage to the PM Relief Fund or PM CARE fund as financial
support to the Government of India.
As its instant reaction, the NFCGA-EWO issued a
press statement on 24th April 2020 protesting the
decision of the Government. NFCGA-EWO vide its letter dated 25-04-2020
addressed to the Finance Minister of India has conveyed its protest against
such a harsh and anti-central Government Employee decision of the Government of
India and requested her to withdraw the OM on DA/DR freeze.
The NFCGA-EWO has also requested the Staff Side
National Council JCM to convey the protest of totality of the Central
Government, Allied, outsourced, casual, contingent Employees & Workers to the Government of India
and also proposed to organize protest actions under the leadership of Staff
side JCM (NC) if no settlement could be arrived with the government.
APPEAL FOR
CONTRIBUTION FOR FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 ATTACK
Spread of COVID19 has created havoc and
engulfed all parts of India. So, in this hour of crisis, the federal Executive
members of NFCAA had agreed in principle that in such a situation when the
country needs to prepare for medical exigencies and equipment in
lakhs are required to be arranged to face pandemic, we being the responsible
citizens need to help the cause of eradication of COVID19 with our full
might. Federal Executive Members
therefore, voted their opinion that help in the form of money is also a great
help and the NFCAA shall have to play the pioneering role to help the
country men in the hour of health disaster.
In view of this, the NFCAA had given an
appeal to the members to kindly contribute a minimum of Rs. 500/- for the
cause. The accumulated contribution shall be sent by Cheque to
the PM Relief Fund.
Due to the lock down condition, all were
requested to remit the amount within the 4th April 20 by NEFT/ Bank Transfer to
Syndicate Bank, I. P. Estate, New Delhi - 110002, A/c No. 90172010032139, IFSC
: SYNB0009017 directly and inform the details about the remittances
through WhatsApp to Federation headquarters so that proper accounting can be
done without any difficulty.
But due to the poor response and
non-remittance of the amount even by some of the federal executive members,
repeated appeals had been made through WhatsApp.
According to our record, some of our Federal
Executive members have not remitted the amount so far. We appeal them to kindly
respond to the call without any further delay.
When personally contacted, some of our
members have stated that they have already opted to pay one day’s salary
through their departmental authorities.
In this respect, we would like to bring to
the notice of our members that the call for contributing Rs. 500/- was given
much before the appeal was given by the Government of India. Objective of
giving the call by NFCAA was primarily to build up unity in the organisation
keeping a noble cause in the projection and secondly, by remitting a reasonable
amount to the Government fund credibility of NFCAA, its membership base and
effectiveness etc. could be established before the authorities so that these
could have a bearing on the pending demands of the members of the affiliates of
NFCAA.
However, due to tireless efforts of some of
the Federal executive members, the situation has changed now. We have
received a reasonable amount of money in the Bank Account of the Association
due to response and co-operation of a large number of our members, retired
leaders and a few of the Accounts Officers. We offer our sincere thanks to them. List of the contributors is
under preparation and it shall be published. The amount accumulated
shall be handed over to the authorities concerned by the available Federal
Executive Members soon after the Lookdown is withdrawn.
We once again appeal upon all those members
who have not yet responded to the call of remitting Rs. 500/- to kindly
appreciate the endeavour of NFCAA and extend their helping hand in
strengthening the organisation.
CLASSIFICATION OF CIVIL ACCOUNTS AS
“ESSENTIAL SERVICE”
Ministry of Finance vide
OM. 23(4)/ECoord/2020 dated 23-03-2020 has declared the office of the
Controller General of Accounts and the Pay and Account Offices as essential
service. This is significant development.
Due to spread of pandemic Coronavirus infections,
the NFCAA, in pursuance of the approach of the Staff side National Council JCM
(NC), NFCAA requested the Government to consider the proposal of staff side
declaring for closed holidays from 23rd to 31st March 2020 and take the decision to extend date of
closing of financial year 2019-2020 to 30th April 2020 as a special case to curb the spread of
coronavirus and safety of the officers and employees of Civil Accounts
organization. But the Government instead of accepting the proposal of the Staff
side JCM or NFCAA, declared the functioning of Civil Accounts organisation all
together as essential service. The NFCAA had reacted very sharply and demanded
total safety of the employees and officers throughout the country.
Secretary, Department of Expenditure responded positively and requested the
secretaries of all Ministries/ Departments of Government of India to extend
fullest support to the offices of Civil Accounts organisation so that the
payment and Accounting functions of the Government of India could be completed
within the targeted date of 31st March 2020. Following this, CGA also took lots
initiatives in support of the question of safety of the employee and
officers.
We congratulate and salute
our members for the yeomen service they have been giving to the Nation by operating
the system of payment and Accounting throughout the country during this
pandemic and lock down. The Civil Accounts Employees and Officers Associations could
identify themselves with the employees in medical, air India,
police, postal services and armed forces services. We are very
effectively discharging our responsibilities as a part of the essential
services. One of our members from Hubali faced police atrocities while
performing the duty. Our staff members were exposed directly to the threat of
getting infected in one of the offices in Jaipur and Mumbai.
Declaration of Civil Accounts organisation as
essential service has armed the employees and their organisations with an
additional apparatus in fighting their long pending demands. Being an essential
service organisation, the demand for formation of Department of Accounts
pending for the last forty years would get more oxygen as a result of this and
if a united fight could be given by us, the demand shall definitely see the
light of the day. Moreover, many other facilities shall have to be arranged by
the Government for upgrading the Civil Accounts organisation as one of the
essential services.
The affiliates of NFCAA have already raised the
issue of putting the employees and officers of Civil Accounts under
compensation coverage of Rupees One crore in the event of their death due to
corona infection while performing duty like employees other essential
services. The letter in this regard has been issued to the Secretary,
Department of Expenditure by the affiliates of NFCAA on 25.04.2020.
Further,
JUDGEMENT OF
PR. CAT ON AAO (Civil) EXAMINATION
The judgement given by the
Pr. CAT against OA No.619/2020 MA No.803/2020 in the case of Sudhanshu Sekhar
Singh, Sr. Acctt. and 62 others versus Secretary, Department of Expenditure and
CGA was examined by the NFCAA headquarters. The petition on the plea of both
granting grace marks up 10 and continuation of exemptions from old to new
pattern of examination were dismissed by the Pr. CAT on merit ground. It is
apparent from the judgment that weak pleadings
on the part of the applicant caused the damage.
We have learnt that as soon
as the lockdown period is over, some of the members are going to file a
petition in CAT on the demand of granting of exemption in AAO(C) Exam. Some of
the candidates who were unsuccessful in AAO(C) Exam by very narrow margin of 1
mark are also contemplating to file a case in CAT for granting grace marks in
2018 exam and the applicants of the last CAT case (dismissed) are going to
Delhi High Court.
The NFCAA requests all the
candidates trying to seek remedy through legal course of action may review their
stand. The agitation backed negotiation by the Associations could make
reasonable progress in the matter. If our members stand along with the
Association, the issue could be settled. Filing of multiple numbers of cases in
different courts shall help the authorities to further complicate the situation
and avoid conducting the examination. Postponement of examination shall not
cause any loss to the authorities but the candidates shall suffer. On the plea
of pendency of decisions in Court, authority shall fill up the vacancies of
AAOs by calling persons on deputation from other departments which shall be
causing permanent damage to the career prospects of our members who are eager
to appear the AAO (Civil) examination. Further, it would most appropriate that, in the event of final shut down
of negotiation, a composite Petition in the court of law should be filed
by the Association which would be the most effective in achieving a favourable
settlement.
All the Branches are
therefore, requested to take effective steps in this matter immediately. They
are requested to contact the members who
are appearing or to appear the AAO (Civil) examination and explain to them the
approach of the NFCAA. Branches are also requested to provide
feedback after having interaction with the members concerned. The
feedback however, should be the views of the Branch Committees.
HEARTIEST MAY DAY GREETINGS TO ALL
1st
May every year is observed as a day of the working class and the working
class takes the pledge of taking forward the struggle for an exploitation free
world. But this year May Day has emerged before the Working Class in a
different manner due to spread of pandemic COVID-19 throughout the world. The working
masses of our country in particular are passing through a very critical
situation. Due to Lockdown lakhs of workers have become jobless, shelter less
due to anti-working class attitude of our government. Many workers and their
family members died due to starvation or while walking thousands of kilometers towards
their villages/home. So far as Central Government Employees and Central
Government pensioners are concerned, the government has freezed the DA/DR for
next eighteen months. Therefore, it is a very critical situation for the
working class. But due to lockdown and social distancing, there cannot be any
protest rally of the workers. In this
back ground, NFCAA appeals upon the members not to organize any gathering in
any work spot or participate in any rally or meeting as it would be harmful for
the workers and an irresponsible action. May Day Spirit should be in our body and mind. However, the
NFCGA-EWO has directed its affiliates to send the protest letter against the
DA/DR freeze to their respective heads of the Departments and the Cabinet
Secretary. The Central headquarters of the affiliates of NFCAA shall therefore,
issue the letter to CGA and Cabinet Secretary accordingly.
Brief History of
May Day
May Day began in the U.S. U.S. ,
centered in Chicago
With warm greetings,
(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary
General
Copy of the
AICAEA-AICAEACAT II letter No:- AICAEA-AICAEA CAT II/HQ/A-2/2020/1230- 1251 dated:
12.04.2020 To, Smt. Soma Roy
Burman Controller
General of Accounts,
Subject: Relaxation in Central
Government Account (Receipt and Payment) Rules, 1983 for ensuring smooth
payments by PAOs/ CDDOs and enabling them to “work from Home” (WHF) -
facilities of GPF advance/ withdrawal to Civil Accounts Employees -reg.
Madam,
We are thankful to find in the website of the
office of the Controller General of Accounts that, the request made by us vide
our letter No:- AICAEA-AICAEA CAT II/HQ/A-2/2020/1209- 29 dated
07.04.2020 to kindly promote “e-office” and “work
from home” pattern has been taken care of
and your office vide Office Memorandum No. 3(2)/TA-II/2020/173 dated
08-04-2020 has decided to amend certain provisions of Receipts &
Payment Rules, 1983 temporarily. This decision of yours has undoubtedly been
well appreciated by the officers and employees.
The government has
taken few decisions appreciating the prevailing situation in the country
and may not discontinue or withdraw the Lock down in the near future. So far as
the Civil Accounts organisation is concerned there exists a need to explore
amendments to procedures which cause undue hardships to employees and officers
of Civil Accounts organisation as the Principal Accounts offices of
various Ministries/ Departments situated at Delhi are not able to function like
normal times. In majority of the Ministries/ Departments powers for approval/
sanction of GPF advance and withdrawal rest with Principal Accounts offices. It
is therefore, becoming inconvenient for the individuals who suddenly fall in
the dire need of money as they find it very difficult to reach upto their local
HOO even in the present scenario sometimes.
In view of the
circumstances described above, we have been directed to request you to kindly
ask the Heads of the Departments of Civil Accounts Organisation (PCCAs, CCAs,
CAs) to delegate sufficient powers to Head of offices (PAO/ ZAO/ RPAO) to make
payments of GPF Advance/ withdrawal or necessary arrangement may be made so
that on the basis of electronic instructions/ approval of the competent
authority, payment or the provision of taking ex post facto sanction from the
competent authority for the same may be made.
We hope you will kindly
take an early favourable decision in this regard and direct your office to
intimate the favourable decision of yours to us through a line in intimation.
Thanking you,
Yours
Sincerely,
Sd/- Sd/-
(Amol V. Sule)
(Krishna
K. Yadav)
Secretary General Secretary
General
All India Civil Accounts All India
Civil Accounts
Employees Association Category II Employees Association
Copy to:-
1.
The Secretary, Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance, North Block New Delhi for kind necessary action.
2.
All National Executive Members of AICAEA and
AICAEACAT II for information.
3.
Secretary General, National Federation of
Civil Accounts Associations, New Delhi.
4. All Branch and Unit Secretaries concerned for persuasion with the
appropriate authorities from their levels.
Sd/-(Amol
V. Sule)
Sd/-(Krishna K. Yadav)
Secretary General Secretary General
All India Civil Accounts All
India Civil Accounts
Employees Association Category II Employees
Association
Copy of the
AICAEA-AICAEACAT II letter No:- AICAEA-AICAEA CAT II/HQ/A-2/2020/1292- 1312
dated: 22.04.2020 To, Smt. Soma Roy
Burman Controller
General of Accounts,
Subject: preventive measures to contain spread of
COVID19 - non-operation of centralized Air Conditioners-reg.
Madam,
We have been directed
to state that, according to opinions given by the experts especially in the
electronic media recently, Centralized Air Conditioning system, when in
operation, circulates the Air of one particular area/ portion of any hall or
room to another room/ hall in cyclic form. As such, if any corona virus infected
individual makes his/her presence in any location even for few minutes in the
centrally air conditioned area, there is possibility of spreading the viruses
in entire Air Conditioned area and it would obviously increase the risk of
COVID-19 infection to the persons sitting or moving in the said air conditioned area. The experts have
also opined that air conditioning of the rooms with window Air Conditioners do
not indicate such type of risk.
Many
offices of Civil Accounts Organisation including the office of CGA and PFMS
centre, etc. being centrally Air Conditioned and hundreds of the employees and
officers are working in those places/Buildings, we seek your kind attention to
this serious matter and request you to kindly take appropriate action in this
regard as the summer season is setting in very fast.
We
shall be highly thankful, if a line intimating the action taken on this letter
is forwarded to us at an early date.
Thanking you,
Yours
Sincerely,
Sd/-
Sd/-
(Amol V. Sule)
(Krishna
K. Yadav)
Secretary General Secretary
General
All India Civil Accounts All India
Civil Accounts
Employees Association Category II Employees Association
Copy
to:-
5.
All National Executive Members of AICAEA and
AICAEACAT II.
6.
Secretary General, National Federation of
Civil Accounts Associations, New Delhi.
7.
All Branch and Unit Secretaries concerned.
Sd/-
Sd/-
(Amol V. Sule)
(Krishna K. Yadav)
Secretary General Secretary
General
All India Civil Accounts All India
Civil Accounts
Employees
Association Category II Employees Association
Copy of the
AICAEA-AICAEACAT II letter No:- AICAEA-AICAEA CAT II/HQ/A-2/2020/1313-
1335 dated: 25.04.2020 to Dr. T. V. Somanathan,Secretary,
Department of Expenditure with copy to CGA.
Subject:- Compensation of at least Rupees one
crores to the family members of Civil Accounts Employees and
Officers in the event of death due to infection of coronavirus while on essential duty.
Respected Sir,
We the undersigned have been directed to
state that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has
extended insurance benefit of a meagre amount of Rs. 50 lakhs (Rs. Fifty
Lakhs) to the health workers on account of accidental death for their direct
contact and care of COVID -19 cases or at the risk of being infected by
this.
It
has been reported by the media that the Government of Delhi shall be giving
Rs.1 Crore to the family of security personnel who died on duty, families of
doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and sanitation workers will also be given an
equal amount if they die while dealing with corona patients.
The
scheme of extending compensation has been further extended to employees of the
Department of Posts on the ground of being a part of the essential service.
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance vide OM.
23(4)/E.Coord/2020 dated 23-03-2020 has also declared the office of the
Controller General of Accounts and the Pay and Account Offices as essential
service. As Employees and Officers organisations, we
have welcomed the decision of the Department Expenditure and assured total co-operation
of the employees and officers of Civil Accounts organisation when we could find
that the Secretary, Department of Expenditure and the Controller General of
Accounts themselves are taking keen interests in providing necessary support to
the Civil Accounts employees and Officers in their effort to work in such a
critical situation. The move of declaring Civil Accounts as an essential
service has resulted in timely disbursement of direct benefit transfer to
targeted groups of society like farmers and other deserving sections of the
people. Amid the atmosphere of fear and likelihood of exposure to Coronavirus
all employees and officers of Civil Accounts organisation worked to full
potential and year end activities for the financial year 2019-20 have been
completed. There are of course incidents wherein the Civil Accounts Employees
have faced direct exposure to Corona infected patients, witnessed
highhandedness of police and local administration. They overcame the problems
of transportation as in the majority of the cases they were not provided
transportation facilities, risk of health as basic amenities were not provided
like masks, gloves and hand sanitizers etc. Many times drinking water and
first aid facilities were missing due to total lock down and curfew situations
throughout the
country.
Under
the above circumstances, we have been directed to urge upon you to kindly put
the Civil Accounts employees and Officers in the same cluster with regard to
infection of COVID-19 while on duty and grant equal amount as compensation to
their family members in the event of their death due to infection of
coronavirus. The amount of compensation may be fixed not less than Rupees
One Crore as the death cases would be comparatively young persons and they
shall be leaving behind their family liabilities.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Sd/-
Sd/-
(Amol V. Sule)
(Krishna
K. Yadav)
Secretary General Secretary
General
All India Civil Accounts All India Civil Accounts
Employees Association Category II Employees Association
Copy to Smt. Soma
Roy Burman, Controller General of Accounts, Department
of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, 4th Floor, GPOA, Block-E, INA,
New Delhi – 110023 with the request for taking up the matter with the
appropriate authorities for its early settlement.
Sd/- Sd/-
(Amol V. Sule)
(Krishna
K. Yadav)
Secretary General Secretary
General
All India Civil Accounts All India
Civil Accounts
Employees Association Category II Employees Association
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