All
India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNIZED
BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
Central
Headquarters
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:-
AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2020/1391-94 Dated:
09.06.2020
To,
Smt. Soma Roy Burman,
Controller General of Accounts,
Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance,
4th Floor, GPOA, Block-E,
INA,
New Delhi – 110023
Subject:- Restoration
of AAO (Civil) Examination system discontinued for last three years -
implementation of examination and continuation of exemptions acquired by the
candidates in the old pattern of examination in consideration of proposals
given by the AICAEA.
Reference: This
Association’s letters
1.
No. AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2020/665-667 dated: 27.01.2020
2.
No. AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2020/127 dated: 11.02.2020 and
3.
No. AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2020/127 dated: 12.02.2020
Madam,
I have been directed to invite your kind attention to the above referred
letters on the subject matter and state that, It is nearly 3(three) years now
the Controller General of Accounts did not conduct the AAO(Civil) Examination
on the pretext of bringing changes in the pattern of the examination.
"Draft Syllabus, Pattern" were published vide OM dated 15th May, 2018
for comments of stakeholders. Responding to the said O.M, the All India Civil
Accounts Employees Association being the stake holder had submitted a detailed
proposal vide its letter No. AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2018/2015 dated 29th June
2018 with the request of providing it an opportunity of oral deposition to the
proposal it had given. A meeting with the representatives of the All India
Civil Accounts Employees Association was convened on 21st August
2018 by the office of the Controller General of Accounts which was Chaired by
the then Jt. CGA in charge of the Departmental Examinations. In that
meeting, apart from other matters, the staff side was given to understand that
the proposed new pattern of Examination shall be introduced and conducted by
the office of the Controller General of Accounts in the year 2018 itself.
Simultaneously, in all subsequent official meetings held after 21st
August 2018 with the official side of the office of the Controller General of
Accounts this Association used to keep on requesting to resume conducting
the AAO (Civil) Examination without further delay. Not only this, the
Association had been continuously requesting through various request letters to
restore the AAO (Civil) Examination system.
But it is nearly three years now, no regular AAO
(Civil) Examination has been conducted by the office of the Controller General
of Accounts other than the odd Supplementary Examination in 2018. As such,
serious adverse impacts on the departmental activities and career prospects to
the totality of cadres of the employees working below the level of AAOs have
caused. Some of the prominent points are jotted below:-
1.
Since more than 500 (five
hundred) posts of AAOs are lying vacant for years together, the works in the
Civil Accounts Organization is suffering very badly and the existing AAOs and
other category of employees below the level of AAO are sharing the burden of
work of highly technical nature of the posts of AAOs. This situation is causing
serious harm to the efficiency of the Civil Accounts Organisation.
2.
Hundreds of the aspiring
candidates are facing irreparable damage to their career prospects as they are
not able to appear for the examination which is very much connected with their
future benefits. Not only this, it has been causing non-creation of promotional
potential below the level of posts of AAO which is also causing equal harm to
the future prospects of low paid employees. Large number of employees, who have
become eligible to appear the examination as per the provisions of the rules
and procedure in force, could not be able to appear the examination for the
last three years which has caused serious setback in their future prospects.
3.
As a result of the
chain linked effect, hundreds of MTS, LDC, Accountants, Stenographers and DEOs
are not getting their legitimately overdue promotions to next grades for years
together as the vacancies are not emerging in higher grades through promotion
of AAO (Civil) Examination passed candidates from the feeder
grades.
1.
The candidates who have
cleared less than 8(eight) papers of the existing pattern of examination are
facing double edged injustice of not being able to clear their uncleared papers
on one side and the threat of losing credit of clearing less than eight papers
while other candidates of same examination have become AAO, AO and Sr. AO even
as the existing pattern of examination was brought in to operation from the
year 2006 on the other side.
The Civil Accounts Employees of the country
could see a ray of hope after the OM No:- A.34012/MF.CGA (E)/AAO online
Exam/Vol II/1049 dated 15th January, 2020 had been issued by your
office conveying the regulation and syllabus for AAO(Civil) Examination. It was
also a notable feature in the regulation and syllabus that majority of the
suggestions given by the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
including continuation of 8(eight) papers instead of proposed 4(four) papers was
accepted and retained. Even there was hardly any change in the syllabus in
comparison to old syllabus and thus the syllabus has become very comfortable
for both fresh and existing candidates.
After the issuance of the regulation and
syllabus, prospective and existing candidates for the examination were aspiring
that, after a gap of three years the AAO (Civil) Examination shall now be
conducted by the office of the Controller General of Accounts very soon.
In appreciation of the OM No:-
A.34012/MF.CGA (E)/AAO online Exam/Vol II/1049 dated 15th January,
2020, this Association vide its above referred letters had requested you to
kindly convene a meeting with the representatives of this Association at your level in the first week of February
2020 and thereby give the opportunity to the Association to supplement its
views it has placed through the letters to resolve the issues
connected with the exemption to the candidates cleared upto 7(seven)
papers in old pattern in particular as the employees had developed a very
clear understanding that the system of AAO (Civil) Examination would
stand restored in the Civil Accounts Organisation in no time and all categories
of candidates shall be able to take effort for their career advancements
without any more delay or interruption.
But it was very disappointing to observe by
this Association and its members that no notable progress in this direction has
been there and the request of the Association to convene a meeting has been
kept aside. Even the letter of requests by the Association for discussions and
settlement of such a vital issue concerning the growth of Civil Accounts
Organisation and future prospects of thousands of low paid employees have
not been considered for the last six months.
Therefore,
on behalf of the Association, I have been once again directed to request you to
kindly convene a meeting at your level within a fortnight's time so that the
issue could be settled across the table and existing congenial atmosphere could
travel a long way.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Krishna K. Yadav)
Secretary General
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