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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-11/2020
Dated:
15.06.2020
To,
All Federal Executive Members,
All Women Committee Members,
All Branch Secretaries of AICAEA & AICAEA Cat-
II
Dear
Comrades,
RED SALUTE TO COM. RATHIN BURMAN ROY
He was
promoted to the post of JAO on passing JAO (Civil) examination He was
promoted to the post of AO twice but refused it to continue in AICAEA.
Com. Rathin Barman Roy was the founder Secretary of AICAEA, West
Bengal Branch too.
N.F.C.A.A. OFFERS RED SALUTE AND DIPS ITS BANNER TO
MARK RESPECT TO THIS GREAT LEADER
N.F.C.A.A.
DECIDES
TO
MOVE AHEAD
WITH STRUGGLES FOR REALISATION
OF ITS
PENDING DEMANDS
1.
HOLD PROTEST MEETINGS IN EVERY OFFICE ON 25TH JUNE 2020 ON THE DEMAND OF
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT OF 22 POINT CHARTER OF DEMANDS.
2.
UNDERTAKE LEGAL COURSE OF ACTION FOR
(A)
IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF AAO (CIVIL)
EXAMINATION AND CONTINUATION OF EXEMPTION SYSTEM
(B)
IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF 10% PROMOTION QUOTA
FOR PROMOTION OF SENIOR ACCOUNTANTS AS AAO.
FIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19: STAY SAFE
Hope this circular shall find you all safe
while COVID-19(coronavirus) has created havoc and whole perspective has changed. Entire
world is going through transition. Challenges are many and so are the
roads to overcome them. Every day, reports of infected persons from
Government offices and death cases are pouring in. But unfortunately, our
Government has withdrawn from the fight against the pandemic and said; since
the Corona shall not end, citizens of the country should be self-reliant to
survive. In spite of all odds we shall have to move ahead. We shall have to
fight the corona attack and pursue our issues as well.
DECISIONS OF
FEDERAL EXECUTIVES
After
detailed interaction amongst the Federal Executive Members across the country
following decisions have been taken. All affiliates and their Branches are
requested to pursue their members’ for proper implementation of the decisions.
1. PROTEST
MEETING IN EVERY OFFICE ON 25TH JUNE 2020
Affiliates of the NFCAA shall issue a letter to the
concerned authorities demanding immediate settlement of pending issues
immediately. In the event of non-response from the authorities, Unit wise
protest programmes shall be observed on 25th June 2020. A separate circular in this regard is being
issued.
2. LEGAL ACTION
ON IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF AAO (CIVIL) EXAMINATION AND CONTINUATION OF
EXEMPTION SYSTEM
As per the decision of the Federal Executive meeting
dated 16/17 August 2019, a case in appropriate court shall be filed on the
issues of conduct of AAO Civil Exam and continuation of
exemptions as no other option is left. However, a
final letter shall be written by Central Hqrs to CGA seeking dialogue in
15 days and in the event of non-response, petition shall be filed on 16th day.
Accordingly, the letter has been issued to CGA by the Central headquarters of
AICAEA on 09.06.2020 and the copy of it is furnished in this circular.
3. LEGAL ACTION ON IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF 10%
PROMOTION QUOTA FOR PROMOTION OF SENIOR ACCOUNTANTS AS AAO.
Similarly, as per the decision of the meeting of the Federal Executive
dated 11th February 2019,
another petition shall be moved to Pr.CAT, New Delhi against non-grant
of promotion to Sr. Accountants as AAOs against 10% promotion quota since 2015
after the case in respect of AAO(Civil) Examination is filed. Necessary action
in this respect has also been initiated.
COMMENTS OF DRAFT RECRUITMENT RULES OF AO AND SR. AO
Office of The CGA vide OM No.
A-65061(55)/7/2020/Group- B/CGA/14 dated 20th May 2020 has placed the Draft
Recruitment Rules for the Accounts officers and Senior Accounts Officers. On
examining the contents of the Drafts Recruitment Rules, It has been observed by
the NFCAA that the Recruitment Rules have been drafted totally against the
interest of the officer and employees of Civil Accounts Organisation and
ignoring the decisions of the Government of India regarding the status of the
Accounts Officer and Senior Accounts officer. CGA is totally against the merger
of Accounts officer and Senior Accounts Officer which is untenable.
After
detailed deliberations at different levels, the AICAEA CAT II vide its letter
No AICAEA CAT II/HQ/MUM/2020
-2021 dated 12/06/2020
has forwarded its comments to CGA with endorsement of copies to
Secretary, Department of Expenditure and
the Secretary, DOPT.
With Warm Greetings,
(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
Copy of the AICAEA letter No:- AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2020/1391-94
Dated: 09.06.2020 to Smt.
Soma Roy Burman, Controller General of Accounts with
copy to Secretary, Department of Expenditure
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.
4.
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,
Sd/-
(Krishna K. Yadav)
Secretary
General
Copy of the AICAEA CAT II letter
NO: AICAEA CAT II/HQ/MUM/2020 -2021 dated 12/06/2020 to Smt. Soma Roy Burman, Controller
General of Accounts with copy to Secretary, Department of Expenditure and
Secretary, DOPT.
Subject: - Comments on Draft Recruitment
Rules for the post of Pay and Accounts Officer and Senior Accounts Officer
(Group A)-regarding
Reference:
- Your office OM No. A-65061(55)/7/2020/Group- B/CGA/14 dated 20th May 2020
Madam,
I have been
directed to refer to the above and forward the comments, suggestions and views
on the draft Recruitment Rules on behalf of the All India Civil Accounts
Employees Association Category II for the posts of Pay and Accounts Officer and
Senior Accounts Officer.
Though the
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category -II represents the
cadre of Assistant Accounts Officers, but the Association being the natural
stakeholder, considers it relevant and essential to offer its comments on the
proposed Recruitment Rules for the cadre of AO/Sr. AO on the ground that the
career prospects of the cadre of AAO is directly connected with the recruitment
Rules of the AO/ Sr. AO.
This Association after a detailed study of the
Draft Recruitment Rules for AO/Sr. AO placed in the website of the Controller
General of Accounts likes to draw your attention to the following few lines for
your consideration and necessary action: -
1. As per the recommendations of 7th
CPC and implementation of such recommendations Pay band and Grade Pay have been
replaced pay level of pay matrix in the following manner: -
a. AAO: PB 2 GP Rs.4800/- to
Level 8(Rs. 47600/-) and PB2 GP Rs 5400/- to Level 9 (Rs.53100) after 4 years
b. AO: PB2 GP Rs.5400/- to Level 9
(Rs.53100)
c. Sr.AO: PB3 GP Rs.5400/- to Level
10 (Rs.56100)
Thus, on promotion from the post of AAO to AO
no financial benefit is available while after such promotions responsibilities
of the promotees to the level of AO increases manifold and the most important
factor of cadre change comes to effect.
Moreover, AAO and AO are functionally not comparable. AAO functions as
section head while PAO functions as Head of Office. Therefore, keeping the AAO cadre away from the
normal promotional benefits of being promoted as AO is totally unjustified both
scientifically as well as logically and hence, need to be rectified.
2. Contrary to the situation
discussed in point No. 1 above, the AO on promotion to Sr.AO is granted the promotional
benefit in the form of one increment while at this stage there is no change in
work profile. It is also surprising to find in the Draft recruitment Rules that
AO and Senior AO have been made two separate cadres and two different
Recruitment rules have been proposed to be adopted by splitting the existing
composite recruitment Rules for AO/ Sr. AO and that to ignoring the following
basic facts-
a. Responsibilities and functionally
AO and Sr. AO are the same. Both are liable to carry out the responsibilities
holding the independent charge of Pay &/ Regional Pay &/Zonal Accounts
offices and function as head of offices. The basic principle of equal pay for
equal work enshrined in the Constitution of India, one post one salary concept
of the present Government of India and recommendations of 6CPC with regard to
delayering of posts/ cadres have not been taken into consideration at the time
of drafting the Recruitment Rules.
b. In compliance with the directions
of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi contained in Order dated 17.09.2013 in WP(C)
No.2698/2013, the Ministry of Finance, had taken a conscious decision that the
post of Sr. Audit Officer and Sr. Accounts Officer in the Indian Audit and
Accounts Department in Pay Level 10 earlier
classified as Group ‘B’ post, is classified as Group ‘A’ without any change in
the Pay Level.,
c. The Comptroller & Auditor
General of India, in pursuance of the Ministry of Finance mentioned in “b”
above and in concurrence of the Ministry of Finance, notified in Gazette of India, Part II
Section 3 Sub-Section (i) vide GSRNo.860(E) dated 18.11.2019 published on
20.11.2019merged the AO and Sr. AO. It
has been prescribed that the feeder cadre for promotion to the posts of Sr.
Accounts Officer shall be Assistant Accounts Officer. The eligibility criteria
for promotion to the posts of Sr. Accounts Officer shall be Assistant Accounts
Officer in Level - 8 (Rs. 47600-151100) of the pay matrix with seven years of
regular service including service rendered in non-functional grade of Level - 9
(Rs. 53100-167800) of the pay matrix.
d. Historically, the Government of
India as well as the consecutive CPC’s have accorded the same treatment to the
cadres of organized Accounts and organisations of C&AG. Under this
background, the Ministry of Finance would not give a different treatment to the
cadre of Civil Accounts unless deviation is proposed by the heads of the
Accounting organisation.
e. Duties and responsibilities of
Accounts/ Senior Accounts Officers of Civil Accounts organisation are
completely different and are of higher nature than their counterparts in any
other Accounting formations of Government of India. Department of Expenditure, Ministry of
Finance OM No. F No.23 (4) /E. Coord/2020 Dt.23.03.2020 have declared Civil
Accounts Organization as an essential service. As such the responsibilities and
role of head office of an essential service department shall be vital in
discharging duties as they require not only to ensure effective, accurate and
timely payment and Accounting functions on behalf of the Government of India at
different levels but also require to deal with officers of Level 12 and above
beyond their regular purview of service.
f. Merger of Accounts/ Senior
Accounts Officers will end cases of pay anomalies which cropped up after
implementation of MACP. The proposal of merger is in line with proposals
forwarded for cadre review.
It is amply evident from the preceding paras
of this letter that, segregating the cadre of Accounts/ Senior Accounts
Officers in to two different cadres and creation of recruitment rules for the
post of Pay and Accounts Officer and Senior Accounts Officer separately is
totally against the basic concept of the Civil Accounts organisation and its
functional system, against the current scenario and against the policies and
principles of the Government of India. Proposal for segregating the AO/ Sr. AO
also runs contrary to the approach of CGA towards the first Cadre Review
proposals of Gr-B and C Cadres of the Civil Accounts organisation.
The comments
of the Association on columns of the Schedule to the draft recruitment rules
are annexed to Annexure I and Annexure II to this letter respectively The Association hopes that you
will kindly consider the request made by the Association from the angle of
protecting the interests of your own employees and shall give an opportunity to
the Association to offer its oral deposition in support of the points it has
raised.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Encl.:
- As above Sd/-
(Amol
V Sule)
Secretary General
Copy for
information to:-
1.
The
Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New
Delhi- 110001.
2.
Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training, Government of
India, North Block, New Delhi- 110001.
Sd/-
(Amol V
Sule)
Secretary
General
ANNEXURE -I
Comments to
be made regarding proposed Recruitment Rules to the posts of Pay and Accounts
Officer
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Serial
no./Column no. of the proposed Notification/Schedule of RRs to the posts
of Pay and Accounts Officer
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Comments
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May be deleted and sanctioned strength
amalgamated into sanctioned posts of Sr.AO
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ANNEXURE - II
Comments
to be made regarding proposed Recruitment Rules to the posts of Senior Accounts
Officer
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Sl.
No.
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Serial no./Column no. of the proposed
Notification/Schedule
of RRs to the posts of
Senior Accounts Officer
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Comments
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1
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No Change
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2
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2
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997 (199+798)
subject to variation depends on workload
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3
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3
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No Change
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4
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4
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Following may
be inserted in place of existing entries: -
“Level 10 in Pay Matrix (Rs. 56100 –
177500)
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No Change
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Assistant Accounts
Officer in Level-8 (Rs. 47600- 151100) of the pay matrix with Seven years of regular service
including service rendered in non-functional grade of Level-9 (Rs.
53100-167800) of the pay matrix.
Note: Where juniors who have completed their
qualifying or eligibility service are being considered for promotion, their
seniors would also be considered provided they are not short of the requisite
qualifying or eligibility service by more than half of such qualifying or
eligibility service or two years, whichever is less
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