Wednesday, March 31, 2010

ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS RECEIVED FROM DIFFERENT BRANCHES, PREPARATIONS FOR THE MASS CASUAL LEAVE ON 8TH APRIL 2010 THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY ARE VERY ENCOURAGING.

 

BRANCHES OF AICAEA AND AICAEACAT II FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY HAVE INFORMED THAT THEY ARE ON THE JOB MOBILISATION. PREPARATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS EXEPTIONALLY GOOD IN SOME OF THE MAJOR BRANCHES.

 

WE APPEAL UPON ALL THOSE MEMBER/ UNITS/BRANCHESWHO HAVE NOT MADE UP THEIR MIND YET  TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMME ARE REQUESTEDVTOPREPARE AND PLUNG INTO ACTION.

 

DEAR COMRADES, PELASE REMEMBER! IF YOU DO NOT PARTICIPATE AND MAKE THE PROGRAMME  A SUCCESS, NONE OF OUR DEMANDS WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BE ACHIEVED.  

 

THEREFORE, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE. SUBMIT YOU CASUAL LEAVE APPLICATION  AS PER PRESCRIBED PROFORMA ON OR BEFORE 7TH APRIL2010 AND ABSTAIN FROM DUTY/OFFICE ON 8TH APRIL 2010.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTER
10/42, II Floor, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi-110060 Tel: 25785070

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category -II
CENTRAL HEADQUARTER
C/o Regional Pay and Accounts Office
Ministry of Commerce
Old CGO Building, 3rd Floor, 101, M. K. Road Mumbai-400020 Tel: 22031121


No:-AICAEA/AICAEA cat-II/HQ/A-2/2010/4492
Dated: 25th March, 2010

To

The Controller General of Accounts,
Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure,
Loknayak Bhawan,
Khan Market,
New Delhi-110003

Subject: - Settlement of Charter of Demands – Reg

Sir,
We would like to refer the letter No.AICAEA/HQ/A-2/10/4345 dated 21st
January 2010 of the All India Civil Accounts Employees Association and
state that no favourable action on any of the issues referred in the
said letter has been learnt to be taken by your office so far. Hence,
wide resentment among the rank and file membership of All India Civil
Accounts Employees Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees
Association Category II has been generated.
Further, the Associations we are representing, have
considered the decision of Joint Action committee of Accounts & Audit
Employees and Officers Organizations (of which the Associations are
constituents) to go on one day Mass Casual leave on 8th April 2010 in
pursuance of demands such as implementation of Arbitration award on
Audit & Accounts Employees and grant of appropriate pay scales to
different cadres at par with CSS cadres etc.
Therefore, on behalf of above Associations we are to inform
you that, the members of both Associations shall go on one day Mass
Casual Leave on 8th April 2010 demanding immediate negotiated
settlement of the demands.
The charter of Demands in support of which the employees
shall resort to the protest action is enclosed herewith for your kind
reference.
We shall be thankful if the demands are settled through negotiations
before 8th April 2010.
Thanking you,
Enclo: as stated above.
Yours faithfully,

(V.Bhattacharjee)

(M.P.Pandit)
Secretary General

Secretary General

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

JAC notice for mass C/L on 8th April 2010

JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE OF

ACCOUNTS & AUDIT EMPLOYEES & OFFICERS ORGANISATIONS

15/1089-90, Vasundhara, Dt Ghaziabad (UP) -201012

 

 

Reference: JAC/Mass CL/5/2010                                                         Date: 22-03-2010

 

 

To

Secretary,

Deptt of Expenditure

Ministry of Finance, Govt of India

North Block,

New Delhi – 110001

 

 

 

Sir,

 

The audit and accounts employees and officers had been demanding the implementation of award given by Board of Arbitration in CA No 03/2001 with regard to pay scale of audit & accounts cadres.

 

The non implementation of the award has caused irreparable damage to the cause of audit and accounts cadres.

 

The further upgradation of the pay scales of Assistants in the Central Sectt without extending the same to audit/accounts cadres has caused much resentment amongst our membership.

 

In pursuance of these demands the audit & accounts employees and officers would proceed on one day casual leave on 8th April 2010.

 

This is for information please.

 

The charter of demands is enclosed.

 

Thanking you,

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

(V. Bhattacharjee)

Convener

 

 

Charter of Demands

 

1.    Implement arbitration award by granting higher pay scale notionally w.e.f.1-1-1986 and effectively w.e.f 1-1-2006.

2.   upgrade LDCs by re-designating them as Acctts/Audit Assistants and following pay sales to different cadres-

Acctts/Audit Assistant                                           PB-1 with Grade Pay Rs.2400

Accountant/Auditor/ Steno Gr.II                            PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4200

Sr. Accountant/Auditor/ Steno Gr.I                       PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4600

SO/AAO/PS                                                           PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4800

                                                                    PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.5400

                                                                          On completion of 4 years.

Accounts/Audit Officer                                          PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.6600

 Sr. Accounts/Audit Officer                                   PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.7600

3.    Grant ACP on departmental hierarchy basis.

4.     Grant one increment and Grade pay of Rs.4800 from the day of passing JAO/SOG examination.

5.    Grant three increments on passing departmental confirmatory examination.

6.     Step up pay of Senior Promotees who exhausted ACP in the event of junior drawing more pay and getting ACP in compliance with apex court judgment.

7.      Grant recognition to Railway Accounts Staff Association.

 

 

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Dear Comrades,

PARTICIPATE AND MAKE

 

 THE MASS CASUAL LEAVE

ON

8TH APRIL 2010

 

IN SUPPORT OF 22 POINT CHARTER OF APEX J.A. C. DEMANDS AND DEPARTMENTAL DEMANDS

 

A grand success

 

DOWNLOAD ENCLOSED

C. L. APPLICATION FORM,

FILL IT UP INDIVIDUALLY

 

AND

DEPOSIT TO YOUR UNIT/BRANCH SECRETARY within 31st March 2010

FOR SUBMISSION TO THE AUTHORITY

 

We, the Accounts and Audit employees of the country have been given a very raw deal by the 6th Pay Commission.  Subsequently the Government of India has also denied justice to Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers and created further discrimination between Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers and various other sections of the Central Government Employees by granting other sections of the Central Government Employees better pay scales and status. The Departmental authorities of Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers are not also ready to plead before the Government for removal of discriminations done with their employees.

In view of the above circumstances, the representatives of Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers organizations had met at Jaipur on 1st Frbruary2010 under the banner of Joint Action Committee of Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers Organisations and decided that the Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers of the country shall resort to mass casual leave on 8th April 2008 in support of their common demands and departmental demands of their respective departments.

 

            WE, THEREFORE, APPEAL UPON ALL OF YOU TO PARTICIAPTE AND MAKE THE MASS CASUAL LEAVE PROGRAMME A GRAND SUCCESS.

                                                                                     

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

 

COMMON DEMANDS

 

1.   Implement arbitration award by granting higher pay scale notionally w.e.f.1-1-1986 and effectively w.e.f 1-1-2006.

2.  upgrade LDCs by re-designating them as Acctts/Audit Assistants and following pay sales to different cadres-

Acctts/Audit Assistant                     PB-1 with Grade Pay Rs.2400

Accountant/Auditor/ Steno Gr.II      PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4200

Sr. Accountant/Auditor/ Steno Gr.I  PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4600

SO/JAO/AAO/PS                            PB-2 with Grade Pay Rs.4800

                                              PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.5400

                                               On completion of 4 years.

Accounts/Audit Officer                   PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.6600

 Sr. Accounts/Audit Officer             PB-3 with Grade Pay Rs.7600

3.   Grant ACP on departmental hierarchy basis.

4.    Grant one increment and Grade pay of Rs.4800 from the day of passing JAO/SOG examination.

5.   Grant three increments on passing departmental confirmatory examination.

6.    Step up pay of Senior Promotees who exhausted ACP in the event of junior drawing more pay and getting ACP in compliance with apex court judgment.

7.     Grant recognition to Railway Accounts Staff Association.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 DEPARTMENTAL DEMANDS

 


1.    Filling up of all vacant posts by direct recruitment, promotion and absorption of deputationists on agreed terms and no outsourcing and off-loading of works of Civil Accounts.

2.     Vacation of vindictive actions against employees.

3.      Restoration of 594 posts kept in operational abeyance.

4.    Implementation of MACP scheme by removing its anomalies.

5.     Grant of recognition to AICAEA CAT-II and implementation of Check-Off system as per Government instructions.     

6.    Augmentation of Additional Staff strength required in PAOs of Ministry of Home Affairs and creation of justified posts immediately.

7.    Formation of Department of Accounts under CGA.

8.    Conversion of DEO as Accountant.

9.    Promotion of all left out non-matriculate Group-D qualified Departmental examination before 0ctober 2003 and restoration of 5% promotional Quota to the post of LDC.

10.           Increase in promotional quota for Senior Accountant as AAO to 20% of posts of AAO and removal of condition of 53 years of age for promotion.

11.           Grant of benefit of II ACP to Sr. Accountant appointed as Accountant on passing Departmental Competitive Examination conducted by SSC.

12.           Separate toilet facilities and Rest Room facilities for women employees in all offices.

13.           Issuing of Gradation lists of all cadres immediately.

14.           Provision of amenities to the Central Office of the Association.

15. Supply of copies of orders/OMs of general interest of staff to the Association in terms of the Government of India as well as CGA's instructions and placement of orders/ Circulars in the website of CGA.


 

To              

 

 

 

The Pay and Accounts Officer

 

------------------------------------------------

 

                     ----------------------------------------

 

 

 

 

 

Sir/Madam,

 

       The All India Civil Accounts Employees Association/All India Civil Accounts Employees Association  has called upon every member to avail one day Casual Leave on 8th April 2010 in pursuance of the Charter of Demands submitted by the Association to CGA.                                   

 

         I being a member of the Association, hereby submit my application for one day Casual Leave on 8th April 2010.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

            I request you to kindly sanction the leave.

 

Thanking you,

                                                                                                                                                    

                      Yours faithfully

Place

Date

 

                                                                                                    Signature

                                                                                                          Name

 

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

PARTICIPATE AND MAKE

 THE MASS CASUAL LEAVE

ON

8TH APRIL 2010

IN SUPPORT OF 7 POINT CHARTER OF DEMANDS OF APEX J.A.C. AND FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTAL DEMANDS

A grand success

 


1.       Filling up of all vacant posts by direct recruitment, promotion and absorption of deputationists on agreed terms and no outsourcing and off-loading of works of Civil Accounts.

2.        Vacation of vindictive actions against employees.

3.         Restoration of 594 posts kept in operational abeyance.

4.       Implementation of MACP scheme by removing its anomalies.

5.        Grant of recognition to AICAEA CAT-II and implementation of Check-Off system as per Government instructions.     

6.       Augmentation of Additional Staff strength required in PAOs of Ministry of Home Affairs and creation of justified posts immediately.

7.       Formation of Department of Accounts under CGA.

8.       Conversion of DEO as Accountant.

9.       Promotion of all left out non-matriculate Group-D qualified Departmental examination before 0ctober 2003 and restoration of 5% promotional Quota to the post of LDC.

10.   Increase in promotional quota for Senior Accountant as AAO to 20% of posts of AAO and removal of condition of 53 years of age for promotion.

11.   Grant of benefit of II ACP to Sr. Accountant appointed as Accountant on passing Departmental Competitive Examination conducted by SSC.

12.   Separate toilet facilities and Rest Room facilities for women employees in all offices.

13.   Issuing of Gradation lists of all cadres immediately.

14.   Provision of amenities to the Central Office of the Association.

15.   Supply of copies of orders/OMs of general interest of staff to the Association in terms of the Government of India as well as CGA's instructions and placement of orders/ Circulars in the website of CGA.

JAC circular No 4

JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE OF

ACCOUNTS & AUDIT EMPLOYEES & OFFICERS ORGANISATIONS

AUDIT LEKHA BHAWAN

15/1089-90, VASUNDHARA, P.O. VASUNDHARA, DT. GHAZIABAD, U.P, 201012

Ph. 0120-2881727/011-2578 5070

E-mail: auditflag1923@gmail.com/ v_aicaea@yahoo.co.in

 

No: JAC/Circular – 04/2010                                                     Dated 4th March, 2010

 

To

            Chief Executive of Constituent Organizations

            and Conveners, Local JACs,

 

Dear Comrades,         

 

             We are sure; all of you have been preparing well for the Mass Casual Leave on 8th April 2010 and implemented the campaign week programme from 24th to 26th February 2010 to popularize the demands. A detailed report on the observance of campaign week may be forwarded to JAC headquarters.

 

             We are enclosing herewith the campaign material on common issues relating to JAC for educating the membership. All constituents of apex JAC are requested to send campaign material in respect of the respective departmental demands to their Units/Branches and endorse a copy of the same to JAC headquarters.

 

             It was decided in the apex JAC meeting of 1st February 2010 that centralized posters shall be printed and constituents shall send their requirements to apex JAC headquarters by 28th February 2010. .However, the posters are being printed centrally and all constituents are requested to send their requirements to Convener through SMS.  

 

           Since the Mass Casual Leave applications are to be collected from 15th March onwards and completed within 31st March 2010, the format for the application is annexed to this Circular.

 

            All Constituents/local JACs are requested to  send the consolidated the report on the number/percentage of applications received till 31st March 2010 to the apex JAC Headquarters on 1st April 2010 without fail.

 

           The apex JAC, in consultation with the Chief Executive of its constituents shall identify the weaker spots and take steps to visit those spots jointly. The tour programme of apex JAC leaders is being circulated shortly.

 

NEGOTIATION ON ARBITRATION AWARD

           We have already informed through Circular No-2 that, a delegation of JAC had met the Minister of state for Finance on 18th January 2010 and requested him to settle the issue implementation of arbitration award on grant of higher Pay Scale to Sr. Accountants and Sr. Auditors notionally from 01/01/1986 and actually from 01/01/2006.

 

            It has now been learnt that the issue has been reopened by Shri Nomonarayan Meena, Minister of state for Finance. We have also learnt that, the information has been sought from the Office of Secretary Expenditure.

 

(V.Bhattacharjee)

Convener

CL application Format

 

To

 

DAG/DDA/DCA/PAO

………

 

Sir/Madam

       ………….Association has called upon every member to avail one day Casual Leave on 8th April 2010 in pursuance of the Charter of Demands submitted by the Association to CAG/CGA/ DGPostal/Member Finance, Railways (delete what is not applicable).                                                                                                                                                                          

         I being a member of the Association, here-by submit my application for one day Casual Leave on 8th April 2010. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

         I request you to kindly sanction the leave.

         Thanking you,                                                                                                                                                             

                      Yours faithfully

 

                                                                                                                    Sign…..

 

                                                                                                                Name

Place

Date

CAMPAIGN MATERIAL FOR 8TH APRIL 2010 MASS CASUAL LEAVE

 

1. Implement Arbitration Award by granting higher pay scale notionally w.e.f 1-1-1986 and effectively w.e.f. 1-1-2006

 

      The Central Board of Arbitration gave the following award on 24th August 2004 on CA Ref No 3/2001.

"The Government is directed to grant upgraded Pay Scales same as to the Assistants of Central Secretariat Services of 1640-2900 (5500-9000 with effect from 01.01.1996) to all Senior Auditors/Sr Accountants/Accounts Assistants of Railways with effect from 01.01.1986 notionally and actual payment from 12.11.2001, the date of reference of arbitration to the board."

The government had been taking a stand in the Standing Committee of JCM that as the outgo on account of arrears is more than Rs 600 crores, it is not in a position to implement the award. The staff side initially proposed a mutually acceptable date for implementation. There after the Staff Side has given in writing that they are ready to accept the actual implementation of the award from 1.1.2006, the date of implementation of SCPC recommendations. Still the government is not ready to implement the award. There has been no discussion on the subject after 2007.   

        A delegation of JAC had met the Minister of state for Finance on 18th January 2010 and requested him to settle the issue of implementation of arbitration award on grant of higher Pay Scale to Sr. Accountants and Sr. Auditors notionally from 01/01/1986 and actually from 01/01/2006. But no response has been given by the Government even against such a reasonable approach of the JAC

 

2.   Upgrade all LDC to PB 1 GP 2400 (4000-6000 pre-revised) as Audit/Accounts Assistant and grant the following pay scales to other cadres

 

                           Auditor/Accountant                             : PB2, GP 4200

                         Sr. Accountant /Auditor/Steno Gr I   : PB2, GP 4600

                         AAO/Private Secretary                        : PB2 GP 4800,

                                                                                     PB3, GP 5400 on completion of 4 years                       

                        AO                                                        : PB3, GP 6600

                        Sr.A.O                                                  : PB3, GP 7600 

The Accounting and Auditing Departments are not administrative offices and in these departments, all items of work are of technical nature. Like administrative offices there is no method of receiving dak/letters and dispatch of those in the Accounts Organization or in any other departments of Accounts and Audit. Instead the existing persons who are designated as LDCs in these departments are basically handling the Bills, different types of Accounts and Audit related documents, Bank Statements, Cheques/ Demand Drafts/Bankers Cheques, Challans, receipt and payment vouchers, ledgers and Broadsheets etc.  After computerization, their duties have become more complex, sophisticated and important as they are to record those documents electronically, generate tokens and even process them in the computers. Virtually the designated LDCs in the Accounts and Audit Departments are discharging technical responsibilities and performing the duties of Accounts Assistants.

Therefore, the cadre LDC in the Audit and Accounting formations should be upgraded as Accounts/Audit Assistants and placed in PB-1 with Grade Pay Rs.2400.

Right from the 1st to VI CPC, the organisations representing Auditors/Accountants (designated as UDCs upto 3rd CPC) have been demanding that their pay scale should be upgraded to bring them on par with the Assistants of Central Secretariat Services (CSS).

It was the first time that the 3rd CPC got a job evaluation of the posts of Auditors/Accountants and the post of Assistants of CSS through experts of the Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad. This exercise revealed that Auditors/Accountant posts were evaluated to carry even higher (average) Point Rating of 563 than the Assistants of CSS who were evaluated to carry lower (average) Point Rating of 556.

In the light of this evaluation, the 3rd CPC should have recommended the same pay scale, if not higher for Auditors/Accountants which assigned for the Assistants of CSS. For reasons not given, the 3rd CPC totally ignored the above hob evaluation and recommended the pay scale of UDCs of Central Secretariat i.e. 330-560 for Auditors/Accountants (then designated as UDCs). Even the scheme of 4 advance increments for them on qualifying in the Departmental Confirmatory Examination was withdrawn on the plea that there should be complete parity with the UDCs of CSS and else where.

It was the V CPC which distinguished the UDCs (designated as Senior Clerks) in the Ministerial cadre of Railways and assigned higher Pay Scale of 4500-7000 (pre-revised Pay Scale of 1400-2300) on the consideration that in the cadre of Senior Clerks there was an induction (direct entry) of 1/3rd by the graduates where as UDCs of CSS & other offices were promotees from LDCs who were matriculates only. The said Commission however did not recommend the Pay Scale of 4500-7000 for Auditors/Accountants in which cadre there was induction of graduates to the extent of 50% to 80%.

Government of India took note this omission on the pay of V CPC and upgraded the Pay Scale of Auditors/Accountants to 4500-7000 only notionally with effect from 01.01.1996 and actually with effect from 19.02.2003, ie after a lapse of more 7 years.

The VI CPC, conceding the principle parity between Field and Secretariat office, has given the following existing and revise structure in Field Organisation vide Table below Para 3.1.14 of VI CPC Report:

Post

Present Pay Scale    Recommended Pay Scale

                             

Recommended

Pay Band        Grade Pay

Head Clerk/Assistant

Steno Gr II &

Equivalent

                              

4500-7000       )              6500-10500

5000-8000       )                

                                      

 

PB-2                     4200

 

The term "Equivalent" should mean to include Auditors/Accountants in the field offices of IA&AD and Organised Accounts. This is inferred also from the fact the nowhere else the VI CPC has recommended the revised Pay Band and Grade Pay for Auditors/Accountants.

In the light of these, Auditors/Accountants have to be granted the Grade Pay of 4200 in PB-2 and not Grade Pay of 2800 in PB-1 as because at last the parity in Pay Scale with that of Assistants of CSS has been recognised and extended by the VI CPC to Auditors/Accountants.

            As a result of job evaluation done by the Administrative Staff College at Hyderabad at the instance of III CPC in which Auditors/Accountants has edge over Assistants grade (of CSS), a solid justification for grant of Pay Scale of Assistant grade to the Auditor/Accountant post had been laid down. In 1984, Government themselves upgraded the Pay Scale of 80% Auditors in the Pay Scale of Assistant grade (425-800) thus granting parity in Pay Scales amongst them. The IV CPC not only clubbed the posts of Auditors and Assistants and recommended the pay scale of 1400-2600, but also extended the same pay scale to Accountants in Indian Audit & Accounts Department and Organised Accounts which was implemented with effect from 01.04.1987.

However, this parity in Pay Scale of Auditors/Accountants and Assistants of CSS was disturbed when in the year 1990 the Government of India revised the pay Scale of Assistants alone to 1640-2900 retrospectively with effect from 01.01.1986 and thus annulling the clubbing of the two posts as done by IV CPC.

            The V CPC has elaborately discussed this issue of disparity in their Chapter 102 on IA&AD, paras 102.6, 102.7, 102.17 containing the observations V CPC are reproduced in the Annexure II. However, in para 102.18 the Commission stated that-

            "We have separately clarified to the Government that it is not our intention to reopen the past cases or to rectify retrospectively anomalies that might have arisen in the past…. We would therefore refrain from making any specific recommendation in this regard. (It being a part of anomaly) It would be more appropriate in our view, if the entire matter is examined afresh by the Anomalies Committee".

            In the meantime Government had also granted the Pay Scale of 5500-9000 only notionally with effect from 01.01.1996 and actually from 19.02.2003 thus removing this disparity atleast notionally from 01.01.1996.

As a result of disagreement on the demand of grant of Pay Scale of 1640-2900 to Senior Auditor/Sr Accountant to bring them on par with Assistant pay scale in the National Council (JCM) in the year 1994, the matter had gone to the Board of Arbitration, CA Ref No 3/2001. The award given by the Board of Arbitration on 24 August 2004 was that:-

            "The Government is directed to grant upgraded Pay Scales same as to the Assistants of Central Secretariat Services of 1640-2900 (5500-9000 with effect from 01.01.1996) to all Senior Auditors/Sr Accountants/Accounts Assistants of Railways with effect from 01.01.1986 notionally and actual payment from 12.11.2001, the date of reference of arbitration to the board."

 Afterwards just before the setting up of VI CPC, Government in DOPT in their order vide OM 20/29/2006-CS.III date September 25, 2006 further upgraded the pay scale of Assistant to 6500-10500 (which was assigned to their supervisor ie Section Officer) with effect from 15.09.2006. The VI CPC in Para 3.15 had observed that "this upgradation apart from increasing the existing chasm between the similarly designated posts (posts clubbed together by IV CPC) in the Secretariat and field offices, has also led to a piquant situation where the feeder posts of Assistant and the promotion post of Section Officer have come to lie in an identical Pay Scale".

            The VI CPC in their Chapter 7.56 on IA&AD has observed in para 7.56.8 that "the Government has never conceded the principle of parity between Assistants of CSS and the Senior Auditors/Accountants in various organised Account Department including IA&AD."

            As has been done in 1990 and again in 2006 (with effect from 15.9.2006) the DOPT had granted higher pay scales to Assistants with a view to disturb the parity (cause disparity) between the Pay Scales of Assistant & Senor Auditor/Accountant. Once again this time the Deptt of Expenditure has granted further upgradation to the Assistant by grant of PB-2 with Grade Pay of 4600 (pre-revised 7450-11500).

Here it may be observed that the latest upgradation of the Assistant pay scale ie PB-2 Grade Pay 4600 is not based on any enabling recommendations of VI CPC.

            It is therefore emphatically urged that the same PB-2 Grade Pay 4600 should be granted Senior Auditor/Accountant with effect from 01.01.2006 so that this disparity in the Pay Scale of Assistants of CSS and Senior Auditors/Accountants of IA&AD and Organised Accounts Departments is not re-introduced as has been done earlier in the year 1990 and 2006

In III CPC Section Officers (Audit/Accounts) were in the pay scale of 500-900 with a Selection Grade in the Pay Scale of 775-1000 (limited to 20% posts on non functional basis). The IV CPC recommended the Pay Scale of 1640-2900 for Section Officers of Indian Audit & Accounts Department and Accounts (20% of posts) and 2000-3200 for 80% of posts be designated as Assistant Audit/Accounts officers declaring them as Gr B Officers. This Pay Scale as per V CPC was merely meant for Gr C posts and the standard Pay Scale for Gr B posts was 2000-3500.

The V CPC merged the Pay Scales of 2000-3200 and 2000-3500 and recommended the pay scale of 6500-10500 (S-12) there-by conceding the parity in the Pay Scale to the AAOs with the Section Officers of CSS.

The AAOs had been assigned complete parity with the Section Officers of Secretariat and they been granted the pay scale of 6500-10500 with effect from 01.01.1996.

Government of India further disturbed above parity when they upgraded the pay scale and assigned the pay scale of 7450-11500 which was not at all there in the hierarchical set up of Indian Audit & Accounts Department and Organised Accounts and also not a pay scale prescribed by V CPC.

 The SCPC has placed the post of Section officer, post of AAO and post of Audit/Accounts Officer in an identical pay scale though as per their observation AAO should have been placed in the next higher scale of 8000-13500. (PB3, Grade Pay 5400). The government of India half-heartedly and partially rectified this anomaly by assigning the pre-revised pay scale of 8000-13500 PB2 Grade Pay Rs.5400. As a matter of fact this pay scale should have gone to AAO in terms of the above observation of CPC and not to the Audit/Accounts Officer. On logical consideration all SO who have completed 4 years, in the case of Indian Audit & Accounts Department and Organised Accounts 3 years, should be placed in PB 3, 5400.

Incidentally it may also be noted that Senior Divisional Accounts Officers had been considered at par with Accounts/Audit Officers in the existing hierarchical structure. There was no post in the DA cadre in the pay scale of Sr Audit/Account Officer. Therefore, placement of Audit/Accounts officer in the pay scale of 7500-12000 in PB2 Grade Pay6 4800 and placing the Sr Divisional Accounts officers in the re-revised pay scale of 8000-13500 PB3, Grade Pay 5400 was totally uncalled for. Having placed a demand that AAO should be, who would be promoted after 3 years as SO have to be placed in the pre-revised pay scale of 8000-13500, PB 3, 5400 as in the scheme of Section officers in Central Secretariat. There is every justification on the consideration vertical relativity to grant the next higher pay scale of Under Secretary to the Audit/Accounts Officer ie pre-revised pay scale of 10000-15000, PB3, 6600 and on the same consideration Senior Audit/Accounts Officer may be granted the Pay Scale assigned to Dy Secretary  ie PB3 7600.

In this connection reference is drawn to the following observation of VI CPC: "It is observed that the post SAO constitute a feeder cadre for induction into IA&AS. The entry grade for IA&AS is presently 8000-13500 which is identical to SAO. Upgrading their pay scale any further would place them in higher level that IA&AS which is a promotional post. The existing pay scale of Sr. AO needs to be maintained".

These observations are factually incorrect. A person who promoted from the post SAO in the IA&AS/ICAS/IPAS etc is always granted the pay scale attached to Dy Accountant General or equivalent ie at par with pay scale of Dy Secretary. That being the case, this recommendation of CPC not to upgrade the pay scale of SAO is totally untenable and hence to be discarded.

 

3.  Grant MACP on departmental hierarchy basis.

Even after getting the benefit of three financial up-gradations under MACPS, many employees shall not even reach to the pay scale they would have enjoyed through the benefit of old ACP scheme. This is a serious damage to the employees in addition to those employees, who have been suffering damage and financial loss after introduction of ACP scheme by the Government in August, 1999.

            After introduction of MACPS, serious administrative problems have also cropped where supervised officers/employees are drawing higher grade pay then their supervisors. Moreover, employees of same cadre are drawing different of grade pay which is unscientific and illogical.

 4. Grant one increment and Grade pay of Rs.4800 from the day of passing JAO/AAO/SOG examination.

This would ensure that the personnel who have been declared passed in SOGE would continue to draw the pay and entitlements of AAO, irrespective of whether he is given the status.

 

5. Grant three increments on passing departmental confirmatory examination.

               Under the scheme of Departmental Examination, the UDCs in organized Accounts and IA&AD used to be placed four stages above the minimum pay on passing the Examination. This Examination was also extended to Lower Division Clerks who were graduates. On passing this Examination, the LDC used to be promoted to the post of UDC (Accountant/ Auditor) with three advance increments. The scheme of grant of these advance increments was withdrawn by the Government.

               The matter was taken up the Railway Accounts Employees in the court of Law and the scheme of grant of three advance increments to the LD promotees was restored in Railways. Rest of the employees organisations of Accounts and Audit Departments have therefore been demanded for introduction of the scheme.

6. Step up pay of Senior Promotees who exhausted ACP in the event of junior drawing more pay and getting ACP in compliance with apex court judgment.

It is irrational while juniors are placed in higher pay and seniors are drawing lower pay the apex court of the country has already expressed it in opinion in the respect while passing its decision in respect of the employees of Haryana state who had sought relief from the court of law.

 

7. Grant recognition to Railway Accounts Staff Association.

            Railway Accounts Staff are a specific category of staff belonging to organized Accounts & Audit. It is there essential that, they are treated as a distinct category and allowed to form their Association and seek recognition.

 

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