Sunday, November 9, 2014

 SOME OF THE IMPORTANT CORRESPONDANCES BY AICAEA  HEADQUARTERS
        

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association

                                          (RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)                                         
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Central Office: -                                                                                     Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                           17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                       New Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/C-10/2014/1436-1442                                                                     Dated: 10.10.2014

To,
            Shri H. Atheli,
            Controller of Accounts,
            Principal Accounts Office,
            Ministry of Home Affairs,
            Room No. 217, North Block,
            New Delhi – 110001

Subject: Harassment to the staff of PAO (Census), Delhi by the local administration.

Sir,

            I have been directed to refer your letter No: - 200/11/Pr. AO/Admn/MHA/13-14/1231 dated 07.08.2014 and state the following:-

1.      The para 2 of your letter is a biased administrative report. It is clear from your letter that no fair and independent inquiry was conducted into the facts reported by the Association vide its letter No:- AICAEA/HQ/C-10/2014/768-771 dated 7th June 2014. It seems form your letter that, you had asked the administration of PAO (Census), Delhi to give its views on our letter and on the basis of the misleading reporting’s of the administration of PAO (Census), Delhi; you have issued us the above mentioned letter. This was not probably the desire of the CCA, Home and that is why he had visited the office and interacted with the unit representatives personally after the said letter was issued by you. Further, the situation reported by us still remains to be the same and it was reported individually by the unit representatives and employees to the CCA, Home when he had kindly visited the office and met them. We have sufficient proof to establish that, the local administration is neither conducive towards the employees nor providing the required amenities for functioning of office and in order to cover up the shortcomings, it has been trying to throttle the voices of the employees representatives or functionaries of the Association who are raising the issues.

2.      In response to the para No. 3 of your letter I would like to bring it to your kind information that the Constitution of India has granted the right to form Association. Hence, the Government of India has provided the facilities of persuing Association activities in the offices and introduced JCM (Scheme). There are several instructions of DOPT and CGA regarding the facilities to be provided for functioning of service Associations. There is no such orders which states that the Associations which are formed in a department/office should not function in office and function somewhere else. Government has also ordered to provide office Rooms to the Associations within the office premises. Therefore, it is the duty of the administration to provide all facilities including office of the Association within the office premises. The local units of the employees Associations of Ministry of Railway, Ministry of Defence, Income Tax Department, Civil Accounts, Audit & Accounts, Postal etc have been provided offices for the Association Rooms within the office premises. I shall therefore, request you to kindly direct the local administration to provide suitable accommodation to the PAO (Census) and PAO (B) unit in AGCWM Building so that the unit Associations could operate their offices.

3.      I would also like to inform you that the unit Association of PAO (Census), Delhi had given proper intimation to the local administration for lunch hour meeting on the dated by you, indication but the local administration had refused to receive the letter of intimation about the meeting and misled you by conveying that no information was given by the unit Association about holding of lunch hour meeting. I shall therefore, request you to ask the local administration to refrain from giving such misleading informations to the superior authorities in future and follow the instructions contained in the DOPR (now DOPT) OM. No. 10/4/82-JCA dated 19.10.1983 and CGA OM. No. 11019/47/91-92/MF.CGA(A)/750 dated 11.05.1993 in future.

            However, we are very thankful to you for the gesture you have shown in the 4th para of your letter. This Association shall also always extend its positive and cordial approach to resolve the issues amicably through mutual dialogue and understanding.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Enclo: as above

(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General

Copy to alongwith the copy of the letter of authorities under reference to:-

1.      The Branch Secretary, AICAEA, Delhi Branch, New Delhi.
2.      The Branch Secretary, AICAEA Cat-II, Delhi Branch, New Delhi.
3.      All Home Units of AICAEA Delhi.


(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General

  
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: -                                                                                      address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                           17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                                                                 New Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/A-3/2014/1552-1562                                                        Dated: 27.10.2014

To,
Shri P. Sudhir Kumar,
Principal Chief Controller of Accounts,
Central Board of Excise and Customs,
R.No.105 ‘B’ Wing,
A.G.C.R. Building,
I.P. Estate,
New Delhi - 110002

Subject: Non-payment of TA/DA for performing election duty.

Ref:- Your office letter No:- Admn/1(1)/4/Asso-Recog/2013-14/403 dated 24.06.2014.

Sir,

            Almost all the employees and officers of Civil Accounts set up of CBEC, New Delhi were engaged in election duties during Assembly Elections of Delhi State in 2013 and Loksabha Elections in 2014.

            But due to non-receipt of the TA/DA by the persons performed election duty, the issue was raised by the Association as item No. 14 in the official meeting between the official side and the representatives of the Association on 15th May 2014 held under the Chairpersonship of Smti. Krishna Tyagi, CCA, CBEC.

            It was decided by the Chairperson that the officials performed election duty shall be asked to submit their bills to office and the office shall send these bills to the concerned officer of the Election Commission with the request to certify and send back the bills to the office.

            But it is five months, your office has not issued any circular asking the concerned officer and staff to submit their TA claim bills for further necessary action by your office.

            I therefore, request you that, since there is clear cut instructions of Election Commission to reimburse the TA/DA of the persons performed election duty, you may kindly direct your office to do the needful so that poor employees are able to get their spent money back without any further delay.

            For your kind and early favorable action, this Association shall be thankful to you.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,




(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General

Copy to:-

1.      The Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, Loknayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003.
2.      Shri Narender Kumar Sharma, Branch Secretary, AICAEA, Delhi Branch, 16-A, Akbar Road Hutments, New Delhi – 110011.
3.      The All members concerned through Unit Secretary.
           
(V.Bhattacharjee)
                                                                                                                                  Secretary General

     

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: -                                                                                      address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                           17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                                                                 New Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2014/1565-1568                                                                          Dated: 31.10.2014

To,
            The Controller General of Accounts,
            Ministry of Finance,
            Department of Expenditure,
            Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market,
            New Delhi – 110003

Subject:- Promotion of MTS as LDC on Seniority Cum fitness basis.

Sir,
            It has been brought to our knowledge by some of our Branches that, the MTS appointed from 1981 onwards have not yet been promoted as LDC. The heads of the departments of individuals who have not been granted promotion so far were requested to inform us the status of the cases. They have informed that, all the cases have been forwarded to your office with proper recommendations for promotion as LDC. Details of all the pending cases are annexed to this letter.

            We shall be thankful if the status of the cases are provided to us so that we could convey the informations to our Branches concerned.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,



(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
Copy to:-

1.      Shri Ajay Patole, Branch Secretary, A.I.C.A.E.A, Pay and Accounts Office, Ministry of Commerce & Textiles, Old CGO Building, 3rd Floor, 101, M.K. Road, Mumbai - 400020
2.      Shri K.M. Moundekar, Branch Secretary, A.I.C.A.E.A., Nagpur Branch, Pay and Accounts Office, Deptt. Of Mines, GSI, 3rd Floor, C-Wing, GSI Complex, Seminary Hills, Nagpur- 440006.
3.      Shri Narender Kumar Sharma, Branch Secretary, AICAEA, Delhi Branch, 16-A, Akbar Road Hutments, New Delhi – 110011.

(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General

ANNEXURE


Name
Category SC/ST/OBC/UR
Date of Birth
Date of aptt. as MTS in CCAS
Station of present Posting
Station opted on promotion
Shri M.M. Bhole Shaikh
UR
01.12.1956
30.03.1981
PAO/CPWD (WZ) Mumbai
Mumbai
Shri V.S. Jadhav
UR
01.06.1964
03.01.1989
PAO/CPWD (WZ) Mumbai
Mumbai
Madhu Bala
SC
01.05.1966
27.03.1991
PAO, Ministry of Mines,
New Delhi
NEW DELHI
Smt. Jyotsna Solanki
SC
25.12.1965
05.08.1996
PAO/CPWD (WZ) Mumbai
Mumbai
Shri. Pritam P. Kalekar
UR
02.06.1984
03.07.2009
PAO/CPWD (WZ) Mumbai
Mumbai
Shri Datta A. Shemadkar
OBC
10.07.1975
25.11.1998
PAO:TEXTILE:
MUMBAI
Mumbai
Shri Mukesh D. Tarale
OBC
24.03.1971
25.01.1995
PAO, STATS,
Nagpur
Nagpur



   

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: -                                                                                     Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                           17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                       New Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/A-3/CBEC/2014/1568-1569                                                               Dated: 30.10.2014

To,
Shri P. Sudhir Kumar,
Principal Chief Controller of Accounts,
Central Board of Excise and Customs,
R.No.105 ‘B’ Wing,
A.G.C.R. Building,
I.P. Estate,
New Delhi-110002

Subject:- Non-deduction of membership subscription through Check-off-system for 16 months– Violation of DOPT norms and CGA/PCCA, CBEC instructions regarding.

Sir,

            I have been direct to bring it to your kind information that, from July 2013 onward your office has stopped deduction of membership subscription of this Association through check-off-system and remittance of the amount accumulated to the Central Headquarters of the Association. These actions of your office are violations of following orders and instructions of the DOPT, CGA and Pr. CCA, CBEC issued in connection with CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993 –

1.      DOP&T OM. No. 2/10/80-JCA dated 9th November 1993.
2.      CGA OM. No. 9 (4)/93/TA/1006 dated 2nd December, 1993.
3.      DOP&T OM. No. 2/10/80-JCA dated 31st January 1994.
4.      CGA OM. No. 9 (4)/93/TA/474 dated 14th September, 1994.
5.      Para 3 of the DOPT OM No. 3/12/94-JCA dated 10th March 1995.
6.      CGA OM. No. 9 (4)/93/TA/404 dated 25th June 1996.
7.      Pr. CCA, CBEC, New Delhi letter endorsement No: - Admn/1 (15)2/Association Matter/1999-2000/825 dated 13th December, 1999.
8.      CGA OM. No. A-60015/1/98/MF. CGA (A)/NGE/Asso-Recog/226 dated 3rd February, 2000.
9.      CGA OM. No. 9/- (4)/TA/Vol. II/4 dated 9th January 2001.
10.  CGA OM. No. A-60015/1/98/MF. CGA (A)/NGE/Asso-Recog/Vol.III/1014 dated 16th May, 2002.
11.  CGA OM. No. A-60015/1/98/MF. CGA (A)/NGE/Asso-Recog/Vol.III/443 dated 4th March, 2005.
12.  Pr. CCA, CBEC, New Delhi letter No: - Admn/1 (15)2/Association Matter/2011-12/2012 dated 30th January, 2012.

            We have made several attempts to resolve the issue through mutual dialogue and understanding, but all went in vein.
2.         Since the deduction was discontinued and our requests for restoration of the same were not being given any cognigence by your office, the issue of deduction of membership subscription through check-off-system was raised by us in the official meeting held between the official side and the representatives of this Association on 15th May 2014 under the Chairpersonship of CCA, CBEC as item No: - 12. In the said meeting the Chairperson had stated the following –

“Chairperson informed that the matter will be considered by establishment-I section at the earliest”

            Since the DDO was physically present in the meeting and the Chairperson had given specific assurance, it was expected that the DDO shall do the needful. But your office did not honour the assurance given by CCA, CBEC as a Chairperson of the meeting for last six months. The representatives of the Association made repeated requests to the DDO to effect deduction of membership subscription immediately. But, DDO kept on replying that the members were not interested to get their subscription deducted and they have informed him that their membership subscription may not be deducted. After cross checking the fact from the members when our unit and Branch representatives requested DDO to provide the details of the individuals refused to subscribe to Association, DDO took the position that the information was secret and he was not in a position to divulge it to the Association. It shows that the DDO is not at all aware of the rules and regulations of the Government of India and he is acting against DOPT OM. No. 2/10/80-JCA dated 31st January 1994. According to this order, DDO at his own discretion cannot discontinue deduction of membership subscription and it is implied that he is liable to inform the authorized person of the Association if any member wishes to withdraw his/her membership from the Association before stopping the deduction.

3.         Due to the above situations and inaction of DDO, representatives of the Association had once again met and requested the CCA, CBEC to kindly direct the officer concerned to ensure deduction and remittance of membership subscription. But, the action taken by the CCA is not known to us. Further, the representatives of the Association once again requested DDO to effect the deduction of membership. After a long discussion, he insisted that he should be requested in writing by the Association for deduction of membership subscription of the employees. Though the position taken by him was not in conformity with provisions and procedures prescribed by the higher authorities, but to resolve the problem in a peaceful manner, the Association vide its letter No:- AICAEA/HQ/C-10/2014/1214-1218 dated 01.09.2014 requested DDO to deduct and remit the membership subscription. But, till date DDO has not taken any action on this matter. However, on inquiring from your office, when it could be learnt that subscription had been deducted for September 2014 from a few persons, the DDO was tried to be contracted. But he was not available. However, two cheques were handed over to the undersigned containing a very meager amount and without any details.   

            Sir, from April 2013 onwards your office is not deducting membership subscription. Within last 17(seventeen) months subscription for the month of May 2013 only was deducted and remitted to us. So far as the month of September 2014 is concerned, we have received cheque of a meager amount without any deduction details and the amount of the cheque itself indicates that, deduction was done in a truncated form only to create an impression that the deductions of subscription have been made.

            Now, a new plea has been taken by your office that the subscription shall not be deducted and remitted to Association other than e-payment system. The position taken by your office is against the orders in operation. As per the instructions of CGA, the subscription should be remitted to Association through ‘A’ cheque. There is no order that the membership subscription shall not be handed over to the Association if it does not accept e-payment. In fact, the Association is receiving hundreds of cheques from different PAO/ZAOs of the country coming in the form of membership subscription.

            Your kind self is aware that the Secretary General of the Association is working full time in the Association on foreign terms and his salary is being drawn by the Association from the membership subscription. As your office has not been remitting the due membership subscription deliberately for nearly seventeen months, the Association has been facing acute financial crisis.  The Association is finding extreme difficulty to run its day to day expenditure and unable to bear the burden of expenditure involved in payment of the salary of the Secretary General.

            The Association therefore, seeks your personal intervention into the matter. We request you to kindly direct your office to arrange for clearing due arrears subscription and ensure regular remittance of subscription to this Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association category – II.

            We hope you will kindly take early favorable action on our request.

    Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,



(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
Copy to:-

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


(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General


 All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: -                                                                                     Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                           17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                       New Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/C-14/2014/1582-1584                                                               Dated: 31.10.2014

To,
            The Principal Chief Controller of Accounts,
Central Board of Excise and Customs,
R.No.105 ‘B’ Wing,
A.G.C.R. Building,
I.P. Estate,
New Delhi-110002

Subject: Filling up the post of AAO and Accountants –Reg.

Sir,
            While the undersigned alongwith the President Shri K. Venkata Subramanian visited Bangalore on 13th & 14th October, 2014, the Karnataka Branch of our Association had brought it to our knowledge that the PAO, CBEC, Bangalore has sanctioned strength of FOUR Assistant Accounts Officers out of which 1 AAO post was diverted to CBEC, Chennai. One AAO had retired on superannuation w.e.f. 31.03.2014 AN. One more AAO was promoted as PAO and posted to PAO, GSI. With this only one AAO is working in PAO, CBEC, Bangalore against sanctioned strength of FOUR. Further, the only one AAO working in PAO, CBEC, Bangalore has been promoted as PAO and posted to PAO, CEA office and only relieving order is awaited from Pr. CCA, CBEC, New Delhi. On her relive the PAO, CBEC, Bangalore would not have any AAO.

            Further, two posts of Accountant/Senior Accountant are vacant in PAO, CBEC, Bangalore for more than six months. Due to shortage of Staff, the available members are suffering from increased work load.

            You are therefore, requested kindly to take early necessary action to fill up the vacant posts in your office at Bangalore at the earliest.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,


 (V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
Copy to:-
1.      Shri S. Raghabendra, Jt. Convenor (Adhoc Committee), AICAEA, Karnataka Branch, Central Excise, CR Building Annexe, Queens Road, Bangalore-560001
2.     Shri G. P. Rajaprakash, Jt. Convenor, AICAEA, Pay and Accounts Office (NH), First Floor, ‘F’ Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Bangalore - 560034. This has a reference to the Branch Secretary, AICAEA, Karnataka Branch letter No:- AICAEA/KAR/2014-15/10 dated 25.07.2014.


(V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General


     

All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com

Central Office: -                                                                                     Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                           17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                       New Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2014/1589                                                                                     Dated: 01.11.2014

To,
Shri P. Sudhir Kumar,
Principal Chief Controller of Accounts,
Central Board of Excise and Customs,
R.No.105 ‘B’ Wing,
A.G.C.R. Building,
I.P. Estate,
New Delhi-110002

Subject:- Grant of appropriate Pay Scales to DEOs working in Civil Accounts setup of CBEC.

Sir,

            I have directed to draw your kind attention to our letters No:- AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2014/1251-1300 dated 13.09.2014 and No:- AICAEA/HQ/A-2/2014/1432-1433 dated 08.10.2014 on the above mentioned subject and state that, we have not so far received any communication on the action taken by you on the matter.

            We shall therefore, be very thankful if a line intimating action taken on our request is forwarded to us for our further necessary action.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,



 (V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
      All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
Phone No. 23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926, e-mail:- v.aicaea@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                          
Central Office: -                                                                                     Address for Communication:-
16-A, Akbar Road Hutments,                                                                           17/2 – C, P & T Quarters,
New Delhi: - 110011                                                                                                          Kali Bari Marg,                                                                                       New Delhi-110001

No: AICAEA/HQ/C-1/2014/1598-2000                                                                           Dated: 03.11.2014

To,
The Principal Chief Controller of Accounts,
Central Board of Excise and Customs,
R.No.105 ‘B’ Wing,
A.G.C.R. Building,
I.P. Estate,
New Delhi-110002

Subject:- Resentment against irregular transfer – regarding.

Sir,
            I have been directed to draw your kind attention to the Resolution dated 15th October 2014 passed and forwarded by the West Bengal Branch of this Association and state that the local administration of Kolkata has transferred two Data Entry Operators from PAO, Revenue to PAO, Customs Kolkata without assigning any reason as no work from PAO, Revenue to PAO, Customs was shifted. In fact the PAO, Revenue was created for specific purpose and all Revenue related works had been shifted to PAO, Revenue from other PAOs in all stations including Kolkata. There is no Data Entry job in PAOs of Customs. But, two DEOs have been transferred by the local administration while their posts have been retained in PAO, Revenue itself. Moreover, one of the official is the Unit Secretary of PAO, Revenue unit of this Association and as per the DOPT/Government instructions the Chief Executives should not be transferred to another office.

            It is evident from the action of local administration of Kolkata that, transfer have been done vindictively as this type of action has not been done by the local administration of Mumbai and Chennai.

            Therefore, the above transfers being irregular we request you to kindly intervene into the matter and render justice to the officials transferred vindictively.

Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,



(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
Copy to
1.      The Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi.
2.       Shri S.R. Coudhury, Branch Secretary, AICAEA, West Bengal Branch, Kolkata-700069.

(V.Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General

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