All India Civil Accounts Employees
Association
(RECOGNIZED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
Central Headquarters
Phone
No. 011-23345070, Mob. No. 9868520926 e-mail:- aicaeachq@gmail.com
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-AICAEA CAT II/HQ/A-3/2020/2341-45 Dated: 08.09.2020
To,
Shri Binod Kumar,
Chief Controller of Accounts,
Ministry of Agriculture, Co-operation & Farmers Welfare,
Room No 242, Krishi Bhawan,
New Delhi-110001
Subject: Non-payment
of salary for the months of July and August 2020 to COVID-19 infected pregnant
women employee by the Principal Accounts Office, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare –request
for intervention regarding.
Sir,
I have been directed to invite
your kind attention to the item No. 4 of the AGENDA submitted
vide our letter No:- AICAEA-AICAEA CAT II/HQ/A-3/2020/1865-87 dated 13.08.2020
requesting you to kindly convene a meeting with the representatives of the
Association and the representation of Smt. Shweta Jain, working as Sr.
Accountant in Pr. Accounts Office, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers'
Welfare and state that, in spite of the best possible efforts by us and the
victimised official, the administration of your office and the DDO in
particular has not made payment of salary of the official who
performed her duty. Due to complications in her pregnancy, Smt. Jain was on leave in
the month of January and February. She had reported for duty in the month of
March 2020. However, after issuing advisories by the DOP&T and imposition of
lockdown by the Government of India subsequently to contain the spread of
Pandemic of COVID-19, she had been working from home since 20th March to 31st
July, 2020 and it is on record. Smt. Jain being in her advanced stage and her
entire family including herself being infected by coronavirus was passing a
very difficult situation and her father in-law has expired as a result of
COVID-19 infection in the meantime.
In the advisory issued by DoPT
vide O.M. dated 17.03.2020, it has been specifically advised that:
“…. All employees who are at
higher risk i.e. older employees, pregnant employees and employees who have
underlying medical conditions, to take extra precautions. The Ministries/
Departments may take care not to expose such employees to any front-line work
requiring direct contact with the Public. “
In reiteration of the above O.M.,
the DOPT vide its OM dated 19.05.2020 has given further clarifications
in the following manner-
“………Person with Disabilities and
Pregnant women may also not be included to the roster to be prepared”.
But the administration of the
Ministry of Agriculture, Co-operation & Farmers Welfare had included Smt.
Sweta Jain, Sr. Accountant in the roster system. Not only this, in spite
of the requests by her for considering her difficulties and appreciating that
she had been working from home in conformity with the advisories issued by
different Ministries of Government of India and the Controller General of
Accounts, Department of Expenditure in respect of the Civil Accounts Employees
in specific, the administration of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Co-operation & Farmers Welfare had issued memo to her seeking explanation
while a few more employees of the same office were given relief from roaster
duty by the AAO establishment of the same office unauthorizedly and those
employees despite remaining absent from 20th March 2020 onwards had
been paid been paid full salary for the period of their absence.
Due to complications, Smt. Jain
had proceeded to maternity leave and she delivered a child even before
completion of 8th months and being the mother of a prematurely born
child she has been facing a very critical situation mentally, physically and
financially. But it is extremely unfortunate to record here that, in
spite of being on maternity leave, the Administration of CCA, Ministry of
Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare has not released her salary for the months
of July and August 2020.
Above discussed actions on the
part of the Administration of CCA, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers'
Welfare being nothing but a gross violation of the DOP&T OM No.
11013/9/2014-Estt.A.III dated 19-05-2020 and most cruel approach towards a
Coronavirus infected Pregnant Woman employee , I have been directed to request
you the following:-
1. Direct
the Administration of your department to release the salary of the official for
July and August 2020 immediately.
2. Initiate
appropriate departmental actions against the officers indulging in the practice
of discrimination among the employees and harassing a section of them by using
their official position.
Thanking you,
Yours’ sincerely
Sd/-
(Krishna K. Yadav) Secretary General
Copy to:-
1. Smt. Soma Roy Burman, Controller General of
Accounts, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, 4th Floor,
GPOA, Block-E, INA, New Delhi – 110023.
2. The Secretary
General, National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations (NFCAA), New Delhi.
3. The Secretary
General, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II,
Mumbai.
4. The
Branch Secretary, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Delhi Branch,
New Delhi.
Secretary General
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