CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE OF

CIVIL ACCOUNTS EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONS

[All India Civil Accounts Employees Association]

[All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II]

Represented as NFCAA

and

[All India Association of Pay and Accounts Officers (Civil)]

No.COC/CA/2015/Circular-9                                                                                             dated 23-11-2015

To

               The National Executive/ Federal Executive members/ Branch Secretaries

               of NFCAA and AIAPAO(C)

Dear Comrades,

 Form an apparent study of the 7CPC recommendations it has clearly emerged out that the COC of Civil Accounts Employees and officers Associations had very rightly decided to hold convention on Cadre Review at Nagpur on 25^th November 2015.

However, due to bad weather condition, trains towards Nagpur from south are being cancelled daily and our Branches have informed that the Delegates are not able to reach Nagpur due to such a condition.

Therefore, it has been decided to postpone the convention for a fortnight and a fresh date shall be informed.

                                                                                     With warm greetings                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 (V.Bhattacharjee)                                                                                                                                (A.B.Sunilkumar)

 Secretary General                                                                                                                           Secretary General

     AICAEA                                                                                                                                                   AIAPAO(C)

& Jt. Convener                                                                                                                                        & Jt. Convener

GET READY FOR INDEFINITE STRIKE

JCM Staff Side (NJCA) calls upon all Central Government Employees to observer“BLACK DAY” by holding massive demonstration, wearing black badges, all over the country on 27^th November 2015 to protest against the retrograde recommendations of the 7^th CPC.

7^TH PAY COMMISSION REPORT SUBMITTED TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ON 19.11.2015

 

MOST DISAPPOINTING AND RETROGRADE RECOMMENDATIONS

WORST RECOMMENDATIONS EVER MADE BY ANY PREVIOUS PAY COMMISSION

 

ONLY 14.29% INCREASE IN PAY AFTER 10 YEARS

(EQUAL TO TWO DA INSTALLMENTS)!!!

 

50 LAKHS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND DEFENCE PERSONNEL CHEATED & DECEIVED

 

HOLD PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

 

NJCA LEADERS MEETING AT DELHI ON 20.11.2015 AT 11 AM, WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION

IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS

1.    DATD OF EFFECT – 01.01.2016

JCM Staff Side demand – 01.01.2014 - Rejected

2.    MINIMUM PAY – 18000

JCM (SS) demand – 26000 – Rejected

Dr. Aykroyd Formula of 15^th Indian Labour Conference for calculation of Minimum wage distorted by 7^th CPC to deny the eligible minimum pay.

3.    FITMENT FORMULA – 2.57 TIMES

JCM (SS) demand – multiplication factor 3.7 (26000/7000)

4.    FIXATION ON PROMOTION – NO CHANGE – ONLY ONE INCREMENT IN THE OLD SCALE

JCM (SS) demand – Minimum two increments fixation.

5.    ANNUAL INCREMENT – 3% NO CHANGE

JCM (SS) demand – 5%

6.    MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION – NO CHANGE – 10, 20, 30

Conditions made more stringent. Bench mark “Very Good” required instead of “good”. Examination for MACP proposed. Hierarchial promotion restored.

JCM (SS) demand: Five promotion – 8,7,6,5,4 (30 years)

7.    PAY BAND, GRADE PAY SYSTEM ABOLISHED

New Pension Structure called “Matrix based open ended pay structure” recommended. Total span of the scale 40 years.

JCM (SS) demand: Abolish pay band, Grade Pay system and open ended pay scales should be introduced.

8.    MAXIMUM PAY INCREASE – 14.29%

JCM (SS) demand – Minimum 40% increase for all employees.

9.                COMPARISON BETWEEN MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PAY – 1:11.4 (18000 : 205400)

Demand of the JCM (SS) – 1:8

10.          NUMBER OF PAY SCALES – NOT REDUCED - NO DELAYERING

JCM(SS) demand – pay scales with grade pay 1900, 2000, 4600, 8700 and the pay scale 75500-80000 to be abolished.

11.          ALLOWANCES – NO IMPROVEMENT

Commission recommended abolition of 52 existing allowances such as Assisting Cashier Allowance, Cash Handling Allowance, Treasury Allowance, Handicapped Allowance, Risk Allowance, Savings Bank Allowance, Special compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance, Cycle Allowance, Family Planning Allowance etc.

12.          HRA REDUCED TO 24%, 16% AND 8% FOR X, Y AND Z CITIES

JCM (SS) demand – Existing HRA of 30% (for X class cities with population 50 lakhs and above), 20% (for Y class cities with population of 5 lakhs to 50 lakhs) and 10% (for Z class cities with less than 5 lakhs population) may be increased to 60%, 40% and 20%.

13.          DRIVERS – HIGHER PAY SCALE REJECTED

14.          DA FORMULA – NO CHANGE

15.          HBA – NO CHANGE – CEILING RAISED TO 25 LAKHS

16.          CASUAL LEAVE – NO INCREASE

17.          CHILD Care Leave

1^st 365 days – Full pay (100%)

Next 365 days – 80% Pay only.

18.          MATERNITY LEAVE – NO CHANGE 

19.          LEAVE ENCASHMENT AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT – NO INCREASE MAXIMUM 300 DAYS ONLY

20.          MEDICAL

Medical Insurance Scheme for serving and retired employees recommended.

21.          TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE - NO HIKE -  ONLY 125% MERGER

Pay Level	Higher Transport Allowance cities (A, AI)	Other places
9 and above	7200 + DA	3600 + DA
3 to 8	3600 + DA	1800 + DA
1 and 2	1350 + DA	900 + DA

22.          LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION (LTC) – NO CHANGE

One time LTC to Foreign Country during the service rejected. Splitting of Home Town LTC for employees Posted in North East, Laddakh, Andaman & Nicobars and Lakshdweep allowed.

23.          ACCOUNTS STAFF BELONGING TO UNORGANIZED ACCOUNTS – PARITY WITH ORGANISED ACCOUNTS REJECTED.

24.          PERIODICAL REVIEW OF WAGES (NOT TEN YEARS) RECOMMENDED. NO PAY COMMISSION REQUIRED

25.         PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND ALL BONUS PAYMENT SHOULD BE LINKED TO PRODUCTIVITY.

JCM (SS) demand – No Performance related Pay. Productivity Linked Bonus for all.

26.          COMPULSORY RETIREMENT AND EFFICIENCY BAR REINTRODUCED

Failure to get required bench mark for promotion within the first 20 years of service will result in stoppage of increment. Such employees who have out lived their ability, their services need not be continued and the continuance of such persons in the service should be discouraged.

27.          PROMOTEE AND DIRECT RECRUITS – ENTRY LEVEL PAY ANOMALY IS REMOVED

JCM (SS) demand – the differential entry pay between new recruits and promoted employees should be done away with.

28.          CADRE REVIEW TO BE COMPLETED IN A TIME BOUND MANNER.

Commission recommended to hasten the process of cadre review and reduced the time taken in inter-ministerial consultations.

29.          NEW PENSION SCHEME – WILL CONTINUE

30.          CEA & HOSTEL SUBSIDY

Rate

CEA per month             2250 - 25% increase when DA crosses 50%

Hostel subsidy              6750 – 25% increase when DA crosses 50%

31.          GROUP INSURANCE SCHEME

Level                    Monthly Contribution           Insurance Amount

1 to 5                   1500                                       15 Lakhs

6 to 9                   2500                                       25 lakhs

10 and above      5000                                       50 lakhs

  

PENSIONARY BENEFITS

32.          PENSIONERS – PARITY – LONG STANDING DEMAND OF THE PENSIONERS ACCEPTED

Commission recommends a revised Pension Formulation for Civil employees and Defence Personnel who have retired before 01.01.2016. (expected date of implementation of seventh CPC recommendations). This formulation will bring about complete parity of past pensioners with current retirees.

33.          PENSIONERS – MINIMUM PENSION RS. 9000/-

(50% of the minimum pay recommended by the 7^th CPC)

34.          PENSIONERS – GRATUITY CEILING RAISED TO 20 LAKHS

35.        PENSIONERS – FIXED MEDICAL ALLOWANCE (FMA) – NO CHANGE (RS. 500/-)

36.          CGHS FACILITIES TO ALL POSTAL PENSIONERS RECOMMENDED

33 Postal dispensaries should be merged with CGHS

37.          GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS (GDS) OF THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT DEMAND FOR CIVIL SERVANTS STATUS REJECTED

Recommendation: - The committee carefully considered the demand for treating the Gramin Dak Sevaks as civil servants at par with other regular employees for all purposes, and noted the following:

(a)       GDS are Extra-Departmental Agents recruited by Department of Posts to serve in rural areas.

(b)       As per the Recruitment Rules the minimum educational qualification for recruitment to this post is class X.

(c)        GDS are required to be on duty only for 4 to 5 hours a day under the terms and conditions of their service.

(d)       The GDS are remunerated with Time Related continuity Allowance (TRCA) on the pattern of pay scales for regular Government employees plus DA on pro-rata basis.

(e)       A GDS must have other means of income independent of his remuneration as a GDS to sustain himself and his family.

Government of India has so far held that GDS is outside the Civil Service of the Union and shall not claim to be at par with the Central Government Employees. The Supreme Court Judgment also states that GDS are only holder of Civil posts but not civilian employees. The Commission endorses this view and therefore has no recommendation with regard to GDS.

(M. Krishnan)

Secretary General

Confederation

BLOOD DONATION CAMP

ORGANIZED BY

BRANCHES  OF WEST BENGAL

ON 29^TH OCTOBER 2015

The 8^th Voluntary Blood Donation Camp of Civil Accounts Employees of West Bengal was organized jointly by All India Civil Accounts Employees’ Association & All India Civil Accounts Employees’ Association, Cat-II, West Bengal Branch to commemorate the 8^th Death Anniversary of our beloved departed great leader of Workers & Employees movement and one of the founding member of Civil Accounts Organisation, Com. Ajay Bhowmick, took place with great enthusiasm on 29^th October, 2015 at Supply Accounts Institute Hall, 15, R.N. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata with the assistance of Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, W.B. The inaugural session of the camp was presided over by Com. Shantanu Bhattacharyya, President of AICAEA, WB Br. The leaders present offered floral tribute to the image of Com. Bhowmick. Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee, our Secretary General and Treasurer of Confederation & Secretary of Delhi state C.O.C., inaugurated the camp. In his inaugural speech Com. Bhattacharjee   narrated the dedicated contribution and sacrifices of Com. Bhowmick for the cause of Trade Union Movement specially for Civil Accounts Organization. He also mentioned the social responsibility of the civil employees towards the society apart from T.U. activities as was emphasized by Com. Bhowmick. He also mentioned briefly some departmental issues in a nutshell including cadre review in Civil Accounts Deptt. He welcomed, encouraged and congratulated all present in the camp specially appreciated the noble gesture of the blood donors.

          On behalf of Association of P.A.O, (civil), E.Z. Kolkata Com. Dibyendu Biswas mentioned the necessity of donating blood for the ailing patients and called the Civil Accounts employees for donating blood generously in such camps in his  short speech and welcomed all present in the camp.

          Com. Pijush Roy, General Secretary of W.B. state C.O.C., veteran and present leadership and a mass of Civil Accounts Organization also were present in the said camp. With great enthusiasm 50 members of Civil Accounts including 3 women members donated blood in the camp alongwith 2 members of leadership of C.O.C., W.B. The leaders and employees present encouraged the donors throughout. Apart from this, 8 members collected consent letters for donating their post-death body and eyes in the post-death body and eye donation camp held simultaneously. Thus the blood donation camp concluded with a grand success.

A.I.C.A.E.A. LETTER TO C.G.A. DEMANDING IMPROVEMENTS IN PROMOTIONAL PROSPECTS OF SECRETARIAL STAFF

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-2/2015/2464-91                                                                                    Dated: 10.11.2015

Shri M.J.Joseph,

Controller General of Accounts,

Ministry of Finance,

Department of Expenditure,

Lok Nayak Bhavan,

Khan Market,

New Delhi-110003

Subject: - Improvements in promotional avenues of secretarial assistance through creation of posts and promotion of eligible persons working in Civil Accounts organization.

 Sir,

I have been directed to draw your kind attention to the fact that, from 2002 onwards, this Association has been requesting the Controller General of Accounts to kindly fill up the posts relating to secretarial assistance in the office of Director (INGAF) and CCA (Rural Development). But, no tangible action has so far been taken for posting eligible officials (either by creation or upgradation) as supporting staff, either by the office of the Controller General of Accounts or  the Civil Accounts authorities of the  Ministry/Department concerned, except a letter in CGA web-site in this respect.  Instead all such vacancies are being filled up by posting following types of persons-

·         Junior level officials

·         Officials who are not Civil Accounts Employees

·         Outsourced employees

          I would like to cite some of the glaring examples where such postings have been made, instead of granting promotions to the eligible officials:

Sl. No.	Ministry/Department	Remarks
1.	CCA, Rural Development	PS from main Ministry has been posted, instead of posting eligible official from Civil Accounts cadre.
2.	Director, INGAF	Grade-II PA has been adjusted against the level of PS post.
3.	CCA, I&B	Grade-II PA has been adjusted against the level of PS post.
4.	CA, Science & Technology	Outsourcing staff has been posted, in place of eligible staff from the Civil Accounts cadre.
5.	CCA, M/o Labour	Gr. D Stenographer has been posted against the post of PS.
6.	CCA, Power	Gr.II PA has been posted against the post of PS.
7.	CA, Water Resources	Gr.D Stenographer has been posted against PA.

          Apart from the above, many posts of Sr.PS/PS/PA are required to be created based on the creation of senior level officers’ post in various Ministries/Departments in the recent cadre review of ICAS. 

          In view of above and also considering the fact that promotional opportunities for secretarial assistance in the Civil Accounts organization is very meagre, I request you to kindly  take  early favourable action  for creation of posts and grant promotion eligible secretarial staff against the available vacant post discussed in this letter.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

 (V. Bhattacharjee)

Secretary General

Copy to

1.      All National Executive Members.

2.      Branch Secretaries of Delhi Branch, West Bengal Branch, Tamilnadu and Pondicherry Branch and North East Branch.

3.      All others concerned.

with the request to bring the contents of this letter to the knowledge of all members concerned.

(V. Bhattacharjee)

Secretary General