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National Anomaly Committee agenda item 8.3 : Non-issuance of orders by the Finance Ministry – NFIR

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National Anomaly Committee agenda item 8.3 : Non-issuance of orders by the Finance Ministry – NFIR

Item No.5(ii),(iv)(with32&33),(v)(vii) – Rule8 of the Revised Pay Rules Fixation of pay on promotion – minutes of the meeting of the National Anomaly Committee held on 17th July, 2012 – reg.

NFIR General Secretary writes a letter to DoP&T and Finmin pertaining to that the Railway staff continues to face hardship due to non-issuance of orders by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, for the decision on the agenda item 8.3 has been taken in the National Anomaly Committee, which was held on 17th July, 2012. The letter has been uploaded on its official website and we have reproduced full text of the letter and given below for your information…

NFIR

National Federation of Indian Railwaymen

(Affiliated to Indian National Trade Union Congress)

No.IV/NFIR/JCM/NAC/09

Dated : 03/11/2012

The Secretary (DoP&T) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training, (JCA Section), North Block, New Delhi.

The Secretary (Personnel), Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, North Block, New Delhi.

Sub : Item No.5(ii),(iv)(with 32&33),(v)(vii) – Rule 8 of the Revised Pay Rules Fixation of pay on promotion – minutes of the meeting of the National Anomaly Committee held on 17th July, 2012 – reg.

A large number of staff working in the Central Secretariat Services including the Railway Board have represented to the NFIR that though the decision on the above item has been taken in the National Anomaly Committee meeting held on 17th July 2012, the staff contiunes to face hardship due to non-issuance of orders by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

In this connection, attention is invited to the minutes of item No.8.3 of the meeting referred to above, extract of which is given below :-

“Staff Side stated that anomaly in this case is basically due to the fact that it is for the firs time that CPC has recommended specific entry level pay for Direct Recruits (DRs). This has resulted in employees who were appointed in service prior to the DRs and got promoted earlier getting less pay as compared to their counterparts recruited directly and who joined after 01.01.2006. The Official Staff stated that in such cases stepping up of pay is permissible subject to certain conditions. However, the Staff Side insisted that on promotion, the pay of all the promotees should be fixed at the entry level of pay of the post as in the case of the direct recruits wherever there is a provision of direct recruitment in the RRs.

The Staff Side requested that in cases where no direct recruitment actually took place even though RRs provided for the same or when a DR did not join, stepping up of pay should be considered.

This suggestion of the Staff Side was considered by the Official Side, who responded by stating that wherever there is a provision of direct recruitment in the Recruitment Rules, pay on promotion would be fixed at the prescribed minimum of the Entry Pay as provided for the Direct Entrants in the Revised Pay Rules, irrespective of the fact whether direct recruitment has actually taken place or not. The Staff Side agreed to close this issue thereafter.”

The NFIR, therefore, requests that necessary clarification may kindly be issued at an early date to rectiry the anomalous sitation. A copy of the instructions issued may be endorsed to the Federation.

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

(M.Raghavaiah)

General Secretary

Source: NFIR

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5th National Anomaly Committee meeting minutes published by DoPT

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5th National Anomaly Committee meeting minutes published by DoPT

Department of Personnel and Training has issued official minutes of 5th National Anomaly Committee meeting held on 17.7.2012.

DOPT published the detailed official minutes of the 4th National Anomaly Committee Meeting, which was held on 5th January, 2012 today on its official website and also the summary record of discussions of the meeting held on 27th July, 2012 with the Staff Side on the issues relating to Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS). The detailed report of the discussions and decisions on agenda items with the Staff Side members. The minutes of the meeting was given in four parts as follows…

Annexure – I : Summary Record of Discussions of the 4th meeting of the National Anomaly Committee held on 5.1.2012

Annexure – II : List of Participants in the Fourth Meeting of the National Anomaly Committee held on 17th July, 2012.

Annexure – III : Summary Record of discussions of the meeting held on 27th July, 2012 with the Staff Side on the issues relating to Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS).

Annexure – VI : List of participants in the meeting on MACP held on 27th July, 2012.

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JCM Functioning raised in the National Anomaly Committee Meeting on 17th July 2012

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Confederation Secretary General Flash News :

JCM Functioning raised in the National Anomaly Committee Meeting on 17th July 2012

We have already placed a gist of discussions and decision of the 4th National anomaly Committee meeting held today on agenda items that came up for consideration. The Staff Side of the National Council met on 16th. The issue of the non functioning of the JCM at the Departmental level and the ineffectiveness of the council meetings wherever it meets were the subject matter of serious discussions at the Staff Side. The last meeting of the National Council was held in 2010. The non acceptance of the arbitration awards, the inordinate delay in taking final view of items introduced as agenda by the official side and the non issuance of orders on agreed items, the refusal to record disagreement and refusal to refer the issue to arbitration etc. were raised by the members of the Staff Side. It was therefore, decided that this issue should be taken up seriously by the leader and Secretary in their initial remark at the NAC meeting and should elicit concrete response from the official side.

Accordingly the Leader, Com. Raghaviah and Com. Umraomal Purohit, Leader and Secretary, Staff Side in their opening remakrs made a strong presentation of this issue and conveyed the growing resentment of the employees. Both the Secretary General and President supplemented this presentation with further information and conveyed to the official side that while the non functioning of the Departmental Councils were restricted to a few Ministries in the past, as at present, it has been spread to almost all Ministries barring Railways, Defence and to a small extent to the Postal Department.

The Chairman, while responding to this complaint said that he would elicit the information from all Ministries/Departments as to when the last meeting of the Council was held, whether the Anomaly Committee had been constituted and if so what was the stage at which its deliberations are and monitor its functioning effectively and take up the grievance expressed by the staff in this regard with the highest authority in the Government to ensure that the machinery is brought to effective functioning system.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

Sd/-

K.K.N. Kutty

Secretary General.

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Confederation News – NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE MEETING – GIST OF DISCUSSIONS

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Confederation Secretary General K.K.N. Kutty published the gist of discussions of National Anomaly Committee on its blog today…

The 4th meeting of the National Anomaly Committee was held on 5th January 2012, decisions and discussions are given hereunder…

NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE MEETING

GIST OF DISCUSSIONS

The 4th meeting of the National Anomaly Committee was held on 5th January, 2012. All the items could not be discussed on that day. The meeting was postponed and the same was held today on 17th July, 2012. The gist of discussions and decisions are given hereunder.

Item No.1. Pay band of the merged pay scales: The demand to reconstruct the pay band in respect of merged pay scales (S8 to S10) by multiplying the minimum of the highest pay scales (6500-10,500) with 1.86 by virtue of which the pay band will commence with Rs. 12100 instead of 9300 is not agreed and as per the scheme disagreement has been recorded.

Item No.2. Extending the date for exercise of option: Extending the date for exercise of option to come to the new pay scale as also to the next increment date on promotion was discussed at length. While the official side will agree to reopen the promotional cases where such change of option becomes necessary on account of an unforeseen event, the question of extending the date in general will have to be examined. The case of necessity to change the option once exercised in view of the recent order on increment was raised by the Staff Side. The Official side agreed to issue a clarificatory order.

Item No. 3. Special allowance and qualification pay: Order has been issued in respect of Auditors. In respect of SAS passed hands necessary orders will be issued shortly.

Item No.4. Fixation of pay of Promotees at the level of entry pay of Direct recruitees: The official side agreed to consider grant of entry pay in all such cases, wherever the RR provides for direct recruitment.

Item No.5. Date of next increment: Orders have already been issued. Item is treated as settled.

Item No. 6. Grant of minimum pay of Rs. 5200 +1800 to temporary status employees: Orders issued.

Item No. 7. Grant of revised allowance with effect from 1.1.2006: The item has been withdrawn after discussion.

Item No. 8. Transport allowance: The revision of transport allowance was not agreed upon. However, taking a percentage of the TA representing the CCA submerged for the purpose of OTA and grant of a portion of the TA in respect of persons on tour for more than one month at a stretch will be considered.

Item No. 9. Doubling the Existing risk and patient care allowance: The matter has been submitted to the Cabinet for its approval and orders are likely to be issued shortly. The Staff side raised the issue of doubling the daily allowance on tour. The Official side agreed to examine this matter also.

Item No. 10. Parity in Pension to pre 2006 retirees: The matter is sub-judice. Therefore it could not be discussed.

Item No.11. Commutation of pension: The difference in the application of commutation table between the pre-2008 and post 2008 retirees was discussed. It has been agreed that the difference would be quantified with reference to certain cases as an example. If it has no huge financial implication on the post 2008 retirees, the Govt. may consider the acceptance of the demand of the Staff.

Restoration of commuted value of pension after 12 years instead of 15years would be considered in the light of the Supreme Court judgement of 1996, a copy of which would be made available to the Staff Side.

Item No.12. Grant of Rs. 5400/- to the Assistant Accounts and Audit Officers: To be discussed with the JS(per)/JS(E) separately. The date of the meeting will be fixed soon.

Item No.13. Revision base index for DA: The Staff Side will be provided with the computation made by the 6th CPC in the matter and on the basis of the same the issue will be discussed further.

Item No.14. Child Care leave: Orders issued. Item treated as settled.

Item No.15. Income criterion for dependency of parents: The item is dropped after discussion.

Item No. 16. Revision of Grade Pay fixation: After discussion, the item has been dropped.

Item No. 17. Reconstruction of Pay bands: dropped.

Item No. 18. Fixation of pay on promotion to the post carrying same grade pay and PB: Agreed to grant one increment to the holders of post with higher pre-revised pay scale.

Item No. 19. All MACP items: will be discussed further in the subcommittee on 27th July, 2012.

Item No.20. Anomaly in the grade pay of Library information Assistants: The official side will consider the issue in consultation with the Ministry of Culture and take appropriate decision before the next meeting.

Item No.21. Anomaly in pension of those in receipt of stagnation increments in the pre revised scales of pay: The inclusion of stagnation increment for the purpose of fixation of pay in respect of the persons retired between 2006 and 2008, if not done, will be examined and suitable orders issued.

Item No.22. Anomaly in the pay scales of Stenographers of field offices with reference to Central Secretariat: It was pointed out that Senior PS in the field offices were on identical pay scale of PPS of the Central Secretariat and therefore, they must be granted grade pay of Rs. 5400 in PB3. They have agreed to grant Grade pay of Rs. 5400 in PB.2 applicable to the field offices if not already done. In respect of parity with Central Sectt, the proposal of Railway Board will be expeditiously examined by the Finance Ministry and suitable orders issued.

Item No.23.Date of Annual increment in EOL cases: Orders were issued earlier and the matter is treated as settled. The Staff Side raised the issue of denial of encashment of earned leave and half pay leave for industrial employees. The official side agreed to issue clarificatory orders in the matter.

Item No. 24. Parity of PB and Grade pay for Official language personnel with the Central Sectt: The official side said that orders have already been issued. Wherever, the same is not implemented or different decision taken, the same may be brought to the notice of the Department of Expenditure for appropriate decision.

The proposal sent by the Railway Board will be considered separately.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

Sd/-

K.K.N. Kutty

Secretary General.

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Detailed discussion points of National Anomaly Committee published by AIRF

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AIRF published the detailed issue wise Feedback of National Anomaly Committee meeting on its official website today. And decided in the meeting that the items relating to MACP Scheme would be discussed in a separate meeting on 27th July.

The next meeting will be held on 27th July, 2012.

Feedback of the 5th meeting of the National Anomaly Committee 5th meeting of the National Anomaly Committee was held today under the chairmanship of Secretary, DoP&T.

At the outset Com. Umraomal Purohit, Secretary, Staff Side, National Council(JCM), raised the following points:-

He explained the background of setting-up of JCM Scheme and emphasized that the scheme has been effective to resolve the disputes between the Central Government employees and Government of India. But of late, the scheme is not been administered properly causing frustration among the Central Government employees.

He reminded the Secretary, DoP&T that since he is the custodian of the scheme, it would be appropriate for him to see that the scheme functions both at the National and Departmental levels in its letter and spirit.

He said that the meeting of the Ordinary Meeting of the National Council, JCM(full-fledged meeting) was held on 15.05.2010 and after that no meeting has been held. He mentioned that, as per JCM Constitution, minimum 3 meetings should be organized after every 4 months.

He further said that, earlier 4/5 Sub-Committees have been formed to deal with the items in the agenda, but nowadays Sub-Committees are also not being formed.

He also said that in many departments, Departmental Council has not yet been formed on some plea or the

other, and where Departmental Councils are yet to form, the Anomaly Committee is totally absent.

He also stated that, wherever Departmental Council and Anomaly Committee have been formed, they have not been allowed to take independent decision and they are to depend on everything on Ministry of Finance or DoP&T.

He said that we are crossing six years of the VI CPC report and shortly there is likely demand of setting-up of Seventh Central Pay Commission. Unfortunately, anomalies of the VI CPC are yet to be settled.

He said that separate discussion should be held in respect of MACP Scheme matters, and the date for the same should be fixed very shortly.

Reciprocating, the Secretary DoP&T advised all the departments to send their status position in respect of formation of Departmental Council, expansion and formation of Departmental Anomaly Committee.

He also demanded that the pending issues should be settled early and meeting of the National Council(JCM) should be convened after Monsoon Session of the Parliament. He also said that separate meeting for deciding MACP Scheme should be fixed within this month.

General Secretary AIRF, Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra, stated that the unanimous recommendations made by the Railways’ Departmental Anomalies Committee are not being implemented because these have not

been cleared by the DoP&T and MoF(Exp.). He demanded de-centralization and delegation of powers to the ministries for smooth and quick decisions. He also mentioned that where already fundamental rule

exists, like fixation under FR-22(C), why MoF(Exp.) insists for reference to them. It should be done by the ministries themselves.

3. General Secretary AIRF, Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra, Working President AIRF, Com. Rakhal Das Gupta and Asstt. General Secretary AIRF, Com. Ch. Sankara Rao raised the issue of granting promotional benefits to Loco Pilots under Rule FR-22(C) and they also expressed dissatisfaction over the functioning of NC/JCM. The matter of resolving problems of MACP Scheme was also raised by the AIRF representatives.

The Official Side stated the matter of granting one increment on promotion is under active consideration of the Government of India and decision in this regard would be taken shortly.

Then the Agenda Item was taken-up.

Items No.1,2,3 & 4 – Fixation of pay in revised pay scale

Despite lots of deliberations, Official Side did not agree to revise the Pay Band of GP Rs.9300-34800, and ultimately disagreement has been recorded.

Item No.5(ii), (iv)(with 32 & 33), (v)(vii) – Rule 8 of the revised pay rules

Fixation of pay on promotion

It was agreed that, wherever there is provision of direct recruitment in the recruitment rules, pay on promotion would be fixed to minimum of the Entry Pay as provided for in the revised rules, irrespective of the fact whether direct recruitment has actually taken place or not.

Item No.12 & 13 – Transport Allowance

Earlier Overtime Allowance was admissible on City Compensatory Allowance(CCA) also. The VI CPC has sum the CCA with Transport Allowance. Official Side agreed to consider the provision of Transport Allowance to be paid for the purpose of OTA. It was also agreed to consider something for the residents of NCR, i.e. Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gurgaon on the line of CCA.

Item No.14 – Revision of existing allowances which are to be withdrawn and replaced by new schemes

The Official Side has informed that the matter doubling of rates of Risk Allowance and Patient Care Allowance is being sent to the Cabinet for approval.

Item No.16 & 17 – Parity in Pension

The matter is sub-judiced.

Item No.25, 25 & 26 – Commutation of Pension

It was decided that the calculation of commutation factor for the employees retired prior to and after 1.9.2008 would be tabulated to discuss the matter further. Item No.29 & 30 – Revision of Base Index for D.A. Calculation of DA would be sent to the Staff Side shortly.

Item No.36 – Income criteria in respect of parents and widowed/divorced/unmarried daughters