No.4/3/2019- JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment (JCA) Section

North Block, New Delhi – 110 001
Dated: 18 August, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Non – functioning of Departmental/ Office Councils.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM of even number, dated 09.06.2021, regarding holding of meetings of a Departmental/ Office Councils on regular basis with a view to making effective use of the JCM Scheme.

2. The JCM Scheme provides for Departmental Councils at the level of individual Ministries/Departments, and office council in attached and subordinate offices. The Staff Side of JCM, has been remonstrating that regular dialogue with the Staff Side, through the mechanism of Departmental Councils and Office Council are not happening at regular interval. Meetings of Departmental Council / Office Council are essential, as they help in resolving a differences between Government and its employees.
3. It is requested that meeting of the Departmental Council/ Office Council, may please be arranged to be held on regular basis. Further, wherever Departmental Council/Office Council have become defunct, the same may please be revived at the earliest.

(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Tel. No. 2309 4678

To

Joint Secretaries (Admn.) of all Ministries/Departments

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DoPT issued an office memorandum regarding the functioning of Departmental Councils and it mentioned that the meetings of Departmental Council are essential as they help in resolving differences between Government and the Staff Side.

G.I., Dept. of Per. Trg., O.M.No.F. No, 4 /3/2009-JCA, 2.11.2015

Subject- Functioning of Departmental Councils – regarding

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments D.O. letter of even number dated 23.07.2012 (copy enclosed) regarding holding of meetings of Departmental Councils regularly with a view to make effective use of Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) Scheme. Secretary, DoPT, had also vide his DO letters of even number dated 03.12.2012, 26.07.2013 and 17.02.2015 requested to promote this interaction more proactively through regular meetings of Departmental/Office Councils under the Ministry/Department.

The JCM Scheme provides for Departmental Councils at the level of individual Ministries/ Departments, including their attached and subordinate offices. The Staff Side of JCM, however, has been remonstrating that regular dialogue with the Staff Side through the mechanism of Departmental Councils at Ministry/Department level is not happening. Meetings of Departmental Council are essential as they help in resolving differences between Government and the Staff Side.

It is requested that suitable instructions may please be issued to hold meetings of Departmental Councils on regular basis.

Source: Confederation

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