Circular No.11

The Secretariat meeting of the ITEF (CHQ) was held on 11.12.2015 under the President ship of Com. Ashok Kumar Kanojia at 11.30 am at Manishinath Bhavan, Rajouri Garden,  New Delhi.

Agenda No.1: Review of the suspended agitational programme as per call of the Central JCA:  The President and Secretary General informed the latest developments regarding five points charter of demands.

i)                    ITO to ACIT promotions: The proposal to promote all eligible persons promoted as ITOs till April, 2004 to the cadre of ACIT vide DPCs of R.Y.s 2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 was made by the CBDT for a total of around 650 vacancies required for the purpose. It was also proposed that 200 promotions to be done in each of the R.Y.s 2014-15 & 2015-16 and the rest in the R.Y. 2016-17. It was also proposed that all the three DPCs would be held before 31-03-2016. The Hon’ble FM approved the proposal on 02-12-2015.

ii)                  The relaxation required for the promotion in the cadre of Sr.TA has been approved by the Hon’ble Finance Minister, GOI, and the order has already been issued. The proposal for the relaxations required for the promotions in the cadres of Pr. AO, Stenographer Gr.-I and TA are yet to be sent to the competent authority for final approval.

iii)                The Recruitment Rules for the cadres of TA, NS, Staff Car Drivers, Canteen Employees are already been approved by the Hon’ble Finance Minister of the GOI.  The RR of canteen employees has already been notified and for TA, NS and SCDs are yet to be Notified. The Recruitment Rules for the cadres of ITO, AO, PS, Inspector, Stenographer Gr.-I and Executive Assistant are sanctioned by the Hon’ble Finance Minister, GOI, and sent to the DoPT for approval.

iv)                In regard to the issue of Daily Paid Labours, the Instruction dated 16-10-2015 has been withdrawn/modified as demanded by the Central JCA and the revised Instruction has been issued on 23-11-2015.

v)                  In regard to the issue of Infrastructure, a letter was issued by the office of the HRD on 20-10-2015, as demanded by the JCA, but actions are not taken either by the local authorities or by the CBDT. The Units of JCA may take up the issue of Infrastructure with the local authorities and intimate the specific issues/projects to the Central JCA to take up with the CBDT.

Taking into consideration the positive developments on the demands from the side of the CBDT it was decided to take a final call on the suspended agitational programme once the order regarding relaxation of existing RRs of TA and Steno. Gr.I is notified and response of the CBDT is known on other pending issues.

Agenda No.2: Discussion on pending issues:  Com. Secretary General informed the House regarding the developments on various other issues pending for a lon g time.

(i)                 Advance increments to O.S. & Steno Gr.I : The Chairman, CBDT has approved the same and the notification will be issued  shortly.

(ii)               Clarification regarding granting of MACP to those OS and Steno Gr.I who has subsequently got 3% fixation benefit is now gone to DoPT.

(iii)             Departmental Exam:  Discussions will be held on the issue of videography in the Examination Hall and the proposal of holding of examination online prior to the next Examination.

(iv)              Merger of Staff Car Driver: CBDT accepted the demand of merger of Staff Car Driver Gr.II  ( GP. 2400/- )  with TA and the issue is now pending with the Department of Expenditure.

(v)                Proper training to newly recruited TAs and ITIs has been taken up and direction has already been issued in this regard to all Pr.CCITs.

(vi)              1% incentive scheme:  Laptop for ITIs, enhancement of Petrol reimbursement allowance etc are still pending with Expenditure Department and IFU respectively.

(vii)           Phasing out of 1633 posts from West Bengal & Sikkim charge and diversion of 167 ITI posts to deficient charges where stagnation is acute: The Committee formed on the issue is expected to submit its report shortly. If the report of the committee is not in accordance with our resolution passed in the last All India Conference held at Guwahati, it was decided to hold lunch-hour demonstration and send Resolution to the CBDT for immediate settlement the issue according to our resolution.  A resolution has also been adopted by the house to be submitted to the Board immediately.

Agenda No.3: Financial Matters: The house expressed concern over the huge amount of outstanding in respect of Renewal Fees and dues of Aayakar Journal. The Secretariat decided to request the Circles to clear the dues by the end of this month. The collection for Building Maintenance Fund needs to be expedited and remitted before the next Working Committee meeting and all the Circles are advised accordingly.

 Agenda No.4:  7^th CPC recommendations:  On common issues like Minimum Pay, Fitment Formula, HRA and other Allowances etc are endorsed and communicated to the Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India by the National JCA. The circular regarding decisions taken in the NJCA meeting and ensuing agitational programme has been issued and the same is uploaded in our Website. On Department specific issues like higher Pay scale for TA, ITI, AO/PS and ITO a separate memorandum will be submitted by the Central JCA before the committee constituted by the CBDT. We call upon all our circles and leaders for mobilize our members for agitational  programmes in the days to come on the 7th CPC related issues as chalked out by the National JCA endorsed by the Confederation. Kindly ensure that all the programmes are carried out in totality which alone will bring about a justified negotiated settlement to our demands.

Agenda No.5 :  Any other matters:  The following issues were discussed and decided :

1. The Secretariat has decided to hold next Central Working Committee meeting on 7^th & 8^th February, 2016 at  Alappuzha, Kerala. Inaugural session will be held at 3 PM on 7^th February, 2016. Accommodation will available from 12.00 noon of 7^th February 2016 to  12.00 noon of 9^th February 2016. For organise the CWC meeting, the host unit has decided to publish a Souvenir. The Advt. Forms will be distributed by the host Circle in due course. All the Circles are requested to obtain the Advertisements and to submit the same to the Kerala Circle. The CWC members and Advisory committee members are requested to plan  their journey and book the tickets.

Nearest railway stations :    

Sherthalai/Cherthala [SRTL]   : 8 kms  [Most trains to Thiruvananthapauram via Alappuzha stops here]

Kottayam [KTYM]                     :  33 kms

Alappuzha[ALLP]                      :  24 kms

Ernakulam Junction [ERS]     :  46 kms

Ernakulam North [ERN]                     :  48 kms

Nearest Airport

Cochin International Airport   :          68 kms

b.      An appeal was put before the house for contribution to the Relief Fund created by the JCA of Tamil Nadu Unit for the flood affected people of Chennai. The house endorsed the appeal for its circulation to all Circles. All the Circles are hereby requested to contribute liberally to help the victims of the Chennai Flood.

c.         The Secretariat members had raised various other issues which were discussed. The action will be taken on these issues in due course.

With greetings,

                                                                                                                                       Yours fraternally,

  

(RupakSarkar)

Secretary General