Circular No. 33 Dated, 22nd September, 2017
Central Working Committee Meeting at Nagpur on 15-16th September, 2017 and Decisions
The Central Working Committee Meeting was held at Nagpur,
Maharashtra as scheduled on 15th & 16th September, 2017. The Venue & the Hall of the Meeting were named after
Late Com. D S Rajratnam and Com. A.H. Dixit respectively, the founders of this
monolithic rganization. The Vidarbha Circle of ITEF had made excellent
arrangements for holding the meeting and accommodating the CWC Members &
Sr.Leaders. The warm hospitality and committed team work of the members of
Vidarbha Circle will always be remembered in the days to come.
Com. Ashok Kanojia, President, hoisted the ITEF flag in
the presence of all CWC members, senior Leaders, Guests and the members of
Vidarbha Circle at 11 AM on 15th
September, 2017. The CWC
Meeting was inaugurated by Shri B.D. Vishnoi, Member (Admin.), CBDT, with
lightening of the Lamp. Com. B.N. Chilkate, the Chairman, Reception Committee
welcomed the Dignitaries, Sr.Leaders, Delegates and Observers on behalf of the
Vidarbha Circle at the Inaugural Session. He beautifully illustrated the
glorious history of the city of Nagpur and recalled that the foundation of ITEF
had been laid in that City of Nagpur. Com. Ashok Kanojia, President, ITEF
touched upon some of the important pending issues like Recruitment Rules, Duty
List, Laptops, Merger of Staff Car Drivers , Regional Recruitment etc. and
urged on the Member(Admin) for immediate resolution.
Com. Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Secretary General of ITGOA
addressed the gathering and greeted the members. He raised certain matters like
finalisation of seniority list of ITOs, ACIT promotion for 2016-17 etc. before
the Chief Guest and also expressed his dissatisfaction about the present
attitude of some of the officials of the CBDT to resolve the pending issues.
Shri B D Vishnoi, Member (Admn.) CBDT, while delivering
his address, expressed happiness over being invited and also assured to look
into the issues placed by the JCA leaders. He also narrated the status of the
some pending issues. He appreciated the manner and methodology adopted by the
JCA leaders in presenting and pursuing the issues. He said that the success of
any organization depends upon its workers/members and the same holds true for
Income Tax Department too. He thanked the employees of the Department for the
success achieved in meeting various targets on collection of Taxes, fixed by
the Government of India. He further said that after taking over the charge as
Member (Admn.), he had issued direction to all the Cadre Controlling Authorities
for holding of DPCs without further delay and assured that efforts would be
made to resolve the pending issues raised by the ITEF.
Shri Ranganath Jha, Pr.CCIT, Nagpur, also addressed the
gathering and wished the CWC meeting all success..
Com. K K N Kutty in his speech congratulated ITEF for the
successful strike on 16.03.2017 and touched upon the issues related to 7th CPC, NPS etc. He wished the
ITEF to strongly participate in Trade Union programmes of Relay Dharna as on 9th, 10th and 11th November, 2017 at New Delhi.
Com. Rupak Sarkar, Secretary General, ITEF thanked the
Member (Admn.), CBDT for accepting the invitation and assuring resolution of
the issues, raised by the JCA leaders. He elaborated the present scenario as
well as the attitude of some of the officers of the Directorates/Administration
to resolve the issues at the Board level. He urged before the Member (Admn) to
resolve the pending issues within a specific time frame.
Com. Prashant Dharkar, Convener, Reception Committee and
General Secretary of ITEF Vidharba Circle proposed the vote of thanks at the
end of inaugural session.
Com. Ashok Kanojia, chaired the delegate session, which
commenced immediately after the lunch at 3 PM. The President called the House
to order and extended warm welcome to all members present in the House. All the
Circles were represented in the CWC meeting except TN,
NWR Gr.D and Bihar Gr.D circles. The comrades of TN circle
were not represented due to unavoidable circumstances. One minute Silence was
observed as a mark of respect in memory of our members and leaders of Trade
Union movement who had been passed away since the last CWC meeting.
In the delegate session, Com. K K N Kutty touched upon the
programme of action of Confederation on various pending issues. He said that
five formulations on the demand of revision of minimum wage and fitment formula
had been submitted to the Government. However, so far no discussion has taken
place with the Govt. on the same. He said that the Confederation had decided to
be part of the agitation programme, which include three days Dharna and
indefinite strike action in 2018, as chalked out by the Central Trade Unions on
Common issues. On the issue of Outsourcing and NPS, joint action has been
chalked out along with the Employees Federations of State Governments.
Discussion and decisions taken on agenda items:
Agenda No.1: Draft minutes of CWC meeting held at New
Delhi on 25th & 26th March, 2017 was
taken as read and approved unanimously.
Agenda No.2 & 4: Com. Secretary General placed the
status report on the pending issues before
the House and briefly stated about agitation programmes
called by the JCA from 1st
April, 2017 to stop
outsourcing of regular official works, finalization of pending Recruitment
Rules etc. He reported that hardly any issue other than relaxation in RRs of
TA, Sr.TA & Steno.Gr.I (erstwhile Gr.II) had been resolved since the last
CWC meeting, due to frequent change of incumbents of crucial posts in the CBDT
during the period. All the members of the CWC participated in the discussion
and aired their views. All the Working Committee Members thanked the comrades
of ITEF, Vidarbha Circle for the wonderful arrangement made for the conduct of
the Working Committee meeting. The circle representatives reported about the
implementation of the programme called by the JCA from 1st April, 2017. After taking all
out efforts to stop outsourcing, the programme had not been implemented
successfully due to negative attitude of some officers. They informed the house
that there had been great resentment amongst the members for not getting full
support from the counterpart of JCA.
The Secretary General, while summing up, said that even
though there are various issues pending, some important issues that are of
serious nature, are required to be highlighted before the CBDT and a notice
should be given to resolve those issues within one month, failing which to achieve
the demands, agitation programme will be chalked out immediately to the extent
of industrial action.
The issues to be taken up for immediate resolution
are
1. Finalization of RRs of Inspector and Executive
Assistant as per our proposal.
2. Fill up all vacant posts.
3. To stop outsourcing of regular nature of official
work.
4. Regional recruitment of Group C cadres.
5. Merger of staff car drivers.
The Secretary General further told that the issue of
advance increments can be followed up to some extent as otherwise it may have
an adverse affect as no such advance increments are given in other Department.
On inter charge transfer it was decided to take up the grievances received from
field formations and to discuss further with the concerned authority. It is
necessary to ensure that the Daily wage workers association is formed in all
regions. The issueof Project Tarang scheme already taken up with the CBDT. On
the 1% incentive more suggestions will be given to the Board after taking
proposals from all the Circles and requested the Circle’s delegates to send the
proposal within 10th
October, 2017. He said
discussion on duty list of Group C officials is going on in the meeting of
committee formed by the CBDT.
As per discussion of the Delegates, Com. Secretary
General stated on the above mentioned pending issues that if there was no
positive outcome within one month (by the 20th October, 2017) then agitation
programme would be chalked out to the extent of industrial action. It was
therefore decided that the Secretariat of ITEF would meet on last week of
October, 2017 and take appropriate decisions in this regard to chalk out
programme of agitation.
As per decisions of the National Executive meeting of the
Confederation and as per resolutions taken in the all India Central Trade Union
Convention, the Secretary General appealed before the House to endorse all the
programmes chalked out and also requested all CWC members to take utmost
efforts to implement the programmes successfully. Circle wise quota will be
given to attend the three days Relay DHARNA programme to be organised by the
Central Trade Unions on 9th-11th November,2017 at New Delhi in
support of 12 point charter of demands.
Agenda 3(i): On the issue of Merger of Group D circles, the report of
the Committee along with the proposal for amendments in the Constitution approved in 2003 was circulated among the
members. All Circles were requested to give their suggestions, if any, so that
the final proposal can be placed before the All India Conference to be held at
Ujjain, MP on 14-17th
February, 2017 for approval. The amended version of the Constitution will be
published in our website within a very short time.
(ii): Com. Yashwant Purohit, General Secretary of MP & CG
Circle briefly explained the preparation being made to host the XXXth All India
Conference of ITEF at Ujjain on and from 14th to
17th February. 2017 and appealed
before the House for all out support for the successful
conduction of the Conference.
Agenda 5: Com. Ashok Kanojia read out the name of the Circles,
which paid the Renewal Fees and Aayakar Dues. He requested all the Circles to
clear off all the outstanding dues as per statement including Building Fund
immediately. While declaring the formal conclusion of the deliberation of the
delegates, Com. Ashok Kanojia, President thanked all the CWC members &
senior leaders for enriching the discussions and making the meeting a grand
success. He appealed before all circle leaders for implementation of all programmes
successfully and unitedly. He suggested regular interaction with the members
and to conduct circle working committee meeting regularly. If required, CHQ
leaders would be present in the meeting to address on
departmental/organizational issues. On behalf of the House he expressed sincere
gratitude and thanks to all leaders/volunteers of ITEF Vidarbha Circle and comrades
of ITGOA Vidarbha region as well as comrades of COC, Vidarbha for making
excellent arrangements to conduct the CWC meeting.
The Meeting Concluded with vote of thanks to the Chair.
Yours fraternally
Rupak Sarkar
Secretary General
