CIRCULAR - 31/2015

ALL INDIA AUDIT & ACCOUNTS ASSOCIATION

CSV WARRIER BHAWAN

15/1089-90, VASUNDHARA, VASUNDHARA (P.O.), Dt. GHAZIABAD (U.P), PIN-201012

Ph: 0120-2881727/0 – 98681 45667

E-mail: auditflag@gmail.com

Website: www.auditflag.blogspot.com

Reference: AIA/Circular-31/2015                                                     Dated:  26^th December 2015

To

Unit Secretaries,

Members & Spl. Invitees – NE &

Members of Women’s Committee

Dear Comrades,

DOPT i.e., THE GOVT, DOES IT AGAIN

This is first time that we have seen the DOPT (Deptt of Personnel & Training) or for that matter the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions has acted with such alacrity! It has issued order changing the nomenclature of Assistant, UDC and LDC in the Central Secretariat Clerical Service to Assistant Section Officer (ASO), Senior Secretariat Assistant (SSA) and Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA).

We had been demanding with our department to upgrade the cadre of LDC to Audit/Accounts Assistant, merging the DEO cadre with it, enabling all – the DEO and Audit/Accounts Assistant - getting promotion as Auditor/Accountant. No way, our departmental authorities would not act upon it – but sent it to 7 CPC and 7 CPC during oral deposition told us that it is not a matter for pay commission to decide.

The 7 CPC, in its report vide Para 7.1.4.j made a detailed statement on how the CSS Assistant always got away with a better pay scale than what was recommended by successive pay commissions since 4^th CPC and recommended – quoting 6 CPC - that parity should be total upto the level of Assistant and recommended GP of 4200 in PB2 for Assistant in CSS and field offices (the same pay scale recommended for SA of IA&AD and Organised Accounts).

The present order dated 21^st December 2015 –just a month after the report of the 7 CPC was submitted – is to circumvent the recommendations of the 7 CPC and to deny parity for field offices and organisations like IA&AD and Organised Accounts with Central Secretariat Clerical Service. It is nothing but total contempt for the 7 CPC by the Government itself.

This order has made one thing clear – DOPT is meant only for Central Secretariat cadres and not for other government employees. Better to rename it as DOPT for CSS!

Anything that any other segment of employees ask for – however genuine it might be – the DOPT would say a big NO. It is there only to deny us our dues and rights.

We have, through a letter demanded that CAG of India assert his position as Constitutional Authority and ensure justice to personnel of IA&AD - as per the demands raised by CAG of India before the 7 CPC. Departmental authorities have all along played subservient to DOPT, causing irreparable damage to the personnel of IA&AD. It is time to assert.

IMPEMENTATION OF DEMANDS DAY ON 15^TH DECEMBER 2015

Reports received so far indicate that good number of units has implemented the programme – here and there the date has been changed due to some local conditions. There are few units that have not sent the reports.

As reported in Circular 29, we would be meeting in the extended meeting of the National Executive Committee on 9^th and 10^th January 2016 at Hyderabad. On 10^th January 2015, a Convention of Joint Action Committee would be held. Notice for the meeting of the extended NE meeting has already been sent by e-mail as well as by post to the concerned Units in addition to the NE members. The details such as venue etc are given in the enclosed JAC Circular.

NJCA CALL FOR DEMONSTRATION AND DHARNA

NJCA circular dated 21^st December 2015 is enclosed. As stated in our Circular 30, the calls for holding demonstration on 30^th December 2015 and three day dharna on19-20-21 January 2016 are re-iterated. (Those units that did not hold the demonstration on 23trd Dec may hold it on 30^th December 2015).

The Circular further states the intention to commence the indefinite strike in the first week of March 2016. All Units are requested start the campaigns in the right earnest.

Unit visit by the leadership would commence in the 2^nd week of January 2016, immediately after the extended NE meeting on 9-10 January 2016.

OA 4465/2014 & OA 847/2015

Many are enquiring about the status of the cases that we have filed at CAT, Pr Bench, New Delhi. Both the cases are listed before a bench on 14^th January 2016. Govt is yet to file its affidavit.

            It is true that the messing up of the case by National Audit Federation leading to its dismissal by the Principal Bench of CAT, New Delhi would definitely be used by the govt against us. We all remember what an irreparable damage the case they filed on Pay Parity has caused.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally

(M.S.Raja)

Secretary General