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Thursday, January 28, 2016

CIRCULAR - 03/2016

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

Reference: AIA/Circular-03/2016                                                          Dated: 20th January 2016

To
Unit Secretaries,
Members & Spl. Invitees – NE &
Members of Women’s Committee

Dear Comrades,
CONVENTION CALLS FOR REORGANISING LOCAL JACS
            The National Convention of Accounts & Audit Employees and Officers held at Hyderabad on 10th January 2016 was attended by nearly 200 delegates representing All India Audit & Accounts Association, All India Audit & Accounts Officers Association, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category II, All India Postal Accounts Employees Association, All India Pay & Accounts Officers Association (Civil), All India P&T Accounts & Finance Officers Association and ,  All India Federation of Divisional Accounts Officers and Divisional Accountants Associations.

            The Convention was inaugurated by Com Venugopal, former General Secretary, All India Insurance Employees Association.
            In all 20 speakers participated in the discussion on the declaration presented by Com V Bhattacharjee, Convenor.
            The Convention called upon the constituent organisations and its field formations to ensure formation of JAC in all stations so as to carry out the calls of the Apex JAC effectively and purposefully.
            The Convention called upon all the audit and accounts employees and officers to observe day long dharna at a centralised place in every station, under the banner of JAC, on 11th February 2016. This will be followed by Signature campaign on the charter of demands. The
Convention also decided to organise Dharna at New Delhi in June-July 2016.
            Copy of the declaration adopted by the Convention and the JAC circular are attached.

AMENDMENT TO RECRUITEMENT RULES
            The Recruitment Rules for Auditor/Accountant, Senior Auditor/Accountant were expected to be notified in the month of February. But the new condition introduced by the DOPT that the draft notification has to be first placed in the public domain for comments before it being processed has delayed it.
            It means that after the statutory one month, the whole process for approval by DOPT and Law Ministry will have to be repeated, causing delay.
            This also would result delay in the promotion of DEO as Auditor/Accountant till the revised recruitment rule for Auditor/Accountant is notified in the Gazette. It may take another 6 -8 months for the whole process to be over.
            In the mean time, CAG administration has issued circular on training and promotion of DEO as Console operator – DEO Gr II with GP 2800 – for those who have put 5 years of service.
            This has caused doubts in the minds of DEOs that they will not have chance to become Auditor/Accountant.
            This issue was raised with administration – especially in the background of the RR for Auditor/Accountant getting delayed. We have requested that those who get promoted as Console Operator may also be given opportunity to become Auditor/Accountant as and when the revised Recruitment Rules for Auditor/Accountant are notified, maintaining their original seniority in DEO cadre. This has been positively responded by the administration. We will have to be vigilant to ensure that the same is implemented.

TOUR PROGRAMME
            The extended meeting of the National Executive Committee on 9th January 2016 decided that leaders should visit the units to prepare the units for the forthcoming indefinite strike. The following tour programme is finalised within the shirt time available.
Sl No
Station
Date
Name of visiting Leader
 Onward journey to
1.
Mumbai
15,16,17 Feb.
KL Gautam
New Delhi
2.
Delhi
18, 19 Feb.
KL Gautam
Shimla
3.
Raipur
18,19 Feb.
Nageswara Rao
Hyderabad
4.
Chandigarh
25-26 Feb
KL Gautam
Shimla
5.
Chennai
27,28,29 Jan.
MS Raja
Delhi
6.
Gwalior
2,3 Feb
MS Raja
Nagpur
7.
Nagpur**
4,5 Feb
MS Raja & V Nageswara Rao
Delhi/Hyd’bad
8.
Dehradun
10,11 Feb
MS Raja
Delhi
9.
Bhubaneswar/Puri
17,18,19 Feb
MS Raja
Delhi
10.
Bhopal
22, 23 Feb
MS Raja & JR Iyer
Delhi/Nagpur
11.
Lucknow
26 Feb
MS Raja
Delhi
12.
Bengaluru
1,2,3 March
MS Raja
Hubli
13.
Hubli
4 March
M S Raja
Delhi
14.
Jaipur
7,8  March
MS Raja
Delhi
** Meeting of the preparatory committee formed for the 47th Conference may please be convened.

Corrigendum
            In Circular 02, it was stated that the ‘NE calls upon all the Units to organise, here onwards, COMRADE SK VYAS MEMORIAL LECTURE on 12th February in every station, every year – on a given subject’. It may kindly be read this year instead of every year. Every year it should be observed on 13th February (This year 13th Feb falls on Saturday).
            With greetings,
Yours fraternally



(M.S.Raja)
Secretary General



JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE OF
ACCOUNTS & AUDIT EMPLOYEES & OFFICERSORGANISATIONS
17/2 – C, P & T Quarters, Kali Bari Marg, New Delhi: - 110001
Email: v.aicaea@mail.com

No: JAC/ Circular -01/2016                                                                        Date: 19th   January 2016
                                                                                                            
To
            Chief Executive of Constituent Organizations             
            and Conveners, local JACs,

Dear Comrades,
DECISIONS OF NATIONAL CONVENTION
As decided, the National Convention of the Accounts and Audit employees and officers’ organizations was held in Hyderabad on 10thJanuary 2016. Nearly 200( two Hundred) delegates representing All India Audit & Accounts Association, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, All India Postal Accounts Employees Association,  All India Audit and Accounts Officers Association, All India Association of Pay & Accounts Officers (Civil), All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Category-II, All India Federation of Divisional Accounts Officers and Divisional Accountants Associations and All India P&T Accounts & Finance Officers Association from different parts of the country participated in the convention.
A presidium comprising Com. M.S. Raja, Chairman Apex JAC and Secretary General, All India Audit and Accounts Employees Association, Com. Shantanu Bhattacharjee, President, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Com. Santosh Kumar, President, All India Postal Accounts Employees Association,  Com. P. Prabhakar, President, All India Audit and Accounts Officers Association, Com. Dinesh Shetty, Vice- President, All India Association of Pay & Accounts Officers (Civil), Com. Nagendra, President All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Category-II, Com. S.N. Das, President,  All India Federation of Divisional Accounts Officers and Divisional Accountants Associations and  Com. Subramanian, All India P&T Accounts & Finance Officers Association conducted the proceedings. Com. V. Bhattacharjee, Convener, Apex JAC and Secretary General, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Com. V. Nageswara Rao, Addl. Secretary General,  All India Audit and Accounts  Association, Com. T. Satyanarayana, General Secretary, All India Postal Accounts Employees Association,  Com. S. Mohan, Secretary General, All India Audit and Accounts Officers Association, Com. A. B. Sunilkumar, All India Association of Pay & Accounts Officers (Civil), Com. G.K.Nair, Secretary General  All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Category-II  were also the part  of dais.
Com. M.S. Raja, Chairman introduced the background and necessity of the convention to the participants. Then the convention had extended its condolences to the departed leaders like Comrade S. K. Vyas, Comrade A. B. Bardhan and Martyrs of terrorist attack in Air Force base, Phatankot and also others by observing two minutes silence.
Com. K. Venugopal, ex-Secretary General, All India Insurance Employees Association inaugurated the Convention. In his inaugural speech he explained various aspects of the retrograde recommendations of 7th pay Commission. Com. Venugopal also explained the conspiracy and dangers involved in the anti-employee (new) National Pension Scheme (NPS) and the disastrous affect of pension reforms and thereby the need to build up a strong movement by the Central Government employees unitedly to resist the onslaughts. 
After the inauguration, Com. A. P. Shastri, former president of the All India Postal Employees Accounts Employees Association released a Calendar commemorating Com. S. K. Vyas, the legendary leader of Audit & Accounts and Central Government Employees and Workers.
There after the Reception Committee for the Convention had offered felicitation to Com. V. Bhattacharjee, Convener for his induction as one of the members of the staff side, National Council JCM for the first time.
On behalf of the apex level Joint Action Committee, the Draft Declaration was placed by Com.V. Bhattacharjee, Convener.
The following Comrades participated in the discussion
1.      T. Satyanarayana, Gen. Secretary, All India Postal Accounts Employees Association (AIPAEA)
2.      S .Mohan, Secy. General, All India Audit & Accounts Officers Association (AIA&AOA)
3.      V. Nageswara Rao, Addl Secy General, All India Audit & Accounts Association (AIA&AA)
4.      Surya Narayan Das, President, All India Federation of Divisional Accounts Officers and Divisional Accountants Associations (AIFDAO&DAA)
5.      A.B.Sunilkumar, Secy. General, All India Association of Pay &Accounts Officers(Civil) (AIAPAO(C)
6.      Ajit Huparikar, Addl. Secy. General, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association (AICAEA)
7.       Amol Sule, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Category II (AICAEA-II)
8.      Subramanian, All India P&T Accounts & Finance Officers Association
9.      K.L. Gautam, Addl. Secy. General, AIA&AA
10.  Bindhyachal Singh, AIPAEA
11.  Dinesh Shetty, Vice President, AIAPAO(C))
12.  Ms. Narmada, AIA&AOA
13.   Ajay K. Patole, Vice-President, AICAEA
14.  Chinmay Mukhopadhyay, Vice-President, AICAEACATII
15.   S.N. Dhole, AIPAEA
16.  Chittaranjan Sharma, AIA&AOA
17.  Pranab Acharjee, Finance Secretary, NFCAA
18.  Anil Kumar, AIA&AA
19.   Satish Nagendra, President, AICAEA –II
20.  A.K. Shrivastava, AIFDAO&DAA
21.  Subhash Chandra Pandey, AIA&AA
All the speakers on the draft declaration were unanimous on the need of intensified struggle under the banner of JAC for achieving the demands of Audit and Accounts cadres.
The house unanimously adopted the declaration with minor amendments and took following decisions:-
1.      Formation/Revival of Local JACs’-
All stations/Branches/Units/ Circles shall form/ revive local JACs in war footings and inform JAC headquarters. The task would be completed within 10th February 2016.
2.      Daylong Dharna - 
 The local JACs shall organize day long, centralized Dharna on 11th February 2016 under the banner of JAC.
3.      Signature  campaign
Signature campaign shall be organized and initiated immediately.  All Units/Circles/ Branches shall deposit the Signatures to their respective Central Headquarters within 28th February 2016.  Draft of the representation on which the signatures are to be collected shall be circulated by apex JAC. 
4.      Massive  Dharna at Delhi
A massive Dharna shall be organized in Delhi by the apex JAC. The Dharna would be in the month of June/July, the exact date shall be decided by the apex JAC.
While speaking all speakers had expressed their tremendous happiness for the arrangements made by the local JAC, Hyderabad and immensely praised the leadership of the local JAC of Hyderabad for providing best food, accommodation and venue for the convention.
The Convention was declared over after offering of vote of thanks by Comrade D. Narasimha Murthy, Chairman, JAC Hyderabad unit.
With warm greetings,

(V. Bhattacharjee)
Convener
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE OF
ACCOUNTS & AUDIT EMPLOYEES & OFFICERSORGANISATIONS
17/2 – C, P & T Quarters, Kali Bari Marg, New Delhi: - 110001
Email: v.aicaea@mail.com

NATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE DEMANDS OF GRANT OF APPROPRIATE PAY SCALES TO EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS OF ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
 Dated 10th January 2016

DECLARATION

The representatives of  All India Audit & Accounts Association, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, All India Postal Accounts Employees Association,  All India Audit and Accounts Officers Association , All India Association of Pay & Accounts Officers (Civil), All India Civil Accounts Employees Association, Category-II, All India Federation of Divisional Accounts Officers and Divisional Accountants Associations met in the  National Convention on 10th January 2016, Conference Hall, 4th Floor, Nirman Bhawan, CPWD, Koti, Hyderabad.
The Convention, in conformity with the observations given by the National Joint Council of Action of the Central Government Employees, totally rejects the anti-employee recommendations of the 7th CPC. The mutilation of Dr. Aykroyd formula in computation of minimum wages based on the 12-monthly average (ending on 1.7.2015) prices of essential commodities supplied by Labour Bureau at Shimla was a total jugglery on the part of 7thCPC. 
The convention considers that, reduction in the wages of women employee who avail CCL, forcing the employees to go on voluntary retirement on completion of 20 years of service in the name of ‘inefficiency’, earmarking ‘very good’ for MACP, withdrawal of all types of short term advances like festival/cycle/ LTC etc, refusal to recommend for scrapping of new Pension scheme, refusal to propose for dispensing with the outsourcing/casualisation/ contractorisation by regularizing the  employees engaged through such methods for regular government functions  are the most retrograde and  the anti-employee recommendations of the 7CPC.
The meeting noted that on the issue of formation of Apex Level Grievance redressal mechanism to the Group B Gazetted Officers and Promotee Group A Officers, even after 67 years of independence, settlement has not taken place mainly because of intransigent and adamant stand of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.  The meeting noted that on all other demands also there is a dilly dallying attitude on the part of authorities resulting in non-settlement.
The Convention congratulates the Central Government employees for observing 27th November 2015 as BLACK DAY by wearing black badges and holding (lunch hour) demonstration at the work place and organizing lunch hour demonstration on 30th December 2015 responding to the call of NJCA, which was duly endorsed by the Confederation.
The Convention endorses the 26 Point Charter of Demands on issues related to the recommendations of the 7th CPC submitted to the Cabinet Secretary on 10th December 2015 by the Staff Side, National Council, JCM and on behalf of the NJCA and also by the CCGGOO to the Government to discuss and settle the demands immediately.
The Convention also endorses the decisions taken by NJCA on organizational actions including the decision of massive Dharna on 19th, 20th and 21st January 2016 and Indefinite Strike in the 1st Week of March 2016 with an appeal to the entirety of the Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers of the country  to  prepare  and  participate  in  all  preparatory programmes and the Strike action under the
guidance of the local Co-ordination Committees and JCAs.
The Convention takes the opportunity to congratulate all those employees and officers of Indian Audit and Accounts Department and other organised Accounts Cadre who responded the call of Apex JAC i.e. observance of demands day on 15th December 2015 and submission of the demands of the Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers in the form of Resolution to local Head of Offices for onward transmission to higher authorities.
The Convention totally agrees with the following proposals for pay structure for Audit & Accounts Cadres submitted by the apex level JAC to secretary, Department of Expenditure ON 11TH December 2015 seeking mitigation of the injustice done to the accounts and audit cadres by the 7th CPC.
1.   Accounts/Audit Assistant:
Re-designation of LDC as Accounts/Audit Assistants and grant of replacement scale of PB-1 Grade Pay Rs.2400     --  i.e. level 4 pay scale of Table 5.Pay Matrix.
2.   Accountant/ Auditor:
Correction of error done in implementing 6CPC recommendations by the Government and Grant of replacement pay scale of PB 2 GP 4200 --  i.e. level 6 pay scale of Table 5 in Pay Matrix.
3.   Senior Accountant /Auditor (SA)/DA:
Streamlining the contradictory views and recommendations of 7th CPC and grant of replacement pay scale of PB 2 GP 4600 --  i.e. level 7 pay scale of Table 5.Pay Matrix to the Senior Accountant/ Auditor/Accounts Assistants (in Railways).
4.   Assistant Accounts Officer/ Assistant Audit Officer/DAO II:
      Acceptance of Para No. 11.12.140 of the recommendations of 7th CPC and grant of replacement pay of GP 5400(PB-2) to AAOs on completion of four years’ service --  i.e. Pay level 9, in the pay matrix.
5.   Accounts/Audit/Senior Accounts/Audit Officer/DAO I/Sr. DAO:
              Grant of following pay scales to the Cadres indicated:
              Audit/Accounts Officer/DAO Gr. I GP 6600 PB-3 -- i.e.level-11 pay scale of Table 5.Pay Matrix
              Sr. Audit/Accounts Officer/Sr. DAO (15%) GP 7600 PB 3  -- i.e. level-12 pay scale of Table 5.Pay    Matrix.
6.   Qualification Pay
Granting qualification Pay to all Organized Accounts and IA&AD uniformly in terms of the recommendations of 7 CPC in Para’s 8.9.43, 44 and 45 respectively.
7.   Secretarial Staff
Pay scale of secretarial staff working in Account and Audit Organizations may be granted at par with Secretarial staff working in the Ministry.
8.   Cadre review
Since no cadre review of Accounts and Audit departments had been done after 1987, the cadre review should immediately be initiated as per the recommendations of 7thCPC.
The Convention further resolves to:
·     Reorganize and reactivate the local committees of the Joint Action Committee at every station within 10th February 2016.
·     Organize following sustained agitational programmes.
1.     Daylong Dharna at all stations by the local JACs on 11th February 2016 
2.     Signature  campaign – all units/circles/ branches shall deposit the Signatures to their respective Central Headquarters with in 28th February 2016

3.     Massive  Dharna at Delhi 

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

CIRCULAR - 2/2016

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

Reference: AIA/Circular-02/2016                                                          Dated:  18th January 2016

To
Unit Secretaries,
Members & Spl. Invitees – NE &
Members of Women’s Committee


Dear Comrades,

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CALLS UPON TO ORGANISE
‘COMRADE SK VYAS MEMORIAL LECTURE’
 ON 13 FEBRUARY – EVERY YEAR

            It is going to be one year on 13th February – we are yet to get adjusted to the reality that Com SK Vyas is not amidst us.

            The role of Com Vyas in the audit movement, in the movement of central government employees shall ever be remembered. No history of either audit movement and for that matter of central government employees’ movement can be written without SK Vyas. His role, involvement, contributions and above all the sacrifices are beyond words, unparalleled.

            There will not be a replacement for Com SK Vyas – and there cannot be also. He is a glittering star that will guide us in the days to come.

            The National Executive Committee felt that the remembrance of Vyasji cannot and should not be quite ritualistic. Vyasji was a voracious reader, he read anything that came on his way. From trash to classics he read. Vyasji used to advise not to ignore anything as trash or something that is too hard to understand. You have something to learn from everything and anything will be understood when you want to, that is what Vyasji used to tell us.

            Naturally, the best tribute to Vyasji would be by gaining some knowledge, some more information on a subject, using it for growth of the movement and advancement of the society.

            The National Executive Committee therefore calls upon all the Units to organise, here onwards, COMRADE SK VYAS MEMORIAL LECTURE on 12th February in every station, this year and on 13th February every year – on a given subject. The speaker should be somebody who can present the subject in its entirety. A leading, learned figure in the station may be chosen as a speaker.


The subject for this year is:

Demand for Minimum wage and Living Wage – in the context of economic liberalisation.

The National Executive Committee further decided to bring out a souvenir in memory of Com SK Vyas – every unit is requested to contribute their mite towards souvenir. The idea is to release the souvenir in a function on 15th April – Association Day at New Delhi. The details shall be communicated later, separately to each unit.

All the Units are requested to organise “Com SK Vyas Memorial Lecture” with maximum participation and a detailed report may be sent to HQr.

It shall be highly appreciated if every unit e-mail the transcript of the lecture to HQr which can be printed in the souvenir which shall be useful to all.

            With greetings,

Yours fraternally



(M.S.Raja)
Secretary General