CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
CHQ: Manishinath Bhawan
A2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 110027
Phone: 25105324 Fax : 25105324
Website:http://www.confederationhq.blogspot.com/
Email: confederation06@yahoo.co.in
Cell phone: 9811048303
D/16/2008
Dated: 6th October, 2008
To
The Cabinet Secretary
Government of India,
Rashtrapathy Bhawan Annexe
New Delhi. 110 001
Dear Sir,
Sub: 6th CPC related issues. Request for the
Reconsideration of the suggestions made by the
Staff Side JCM.
We solicit your kind reference to the discussions the Standing Committee members of the staff Side had with you on 17.5.2008 on certain issues related to the 6th Central Pay Commission's recommendation. At the end of the discussion on that day, you had been good enough to indicate that you would convene a meeting to inform us of the Government's decision on the suggestions made by the staff Side, if that had been practice in the past. The meeting was however not convened prior to the issuance of the notification.
We were disappointed to note that some of the suggestions made by the Staff Side were not found acceptable to the Government. The National Executive of the Confederation, which met on 26th August, 2008 felt that there had been no justifiable reasons for the rejection of the suggestion to effect changes in the fitment formula, financial benefit on promotion, one time dispensation for those whose increment falls before July, 2006 etc, especially when the acceptance of those would not have resulted in any significant financial outflow of the Govt. It also noted with concern that the minimum wage determined by the Government is even below what would have been, had the principle enunciated by the 5th CPC been adopted. Besides no clarification on the future recruitment of Personnel to carry out the Group D functions was issued, though promised. On the other hand, the Committee of Secretaries did address to the concerns of the Group A Officers and the grade pay in many stages in PB 3 and 4 were revised further widening the already evolved huge wage differential between the officers and employees.
The Government has now set up a committee of Secretaries to look into the grievances of a section of officers in the armed forces emanated from the acceptance of the suggestions made by the Committee of Secretaries. In the circumstances, it will only be appropriate that the Government reconsider the unjustified rejection of the demands of the employees presented before you by the Staff Side JCM. We have been directed by the meeting of the National Executive of the Confederation to convey to you the growing discontent and agitation of the employees and request that the issues may be subjected to discussions immediately to bring about a mutually acceptable settlement.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
sd/
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
CHQ: Manishinath Bhawan A2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 110027
Phlone: 25105324 Fax : 25105324
Website:http://www.confederationhq.blogspot.com/
Email: confederation06@yahoo.co.in
Cell phone: 9811048303
D/16/2008
Dated: 6th October, 2008
Dr. Manmohan Singh,
Hon'ble Prime Minister.
Government of India,
South Block
New Delhi. 110 001
Dear Sir,
We may bring to your kind notice that the Staff side National Council, JCM had submitted a Note demanding certain improvement in/modifications of the recommendations of the VI Central Pay commission to the Cabinet Secretary. This Note was discussed in the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Council held on 7th May, 2008. Later, on 17th May, 2008, the Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary also had discussions with the Staff Side members of the Standing Committee. The Staff Side had requested that the Committee of Secretaries may meet them again before finalizing their report so that an agreement on the issues raised by the Staff side is reached.
The Committee of Secretaries however, did not have any second round of discussion to settle the demands. The Govt. has since decided to implement the recommendation of the 6th Central Pay Commission. Most of these demands have been rejected by the Government on the basis of the report of the Committee of Secretaries. This has generated a lot of discontent among the employees.
We take note of the welcome development of the Government setting up a Committee of Ministers to consider the anomalies in the revised pay structure of the Officers of the armed forces. We are therefore, encouraged to suggest that a Group of Ministers may be constituted to consider the demands placed by the staff Side, National Council and hold discussions with them with a view to bring about an amicable settlement, as was done in the years 1997 to discuss the issues arising from the 5th Central Pay Commission's recommendations. We enclose a list of such issues for the consideration of the Group of Ministers.
There are certain other demands which are pending in the National Council JCM for a long time without any settlement. We have listed those issues in Part II of the Charter for discussion at the level of the Group of Ministers for bringing about a settlement.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
sd/
KKN Kutty
Secretary General.
Charter of demand
Part I. 6th cpc related issues
1. Grant Rs 10000 as minimum wage as per 15 ILC Norms.
2. Grant minimum fitment benefit of 2.625 times of pre-revised basic pay to bring about uniform rise in emoluments and raise grade pay to 50% of the maximum of the pre-revised scales in respect of PB 1,2 & 3 as has been done in the case of PB 4.
3. No abolition of Gr.D. Posts and functions. Lift ban on recruitment, fill up all vacant posts and scrap screening Committee.
4. Grant 10% of pay+ Grade pay as minimum benefit on promotion or financial up gradation.
5. No outsourcing or contractorising of Govt. functions.
6. Fix the date of effect of all allowances as 1.1.2006.
7. No reduction in the commutation value and restoration of full pension after 12 years.
8. Compute the pension entitlement on the basis of notional pay as on 1.1.1996.
9. No performance related pay or bonus scheme.
10. Grant SDA to all employees in NE Region.
11. Revise the Transport and daily allowances as demanded by the staff side JCM National Council.
12. Remove the condition of 6 months for applying the uniform date of Ist July as increment dates.
13. . ACP to be on hierarchical system obtaining in each department.
14. Retain and improve CGHS and make insurance scheme optional.
15. Implement flexitime working hours for women/disabled employees as recommended by the 6 CPC.
16. Direct all the Departmental Heads to settle 6th CPC related department specific demands/problems within a stipulated time.
17. Grant civil servant status and Pension to 'Gramin Dak-Sevaks.'
Part II
Long pending Demands in the National Council JCM
1. Grant statutory defined pension scheme to the employees recruited after 1.1.2004 and withdraw the PFRDA Bill from Parliament.
2. Implement the Board of Arbitration Awards.
3. Remove the arbitrary 5% ceiling and 3 years condition on compassionate appointment and withdraw court cases and absorb all waitlisted RRR candidates.
4. Implement the revision of bonus ceiling @ 3500/- in the case of Govt. Employees: Remove adhoc bonus and replace it with the PLB and remove the 60 days ceiling.
