Delegation to meet Principal Secretary(Education)

3-3/CC/2010 06.08.2010

To

The Principal Secretary (Education),

Andaman and Nicobar Administration,

Port Blair.

Madam,

A delegation of this Association would like to meet your goodself to discuss the following issues concerning the teachers working under the Education Department:

1. Anomaly in the Grade Pay of Heamdasters & left out categories of teaching staff: The matter has been pending with the GoI for a considerable time. The National Anomaly Committee in its 2^nd meeting has dropped these items from its Agenda as the representatives of MHA agreed that the matter will the finalized in the UT level Anomaly Committee and proposal will be sent to MHA and then to Ministry of Finance. Accordingly, this has to be done at UT level immediately.

2. ISDA during summer vacation: The matter has been sent to GoI. This has to be speeded up.

3. Implementation of GoI’s order on Grant of Grade Pay of Rs. 4600 to all those who were in the scale of pay of Rs.6500-10000: In all other departments this order has been implemented while in the Education Department in many of the schools it is not being implemented and insist for further direction from the Directorate of Education even though it is not required.

4. Consultation with Association while amending Recruitment Rules: In the past, RRs for various posts in the Education Department were amended with vested interests of those of who are entrusted with the work. Provisions in the RRs of certain posts which are retrograde are required to be amended to render justice to affected teachers. We have been demanding this for the last several years.

5. Regularisation of adhoc service from initial appointments: Cases of more than 200 teachers are pending with the Directorate of Education. Among them, there are some teachers who went to Court and got favourable orders. Others did not approach the Court hoping that the department will do justice to them.

6. Pending ACP/MACP cases: Though the Education Department has done appreciable work to award ACP/MACP to some of the teachers, hundreds of others are waiting to get the upgraded Pay/Grade Pay.

I would, therefore, request your goodself kindly to intimate us a date and time suitable to you for the meeting.

This may be treated as MOST URGENT.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(D. Ayyappan)

General Secretary

Cell: 9434260430

Extract from minutes of 2nd meeting of NAC

Extract of the minutes of the 2^nd meeting of the National Anomaly Committee held on 27^th March, 2010, circulated by the DOPT vide No.11/2/2008-JCA dated 4.5.2010

ltem Nos.52 & 53

The Official Side informed that these two items relate to anomalies pertaining to the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and therefore suggested that the same may also be dropped from the agenda of NAC. The Staff Side agreed with the suggestion subject to the condition that some mechanism should be evolved at the local level to discuss these anomalies. The Official Side agreed to take up the matter with the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Dropping items from National Anomaly Committee

3-3/CC/2010 02.08.2010

To

The Chief Secretary,

Andaman and Nicobar Administration,

Port Blair.

Sub: Dropping of items from National Anomaly Committee – regarding.

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Sir,

I am to invite your kind attention towards the minutes of the 2nd meeting of the National Anomaly Committee held on 27^th March, 2010 in New Delhi (Extract enclosed for kind perusal). In the said meeting, two items suggested by the Staff Side which relate to the anomaly in the Grade Pay of Headmasters and other left-out categories of teachers working under the Andaman and Nicobar Administration were dropped along with the items of Puducherry on the condition that the concerned UT Administration and Home Ministery will examine the items and forward its recommendations to the Ministry of Finance.

We had already brought to your kind notice in the past that the Sixth Central Pay Commission while recommending the upgraded Grade Pay to teachers and Principals under Part B were silent on the upgraded Grade Pay to Headmasters, Librarians, Physical Education Teachers, Primary School Resource Teachers, Craft Instructors, Music Teachers, etc.

Two brief notes on the above two items dropped by the National Anomaly Committee, which were submitted by the Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi, are attached herewith for your kind perusal.

I would, therefore, request you kindly to look into the above matter and direct the authorities concerned to send a proposal to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India for onward transmission to the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India so that left-out categories of teachers working under the A & N Administration can be included in the Part-B.

Yours faithfully,

Encl: As above.

(D. Ayyappan)

General Secretary

Cell: 9434260430

Copy to:

1. The Principal Secretary (Edn), A & N Administration, for kind necessary action.

2. Com KKN Kutty, Secretary General Confederation of Central Govt. Emloyees & Workers, New Delhi, for necessary action pl.

General Secretary

Setting up of Port Trust in this UT

3-9/CC/2010 26.07.2010

To

The Secretary to the Govt. of India,

Ministry of Shipping,

Transport Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110 001.

Sir,

I draw your kind attention towards the decision of the Govt. of India to set up a Port Trust at Port Blair in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This decision of the government has created considerable apprehension, anguish and discontentment among the employees working in the Andaman Labour Force, Port Management Board and Andaman Harbour Works, the three organizations proposed to be merged to create the Port Trust.

The apprehension of the employees and workers mainly related to their status in the new set up, service conditions and guarantee to continue to get their salary and other benefits. They are also worried over the future of such a new set up and its viability.

We have got information that the proposed Port Trust which will be an autonomous body will require a minimum of Rs. 50 crores per annuam towards salary for the entire work force while the expected income from all sources will be around 21 crores only. It is not clear as to who will make up the difference amount for making salary and other benefits to the employees and workers. Once the Port Trust has come into force, the government may dis-continue the budgetary provision extended to the above three organizations. The employees also apprehend that the proposed set up will pave way for privatization through back doors. It will, thus, curtail the job opportunity of local youths.

There is also apprehension among the employees about the viability to set up such a Port Trust in these islands. In the absence of any major import-export activities from the ports of these islands, there may not be much income from the proposed Port Trust.

Though the technical feasibility of the proposed Port Trust is yet to be published, we have been informed that the draft in the Port Blair ports is around 8 mtrs only, while the larger size ships require 13 mtrs and more draft to be able to berth at the port.

I would, therefore, request you kindly to re-consider the above decision and allow all the existing three organizations to continue to function in its present form, as formation of the Port Trust at Port Blair is bound to have adverse effect on the existing employees and workers and also local youths.

Yours faithfully,

(D. Ayyappan)

General Secretary

Cell: 9434260430

Copy to:

1. The Chief Secretary, A & N Administration, Port Blair.
2. Com. KKN Kutty, Secretary General, Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi, for necessary action.

General Secretary

MACP for Group D Staff

2-2/CC/2010 16.06.2010

To

The Director of Education,

Andaman and Nicobar Islands,

Port Blair.

Sir,

The MACP has been implemented in many of the departments under the Administration for the erstwhile Group D staff.

It is requested that the cases of all the eligible erstwhile Group D staff for MACP may please be processed and finalized so that they will get the upgraded pay which will be of great relief to this section of employees.

Action taken in the matter may please be intimated to this Association.

Yours faithfully,

(D. Ayyappan)

General Secretary

Cell: 9434260430

Offering Distance & E-Learning Programmes to CG Employees

Department of Personnel and Training and Indira Gandhi National Open University have come together and signed a MoU for offering Distance & E- Learning Programmes to Central Government employees.

The Central Government employees can now enrol for a wide spectrum of Distance & E-Learning Programmes offered by IGNOU and get their fees reimbursed on successfully completing the programmes.

Distance &E-Learning Programmes for Government Employees (DELPGE)

1. Purpose/Objective
The purpose of the Programme is to increase the availability and flexibility of options open to employees for enhancing their knowledge and skills in order to improve the functioning of Government organisations and the delivery of services to the public.

2. Eligibility:
(i) The Programme is open to Central Employees (working in Ministries/Departments/Attached offices) and the faculty members of State Apex Training Institutions. The officers working under Public Sector Undertakings are not eligible for the Programmes covered under thisProgramme.
(ii) The specific conditions of eligibility of employees (including level of employee and Ministries covered) for each module/course will be decided for each course/module and notified from time to time by DoPT.

3. Types of Courses Offered under the Programme
The following category of courses are open for enrolment under thisprogramme:-
(i) Short-Duration Specialised modules:- The specialised Modules are basically oriented to cater to the requirement of Government employees in a specific domain.
(ii) Certificate Programmes:
(iii) Masters, PG and PG Diploma Programmes.

4. Notification of Courses/Programmes:-
The menu of courses/programmes on offer shall be reviewed annually by the Committee headed by the Joint Secretary, Training, Department ofPersonnel and Training with the members drawn from different Ministries.
Besides recommending the programmes to be offered under this Programme, the Committee shall also make recommendations on the eligibility of theemployees of different Ministries for the select courses.

5. Course review committee for upgrading the course material:-
(i) For certain Ministry specific courses, respective Nodal Ministry will be represented in the Course review Committee of IGNOU. The committee may also co-opt the following:-
(a) Representative of the nodal Ministry
(c) Director in charge distance learning in DoPT
The Course Review Committee may meet from time to time to review the course content based on the general feedback and make such recommendations as deemed necessary.

6. Admission Procedure
(i) The employees concerned have to apply directly in response to the admission notification of IGNOU subject to availability of funds.
(ii)The number of seats for Employees in each programme shall be limited to 50 and these will be offered on a first come first served basis.

7. Payment and Reimbursement of Fees
(i) The employees enrolling for the courses under this Programme will pay the required course fees to IGNOU. The amount so paid shall be re-imbursed to the employee on his/her successful completion of the course by IGNOU.
(ii) Employees failing to complete the course in the time limits and / or with the minimum qualifying grades prescribed by IGNOU shall not be eligible for any reimbursement.
(iii) Reimbursement for the Masters programme is available to an employee only once in his/her career.
(iv) The participants are eligible to enrol for only one programme at a time under this Programme.
(v) An officer is eligible to claim reimbursement/refund for successful completion of maximum of ten (10) numbers of Units in a block of five (5) years. The equivalent units for each course/programme are listed in the Table below:-

Sl.No.	Category	Category/ Type of Course/Programme	Equivalent Units	Maximum Units permissible in a Block of 5 Years
1	A	• Certificate/ • Advance Certificate • PG Certificate	2 Unit	10 Units( with different combinations of A,B,C and D)
2	B	• Masters	8 Units
3	C	• PG Diploma • Advance Diploma • Diploma	4 Units
4	D	• Select/Specialised Module	1 Unit

(vi)While applying for the programme, the applicant shall enclose an employment certificate as per prescribed Performa.

More details...
www.persmin.nic.in

Revised Pay Scale for HeadMaster, Librarians, PET, Music Teacher, Other Misc. categories in Railway Schools

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

PC-VI No.221
RBE No.111/2010

New Delhi, dated 09.08.2010

No.E(P&A)I-2009/PS-5/PE-4

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways / PUs

Sub: Revision of pay scales for Railway School Teachers in Misc. categories - on the recommendations of VI CPC.

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The Ministry of Railways on the accepted recommendations of VI CPC, had revised the pay structure for the Primary School Teachers, Trained Graduate Teachers, Post Graduate Teachers of Railways Schools vide Board's letter No. PC-VI/2008/I/RSRP/1 dated 22.9.2008.

2. The issue regarding revision in the pay scale of misc. categories of teachers was under consideration of Board in consultation with the nodal Ministry i.e. Ministry of Human Resource Development. It has now been decided to revised the pay scales of these categories as follows:-

(i) Miscellaneous categories of Teachers such as Music Teachers etc. / Librarian whose pay structure was at par with Primary Teachers before 01.01.2006.

Post	Grade	Present Scale(Rs.)	Revised Scale(Rs.)
Music Teacher etc./Librarian	Basic Grade Senior Grade Selection Grade	4500 - 7000 5500 - 9000 6500 - 10500	9300 - 34800 + 4200 PB-2 9300 - 34800 + 4600 PB-2 9300 - 34800 + 4800 PB-2

(ii) Miscellaneous categoreis of Teachers such as drawing Teahcer, Music Teachers etc. / Librarian whose pay structure was at par with Trained Graduate Teachers before 01.01.2006.

Post	Grade	Present Scale(Rs.)	Revised Scale(Rs.)
Drawing / PET / Home Science / Yoga Music Teacher etc. / Librarian	Basic Grade Senior Grade Selection Grade	5500 - 9000 6500 - 10500 7500 - 12000	9300 - 34800 + 4600 PB-2 9300 - 34800 + 4800 PB-2 15600 - 39100 + 5400 PB-3

(iii) The pay scale of Head Master working in Primary Schools and Middle Schools are as under:-

Post	Grade	Present Scale(Rs.)	Revised Scale(Rs.)
Head Master working in Primary Schools.	Basic Grade Senior Grade Selection Grade	5500 - 9000 6500 - 10500 7500 - 12000	9300 - 34800 + 4600 PB-2 9300 - 34800 + 4800 PB-2 15600 - 39100 + 5400 PB-3
Head Master working in Middle Schools.	Basic Grade Senior Grade Selection Grade	6500 - 10500 7500 - 12000 8000 - 13500	9300 - 34800 + 4800 PB-2 15600 - 39100 + 5400 PB-3 15600 - 39100 + 6600 PB-3

3. The revised pay structure will take effect w.e.f. 1.1.2006.

4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

s/d
(Dharam Pal)
Deputy Director Estt. (P&A)II,
Railway Board.

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Commemorate the 50th year of First Strike by CGEs

Confederation Secretary General Mr.K.K.N. KUTTY has written a circular in his website, we reproduce content of the letter and is given below for your information...

To commemorate the 50 year
Of the first strike action of CGEs

The All India Raiwaymen Federation, All India Defence Employees Federation and the Confederation of Central Government Empoyees and Workers have decided to jointly organise a convention on 16th July, 2010 to commemorate the 50th year of the first indefinite strike action of the Central Government employees (Please see Circular Letter No 13/2010). The Joint Circular letter is being issued separately. The convention will be held at Mavalankar Hall, Rafi Marg, New Delhi. On 16th between 11 and 4.00PM. Confederation and its affiliates (including the various Pensioners Association under NCCPA, NFTE & BSNL Employees Union and Pensioners association) together will be entitled to depute 300 comrades to participate in the convention. We are of the opinion that we should elicit the participation of the activists and leaders who led the 1960 strike action. All affiliates and State Committees of Confederation may therefore draw out a list of such comrades who are able to participate in the convention and ensure that they reach Delhi. The travel and other expenses in connection with their participation should be borne by the concerned affiliate or State Committee. We are writing separately to the NFTE & BSNL Unions and BSNL Pensioners Association. Tthe affiliates will deploy the following number of comrades to participate in the convention.

NFPE:100. ITEF 50. All India Audit and Accounts association: 50( NFTE and .BSNL Employees Unions and Pensioners organisations: 30; All other affiliates 10 each.

Since this convention is slated for 16th, it may not be possible to hold the National Executive of the Confederation on the same day. However, Notice is hereby given for the meeting of the National Sectt. of the Confederation on 16th at 4.30 PM at the same venue to discuss the declaration of the 15the Central Trade Union Convention and schedule the meeting of the National Executive. All Secretariat members are therefore requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the Convention as also the Sectt. meeting on 16th July, 2010.

5th July Nation-wide Bandh.

To protest against the steep increase in the administered prices of petroleum products, viz petrol, diesel, kerozine and cooking gas, the entire opposition parties have called for a nationwide bandh on 5th July, 2010. Against the incessant inflation and spiralling price rise of essential food items continuously for the lst two years, the decision of the Govt. Can only be descrinbed as the product of a bestial mindset. There had been widespread reactiuon against this wholly untenable decision of the UPA II Government, not only from the political parties, but also from all Trade Union centres ,non governmental organisations, media and suffering silent multitude of our countrymen.

Reacting to the criticism, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister both made specious arguments to justify their decision to raise the prices. The Prime Minister went one step ahead to state that his Government would work for dismantling the administered price mechanism to replace with free play of market forces in determining the prices of petroleum products. One wonders as to how the market forces could play any role when monopoly exist in the field. This is to say in the least that the international speculators will have the field to garner quick profits at the cost of Indian consumers. From a Government which prefers to base its decision to maximise corporate profits, nothing else could be expected except perhaps in an election year which is about 4 years away .

Whatever may be the mechanism employed by the bourgeois parties to garner votes, there are occasions when people see through the game plan and unitedly and decisively defeat the all those who indulge in the nefarious stratagems . The vox populi is powerful when it is raised unitedly. It is, therefore, incumbent upon us to be with the working people and to extend our full support and solidarity for the Nation-wide bandh on 5th July, 2010.

The affiliates and State Committees may take necessary steps to make the Bandh on 5th total to make the voice of the people become louder and audible to the rulers who have become insensitive and arrogant.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary Genera

Condolence

We express our deep condolence, on the sudden demise of Shri. Chander Rao, Vice President of Fisheries Sub-Committee of NGOs' Association on 09th May 2010 in GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair. He was a sincere, dedicated and committed office bearer of this Association. He was 51 years and has left behind his wife and 2 children. This Association coveys its condolence to the bereaved family members.

General Secretary

May Day Celebrations

To mark the May Day Celebrations, a massive rally was taken out from the Crusade House, Phoenix Bay covering different parts of the city which culminated at Tiranga Park. This rally was organised by the CITU, NGOs' Association and other sister associations. The leaders from different Unions and associations addressed the gathering at Tiranga Park. In this connection, reports have been received of May Day celebrations from diferent parts of the Andaman Nicobar Islands.