Annexure II- Confederation letter to Secretary, MoS & PI

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
Manishinath Bhawan, A/2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi.110 027
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No.D/16/2011 Date:20.05.2011

To
The Secretary,
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation,
Sardar Patel Bhawan,
New Delhi – 110 001

Dear Sir,

Sub: De-recognition of service association – Regarding
Ref.: O.M.No.B-12011/2/2008-Ad.III dated 10.12.2010.

We solicit your kind reference to our letter of even No.D/16/2011 dated 6/1/2011, copy of which is enclosed for ready reference.

In our letter under reference, we had requested that the status-quo of the recognized Associations may be maintained till such time the Recruitment rules of the respective cadres as per the guidelines of the DOPT are amended by the Ministry. We had requested for the interim arrangements for the following two reasons.

(i) The DOPT guidelines ipso facto will not bring about changes in the RR as the RR are statutory rules to be notified in the Gazette of India Extra-ordinary. No doubt it is mandatory on the part of the concerned Ministry to make necessary amendments but they are to follow the prescribed procedure set for doing so. Until the requisite amendments are carried out, it is not correct to ask the recognized Unions/Associations to make necessary changes in the Constitution thereof as employees are likely to be recruited/appointed/promoted on the basis of extant rules.

(ii) Even after the changes effected in the RR, the Unions are to be afforded some reasonable time to make the consequential changes as they are to be made as per the procedure laid down in the constitution.

(iii) This apart, it is not necessary that the categorization agreed to under the CCS(RSA) Rules must be changed consequent upon the categorization of different Groups as both are independent regulations. What best could be insisted upon is that the issues pertaining to Group B and A, officers must not be raised in the JCM as also that the representatives nominated by the Union to the JCM must not be holding positions in Gr.B or A. cadres.

There appears to be an undue haste on the part of the Ministry in asking the present General Secretary, Shri T.K.R. Pillai of the All India Association of Ministerial Staff (Group C) (Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation) NSSO, FOD, Bhopal to bifurcate the existing Union and not to allow the present incumbent to function as General Secretary. If he is prevented from functioning as General Secretary, it is incomprehensible as to who will be authorized to carry out the directive issued by the Ministry to effect necessary changes in the approved constitution of the Union. Under the extant provision of the constitution approved by the Ministry, there is no provision to authorize anybody other than the General Secretary to convene the meeting ordinary or extraordinary..

We regret to inform you Sir, that we were not favoured with even an acknowledgement of the receipt of our letter under reference. Nor is it known to us as to what action was taken by the Ministry on our earlier letter, whereas Ms.Yeshodhara Vijayan, Under Secretary in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has again written to Shri T.K.R.Pillai addressed to him in his capacity as Assistant NSSO (FOD) not to make any correspondence on behalf of the Association styling himself as General Secretary, which position the Ministry had reorganized prior to the issuance of Guidelines by the DOPT. In this connection, we also send herewith a copy of our letter addressed to the Joint Secretary (E) in DOPT, which explains the point staff side wanted the Govt. to appreciate.

In view of the foregoing, we once again request you to kindly issue necessary direction to the concerned to maintain the status quo at least till the requisite amendments to RR are made.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,


K K N Kutty
Secretary General

Copy to: Com. TKR Pillai, Gl. Secretary, All India Association of Ministerial Staff (Gr C), NSSO(FOD), Bhopal.