Upgradation of 1467 posts of UDCs to Assistant Grade in CSS

No.4/3/2010-CS.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 003
Dated, 5th August, 2010.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Promotion of UDCs of Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) to the Assistant’s Grade of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) on ad-hoc basis.

The undersigned is directed to say that while approving the Cadre Restructuring of CSS, Cabinet had inter-alia decided upgrading of 1467 posts of UDCs to Assistant Grade of CSS. These posts are to be filled up on as is where is basis and hence there would be no change in the overall strength of Assistant/UDC in each cadre unit. Additional posts to the extent necessary to accommodate ad-hoc appointees, as per above scheme of things, would be deemed to have been upgraded in each Cadre. Since the regular promotion for the Select List year 2007, 2008 & 2009 have still not been finalized, it has been decided to make ad-hoc promotions from the Grade of UDC of CSCS to Assistant Grade of CSS of the following category : i) All eligible UDCs upto Select List Year 2001, in case of General and SC categories; ii) All eligible UDCs upto Select List Year 2005, in case of ST category. 2. All the Cadre Units are requested to consider the cases of above category of UDCs for ad-hoc promotion to Assistant Grade and to issue promotion orders subject to their fitness and clearance from vigilance angle. These ad-hoc promotion would be initially for a period upto 31/12/2010 or until further orders or till regular. Assistants become available through the normal mode of recruitment as prescribed under the CSS Rules, whichever is earlier. 3. The above category of officials may be promoted/appointed as Assistants on ad-hoc basis, after assessing their suitability for promotion by screening the records (ACRs) of the officials by the appointing authorities and also after ensuring that no vigilance case is either pending or being contemplated against the officials. The ad-hoc promotion/appointment is subject to following conditions: - i) the ad-hoc appointment shall not confer on the appointees any right to continue in the grade indefinitely or for inclusion in the Select List or to claim seniority in the Assistants Grade of CSS: ii) ad-hoc appointments may be terminated at any point of time without giving any reason therefor; iii) the appointment on ad-hoc basis will take effect from the date of taking over charge of the post of Assistant of CSS: iv) the ad-hoc appointment in Assistant Grade would he continued only if they attend and qualify the mandatory training as and when nominated by CS.I (Training) Section of this Department failing which their ad-hoc appointment would be terminated. 4. If any of the officials, who are covered, are on deputation, he/she may he given the option to revert within one month to avail of the ad-hoc promotion. 5. All the Cadre Units are requested to take necessary action and the whole process may be completed on top priority basis within a period of one month latest by 6th September 2010. A copy of the appointment order may be endorsed to this Department. A report indicating the name and details of the UDCs who have been appointed/promoted to the post of Assistant on ad-hoc basis as well as those who have not been found fit, with reasons therefore may be sent to this Department by 15th September 2010 in the prescribed proforma enclosed. 6. It is likely that less than 1467 UDCs would be available upto the select list of 2001. Further zone will be issued as soon as information about promotions is received as per para 5 above. Revised cadre strength of Assistant and UDC will be notified ensuring that combined strength of Assistants and UDCs remains unchanged in any cadre unit, after the exercise is complete.

(J.MINZ)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
The order can be down loaded from DoPT web site

Confederation served strike notice for 7th Sept strike

Dear Comrades,
Confederation has served strike notice to the Cabinet Secretary on 13th August 10. Copy enclosed.

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
Manishinath Bhawan
A/2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 110 027
Website:confederationhq.blogspot.com.
E mail: confederation06@yahoo.co.in.
Phone: 011 2510 5324
Fax: 011 2510 5324
Mobile: 98110 48303

Conf/D-9/2010 Dated: 13th August, 2010

To
The Cabinet Secretary
Rashtrapathy Bhawan Annexe
New Delhi. 110 001

Dear Sir,

This is to give notice that the employees who are members of the affiliates of the Confederation of Central Government employees and workers will go on one day's strike on 7th September, 2010. The charter demands in pursuance of which the employees will embark upon the one day strike action is enclosed.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General

Encl: charter of demands.


Charter of demands.

1. Price rise of essential commodities to be contained through appropriate corrective and distributive measures like universal PDS and containing speculation in commodity market.
2. Concrete proactive measures to be taken for linkage of employment protection in the recession stricken sectors with the stimulate package being offered to the concerned entrepreneurs and for augmenting public investment in infrastructure.
3. Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.
4. Steps to be taken for removal of all restrictive provisions based on poverty line in respect of eligibility of converge of the schemes under the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act 2008 and creation of National Fund for the Unorganized Sector to provide for a National Floor Level Social Security to all unorganized Sector workers including the contract/casual workers in line with the recommendation of National Commission on Enterprises in Unorganized Sector and Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour.
5. Disinvestment of shares of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is not resorted to for meeting budgetary deficit and instead their growing reserve and surplus is used for expansion and modernization purpose and also for revival of sick Public Sector Undertakings.
6. Fill up all vacant posts and lift the ban on recruitment.
7 Stop outsourcing/contractorisation of Governmental functions
8. Regularise all daily rated workers/employees/;Grameen Dak Sewaks and remove the ceiling on compassionate appointments; end the discrimination in the bonus ceiling of GDS employees.
9. Withdraw PFRDA bill and extend the statutory defined benefit pension scheme to all Government employees
10. Guarantee right to strike as a fundamental right of employees.
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Confederation's decision on participation of 7th Sept Strike

The minutes of the CEC of the Confederation, in the connection with the participation of the impending strike on 7th September 10, held on 11th August at Delhi is given below:

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
Manishinath Bhawan
A/2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 110 027
Website:confederationhq.blogspot.com.
E mail: confederation06@yahoo.co.in.
Phone: 011 2510 5324
Fax: 011 2510 5324
Mobile: 98110 48303


Conf/ 16 /2010
Dated: 12th August, 2010

Dear Comrades,
The National Executive of the Confederation met today as scheduled; discussed the steps to be taken to ensure large participation of Central Government employees in the impending strike action of 7th September, 2010 organised by the joint platform of Central Trade Unions and Federations of employees and took the following decisions.
(1) To organise joint conventions at all State Capitals and other important places under the auspices of the State Units of Confederation, AISGEF and AIDEF. The tentative dates on which the conventions will take place at different places are indicated in the joint communication, copy of which is enclosed;
(2) The charter of demands on which the Strike will be organised is enclosed. (The suggestions made by the participants and accepted at the meeting arte incorporated)
(3) The Confederation will serve the strike notice on 12th inst. And all affiliates and their units are requested to serve the strike notices on their respective of Heads of Department/Office by 20th inst. (Copy of the strike notice will be placed at the Website on 13th.)
(4) The affiliates may add as an annexure described as Part II demands which are department specific and which are pending settlement for a long time.
(5) The State Committees and affiliates will chalk out campaign programme to cover the districts and other regions.
(6) The Confederation CHQ will prepare campaign material in the form of brief note on each of the demands in the charter and place the same on its website.
(7) Demonstrations will be organised at all State Capitals and other regional centres jointly by all participating affiliates on 6th September, 2010 and the members advised to participate in the joint rally organised on the same day by the Central Trade Unions.
(8) The Confederation and its affiliates will participate in the March to Parliament programmes organised by the Central Trade Unions after the strike in pursuance of the acceptance of the demands by the Government.
(9) Confederation will take independent initiative in organising campaign and action programmes in pursuance of the common issues of the Central Government employees after the strike action.
(10)The Confederation CHQ will ensure that the Dharna programme decided upon earlier to protest against the vindictive actions in the IA & AD Department is staged in those State Capitals, which could not be organised on 5th. The National leaders will go over to such State Capitals along with the National leaders of the All India audit and Accounts Association.
(11)The affiliates will make the subscription dues pertaining to the F.Y. 2009-10 immediately.
(12)The Nationals Council of the Confederation will be held at Mumbai in December, 2010.

With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General


ALL INDIA STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FEDERATION
ALL INDIA DEFENCE EMPLOYEES FEDERATION
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS.
Dated: 21.7.2010.
Dear Comrades,
7th September Nation wide General Strike.
As you are aware, the Central Trade Unions, except the BMS, jointly held a National Convention at Mavalankar Hall, New Delhi on 15th July, 2010. The convention was also attended by the representative of all Federations and Associations of employees and workers. The leaders of AISGEF, AIDEF and Confederation of CGE and workers also participated in the Convention. The said convention unanimously adopted a declaration calling upon the workers and employees in the country to organize a One day General Strike on 7th September, 2010 to oppose primarily the neo-liberal economic policies of the Government of India and its impact on the working class. The copy of the declaration adopted is enclosed. The convention has decided to highlight five important issues that affects the livelihood of workers in particular and poor people of the country in general.
In the wake of the unprecedented unity of the working class of our country we have decided to ensure that every member of our organizations do take part in this historic strike on 7th September, 2010. In order to mobilize the Central and State Employees and Defence workers it is decided to hold conventions at all State capitals and other important workplaces jointly by the three organizations. The State Committee of the three organizations are requested to kindly interact and ensure that the joint convention is organized at their respective places on the dates indicated. It will be difficult to entertain any request for a change of date for it will jeopardize the schedule and affect adversely the conduct of conventions elsewhere.
It is also decided that along with the demands adopted by the National Convention of Central Trade Unions, five important issues of importance to all Government employees should be included in our Charter. The charter of demands in pursuance of which the strike would be organized is as under:- These issues may be popularized amongst the employees and may be explained at the State/District wise conventions. The State leaders of all the three organizations are also requested to organize such conventions at other important towns and cities in their respective States.
Charter of demands.
1. Price rise of essential commodities to be contained through appropriate corrective and distributive measures like universal PDS and containing speculation in commodity market.
2. Concrete proactive measures to be taken for linkage of employment protection in the recession stricken sectors with the stimulate package being offered to the concerned entrepreneurs and for augmenting public investment in infrastructure.
3. Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.
4. Steps to be taken for removal of all restrictive provisions based on poverty line in respect of eligibility of converge of the schemes under the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act 2008 and creation of National Fund for the Unorganized Sector to provide for a National Floor Level Social Security to all unorganized Sector workers including the contract/casual workers in line with the recommendation of National Commission on Enterprises in Unorganized Sector and Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour.
5. Disinvestment of shares of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is not resorted to for meeting budgetary deficit and instead their growing reserve and surplus is used for expansion and modernization purpose and also for revival of sick Public Sector Undertakings.
6. Fill up all vacant posts and lift the ban on recruitment.
7. Stop outsourcing/contractorisation of Governmental functions
8. Regularise all daily rated workers/employees;Grameen Dak Sewaks and remove the ceiling on compassionate appointments; end the discrimination in the bonus ceiling of GDS employees.
9. withdraw PFRDA bill and extend the statutory defined benefit pension scheme to all Government employees
10. Guarantee right to strike as a fundamental right of employees.
Sl. No. Name of the State/Capital National leaders of the three
Date of convention. organizations deployed to attend the convention.
Leaders who will attend the conventions
2. Tamilnadu. 3.8.2010.(concluded) Confdn. AISGEF AIDEF
3. A.P. 25.8.2010 Com.K.Raghavendran
4. Karnataka.26.8.2010 Com.Narasimhan
5. Maharashtra. 25.8.2010(tentative)Com.S.K.Vyas.
6. Vidharba. Nagpur.18.8.2010 Com.M..S.Raja
7 Gujarath 18.8.2010 Com.S.K.Vyas
8 Rajasthan. 19.8.2010 Com.Vrigu Bhattacharjee & S.K.Vyas
9. Delhi. 12.8.2010 Com.K.K.N.
10. ` U.P. East. Allahabad. 23.8.2010 Com.S.K.Vyas
11 U.P.West. Lucknow. 24.8.2010 Com.S.K.Vyas
13. Bihar. 27.8.2010 Com.K.K.N
14. Assam. 22.8.2010 Com.M,S.Raja
15. Orissa. 27.8.2010 Com.K.P.Rajgopal
16 M.P. 22.8.2010 Com.Somayya
17. Chattisgarh. 17.8.2010 Com.M.S.Raja
18. Jharkhand 29.8.2010 Com.K.V.Sridharan
19. Uttarakhand 10.8.2010 Com.S.K.Vyas
20. Haryana.Punjab.19.8.2010 Com.Giriraj Singh
With greetings,
O0o

Granting parity between the Assistants of CSS & Field Offices

To

Dr. T.C.A. Anant,
Secretary,
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation,
New Delhi.

Sub: Granting Parity between analogous posts of Ministerial Staff in the CSS & Field Offices as per the recommendation of 6th Central Pay Commission.

Sir,
It is bring to your kind notice that 6th Central Pay Commission had recommended for granting parity between analogous posts of Ministerial Staff employed in field offices and in the Secretariat till the grade of Assistant. In this respect the Commission observed that: “Higher pay scales in the Secretariat offices may have been justified in the past when formulation of proper policies was not paramount importance. The present position is different. Today, the weakest link in respect of any Government policy is at the delivery stage. This phenomenon is not endemic to India. Internationally also, there is an increasing emphasis on strengthening the delivery lines and decentralization with greater role being assigned at delivery points which actually determines the benefit that the common citizen is going to derive out of any policy initiative of the Government. The field offices are at the cutting edge of administration and may, in most cases, determine whether a particular policy turns out to be a success or a failure in terms of actual benefit to the consumer. Accordingly, the time has come to grant parity between similarly placed personnel employed in field offices and in the Secretariat. This parity will need to be absolute till the grade of Assistant.” And the Government had accepted the recommendation of the Commission in toto.

It is to be mentioned here that the Staff Associations of the Field Organizations under Government of India have been demanding parity between the Assistants in CSS & Field Offices for several years. The Staff Side of the National JCM in its memorandum to the Pay Commission had also demanded parity to the post in Government of India offices as a whole.

But Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) O.M. F. No.1/1/2008-IC dated 13.11.2009 has upgraded the grade pay of the Assistant in CSS to Rs. 4600/ and the same has not been granted to the Assistants posted in field offices. Moreover 1467 posts of UDCs have been upgraded to Assistant grade of CSS by the Government vide DoP&T O.M; No. 19/1/2008-CSI(P) dated 20/7/10 and proposed a further cadre re-structuring of the CSS Ministerial cadres after 3 years of the implementation of the present cadre re-structuring. Whereas parity between the Assistants of CSS & Field Offices and also the cadre re-structuring of the Ministerial Staff of the NSSO Offices of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation have not been considered so far. Thus the long pending dream of parity between the Ministerial Cadres of CSS & Field Offices has been denied to the Ministerial Staff of the Field Offices even after the 6th Pay Commission has given ample justification for the same.

It is therefore requested that considering the facts and figures put forth by the Pay Commission for recommending parity between the Assistants of CSS & Field offices, the grade pay of the Assistants in the Field Offices may be upgraded to Rs. 4600 w.e.f. 1.1.2006 and also the upgradation of the UDC of the Field Offices may be made to Assistant on the line of DOPT OM No. 19/1/2008-CSI (P) dated 20/7/10.

A favorable action on the matter is requested please.

Yours faithfully

(TKR Pillai)
General Secretary

Copy to:
1. The Additional Director General, NSSO (FOD), New Delhi.
2. The Additional Director General, NSSO (DPD), Kolkata.
3. The Additional Director General, NSSO (SDRD), Kolkata.

Grant of Rs. 1800 grade pay to Non-Matriculate Group D employees, retired between January 06 & August 2008.

F. No. 7/19/2010-E.III(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 2nd August 2010.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Clarifications regarding pay fixation of existing Group D Employees in the revised pay structure.

Reference is invited to this Department’s Office Memorandum No. 1/1/2008-IC dated 24th December, 2008 wherein clarifications were provided regarding various aspects of placement of the existing Group D employees in the revised pay structure.

2. As per the clarification at Sl. No. 1, those Group D employees who did not possess the minimum qualification and who have retired/died in harness between 1.1.2006 and date of notification of Revised Pay Rules will be granted pay band -1S and the grade pay corresponding to their pre-revised pay s ale as notified in CCS (RP) Rules, 2008.

3. The aforesaid issue was raised in the 46th Ordinary Meeting of the National Council (JCM) held on 15th May, 2010 and the Staff Side had requested that the cases relating to the non-matriculate class IV employees who retired or died between January 2006 and August 2008 without any re-training be re-considered and such employees should be granted the benefit by re-fixing their pension/family pension at par with those employees who were retrained and whose pay was fixed in PB-1 with a grade pay of Rs. 1800/.

4. The request of Staff Side on the subject has been considered and it has been decided that the Group D non-matriculate employees who died in harness or have retired between 1.1.2006 and the date of notification of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 from those Ministries/Departments which have since re-trained all the eligible serving non-matriculate Group D employees and have placed them in PB-1 with grade pay of Rs. 1800, would be placed in PB-1 with grade pay of Rs. 1800 with effect from the same date that the retrained eligible employees were placed in this pay band and grade pay.

Sd/
(Renu Jain)
Deputy Secretary to Government of India

To

All Ministries/Department of Government of India

10% DA from 01.07.2010

All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 value has been released by Labour Bureau. The value of the index stands at 174 level. As such, the Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees will be raised 10% and total of 45% (35% + 10%). All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for the month of June, 2010 has been increased by 2 points and stood at 174 (one hundred and seventy four).

Upgradation of the post of OS to AO/SO and grant of Rs. 4800 grade pay

Given hereunder is the copy of the letter, sent to the NSSO Divisions by the Ministry

No. B-12011/1/2010-Ad.III
Government of India
Ministry of Statistics & P.I.
Sardar Patel Bhavan, Sandad Marg,
New Delhi-110001 dt 8.07.2010.

To

1.The Director(Admn.), Data Processing Division/ S.DR.D, NSSO,
Mahalanobis Bhavan, 164, G. LT. Road, Kolkata-700108.
2. Director (Admn.), Field Operations Division, East Block No. 6, level
6&7,R.K.Puram, New Delhi.

Sub:-Renaming of the Office Superintendent as Administrative Officer/Section Officer
in NSSO Offices and granting of Rs. 4800/- grade pay accordingly.

Sir,

I am directed to forward a copy of letter No. 2/Assn/GS/2010 dated 14.6.2010
Received from the General Secretary of the All India Association of Ministerial Staff
(Group C) on the above cited subject for your comment in the matter at an early date.

Yours faithfully
sd/
(Yashodhara Vijayan)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India