LDC/UDC
ISSUE: Going through the comments of the viewers!
Dear friends,
More than two dozen
comments have been posted on the JCM Staff Side memorandum, recommending
upgradation of Grade Pay of LDC, published in this web site. Most of the LDCs working
in various Departments, posted comments are stated that they are doing duties
of higher posts with Rs. 1900 Grade pay. A person who is working in the KVS has
written that in his Organization LDCs are doing duties of UDC and LDC both because
in maximum offices single LDCs are posted and they are compelled to complete
the work by sitting extra time. (Our opinion is that the Staff Associations of the KVS should demand for increased sanction of Administrative Staff in accordance with the work load and also for an
immediate cadre restructuring for the Administrative Staff. According to the
recommendations of the Central Pay Commissions cadre restructuring should be
done in every five years).
It is no doubt that
LDC & UDC are the backbone of the Government Offices especially the
subordinate offices and they should get a respectable pay scale. Since the 6th
Pay Commission has raised the Educational and technical qualification for the
post it has become an anomaly and that is why this Association has taken up the
issue to the higher authorities and as such the issue gained popularity.
Resultantly, Confederation and JCM Staff Side was forced to recommend upgraded
grade pay for LDCs in their Memorandum to the 7th Pay Commission.
Moreover, Department of Expenditure was compelled to issue a common circular
for upgradation of Grade Pay of LDC & UDC at Department level through restructuring.
But the said order was not adequate to meet the demand and as such we have
filed a case in CAT Jabalpur.
Some of our friends proposed to take up the
issue to the Prime Minister & Finance Minister again. Several of our
friends writing comments have proposed to call a strike on the issue of
upgradation of the Grade Pay of LDC & UDC. Both are not the demand of the
time, I think. As regards to writing letter to Prime Minister, we had already
written a letter to the then Prime Minister and same was forwarded to the DoPT
and what action has been taken on it by the DoPT, JCA & Ministry of
Finance, all are before us. If we sent another letter to the present Prime
Minister it will also go through the routs in which our previous letter was
travelled. As regards the calling of strike it is only possible when there is a
Federation of Ministerial Staff Association representing the entire Ministerial
Staff persists and taking a decision unanimously. You all are aware that I had
requested all our friends to come to Delhi in support of the Confederation
Dharna on 9th January 2014 so that we may put up the issue
effectively before the Confederation. But nobody except some leaders of Delhi
State Government Administrative Staff Association has come to attend the
Dharna. Thus conducting a strike, even a Department level strike, is not as
easy as the comment writers think.
Some of our friends
have written that large number of posts of LDC & UDCs are lying vacant in
their Department and is not filling up the vacancy by the authorities. This
should be tackled at their Department level itself. Staff Associations of the
respective Department should take initiative for the same.
As regards the case
filed by us in the CAT Jabalpur, we have filed the same with an intention to
send a message regarding the seriousness of the issue to the Government, 7th
Pay Commission and the JCM Staff Side. As a result JCM Staff Side has discussed
the matter and accordingly the recommendation for the upgradation of the Grade
Pay of LDC has been sent to the Pay Commission. In order to defend the payment
of Rs. 2400 Grade Pay to DEO, DoPT has recently issued a revised model
recruitment rule for the DEO. And yet, I am sure, 7th Pay Commission
will definitely consider the upgradation of Grade Pay of LDC in its report. The case filed in the CAT Jabalpur will go on for
a favorable decision so as to get the upgraded Grade Pay to LDC w.e.f.
1.1.2006.
As regards granting of
Rs. 4200 Grade Pay to UDCs, all Associations are requested to send the proposal
in their memoranda to the 7th Pay Commission on the
ground that UDCs are assigned with the duties of Assistants in most of the
subordinate offices as the sanctioned posts of Assistants in these offices is
far less than the actual requirement.
Confederation’s Memorandum to 7th CPC:
Confederation has proposed to submit a
separate Memorandum to 7th Pay Commission. Even though the LDC & UDC issue,
submitted by us have been incorporated in the JCM Staff Side Memorandum, any
Association is willing to put up anything new regarding to the upgradation of the
LDC/UDC and issues related to other administrative Staff and the cadres of common
category including MTS may please send their proposal to the Confederation in the following e-mail id by 14th of this month.
With greetings
TKR Pillai
General Secretary
Dear Pillai Sir,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for the importance being given for the genuine issue of Grade Pay upgradation of LDC/UDC. We all are highly appreciating the efforts made by the Confederation from our heart and would continue the support.
Some writers have commented that the Confederation should go for indefinite hunger strike. I am sure that there will be no impact of a hunger strike before the authorities, who are turning as blind before the genuine issues of lower level staff like LDC/UDC. I have earlier suggested to present the case before the FM & PM so that the FM can take any decision before the finalising of the Budget and could do something regarding this in their first Budget. The confederation should strongly argue the case in the CAT Jabalpur & Chennai and the ultimate victory should be ours.
Best of luck to you and all other office bearers of the Confederation.
As regards sending of a fresh representation to the Prime Minister on the issue of LDC/UDC, it is reiterated that DoPT, Ministry of Finance and even the Prime Minister’s office are well aware of the matter because LDC/UDC issue is among the most discussed issues in the internet. Government has separate wing to observe all this activities and report the seriousness of the issue to the Government. Secondly the case is under consideration of the judiciary and now the Government has to take a stand to resolve the genuine issue of the LDC/UDC. In place changing the recruitment rule of the DEO to combat the situation is not a remedy the. Thirdly the 7th Pay Commission has already been constituted and all the existing pay scales and the duties attached with the posts etc are under scanner of the pay commission. Thus we hope LDC/UDC will get a better pay scale in 7th Pay Commission.
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DeleteThank you very much for the importance being given for the genuine issue of Grade Pay upgradation of LDC/UDC. We all are highly appreciating the efforts made by the Confederation from our heart and would continue the support. We are agree with the comments posted on July,3. Again thank you TKR Pillai sir, from all the staff of Punjab.
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