SUBSEQUENT MOVE

MINUTES OF THE EXTENDED STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING ON MACP ON PROMOTIONAL HIERARCHY, CONDUCTED ON 15^TH NOVEMBER 2014 AT NEW DELHI

In order to discuss/review the decision taken in the meetings dated 25^th and 27^th September 2014 an extended meeting of the steering committee on MACP on promotional hierarchy was convened at IP Bhawan New Delhi on 15^th November 2014. In the meetings conducted on 25^th, 27^th September & 2^nd October 2014, decision to intervene in the SLP filed in the Supreme Court by the Government against granting of MACP on promotional hierarchy was taken. In continuation, CPWD Engineers Association, All India CPWD Engineers Association and Indian Ordinance Factory Gazetted Officers Association had agreed to intervene in the case by engaging senior lawyers. To strengthen the present steering committee by organizing all others Associations it was decided to call an extended meeting of the steering committee   and accordingly invitation for participating the meeting was sent to all others Unions/Association that were come in our contact during the intervening period.

The following persons/Organisations/representatives were present in the meeting on 15/11/2014.

S.No.	Name (S/Shri)	Name of Organisation
1.	Karam Vir Singh	All India CPWD Engineer Association
2.	B S Negi	All India CPWD Engineers Association
3.	R. K Singh	All India CPWD Engineers Association
4.	Charan Babu	CPWD Engineers Association
5.	Bhupendra Singh	CPWD Engineers Association
6.	N Somaiah	A I Central Ground Water Board Employees Association
7.	K S Madhusudanan	A I Central Ground Water Board Employees Association
8.	V Bhattacharjee	National Federation of Civil Accounts Association
9.	Jairaj KV	National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees
10.	K G Bilaskar	National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees
11.	Param Yadav	All DDA Engineers Association
12.	Viqar Ali	All DDA Engineers Association
13.	Jagdish Chandra	All DDA Engineers Association, Delhi
14.	R K Gupta	All DDA Engineers Association, Delhi
15	IH Jafri	All DDA Engineers Association
16.	JPS Sehgal	CPWD Assistant (AD) Association
17,	Bhupendra Singh	CPWD Assistant (AD) Association
18.	Vinod Sharma	CPWD Assistant (AD) Association
19.	Manoj Kumar Ghosh	South Eastern Rail way Karangpur Division
20.	Tanmay Kumar Sarkar	South Eastern Railway Karangpur Division
21.	S K Rai	IMD NG Administrative Staff Association
22.	Shaukat Ali	All India EME Employees Association, Secunderabad
23.	G Shreehari,	All India EME Employees Association, Secunderabad
24.	S S Nath	Association of Junior Engineers, Central Water Commission
25.	Devendra Kumar	Mos & PI
26.	Aparoop Bhattacharya	All India Association of Statistical Investigator (SSS)
27.	Mani Bhushan	All India Association of Statistical Investigator (SSS)
28.	Ravi Karan	Statistical Officers Association, Ministry of Statistics & Planning Implementation
29.	Yogiraj Chandeliya	Kendriya Vidhyalaya Sangathan
30.	Neeraj Shrivastava	All India Economic Officers Association
31	Debashish Shukla	All India Economic Officers Association
32.	Thapayal	All India Economic Officers Association
33.	Rohit Jain	Indian Ordinance Factory Gazetted Officers Association
34.	Suresh Kumar	All India CGHS Employees Association
35.	A S Bhatnagar	Group B Officers Association Survey of India
36	S P Dey	Group B (Gazetted) Officers Association Survey of India
37.	Ajay Bhatnagar	Group B (Gazetted) Officers Association Survey of India
38.	S P Dey	Group B (Gazetted) Officers Association Survey of India
39.	A K Bhalla	Club 69, Retired Central Secretariat officers
40..	B N Kapoor	Club 69, Retired Central Secretariat officers
41.	Rudra Dutt	Club 69, Retired Central Secretariat officers
42.	Rao Narendra	Delhi Fire Service Association
43.	Kulwant Singh	Group B (Gazetted) Officers Association
44.	R P Arya	All India Census EDP Staff Association
45.	Suresh Sahu	All India Census EDP Staff Association
46.	Jai Prakash	All India Census EDP Staff Association
47	Hamed Husain	IIS Association
48.	Sanjay Kumar	Defence Department
49	Sujoy Saha	Raj Riffle Regimental Centre, Delhi
50.	Narendra Kumar	Raj Riffle Regimental Centre, Delhi
51.	Ramanand	Junior Engineers Association, CPWD.
52	D P Singh	All India Radio
53.	Naresh Kumar Yadav	All India MES Civilian Engineers Association
54	TKR Pillai	All India Association of Admn Staff MoS&PI
55.	Sardar Singh	CPWD Group C Association

Besides, the following Associations have informed their inability to attend in the meeting due to personal or non availability of Train ticket etc and agreed to abide the decision taken in the meeting.

1	DS Jadhav	Kamgar Sabha, Central Water & Power research Station Pune
2.	Shri Neelesh	IBM Staff Association, Nagpur
3.	Shri Deepak Karki	Survey of India Ministerial Staff Association
4.	Aroop Chaterjee	Botanical Survey of India Employees Association
5.	Shri Ramanand	WPC&WMO Non Gazetted Staff Union, Ministry of Communication, Delhi
6.	Shri L B Reddy/Jagdish Rai	All India Navodaya Vidhyalaya Samiti Association

Briefing the functioning of the Steering Committee since its formation on 26/09/2014 convener of the steering committee has said that the Committee is an open platform to discuss and fight for the illogical and anti employee MACP scheme introduced by the Government.  The Government of India Officers/Employees’ Associations affected with MACP are assembled in this platform irrespective of any variation of Ministries, groups, cadres. The steering committee has decided to intervene the SLP filed against granting of MACP on promotional hierarchy by the Government against Shri M V Mohanan Nair (CAT Ernakulam), Shri Babu Ram, Smt Reeta Devi & Shri Dhirender Singh (CAT Chandigarh), he said.

As regards to the engagement of advocates to defend the SLPs, the convener has said that  Shri M V Mohanan Nair has engaged Justice Giri and Shri Babu Ram, Dhirender Singh and Smt Reeta Devi have engaged Adv O P Badhani to present their side in the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, all India CPWD Engineers Association has engaged an advocate to intervene the SLP at Supreme Court. Similarly, Shri Sanjay Kumar whose case is pending in the Delhi High Court has also decided to file an application before the Supreme Court in order to intervene in the case.

During the course of discussion, Shri Jayaraj KV, Secretary General, National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees has informed that his Federation is desired to file an application as an intervener in the case for which a decision will be taken in his Associations Executive Meeting immediately.

As regards the collection of funds to meet the expenses of the legal action the Meeting has decided to set a target of Rs. 15 lakhs collection. The Associations that present in the meeting have informed that they are ready to give contribution as per the actual members affected with MACP in the respective Association. Shri SK Vyas, Advisor Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, present in the meeting as guest, has suggested that the collection of funds in accordance with the affected persons is not practical and in place all Federations, Associations including the Federations/Association that are not affected with the MACP Scheme should be asked to give contribution to meet the requirement. He suggested all the Unions/Associations including Unions of Railways, Postal and Income tax should be asked to contribute and support the MACP issue. Shri Vyas has also said that National JCM (Staff Side) may be asked to intervene the case in the Supreme Court. Accordingly, the meeting decided to send letters to all major Federations/Associations as well the Secretary JCM (Staff Side). It was also decided to prepare a list of Federations/Associations from them contribution is to be collected.

            Leaders representing various Associations/Unions have addressed the meeting and asked the steering committee to take the challenge very seriously and all possible efforts should be taken to resolve the issue positively. The extended meeting unanimously decided to engage lawyers to intervene in the SLP filed on MACP before Hon’ble Supreme Court. It has also decided collection of contribution from all Federations/Unions including NFPE/Income Tax Employees Federation/All India Audit and Accounts Association and all other Associations who are not participated in the meeting. Accordingly letters informing the decision taken in the extended steering committee meeting will be intimated to these Associations. 

            The meeting also decided to expand the Steering Committee by nominating Shri Jayaraj KV, Secretary General, National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees, Shri V Bhattacharjee, Secretary General  National Federation of Civil Accounts Association, K S Madhusudanan, Secretary General,  A I Central Ground Water Board Employees Association, R P Arya, Secretary General, All India Census EDP Staff Association, Shri Param Yadav President, All DDA Engineers Association, Shri Naresh Kumar Yadav, President, MES Civil Engineers, Association & Shri Suresh Kumar, Delhi Unit President, All India CGHS Employees Association.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks

(TKR Pillai)

Convener