UPDATE
The
July 26th 2012 March to Parliament on the call of the Confederation
of Central Government Employees and Workers was a resounding success with several
thousands of participants from all over
the country from various Central Government Departments, in support of the 14
Point Charter of Demands including immediate constitution of VIIth Pay
Commission, Merger of DA with Pay on it
crossing 50% , easing of norms and cap for Compassionate Appointments to the
kin of Employees dying in harness
and comparable minimum of five
assured promotions for all groups of Central Government employees like their Group A Officers,
scrapping of the PFRDA Bill and other anti –employee measures . The first
positive development is that the time limit of 3 years for Compassionate Appointments has been now
done away with. The Government has been
informed by way of a memorandum submitted that the action has to be taken
within three months on the Charter of Demands , failing which a Nationwide
Strike in all Central Government Departments would be held on December
12 2012.
The
Joint Action Committee comprising of Staff Associations in the CBEC organized a
massive day long Dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 27th July 2012. In a
demonstration of unprecedented unity and resolute action, hundreds of Group C
and B employees of our Department from
the Customs as well as Central Excise sides, including the Executive, Ministerial
and Telecommunications streams
converged in the National Capital from every nook and corner of the country
essentially to demand implementation of Cadre Restructuring in CBEC forthwith
without any cuts and in a manner matching the aspirations of the lower level
cadres of the Board. The Dharna was addressed by Shri Basudev Acharya, Hon’ble Member of
Parliament(Lok Sabha) who empathized with our situation of poor promotional avenues and
continued exploitation of government employees barring the elite few.He also
assured that he would be raising these issues including that of the long
pending Restructuring in Parliament.
Secretary General of the Income Tax Employees Federation(ITEF), Com.
Rajagopalan, Convener of the
Co-ordination Committee of Associations/ Federations in Department Of Revenue Com.Vrigu Bhattacharjee,General Secretary
Co-ordination Committee of Central Government Employees and workers New Delhi, Com. Ashok Kannojia Additional Secretary ITEF,
Secretary General of All India Central Excise Gazetted Executive
Officers Shri Ravi Malik and several
other National level leaders also spoke at length on the various issues
confronting the Department and its
employees, most important being the pathetic career prospects of the Group C and Group B
cadres. There were also addresses by all National and Regional level leaders of
Associations comprising the JAC, interspersed with vigourous and frequent
slogan shouting.
Sri
Ravi Malik along with Superintendent Association New Delhi attended the
meeting, he requested to include the points extended by his association in the
charter, in reply to that Secretary General AICEIA stated that it is decided in
the JAC meeting at Kolkata that the Gazzetted Officers Association and other
organizations who have not yet joined the JAC are free to join along with their
own points.
In
the afternoon a communication addressed to the Prime Minister of India was
handed over by leaders of the JAC to officials of the PMO, and copies of the
same were also forwarded to Revenue Secretary.
The
show of strength and unity at New Delhi on 27th July 2012 augurs
well for Association activities and we have to take it further to sustain this
struggle till we achieve all our just and
genuine demands.
A
delegation comprising the President, Secretary General, Working President and
Asstt. Secretary General of the AICEIA met the Director, DoP&T and had discussions
on the CBEC Restructuring Proposals, the revised version of which has been
submitted by the Board to the DoP&T.
It was informed by the Director that the file is presently with the Secretary
DoP&T and it would be sent to the
Committee of Secretaries very soon.
A
meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the AICEIA is tentatively
scheduled for 24th of August at Bhubaneswar. Circular to this effect
will be issued soon.
Source: AICEIA
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