Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2015.

F.No.12/5/2014-JCA-2

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi 

Dated the 6th June, 2013

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2015.

It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure -I to this O.M. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2015. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays in Annexure - II

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays as per para 3.1 below:

1. REPUBLIC DAY

2. INDEPENDENCE DAY

3. MAHATMA GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY

4. BUDDHA PURNIMA

5. CHRISTMAS DAY

6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)

7. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)

8. GOOD FRIDAY

9. GURU NANAK'S BIRTHDAY

10. IDU'L FITR

11. IDU'L ZUHA

12. MAHAVIR JAYANTI

13. MUHARRAM

14. PROPHET MOHAMMAD'S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

3.1. In addition to the above 14 Compulsory holidays mentioned in para 2, three holidays shall be decided from the list indicated below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State. The final list applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates as indicated.

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA

2. HOLI

3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)

4. RAM NAVAMI

5. MAHA SHIVRATRI

6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI

7. IVIAKAR SANKARANTI

8. RATH YATRA

9. ONAM

10. PONGAL

11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI

12. VISHU/ VAISAICHI / VAISAKHADI / BAHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA 181 NAVRATRA / NAUROZ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially declared subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non¬working day or in the event of more than one festivals falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance but the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu'l Fitr, Idu'l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions after ascertaining the position from the Govt. of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Fitr, Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.I.B. /T.V. / A.I.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Departments/ Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement without waiting for a formal order about the change of date.

6. During 2014, Diwaii (Deepavali) falls on Thursday, October 23, 2014 (Kartika 01). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on "Narakachaturdasi Day". In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on "Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) for the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State, that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe up to 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments / organisations themselves for the year 2014, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department's O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 9(Nine) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad, Rama Navami, Id-ul-Fitr, Janamashtami and Muharram included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on day of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

11. Hindi version will follow.

Sd/-

(Ashok Kumar) 

Deputy Secretary (JCA)

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2015 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
1936 SAKA ERA
1	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	January 04	Pausha 14	Sunday
2	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Monday
3	Holi	March 06	Phalguna 15	Friday
1937 SAKA, ERA
4	Ram Navami	March 28	Chaitra 07	Saturday
5	Mahavir Jayanti	April 02	Chaitra 12	Thursday
6	Good Friday	April 03	Chaitra 13	Friday
7	Buddha Purnima	May 04	Vaisakha 14	Monday
8	Idu'lFitr	July 18	Ashadha 27	Saturday
9	Independence day	August 15	Sravana 24	Saturday
10	Janmashtami	September 05	Bhadra 14	Saturday
11	Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid)	September 25	Asvina 03	Friday
12	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Friday
13	Dussehra	October 22	Asvina 30	Thursday
14	Muharram	October 24	Kartika 02	Saturday
15	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 11	Kartika 20	Wednesday
16	Guru Nanak's Birthday	November 25	Agrahayana 04	Wednesday
*	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	December 24	Pausha 03	Thursday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausa 4	Friday

*Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) falls twice in the year 2015

ANNEXURE-II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2015 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No	Holiday	Date	Saki Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1936
1	New Year's Day	January 01	Pausha 11	Thursday
2	Makar Sankranti	January 14	Pausha 24	Wednesday
3	Pongal	January 15	Pausha 25	Thursday
4	Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami	January 24	Magha 04	Saturday
5	Guru Ravidas's Birthday	February 03	Magha 14	Tuesday
6	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February 14	Magha 25	Saturday
7	Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Magha 30	Thursday
8	Holika Dahan	March 05	Phalguna 14	Thursday
9	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand	March 21	Phalguna 30	Saturday
1936 SARA ERA
10	Easter Sunday	April 05	Chaitra 15	Sunday
11	Vaisakhi/Vishu/Masadi	April 14	Chaitra 24	Tuesday
12	Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 15	Chaitra 25	Wednesday
13	Hazarat Al's Birthday	May 03	Vaisakha 13	Sunday
14	Guru Rabindranath's birthday	May 09	Vaisakha  19	Saturday
15	Jamat-Ul-Vida	July 17	Ashadha 26	Friday
16	Rath Yatra	July 18	Ashadha 27	Saturday
17	Parsi New Year's day/ Nauroz	August 18	Sravana 27	Tuesday
18	Onam	August 28	Bhadra 06	Friday
19	Raksha Bandhan	August 29	Bhadra 07	Saturday
20	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	September 17	Bhadra 26	Thursday
21	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	October 20	Asvina 28	Tuesday
22	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	October 21	Asvina 29	Wednesday
23	Dussehra (Maha Navmi)	October 22	Asvina 30	Thursday
24	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday	October 27	Kartika 05	Tuesday
25	Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	October 30	Kartika 08	Friday
26	Deepavali (South India)	November 10	Kartika 19	Tuesday
27	Naraka Chaturdasi	November 10	Kartika 19	Tuesday
28	Govardhan Puja	November 12	Kartika 21	Thursday
29	Bhai Duj	November 13	Kartika 22	Friday
30	Pratihar Sashthi/Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 17	Kartika 26	Tuesday
31	Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Tuesday
32	Christmas Eve	November 24	Pausha 03	Thursday

 Source:http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/12_5_2014_JCA_2-06062014.pdf

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CGHS Order 2014: Removal of Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon from CGHS empanelled list of Hospitals.

No: S.11011/08/2014/CGHS (HEC)

Government of India

Directorate General of Central Govt. Health Scheme

Maulana Azad Road, Nirman Bhawan

New Delhi 110 108, dated the 4th June, 2014

OFFICE ORDER

Subiect: Removal of Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon from CGHS empanelled list of Hospitals.

With reference to the above mentioned matter attention is drawn to the Office Memorandum of even number dated 15.04.2011 and other OMs vide which Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon was empanelled under CGHS and to state that Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon has conveyed its unwillingness to continue its empanelment under CGHS. The matter has been examined and it has been decided that Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon shall stand removed from the list of empanelled hospitals under CGHS with immediate effect. The CGHS beneficiaries already admitted in the hospital for treatment prior to the issue of this order shall however be provided treatment at CGHS rates and their bills would be settled by UTl-ITSL/ concerned department as per prevailing practice.

Sd/-

[Dr. (Mrs.) Sharda Verma]

Director CGHS

Source:http://msotransparent.nic.in/writereaddata/cghsdata/mainlinkfile/File690.pdf

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Dopt Order 2014: Duties and responsibilities of various Canteen employees working in Non-Statutory Departmental Canteens functioning from the Central Government Officies.

No. 03/02/2009-Dir(Can)

Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions

Department of Personnel Training

O/o Director(Canteens)

Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market

New Delhi, dated 5/06/2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Duties and responsibilities of various Canteen employees working in Non-Statutory Departmental Canteens functioning from the Central Government Officies.

It has been decided to prescribe duties of various posts in the Non-Statutory Departmental Canteens located in the Central Government Offices. The existing hierarchy of post in Non-Statutory Canteens is at Annexure-I. The list of duties, enclosed (Annexure-II) is only illustrative and would be subject to modifications as per the requirements of the respective canteen.

2. All Ministries/Departments are requested to bring these guidelines to the notice of all concerned Departmental Canteens functioning under them.

3. Hindi Version will follow.

Sd/-

(Pratima Tyagi)

Director(Canteens)

Source:http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/duties0001.pdf

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Rates of Night Duty Allowance w.e.f. 01.01.2014.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No. 55/2014

No.E(P&A)II-2014/HW-1

New Delhi, dated 23-05-2014.

The General Managers/CAOs,

All Indian Railways & Prod. Units etc,

(As per mailing lists No.I & II).

Subject: Rates of Night Duty Allowance w.e.f. 01.01.2014.

Consequent to sanction of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance vide this Ministry’s letter No. PC-VI/2008/I/7/2/1 dated 28.03.2014, the President is pleased to decide that the rates of Night Duty Allowance, as notified Vide Annexures ‘A’ and ‘B’ of Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2013/HW-2 dated 29.10.2013 stand revised with effect from 01.01.2014 as indicated at Annexure ‘A’ in respect of ‘Continuous’, ‘Intensive’, ‘Excluded’ categories and workshop employees, and as indicated at Annexure ‘B’ in respect of ‘Essentially Intermittent’ categories.

2. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Sd/-

(K.Shankar)

Source: AIRF

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Delhi HC refuses to stay functioning of Seventh Pay Commission

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to stay the functioning of the Seventh Pay Commission while hearing a plea that challenged a notification on inclusion of a former IAS officer as a member of the panel.

Justice Sudershan Kumar Misra also issued notice to the central government on the plea filed by retired members of the all India Services, central civil services and armed forces against the government's Feb 28 notification constituting the commission.

The petitioners argued that inclusion of a former Indian Administrative Service officer, Vivek Rae, in the four-member commission give rise to a "real likelihood of bias" on his part to give a favourable recommendation to the IAS.

The petition said: "The impugned resolution, by retaining the practice of including a member of the IAS as a member of the commission has given rise to a real likelihood of bias on the part of such member in favour of maintaining the status quo, under which the IAS enjoys a position of special privilege in respect of pay fixation."

Rae has a directed pecuniary interest in the recommendations of the commission, as it would also determine his pension and retirement benefits, alleged the plea.

The petitioners further questioned the practice of previous pay commissions providing an "edge" in pay scales to members of the IAS over other members of the AIS and other central civil services including India Forest Services (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), and all other group A central services.

Source:http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/delhi-hc-refuses-to-stay-functioning-of-seventh-pay-commission-36404.html

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Child Care Leave (CCL) in respect of Central Government Employees as a result of Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations — Clarification — regarding.

No. 13018/6/2013-Estt.(L) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension 

[ Department of Personnel & Training ]

New Delhi, the 5th June, 2014 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

Subject: Child Care Leave (CCL) in respect of Central Government Employees as a result of Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations — Clarification — regarding. 

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's O.M. No. 13018/2/2008-Estt.(L) dated 11/09/2008 regarding introduction of Child Care Leave(CCL) in respect of Central Government employees. Subsequently, clarifications have been issued vide OMs dated 29.9.2008, 18.11.2008, 02.12.2008 and dated 07.09.2010. Child Care Leave at present is allowed for a minimum period of 15 days. References have been received from various quarters seeking a review of this stipulation. 

2. The matter has been considered in consultation with Department of Expenditure, and it has been decided to remove the requirement of minimum period of 15 days' CCL. There is no change as regards other conditions of this leave. 

3. These orders take effect from the date of issue of this Office Memorandum. 

4. Hindi version will follow. 

Sd/-

( S.G. Mulchandaney ) 

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source:http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/13018_6_2013-Estt.L-05062014.pdf

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Retirement age of Jammu & Kashmir Govt. employees raised 58 to 60

After the rout in the Lok Sabha polls and with an eye on the Assembly polls in the State, the Jammu and Kashmir government announced a major populist measure on Tuesday by hiking the retirement age of its 4.5 lakh work force from 58 to 60 years.

The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was held on Tuesday and it approved hike in retirement age.

It was one of the long pending demands of the state government employees.

“The order to increase the retirement age from 58 to 60 will come into effect from June 1, 2014,” Finance Minister Abdur Rahim Rather flanked by the National Conference ministers told reporters here.

He said the upper age limit for youth to obtain government jobs has been increased by three years. “The upper age limit has been increased from 37 to 40 years.”

The Finance Minister said there would be no additional financial implications on the state exchequer due to increase in retirement age from 58 to 60.

“The State’s wage bill is `18,385 crores. Out of that, `14,465 crores is employees’ salary bill and `3,920 cr is pension bill,” Rather said.

Earlier, during interaction with government employees’ representatives in Civil Secretariat here, Omar said he has already given orders for withdrawal of dies-non against agitating employees.

Defending the decision to increase retirement age of employees, he said, “It will have no effect on the recruitment of youth as the government will continue the recruitment process to fill up the vacant posts in different departments”.

Omar also constituted a committee comprising Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Secretary General Administration Department to study all other demands of the employees outside the ambit of Finance Department for finalising and reporting with its recommendations in one month.

 He also fixed a deadline of one month for the Finance Department to finalise the recommendations on casual employees.

This is the second major decision taken by the Omar Abdullah government after scrapping controversial employment policy following rout of the National Conference, Congress coalition candidates in all six parliamentary seats in the State.

The coalition candidates could not win a single seat while the BJP and PDP won three parliamentary seats each.

Meanwhile, Congress leader and Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand addressed a separate press conference and claimed credit for increase in retirement age from 58 to 60 years.

Flanked by Congress ministers, Tara Chand told reporters that senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad during his tenure as J&K Chief Minister had repeatedly stated that retirement age of employees would be increased.

In a related development, Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief and MP Saif-ud-Din Soz said he always supported the cause of government employees.

Source:http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Omar-Hikes-Retirement-Age-of-Govt-Staff-from-58-to-60/2014/06/05/article2263238.ece

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DoPT Order 2014: Web based data in respect of Steno Grade D of CSSS- regarding.

Reminder-II

Most Immediate

No.6/1/2014-CS-II(C)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Department of Personnel & Training

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan

Khan Market, New Delhi-110003

Dated 5th June, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Web based data in respect of Steno Grade D of CSSS- regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even no. dated 10.02.2014 and subsequent reminder dated 29.04.2014 on the subject mentioned above and to say that, on review of the web based data forwarded by the cadre units, it has been observed that the data in respect of 219 Steno Grade ‘D’ is not available. Particulars of these officials are at Annexure-I. Further, the data in respect of 56 Steno Grade D whose particulars are at Annexure-II is incomplete.

2. Availability of the requisite web based data is essentially required for management of the service records of the officials. The concerned Ministries/Departments are, therefore, requested to furnish the data in respect of their Steno Grade ‘D’ in the prescribed format to this Division immediately. The concerned Steno Grade D’ are also advised to get their data fed in the web based system in their own interest.

3 This may be given priority.

Sd/-

(Kameshwar Mishra)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

To view the Annexure I and II click here....

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Central Government Officers may have to work 6 days a week

Speculation is rife in various union ministries that the new government under Narendra Modi may revert back to the six-days a week workdays in central government offices after about three decades.

Although there is no move yet by the government in this regard the issue is subject of much discussion among the bureaucrats. It was former PM Rajiv Gandhi who, in the mid-1980s, had decided to go in for the five-day week.

The aim at that time was to promote efficiency since it gave the bureaucrats much-needed rest over the weekend on the assumption that the work-culture would improve during week-days.

The closure of Government offices on Saturdays also resulted in saving of electricity and other expenses of the Centre. But despite the current five-day week, some of the ministers even in the previous UPA-2 government were known to attend office on Saturdays and attend to files and other important work.

Source:http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140603/nation-current-affairs/article/central-government-officers-may-have-work-6-days-week

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GRANT OF DA MERGER & INTERIM RELIEF, Letter to Finance Minister

Ph.: 23382286

National Council (Staff Side)                                                                Shiva Gopal Mishra

Joint Consultative Machinery                                                                       Secretary

for Central Government Employees

13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi — 110001

E Mail : nc.jcm.np@gmail.com

No.NC-JCM/2014      

Dated; June 3, 2014

Resp. Shri Arun Jaitley Ji,        

I personally and on behalf of the Staff Side of the National Council(JCM) and on behalf of All India Railwaymen’s Federation congratulate on your taking over as Union Finance Minister.

I hope that, under your able leadership, the financial health of our country will achieve greater heights.

As you may be kindly aware, Joint Consultative Machinery(JCM) Scheme is in operation in Government of India with the object of promoting harmonious relations and of securing the greatest measure of cooperation between the Central Government, in its capacity as employer, and the general body of its employees in matters of common concern, and with the object, further, of increasing the efficiency of the public services. The Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) consists of the Official Side and the Staff Side. 

We, as Staff Side, have raised a number of issues with the government concerning the employees of the Government of India. Two of these issues are agitating the minds of the Government employees and need urgent resolution. These relate to Merger of Dearness Allowance with Pay and removal of the issue relating to Senior Promotee employees drawing less pay than the Junior Direct Recruit employee. Since these issues need decision at the level of Ministry of Finance, I am enclosing brief notes on the same for your kind perusal.

We are hopeful that, you will be kind enough to have them examined in a positive-manner.

I would also be grateful, if you could spare some time from your busy schedule between 10th and l2th June, 2014, so that I may call on you to meet you in person.

With regards!

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Shri Arun Jaitley,

Hon’ble Minister of Finance,

(Government of India),

North Block,

New Delhi

MERGER OF DA WITH PAY

The wage revision of the Central Government employees is carried out through the Central Pay Commissions which, considering the magnitude of employees, is a time consuming process. The 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) set up by the Government will require a reasonable time frame to go into the matter judiciously especially because the implementation of 6th CPC recommendations have given rise to large number of issues and cadre related grievances.

During the past, the methodology adopted for compensating the erosion in the real value of wages due to price rise as reflected in high rate of DA to Government employees before the date of the submission of Pay Commission Report and its acceptance by the Government, had always been though the mechanism of merger of a portion of DA with Pay. The merger of DA to partially compensate the erosion in the real wages was first done in pursuance of the Gadgil Committee in the post 2nd Pay Commission period. The 3rd CPC had recommended such merger of the DA when it crossed 36%. The Government agreed to merge 60% and later the whole of the DA before the 4th CPC was set up. The 5th CPC merged 98% of DA with pay. The 5th CPC had also recommended that the DA must be merged with pay and treated as pay for computing all allowances as and when the percentage of Dearness compensation exceeds 50%. Accordingly even before the setting up of the 6th CPC the DA to the extent of 50% was merged with pay.

Presently, the factual position is that as on 1.1.2014, the Dearness compensation is 100% and will exceed the same with effect from 1.7.2014. Since the 7th CPC has been set up and one of the issues to be dealt with by the CPC would relate to revision in th existing reference base of price index, it becomes all the more necessary that the Government takes steps to merge at least 50% of DA with pay to compensate the erosion of the real value of wages immediately.

ISSUE RELATING TO SENIOR PROMOTEE EMPLOYEES DRAWING LESS PAY THAN THE JUNIOR DIRECT RECRUIT EMPLOYEES

The main issue in this case is that the 6th CPC for the first time recommended specific entry level pay for Direct Recruits (DRs). This resulted in employees who were appointed in service prior to the DRs and also got promoted earlier get less pay as compared to their counterparts recruited directly and who joined after 1.1.2006. It has always been the case that on promotion, the pay of a promoted employee is never fixed at less than the entry level of pay of that post as admissible to a direct recruit.

Consequent upon implementation of the recommendations of the 6th CPC, in respect of pay scales of various categories of staff, there are certain situations where the senior who were promoted before 01.01.2006 are getting lesser pay than their juniors promoted after 01.01.2006, on fixation of their pay w.e.f. 01.01.2006. This, being a serious anomaly, has been raised by us in the National Anomalies Committee for redressal thereof.

The consensus decision in the National Anomaly Committee was that the Staff Side as well as the Official Side agreed that wherever there is a provision of direct recruitment in the Recruitment Rules, pay on promotion would be fixed at the prescribed minimum of the Entry Pay as provided for the Direct Entrants in the Revised Pay Rules, irrespective of the fact whether direct recruitment has actually taken place or not. However to our distress it was later on learnt tha the Government went back on this mutually agreed solemn resolution and did not issue any Order in this regard. This being a serious issue has resulted in discontentment prevailing among the seniors who are drawing less pay than is legitimately due to them.

A very simple solution to this issue is that orders may be issued to the effec that the pay on promotion w.e.f. 01.01.2006 would not be fixed less than at the prescribed minimum of the Entry Pay as provided for the Direct Entrants in the Revised Pay Rules, to eliminate this unfairness.

Source:http://confederationhq.blogspot.in/

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