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Thursday, March 7, 2013

AIPAEA CIRCULAR 67



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All India Postal Accounts Employees Association
Central Headquarter
(Affiliated to National Federation of Postal Employees)
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(Camp at: B-17, F-3,Vignanapuri,Vidyanagar,Hyderabad-500044)
    

AIPAEA/CHQ Circular 67                                                                                             Date: 08-03-2013


Dear Comrades,

CWC AT JAIPUR  A GRAND SUCCESS
AIPAEA has successfully held its CWC at Jaipur from 27-02-13 to 01-03-13. Delegates and Observers from 14 Circles attended the CWC. Com. M.Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE, Com. I.S.Dabas, General Secretary, P-4 and Com. Giriraj Singh, General Secretary, R-3 attended and addressed the CWC. AIPAEA is privileged to get the CWC inaugurated by Com. S.K.Vyasji, the senior leader and President of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers.
CWC  commenced with the flag hoisting by Com. A.P.Sastry, former President of AIPAEA(National flag), Com.M.Krishnan, Secretary General NFPE (NFPE flag) and Com.S.Santosh Kumar, President AIPAEA (AIPAEA flag). Rich tributes were paid to Late Com. O.P.Gupta and other martyres. The inaugural session was graced by Sri.Dinesh Jainy, D.A(P), Jaipur and wished that the CWC a great success. Comrade S.K.Vyasji in his detailed inaugural speech explained the genesis of each demand of the Central Government employees and the struggles waged to achieve those demands.  He exhorted one and all to take the movement forward by total support and participation in future struggles. Com. M.Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE, congratulated all the Postal Accounts employees for their participation in the 48 hours strike from 20-21 Feb.2013. In his inspiring speech he narrated the sacrifices of our great leaders Com. Babu Tarapada, Com.Dada Gosh, Com.Adi and Com. N.J.Iyer, on whose sacrifices the NFPE has been built. It is the duty of each member to emulate these great leaders. Com. Krishnan elaborated the movements launched against the privatization and out-sourcing policies of the Central Government. The way the entire working class of Kerala stood by the two dismissed employees by raising 24 lakhs of rupees in a single day to defend the cases and to support the families of those dismissed employees is a shining example of the unity of the working class. This was possible only through sustained efforts of the leaders to organize the employees and workers. Com. Krishnan explained the sweeping changes that are going to come in the Postal Department because of the induction of large scale technology. Department is delaying the Cadre restructuring and NFPE extends full support to AIPAEA to get its Cadre restructuring proposal implemented. Secretary General advised the CWC to discuss the changes and challenges and get prepared to protect the employees. Com. I.S.Dabas explored the pre-and post 1991 scenario in the working class movement. He said that the working class and common man of this country needs…” Bheek nahin adhikar chahiye. Anudan nahin Rojgaar chahiye”  and inspired the delegates to fight for rights by strengthening the organizations through live interaction with the membership. Com. Giriraj Singh, General Secretary, R-3 advised the CWC to thoroughly review the strike participation and take measures to strengthen the Association. He wished all success to AIPAEA. Com. Changania, Advisor CoC Rajasthan also addressed the meeting.
All the senior leaders of AIPAEA, Rajasthan attended the CWC. Though they retired from service they are still active in the trade union movement. Com. Nagarji, Com. Hari Om Sharmaji, Com. Rambabu Vermaji, Com. Kumavathji, Com. Sharmaji and many more not only  participated in the Open Session but they have become part of our CWC proceedings in all the three days. CHQ conveys its regards to all these comrades.
Com. A.P.Sastry, former President AIPAEA and Com. R.S.Bagel, former Working President, AIPAEA enriched the CWC with their presence. Com.A.P.Sastry is going to retire from service on 31-03-2013. He rendered great service to our Organisation. His continuous association with AIPAEA for more than 30 years and his efforts to build the AIPAEA brick by brick can never be forgotten. CWC and Jaipur Comrades honoured com.A.P.Sastry befittingly in the Open Session. CWC also conveyed its best wishes to com. Mahato, Circle President, AIPAEA, Patna, who retired from service on 28-02-2013. His valuable services to AIPAEA will ever be remembered.
The CWC has made thorough review of the 12-12-12 and 20-21Feb. 2013 strike and discussed the steps to plug the weaknesses. The demand of the 7th CPC and 50% D.A. merger has now caught the imagination of the Railway and Defense Unions. Very soon a joint action will be initiated to achieve these demands.

The CWC has discussed among other issues 1. Recruitment in PAOs   2. Cadre re-structuring   3. Grant of CCL and attitude of Authorities in this regard   4. CCL to male widower employees,   5. Issues relating to preparation of SWR by suppressing the data by PAOs and its consequences,   6. Non-forwarding of applications to write examinations/appointment in other organizations for career betterment,   7. Filling up of back-log vacancies and non-following of Roaster in AAO officiating promotions,     8. Amendment to LDC and JA Recruitment Rules,    9. Formal meetings at the Directorate level and non-seriousness in implementing the assurances,   10. AAO Recruitment Rules,   11. Merger of Gr.C of Postal Accounts and DOT,  
 12. Diversion of S.A. vacancies and implementation at unit level.   13. non-recovery of subscription of AIPAEA by Delhi PAO, 14. Stepping up case,   15. Compassionate Appointment cases of PAOs,   16. Accommodation to AIPAEA at Circle level,   17. Contributory negligence cases of Hyderabad and Kolkata,   18. Caste validation case of Nagpur,  19. General Demands of enhancement of Advances and other Allowances,  20. G.D. and Sorter anomalies,  21. Departmental buildings to PAOs at Hyderabad, Trivendrum and Ahmedabad,  22. In-service training to PAO officials,  23. Implementation of technology in various PAOs,    24. Coordination with NFPE,   25. Revival of local Joint Action Committees of Accounts and Audit Employees and Officers Organizations,   26. Nomination of AIPAEA to the Sports and Welfare Committees,   27. Strengthening of the AIPAEA units and 28. Strengthening of the CHQ.

All the delegates participated in the discussions and ventilated the problems faced by the employees at the unit level. CWC has decided to unanimously pass resolutions on the below mentioned issues and demand immediate settlement. It has also been decided to back up these resolutions with agitation program of action.
1.      Cadre restructuring
2.      Recruitment of MTS, LDC and J.A. in PAOs.
3.      Gr.D and Sorter anomalies
4.      Amendment to Recruitment Rules of LDC and Junior Accountants to restore the education qualification to Seniority cum Fitness promotion and one year residency period to graduate MTS to write LDC exam.
5.      Filling up of all back log vacancies and Roaster maintenance in Officiating AAO promotions
6.      Implementing the Stepping up judgment given by the Hon. Principal CAT, Delhi.
7.      Forwarding of applications and lifting blanket ban.
8.      Providing accommodation to AIPAEA branches in all PAOs.
9.      Protest against non-recovery of AIPAEA subscription by PAO Delhi.
10.  Providing in-service training to PAO officials
11.  Compassionate appointments to wards of diseased PAO officials
12.  Transfer of work related to Shillong PAO from W.B. Circle.

The entire proceedings of CWC were conducted in a disciplined way and the excellent arrangements made by Jaipur comrades under the leadership of Com. R.S.Gujar and Com.S.R.Meena  provided good environment for deliberations. The cultural programmes on the Open Session mesmerized all. The important thing to be noted is the involvement of all the activists, women members and the Managing Committee members of Jaipur unit in organizing this CWC meetings. Jaipur comrades should make a review in the Executive Committee meeting and make efforts to keep up this tempo forever.  CHQ and on behalf of all the delegates I convey my sincere thanks to Jaipur unit for making this event a memorable one.

General Secretary, AIPAEA summed up the entire proceedings of CWC on the final day of the meeting. The focus of this CWC is to build the AIPAEA from grass root level up to CHQ. All the Circle leaders are requested to take follow up action on the suggestions to strengthen the Association and to involve the entirety of membership in the union activities.  Let’s strive hard to take the AIPAEA to the new heights.
The CHQ will forward all the Resolutions to the Authorities. The Resolutions are not mere formality. We will back up these resolutions with appropriate programme of action. CHQ soon will chalk out the programme and intimate the units for implementation.

COURT CASES
CHQ has filed the Caveat in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi. CHQ also requesting the Department to implement the stepping up judgment without further  litigation. The case filed in the CAT Chennai will come up for hearing in this month. CHQ will inform the further developments in this case.
You are all aware that the Railway Accounts Association has won the case of payment of arrears from 01-01-1996 to 18-03-2003 in the parity matter. CHQ is keenly watching the progress in this matter. Appropriate action will be taken by the CHQ. In the CWC it has been decided to raise funds from the members to
fight the cases in the Court of law. I request all the units to rise up to the occasion.

GR.B STATUS TO THE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT CADRE
Finally, order has been issued by the PA wing and the same order could have been issued by the PA wing two years back. AIPAEA has provided all the material and orders to the Department, but of no avail due to the negative stand taken by some officers. I convey my sincere thanks to all the Authorities for taking a favourable decision in this regard.

FOUR ADVANCE INCREMENTS CASE
Now the issue has reached the final stage. I thank Com. S.K.Vyasji for his efforts in this case. It is expected that the file will be signed and sent to DOP soon.

PART – II EXAMINATION
Still the stay order issued by Hon’ble CAT Patna is in force. The next date of hearing in this case is on 20-03-13. Only after the vacation of the stay order the Department can declare the results.

CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
March 8th is International Women’s Day. My greetings to all our women comrades on this day.  AIPAEA will always remember the contribution of our lady members in strengthening our Organisation. They are the cause of success of many movements launched by AIPAEA and NFPE. There is every need to strengthen the participation of women employees in the activities of AIPAEA. It is our duty to ensure that the funds in the  gender budget at the Circle level is properly utilized.  At all Circles the AIPAEA leadership should take up the issues of providing ladies room and other amenities to our lady comrades.  Involve the lady comrades and get their needs represented through AIPAEA to spend funds from the gender budget. Celebrate the International Women’s Day by organising meetings by inviting eminent personalities form outside. These meetings can be organized in the next week i.e. 11-03-13 to 15-03-13. CHQ may please be informed of such meetings and send photographs of those meetings so that same can be placed in our blog.
 
ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF P-3 AT TRIVENDRUM
All India Conference of P-3 with 4000 delegates and guests is going to take place at Trivendrum from 10-03-13 to 12-03-13. Though I have been invited, I could not participate due to my ill-health. I am forced to cancel my tickets. AIPAEA wishes the AIC a grand success.

EAST ZONE STUDY CAMP
NFPE is organizing East Zone Study Camp at Guwahati  from 27-04-2013 to 28-04-2013. AIPAEA units from Kolkata, Cuttack and Guwahati should participate in the Study Camp. Circle Secretary and another delegate from each of these units should participate in the Study Camp. General Secretary will also join the study camp. Travel arrangements should be made in advance. Circle Secretary, Kolkata should make efforts to invite two activists from Shillong to the Study Camp.

Comrades, the next CWC will be held at Lucknow after six months. Let’s work hard. Let’s implement all the decisions and suggestions emerged at Jaipur and strengthen our AIPAEA.

With Struggle Greetings,
Comradely Yours,
T.Satyanarayana
General Secretary
           

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

HUGO CHAVEZ : DEATH OF A SOCIALIST



FOURTEEN YEARS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
 
HUGO CHÁVEZ — 1954 – 2013  

AIPAEA PAYS ITS HOMAGE TO THIS GREAT LEADER

UNITE - AGITATE - ACHIEVE


7th PAY COMMISSION NEWS –
13th FINANCE COMMISSION IS NOT FOR GIVING RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT TO PAY COMMISSION – MINISTER’S REPLY TO RAJYA SABHA QUERY
      
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-191
ANSWERED ON-09.08.2012
Seventh Pay Commission for Central Government employees
191 . SARDAR BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDAR
(a) whether Government intends to constitute the Seventh Pay Commission for the Central Government employees;
(b) if so, by when;
(c) whether the Thirteenth Finance Commission has also recommended for an increase in pay of Central Government employees from the future date; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)
(a)&(b): Government has not taken any decision on the constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission.
(c)&(d): The 13th Finance Commission had recommended that structural shocks such as arrears arising out of Pay Commission awards should be avoided by making the pay award commence from the date on which it is accepted.
Source: Rajya Sabha Q&A

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

AIPAEA CWC AT JAIPUR FROM 27-02-13 TO 01-03-13 A GRAND SUCCESS


Friday, March 1, 2013

OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN A BIG WAY



INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY – 08.03.2013

Dear Comrades,

                The International Women' day which falls on 8th March is observed throughout the world. The UN theme for the International women's day 2013 is "A promise is a promise; time for action to end violence against women". This year in India, we saw a massive uprising against the atrocities on women immediately after the barbarous sexual assault on student in Delhi.  She later succumbed to the injuries suffered during the assault. 

                 Thousands of young men and women, students and common people assembled at Vijay Chowk and elsewhere in Delhi and other parts of the country demanding stringent action against the culprits besides asking the Government to make enactment to protect the women. Empowerment of women is an issue that has to be focused and taken to its logical end. There is no shortcut for that. Raising the conscious level of the society at large through sustained campaign and struggles is the only way out. It is a painstaking path, but there is no other alternative.

The brutalities against women, attempt to dispossess the women of their right to property is the outcome of the patriarchal system that has taken roots in our country. In our society today women are being portrayed as a commercial commodity an offshoot of the impact of the neo liberal economic policies where except profit nothing matters. The fight for empowerment of women, hence, cannot be separate from the struggle against finance capital driven neo-liberal economic policies.

We call upon  every affiliate and the State Committee to observe the International Women's Day in a befitting manner by holding Seminar, Convention, meetings etc depending upon the local situation. The programmes may be utilized to drive the theme of the International Women's Day 2013. The apathy of the rulers towards crime against women must be exposed.  We must bring to the public gaze that many in the ruling class have criminal background and are facing charges of assault on women. The convention/seminar/meeting may be preceded by handbills focusing on this issue.

Kindly send us a detailed report on the observance of the International Women's Day .

With greetings,
Yours fraternally,

KKN Kutty
Secretary General

NOTHING FOR WORKING CLASS IN THE BUDGET TO CHEER



CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
Chq: Manishinath Bhawan, A/2/95 Rajouri Garden, New Delhi.110 027

                                                                                                                                 28th February, 2013 

PRESS STATEMENT

 Another pro-rich budget

The Union Budget 2013-14 presented by the Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, today in the Parliament was extremely disappointing to the common working people . No doubt they have not expected any relief from this anti people Government and especially from its Finance Minister, Shri P.Chidambaram.  However, they hoped against hope that the Government will read the discontent that is growing fast amongst the people, manifested admirably in the two day strike of the Indian Working Class on 20th and 21st.  Despite the erosion of the real value of the wages due to the high rate of inflation, the wage earners genuinely thought that they would be provided with some relief by way of an adjustment of the non taxable maximum.  While the give away to the corporate sector continued as the Finance Minister himself has noted in his budget speech in as much as the revenue foregone on direct taxes did register an increase from a lakh crore rupees to Rs. 1.13 lakh Crores in the last year he never felt the need to address the agony of the workers. 
    
Despite the fall in the rate of growth of economy, the Finance Minister has taken pride in the fact that India continues to be one of the fast growing economy.  What type of growth he was visualizing is hard to gauge when the number of people below poverty line had been on the increase year after year.  There had been all-round increase in the prices of all essential commodities including those where the Government had a say in determining it.  The Railway Minister did not increase the fare for passenger trains for he did it before he presented the budget.  The economic growth and recovery would be a mirage so long as the purchasing power of people get depleted.  There had been substantial reduction of workforce in the organized sector due to intensified contractorisation.
 The pronouncement of increased allocation of funds for agriculture, rural development, education etc. is a travesty of truth.  The FM  has made comparison of the present allocation with the revised estimates of the previous year, which in fact was much lesser than 2011-12.  There had been gross underutilization of the allocated funds in respect of most of the welfare scheme of the Govt. last year.  While presenting the economic survey, the Finance Minister assured the country that the days of recession were over and the era of growth will usher in soon, which has only pleased the TNCs and corporate houses in the country. The FM has unambiguously spelt out the continuance of the neo liberal economic path of development with much more fervor in the months  to come.
  To expect that the Govt.  will address the concern of the common people and the working class is foolish, if the Budget proposal is any indication.   But how long the people  are to suffer this agony.  Every decision of this Government being anti-working people and the Budget being a policy pronouncement, we must strive our best to organize movement to oppose the disastrous  policies being pursued by the UPA Government. 

KKN KUTTY
SECRETARY GENERAL

AIPAEA WISHES COM. MAHATO A HAPPY RETIRED LIFE