The CWC of the
Association was held at Hotel K.K.International, Kochi on 08.05.15. The main
agenda was to pay tribute and homage to our former president Shri. T. M.
Krishnaswamy who left us for heavenly abode and also to decide the venue of our
proposed All India CWC to be held at TVM
on 25 &26 July. More than 3/4th of the CWC members participated
in the meeting which stood out by the active participation of all the members
in the discussions and deliberations held on the day.
The meeting started with a silent prayer paying homage to our
former president, which was followed by the Presidential Address by Sri.
Venunathan Pillai wherein our President gave a broad outline about the All
India scenario and also touched upon the local issues. He stressed the importance
of periodical group meetings in the Divisions itself which will boost the
morale of our members. The Presidential Address was followed by a brief report
by the Circle Secretary of the activities carried out so far in the Circle and
also about the All India issues and the stand of our Circle on these issues.
Thereafter the house went into the various items in the agenda and indulged in
detailed discussions on all these issues.
The condolence
meeting commenced with speech of Sri.R.Venunathanpillai, President. He shared
his long relationship with our former president stressing upon the sincerity
and commitment which he had shown both towards the department and also our
Association. He reiterated that the untimely demise of Sri. Krishnaswamy was
indeed a big loss to our cadre and the void left behind by his demise will be
hard to fill. Our CS Sri.Nandakumar, former secretary Sri.
Ajithkurian and Smt. Sudha, ASP,Kozhikode
also shared their experiences with our former president and expressed
their condolences and offered their prayers to the family.
Regarding the next
agenda of All India CWC, the house decided to to conduct the All India CWC at
Trivandrum on 25th and 26th July and to name the venue of
the meeting as T M Krishanswamy Nagar as
a token of respect to our former President. The house arrived at a tentative
budget of Rs 2 lakhs for conducting the CWC and hence decided to raise funds by
accepting contributions from all the members @ Rs 1500/- from each member. The
CWC entrusted all the CWC members to coordinate the collection at their
respective and neighbouring Divisions. The house entrusted Sri. Ajith Kurian,
former CS to fix up the venue at a suitable hotel near to the railway station
in Trivandrum and to intimate the venue to the GS to so as to enable the CHQ to
issue notification for the All India CWC.
As regards other local
issues, all the members expressed deep anguish and protest over the tendency of
penalising and charge sheeting and effecting recovery on IP/ASPs for
misappropriation and frauds made by some of the staff, totally evading action
against those who have actually committed these frauds. The CWC expressed
strong protest and indignation against the tendency and decided to protest strongly and to bring
the matter to the notice of CPMG/PMGs. The CWC also decided to seek
judicial remedy if need be in such cases.
Regarding other issues, the CWC congratulated our GS in the
progress of Merger proposal. As for our Grade Pay case, the house decided to
await the outcome of the OA which is posted for 18.06.15 for final hearing. Non
awareness among IP/ASP about the IT modernisation and new technology
initiatives of the department was also discussed and the members suggested that
there is a need for training in the field of Technology and application
software to carry out inspections without any hurdles. It was decided to bring
the matter to the notice of CPMG to arrange training programmes to IP/ASPs in the field. The meeting ended with thanks
to the chair.
