MINUTES OF PRE-CONFERENCE CWC HELD AT KUMARAKOM ON
3.8.18
The Circle Working Committee meeting of the
Association prior to the 44th Biennial Conference was held at Royal
Riviera Hotels & Resorts, Kumarkom at 5.00 pm on 3.8.18. Thirty four
members took part in the CWC which was presided over by Sri. Ajith Kurian, Vice President in the absence of the
President Sri. P.K.Sivadasan.
(ii) Vice President read out the agenda for the CWC. The minutes of
the previous CWC held on 8.5.17 at Kochi and 43rd Biennial
Conference held at Alappuzha on 21/22.5.16 was read out by the CS which was
approved by the house.
(iii) Thereafter the CS read out the Biennial report for the period
from 1.4.16 to 31.3.18. Various points like All India Conference held at Rajgir
on 9/10.2.18, All India CWCs, Cadre restricting of Inspector Posts Cadre, LDC
for promotion to IP Posts, Amendments to the Constitution, DPC for PS Group B,
LDC for PS Group B, Circle Conference/CWCs, retirements, Four
monthly/Bi-monthly meetings with Chief PMG/PMGs, Relation with Administration
and other unions/associations were included in the Biennial report. After
detailed discussions on major issues by the members, the Biennial report was
unanimously approved by the house. The audited accounts could not be presented
in the CWC as the treasurer was not able to reach the venue in time due to some
unforeseen circumstances. CS informed that the audited accounts will be
presented in the subject committee to be held the next day morning.
(iv) Next the CS gave a brief of the All India Conference held at
Rajgir on 8/9.2.18. A three member delegation under CS had represented our
Circle in the conference. Various issues like 7th CPC report, cadre
restricting, Grade Pay issue, PS Group B examination etc were discussed in
detail in the AIC. Sri. Rajiv Kumar from Bihar was elected as the new General
Secretary and Sri. Manjunatha of Karnataka as the President. Much to the pride
of our Circle, Sri. Aji Kumar was elected as Vice-President. It was decided to hold the
next CWC at Ranchi & next AIC at North East.
(v) As next agenda, organizational and financial review was taken
up. CS and Vice President stressed upon the importance of keeping the
Association financially healthy for which generous contribution of members was
essential. CS informed that the present scenario is healthy with over 2 lakhs
as balance. However, considering the expense for the present conference, we
need to contribute more. Vice President pointed out the need for reaching out
to members who have not attended the conference and getting their contributions
also. He urged the next office bearers to take special care on this aspect.
(vi) The difficulties faced by our members in conducting inspections
in the post CSI scenario was discussed in detail by the house. Members pointed
out that inspection of POs has become difficult and risky in the post CSI
environment. Daily Accounts were not being generated correctly, cash was not
able to be tallied, details of stamp sales was not being reflected in CSI, cash
in transit was not being reflected correctly making it difficult for the
inspecting offices to tally the account and leave the office after inspections
with confidence. The need for imparting comprehensive training to the cadre on
all new initiatives especially in CSI was also stressed by the members.
(vii) The recent trend of issuing charge sheet to the members for
contributory negligence was also discussed by the house. The house unanimously
took the view that amidst the multifarious duties being carried out by a Sub
Divisional head, it was practically impossible to carry out inspections
satisfactorily and urged the Circle administration to take a lenient view in
such matters. Vice president informed the house that formation of an inspection
team at CO/RO level was one of the recommendations put forth before the Cadre
Re-structuring committee and it is expected that they would consider our
proposal favourably. The active role played by the GS and CHQ members in this
regard was appreciated by the house.
(viii) The house also took up the representations received from some
of the members who had qualified in the PS Group B examination requesting the
Association to ask the members who had filed court cases in this regard to
withdraw their cases and also urging the Association not to resort to filing of
cases in future also. The matter was discussed in detail by the house. Vice
President informed the house that it was due to the reason that there was
conflict in interest among the members that a decision was taken to file cases
individually rather than by the Association. At present there were two cases
pending in our Circle viz; one filed by Sri. Ajith Kurian & others on the
issue of conducting separate year-wise examination and others by Sri. S. Narendran
& Others challenging the increased number of vacancies in the results
announced. Sri. Ajith the applicant in the first OA informed the house that his
case was filed well before the examination and was on the genuine issue of
conducting separate year-wise examination and that as the case was in its final
stage, it was not feasible to withdraw the case. As none of the applicants in
the other case was present for CWC, the house decided to defer the matter to be
discussed in the GB to be held next day. The house took the view that
Association itself had to take the lead at the time of announcement of PS Group
B Examination rather than taking a passive stand and ought to have approached
the CAT. The House also took a stand to resort to legal remedies in the name of
the Association itself in case of similar instances in future. The
representations were thus rejected by the house.
(ix) Vice President informed the house that he has received a
message from the Hon’ble Secretary (Posts) conveying his best wishes for the
Conference. Message from Sri. A.N.Nanda, Secretary (P) was read out much to the
delight of all members. The house placed on record their gratitude and thanks
to Secretary (P) for the message and goodwill shown by him towards our cadre.
(x) The CWC ended with a vote of thanks by a summing up by the
vice-president and vote of thanks by the outgoing CS at 7.00 pm.
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Circle Secretary
