The
38th All India Biennial conference of the Association was held at
Ahmedabad on 7th and 8th February, 2014 in a befitting
manner. The pre-conference working committee was held at Hotel Royal Orchid on
7th morning wherein the minutes, annual report and audited accounts
were unanimously approved by the House without any modification.
The
CWC was followed by the subject committee wherein detailed deliberations and
discussions on the various items of agenda took place. The gist of the main
items discussed and decision is furnished below for information of all
concerned:
(i)
7th CPC- It was decided by the House
to give a detailed memorandum to the members of the newly constituted 7th
CPC with the aid of power point presentations. Considering the importance of
the matter, a Committee was constituted for this purpose with GS as Chairman. Other
members are as follows:
Shri
T. M. Krishnaswamy : Kerala
Shri
Balbir Singh Kaushal : Punjab
Shri
Manjunath Hubballi : Karnataka
Shri
P. Ajit Kumar : Postal
Directorate
Shri
Roop Chand : Delhi
Shri
Pitabasa Jena : Odisha
The
Committee was invited to Kolkata by the Circle Secretary, West Bengal Circle
for sitting together and drafting the memorandum. It was also decided to
utilitize the services of retired officers and experts in the field for this
purpose.
(ii)
GP case at CAT Ernakulam- It was
decided to file rejoinder to the reply filed by the department immediately and
make all efforts for getting a favourable judgment yet again which would be of
immense help in convincing the 7th CPC members about the genuineness
of the matter.
(iii)
Merger proposal of ASP with Group B
- The House gave unanimous support to the proposal and decided to pursue the
matter in full vigor. It was decided to keep ready answers to the probable
queries likely to be raised by Department of Personnel and also MOF. Sri P. Ajit
Kumar, AGS-I was entrusted to pursue the matter at Directorate.
(iv)
Cadre restructuring and reorganization
of Sub Divisions - Two meetings were already held in this matter with
officers of Directorate. It was decided to press for expediting the matter at
the Directorate.
(v) Regular promotions to PS Group B - DPCs are now being held promptly
due to the timely intervention of the Association. AIC decided to press for
supplementary DPC without much delay. It was requested by the GS to all Circle
Secretaries and every member to ensure timely submission of CRs/APARs (fully
updated) of officers who are in the zone of promotion to Directorate which can
reduce delay.
(vi) LDCE for promotion to the cadre of PS Group B & Sr. PM – Four cases
are now pending on this subject in various CATs. Revise / amendment of the
Group ‘B’ / Sr.PM recruitment rules is on the anvil after which examinations
will be conducted.
(vii) Rule 38 transfer of surplus IPs - After the dropping of the scheme,
Chief PMGs can mutually decide about the transfer as per Directorate orders. In
cases where transfers are not materializing, CHQ will intervene and take up the
case individually with Secretary (P).
(viii) Mandatory service in RMS for promotion to ASP - The orders were
found impractical to implement due to the shortage of IP posts in the RMS side-
The house unanimously passed a resolution urging Secretary(P) to withdraw the
said irrational order immediately. GS directed to all Circle Secretaries to
ensure the submission of data called for by Directorate at the earliest.
(ix)
DPC for promotion to Dy. Manager, MMS -
DPC was held recently due to the intervention of the CHQ. However, recent orders
have been issued downgrading 4 posts of Managers as Dy. Managers in the four cities
against which the House passed a resolution.
(x)
Honorarium to IO/PO for Rule 14 cases
- It was pointed out by the members that orders issued enhancing the rate of honorarium
has not become operational due to the ceiling on annual payment of honorarium.
The AIC passed a resolution requesting Secretary (P) to cause necessary action
for enhancing the limit and also to extend the revision to Rule 10 cases of GDS
also.
(xi)
Combined Seniority list of Inspector
Posts - The house passed a resolution urging Secretary (P) to cause n/a to
publish the seniority list till 31.12.2013 immediately. GS told that seniority
list for the year 1998, 1999 and 2000 is at final stage of circulation.
(xii)
PSI activities – Shri Manjunath
Hubbballi CS Karnataka explained the activities held during the period. The
House noted the importance of associating with the global organization like PSI
and decided to extend the association with PSI in other Circles also.
A
Resolution Committee was constituted under the Chairman ship of Circle
Secretary Kerala. The following members associated him to prepare resolution as
the members of the Committee:
Ajith
Kurian(Chairman) - Kerala
Newton
Balakrishnan - Tamil Nadu
Manjunath
Hubballi - Karnataka
Pitabasa
Jena - Odisha
Hira
Lal - Haryana
A
total of 9 resolutions were unanimously passed by the House and forwarded to Secretary
(P) for immediate intervention and necessary action.
All
the Circle Secretaries unanimously selected the new office bearers for the next
term. Sri Vilas Ingale was re-elected as the new GS for the second term in
succession. Shri Amrendra Kumar is the new President. Detailed list is
available on the blog for ready reference.
Open
Session was held on 8th morning with PMG(BD), Gujarat Circle, Sri
Ambesh Upmanu as the Chief Guest wherein special invitees viz. Shri Janardhan
Sharma Ex-GS, Shri S. Samuel-EX GS, Shri Hari Mohan Ex-CS Punjab and Shri
Mukund Badwe EX-OGS CHQ and CS PAO Maharashtra were facilitated.
It
was decided to conduct the next AIC at Rajasthan with UP Circle as standby and
the next CWC at Kerala with AP as standby.
The
38th Biennial Conference came to an end at about 6.00 PM on 8.2.14.
All
the members expressed gratitude to Shri Vinod Shah, Circle Secretary Gujarat
Circle and his team for having come forward to host the AIC at short notice and
for having conducted the same in a befitting manner.
