Wednesday 27 April 2016
Monday 25 April 2016
Misuse of RTI by employees of Public authorities be considered as ‘misconduct’: CIC
Taking serious note of
misuse of RTI, the Central Information Commission has observed that such
misuse by the employees of Public authorities shall be considered as an
item of misconduct that invite disciplinary action.
The observation was made
by Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu who was hearing
an appeal filed by an employee of Ambedkar Polytechnic. He had sought
wide range of information about colleagues and Principal and even of the
officers who were supposed to inquire into complaints filed against
him.
Perusing his RTI
application, the commission observed "The public authority is scared of
appellant as he has already filed number of complaints, grievance
representations, RTI applications, almost chocking entire
administration."
The commission also
observed that appellant had video graphed a lecture of his lady
colleague in the class room without permission and put it on social
media with reckless allegations. The Commission further observed “he is
undoubtedly a misuser of every mechanism and bent upon harassing
everyone who does not yield to his wishes. He is a potential threat to
peace in the institution and also privacy of colleagues. Whole college
is scared of him. He asked for certified copies of ‘integrity
certificate’ of officers who are asked to inquire into allegations
against him. This shows that he is not capable of working with other
staff in public authority like this.”
Dismissing his appeal, the commission issued following directions,
- The public authority should proceed with disciplinary action against the appellant for his misuse of RTI which amounted to misconduct, before April 25, 2016. Every misuse of system like, misuse of PGMS, RTI and Social media shall be considered as an item of misconduct that invite disciplinary action.
- If the misusers of RTI involved in invading privacy by video recording and spreading false allegations through social media network, the head of the institute need to examine if it amounts to any offence under IPC or IT Act, and shall report to appropriate authorities including police.
- The public authority should inform the individual officers, if their rights are breached by misuse, they have a every right to complain as per law and public authority shall facilitate such action, if the misuse obstructs the normal course of functioning of the institute.
- The concerned authorities to take immediate action if the information given to appellant in this case is abused or spread in social media or elsewhere, and they shall not give any information to this appellant if files similar RTI requests. The public authority should take note that employees or colleagues like Ms.Tarika, Ms.Amita Dev have a right to seek compensation from public authorities if they ignore or neglect their privacy rights by indiscriminately giving information in the absence of public interest. It is pathetic to note that the PIO could not ascertain that there was no public interest in this case but appellant has malicious interests in harassing others or building pressure on authorities in self-interest. The authorities have a duty to protect other employees from such misusers. This kind of misuse to build up pressure against taking action on misconduct or to secure promotion should be treated as disqualification.
- The public authority should provide necessary training to the PIOs and other staff members to verify the nature of appellant and if they found him to be misuser, tell them not to give information like medical claims of third parties.
No Compassion For Govt Employee Who Has No Will To Work: HIGH COURT
New Delhi: No compassion can be shown
to a person who neither has the will to work, nor respect for the directions
given by authorities, the Delhi High Court has observed while dismissing the
plea of a temporary government employee against termination of her service.
The court noted that sufficient
opportunity was given to the woman petitioner who appeared to be absenting from
work at her “own whims and fancies” without bothering for the consequences.
“Further, no compassion can be shown
to a person who has no will to work and no respect for the directions/warnings
issued by authorities. It is absolutely clear that sufficient opportunity was
given to the petitioner (woman) but she showed no improvement,” Justice V P
Vaish said.
The court’s order came on a petition
filed by the woman, appointed as a lower division clerk on temporary basis in a
district court here in September 1992. Her service was terminated in 2002 under
the Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965.
She had approached the high court
against the termination claiming that neither was any opportunity of show cause
was given to her, nor any reasons for termination conveyed.
Counsel appearing for the office of
District and Sessions Judge, the incharge of district court, opposed her plea
saying the termination order was legal and valid, as she was a temporary
employee and her service was not yet confirmed.
The lawyer also claimed that she was
not performing her duties with due diligence as she had regularly absented,
even when her leave applications were rejected.
While dismissing the petition, the
court referred to the provision of Central Civil Services (Temporary Service)
Rules, 1965 under which her service was terminated and observed that it
“postulates that no enquiry is to be held prior to passing of termination order
in case a temporary government servant is not found suitable for the job.”
“It is pertinent to mention here that
even after issuance of repeated memos, the petitioner neither reported back to
duty nor submitted any satisfactory explanation for her absence which shows
that she was absolutely incorrigible and did not mend her ways despite repeated
warnings,” it said.
“In these circumstances, any employer
would have taken the same action because it was absolutely clear that the
petitioner was not interested in her job. If the petitioner has been
terminated, she is to blame herself,” it said.
Dated – 4th April. 2016
To
1) All Office Bearers
2) All General Secretaries C-O-Cs
3) All Affiliates of Confederation
ALL INDIA TRADE UNION EDUCATION CAMP
DEHRADUN, MAY 24 & 25, 2016
Dear Comrades,
As decided in the National
Secretariat Meeting, the next All India Trade Union Education Camp of
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers will be held on
24th and 25th May, 2016. The Dehradun Unit of the
Confederation has come forward to host the said camp at Dehradun on the
above days and started the Preparatory work for the programme. It
should be the endeavour of all affiliates and State Units of the
Confederation to depute the given number of delegates to the camp and
make it a grand success. The quota fixed for each affiliate/COC is given
below. Detailed programme & notice will be sent shortly. TU Camp
will commence at 10 AM on 24th May and continue till 5 PM on 25th May, 2016 and the delegates should ensure their presence throughout the duration of the Camp.
Delegates from all affiliated organisations and C-O-Cs should compulsorily attend the TU camp.
The minimum quota fixed for each affiliated organisation and C-O-Cs is
given below. All are requested to ensure participation of delegates as
per quota fixed, WITHOUT FAIL. Delegates may be instructed to book their up and down tickets immediately.
Delegate fee per head is Rs. 600/- (Rs. Six hundred only). All
delegates, including All India office Bearers of Confederation should
pay the delegate fee.
Name of the Affiliates and the quota of delegates in brackets
1. NFPE (60); ITEF (20); Audit & Accounts (10); Atomic Energy (10),Civil Accounts (10);
2. All other affiliates (3 each);
3. Confederation State Units: Bengal (20); Kerala (15); Karnataka (10); Tamilnadu (15); Andhra (10)
4. All other State Units: (3 each).
NB:
While deciding the delegates, the concerned organisations shall include
the All India Office Bearers of Confederation also in their quota since
the number of delegates fixed above includes the Office Bearers of
Confederation CHQ.
Fraternally yours,
M. KRISHNAN
Secretary General
No.
CONF/NE/2016
Dated: 05-04-2016
MOST URGENT / IMPORTANT
NOTICE FOR THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MEETING OF CONFEDERATION
An urgent meeting of the
National Executive of the Confederation of Central Govt. Employees &
Workers will be held at Dehradun (Uttarakhand) on 24th May’
2016 (Tuesday). The meeting shall commence at 05.00 PM and continue till
close. National Secretariat members, Chief Executives of the affiliated
Organizations, General Secretaries of all State level C-o-Cs and main
Office bearers of the Women's Sub Committee are requested to attend the
meeting.
The following shall be the agenda of the meeting:
AGENDA:
1. 7th CPC related issues and proposed indefinite strike from 11 July 2016 by NJCA.
2. Proposed One day General Strike by Central Trade Union on 02nd September 2016.
3 Two days All India Workshop of Confederation at Dehradun - Review.
4. All India Conference of Confederation & All India Women Convention at Chennai (Tamilnadu).
5. Financial position of Confederation – Decision for improvement.
6. Issues relating to the affiliated Organizations.
7. Any other item with permission of the Chair.
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
To
1. All National Secretariat Members.
2. Chief Executives of all affiliated Organizations.
3. General Secretaries of State C-o-Cs.
4. Main office bearers of Women's Sub Committee (Not Committee members)
PLEASE BOOK YOUR TRAVEL TICKETS IMMEDIATELY
Two days Trade Union Education Camp of Confederation will be held at Dehradun on 24th & 25th May 2016. Separate Circular enclosed herewith. Please ensure participation of delegates as per quota fixed in the circular.
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
BRIEF NOTE ON TWO DAYS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NON-GAZETTED GOVT. OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION, A & N ISLANDS
The
two-day Annual Conference of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, began at Kerala Samajam Hall, Port Blair today the
09th April, 2016 at 4.30 p.m.
Inaugurating the Conference, ShriM.Krishnan, Secretary General of the
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers’, New Delhi and Member,
Standing Committee of JCM National Council, Govt. of India explained in detail
about the 7th Pay Commission and its recommendations submitted to
the Govt. of India. He discussed in length various retrograde points and
shortcomings in these recommendations. Shri Krishnan said that the 7th
CPC has recommended only Rs. 18000/- as minimum wages while the Staff Side,
JCM, on the basis of scientific calculation demanded Rs. 26000/- as minimum
wages for the lowest grade in the Central Service. Referreing to the New
Pension Scheme, Shri Krishnan expressed serious concern over the fate of the
employees who entered the service after 2003 as there is no assurance from the
government that the 10% of the salary deducted from these employees will be
paid to them when they retire from service. Addressing the gathering, ShriM.Krishnan
urged upon the government employees to stand united against the fight in
support of the 15 Point Charter of Demands made by the National Joint Council
of Action and prepare themselves for the upcoming struggles. He applauded the
efforts of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association for their united
struggle in theseislands.Earlier, ShriG.Sujathan, Vice President of the
Association hoisted the Association’s flag and the Chief Guest, and others paid
tributes to the martyrs at the specially erected Martyrs Memorial Column at the
Kerala Samajam premises. Shri Ashok Kumar Sharma, Chairman, Reception Committee
while welcoming the gathering recalled the sacrifices made by the leaders of
the Association particularly Late PKS Prasad under whose leadership a number of
demands of govt. employees working in these islands were achieved. ShriK.G.Das,
Former General Secretary of the Association, ShriD.Ayyappan, General Secretary,
A & N Gazetted Officers’ Association, ShriS.P.Kalairajan, Circle Secretary,
BSNL Employees Union and ShriSteephen Fernandez, Secretary, All India Postal
Employees Union, Port Blair also addressed the gathering. A large number of
govt. employees and workers and former leaders of the Assocaition attended the
inaugural session. ShriR.Raji, Joint Secretary, Reception Committee proposed
the vote of thanks.
The Delegate Session of the Annual
Conference of the Non-Gazetted Government Officers’ Association was held today
(10.04.2016) at Kerala Samajam Hall, Port Blair. In his presidential address,
ShriS.N.Misra, Vice President of the Association recalled the struggles
conducted by the leaders to achieve the facilities govt. employees are enjoying
today and called upon the government employees to be united in the fight
against the forces that are trying to weaken the government structure. The
Delegate Session, at the outset, paid homage to the memory of trade union
leaders and other government employees, who passed away during the period since
last Conference in April, 2015. Thereafter, ShriT.S.Sreekumar, General
Secretary presented the working report of the Association for the last year
while Shri CH. Ramamoorthy, Finance Secretary of the Association presented the
Audited Accounts. General Secretary’s report contained an overview of the
international, national, local situations and details of the programmes
conducted by the Association during the intervening period. Delegates from
various Branches and Sub-Committees actively participated in the discussion on
the General Secretary’s Report and Audited Accounts which were later on adopted
unanimously. The draft resolutions on various issues and problems affecting the
government employees were presented in the meeting which were adopted after
addition of various other issues made by the delegates during the discussion.
About 140 delegates and observers from various outstations and Port Blair/South
Andaman, representing thousands of employees, attended the Delegate Session. A
presidium comprising ShriS.Surender, ShriN.K.Paul and Smt Suma Nair conducted
the proceedings of the Delegate Session.
Addressing the Delegate Session,
ShriM.Krishnan, Secretary General, Confederation of Central Govt. Employees
& Workers, New Delhi urged upon the Association members to work together
for the struggle to strengthen the working class movement around the world.
Shri Krishnan assured the Conference of all possible help from the
Confederation to settle the pending issues with the Govt. of India. He gave
proper reply to all the issues and concerns that were raised by the delegates
during the session. ShriS.Surender and SmtRipaBiswas who have been active
members of this Association since long and superannuated from govt. service
were felicitated during the session. ShriSanjeev Kumar Singh, Secretary,
Reception Committee, proposed the Vote of Thanks.
T S Sreekumar
General Secretary
FLASH STRIKE AGAINST PF RULES RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
The flash strike against
the recent PF Rules, 2016 of the Central Government (i.e., Centre’s new rule on
Provident Fund withdrawal) by large section of Garment Factory Workers and
other Industrial Workers of Karnataka State on 18th and 19th April
2016 received immense response and there was a massive protest which resulted
in road blocks for hours together, thereby the entire traffic of Bengaluru City
was paralyzed. The traffic was also severely affected on Mysore, Tumkur
and Hosur roads.
The COC Karnataka extended moral support and sympathy for this Labour
Movement. The February 10thnotification was under attack from
trade unions from the beginning. The notification was published in the
gazette onFebruary 26 and created technical problems.
The violence in Bengaluru prompted the Labour Ministry, Govt. of India to
cancel the February 10 notification which put restrictions on 100% withdrawal from the PF
account.
GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO
WITHDRAW THE 10th FEBRUARY-2016 NOTIFICATION WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
21-April-2016 17:51 IST
Government had issued a notification dated
10th February 2016 regarding rules for withdrawal from EPF Funds by the
members. Under the revised rules, the employee was permitted to withdraw the
employees’ share from the fund (which is 12% of the wages). However, it was
prescribed that the employers’ share of contribution towards the Provident Fund
(which is 3.67% of wage) would be allowed to be withdrawn only at the age of
retirement (58 years). The objective was to provide a minimum social security
to the workers at the time of retirement. It was noticed that over 80% of the
claims settled by EPFO belonged to pre-mature withdrawal of funds, treating the
EPF accounts as savings accounts, and not a Social Security instrument.
In order to address the issues the amendment stated above was carried out with the consent of Trade Unions and with the intention of promoting a decent accumulation of provident fund for the members at the end of their working lifetimes.
However, considering the representations received from various quarters and after consultations with the various stakeholders, Minister of State (IC) Labour and Employment, Sh Bandaru Dattatreya announced that the government has decided to withdraw the said 10th February 2016 Notification with immediate effect.
Accordingly, the workers are now allowed to withdraw the entire amount from the provident fund as per existing provisions of the EPF Scheme 1952 including the employers’ share of 3.67%. (Release ID: 139046) 21st April,2016.
50% of Last Pay Drawn as Minimum Pension to
all Pre-2006 Pensioners with less than 33 years of service also!
A Great Victory to Pre-2006 Pensioners!
After a long legal battle the Government
conceeds
another point to Pre-2006 Pensioners!
After a
long battle the pre-2006 pensioners got another issue sorted out with the
Government conceding grant of full pension to pre-2006 pensioners with less
than 33 years as recommended by 6th CPC!
This comes after the Govt deciding to extend the judgment given out by Supreme
Court in the case of Inasu from Kerala.
Now all
those pre-2006 pensioners who got only proportionate pension for want of 33
years qualifying service, will get the refixation from 1.1.2006 and get arrears
also.
The
order of Ministry of Pension & Pensioners Welfare is given below:
REVISION OF PENSION OF PRE-2006 PENSIONERS - DELINKING OF REVISED PENSION
FROM QUALIFYING SERVICE OF 33 YEARS. (Click the link
below to view)
http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/PPWA_070416.pdf
ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF THE CONFEDERATION OF
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS WILL BE HELD ON 16TH, 17th & 18TH AUGUST 2016 AT CHENNAI. FORMATION OF RECEPTION COMMITTEE
MEETING-REPORT.
As per the decision of National Secretariat of
Confederation the Diamond Jubilee year All India
Conference of The Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers,
will be held on 16th,17th & 18th August 2016 at Chennai. Accordingly, the
Formation of Reception committee meeting was held on 5-4-2016 in ITEF
Room in Chennai.
Leaders from
all the Central Trade Union organisations participated in the meeting. The
meeting was presided by the President Confederation Tamilnadu Com. J.
Ramamurthy, welcomed by Com. S.Sundaramurthy, Treasurer and the General
Secretary of the Confederation Tamilnadu Com.M. Duraipandian announced the Office
Bearers of the Reception Committee and
other committees.
As per the decision the Hon`ble Member of Parliament Com.T.K.Rangarajan will be the Chairman Reception
committee. Nearly 15 Vice Chairman including Com.M.Shanmugam, General
Secretary, LPF, all India president of HMS Com.C.A. Rajashridhar, Com.T.M. Murthy
General Secretary, AITUC. State President of CITU, Com. A. Soundararajan, MLA,
among others. Leaders from various other organisations including Com.R.
Tamilselvi, TNGEA, Com.R. Elangovan, DREU, Com.Sendhi kumar, SBI Officers Association, Com. Shanmugam from BEFI, felicitated and extended support for the successful conduct of the conference.
Earliar the president of the
Confederation Com.KKN. Kutty and Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General addressed
the meeting. All India Women’s Convention of Confederation will also be organized
along with the All India Conference. Tamilnadu State Conference of the
Confederation will be held on 15th August, 2016 in the same Venue.
In the Reception Committee, under the
Chairman Reception Committee Com.T.K.Rangarajan, alongwith 15 Vice Chairman
Com. M. Duraipandian will be the General Secretary Reception committee and
Com.S.Sundaramurthy, will be Treasure Reception Committee. Nearly 25 General Secretaries
from the other affiliates of the organisations will be the Assistant
Secretaries for the various sub committees of the Reception Committee for the
successful conduct of the Conference. The meeting was concluded with the vote
of thanks offered by Com.M.S. Vengatesan, General Secretary of ITEF Tamilnadu
Circle.
M. KRISHNAN
Secretary General
Confederation
Thursday 7 April 2016
PAYMENT OF DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES-REVISED RATES EFFECTIVE FROM 01.01.2016.
Please CLICK HERE FOR DA
ORDER
REVISION OF PENSION OF PRE-2006 PENSIONERS - DELINKING OF REVISED PENSION FROM QUALIFYING SERVICE OF 33 YEARS
REVISION OF PENSION OF PRE-2006 PENSIONERS -
DELINKING OF REVISED PENSION FROM QUALIFYING SERVICE OF 33 YEARS.(Click
the link below to view)
http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/PPWA_070416.pdfWednesday 6 April 2016
No. CONF/NE/2016
Dated: 05-04-2016
MOST
URGENT / IMPORTANT
NOTICE FOR THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MEETING OF CONFEDERATION
An urgent meeting of the National Executive of the
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers will be held at Dehradun
(Uttarakhand) on 24th May’ 2016 (Tuesday). The meeting shall
commence at 05.00 PM and continue till close. National Secretariat members,
Chief Executives of the affiliated Organizations, General Secretaries of all
State level C-o-Cs and main Office bearers of the Women's Sub Committee are
requested to attend the meeting.
The following shall be the agenda of the meeting:
AGENDA:
1. 7th CPC related issues and proposed indefinite
strike from 11 July 2015 by NJCA.
2. Proposed One day General Strike by Central
Trade Union on 02nd September 2015.
3 Two days All India Workshop of Confederation
at Dehradun - Review.
4. All India Conference of Confederation &
All India Women Convention at Chennai (Tamilnadu).
5. Financial position of Confederation – Decision
for improvement.
6. Issues relating to the affiliated
Organizations.
7. Any other item with permission of the Chair.
(M.
Krishnan)
Secretary
General
To
1. All National Secretariat
Members.
2. Chief Executives of all affiliated Organizations.
3. General Secretaries of State C-o-Cs.
4. Main office bearers of Women's Sub Committee (Not Committee
members)
PLEASE BOOK
YOUR TRAVEL TICKETS IMMEDIATELY
Two days Trade Union Education Camp of Confederation
will be held at Dehradun on 24th & 25th May 2016.
Separate Circular enclosed herewith. Please ensure participation of delegates
as per quota fixed in the circular.
(M.
Krishnan)
Secretary
General
No. CONF/NE/2016
Dated: 05-04-2016
MOST
URGENT / IMPORTANT
NOTICE FOR THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MEETING OF CONFEDERATION
An urgent meeting of the National Executive of the
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers will be held at Dehradun
(Uttarakhand) on 24th May’ 2016 (Tuesday). The meeting shall
commence at 05.00 PM and continue till close. National Secretariat members,
Chief Executives of the affiliated Organizations, General Secretaries of all
State level C-o-Cs and main Office bearers of the Women's Sub Committee are
requested to attend the meeting.
The following shall be the agenda of the meeting:
AGENDA:
1. 7th CPC related issues and proposed indefinite
strike from 11 July 2015 by NJCA.
2. Proposed One day General Strike by Central
Trade Union on 02nd September 2015.
3 Two days All India Workshop of Confederation
at Dehradun - Review.
4. All India Conference of Confederation &
All India Women Convention at Chennai (Tamilnadu).
5. Financial position of Confederation – Decision
for improvement.
6. Issues relating to the affiliated
Organizations.
7. Any other item with permission of the Chair.
(M.
Krishnan)
Secretary
General
To
1. All National Secretariat
Members.
2. Chief Executives of all affiliated Organizations.
3. General Secretaries of State C-o-Cs.
4. Main office bearers of Women's Sub Committee (Not Committee
members)
PLEASE BOOK
YOUR TRAVEL TICKETS IMMEDIATELY
Two days Trade Union Education Camp of Confederation
will be held at Dehradun on 24th & 25th May 2016.
Separate Circular enclosed herewith. Please ensure participation of delegates
as per quota fixed in the circular.
(M.
Krishnan)
Secretary
General
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