Ref. No-NDGBGOA/CE/JWM- SG/ 2018/09 Date- 28/09/2018
To
The Chairman & DGOF,
Ordnance Factory Board,
0-A, S.K. Bose Road, Kolkatta - 700001.
The Chairman & DGOF,
Ordnance Factory Board,
0-A, S.K. Bose Road, Kolkatta - 700001.
Sub:
Recruitment Rules for the post of Junior Works Manager (SG)/Technical and Works
Manager (SG)/Non-Technical.
Ref:
i) OFB Letter no.100/MISC/SRO/REV/GR.B/TECH/PER/NG Dated 12-09-2018.
ii) OFB Letter no.100/MISC/SRO/REV/GR.B/TECH/COMMITTEE
Dated 17-09-2018.
iii) OFB Letter
no.100/MISC/SRO/REV/GR.B(NT)/PER/NG Dated 05-09-2018
Respected Sir,
With reference to above subject and after prolong years waiting to
initiate revisions in old/existing SRO’s for Gr. ‘B’ supervisory cadre exist in
OFB Organization. It is appreciated that steps has been taken to integrate
provisions of existing RRs of CM/JWM (Tech) in to one comprehensive SRO and
incorporate JWM (SG)/Tech post in level ‘8’ in pay matrix created through
G.S.R. 592(E) dated 15-06-2017 issued by MoF (DoE). It is also appreciated that
steps has been taken parallel to initiate process of making comprehensive SRO of
Gr. ‘B’ Non-Technical cadre. In this process we are keen to invite your kind
attention towards the following factual conditions please.
1.
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE OF ORDNANCE FACTORIES:
Ordnance Factories Organization is a Military
industrial manufacturing unit consists of 41 Factories spread all over India.
It is a departmentally run organization under Ministry of Defence headed by OF
Board. At present approximately one Lakh employees are exists in the
Organization. 95% of its employees are employed in manufacturing unit in 41
Ordnance Factories. Each Ordnance Factory is working as separate identical
manufacturing industry. All the Ordnance factories are governed by Factory Act
& Industrial Rules.The prime customers of this purely industrial
organization of ‘Indian Ordnance Factories’ are the Indian Armed Forces,
Central Paramilitary Forces and State Police Forces in respect of Arms,
Ammunition, Clothing’s, Bullet Proof Vehicles and Mine Protected Vehicles etc.
2.
PRESENT CHALLENGES AND REQUIRED REFORMS:
Now the OFB Organization requires computing
with international open market and local market for throughout their products
range. In this organization basic technology knowledge with core competent professional’s
are requires as Managers. The personnel’s having basic technology knowledge
with number of years experience from root-process activities to requisite
outcome and trouble shutting capacity are the core competent professional’s. So,
in the organization requires basic field wise promotion lines from Supervisory
level to top level Managerial post as there are in worldwide industrial
organizations. The system should be there so that each employee entered in any
field can achieve better career progression as per his inbuilt capabilities.
In
the OFB Organization Managerial level entry post is filled through UPSC exams
based on only academic qualifications, without any industrial work experience.
As 99% officers are coming through this process and not recruited for
specifically such particular industrial environment. They become direct bosses for
vast experienced and core competent supervisory cadre employees of particular
department/section and there after they got transferred to different
departments before getting the adequate basic information. There are seven
career progression posts in the same tenure for Group ‘A’ posts whereas Supervisory
Gr. ‘B’ cadre employees stagnated in same position. The Group B Gazetted Officers are being posted as Head of Section (HOS))
and shoulder the whole responsibility of Production, Safety, Quality and
Administration of Different Sections. Till today Jr. Works Manager (JWM)
in each factory directly reporting to General Manager of Factory in the meetings
after having five posts in-between them proves the importance of these most
experienced and actual working employees.
For
better performance of this industrial organization there should be separate
streams for each discipline from Chargeman (CM) to Additional General Manager
(AGM) so that proper representation to each discipline at each level will be
there for better problem resolving and decision making capability. There after
common seniority for promotion to General Manager and above posts should be
maintained.
3.
NECESSITY OF REFRAMING RECRUITMENT
RULES AND COMPREHENSIVE SRO BY
INCORPORATING JWM(SG) POST IN GR. ‘B’ CADRE:
In year 1993 the
post of Foreman, Group ‘C’ in the pay scale of Rs. 2375-3500, in the Ordnance Factories
was reclassified as Jr. Works Manager, Group ‘B’ Gazetted without any financial
up gradation as Foreman takes more pay than AWM. In the year 1996 Comprehensive SRO of Supervisory cadre namely Group ‘C’ Supervisory and Non-gazetted cadre
(Recruitment and conditions of service) Rules’1989 from Chargeman-II to Foreman
was reframed and SRO 182 for the post of Jr. Works Manager in ordnance
factories got in existence. Up to 2006 Supervisory cadre is having minimum 4
promotional avenues without more scope to enter in higher Managerial level. But
In the year 2008, after implementation of 6th CPC four posts in
supervisory cadre are got merged in only two posts of Pay Band II. Practically
these two posts are given common replacement scale of lower pay scale having
different grade pays viz 4200, 4600, 4800 & 5400. Though there was having
four pay scale structure for Gr. ‘B’ employees in 6th CPC the OFB
organization supervisory cadre got shrink to lower two posts leaving the upper
two posts. At the same time Master Craftsman in Artisans cadre placed in GP
4200 equivalent to Chargeman i.e. lowest post in supervisory cadre and one
level below to apex post in supervisory cadre i.e. JWM with all allowances and
monetary benefits. Now the apex post in supervisory cadre (JWM) is enforced to
take all extra responsibilities of managerial nature along with practical
responsibilities of supervisory tasks by drawing lower net pay (pay and perks)
than their subordinates. In 7th CPC new pay level and pay matrix
system is introduced. In this pay level and pay matrix system from level 6 to
level 9 there is having single ladder of pay stages made by converting lower
pay scale of PB-II with 3% increment at each stage and starting at each next
level of promotional post from the stage get after minimum residential period in
years of feeder post. Hence most of the employees getting single increment hike
in basic after promotions in Gr. ‘B’ cadre. Here when Master Craftsman in
Artisans cadre in level ‘6’ of pay matrix get promotion to Chargeman in same
level ‘6’ of pay matrix, he is getting same monetary benefits as Chargeman in
supervisory cadre gets after promotion to JWM post.
After
declaration of 7th CPC Report in year 2016, in the recommendations
of 7th CPC they noticed that the avenues for progression for the JWM cadre are
indeed extremely limited. Accordingly they recommended total pool of posts in
GP 4200 and GP 4600 ten percent should be earmarked to be placed in GP 4800.
Hence as per recommendation all employees in GP 4200 and GP 4600 are requires
to be taken in account (including MCM of Artisans cadre and OS of Non
Industrial Employees cadre) for calculation of Selection grade JWM post. To remove the prolong stagnation of senior
most employees in JWM cadre as recommended by 7th CPC, in
anticipation of SRO for the post initially 100% strength of newly incorporated
Selection grade JWM post are to be filled by promotion as per incorporating of
new post during restructuring of cadre of Artisans staff in defence
establishments in modification of 6th CPC vide OFB letter No.
01/CR/Vol-II/A/I/658/I, Dated 05-08-2011. Thereafter promotions are to be made
as per framed SRO.
4.
ENTRY LEVEL POSTS AND LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS:
For better combination of qualification and
practical work cultural experience, entry level posts are required in every
organization. If some higher educated employees are allowed to enter at entry
level posts of cadre by direct recruitment and LDCE are considered to maintain
functional as well as structural requirements of organization. But if the same
kind of entry i.e. by direct recruitment and LDCE is allowed at every post in
cadre then it will demoralize the true devoted employees who always
concentrating on functions of present organizational requirements and at the
same time who concentrate on examination by strengthening the academic requirements
get promoted to higher posts irrespective of contribution to present functional
requirements. There are only single
entry level posts in Artisans Cadre, Gr. ’A’ cadre, NIE cadre then why it
requires for each post in Gr. ‘B’ cadre. If OFB and MoD justify it as 7th
CPC requirement then we can give example of 6th CPC in which only GP
2800 was suggested for Master Craftsman post and Restructuring of Cadre of
Artisans Staff in Defence Establishments are made by modification of
recommendation of 6th CPC. In DRDO an establishment in defence
ministry the Artisans cadre structure is as similar as OFB organization but
technical staff cadre (supervisory) structure of that organization is different
than Supervisory cadre (Technical Staff) in OFB Organisation. Why not OFB’s
technical staff’s (supervisory cadre) are getting same monetary benefits and
similar career progression prospects at par with DRDO Technical Staff cadre,
though OFB’s supervisory cadre having more accountability and responsibility.
Now a day’s OFB is downing in-house R&D activities like DRDO without
scientist cadre in this organization along with regular set production.
It
is also proposed from NDGBGOA side that for Mechatronics, IT and
Instrumentation streams also to be introduced separately in the new SRO and
these posts also to be recruited for the Organizational interest for future
needs.
In Gr. B cadre there should be time bound
career progression with individual assessment on performance and achievements
basis.
5.
COMPREHENSIVE
SRO OF SUPERVISORY CADRE UP TO JWM(SG):
As directed by MoD
and OFB, NDGBOA association as Stake Holders association submits our views and
opinions for draft SRO of Technical stream enclosed at annexure ‘A’ and Non-Technical
stream enclosed at annexure ‘B’.
Sir, it is humbly requested that kindly look in to the above and take appropriate
decisions for up keeping the moral of our cadre and betterment of organisation.
Encl: Annexure ‘A’ & ‘B’
Thanking
You,
Yours faithfully,
-Sd-
-Sd-
(P.D. KENJALE) (S.
CHANDRAKANTH RAO)
Representative of NDGBGOA Representative
of NDGBGOA
Joint Secretary (CE) Office Secretary (CE)
