MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD WITH MEMBER/PER
HELD ON 22-01-2014
Minutes of meeting with Member (Per) ,OFB on 22/01/2014 held at Ordnance factory board. Meeting was
attended by Office bearers of both Association of NDGBOA and IOFGOA .In this
meeting NDGBGOA has kept 27 vital points.
NDGBGOA has strongly kept its views on following
points before the Board officials.
OFB
Officials NDGBGOA Office bearers
Shri S Yamdagni Member (Per) Shri
Velayudhan V.President
Shri AM Nayak DDG/IR & NG Shri
JaiGopal Singh General Secretary
Shri AS Bhatnagar Dir/NG Shri VK Shrivstava Jt.Secretary
Srimt Arti Shrivastava Dir/Admin Shri B.M. Barik Org.
Secretary
Shri Anupama Tripathi Dir/G Shri
SB Gaur Treasurer
Shri BB Das Dir/NG
On behalf of Central
Executive Committee, Shri Jaigopal Singh GS/NDGBGOA express his thanks to the
Hon’ble Member (Per) for accepting request and granted meeting on 22-02-2014 to
discuss Group ’B ’cadre related issues at O.F.Board, Kolkata (W.B).
Meeting started with discussion over
following agenda points by NDGBGO Association
1. Promotion to AWM post – against DPC 2013 and 2014. Advance
DPC for the year 2014-15.
OFB Reply - The proposal submitted to UPSC
has been returned back with observations regarding reservation policy of Govt
of INDIA. This issue can be addressed only by DOP&T. M O D has been
requested to take up the matter with DOP&T.
2.
Position of Cadre
Review proposal submitted earlier for Group’B’ Gazetted Officers(JWM Tech/Non
Tech and PS). Cadre review of Group B to be harmonized with Group A to settle
pyramid hierarchy of post from Chargeman to DGOF.
OFB Reply – Cadre review proposal has been
submitted to MOD vide letter no OFB I.D. dt 24/12/2013 as per the directives
from Secretary/MOD/DP. Accordingly 1000 post of JWM(SG-I)in Grade pay of 5400
in PB-III , 2746 post of JWM (SG-II) with Grade Pay of 5400 at PB II. Rest of
the JWM at 4600 Grade Pay.
In this regard NDGBGOA asked clarification
regarding the nature of work which will be performed by these three cadres of
JWMs and demand for 5400 in PB- III for total 3746 JWMs by combining JWM SG-I
and II.
Finally Member/Per requested both the
association to go through the proposed cadre review from OFB submitted at MOD.
He express that if both the Assn are not satisfied with this proposal,
then make a common proposal which will
be submitted to MoD and the earlier proposal will be withdrawn.
OFB
has given copy of submitted proposal.
3.
Revoke
Cancelled Transfer Order of JWM before implementation of Transfer Policy .All
Transferee JWMs may be released . Processing of pending cases on compassionate
grounds.
All cases will be processed for due
consideration by Standing committee shortly. In this connection NDGBGOA has strongly
protested and told that in last two meetings, Board officials have assured that
cancelled Transfer order will revoke but till date no action has been
taken. Then Member/per assured that O.F.Board
will take necessary steps for revoking the cancelled transfer order in
the 1ST Priority. Other transfer which is pending for compassionate
ground will also be released with approval of the committee very soon.
4.
OFBa, OCF
Shahajahanpur and CFA may be included as hard stations in transfer policy and
priority may be given to employees from these units during inter factory
transfer. Minimum period of stay in parent unit in case of mutual transfer to
be removed.
Member(Per) instructed to review the list of
hard station and add these 3 stations along with Korwa project in the list of after due examination.
5.
Before taking
any sort of policy decisions and demand submission to 7th Pay
Commission in case of Group B Gazetted officers, matter should be taken up with
concerned association representatives.
Member (Per) agreed to the point
but stated that in some incidents MOD or DOPT requires some
Queries within very short period
and in such instances it is not feasible every time to consult the
Associations. However all
important communication will also be communicated to associations as well.
6.
Equal no of AWM
post may be filled as against direct recruitment of AWMs since 01-01-2006.
Matter will be cleared upon clearance of
2014-15 DPC as nearly number of promotional post are nearly covered in 2014-15
DPC.
7.
Nature of
Duties of JWM(T/NT) may be
published to all Ordnance Factories.
In this point, Member (per) OFB replied that
this is Brain Storming process which can be exactly defined after implementation
of new cadre review and new SRO. Moreover he assured that JWMs are the managers
in the section levels.
8.
MACP Benefit
to be given to JWMs and PS as per
Promotional Hierarchy as per directives of CAT Chandigarh, High Court
Chandigarh, Principal CAT New Delhi.
In this regard Dir/Admin replied that the
matter was taken up with Mod two times. MoD has taken up the case with
Dop&T. DOP&T has also taken up with Ministry of Finance. Now the matter
is pending at MOF. Once it is cleared it will be cleared then DOP&T will
issue the ORDER.
9.
Railway
reservation for Temporary duties from units may be assisted by taking up for
defence quota with respective DRMs on OFB level.
Member (Per) suggested to Dir /ADMIN to take
up the matter with RAILWAY BOARD through MOD/DP for ORDNANCE QUOTA.
In this regard DRM nearer to ORDNANCE FACTORY may be requsted.
10.
Stagnation of
JWMs – New cadre review policy to be finalized to avoid future stagnation.
Cadre review proposal has been submitted to
OFB and copy provided. Comments asked on proposal from both Associations.
11.
Removal of
Anomalies in Promotion from JWM to AWM promotion in O.F.Board.
Matter
will be Cleared soon after clearance by UPSC.
12. Annually Publishing of Seniority List of JWM(T/NT) and PS.
Action under progress and list will be
published shortly. Seniority list of
JWMs up to 2012 will be published In the first week of February 2014.
13.
Revision of
SRO and Recruitment Rules for JWM(T/NT) and PS. Amendment in classification of
post
from ‘Group B gazette-Ministerial” to “Group B
Gazetted-Manegerial” prior to constitution of 7th CPC.
Proposal for revision of SRO is already
submitted.DDG/NG replied that as there is no provision of making of Managerial
in SRO JWM cadre has made as GROUP B GAZETTED, “NON MINISTERIAL”
in new SRO.
14.
Restoration of
Unauthorized withdrawal of Promotion Benefits i.e Incremental Benefit who have
earned promotion after 1-1-2006 to
29-08-2008 before implementation of 6th CPC Report.
This matter is under examination
by Admin group. Dir Admin requested Association to clarify the point by which
she can convince to PCof A. Accordingly Association has asked time up to 30th
JANUARY to clarify the points.
15.
Fixation of
pay on higher scale (Pre revised ) for merged post due to higher scale of
responsibilities.
This matter is under examination by Admin
group and will be cleared soon. After meeting, NDGBGOA met with DIR/A/A and
discuss this matter separately and DIR/A/A assured that this problem will
resolve shortly.
16.
Granting of
PLB to Group ’B’ Gazetted Officers(JWM
and PS).
The existing order for payment of PLB to the
employees does not cover Group A and B gazette Officers. Initiation will be
taken up with MOD for consideration.
17.
Set up of Separate
Mechanism for settlement of Grievances of Group’B’ Gazetted Officer. Since
there is no representation from Group’B’ Gazetted Association in JCM Forum.
Member (per) agreed upon for quarterly
meeting. Two meeting with JS/MoD and Two meeting with O.F.Board.
18.
Creation of
JWM/SG in pay band of 5400 PB-III instead of PB-II.
Officials of O.F.Board informed that Same has been proposed in new
carde review proposal. 2746 post in
5400/- PB-II and 1000 post
in 5400/-PB-III. Copy of cadre review proposal has been given to both concern association and
suggestion/comments asked in this
regard.
19.
Issue of
instruction to all units regarding issue of briefcases to all Group B Officers
at par with OFB.
Circular to all units will be
issued shortly.
20.
Forwarding of
applications for outside employment for carrier progression.
A policy has been finalized and soon will be
forwarded to all units.
21.
Risk allowance
to be given to all JWMs involved in production and maintenance of Explosive and
hazardous materials.
Proposal for JWMs and CMs working directly with chemicals and hazardous
materials should be given with risk Allowance and the same is at MOD for
approval. Member (PER) instructed to review the matter and expedite the same.
22.
Incentives and
PLB may be given to all Group B Officers for better motivation since they form
a vital role in production activities.
New
policy will be introduced into 7th CPC proposal.OFB request Associations
to make proposal and take up the matter in 7th CPC and the same will
be proposed by OFB.
23.
Writing of
APARs of JWM by another JWM is strongly protested by this association. Matter
may pl be taken up as it is non-productive and discriminating issue for all
Group B officers.
Matter is kept on hold by OFB, GS/NDGBGOA
emphasized over proposal to be withdrawn.
24.
Formation of
separate section at OFB level (Other than Group A/NG) to reduce in-ordinate delay
in dealing of matters related to Group B Gazetted officers.
New man-power will be posted to section A/NG
for exclusively dealing with Group B gazetted matters.
25.
Stopping of
deployment of JWMs in production plant and shift duties.
This will be implemented after fresh
recruitment of CM which is under
process and appointment will be shortly.
26.
All Gazetted
Officers should be exempted from punching similar to OFB.
Instruction for punching was
issued due to security reasons not for the attendance. In the present scenario
all the ministries are implementing the same.
27.
President and
General Secretary of Gazetted Officers association may be allowed to use mobile
phone inside factories for better communication with all concerned.
Permission will be granted. In case of
A&E Group, it will be restricted up to Admin Sections.
The meeting ended with thanking Member(PER)
and all the OFB Officials.
Thanking you,
Yours
faithfully,
(
JAIGOPAL SINGH )
GENERAL SECRETARY
Copy to:-
1. Member/Per
O.F.Board,Kolkatta (W.B)
2. DDG/IR&NG
O.F.Board,Kolkata (W.B)
3. General Secretary
CDRA,New Delhi
