ASSOCIATION REPLY TO OFB FOR THE MEETING WITH MEMBER/PER ON 01.04.2015

No. NDGBGOA/GNL/16/2015- 03                                      Date:23-03-2015

To

     The DGOF & Chairman,

     Ordnance Factory Board,

     10-A, S.K.Bose road,                         Kind attn- DIR/IR

     Kolkata- 01.

R/Sir,

             Sub:  Peaceful Agitation Program of NDGBGOA-reg

             Ref No.1-MoD I.D.No.19 (1)2015-US(G) dated 24.02.2015

                        2. MoD I.D No.11 (1)/2014/D(JCM) dtd 10-03-2015

                        3. OFB Letter No.14/42/2012/Meeting/A/IR

                            Dated-19^th March 2014(Erroneous dated letter)

               Reference Cited (Ref no.3), it is deeply regretted that O.F. Board (Dir/IR) has issued a letter by taking such a long delayed time for a meeting with representatives of NDGBGOA on 01.04.2015 with Member/Per, when the Agitation program of Peaceful Dharna at OFB  is scheduled on 06.04.2015. It is hard to understand that, even though Ministry of Defence (Vide Ref.No. 1 & 2) had issued two letters to sort out the issues/grievances of this Association at OFB level against our Agitation Program, O.F.Board is deliberately asking for fresh agenda points without resolving long pending issues pertaining to Group B Gazetted Officers mentioned in the submitted Memorandum of this Association (Memorandum submitted by CE on 25.01.2015 and by all the Branches on 29.01.2015) and granting a meeting with Member/Per without the presence of Honorable DGOF & chairman. 

        It is brought to your kind notice that, NDGBGO Association has communicated and projected all the important long pending issues pertaining to Group 'B' Gazetted Officers time and again in appropriate forums, but OFB has not taken up our grievances in right spirit to resolve.OFB has already completed the cadre review of IEs and IOFS but the cadre review of Group’B” is not completed. Therefore this Association has reluctantly forced to go for Agitation movement without any hope from OFB. It is relevant to mention here that Office Bearers of NDGBGOA had attended the following meetings with OFB officials and with the MOD Officials regarding long pending genuine demands of Group B Gazetted Officers during the last two years.

1.   08.08.2013 at New Delhi with Joint Secretary (P&C), MOD/DP.

2.   17.08.2013 at OFB, Kolkata with DGOF & Chairman.

3.   30.10.2013 at OFB, Kolkata with Member/Per and JS(P&C),MOD.

4.   22.01.2014 at OFB, Kolkata with Member/Per.

5.   12.03.2014 at Cossipore, with Member/Per and JS(P&C),MOD.

6.   01.09.2014 at OFB, Kolkata with DGOF & Chairman.

7.       12.12.2014 at OFB, Kolkata with Member/Per.

    

            It is ill-omened to note that in all the above meeting Top Officials gave only assurance without any settlement till date as if there is no importance of Group 'B' Gazetted cadre in the organization. In Ordnance Factories, every Group 'B' Gazetted Officer is shouldering the higher responsibilities with less salary compared to his subordinates and vested with doomed promotional prospects, ignoring all DOPT guidelines which clearly project the uncaring attitude of OFB towards the cadre.

          In the current situation of global competition and fear of corporatization, the negligence towards the most experienced and important cadre (Group 'B' Gazetted cadre) and keeping them out of the decision making forums means to run away from the "Make in India" mission of Honorable Prime Minister.

          Further OFB is also forcing us to go for so many litigations purely because of the negligence of this cadre by OFB & deprival of its legitimate carrier prospects.

                      

      In view of above, it is clearly shows that Ordnance Factory board has diluted the grievances of Group B Gazetted Officers by holding meeting without any corrective measure. Moreover all the above meetings were held without giving any minutes of the meeting by which Association is losing its hope on such kind of meetings/discussions.

  

             Therefore, the Central Executive of this Association requests you to grant a special separate meeting on 01.04.2015 with agenda as in memorandum submitted along with the intimation of agitation movement of NDGBGOA. It is also requested that a line of confirmation may please be given with regard to recording of the minutes of the meeting and to issue the signed copy of minutes on the same day (01.04.2015) to the undersigned for communicating to members of the Association before agitation.

Thanking  You,

                                                                           Yours faithfully.

                                                                                                              -Sd-

                                                                        ( JAIGOPAL SINGH)

                                                                   GENERAL SECRETARY
                                                                               NDGBGOA

Copy to :-

         1.   The Honorable Defence Minister, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. 

           2.   The  Secretary,Dept. of Defence Production,Min. of Defence,South                  Block,New Delhi-110011

         3.   The Member  /Per,O.F.Board,  10-A, S.K.Bose Road Kolkatta.

       4.   The Jt. Secretary(P&C),

          Min. of Defence,SouthBlock,New Delhi-110011   

          5.   The DDG/NG&IR/O.F.Board,  10-A, S.K.Bose Road Kolkatta.

          6.   The DDG/G,O.F.Board,  10-A, S.K.Bose Road Kolkatta.

       7.   The Under Secretary,D(Estt/Gaz.),Sena Bhavan,New delhi-110011

       8.  The Under Secretary,D(JCM), Sena Bhavan,New delhi-110011

       9.  The DIR/IR,  O.F.Board,  10-A, S.K.Bose Road Kolkatta.