Merger of grades – Revised Classification and mode of filling up of Non-Gazetted posts – Railway Board Orders

Merger of grades – Revised Classification and mode of filling up of Non-Gazetted posts – Railway Board Orders

RBE No.87/2014

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD
No.E(NG)I-2008/PM1/15

New Delhi, dated 07.08.2014

 The General Managers (P)
All Indian Railways & PUs.
(As per Standard List)

Sub: Implementation of Recommendations of 6th CPC — Merger of grades - Revised Classification and mode of filling up of non-gazetted posts - Scheme for filling up of vacancies after 31.12.2013.

Ref: Board’s letters of even no doted 03.09.2009, 07.06.2010, 21.11.2011, 23.05.2012, 15.1.2013, 24.05.2013, 03.01.2014 & 16.06.2014 on the above subject.

After implementation of 6th CPC and consequent merger of grades into single grade pays, the methodology to be followed in calculating the DR, LDCE quota etc., as a change in percentage distribution of merged grades, has been under consideration of Board.


2. Consequently, It has been decided that total strength of merged grades maybe taken into account while calculating DR, LDCE quota etc.

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter.

sd/-
(Amita Bhalla)
Deputy Director-III E(NG)I
Railway Board

Source: www.airfindia.com

Revision of Ceiling for payment of Bonus in the Bonus Act 1965: AIRF writes to Hon'ble Minister for Railways

AIRF writes to Hon'ble Minister for Railways for Revision of Ceiling for payment of Bonus in the Bonus Act 1965:-
 

All India Railwaymen's Federation

No.AIRF/387

Dated: August 23, 2014

Shri Sadananda Gowda,
Hon’ble Minister for Railways,
Rail Bhawan,
New Delhi

Respected Sir,

Sub: Revision of Ceiling for payment of Bonus in the Bonus Act 1965

The Payment of Bonus Act 1965 was amended in the year 2007. This Act was called as Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2007.

In Section 12 of the Principal Act(1965), payment of minimum bonus was revised from Rs.2500 to Rs.3500 w.e.f. 1st April, 2006 through Payment of Bonus(Amendment) Ordinance 2007(8 of 2007) and subsequently passed by the Parliament through Bill No.89/2007. The same was incorporated in the PLB Orders issued for payment of PLB for the year 2006-07 and 2007-08(RBE No.142/2008).

The Ministry of Railways was requested several times by the All India Railwaymen’s Federation for approaching the Government of India for amendment to Section 12 of the Bonus Act 1965 to remove the ceiling of Rs.3500, mentioned in the Section 12 of the Payment of Bonus(Amendment) Act, 2007. But so far Ministry of Railways has not approached the Government of India to amend the Act to pay real wages to the Railwaymen as PLB, which is causing lot of hardship to the Railway Workers due to high escalation of prices of all commodities after the enactment of the amendment to the Bonus Act 1965 in the year 2007.

You are, therefore, requested to consider the plea made by the All India Railwaymen’s Federation and approach the Ministry of Labour, Government of India to amend Section 12 of the Bonus Act, duly removing the ceiling, mentioned in Section 12 of the Payment of Bonus(Amendment ) Act, 2007 so as to enable the Railways to pay real wages as PLB.

As Pooja Festival is approaching fast and orders for payment of Productivity Linked Bonus to Railway employees are likely to be issued shortly, you are requested to approach Hon’ble Minister for Labour to propose an amendment to Section 12 of the Payment of Bonus(Amendment) Act, 2007 to remove the ceiling so as to enable the Railwaymen to get real wages as Bonus.

Yours faithfully,

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
General Secretary

Source: http://www.airfindia.com/AIRF%202014/PLB%20Letter%20to%20MR.pdf

GRANT OF MACP ON PROMOTIONAL HIERARCHY: SLP (civil) CC No.10435 of 2014, UOI Vs Babu Ram & Ors

GRANT OF MACP ON PROMOTIONAL HIERARCHY: SLP (civil) CC No.10435 of 2014, UOI Vs Babu Ram & Ors, hearing was listed on 22 08 2014 before Hon’ble Supreme Court. Details of orders passed on the case are given below:
 

ITEM NO.38 COURT NO.12 SECTION IVB
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C)......CC No(s).
10435/2014

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 07/11/2013 in CWP No. 24279/2013 passed by the High Court Of Punjab & Haryana At Chandigarh)

U.O.I. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

BABU RAM & ORS. Respondent(s)

I.A. 1/2014(with c/delay in filing SLP and office report)
WITH
S.L.P.(C)...CC No. 10436/2014

(With appln.(s) for c/delay in filing SLP and Office Report)

Date : 22/08/2014 These applications were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG
Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Indira Sawhney, Adv.
Ms. Sushma Suri, Adv.

For Mr. B. V. Balaram Das ,Adv.
For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

ORDER

Delay condoned.

Issue notice.

In the meantime, the operation of the impugned orders shall remain stayed.

Tag with SLP (C) No. 22181 of 2014.
Signature Not Verified

Grant of Study Leave to officers of Railway Medical service for prosecuting Post graduation course: Railway Board Order

Grant of Study Leave to officers of Railway Medical service for prosecuting Post graduation course: Railway Board Order

RBE No.84 /2014

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2011/F(E)III/2(2)/3

New Delhi, Dated 31.07.2014

 The GMS/FA&CAOs
All lndian Railways/Production Units.
(as per mailing list)

Sub: Grant of Study Leave to officers of Railway Medical service for prosecuting Post graduation course.

In terms of Sub-rule S(i) of Rule 1 of Study Leave Rules, as contained in Appendix-V of Indian Railway Establishment Code, Vol. I (1985 Edition) (Third Re-print Edition 2008), study leave may be granted to a Railway servant who has satisfactorily completed period of probation and has rendered not less than five years regular continuous service including the period of probation under the Government. A Railway Medical Service Officer who has been granted study leave for thirty-six months for acquiring post graduate qualification shall execute a bond to serve the railways for a period of five years after completion of the study
course.

2. The question of grant of study leave to Railway Medical Service Officers after 2 years of regular service including the period of probation under the government for acquiring Post Graduate qualification instead of present provision of 5 years of regular continuous service has been considered by the Board. It has been decided that Study leave may be granted to Railway Medical Service Officer who has satisfactorily completed period of probation and has rendered not less than two years regular continuous service including the period of probation under the Government -with the stipulation that they would have to execute a bond
to serve for eight years in the Railways after completing their post graduation subject to fulfillment of all other conditions regarding grant of study leave issued from time to time.

3. These orders will be effective from the date of issue of this letter.

4. Hindi version is enclosed.

5. Please acknowledge receipt.

sd/-
(AMITABH JOSHI)
Dy. Director Finance(Estt..)III
Railway Board.

Source: www.airfIndia.com

4,000-page Joint Service Memorandum (JSM) submitted by the three service chiefs to the 7th CPC, OROP has been dropped

4,000-page Joint Service Memorandum (JSM) submitted by the three service chiefs to the 7th CPC, OROP has been dropped

Armed forces seek pay parity with civil servants: Indian Express

Parity with civil servants, tax-free risk allowance and attractive entry-level pay, are some of the demands jointly sought by the armed forces from the seventh central pay commission (CPC). The demands form a part of a 4,000-page Joint Service Memorandum (JSM) submitted by the three service chiefs to the CPC this week. Interestingly, One Rank One Pension (OROP) — a demand since 1982 — has been dropped as the forces “consider it approved” as announced by the government on the floor of Parliament.

Considering “application of civilian pay structure to services despite differential cadre structure, rank structure and promotional prospects,” as the prime fault line, the JSM seeks extension of Non-Functional Upgradation (NFU) to armed forces personnel. The NFU, which has so far been applicable only to IAS officers and other class A services, entitles them to the pay scale of the highest promoted officer of their respective courses. “Thus, even if an officer is not promoted, he gets the pay of a higher grade by virtue of another officer of his batch reaching higher rank. The same is applicable to IPS, IFS and other such services. We have asked for extension of NFU to the armed forces,” an Army official said.

While civil servants retire at 60, the retirement age of officers of the armed forces can vary with their rank. “Also, a major general equivalent picks up the rank after 32 years of service whereas a joint secretary reaches the pay scale in 18 years of service. We have sought “concordance of status” based on length of service and not rank,” the official said.

Besides tax exemption from risk pay the recommendations also include an “edge in entry level pay to improve attractiveness of defence services” and “incentives for selection grade ranks.

Headed by justice A K Mathur CPC will be submitting its recommendations to the government by January 2016.