Feedback of DC/JCM Meeting held on 29/06/2011

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Burning issues of the Running Staff

 Burning issues of the Running Staff

AIRF Raised Various Issues

Please refer to link for Various issues raised by Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra/Gen. Secy. AIRF. Following are the main issues:-

1. Problems of Running Staff.

2. Benchmarking continuation.

3. Passes for Office Bearers.

4. Parity in Pay scales and Desgn. of Rajbhasha Staff vis a vise to other ministries.

5. Linen Management in Trains.

6. Revision of Kilometerage Allw.

7. Poor visibility in locomotives.

Monopoly of Railway Board

Modification in the Travelling Allowance

New order dated 22.01.09

At last CG Officers working in field formations could breath easy after this new stand taken by the department on TA Rules.

As you are all aware of the modified Travelling Allowance Rules as per Office Memorandum dated 23.09.08 consequent on Sixth pay commission recommendations, which was based on reimbursement principle (i.e.) Officers have to produce receipts for the amount spent on accommodation, food, transportation etc.

This principle may be fine for the officers who travel to a cities, as the charges for lodging, transportation etc could be claimed at actual subject to a maximum ceiling.

However, Officers who had to travel on duty to remote places like villages sea shores were really put to hardship because they could not get the receipts for the amount spent by them for food as it would be meaningless to ask for serially numbered bill from a small Hotelier or “Dhabawala” in those places.  Even for those who travel long distances in trains in which fare is not inclusive of food, it would be very difficult to get receipts for food from pantry car or railway platform salesmen.

Now, this hardship has been done away with by the issue of new Office Memorandum dated 22.01.2009, as the Govt has decided to sanction daily allowance on tour, based on earlier office memorandum dated 17.04.1998 in case the officers  opted to claim slab rate based daily allowance instead of reimbursement based travelling allowance prescribed vide office memorandum dated 23.09.08.

In a nutshell, this new order provides the choice to the Officers for claiming the Travelling allowance either based on old TA rates as per the office memo dated 17.04.98 or at actual using the bills for food etc as per the office memorandum dated 23.09.08.  However, Officers can not mix up these two orders for a single tour.

Download memorandum from Ministry of Finance website - http://finmin.nic.in/6cpc/TARules_6cpc.pdf

No Need of Mass CL Govt Agreed to Settle ALPs & Mileage Issue

As demanded by AIRF & NRMU railway board has agreed to setup a “Departmental Review Committee” instead of Pay Anomaly Committee to resolve all the Running staff Matters like: ALPs Grade Pay, Poor Mileage Rate, Arrears From 01.01.2006, HOER Committee formation, Atrocious condition of Running room etc. Now running staff problems will be solved soon within overall Limit of Two Months. Its power of Unity & faith of Running Staff towards AIRF /NRMU. Hence Masse CL programme of 12/02/2009 has been cancelled.

Running Staff Unity Zindabad

NRMU Zindabad

AIRF Zindabad

 

Departmental Review Committee Formed

As demanded by AIRF & NRMU railway board has agreed to setup a “Departmental Review Committee” instead of Pay Anomaly Committee to resolve all the Running staff Matters like: ALPs Grade Pay, Poor Mileage Rate, Arrears From 01.01.2006, HOER Committee formation, Atrocious condition of Running room etc. Now running staff problems will be solved soon. Its power of Unity & faith of Running Staff towards AIRF /NRMU.

Running Staff Unity Zindabad

NRMU Zindabad

AIRF Zindabad

 

Mass Casual Leave 12-02-2009

NATIONAL RAILWAY MAZDOOR UNION

Resolution

This meeting of the Loco Running Staff being held under the auspices of the National Railway Mazdoor Union in CST auditorium on 11-01-2009 views with serious concern the apathetic attitude of the Govt. of India and the Ministry of Railways towards the pressing demands of Running Staff such as

1) Anomalies relating to pay scales of ALPs,

2) Poor rate of mileage,

3) Working hours,

4) Filling up all the vacancies in the Running Staff categories and

5) Atrocious conditions of Running Rooms.

These issues are of vital importance and have to be settled promptly. Anomaly Committees or such time consuming Committees are not acceptable. There has to be direct discussions between the Government and the AIRF and the Issues have to be settled across the table. This Conference is fully aware of the fact that the Government will not agree to sit across the table and discuss the issues unless it is forced to do so.

Therefore it is imperative that these issues are taken up by the AIRF on top priority and an action programme decided upon. This Conference appeals to the AIRF to give a call to all its affiliates to mobilize the Loco and Traffic Running Staff and launch effective agitations, starting with a days mass casual Leave, on an early date, to be decided by the Federation.

In the meantime, this Conference decides that a mass casual leave programme of Loco Running Staff of Central Railway be launched on 12 Feb. 09 in order to impress upon the authorities the seriousness of the demands.

The Conference appeals to the Union’s Head Office to direct the traffic running staff to join the programme as the issues are common to them also and make the programme effective and strong.

Proposed By- Com.N.Haridasan

Loco Pilot M/Exp, Mumbai

Seconded By- Com.Ibrahim Khan

Loco Pilot Goods, Bhusawal

       Resolution Passed unanimously in very agitated mood by Running staff. Grandiloquent speech of Com. Shiv Gopal Mishra inspired running staff to unite under the NRMU/AIRF leadership.

      Its a historical decision taken at historical Place CSTM to repeat the history of historical strike of May-1974 if government deny justified demands of Running staff. 

 

Rs. 2800/- Grade Pay to be awarded to ALPs

Memorandum submitted by NRMU to Com. ShivGopal Mishra General Secretary, AIRF on 11/01/2009 at CSTM during Conference of Loco Traffic Running staff

Mileage to be calculated as per TA Rs.340/- & Mileage Arrears also to be paid from 01.01.06

NRMU Wrote to AIRF

1. maayalaoja A^irAsa- 1.1.06 sao donaa haogaa.          
2. kma maayalaoja roT nahI calaogaa.       
3. TIe koAnausaar maayalaoja roT donaa haogaa.

Grand welcome to Com.Mishra & Purohit By ALPs of SUR Division

Com.Umraomal Purohit, President & Com. ShivGopal Mishra, General Secretary, AIRF were at SUR on 24/11/2008 in connection with Annual General Counselling Meeting of NRMU. A crowd of ALPs of SUR Division led by Com. S. M. Lokhande / Secretary / LTRS / SUR greeted them with loud slogans “Com. Umraomal Purohit Zindabad,

             Com. ShivGopal Mishra Zindabad,

             Running Staff Unity Zindabad”

in a very cheerful way.

Com. R. Shanti, ALP & Vice Chairman of NRMU Running Staff Branch SUR garlands both.

NRMU Activists Com. CSR Chavan & Com. V.S.Rao, ALPs, SUR served a memorandum to them.

General Secretary, AIRF told that the issue is already raised in front of administration in each & every forum. He assured ALPs that AIRF will force Railway Board to solve ALPs Grade problem within few months.

He added that the issue of 30% & 55% Running Allowance will also solved soon.

Mileage Doubled?

Don’t keep quiet,

be Ready to Fight for Right.