Payment of Minimum wages to DEOs engaged in PAO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata: AICAEA writes to CGA
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
(RECOGNISED BY GOVT. OF INDIA)
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
No: AICAEA/HQ/C-1/2015/169-171
Dated: 18.03.2015
To,
The Chief Controller of Accounts,
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Room No. 147, ‘A’ Wing, Nirman Bhawan,
New Delhi–110011
Subject: –
Settlement of the problems referred by the PAO, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Kolkata Unit.
Reference: – This Association’s letter No. AICAEA/HQ/C-1/2014/2252-54 dated 26-02-2014.
Madam,
With reference to the above and in pursuance of the discussion held
with the Controller of Accounts, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
on 10th February 2015, I would like to draw your kind attention to the
following few lines –
1. Payment of Minimum wages to DEOs engaged in PAO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata:-
Through the letter dated 1st September 2014, the Unit Association of
PAO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata had brought it to
your kind notice that the outsourced employees engaged in the PAO,
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Kolkata as Data Entry Operators
have not only been receiving less pay then the rate prescribed by the
Ministry of Labour but also lesser than their counterparts working in
the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare itself. Alongwith its
letter, the Unit Association had also forwarded a detailed note
analyzing the entire fact for your perusal and favorable action.
As 10 posts of Accountant/Senior Accountant, 4 posts of LDCs and 4
posts of MTS were vacant in PAO, Ministry Of Health and Family Welfare,
Kolkata , it was decided by the CCA, Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare to recruit 5(Five) Data Entry Operators through third party
(Contractor) to meet the shortfall. These DEOs were granted Rs. 339/-
per day in spite of the fact that being Graduates and Computer trained,
they fall under the category of “Highly Skilled” and they had been
engaged against regular works being performed by the Accountant, Senior
Accountant and LDC.
Data Entry Operators engaged in the Central Drug Laboratory, Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata have been receiving daily wages @
Rs. 405/- and the Pay Accounts Office, Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, Kolkata is making payment of the Bills preferred by DDO
concerned. The Copies of the Bills are enclosed herewith for your ready
reference. Therefore, the DEOs working PAO, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, Kolkata are being paid less than their counterparts.
Moreover, the explanations below Part II of the Schedule of
Government of India extra ordinary Gazette Notification No. 800 dated
May 20th, 2009(copy enclosed) stipulated that-
(a) If there are two rates for the Highly Skilled
category, the higher rate is to be protected (Explanation No. 2 below
Part II of the Schedule). This fact has further been clarified vide Note
of the order No. B-27(1)/2013 dated 1-4-2013 issued by the Dy. Chief
Labour Commissioner (Central), Mumbai (copy enclosed).
(b) The minimum wage of DEO is to be determined after allowing
Variable Dearness Allowances (explanation No. 7, below Part II of the
Schedule).
(c) The minimum rates of wage include also the wage for weekly day of
rest (explanation No.3 below Part II of the Schedule) which implies
that pay is to be given for 26days and not 22days.
Further, the Ministry of Labour, Government of India vide OM No.
14(113)Misc. RLC (coord)/ 2012 dated 23rd January 2014 provided the
detailed guidelines regarding engagement of workers through Contractors
by the Ministries and Departments of Central Government (Copy enclosed).
In view of the above we request the following-
1. Wage to DEOs may be given for 26days instead of 22 days.
2. Discrimination in wages of DEO may be removed by granting the wage
equal to the wage being paid to the DEOs of Central Drugs Laboratory,
O/o the DDC (I) of ADC (I).
3. Variable Dearness Allowance may be given to DEOs twice in a year.
4. Higher rate of wage may be protected in r/o DEOs to determine the minimum wage.
5. The Ministry of Labour order No. 14(113)Misc.RLC(coord)/2012 dated
23rd January 2014 may be implemented in the matter of engagement of
DEOs.
2. Filling up of vacant posts:-
In the year 2011, the office of the Controller General of Accounts
issued orders directing the heads of the Civil Accounts organization to
upload the data relating to vacancy to website of Staff Selection
Commission within stipulated time. The arrangement was in operation in
the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 also. Various Ministries and Departments
of Civil Accounts organizations which had taken action promptly could
fill up large number of vacancies as they were allotted candidates by
the Staff selection Commission from among the qualified candidates of
examinations of 2012 and 2013.
But the office of the CCA, Ministry of Health and family Welfare did
not send its requirement to the Staff Selection Commission at that time
and due to this the posts have been left vacant in this organization.
Therefore, we request you to kindly initiate steps for filling up of
vacant posts immediately as the office is suffering from huge shortage
of staff.
The PAO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kolkata Unit
alongwith the West Bengal Branches of All India Civil Accounts Employees
Association and All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category
II have been agitating for settlement of above demands. However,
responding to an assurance of the authority, the Unit Association and
the aforementioned Branch Associations had suspended their agitational
programmes after holding three days continuous Dharna in January 2015.
But it is nearly two months they have not yet received any favourable
response from the authorities.
It will therefore, be highly appreciable, if you kindly intervene
into the state of affairs and settle above issues at the earliest.
Thanking you,
Enclo: as stated above
Yours Sincerely,
(V. Bhattacharjee)
Secretary General
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