Port Blair, July 24: The central government employees’ organizations will jointly organize a Parliament March at Parliament Street (Jantar Mantar), New Delhi on 26th July, 2012 in support of the 14-point Charter of Demands submitted to the Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India by the Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers, New Delhi, during May, 2012.
In support of the Parliament March, the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is affiliated to the Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi, will organize a Mass Dharna on the same day viz. 26th July,2012 from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in front of Secretariat gate at Port Blair.
Besides the 14-point charter of demands, a few local demands will also be highlighted during the Mass Dharna. The 14-point charter of demands includes – 1. Revise wages of Central government employees with effect from 1.1.2011 by setting up the 7th CPC and every five years thereafter 2. Merge DA with Pay for all purposes including pension with effect from 1.1.2011; 3. Scrap the New Pension Scheme and extend the statutory defined benefit pension to all Central Govt. employees irrespective of the date of recruitment 4.
Remove restriction imposed on compassionate appointment and end the discrimination on compassionate appointments between the Railway workers and other Central government employees, 5. Revive the Joint Consultative Machinery. Convene the meeting of the Departmental Councils in all Ministries/Departments. Settle the anomalies raised in the National Anomaly Committee as also in the Departmental Anomaly Committees. Remove the MACP Anomalies. Convene the National Council meetings as specified in the JCM Constitution, 6. Fill up all vacant posts and create posts on functional requirements,7. Stop downsizing, outsourcing, contractorisation, corporatisation and privatization of Governmental functions; 8. Stop price rise; strengthen the PDS 9. (a) Regularize the daily rated workers, contingent and casual workers and bring in a permanent scheme of regularization, (b) Promote all eligible Gramin Dak Sevaks of Postal Department against 50% Postmen vacancies and 100% MTS vacancies without resorting to direct recruitment from the open market. Raise the bonus ceiling of GDS employees on par with other workers in the country. 10. Stop the move to introduce the productivity linked wage system; Performance related pay; introduce PLB in all Departments; remove the ceiling of emoluments for bonus computation, 11. Revise the OTA and Night duty allowance and clothing rates of uniforms, 12. Implement all Arbitration Awards, 13. Vacate all Trade Union victimizations, 14. Make the right to strike a legal right and stop curtailment of Trade Union rights.
The local demands to be highlighted during the period in the islands are (1) To extend the upgraded Grade Pay for the left-out categories of teachers/miscellaneous teachers viz., H.M., PETs, Librarians, CIs, PSRTs etc. (2) Upgraded Grade Pay for LGCs and HGCs and (3) Immediate Restructuring of Forest Clerical Cadre, Amalgamated Stenographic Cadre and Amalgamated Statistical Cadre
Government employees and workers from various departments of the Administration will participate in the Mass Dharna.
