Port Blair, Apr 10: The Delegate Session of the Annual Conference of the Non-Gazetted Government Officers’ Association was held today at Kerala Samajam Hall, Port Blair. In his presidential address, Shri S.N.Misra, Vice President of the Association recalled the struggles conducted by the leaders to achieve the facilities govt. employees are enjoying today and called upon the government employees to be united in the fight against the forces that are trying to weaken the government structure. The Delegate Session, at the outset, paid homage to the memory of trade union leaders and other government employees, who passed away during the period since last Conference in April, 2015. Thereafter, Shri T.S.Sreekumar, General Secretary presented the working report of the Association for the last year while Shri CH. Ramamoorthy, Finance Secretary of the Association presented the Audited Accounts. General Secretary’s report contained an overview of the international, national, local situations and details of the programmes conducted by the Association during the intervening period. Delegates from various Branches and Sub-Committees actively participated in the discussion on the General Secretary’s Report and Audited Accounts which were later on adopted unanimously. The draft resolutions on various issues and problems affecting the government employees were presented in the meeting which were adopted after addition of various other issues made by the delegates during the discussion. About 140 delegates and observers from various outstations and Port Blair/South Andaman, representing thousands of employees, attended the Delegate Session. A presidium comprising Shri S.Surender, Shri N.K.Paul and Smt Suma Nair conducted the proceedings of the Delegate Session.
Addressing the Delegate Session, Shri M.Krishnan, Secretary General, Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi urged upon the Association members to work together for the struggle to strengthen the working class movement around the world. Shri Krishnan assured the Conference of all possible help from the Confederation to settle the pending issues with the Govt. of India. He gave proper reply to all the issues and concerns that were raised by the delegates during the session. Shri S.Surender and Smt Ripa Biswas who have been active members of this Association since long and superannuated from govt. service were felicitated during the session. Shri Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Secretary, Reception Committee, proposed the Vote of Thanks.
