Port Blair, Apr 16: The Delegate Session of the Annual Conference of the Non-Gazetted Government Officers Association was held on 16.04.2017 at Kerala Samajam Hall, Port Blair. In his presidential address, Mr. P.Sathyapal, President of the association expressed his concern over the upcoming issues in the society which is becoming a threat to the democratic setup of the country. He remembered the valiant struggles of the leaders to achieve the demands of the central government employees and urged upon the new generation to participate in the fight against the upcoming challenges in service carrier of govt. employees. 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, 2016.
Thereafter, Mr. T.S.Sreekumar, General Secretary presented the working report of the Association for last year while Mr. D.S.Clement Stephen, 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 meetings which were adopted after addition of various other issues made by the delegates during the discussion. About 130 delegates and observers from various outstations and Port Blair/South Andaman, representing thousands of employees, attended the Delegate Session. A presidium comprising Shri N.K.Paul, Shri P.Sathyapal and T.S.Premlatha conducted the proceedings of the Delegate Session.
Addressing the Delegate Session, Mr. R.N.Parashar, Assistant Secretary, Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi expressed serious apprehension towards the indifferent attitude of the central government playing delaying tactics in acceding to the genuine demands raised by them. He urged upon the women and other employees to come forward in large numbers to participate in the programmes conducted by the Association. He also replied to the queries raised by the delegates and observes present in the Conference which covered various issues like NPS, MACP, Pay upgradation, CCL etc. Mr. N.K.Paul, Mr. K.P.Paul and Mr. S.R.Mridha, former senior leaders of the Association were felicitated in the Conference. Mr. R.Raji, Secretary, Reception Committee, proposed the vote of thanks.
