7th Pay Commission: Clarification on determination of date of next increment in promotion

Determenation of Date of Next Increment in promotion in 7th Pay Commission Pay Structure. Clarification has been given by Finance Ministry on question asked

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2444

ANSWERED ON-10.12.2019

Determination of date of next increment in promotion

2444 . Shri Neeraj Shekhar

(a) whether the pay fixation and determination of date of next increment of employees who have been promoted between 2nd January and 30th June (both inclusive) will be decided as per the M/o Finance OM No. 4-21/2017-IC/E.III(A) dated 31.07.2018; and

(b) if any employee, promoted between 2nd January and 30th June (both inclusive), opts for pay fixation from date of next increment i.e., 1st July, whether date of first increment on the level to which he/she has been promoted will be on following 1st January or 1st July, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) No Sir.

(b) In case an employee, promoted between 2nd January and 30th June (both inclusive), opts for pay fixation from the date of next increment i.e., 1st July, the first increment on the level to which he/she has been promoted will be on following 1st January.

As per Department of Expenditure’s O.M. No. 4-21/2017-IC/E.III(A) dated 28.11.2019, the employee promoted on any other date than the date of annual increment and exercises the option under FR 22(I)(a)(1) for fixation of pay from the date of accrual of next increment in the scale of pay in lower grade, would be allowed the 1st increment in promotional grade on 1st January/ 1st July as the case may be after completion of 6 months’ qualifying service after such fixation on 1st July/1st January (i.e., the date of increment in lower grade).

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8th Jan 2020 one day Strike Notice with 10 points charter of demands submitted to Cabinet Secretary

No.Confdn/Strike/2016-19

Dated 12th December 2019

To
The Cabinet Secretary
Cabinet Secretariat
Government of India
Rashtrapati Bhawan
New Delhi – 110001

Sir,

This is to give notice that employees who are members of the affiliated organizations of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers will go on one day strike on 8th January 2020. The Charter of demands in pursuance of which the employees will embark upon the one day strike action is enclosed.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Mob: 09447068125
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com

Encl: – Charter of Demands

10 POINTS CHARTER OF DEMANDS OF CONFEDERATION

1.      Scrap New Contributory Pension scheme (NPS).   Restore Old defined benefit Pension Scheme (OPS) to all employees.  Guarantee 50% of the last pay drawn as Minimum Pension.

2.      Honour assurance given by Group of Ministers (GoM) to NJCA leaders on 30-06-2016.  Increase Minimum Pay and Fitment formula.  Withdraw the proposed move to modify the existing time-tested methodology for calculation of Minimum wage.  Grant HRA arrears from 01-01-2016.  Withdraw “Very Good” bench mark for MACP,  Grant promotional heirarchy and date of effect from 01-01-2006.  Grant Option-I parity recommended by 7th CPC to all Central Govt. Pensioners.  Settle all anomalies arising  out of 7th CPC implementation.

3.      Stop corporatisation/privatisation of Railways, Defence and Postal Departments.  Withdraw closure orders of Govt. of India Printing Presses.  Stop proposed move to close down Salt Department.  Stop closure of Govt. establishments and outsourcing.

4.      Fill up all six lakhs vacant posts in the Central Government Departments in a time bound manner.  Reintroduce Regional Recruitment for Group B & C posts.

5.      (a)     Regularisation of Gramin Dak Sevaks and grant of Civil servant status.  Implement remaining positive recommendations of Kamalesh Chandra Committee report.
(b)     Regularise all casual and contract workers including those joined on or after 01-09-1993.

6.      Ensure equal pay for equal work for all.  Remove disparity in pay scales between Central Secretariat staff and similarly placed staff working in field units of various departments.

7.      Implement 7th CPC Wage Revision and Pension revision of remaining Autonomous bodies.  Ensure payment of arrears without further delay.  Grant Bonus to Autonomous body employees pending from 2016-17 onwards.

8.      Remove 5% condition imposed on compassionate appointments.  Grant appointment in all eligible cases.

9.      Grant five time bound promotions to all Group B & C employees. Complete Cadre Review in all departments within a time-frame.

10.    (a)     Withdraw the anti-worker wage/labour codes and other anti-worker Labour reforms.  Stop attack on trade union rights.  Ensure prompt functioning of various negotiating forums under the JCM Scheme at all levels.
(b)   Withdraw the draconian FR 56 (j) and Rule 48 of CCS (Pension Rules 1972.

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Source: ConfederationHQ

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Revised and updated RBI Master Circular on Disbursement of Govt. Pension by Agency Banks

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
www.rbi.org.in

RBI/2019-20/57
DGBA.GBD.No.521/31.02.007/2019-20

September 9, 2019

All Agency Banks

Dear Sir/Madam

Master Circular – Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks

Please refer to our Master Circular RBI/2018-19/1 dated July 2, 2018 on the above subject. We have now revised and updated the Master Circular which consolidates important instructions on the subject issued by the Reserve Bank of India till June 30, 2019.

2. A copy of the revised Master Circular is enclosed for your information. This circular may also be downloaded from our website www.mastercirculars.rbi.org.in.

Yours faithfully

(Charulatha S Kar)
Chief General Manager

Encl.: As above

Master Circular – Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks

Introduction

Payment of pension to retired government employees, including payment of basic pension, increased Dearness Relief (DR), and other benefits as and when announced by the governments, is governed by the relevant schemes prepared by concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and State Governments. This Master Circular consolidates important instructions on the subject issued by the Reserve Bank of India till June 30, 2019 (listed in Appendix). It does not replace or supersede any existing government instructions on the matter. The instructions issued by Pension Sanctioning Authority of the Central and State Governments and circulated by RBI in the past will continue to remain in operation subject to changes being made by the competent authority. In case of any doubt or apparent contradiction, agency banks may be guided by the relevant government instructions. Contents of various circulars issued in this connection by the Reserve Bank of India are summarised hereunder.

General Instructions

Government orders on DR, etc. on websites

2. In order to obviate the time lag between issue of DR orders and payment of DR to the beneficiary and to render expeditious service to senior citizens, the following actions are required to be taken:

1. It has been decided to discontinue the procedure of forwarding government orders in respect of dearness relief etc. to pension paying agency banks. Agency Banks may, therefore, act on the copies of government orders supplied by government to them through post, fax, e-mails or by accessing from the website and authorize their pension paying branches to make payments to the pensioners immediately.
2. All agency banks are advised to scrupulously follow all the guidelines /instructions contained in various notifications of Government (Central as well as States) and take necessary action immediately without waiting for any further instructions from RBI.

Staggering of pension payments

3. Payment of pension only on the last day of the month causes much hardship to pensioners as they have to wait in queue for a long time to collect their pension. As per instructions issued in 1995, agency banks were advised to spread disbursal of pension over the last four working days of the month, except for the month of March, which will continue to be credited on or after the first working day of April.

Recovery of excess/wrong payment made to a pensioner

4. Details of the uniform procedure for recovery of excess/wrong payments made to pensioners drawing pensions under the Scheme for payment of pension to Central /Civil/Defence/Railways pensioners through agency banks, have been put in place by RBI in consultation with Government of India are given below:

1. As soon as the excess/wrong payment made to a pensioner comes to the notice of the paying branch, the branch should adjust the same against the amount standing to the credit to the pensioner’s account to the extent possible including lumpsum arrears payment.
2. If the entire amount of overpayment cannot be adjusted from the account, the pensioner may be asked to pay forthwith the balance amount of overpayment.
3. In case the pensioner expresses his inability to pay the amount, the same may be adjusted from the future pension payments to be made to the pensioners. For recovering the overpayment made to pensioner from his future pension payment in instalments 1/3rd of net (pension + relief) payable each month may be recovered unless the pensioner concerned gives consent in writing to pay a higher instalment amount.
4. If the overpayment cannot be recovered from the pensioner due to his death or discontinuance of pension, then action has to be taken as per the letter of undertaking given by the pensioner under the scheme.
5. The pensioner may also be advised about the details of over payment/wrong payment and mode of its recovery.

Refund of excess pension payment to Government

5. Whenever any excess / overpayment is detected the entire amount thereof should be credited to the Government account in lump sum immediately when the excess/overpayment is due to an error on the part of the agency bank. This action is independent of recovery from the pensioner.

6. If the excess/wrong payment to the pensioner is due to errors committed by the government, banks may take up the matter with the full particulars of the cases with respective Government Department for a quick resolution of the matter. However, this must be a time bound exercise and the government authority’s acknowledgement to this effect must be kept on the bank’s record. The banks may take up such cases with government departments without reference to the Reserve Bank of India.

Withdrawal of pension by old/ sick/ disabled/ incapacitated pensioners

7. In order to take care of problems/ difficulties faced by sick and disabled pensioners in withdrawal of pension / family pension from the banks, agency banks may categorise such pensioners as under:

1. Pensioner who is too ill to sign a cheque / unable to be physically present in the bank.
2. Pensioner who is not only unable to be physically present in the bank but also not even able to put his/her thumb impression on the cheque/ withdrawal form due to certain physical defect / incapacity.

8. With a view to enabling such old/sick/incapacitated pensioners to operate their accounts, banks may follow the procedure as under:

1. Wherever thumb or toe impression of the old/sick pensioner is obtained, it should be identified by two independent witnesses known to the bank, one of whom should be a responsible bank official.
2. Where the pensioner cannot even put his/her thumb/ toe impression and also would not be able to be physically present in the bank, a mark can be obtained on the cheque/withdrawal form, which should be identified by two independent witnesses, one of whom should be a responsible bank official.

9. Accordingly, the agency banks are requested to instruct their branches to display the instructions issued in this regard on their notice board so that sick and disabled pensioners could make full use of these facilities. Agency Banks are also advised to sensitise staff members in the matter and to refer to the FAQs on pension disbursement hosted on our website www.rbi.org.in in case of any doubt.

Reimbursement of pension payments

10. Link branches of agency banks may submit reimbursement claims to Reserve Bank of India, Central Accounts Section, Nagpur / Government Banking Division at Regional Office for Central/State Government pension payments.

Continuation of either or survivor pension account after death of pensioner

11. All agency banks disbursing Central Government pension have been advised that in case the spouse (Family pensioner) opts for existing joint account for credit of family pension, banks should not insist on opening a new account when the spouse is the survivor and having a joint account with the pensioner and in whose favour an authorisation for payment of family pension exists in the Pension Payment Order (PPO).

Digital Life Certificate

12. There have been complaints that life certificates submitted over the counter of pension paying branches are misplaced causing delay in payment of monthly pensions. In order to alleviate the hardships faced by pensioners, agency banks were instructed to mandatorily issue duly signed acknowledgements. They were also advised to consider entering the receipt of life certificates in their CBS and issue a system generated acknowledgement which would serve the twin purpose of acknowledgement as well as real time updation of records.

Single Window System for reimbursement of Pension Payments

13. Single Window System was introduced to facilitate prompt settlement of reimbursement claims and reconciliation. The underlying objective is to make each pension paying bank responsible in its own right to effect settlement without the intervention of RBI Offices or SBI (at District Headquarters) in the process eliminating cause of delay in reimbursement claims.

Customer Service

14. All agency banks may issue instructions to their dealing branches to adhere to the recommendations of the Prabhakar Rao Committee relating to pension payments. A checklist may be provided to the inspecting officers/auditors, which may at a minimum include the items given in Annex 1. Agency banks may also instruct their internal auditors/inspectors to comment on the quality of customer service in their reports which may be made available to Reserve Bank’s inspecting officers, as and when they visit the branches.

15. Grievances of pensioners are not being addressed properly at the branch level especially after the setting up of Centralised Pension Processing Centres (CPPCs). To provide hassle free service to the pensioners, there should be a forum for regular interaction and settlement of grievances. Accordingly, agency banks should appoint one/two nodal officers at each Region/Zone for monitoring the resolution of grievances of pensioners on regular basis and the GM/CGM concerned should review the position at monthly intervals

16. At locations outside the CPPCs, there should be designated nodal officers for pension related complaints who should be easily accessible to pensioners and who should hold regular meetings at different locations in their jurisdiction on the lines of Pension Adalat. Each bank should establish toll free dedicated pension line manned by trained persons with access to the database to answer queries, note down and redress complaints.

17. Following several complaints from pensioners alleging inordinate delay in disbursing revised pension and arrears, agency banks are advised as under:

1. Pension paying banks should compensate the pensioner for delay in crediting pension/ arrears thereof at a fixed interest rate of 8 per cent per annum for the delay after the due date of payment and the compensation shall be credited to the pensioner’s account automatically without any claim from the pensioner on the same day when the bank affords credit for revised pension/ pension arrears, in respect of all delayed pension payments made since October 1, 2008.
2. Pension paying banks have been advised to put in place a mechanism to obtain immediately the copies of pension orders from the pension paying authorities directly and make payments without waiting for receipt of instructions from the Reserve Bank of India so that pensioners should get benefits announced by the Governments in the succeeding month’s pension payment itself.
3. When the agency bank is calculating pension, the branch should continue to be a point of referral for the pensioner lest he/she feel disenfranchised.
4. All branches having pension accounts should guide and assist the pensioners in all their dealings with the bank.
5. Suitable arrangements should be made to place the arithmetic and other details about pension calculations on the web, to be made available to the pensioners through the net or at the branches at periodic interval as may be necessary and sufficient advertisement is made about such arrangements.
6. All claims for agency commission by banks in respect of pension payments must be accompanied by a certificate from ED/CGM in charge of government business that there are no pension arrears to be credited/ delays in crediting regular pension/arrears thereof.
7. All agency banks disbursing pension are advised to provide considerate and sympathetic customer service to the pensioners, especially to those pensioners who are of old age.

Annex 1

Checklist relating to Government Business (pension related) for internal/concurrent audit

Internal inspections should assess branch performance in servicing pensioner customers. In this regard, the following may be ensured:

1. A specific questionnaire covering all aspects of pension payment may be devised for use during inspection of pension paying branches.

2. Inspecting officers may also, during inspections, call up pensioners at random and enquire about their satisfaction with pension-related services.

3. A detailed check-list relating to pension payments/government business may be given by banks to internal auditors/inspectors in order to adhere to the recommendations of the Prabhakar Rao Committee, constituted by the Government of India, relating to pension payments/government business.

These include the following:

1. Whether there is delay in payment of pension, revision of pension, revision in dearness relief etc.
2. Whether the branch manager has structured interaction with a cross section of pensioners serviced at the branch on quarterly basis, where the number of pensioners of all governments and departments exceeds a fixed number, say, 100 or 200.
3. Whether nominations have been obtained for all pension accounts.
4. Whether pension accounts have been converted into joint accounts wherever applicable.
5. Whether the bank branch has an effective complaint redressal mechanism and the complaints of pensioners are attended promptly and their grievances redressed expeditiously.
6. Whether the pension is credited to pensioner’s account during the last four working days of the month except for the month of March for which pension is to be credited on or after first working day of April.
7. Whether the pension paying branch obtains Life Certificate/ Non-employment certificate/ Employment Certificate from the pensioners in the month of November every year.
8. Whether pension paying branches deduct income tax at source from pension payments wherever applicable.
9. Whether paper tokens in acknowledgement of cheques presented are invariably given by the tax collecting branches.
10. Whether the challans are stamped giving bank’s BSR code and Challan Identification Number (CIN) clearly.
11. Whether the stamped challans are kept in the custody of bank’s staff and handed over to the concerned tax payer only on production of the paper token.

Appendix

List of circulars consolidated for the Master Circular

RBI Master Circular on disbursement of Pension

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Guidelines to all Departments undertaking to Review the Service Rules of the Employees so as to Terminate the Services of Corrupt Employees

(a) & (b)  The provisions under Fundamental Rules (FR) 56(j), Rule 48 of Central Civil Services (CCS) (Pension) Rules, 1972 and Rule 16(3) (Amended) of All India Services (Death- cum-Retirement Benefits) [AIS (DCRB)] Rules, 1958 have laid down the policy of periodic review and premature retirement of Government servants in public interest. This is a continuous process.

(c)  As per the information/data uploaded by the different Ministries/Departments/Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs) on Probity Portal followed by the rectification requests made by some Ministries/ Departments/CCAs, during the period from July, 2014 to October, 2019 (as on 25.11.2019), provisions of FR 56(j)/similar rules have been invoked against a total number of 117 Group ‘A’ officers and 126 Group ‘B’ officers of different Ministries/Departments.

(d)  The same retirement benefits are admissible to these persons as applicable to Government employees upon retirement on normal age of superannuation.

The above statement was submitted by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training of undermentioned Lok Sabha Question:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3873                                                                                                                           (TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2019)

GUIDELINES AND TERMINATION OF CORRUPT EMPLOYEES

3873. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has issued guidelines to all the departments, banks, public sector undertakings to review the service rules of the employees so as to terminate the services of corrupt employees;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the names of the departments along with the number of employees who have been given compulsory retirement during the last six months; and

(d) whether the retirement benefits package, gratuity/PF, etc. are payable to such employees?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

As above

Source: Lok Sabha

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(c)  No, Sir. Seven (7) Employment Notifications for 2.94 lakh vacancies have been issued and recruitment process for four (4) Employment Notifications is under completion. 90,890 persons have joined/ will be joining in Zones and Divisions. Balance 62,928 are expected to complete the joining process before the end of financial year. Recruitment process for the other three (3) notifications has also started. For Gazetted posts, indents of 601 vacancies have been placed on UPSC which includes 200 doctors.

(d) and (e)  Railway employees retiring in 2019-20 and 2020-21 are approximately 47,000 and 41,000 respectively.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2988                                                                                                                                            ANSWERED ON 13.12.2019

MANY VACANT POSTS IN RAILWAYS DESPITE RECRUITMENT

2988. SHRIMATI VIJILA SATHYANANTH

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that Indian Railways have a sanctioned strength of 15,06,598 employees, of which 12,23,622 personnel are on the rolls, leaving 2,82,976 vacant posts;

(b) if so, the details thereof

(c) whether it is also a fact that with the current drive to recruit 1,51,548 people, 1,31,428 posts will still be vacant;

(d) whether it is also a fact that an estimated 53,000 and 46,000 employees will retire in 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively, creating about 99,000 additional vacancies; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2988 BY SHRIMATI VIJILA SATHYANANTH ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 13.12.2019 REGARDING MANY VACANT POSTS IN RAILWAYS DESPITE RECRUITMENT

As above

Source Rajya Sabha

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BSNL and MTNL (VRS) Scheme : Rs. 29,937 crore approved Ex-Gratia and Pensioner Benefits

The Cabinet in the meeting held on 23.10.2019 approved a revival plan for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). The revival plan, inter-alia, includes the measures to reduce the staff cost through a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for employees of age 50 years and above. Accordingly, BSNL and MTNL introduced VRS with effect from 04.11.2019 which was open till 03.12.2019. BSNL and MTNL have informed that 78,569 employees of BSNL and 14,387 employees of MTNL have opted for VRS.

The Government has approved Rs.29,937 crore (Rs.17,169 crore on account of Ex-Gratia on VRS and Rs.12,768 crore due to preponement of pensionary benefits spread over a period of ten years) through budgetary allocation for VRS.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3694                                                                                                    TO BE ANSWERED ON 11TH DECEMBER, 2019

VRS FOR BSNL AND MTNL EMPLOYEES

3694. SHRI ANTO ANTONY

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has announced Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for employees of BSNL and MTNL;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has any record regarding number of employees who applied for VRS;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the quantum of amount required for settlement of VRS;

(e) whether the VRS is a part of revival package for BSNL and MTNL; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) to (f)                                                                                                       As above

Source Lok Sabha

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Scrap New Pension Scheme News: AP government committed to implement old pension scheme – Minister

AP government committed to implement old pension scheme: Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy
The Hans India

Vijayawada: Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy has made it clear that the State government is committed to implement the old pension scheme to the employees as has been assured in the party manifesto.

He said the government would scrap the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) of employees, but it would take some more time.

He said the Group of Ministers constituted to look into the matter had already held two meetings and a committee with a team of senior IAS officers were formed to study the details of staff and procedures to be followed to implement the old pension scheme.

He was responding to the question raised by members in the legislative council on Thursday. Council members A S Ramakrishna, P Ashokbabu, Duvvarapu Rama Rao and P Raghu Varma questioned the minister whether the government promised to revoke Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) within two months.

They also wanted to know whether a committee had been constituted for revocation of CPS. Responding to the questions, the Minister replied that a committee constituted with the senior IAS officers of the Medical and Health, Education and the officials other departments began the exercise and collecting information about the total number of employees working in each department and how to implement the old pension scheme.

He urged the members of the other parties not to politicise the issue and made it clear that the government is committed to fulfil the promise.

But he refused to give time frame on implementation of old pension scheme. He further said a Group of Ministers was constituted to look into the matter.

Council member V Balasubramany, K S L akshmanaRao and others also appealed to the Minister to announce the time frame when the old pension scheme would be restored.

Replying to another question, the Minister said a separate corporation would be constituted to examine the problems being faced by outsourcing employees and to check the irregularities committed by the outsourcing agencies and clear data of all outsourcing employees.

Read at: The Hans India

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No Pension for Government Employees on Resignation: Supreme Court Order

Diary Number 26484-2017
Judgment 05-12-2019 (English)

Case Number C.A. No.-009076-009076 – 2019

Petitioner Name BSES YAMUNA POWER LTD.
Respondent Name GHANSHYAM CHAND SHARMA
Petitioner’s Advocate PUKHRAMBAM RAMESH KUMAR
Respondent’s Advocate

Bench HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA
Judgment By HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD

Reportable

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

Civil Appeal No. 9076 of 2019

SLP (C) No. 6553 of 2018

BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. …Appellant

Versus

Sh. Ghanshyam Chand Sharma & Anr. …Respondents

J U D G M E N T

Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J

1. By its order dated 26 May 2017 a Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi upheld the judgement of a Single Judge dated 21 March 2017 granting pensionary benefits to the first respondent. The judgement of the Single Judge directed the appellant to pay pensionary benefits to the first respondent on the ground that he had completed twenty years of service and had „voluntarily retired‟ and not „resigned‟ from service. The appellant challenges these findings in the present appeal.

2. The first respondent was appointed as a daily rated mazdoor on 9 July 1968. His services were regularised on the post of a Peon on 22 December 1971. The first respondent tendered his resignation on 7 July 1990, which was accepted by the appellant with effect from 10 July 1990. The first respondent was subsequently denied pensionary benefits by the appellant on two grounds. First, that he had not completed twenty years of service, making him ineligible for the grant of pension. Second, in any case, by resigning, the first respondent had forfeited his past services and therefore could not claim pensionary benefits.

3. The second question of whether by resigning, the first respondent forfeited his past service must be addressed at the outset. If the first respondent‟s resignation resulted in a forfeiture of past service, the question of whether he has completed twenty years of service is rendered irrelevant for such service would stand forfeited. In holding the that the legal effect of the first respondent‟s letter of resignation would amount to „voluntary resignation‟, the Single Judge of the High Court of Delhi relied on the judgement of this Court in Asger Ibrahim Amin v LIC.

4. In Asger Ibrahim Amin, the appellant had resigned in 1991 after completing twenty-three years of service with the Life Insurance Corporation of India. When the appellant resigned, there existed no provision allowing for voluntary retirement. The Central Government subsequently promulgated the Life Insurance Corporation of India (Employees) Pension Rules 19952 setting out the conditions to be fulfilled for the grant of pension upon retirement and permitting, for the first time, employees to voluntarily retire after twenty years of service. Under the LIC Pension Rules, pension on retirement was made retrospectively applicable to employees retiring prior to 1995, however, the provisions regarding voluntary retirement were not. The LIC Pension Rules also stipulated that resignation amounted to a forfeiture of past service. In deciding whether the appellant was entitled to pension under the LIC Pension Rules, Justice Vikramajit Sen speaking for a two judge Bench of this Court held:

“16. … [quoting Sheel kumar Jain v New India Assurance Co. Ltd. (2011) 12 SCC 197] The aforesaid authorities would show that the court will have to construe the statutory provisions in each case to find out whether the termination of service of an employee was a termination by way of resignation or a termination by way of voluntary retirement and while construing the statutory provisions, the court will have to keep in mind the purpose of the statutory provisions…

17. The appellant ought not to have been deprived of pension benefits merely because he styled his termination of service as “resignation” or because there was no provision to retire voluntarily at that time. The commendable objective of the Pension Rules is to extend benefits to a class of people to tide over the crisis and vicissitudes of old age, and if there are some inconsistencies between the statutory provisions and the avowed objective of the statute so as to discriminate between the beneficiaries within the class, the end of justice obligates us to palliate the differences between the two and reconcile them as far as possible. We would be failing in our duty, if we go by the letter and not by the laudatory spirit of statutory provisions and the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitution of India.”

5. The court in Asger Ibrahim Amin held that despite the use of the term „resignation‟ in the appellant‟s letter, the court had to independently determine whether the termination of service amounted to a „resignation‟ or a „voluntary retirement‟. As the appellant in Asger Ibrahim Amin had fulfilled the prescribed years of service and, at the time of his resignation there was no provision for voluntary retirement, the Court held that the appellant had in fact „voluntarily retired‟ and not „resigned‟. The LIC Pension Rules only made the provisions on retirement applicable retrospectively and did not make the provisions with respect to voluntary retirement applicable retrospectively. However, in holding that the court must determine whether there existed a case for „voluntary retirement‟ or „resignation‟, the effect of the decision was to apply the provisions on voluntary retirement retrospectively. The Court Vikramajit Sen expressly noted this:

“11. … The respondent Corporation has controverted the plea of the appellant that as the relevant date and time viz. 29-1- 1991 there was no alternative for him except to tender his resignation, pointing out that he could not have sought voluntary retirement under Regulation 19(2-A) of the LIC of India (Staff) Regulations, 1960. If that be so, the respondent being a model employer could and should have extended the advantage of these Regulations to the appellant thereby safeguarding his pension entitlement. However, we find no substance in the argument of the respondent since Regulation 19(2-A) was, in fact, notified in the Gazette of India on 16-2-1996, that is, after the pension scheme case into existence with effect from 1-11-1993.

6. In the present case, the Single Judge of the High Court of Delhi relied on the decision in Asger Ibrahim Amin to hold that the first respondent was entitled to pensionary benefits. The Single Judge noted that the first respondent had completed more than twenty years of service and would have been eligible for pension upon voluntary retirement. Therefore, despite the first respondent using the term „resignation‟, on an independent determination of the facts of the case, the Single Judge held that he had in fact „voluntarily resigned‟ from service‟.

7. Mr C U Singh, learned Senior Counsel for the appellant, brought to our attention that the correctness of the court‟s approach in Asger Ibrahim Amin had been called into question by a co-ordinate bench of this Court in Senior Divisional Manager, LIC v Shree Lal Meena3 (“Shree Lal Meena I”), which referred the matter to a larger Bench of this Court. Thereafter, a three judge Bench of this Court was constituted and delivered a judgement in Senior Divisional Manager, LIC v Shree Lal Meena4 (“Shree Lal Meena II”) overruling the view taken in Asger Ibrahim Amin. Both these judgements have been placed on the record.

8. The facts in Shree Lal Meena I and Shree Lal Meena II were analogous to those in Asger Ibrahim Amin. The respondent employee had resigned after completing twenty years of service. The court was called upon to determine whether the respondent‟s „resignation‟ amounted to a forfeiture of his past service disentitling him from pension or was in fact „voluntary retirement‟. Justice Dipak Mishra (as the learned Chief Justice then was) speaking for a two judge Bench of this Court in Shree Lal Meena I observed:

“28. … Needless to say, resignation has the effect of termination of an employee. Voluntary retirement though has the effect of termination of an employee yet it has different consequences. In the former case, the ex-employee could not be entitled to pension, whereas in case of voluntary retirement, the latter one, the employee would be entitled to pension depending upon the terms postulated in the regulations or rules or the scheme. Rule 23 of the 1995 Rules specifically provides that on resignation, dismissal, removal, termination or compulsory retirement, the employee shall forfeit past service and he shall not qualify for pensionary benefit. Thus, resignation given under the 1995 Rules would not entitle an employee to get pension.

29. … In Asger Ibrahim Amin, retrospectivity has been given to Rule 31 [Pension on voluntary retirement], and for the said purpose the amendment to the 1960 Regulations, specifically Regulation 19(2-A) has been taken recourse to. In our view, when Rule 31 covers the field of voluntary retirement and does not make it retrospective, there being a real difference between resignation and retirement, it is not seemly to read the amended Regulations to the Rules to make the same retrospective. Therefore, we are unable to concur with the view expressed in Asger Ibrahim Amin.”

9. The court in Shree Lal Meena I took the view that the provision with respect to pension on voluntary retirement (Rule 31) was not applicable retrospectively because the relevant provision had not been enacted with retrospective effect. Crucially, the Court noted that by making the provision on voluntary retirement applicable retrospectively, and making a determination in the facts of each case whether an employee had „resigned‟ or „voluntarily retired‟, the decision in Asger Ibrahim Amin obliterated the distinction between resignation and retirement. The court noted that there is a “real difference between resignation and retirement”. They cannot be used interchangeably, and the court cannot substitute one for the other merely because the employee has completed the requisite number of years to qualify for voluntary retirement.

10. In Shree Lal Meena II, upholding the interpretation in Shree Lal Meena I, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul speaking for the three judge Bench, noted that the retrospective application of the provision on voluntary retirement in the LIC Pension Rules would lead to an absurd result:

“19. What is most material is that the employee in this case had resigned. When the Pension Rules are applicable, and an employee resigns, the consequences are forfeiture of service, under Rule 23 of the Pension Rules. In our view, attempting to apply the Pension Rules to the respondent would be a self-defeating argument. As, suppose, the Pension Rules, were applicable and the employee like the respondent was in service and sought to resign, the entire past service would be forfeited, and consequently, he would not qualify for pensionary benefits. To hold otherwise would imply than an employee resigning during the currency of the Rules would be deprived of pensionary benefits, while an employee who resigns when the Rules were not even in existence, would be given the benefit of these Rules.”

The Court noted that, if the approach followed in Asger Ibrahim Amin was adopted in interpreting the LIC Pension Rules, an employee who resigned after the enactment of the rules would not be entitled to pensionary benefits but an employee who had resigned when the rules were not in force, but had completed the prescribed period of service for voluntary retirement, would be entitled to pensionary benefits. Such an outcome could not be countenanced and would render nugatory the provision which stipulated that upon resignation, past service stood forfeited.

11. The Court in Shree Lal Meena II elucidated the distinction between resignation and voluntary retirement in the following terms:

“22. … [quoting RBI v Cecil Dennis Solomon (2004) 9 SCC 461] In service jurisprudence, the expressions “superannuation”, “voluntary retirement”, “compulsory retirement” and “resignation” convey different connotations. Voluntary retirement and resignation involve voluntary acts on the part of the employee to leave service. Though both involve voluntary acts, they operate differently. One of the basic distinctions is that in case of resignation it can be tendered at any time, but in the case of voluntary retirement, it can only be sought for after rendering the prescribed period of qualifying service. Another fundamental distinction is that in case of the former, normally retiral benefits are denied but in case of the latter, the same is not denied. In case of the former, permission or notice is not mandated, while in the case of the latter, permission of the employer concerned is a requisite condition. Though resignation is a bilateral concept, and becomes effective on acceptance by the competent authority, yet the general rule can be displaced by express provisions to the contrary.”

The above observations highlighted the material distinction between the concept of resignation and voluntary retirement. The Court also observed that while pension schemes do form beneficial legislation in a delegated form, a beneficial construction cannot run contrary to the express terms of the provisions:

“26. There are some observations on the principles of public sectors being model employers and provisions of pension being beneficial legislations (see Asger Ibrahim Amin v LIC). We may, however, note that as per what we have opined aforesaid, the issue cannot be dealt with on a charity principle. When the legislature, in its wisdom, brings forth certain beneficial provisions in the form of Pension Regulations from a particular date and on particular terms and conditions, aspects which are excluded cannot be included in it by implication.”

The view in Asger Ibrahim Amin was disapproved and the court held that the provisions providing for voluntary retirement would not apply retrospectively by implication. In this view, where an employee has resigned from service, there arises no question of whether he has in fact „voluntarily retired‟ or „resigned‟. The decision to resign is materially distinct from a decision to seek voluntary retirement. The decision to resign results in the legal consequences that flow from a resignation under the applicable provisions. These consequences are distinct from the consequences flowing from voluntary retirement and the two may not be substituted for each other based on the length of an employee‟s tenure.

12. In the present case, the first respondent resigned on 7 July 1990 with effect from 10 July 1990. By resigning, the first respondent submitted himself to the legal consequences that flow from a resignation under the provisions applicable to his service. Rule 26 of the Central Civil Service Pension Rules 19725 states that:

“26. Forfeiture of service on resignation

(1) Resignation from a service or a post, unless it is allowed to be withdrawn in the public interest by the Appointing Authority, entails a forfeiture of past service…”

Rule 26 states that upon resignation, an employee forfeits past service. We have noted above that the approach adopted by the court in Asger Ibrahim Amin has been held to be erroneous since it removes the important distinction between resignation and voluntary retirement. Irrespective of whether the first respondent had completed the requisite years of service to apply for voluntary retirement, his was a decision to resign and not a decision to seek voluntary retirement. If this court were to re-classify his resignation as a case of voluntary retirement, this would obfuscate the distinction between the concepts of resignation and voluntary retirement and render the operation of Rule 26 nugatory. Such an approach cannot be adopted. Accordingly, the finding of the Single Judge that the first respondent „voluntarily retired‟ is set aside.

13. We now turn to the question of whether the first respondent had completed twenty years in service. During the present proceedings, our attention was drawn to the fact that the first respondent had applied for voluntary retirement on 14 February 1990. By a letter dated 25 May 1990 the appellant denied the first respondent‟s application for voluntary retirement on the ground that the first respondent had not completed twenty years of service. It was thus urged that the appellant‟s decision to deny the first respondent voluntary retirement was illegal as the first respondent had completed twenty years of service.

14. This argument cannot be accepted. Even if he was denied voluntary retirement on 25 May 1990, the first respondent did not challenge this decision but resigned, on 7 July 1990. The denial of voluntary retirement does not mitigate the legal consequences that flow from resignation. No evidence has been placed on the record to show that the first respondent took issue with the denial of voluntary retirement between 25 May 1990 and 7 July 1990. To the contrary, in the legal notice dated 1 December 1992 sent by the first respondent to the appellant, the first respondent admitted to having resigned. The first respondent‟s writ petition was instituted thirteen years after the denial of voluntary retirement and eventual resignation. In the light of these circumstances, the denial of voluntary retirement cannot be invoked before this Court to claim pensionary benefits when the first respondent has admittedly resigned.

15. On the issue of whether the first respondent has served twenty years, we are of the opinion that the question is of no legal consequence to the present dispute. Even if the first respondent had served twenty years, under Rule 26 of the CCS Pension Rules his past service stands forfeited upon resignation. The first respondent is therefore not entitled to pensionary benefits.

16. For the above reasons, we accordingly allow the appeal and set aside the impugned order of the High Court of Delhi dated 26 May 2017. There shall be no order as to costs.

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[Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud]

..……………………………………………………J

[Hrishikesh Roy]

New Delhi;

December 5, 2019.

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Pension Benefits Kendriya Vidyalayas Teachers of Bhopal Region

(a) & (b) The teachers of Kendriya Vidyalayas of Bhopal Region who retired in March, 2019 have not got the amount of Gratuity and Commuted Pension, due to inadequate Budgetary allocation.

(c) With a view to ensuring that all the teachers who retire get their retirement benefits without any delay, the requirement of funds is projected when Budget Estimates and Revised Estimates for the particular year are called for.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2149                                                                                                                              TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2019

PENSION BENEFITS FOR KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA TEACHERS

2149. SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the teachers of Kendriya Vidyalayas of Bhopal region who retired in March, 2019 got the amount of Gratuity and Commuted Pension;

(b) if not, the reasons for the delay even after seven months; and

(c) the steps taken or proposed to be taken to ensure that all the teachers who retire get Gratuity and Commuted Pension without any delay?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)

As above

Source : Lok Sabha

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CGHS Lucknow, Barielly, Gorakhpur, Agra: Updated List of empanelled Hospitals, Eye Care, Dental & Diagnostic Centres as on November, 2019

UPDATED LIST OF EMPANELLED HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS & NAMES OF Nodal officerS (NOMINATED BY THE HCOs) UNDER CGHS, LUCKNOW AS ON November 2019

HOSPITALS

EXCLUSIVE EYE CENTRES

EXCLUSIVE DENTAL CLINICS

DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES

Additional
Director
CGHS,
Lucknow.

List of Empanelled HCOs – CGHS Lucknow as on Nov 2019
[https: / / cghs.gov.in/ showfile. Php?lid=5592]

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Reservation in Jobs for SCs/STs अनुसूचित जातियों/अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए नौकरियों में आरक्षण

Guidelines have been issued from time to time to all Ministries/Departments to strictly observe and implement the reservation policy of the Government. Instructions also provide that negligence or lapse in following the orders relating to the reservation policy are to be viewed seriously and suitable action is to be taken promptly by the concerned authorities in such cases.

Reservation is provided to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes to the extent of 15%, 7.5% and 27%, respectively, in case of direct recruitment on all India basis by open competition. In case of direct recruitment on all India basis, otherwise than by open competition, the percentage fixed is 16.66% for Scheduled Castes, 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes and 25.84% for Other Backward Classes.

As per the DoPT guidelines dated 04.01.2013, all Ministries/Departments are required to nominate Liaison officers at least in the rank of Deputy Secretary, and Special Reservation Cells for enforcement of orders related to reservation in posts and services of the Central Government are also to be set up.

सभी मंत्रालयों/विभागों को समय-समय पर सरकार की आरक्षण नीति का अनुपालन और कार्यान्वयन करने के लिए दिशा-निर्देश जारी किए हैं। अनुदेशों में यह भी निदेश दिया गया है कि आरक्षण नीति से संबंधित आदेशों के अनुपालन के मामले में लापरवाही अथवा चूक करने को गंभीरता से लिया जाए तथा ऐसे मामलों में संबंधित प्राधिकारियों दवारा समय पर उचित कार्रवाई की जाए।

खुली प्रतियोगिता द्वारा अखिल भारतीय आधार पर सीधी भर्ती के मामले में अनुसूचित जातियों, अनुसूचित जनजातियों, और अन्य पिछड़े वर्गों के लिए क्रमशः 15%, 7.5% एवं 27% आरक्षण प्रदान किया जाता है। खुली प्रतियोगिता से इतर अखिल भारतीय आधार पर सीधी भर्ती के मामले में अनुसूचित जातियों के लिए 16.66%, अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए 7.5% और अन्य पिछड़े वर्गों के लिए 25.84% आरक्षण निर्धारित किया गया है।

कार्मिक और प्रशिक्षण विभाग के दिनांक 04.01.2013 के दिशाजनिर्देशों के अनुसार, सभी मंत्रालयों/विभागों को कम से कम उप सचिव की रैंक वाले संपर्क अधिकारी को नामांकित करना तथा केन्द्र सरकार के पदों ओर सेवाओं में आरक्षण से संबंधित आदेशों को लागू करने के लिए विशेष आरक्षण प्रकोष्ठ की स्थापना करना अपेक्षित होता है।

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The above mentioned statement was submitted by DoPT in reply of undermentioned Question in Rajya Sabha उपर्युक्‍त वर्णित व‍िवरण डीओपीटी द्वारा निम्‍नल‍िख‍ित प्रश्‍न के उत्‍तर में राज्‍यसभा में प्रस्‍तुत किया गया था :-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2828

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019)

RESERVATION IN JOBS FOR SCs/STs

†2828. SHRIMATI KANTA KARDAM:
Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) whether any guidelines have been issued by Government to follow the provisions regarding reservation strictly in jobs for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the benefit of the reservation is being provided equally to all targeted categories, if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the steps being taken by Government for an effective implementation of the provision of reservation with respect to Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (d): Yes Sir.  **As above**

भारत सरकार
कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय
(कार्मिक और प्रशिक्षण विभाग)
राज्य सभा

अतारांकित प्रश्न संख्या: 2828

(दिनांक 12.12.2019 को उत्तर के लिए)

अनुसूचित जातियों/अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए नौकरियों में आरक्षण

2828. श्रीमती कान्ता कर्दम:
क्या प्रधान मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे किः

(क) क्या सरकार द्वारा अनुसूचित जातियों और अन्य पिछड़े वर्गों को नौकरियों में आरक्षण संबंधी उपबंधों का कड़ाई से अनुपालन करने के लिए कोई दिशानिर्देश जारी किए हैं;

(ख) यदि हां, तो तत्संबंधी ब्यौरा क्‍या है;

(ग) क्या आरक्षण का लाभ सभी लक्षित श्रेणियों को समान रूप से दिया जा रहा है, यदि हां, तो तत्संबंधी ब्यौरा क्या है; और

(घ) सरकार द्वारा अनुसूचित जातियों एवं अन्य पिछड़े वर्गों के संबंध में आरक्षण के उपबंधों के प्रभावी कार्यान्वयन के लिए क्या-क्या कदम उठाए जा रहे हैं?

उत्तर

कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री तथा प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय में राज्य मंत्री (डॉ. जितेन्द्र सिंह)

(क) से (घ) : जी, हां। ** उपर्युक्‍त **

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Penal Provisions for violation of Reservation in promotion पदोन्नति में आरक्षण का उल्लंघन हेतु दंडात्मक प्रावधान

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA भारत सरकार
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
कामिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय
(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)
(कामिक और प्रशिक्षण विभाग)
RAJYA SABHA राज्य सभा

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2824 अतारांकित प्रश्न संख्या: 2824

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019) (दिनांक 12.12.2019 को उत्तर के लिए)

PENAL PROVISIONS FOR VIOLATION OF RESERVATION IN PROMOTION
पदोन्नति में आरक्षण का उल्लंघन हेतु दंडात्मक प्रावधान

2824. SHRI RAVI PRAKASH VERMA: 2824. श्री रवि प्रकाश वर्माः
SHRI NEERAJ SHEKHAR: श्री नीरज शेखरः
Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
क्या प्रधान मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे कि:

(a) the details of legal and penal provisions against Government officials for violation of/not following reservation in promotion to SCs/STs;

(b) the details of steps Government has taken to ensure that reservation in appointments and promotion is followed properly by various departments/ organisations; and

(c) the details of vacancies under SCs/ STs and OBC quota in Central Government jobs as on date?

(क) अनुसूचित जातियों/अनुसूचित जनजातियों को पदोन्नति में आरक्षण का अनुपालन नहीं करने/उल्लंघन करने वाले सरकारी अधिकारियों के विरूद्ध विधिक और दंडात्मक प्रावधानों का ब्यौरा क्‍या है;

(ख) विभिन्‍न विभागों/संगठनों द्वारा नियुक्तियों और पदोन्‍नतियों में आरक्षण के उचित अनुपालन को सुनिश्चित करने के लिए सरकार द्वारा उठाए गए कदमों का ब्यौरा क्‍या है; और

(ग) आज की तारीख के अनुसार केन्द्र सरकार की नौकरियों में अनुसूचित जातियों/अनुसूचित जनजातियों और अन्य पिछड़े वर्ग के कोटे में रिक्तियों का ब्यौरा क्या है?

उत्तर ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री तथा प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय में राज्य मंत्री (डॉ. जितेन्द्र सिंह)

(a) & (b): The Central Government officers/officials are governed by Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and Central Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1965 which have adequate provision to deal with the officers/officials who violate the policy guidelines issued by the Central Government. The Government has issued guidelines from time to time to all Ministries/Departments to strictly observe the reservation policy and other orders relating to representation of reserved categories. Instructions provide that cases of negligence or lapse in the matter of following reservation and other orders relating to the reserved category should be viewed seriously and be brought to the notice of appropriate authorities and suitable action be taken promptly. As per the guidelines dated 04.01.2013, all Ministries/Departments are required to appoint/nominate Liaison officers at least of the rank of Deputy Secretary and setting up of special Reservation Cell for enforcement of orders of reservation in posts and services of the Central Government.

(c): The DOPT monitors the progress in filling up of backlog vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs with ten Ministries/Departments, having more than 90% of the employees in Central Government. Out of these Ministries/Departments, six Ministries/Departments have informed that as on 01.01.2018, 7782 backlog vacancies for SCs, 6903 backlog vacancies for STs and 10859 backlog vacancies for OBCs remained unfilled. Besides the above six, three more Ministries/Departments have informed that as on 01.01.2019, 1713 backlog vacancies for SCs, 2530 backlog vacancies for STs and 1773 backlog vacancies for STs remained unfilled.

(क) और (ख) : केन्द्र सरकार के अधिकारी/कार्मिक केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवा (आचरण) नियम, 1964 और केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवा (वर्गीकरण, नियंत्रण और अपील) नियम, 1965 द्वारा शासित होते है जिसमें केन्द्र सरकार दवारा जारी किए गए नीतिगत दिशाननिर्देशों का उललघंन करने वाले अधिकारियों/कार्मिकों के खिलाफ कार्रवाई करने के लिए पर्याप्त प्रावधान किए गए हैं। सरकार ने समय-समय पर सभी मंत्रालयों/विभागों को सख्ती से आरक्षण नीति और आरक्षित वर्गों के प्रतिनिधित्व से संबंधित अन्य आदेशों का अनुपालन करने के लिए दिशा-निर्देश जारी किए हैं। अनुदेशों में यह निदेश दिया गया है कि आरक्षण और आरक्षित वर्ग से संबंधित अन्य आदेशों के अनुपालन के मामले में लापरवाही अथवा चूक करने के मामलों को गंभीरता से लिया जाए तथा इसे समुचित प्राधिकारियों के संज्ञान में लाया जाए और उन पर समय पर उचित कारवाई की जाए। दिनांक 04.01.2013 के दिशाजनिर्देशों के अनुसार, सभी मंत्रालयों/विभागों को कम से कम उप सचिव की रैंक वाले संपर्क अधिकारी की नियुक्ति/नामांकन करना तथा केन्द्र सरकार के पदों और सेवाओं में आरक्षण के आदेशों को लागू करने के लिए विशेष आरक्षण प्रकोष्ठ की स्थापना करना अपेक्षित होता है।

(ग) कार्मिक और प्रशिक्षण विभाग, केन्द्र सरकार में 90% से अधिक कर्मचारियों वाले मंत्रालयों/विभागों में अनुसूचित जातियों (अजा), अनुसूचित जनजातियों (अजजा) और अन्य पिछड़े वर्गों (अपिव) के लिए बैकलॉग रिक्तियों को भरने में हुई प्रगति की निगरानी करता है। इन दस मंत्रालयों/विभागों में से छह मंत्रालयों/विभागों ने सूचित किया है कि दिनांक 01.01.2018 तक की स्थिति के अनुसार, अनुसूचित जातियों की 7782 बैकलॉग रिक्तियां, अनुसूचित जनजातियों की 6903 बैकलॉग रिक्तियां तथा अन्य पिछड़े वर्गों की 10859 बैकलॉग रिक्तियां भरी जानी शेष थीं। उपर्यक्त छह मंत्रालयों के अतिरिक्त, तीन और मंत्रालयों/विभागों ने सूचित किया है कि दिनांक 01.01.2019 तक की स्थिति के अनुसार, अनुसूचित जातियों की 1713 बैकलॉग रिक्तियां, अनुसूचित जनजातियों की 2530 बैकलॉग रिक्तियां तथा अन्य पिछड़े वर्गों की 1773 बैकलॉग रिक्तियां भरी जानी शेष थीं।

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Source: Rajya Sabha

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Reservation policies in universities for contractual employees विश्वविद्यालयों में संविदागत कर्मचारियों के लिए आरक्षण नीतियां

(a) to (c) The Government norms of reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories are followed for recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in the Central Universities. As per instructions of Govt. of India, reservations apply to temporary appointments of more than 45 days.

The University Grants Commission had issued instructions from time to time to all Universities for (i) implementation of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/ Other Backward Classes/ Persons with Disabilities reservation policy of the Government /UGC (ii) display of reservation roster on University website and (iii) filling up of remaining identified backlog reserved vacancies of these categories in teaching and non-teaching posts. The Central Universities are autonomous institution and follows the Govt. of India norms. However, the data on number of appointments made on contracts category-wise in different Central Universities are not maintained centrally.

(क) से (ग) केन्‍द्रीय विश्‍वविद्यालयों में शिक्षण और गैर-शिक्षण कर्मचारियों की भर्ती में अनुसूचित जाति, अनुसूचित जनजाति और अन्‍य पिछड़ा वर्ग हेतु सरकारी आरक्षण मानकों का पालन किया जाता है। भारत सरकार के निर्देशों के अनुसार 45 दिन से अधिक की अवधि की अस्‍थायी नियुक्तियों के लिए आरक्षण लागू होता है और 45 दिन या अधिक दिनों की पूर्णत: अस्‍थायी नियुक्तियों के लिए एक अलग रजिस्‍टर/रोस्‍टर रजिस्‍टर का रखरखाव किया जाए।

विश्‍वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोग ने सभी विश्‍वविद्यालयों को (i) सरकार/यूजीसी की अनुसूचित जाति/अनुसूचित जनजाति/अन्‍य पिछड़ा वर्ग/नि:शक्‍त जन आरक्षण नीति का कार्यान्‍वयन (ii) विश्‍वविद्यालय के वेबसाइट पर आरक्षण रोस्‍टर का प्रदर्शन और (iii) शिक्षण और गैर-शिक्षण पदों में इन वर्गों की आरक्षित शेष अभिज्ञात बैकलॉग रिक्तियों को भरे जाने हेतु समय-समय पर नि‍र्देश जारी किए थे। केन्‍द्रीय विश्‍वविद्यालय स्‍वायत्‍त संस्‍थान हैं और भारत सरकार के मानकों का पालन करते हैं। तथापि विभिन्‍न केन्‍द्रीय विश्‍वविद्यालयों में वर्ग-वार संविदा पर की गई नियुक्तियों की संख्‍या संबंधी ऑकड़ों का रखरखाव केन्‍द्रीय रूप से नहीं किया जाता है।

The above statement was submitted by Ministry of Human Resource Development of undermentioned Rajya Sabha Question:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA भारत सरकार
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्रालय
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION उच्‍चतर शिक्षा विभाग

RAJYA SABHA राज्‍य सभा

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2814  अतारांकित प्रश्‍न संख्‍या: 2814
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019   उत्‍तर देने की तारीख: 12.12.2019

2814. DR. KIRODI LAL MEENA 2814. डा॰ किरोड़ी लाल मीणा

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state                                                 क्या मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे कि

(a) whether it is a fact that compliance to reservation policy is not being followed by the Ministry in central universities in the appointments on contractual basis as a result of which the number of people belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes is negligible in the appointments on such posts;

(b) whether the Ministry would ensure compliance to reservation policy in the appointments on contractual basis; and

(c) the category-wise details of the appointments made on contractual basis in Ministries and central universities during the last five years?

(क) क्या यह सच है कि मंत्रालय द्वारा केन्द्रीय विश्वविद्यालयों में संविदागत नियुक्तियों में आरक्षण नीति का अनुपालन नहीं किया जा रहा है, जिसके परिणामस्वरूप ऐसे पदों पर नियुक्ति में अनुसूचित जाति, अनुसूचित जनजाति तथा अन्य पिछड़े वर्ग के लोगों की संख्या नगण्य है;

(ख) क्या मंत्रालय संविदागत नियुक्तियों में आरक्षण नीति के अनुपालन को सुनिश्चित करेगा; और

(ग) विगत पांच वर्षों के दौरान मंत्रालयों और केन्द्रीय विश्वविद्यालयों में संविदा के आधार पर की गई नियुक्तियों का श्रेणी-वार ब्यौरा क्या है?

उत्‍तर ANSWER
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री
(Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’) (श्री रमेश पोखरियाल ‘निशंक’)

AS above

Source: Rajya Sabha

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Extension of Re-engagement of retired Railways employees in exigencies of services upto 01.12.2020

RBE No. 207/2019

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(NG) II/2007/ RC-4/CORE/1

New Delhi, Dated 28.11.2019

To,

The General Manager (P) ,
All Zonal Railways/ Production Units,
(As per standard mailing list) .

Sub: Re-engagement of retired employees in exigencies of services.

Ref: No. E(NG)II/2007/RC-4/CORE / 1 dated 12.12.2017 (RBE No. 193/2017)

Attention is invited to Railway Board’s letter referred on the above subject extending the validity of the scheme to re-engage retired employees up to 01.12.2019. As requested by different Railways, the issue of further extension of this scheme has since been considered by the Board. It has been decided that this scheme whose present validity expires on 01.12.2019 be considered for extension up to 01.12.2020 with the following conditions:

(i) Powers to re-engage retired employees will be with the General Managers only.

(ii) Railway should give adequate publicity to such re-engagement, including by putting it on Railway websites.

(iii) Retired employees being re-engaged, should not have been covered under the Safety Related Retirement Scheme/ Liberalized Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for Safety Staff (LARSGESS).

(iv) While re-engaging such staff, medical fitness of the appropriate category should be obtained from the designated authorities as per existing practices.

(v) Suitability/ competency of the staff should be adjudged before such re­ engagement and the issue of their safety record as well as the safety and other operational requirements as needed are adequately addressed.

(vi) Maximum age limit for which re-engagement shall continue will be 65.

(vii) Monthly remuneration of a retired employee being re-engaged is to be governed in terms of Board’s letter No. E(NG)II / 2007/ RC-4/ CORE/ 1 dated 24.10.2019.

(viii) This scheme is valid up to 01.12.2020.

(ix) Each case should be seen on case to case basis as regards need and merits.

(x) The integrity aspect should also be checked while permitting such re­ engagement.

2. Since substantial recruitments have taken place in the category of ALPs, Level I, Technician and panels for JE are also expected shortly, this aspect should also be clearly considered while deciding re-engagement.

3. It may also be ensured that no re-engaged retired staff is to be continued beyond 01.12.2020. Railways may make alternative arrangements well in time, keeping this in view.

(M.M. Rai)
Joint Director Estt.(N)II
Railway Board

Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/establishment/ENG-II/2019/RBE_207_2019_E(NG)II.pdf

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Clarification: Payment of gratuity to GDS discharged from 01.01.2016 to 30.06.2018

File No.17-31/2016-GDS
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(GDS Section)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi — 110001
Dated: 29 .11.2019

To

The Chief Postmaster General,Kerala Circle, Thiruvananthapuram.

Sub:- Implementation of Recommendations of GDS Committee on Social Security Benefits for Gramin Dak Sevaks(GDS).

Sir,

Please refer to your office letter no.EST/66-2/DLGS/18/II dtd 13.11.2019 regarding payment of Gratuity to GDS were discharged during the period 01.01.2016 to 30.06.2018.

2. I am directed by competent authority to inform you that, as per para 8 of OM dtd 25.06.2018, it is clearly mentioned about payment of arrears of TRCA. As such, GDS will get gratuity on the basis of basic TRCA raised by the factor 2.57 which was ordered to be paid as arrears for the period from 01.01.2016 to 30.06.2018.

(S.B. Vyavahare)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)

Source: Payment of Gratuity to GDS

http://utilities.cept.gov.in/dop/pdfbind.ashx?id=3982

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Teaching and Non-Teaching Cadre Reservation for SC & ST शिक्षण और शिक्षणेतर संवर्ग में अनुसचितजाति/अनुसूचित जनजाति के लिए आरक्षण

(a) & (b)  The University Grants Commission (UGC) had issued guidelines vide letter No. F.1-5/2006(SCT) dated 25th August, 2006 to all Central Universities/Deemed to be Universities and State Universities for ensuring implementation of Reservation Policy for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) to all teaching and non-teaching posts. These guidelines inter-alia provided for preparation of reservation rosters by considering a University as a ‘Unit’.

The Hon’ble Allahabad High Court in its judgement to W. P. No. 43260 of 2016 dated 7.04.2017, ruled that reservation rosters should be prepared by considering the Department as a ‘Unit’ instead of University as a ‘Unit’. Implementation of this judgement would have adversely affected the representation of SCs and STs in faculty recruitment. SLPs and Review Petitions filed by Ministry of Human Resource Development and UGC, against the impugned judgement, were dismissed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

To uphold the Constitutional Provisions for safeguarding the interests of SCs/STs and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Ordinance, 2019 was promulgated on 7.3.2019. The same was subsequently repealed and the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019 was notified on 9.7.2019 to ensure preparation of rosters by considering the University as a ‘Unit’.

(c) & (d) The provisions of reservation are not applicable to the Minority institutions covered under Article 30(1) of the Constitution.

(क) और (ख)  विश्‍वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोग (यूजीसी) ने सभी शिक्षक और गैर-शिक्षण पदों में अनुसूचित जाति (एससी) और अनुसूचित जनजाति (एसटी) से संबंधित आरक्षण नीति का कार्यान्‍वयन सुनिश्चित करने के लिए दिनांक 25 अगस्‍त, 2006 के पत्र संख्‍या एफ.1-5/2006 (एससीटी) के माध्‍यम से सभी केन्‍द्रीय विश्‍वविद्यालयों/सम-विश्‍वविद्यालयों और राज्‍य विश्‍वविद्यालयों को दिशा-निर्देश जारी किए थे। ये दिशा-निर्देश अन्‍य बातों के साथ-साथ विश्‍वविद्यालय को ‘इकाई’ मानते हुए आरक्षण रोस्‍टर तैयार करने का प्रावधान करते हैं।

माननीय इलाहाबाद उच्च न्यायालय ने दिनांक 7.04.2017 को 2016 की डब्ल्यू. पी. सं. 43260 के आदेश में यह व्‍यस्‍था दी थी कि विश्वविद्यालय को इकाई न मानते हुए विभाग को इकाई मानते हुए आरक्षण रोस्टर तैयार किए जाने चाहिए। इस निर्णय के अनुपालन से संकाय भर्ती में एससी और एसटी के प्रतिनिधित्‍व पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ सकता था। विवादित निर्णय के विरूद्ध मंत्रालय और यूजीसी द्वारा दायर एसएलपी और पुनर्विचार याचिकाओं को माननीय उच्‍चतम न्‍यायालय द्वारा खारिज कर दिया गया था।

अनुसूचित जाति/अनुसूचित जनजाति और आर्थिक रूप से पिछड़े वर्गों (एसईबीसी) के हितों की सुरक्षा के लिए संवैधानिक प्रावधानों को बनाए रखने हेतु केंद्रीय शैक्षणिक संस्थान (शिक्षकों के काडर में आरक्षण) अध्यादेश, 2019 को 7.3.2019 को प्रख्यापित किया गया था। बाद में इसे निरस्त कर दिया गया और केंद्रीय शैक्षणिक संस्थान (शिक्षकों के काडर में आरक्षण) अधिनियम, 2019 को विश्वविद्यालय को एक ‘इकाई’ मानकर रोस्टर तैयार करने के लिए 9.7.2019 को अधिसूचित किया गया।

(ग) और (घ)  संविधान की धारा 30 (1) के तहत आने वाले अल्‍पसंख्‍यक संस्‍थाओं पर आरक्षण प्रावधान लागू नहीं होते हैं।

The above statement was submitted by Ministry of Human Resource Development of undermentioned Rajya Sabha Question:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA भारत सरकार
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्रालय
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION उच्चतर शिक्षा विभाग

RAJYA SABHA राज्य सभा

UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2792 अतारांकित प्रश्न संख्या 2792
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019 उत्तर देने की तारीख: 12.12.2019

SC/ST reservation in teaching and non-teaching cadre

शिक्षण और शिक्षणेतर संवर्ग में अनुसचितजाति/अनुसूचित जनजाति के लिए आरक्षण

2792. SHRI K. SOMAPRASAD 2792. श्री के॰ सोमप्रसाद

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state

क्या मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे किः

(a) whether Government has noticed the UGC instruction to implement SC/ST reservation in the teaching and non-teaching cadre, if so, the details of action taken;

(b) if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the above instruction is applicable in the case of minority status institution, if so, the details thereof and the action taken report thereto; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

(क) क्या सरकार ने शिक्षण और शिक्षणेतर संवर्ग में अनुसूचित जाति/अनुसूचित जनजाति के लिए आरक्षण को लागू करने हेतु विश्वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोग के अनुदेश पर ध्यान दिया है; यदि हां, तो की गई कार्यवाही का ब्यौरा क्या है;

(ख) यदि नहीं, तो इसके क्या कारण हैं;

(ग) क्या उपर्युक्त अनुदेश अल्पसंख्यक का दर्जा प्राप्त संस्थानों पर लागू होता है, यदि हां, तो तत्संबंधी ब्यौरा क्या है और की गई कार्रवाई संबंधी रिपोर्ट क्या है; और

(घ) यदि नहीं, तो इसके क्या कारण हैं?

उत्तर ANSWER
मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(श्री रमेश पोखरियाल ‘निशंक’) (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)As above

Source: Rajya Sabha

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VIP REFERENCES FOR RELEASE OF HEAD OFFICE QUOTA IN Railway रेल मुख्यालय कोटा जारी करने के लिए अति महत्वपूर्ण व्यक्तियों के संदर्भ

(a) In order to meet the urgent travel requirements of High Official Requisition (HOR) holders (which includes Central Government Ministers, Judges of Hon’ble Supreme Court/High Courts of various States), Members of Parliament and other emergent demands, who are on the waiting list, a limited number of berths/seats have been earmarked as Emergency Quota in different trains and in different classes. The quota is released by the Railways in accordance with the priority as per warrant of precedence and well established practice being followed since long. At the time of allotment of berths/seats, emergency quota is first allotted for self travel of HOR holders/Members of Parliament, etc., strictly as per their inter-se seniority in warrant of precedence. Thereafter, other requisitions received from various quarters including those from Members of Parliament are considered and the remaining quota is released taking into account various factors like official status of passengers travelling, nature of urgency like travelling on government duty, bereavement in the family, sickness, job interview, etc. While the requests received from HOR holders/Hon’ble Members of Parliament for their self travel are complied with, in case of requests forwarded by them for other than self travel, at times, it is not feasible to accommodate all such requests when the demand exceeds the availability.

(b): Since a large number of requests are received from various quarters at various levels and are dealt with on day to day basis, details of requests received for release of accommodation out of Emergency Quota including those from HOR holders/Hon’ble Members of Parliament are only preserved as per extant guidelines.

(c) & (d): No, Sir. However, some instances of attempts to get accommodation released out of Emergency Quota on the authority of fake letter heads of high dignitaries and some Railway Officers have come to notice. As reservation staff remains alert for such letters during peak rush periods, the genuineness of these letters is checked. When it is confirmed that these are fake, no accommodation is released on such requests and further action like lodging of criminal case is taken.

(e): Indian Railways have already taken various steps to streamline the process of reservation of accommodation by Hon’ble Members of Parliament, its confirmation by release of emergency quota thereof, conducting of checks to keep a watch on the activities of the staff involved in release of emergency quota, etc. Recently, Minister of State of Railways has written a letter to all the Hon’ble Ministers and Members of Parliament seeking their co-operation in systematizing the procedure of prioritization of letters received for release of accommodation out of Emergency Quota. Further, improvement in the functioning of computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS), release of emergency quota, etc. is a continuous and ongoing process.

(क): उच्च पदाधिकारी मांगपत्र (एचओआर) धारकों, (जिनमें केंद्र सरकार के मंत्री, माननीय उच्चतम न्यायालय/विभिन्न राज्यों के उच्च न्यायालयों के न्यायाधीश, संसद सदस्य शामिल होते हैं), की तत्काल यात्रा आवश्यकताओं और अन्य आकस्मिक मांगें, जो प्रतीक्षा-सूची में होती हैं, को पूरा करने के लिए विभिन्न गाड़ियों में और विभिन्न श्रेणियों में आपातकालीन कोटे के रूप में बर्थों/सीटों की सीमित संख्या निर्धारित की गई है। यह कोटा वारंट ऑफ प्रीसिडेंस के आधार पर प्राथमिकता के अनुसार रेलवे द्वारा जारी किया जाता है और इसमें काफी लंबे समय से एक सुनिर्धारित परिपाटी अपनाई जा रही है। सीटों/बर्थों के आबंटन के समय पर वारंट ऑफ प्रीसिडेंस में उनकी पारस्परिक-वरिष्ठता का कड़ाई से अनुपालन करते हुए स्वयं यात्रा करने वाले एचओआर धारकों/संसद सदस्यों आदि के लिए सर्वप्रथम आपातकालीन कोटा आबंटित किया जाता है। इसके बाद, विभिन्न क्षेत्रों से प्राप्त अन्य मांगपत्रों, जिसमें संसद सदस्यों के मांग-पत्र भी शामिल होते हैं, पर विचार किया जाता है और शेष कोटे को यात्रियों, सरकारी ड्यूटी पर यात्रा करने जैसी तात्कालिकता, परिवार में शोक, बीमारी, नौकरी के लिए साक्षात्कार, आदि जैसे विभिन्न कारकों को ध्यान में रखते हुए जारी किया जाता है। यद्यपि, एचओआर धारकों/माननीय सांसदों द्वारा स्वयं यात्रा के लिए प्राप्त अनुरोधों को पूरा किया जाता है, लेकिन उनके द्वारा स्वयं के अतिरिक्त किसी अन्य व्यक्ति के लिए अग्रेषित किए गए अनुरोधों के मामले में, मांग उपलब्धता से अधिक होने के कारण ऐसे सभी अनुरोधों को समाहित करना, कभी-कभार व्यवहारिक नहीं होता।

(ख): चूंकि विभिन्न क्षेत्रों से विभिन्न स्तरों पर बड़ी संख्या में अनुरोध प्राप्त होते हैं, और दिन प्रतिदिन आधार पर उन पर कार्रवाई की जाती है, इसलिए केवल एचओआर धारकों/माननीय संसद सदस्यों से प्राप्त अनुरोध सहित आपातकालीन कोटा से स्थान जारी करने संबंधी अनुरोधों का ब्यौरा ही मौजूदा दिशानिर्देशों के अनुसार सुरक्षित रखा जाता है।

(ग) और (घ): जी नहीं। बहरहाल, गणमान्य व्यक्तियों और कुछ रेल अधिकारियों के जाली लैटर हैड के प्राधिकार पर आपातकालीन कोटे से सीट जारी करवाने के प्रयास के कुछ मामले ध्यान में आए हैं। चूंकि अधिक भीड़-भाड़ वाली अवधियों के दौरान इस प्रकार के पत्रों के संबंध में आरक्षण कर्मचारी सतर्क रहते हैं, इसलिए इन पत्रों की प्रामाणिकता की जांच की जाती है। इन पत्रों के जाली होने की पुष्टि होने पर इस प्रकार के अनुरोधों पर कोई सीट जारी नहीं की जाती और आपराधिक मामला दर्ज करने जैसी आगे की कार्रवाई की जाती है।

(ङ): भारतीय रेल ने पहले ही माननीय सांसदों द्वारा एकोमोडेशन के आरक्षण की प्रक्रिया को सुचारू बनाने के लिए विभिन्न कदम उठाए हैं जैसे आपातकालीन कोटा जारी करके इसकी पुष्टि करना, आपातकालीन कोटा जारी करने में शामिल कर्मचारियों की गतिविधियों पर नजर रखने के लिए जांच करना, आदि। हाल ही में, रेल राज्य मंत्री ने सभी माननीय मंत्रियों और सांसदों को पत्र लिखकर आपातकालीन कोटा से एकोमोडेशन जारी करने के लिए प्राप्त पत्रों को प्राथमिकता देने की प्रक्रिया को व्यवस्थित करने में उनके सहयोग की मांग की है। इसके अलावा, कंप्यूटरीकृत यात्री आरक्षण प्रणाली (पीआरएस) की कार्यप्रणाली में सुधार लाना, आपातकालीन कोटा जारी करना, आदि सतत और निरंतर चलने वाली प्रक्रिया है।

The above statement was submitted by Ministry of Railway of undermentioned Rajya Sabha Question:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA भारत सरकार
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS रेल मंत्रालय

RAJYA SABHA राज्य सभा

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2178  अतारांकित प्रश्न सं. 2178
ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019 उत्तर 06.12.2019

VIP REFERENCES FOR RELEASE OF HEAD OFFICE QUOTA

मुख्यालय कोटा जारी करने के लिए अति महत्वपूर्ण व्यक्तियों के संदर्भ

2178. SHRI G.C. CHANDRASHEKHAR 2178. श्री जी. सी. चन्द्रशेखर

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state क्या रेल मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे किः

(a) whether VIP references for release of Head Office (HO) quota to the Ministry of Railways/Railway Zones are not accorded priority in recent times;

(b) if so, the details thereof including number of references received and quota released during the last two years, Zone-wise;

(c) whether complaints/representations from VIPs/Members of Parliament (MPs) have been regularly received against officials of MR Cell for deliberate and biased treatment of VIP references;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon; and

(e) the other related steps and initiatives being taken by Government?

(क) क्या मुख्यालय कोटा जारी करने के लिए रेल मंत्रालय/रेलवे ज़ोन को दिए जाने वाले अति महत्वपूर्ण व्यक्तियों के संदर्भों को हाल के समय में प्राथमिकता नहीं दी जा रही है;

(ख) यदि हां, तो गत दो वर्षों के दौरान प्राप्त हुए संदर्भों और जारी किए गए कोटे की संख्या सहित तत्संबंधी ज़ोन-वार ब्यौरा क्या है;

(ग) क्या अति महत्वपूर्ण व्यक्तियों के संदर्भों के प्रति जानबूझकर और पक्षपाती व्यवहार के लिए एम आर प्रकोष्ठ के अधिकारियों के विरुद्ध अति महत्वपूर्ण व्यक्तियों/संसद सदस्यों (एमपी) से नियमित रूप से शिकायतें/अभ्यावेदन प्राप्त होते रहते हैं;

(घ) यदि हां, तो तत्संबंधी ब्यौरा क्या है और इस पर क्या कार्रवाई की गई है; और

(ङ) सरकार द्वारा अन्य कौन से संबंधित कदम उठाए जा रहे हैं और कौन-कौन सी पहलें की जा रही हैं?

उत्तर ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

रेल और वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री
(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL) (श्री पीयूष गोयल)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. (क) से (ङ): एक विवरण सभा पटल पर रख दिया गया है।

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2178 BY SHRI G.C. CHANDRASHEKHAR ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 06.12.2019 REGARDING VIP REFERENCES FOR RELEASE OF HEAD OFFICE QUOTA

मुख्यालय कोटा जारी करने के लिए अति महत्वपूर्ण व्यक्तियों के संदर्भ के संबंध में 06.12.2019 को राज्य‍ सभा में श्री जी. सी. चन्द्रशेखर के अतारांकित प्रश्न सं. 2178 के भाग (क) से (ङ) के उत्तर से संबंधित विवरण

As above

Source: Rajya Sabha

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35 PER CENT RESERVATION TO WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT JOBS सरकारी नौकरियों में महिलाओं को 35 प्रतिशत का आरक्षण

No proposal to provide 35 per cent reservation to women in Government jobs is under consideration of the Government.

सरकारी नौकरियों में महिलाओं को 35 प्रतिशत का आरक्षण प्रदान करने का कोई प्रस्ताव सरकार के पास विचाराधीन नहीं है ।

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA भारत सरकार

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE विधि और न्याय मंत्रालय

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT विधायी विभाग

RAJYA SABHA राज्य सभा

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1225 अतारांकित प्रश्न सं.1225

TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28TH NOVEMBER, 2019                                          जिसका उत्तर गुरुवार, 28 नवम्बर, 2019 को दिया जाना है

35 PER CENT RESERVATION TO WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT JOBS

सरकारी नौकरियों में महिलाओं को 35 प्रतिशत का आरक्षण

1225. SHRIMATI KAHKASHAN PERWEEN 1225. श्रीमती कहकशां परवीन

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state: क्या विधि और न्याय मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे कि :

(a) whether Government proposes to provide 35 per cent reservation to women in Government jobs in order to economically empower them in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons there for?

क) क्या सरकार देश में महिलाओं को आर्थिक रूप से सबल बनाने के लिए सरकारी नौकरियों में महिलाओं को 35 प्रतिशत का आरक्षण देने का विचार कर रही है ;

(ख) यदि हां, तो तत्संबंधी ब्यौरा क्या है ; और

(ग) यदि नहीं, तो इसके क्या कारण हैं ?

ANSWER उत्तर

MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

विधि और न्याइय, संचार तथा इलेक्ट्रॉनिकी और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री

(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD) (श्री रविशंकर प्रसाद)

a to c :  As above

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Navy Leave Regulations, 2019 applicable to Officers, Sailors and Artificer Apprentices – Gazette Notification

Statutory Rules and Orders issued by the Ministry of Defence

(ab) Failing a widow or husband, as the case may be, to the eldest surviving son or an adopted

(ac) Failing (aa) and (ab) above, to the eldest surviving unmarried daughter. (ad) Failing (aa) to (ac) above, to the eldest surviving widowed daughter. (ae) Failing (aa) to (ad) above, to the father.

(af) Failing (aa) to (ae) above, to the mother.

(ag) Failing (aa) to (af) above, to the eldest surviving brother below the age of eighteen years. (ah) Failing (aa) to (ag) above, to the eldest surviving unmarried sister.

(aj) Failing (aa) to (ah) above, to the eldest surviving widowed sister. (ak) Failing (aa) to (aj) above, to the eldest surviving married daughter.

(al) Failing above, to the eldest child of pre-deceased son of the deceased Service personnel.

(f) Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs). With the introduction of encashment of accumulated leave, without linkage to service period, the existing benefits of terminal leave will remain unaffected and SSC Officers on release will continue to be granted in kind the Terminal Leave as follows:-

(i) Full or balance Annual Leave of the year.

(ii) 28 days terminal leave.

Note : Benefit of encashment of leave to SSCOs will be admissible either at the end of tenure of SSC as also after the second tenure, where this occurs after a break, such that the overall limit of 300 days during the entire service is not exceeded.

66. Encashment of Annual Leave alongwith LTC. Service personnel are allowed to encash 10 days Annual Leave at the time of availing of LTC to the extent of 60 days during the entire career. The Leave encashed at the time of LTC will not be deducted from the maximum amount of Annual Leave en-cashable at the time of retirement. It is further clarified that where both husband and wife are in Government Service, the present entitlement for availing LTC shall remain unchanged, and encashment of leave equal to 10 days at the time of availing of LTC will continue to be available to both, subject to maximum of 60 days each during the career.

67. Officers Participating in the Activities of the Indian Institute of Public Administration . Officers serving outside Delhi who are members of the Indian Institute of Public Administration and are required to attend authorised meetings of the institute may be granted special casual leave not exceeding six working days in each calendar year plus the minimum period required for the journey to enable them to attend such meeting and return. The leave will be sanctioned as under:-

(a) CO/ OiC of the unit – by COP/ FOC-in-C of the Command under administrative control of which unit of Officer comes.

(b) Other officers serving in units – by the Commanding Officer of

the rank of Commodore and above, otherwise as per Para 67(a) above

Note:- No TA/DA will be admissible for such moves.

68. Leave for Women under sexual harassment at Workplace . During the pendency of an inquiry, on a written request made by the aggrieved woman, the Internal Complaints Committee or the Local Complaints Committee constituted under ‘The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013’, may be recommended to the employer to grant leave to the aggrieved woman upto a period of three months. The leave granted to the aggrieved woman under this Rule shall be in addition to the leave she would be otherwise entitled.

69. Leave for Attending Meeting of Scientific Associations . Naval personnel, who are invitees, members, official delegates of scientific Associations like the Indian Science Congress Association, the National Institute of Science of India, Institution of Engineers and similar scientific bodies or are required to read papers at a conference, may, subject to the exigencies of service, be granted special casual leave to facilitate their attending the meetings arranged by these organisations. This leave will be allowed only to the extent required for attendance at the meeting and for journeys to and from the place of the meeting. The leave will be sanctioned by the authorities prescribed for the grant of normal casual leave but not below the status of Commodore.

APPENDIX ‘A’

(Refers to Reg 19 of Navy
Leave Regulations 2019)

LEAVE SANCTIONING AUTHORITIES

Details of Leave and Leave Sanctioning Authorities

1. Officer Serving in Ships/ Establishments Including Naval Headquarters .

2. Master Chief Petty Officers Granted Honorary Commission and Sailors.

3. Artificer Apprentices.

Appendix ‘B’

INDEX TO NAVY LEAVE REGULATIONS

HQ MoD(N) Case No.

RP/4407/LR

 MoF (D/N) U.o No. 11(6)/ NA/ 2019

 MoD U.o No. 2382/D-N I/2019

D PRAVEEN, Director (Navy I)

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Implementation of Reservation Rules in Sainik Schools सैनिक विद्यालयों में आरक्षण नियमों का क्रियान्‍वयन

Article 16 (4a) is not applicable to Sainik School admissions. Article 16 (4a) of the Constitution deals with reservation in promotion with consequential seniority in services under the state in favour of SC and ST. As per Sainik School Society Rules and Regulations 1997, seats for admission and appointment of staff in Sainik Schools are reserved for candidates belonging to SC and ST categories.

अनुच्छेद 16 (4क) सैनिक स्कूल में प्रवेश पर लागू नही है। संविधान का अनुच्छेद 16 (4क) अनुसूचित जाति एवं अनुसूचित जनजाति के पक्ष में राज्य के अधीन सेवाओं में अनुवर्ती वरिष्ठता के साथ पदोन्नति मे आरक्षण से सम्बन्धित है। सैनिक स्कूलों में प्रवेश हेतु सीटें एवं कर्मचारियों की नियुक्तियां सैनिक स्कूल सोसाईटी नियमावली एवं विनियमन, 1997 के अनुसार अनुसूचित जाति एवं अनुसूचित जनजाति श्रेणी के अभ्यर्थियों के लिए आरक्षित की जाती हैं।

भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

रक्षा मंत्रालय MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

रक्षा विभाग DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

राज्य सभा RAJYA SABHA

अतारांकित प्रश्न संख्या 819 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.819

25 नवम्बर, 2019 को उत्तर के लिए TO BE ANSWERED ON 25th November, 2019

सैनिक विद्यालयों में आरक्षण नियमों का कार्यान्वयन IMPLEMENTATION OF RESERVATION RULES IN SAINIK SCHOOLS

819. श्री के. सोमप्रसाद 819. SHRI K. SOMAPRASAD

क्या रक्षा मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे कि  Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state

(a) whether it is a fact that Article 16 (4-a) of the Constitution regarding reservation rules are not being followed in Sainik Schools

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the steps proposed to be taken by Government to ensure implementation of Article 16 (4-a) in Sainik Schools, including the schools in Kerala;

(c) whether the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) as mentioned in the State and Centre lists are being given reservation in Sainik Schools; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

(क) क्या यह सच है कि सैनिक विद्यालयों में आरक्षण नियमों से संबंधित संविधान के अनुच्छेद 16(4क) का पालन नहीं किया जा रहा है

(ख) यदि हां, तो तत्संबंधी ब्यौरा क्या है एवं इसके क्या कारण हैं तथा केरल के सैनिक विद्यालयों समेत अन्य सैनिक विद्यालयों में अनुच्छेद 16(4क) के कार्यान्वयन को सुनिश्चित करने के लिए सरकार द्वारा क्या-क्या कदम उठाए जाने का प्रस्ताव है;

(ग) क्या राज्य और केन्द्र सूची में वर्णित अन्य पिछड़ा वर्गों को सैनिक विद्यालयों में आरक्षण दिया जा रहा है; और

(घ) यदि हां, तो तत्संबंधी ब्यौरा क्या है और यदि नहीं, तो इसके क्या कारण हैं?

उत्तर ANSWER

रक्षा मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(श्री श्रीपाद नाईक) SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK

(a) to (d) & (क) से (घ) As above

Source Rajya Sabha

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