6th Pay Commission Report - the fineprint

For government employees, the suspense is over. For the past couple of days, we have been inundated with queries about the various scales and details of the 6th Pay Commission Panel report that was submitted to the government on Monday. Read on to find out what the Commission has in store for you.

• Implementation of the revised pay scales from January 1, 2006. Recommendations relating to allowances to be implemented prospectively.

• To remove stagnation, introduction of running pay bands for all posts in the Government presently existing in scales below that of Rs 26,000 (fixed).

• Four distinct running pay bands being recommended - one running band each for all categories of employees in groups 'B' and 'C' with 2 running pay bands for Group A posts.

• The posts of Secretary to Government of India/equivalent and Cabinet Secretary/equivalent to be kept in distinct pay scales.

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• A separate running pay band, designated as -1S scale, is not to be counted for any purpose as no future recruitment is to be made in this grade and all the present Group D employees not possessing the prescribed qualifications are to be upgraded and placed in the Group 'C' running pay band PB-1 after they are suitably retrained. Group D employees possessing the minimum prescribed qualifications to be placed in PB-1 pay band straightaway.

• Minimum salary at the entry level of PB-1 pay band to be Rs 6660 (Rs 4860 as pay in the pay band plus Rs 1800 as grade pay). Maximum salary at the level of Secretary/equivalent to be Rs 80000. The minimum: maximum ratio 1:12.

• Every post, barring that of Secretary/equivalent and Cabinet Secretary/equivalent to have a distinct grade pay attached to it. Grade pay (being a fixed amount attached to each post in the hierarchy) to determine the status of a post with a senior post being given higher grade pay.

• The total number of grades reduced to 20 spread across four distinct running pay bands; one Apex Scale and another grade for the post of Cabinet Secretary/equivalent as against 35 standard pay scales existing earlier.

• At the time of promotion from one post to another, the grade pay attached to posts in different levels within the same running pay band to change. Additionally, increase in form of one increment to be given at the time of promotion. A person stagnating at the maximum of any pay band for more than one year continuously to be placed in the immediate next higher pay band without any change in the grade pay.

• Annual increments to be paid in form of two and half percent of the total of pay in the Pay Band and the corresponding grade pay. The date of annual increments, in all cases, to be first of July. Employees completing six months and above in the scale as on July 1 to be eligible.

• Another form of variable increments for Group A Pay Band PB-3, where annual increments in the band will vary depending upon the performance. Eighty percent or more employees in the grade to be allowed normal increment at the rate of 2.5% with the high performers (not exceeding 20 per cent) during the year being allowed increment at the higher rate of 3.5%. Government advised to extend the scheme of variable increments in running paybands PB1 and PB2.

All about the new Pay Commission recommendations

The following are the highlights of the 6th Pay Commission Panel report that was submitted to the government on Monday: The 18-month tenure of the Commission was till April 4, 2008.

• Implementation of the revised pay scales from January 1, 2006. Recommendations relating to allowances to be implemented prospectively.
• To remove stagnation, introduction of running pay bands for all posts in the Government presently existing in scales below that of Rs 26,000 (fixed).
• Four distinct running pay bands being recommended � one running band each for all categories of employees in groups 'B' and 'C' with 2 running pay bands for Group A posts.
• The posts of Secretary to Government of India/equivalent and Cabinet Secretary/equivalent to be kept in distinct pay scales.
• A separate running pay band, designated as -1S scale, is not to be counted for any purpose as no future recruitment is to be made in this grade and all the present Group D employees not possessing the prescribed qualifications are to be upgraded and placed in the Group 'C' running pay band PB-1 after they are suitably retrained. Group D employees possessing the minimum prescribed qualifications to be placed in PB-1 pay band straightaway.
• Minimum salary at the entry level of PB-1 pay band to be Rs 6660 (Rs 4860 as pay in the pay band plus Rs 1800 as grade pay). Maximum salary at the level of Secretary/equivalent to be Rs 80000. The minimum: maximum ratio 1:12.
• Every post, barring that of Secretary/equivalent and Cabinet Secretary/equivalent to have a distinct grade pay attached to it. Grade pay (being a fixed amount attached to each post in the hierarchy) to determine the status of a post with a senior post being given higher grade pay.
• The total number of grades reduced to 20 spread across four distinct running pay bands; one Apex Scale and another grade for the post of Cabinet Secretary/equivalent as against 35 standard pay scales existing earlier.
• At the time of promotion from one post to another, the grade pay attached to posts in different levels within the same running pay band to change. Additionally, increase in form of one increment to be given at the time of promotion. A person stagnating at the maximum of any pay band for more than one year continuously to be placed in the immediate next higher pay band without any change in the grade pay.
• Annual increments to be paid in form of two and half percent of the total of pay in the Pay Band and the corresponding grade pay. The date of annual increments, in all cases, to be first of July. Employees completing six months and above in the scale as on July 1 to be eligible.
• Another form of variable increments for Group A Pay Band PB-3, where annual increments in the band will vary depending upon the performance. Eighty percent or more employees in the grade to be allowed normal increment at the rate of 2.5% with the high performers (not exceeding 20 per cent) during the year being allowed increment at the higher rate of 3.5%. Government advised to extend the scheme of variable increments in running paybands PB1 and PB2.

The following scheme of revised pay bands is being recommended:

		(In Rs)
Pre-Revised		Revised
Pay Scale	Pay Scale	Pay Band	Corresponding Pay Bands	Grade Pay
S-1*	2550-55-2660-60-3200	-1S	4440-7440	1300
S-2*	2610-60-3150-65-3540	-1S	4440-7440	1400
S-2A*	2610-60-2910-65-3300-70-4000	-1S	4440-7400	1600
S-3*	2650-65-3300-70-4000	-1S	4440-7440	1650
S-4	2750-70-3800-75-4400	PB-1	4860-20200	1800
S-5	3050-75-3950-80-4590	PB-1	4860-20200	1900
S-6	3200-85-4900	PB-1	4860-20200	2000
S-7	4000-100-6000	PB-1	4860-20200	2400
S-8	4500-125-7000	PB-1	4860-20200	2800
S-9	5000-150-8000	PB-2	8700-34800	4200
S-10	5500-175-9000	PB-2	8700-34800	4200
S-11	6500-200-6900	PB-2	8700-34800	4200
S-12	6500-200-10500	PB-2	8700-34800	4200
S-13	7450-225-11500	PB-2	8700-34800	4600
S-14	7500-250-1200	PB-2	8700-34800	4800
S-15	8000-275-13500	PB-2	8700-34800	5400

*Employees in these scales to be eventually placed in pay band PB-1

Pre-Revised		Revised
Pay Scale	Pay Scale	Pay Band	Corresponding Pay Bands	Grade Pay
New Scale	8000-275-13500 (Group A Entry)	PB-3	15600-39100	5400
S-16	9000	PB-3	15600-39100	5400
S-17	9000-275-9550	PB-3	15600-39100	5400
S-18	10325-325-10975	PB-3	15600-39100	6100
S-19	10000-325-15200	PB-3	15600-39100	6100
S-20	10650-325-15850	PB-3	15600-39100	6500
S-21	12000-375-16500	PB-3	15600-39100	6600
S-22	12750-375-16500	PB-3	15600-39100	7500
S-23	12000-375-1800	PB-3	15600-39100	7600
S-24	14300-400-18300	PB-3	15600-39100	7600
S-25	15100-400-18300	PB-3	15600-39100	8300
S-26	16400-450-20000	PB-3	15600-39100	8400
S-27	16400-450-20900	PB-3	15600-39100	8400
S-28	14300-450-22400	PB-4	39200-67000	9000
S-29	18400-500-22400	PB-4	39200-67000	9000
S-30	22400-525-24500	PB-4	39200-67000	11000
S-31	22400-600-26000	PB-4	39200-67000	13000
S-32	24050-650�26000	PB-4	39200-67000	13000
S-33	26000 (fixed)	Apex Scale	80000 (fixed)	Nil
S-34	3000 (fixed)	Cab.Sec./Equ.	90000 (fixed)	Nil

• Defence Forces given running pay bands and grade pay on par with those recommended for civilians.
• In addition, Military service Pay for all personnel of Defence Forces till the rank of Brigadier/equivalent @Rs 6000 pm for officers, Rs 4200 pm for Military Nursing Services officers and Rs 1000 pm for Personnel below Officers ranks. The Military Service Pay to count for all purposes excluding increments.
• Director general (Armed Force Medical services) placed in the Apex grade of Rs 80,000 (fixed)
• In Defence Forces, only two trade groups to be retained for Personnel Below Officer Ranks with the earlier trade groups Y and Z being merged. The personnel in trade group X to have an additional X Group Pay of Rs 1400 per month.
• Certain posts in senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) requiring technical or specialized expertise and not encadred in any of the services to be opened up for being filled bys it able officers within the Government as well as by outsiders on contact. Shift from carrier based to post based selection in the higher echelons of Government in order to get the best domain based expertise.
• Creation of additional posts in senior administrative grade/equivalent/higher grades in future to be strictly on functional considerations with such posts invariably being created outside the cadre to be filled by method of open selection including contractual appointment from within or outside the government.
• Introduction of Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS) in the government under which employees to be eligible for pecuniary remuneration over and above the pay. PRIS to replace ad hoc bonus scheme immediately and eventually replace Productivity Linked Bonus. PRIS to be budget neutral.
• System put in place for giving market driven compensation package to young scientists and posts requiring special expertise and professional skills.
• Parity established between field and secretariat offices.
• The secretariat and stenographers cadres to stand merged in future. All future recruitment in secretariat to be made as executive assistants with minimum qualifications of gradation and one-year diploma in computers. Executive assistants to discharge the functions presently being carried out by assistants as well as the private secretaries.
• Scale of Rs 26,000 (fixed) corresponding to the revised pay scale of Rs 80,000 (fixed).
• Base year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of dearness allowance to be revised as frequently as feasible. Formulation of a separate CPI for government employees by National Statistical Commission for computation of dearness allowance suggested.
• Existing rates of most of the allowances to be doubled both in case of Defence Forces as well as civilian employees.
• Existing rate of HRA to be retained for A-1 cities. A, B-1, and B-2 cities to be given this allowance at the higher rate of 20%. C and Unclassified cities to be given the allowance at the higher rate of 10%.
• CCA to be subsumed in Transport Allowance and the rates of this allowance to be increased by 4 times.
• Travel entitlements to be paid on actuals.
• Reimbursement of education allowance to be raised from existing Rs 50 to Rs 1,000 per child per month, subject to a maximum of two children. Hostel subsidy to be raised from existing Rs 300 per month to Rs 3,000 per month.
• Risk allowance to be replaced by risk insurance.
• All fixed allowances made inflation proof with provision of automatic revision whenever dearness allowance payable on revised pay bands goes up by 50%. Transport allowance to be increased every year on the basis of the increase in the dearness allowance.
• Encashment of earned leave in case of defence forces personnel delinked from the number of years of service. All defence forces personnel to be eligible of leave encashment of up to 300 days at the time of retirement/discharge.
• A new medical insurance scheme recommended for government employees. The scheme to be optional for existing central government employees and pensioners. New government employees and new pensioners to be compulsorily covered by the scheme.
• Fitment formula recommended for serving employees to be extended in case of existing pensioners/family pensioners.
• Rates of Constant Attendant Allowance for disabled pensioners to be increased by five times to Rs 3,000 per month.
• Pension to be paid at 50% of the average emoluments/last pay drawn (whichever is more beneficial) without linking it to 33 years of qualifying service for grant of full pension.
• A liberal severance package for employees leaving service between 15 to 20 years of service.
• Higher rates of pension for retirees and family pensioners on attaining the age of 80, 85, 90, 95 and 100 years.
• Revision of the commutation table suggested for commutation of pension.
• In case of government employees dying in harness, family pension to be paid at enhanced rates for a period of 10 years.
• Framing of an appropriate insurance scheme suggested for meeting the OPD needs of pensioners in non-CGHS areas.
• A new mechanism for grant of advances under which an employee will take the advance from an approved bank and the government will give an interest subsidy equal to two percentage points on the rate of interest being charged by the bank to the employee. Existing limits of various advances increased and provisions made for their automatic revision periodically.
• Continuation of five-day week. Government offices to remain closed only on the three national holidays. All other gazetted holidays to be abolished and compensated by increasing the number of restricted holidays from two to eight days in a year.
• Benefits like staggered working hours, special leave for child care, enhanced maternity leave of 180 days, better accommodation facilities in the form of working women's hostels, etc specifically for women employees.
• Government employees with disabilities recommended various benefits like enhanced number of casual leave, special aids and appliances for facilitating office work, higher interest subsidy for automobile loans, liberal flexi hours, higher rate of transport allowance, better prosthetic aids and proper grievance redressal machinery. Extra allowance for disabled women employees to take care of young child till the time the child attains the age of two years.
• Lateral movement of all Defence Forces personnel (both personnel below officer ranks and short service commission officers) at appropriate levels in Central Police Organisations/central Para military Forces as well as to the various posts of defence civilians in the ministry of defence.
• Steps leading to improvement in the existing delivery mechanisms by more delegation, delaying and an emphasis on achieving quantifiable and concrete end results. Emphasis to be on outcomes rather than processes.
• Greater emphasis on field offices/organizations at the cutting edge of delivery
• Enhanced pay scales for nurses, teachers, constabulary and postmen with whom the common citizen has most frequent interaction. Forest guards also to get higher pay scale.
• Better deal for training academies.
• Normal replacement pay band, grade pay and allowances for the existing members of regulatory bodies. A revised method of selection with a higher pay package to those recruited through the revised process of selection in selected organizations.
• All the recommendations to be treated as an organic whole as partial implementation will bring in several anomalies and inconsistencies.
• The recommendations contained in the report to cost Rs 12,561 crore in the year 2008-09. Savings of Rs 4,586 crore likely to accrue on account of various measures suggested in the report. The net financial implications of the recommendations contained in the report estimated to be Rs 7,975 crore for the year 2008-09. an additional, one-time burden of Rs 18,060 crore on payment of arrears.

Sixth Central Pay Commission:Suggestions

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   • In what manner can Central Government organizations functioning be improved to make them more professional, citizen-friendly and delivery oriented?
     
     LETTER HEAD OF THE ASSOCIATION DATE: 27/12/2006 To The Secretary, 6th Central Pay Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Subject: Revision of Pay Scale of DANLICS Officers (entry grade) and Grade-1 officers appointed on adhoc basis on ex-cadre post of DANICS of Govt of NCT of Delhi. Sir, The Association on behalf of Delhi Andaman Nicobar Isands, Lakshadweep Daman & Diu & Dadara & Nagar Haveli Civil Service (in short DANICS) Officers who have been promoted either on ad-hoc basis to the ex-cadre post of DANICS or regular basis to the post of DANICS from the post of Grade-I (DASS) of Govt. of NCT of Delhi, submits the following for consideration of the 6th Pay Commission:- 1. That DANICS Officers (Group ‘B’ Gazetted) are appointed i) 50% on DR basis from the combined Civil Services Examination conducted by the UPSC and ii) 50% on DP basis from Grade-I Officers of Delhi Govt. and subordinate cadre of Andman and Nicobar Isands, Lakshadwoop Deman & Diu & Dadara & Nagar Haveli Administration. 2. That the 5th Pay Commission keeping in the view the job requirement recommended a higher pay scale of Rs.8000-13500/- for DANICS Officers. Unfortunately, the Govt. of India did not accept this recommendation and the DANICS Officer were placed in the pay scale of Rs.6500-10500/-. The pay scale of DANICS Officers prior to recommendation of 5th Pay Commission was Rs.2000-3500/- w.e.f. 01.01.1986. 3. That the DANICS Officers are promoted from amongst Grade-I Officers (DASS) of Delhi Govt. who are also the pay scale of Rs.6500-10500/- (Group ‘B’ Gazetted) w.e.f. 01.01.1996. As per DANICS Rule, a Grade-I Officer, on completion of 3 years of regular service is eligible for promotion. 4. That as per DANICS rules Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI is the Cadre Controlling Authority and regular appointment/promotion to the Entry Grade is made by the MHA. The Authorized Cadre Strength of DANICS at Entry Grade level is 249. Consequent upon expansion of work of certain Departments some posts were created from time to time by the Govt. of Delhi i.e. post of STO, SDM etc. prior to 1996. Some of these posts have been created after Delhi was divided into 9 districts in early nineties. Previously Delhi had only one district. These posts have not been included in the DANICS schedule as a result of which MHA has not been making regular appointment against these posts. The MHA had last amended the DANICS rule in 2003 yet these posts have not been included in the said schedule. 5. That these posts were created on functional requirement and in the public interest these posts are required to be filled and as such Govt. of Delhi promotes the Grade-I Officers on ad-hoc basis to these ex-cadre posts of DANICS. This position is explained by an example of post of STO. As per schedule annexed to DANICS rule only 81 post of STOs are there in the cadre. With the expansion of Deptt in early nineties 75 new posts were created. The MHA has failed to encadre these posts. The Govt of Delhi terms these posts of STOs as ex-cadre posts of DANICS. The Officers promoted on ad-hoc basis are later on promoted on regular basis to the post of DANICS by the MHA after a period of 7 to 10 years. These Officers do not get benefit for purpose of seniority etc of the service rendered on ad-hoc basis, on the post of DANICS. Although there is a provision for holding DPC on yearly basis yet the MHA is not holding DPC regularly on the pretext that Govt of Delhi and Andaman Nicobar Administration are not sending the service particulars of feeder cadre officers. 6. That most of the Grade-I Officers are promoted from Grade-II(DASS) who are appointed as Grade-II in the pay scale of Rs.5000-8000/- on direct recruitment basis through All India Open Competition. The Grade-II (DASS) consist of Assistants, Inspectors of Sales Tax/Excise/Food & Supplies etc. The actual period of service in different grades of an Officer initially appointed as Grade-II(DASS) can be summarized as under:- S. No. Post Approx. Period taken for the next promotion Pay Scale held(in Rs.) 1. Grade-II(DASS) 10 years 5000-8000 2. Remains Grade-I Officer 15 years 6500-10500 3. Remains Adhoc DANICS 10 years 6500-10500 4. Remains Regular DANICS 4 years 6500-10500 5. ACP benefit granted to Grade-I officers 12 years/24 years 6500-10500 Total years of service in the same scale till retirement 29 years 6500-10500 7. That on the recommendations of 5th Pay Commission the Govt. India introduced the ACP Scheme of two financial up-gradation in 24 years. In the said scheme there was a provision of Cadre Review if promotional scale and feeder scale are in the same grade. The Grade-I Officers are in the scale of Rs.6500-10500/- (Group ‘B’ Gazetted) and are promoted to the post of DANICS which is also in the scale Rs.6500-10500/-. Neither, the Govt. of India who is the Cadre Controlling Authority of DANICS nor the Govt. of Delhi who is the Cadre Controlling Authority of Grade-I(DASS) ever carried out the mandatory exercise of cadre review during the last ten years. As a result this cadre has been subject to casual discrimination like no timely promotion, ACP Scheme and even frequent representations made for removal of anomaly in pay scale has not been considered by GOI. 8. That initially, when the DANICS Rules were promulgated there were only two scales, viz. entry grade and selection grade. However, with the passage of time, the GOI keeping in view of the stagnation has introduced three more pay scales. However, no such exercise was ever undertaken for Grade-I Officers, who are having negligible promotional avenues. The DANICS Officer have been granted five pay scales which are as under :- i) Entry Grade : Rs. 6500-10500/- ii) Non-functional Grade Rs.8000-13500(After4 years) iii) Selection Grade: Rs. 10000-15200/- iv) Junior Admn. Grade Rs.12000-16500/- v) Sr. Admn. Grade Rs.14300-18300 A proposal to grant VI pay scale of Rs.16000- to the DANICS Officers is also under active consideration of GOI. 9. That a DANICS Officer after 8 years of service is entitled for induction in IAS whose entry grades 8000-13500/-. Due to stagnation normally DANICS Officers of Sr. Administrative Grade having the pay scale of Rs.14300-18300/- are promoted to IAS whose entry grade is 8000-13500/-. Such promote IAS Officer gets the benefits of some period of service rendered beyond 8 years as DANICS and thus gets retrospective seniority. On his promotion as IAS he also gets the benefit of this service for purpose of pay fixation. 10. That, since we are promoted from Grade-I Officers, it will be desirable to mention nature of duties of Grade-I Officers, which we have already performed. The Grade-I officers of Delhi Administrative Subordinate Service are working in the pay scale of Rs. 6500-10500 and are holding the status of Group B Gazetted officers. They perform the duties of executive and administrative nature and are posted as Tehsildar, Sub-Registrar, Consolidation officer, Assistant Sales Tax Officer, Zonal officers of Weights & Measurement Department, Superintendent etc. in various departments of Govt. of Delhi. Details of their duties and responsibilities in these positions are indicated below: - Designation Duties performed 1. Tehsildar Acts as a nodal officer at Tehsil/Sub-Division level, exercise quasi judicial functions under various statutory Acts governing revenue and land matters. Has also been acknowledged as Civil Court under Civil Procedure Code. Is empowered to take independent decision under different provisions of the Revenue Act. Supervise the Tehsil/Sub-Divisional level administration. 2. Consolidation Officer Cases of Consolidation of Holdings under the East Punjab Holdings Act as applicable to Delhi. As per the Act, he is the most important functionary performing quasi judicial functions and empowered to take independent decisions. 3. Sub-Registrar Is the statutory Registry Authority of all documents pertaining to land matters-regarding their execution and attestation. Also acts as a quasi-judicial authority and take independent decision. Supervise the functioning/administration of a Sub-Registrar Office at district level. 4. Assistant Sales Tax Officer/Asstt. Value Added Tax Officer Is a statutory authority under Sales Tax Act for assessment and recovery of Sales Tax. Performs quasi-judicial functions. Is one of the most important functionary to realize the largest source of Govt. Revenue in Delhi. 5. Food & Supply Officer Is an independent authority under Civil Supplies and Distribution Act and is the most important functionary at circle level in monitoring supply of food cereals and fuel in his circle, supervision of Ration shops/Kerosene Depot, issue of Ration Card and enforcing distribution of Ration to lower strata of society. Beside, he is also notified as Asstt. Returning Officer and Asstt. Electoral Registration Officer under Representation of People Act for the Assembly Segment. As ARO/AERO he has to supervise and monitor the Electoral revision, issue of Election I-Cards and managing the Elections. He, being one of the most important functionary, is responsible to ensure smooth transition of Democratically elected Government. 11. It is pertinent to mention here that the officers performing similar duties of Grade I & DANICS in the neighboring states i.e. Punjab, Haryana etc. are allowed a higher pay scale, as well as promotional avenues, while the officers of the National Capital are the worst sufferers. The pay scale of similarly placed officers i.e. PCS Officers of neighboring states is Rs.8000-13500 whereas; the pay scale of DANICS Officers is 6500-10500. Being National Capital the DANICS officers job requires higher sense of responsibilities & constructive devotion in comparison to their counterpart in neighboring states. 12. That DANICS officers including officers posted on adhoc basis on ex-cadre posts of DANICS perform multifarious duties. They are posted as Value Added Tax Officer (previously STO), SDM,Distt.ExciseOfficer(DEO), Asstt.Directors,Dy.Commissioner (Industries/ Transport), Admn.Officers, Dy Secretary, Asstt. Commissioner Food & Supply, Asstt Controller Weights & Measures etc. The nature of duties associated with various posts on which DANICS officers are posted are primarily Executive in nature and MHA is wrongly equating these Officers with Section Officers of GOI, whose duties are Ministerial in nature. Moreover, DANICS Officers perform quasi-judicial and Revenue oriented duties, which involve higher sense of responsibility, application of mind and constructive devotion besides sensitivity and responsiveness. Therefore, their duties are on the higher side than the duties of Section Officers of GOI. Besides, SDMs etc. perform the statutory functions like Inquest Proceedings and have to be available round the clock at the disposal of the Govt., which is not so in case of Section Officer. DANICS officers unlike the other equivalent pay scale officers whose duties are Ministerial in nature have to deal with the public from 10.00 to 5.00 P.M. and in order to dispose of the file work they have to be in the office upto 7.00 P.M. The execution of policy is more important than framing it. No doubt Section Officers are involved in framing the policies but the actual implementation is with the field officers/executive officers. Therefore, the executive officers should be placed in the higher pay scales. DANICS officers job also involves framing of a policy for NCT of Delhi in accordance with the Govt of NCT Act 1991. 13. That junior accounts functionaries i.e. Jr. Accounts Officers and Assistant Accounts Officers of Delhi Administrative Accounts Services, who are holding status of Non-Gazetted officials and Group B Gazetted officers respectively, have also been given the pay scales of Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500 respectively w.e.f. 01.01.1996 in parity with CAG Cadre on the implementation of recommendation of the 5th Central Pay Commission. The above Junior Accounts Functionaries i.e. J.A.O.s and A.A.O.s have been granted another upgraded pay scale as mentioned below w.e.f. 01.01.1996 by Government of Delhi after implementation of 5th pay commission vide O.M. No. F.2/2/2003-AC/5685 dated 10.03.2003. Status Pay Scale (i) At the time of constitution of Delhi Admn. Accounts Service in 1982 Group C Non Gazetted 500-20-700-EB25-900 (ii) After 4th Pay Commission Group C Non Gazetted 1640-60-2000-75-2900 (iii) After 5th Pay Commission Group C Non Gazetted 5500-175-9000 (iv) Revised by the Govt. of Delhi w.e.f. 01.01.1996 on 10.03.2003 Group C Non Gazetted 6500-200-10500 14. That it would be unfair to de-link the mutual hierarchical setup of the Accounts functionaries and the Administrative side i.e. Grade-I(DASS) officer and DANICS. It will be against the principles of equality if one cadre were to be allowed parity with their counter parts in Govt. of India while the other half (Grade-I & DANICS) languishes unnoticed and subjected to discrimination for years. 15. That it is relevant to point out that Grade-II(DASS) are equivalent in rank/status/educational qualification to the Assistants of Govt. of India and Inspectors of Income Tax/Central Excise etc. and even were recruited through the same exam conducted by SSC till a few years ago. Despite this, the pay scale of Grade-II(DASS) is Rs.5000-8000 where as his counter parts in Govt. of India are getting Rs.6500-10500. Therefore, if the status/pay scale of the Grade-I officers is not upgraded simultaneously, the Grade-I officers will have to perform their duties under their own Subordinates and it will be very discouraging and humiliating position for the Grade-I officers & DANICS. 16. That similarly the Grade-I officers of DASS cadre are also at a disadvantage viz. a viz. the Section Officers of Govt. of India. The pay scale and nature of duties of Superintendents (Grade-I, DASS) & Section Officer are similar. But, the GOI in the year 2001 introduced one more pay scale of Rs.8000-13500, non functional for those Section Officers who have completed 4 years of service. Similar, benefit has not been allowed to Supdts.(Gr.I, DASS) of Delhi Govt., despite a D.O. letter dated 18/03/05 (copy enclosed) from Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi to the Hon’ble Home Minister, GOI. The Hon’ble C.M. in the said letter had recommended a non functional pay scale of Rs.8000-13500 to Grade-I Officers, who have completed 5 years of regular service and the Govt. of Delhi had committed to bear additional expenditure of this account. The said proposal is still pending with Ministery of Finance, GOI, New Delhi. In fact the Ministry of Finance always prefers to scuttle the proposal on one pretext or the other despite the fact that the M/o Finance is hardly in a position to ascertain the functional requirement of this cadre being not the administrative ministry. As such, despite the lapse of considerable time, this proposal has not been materialized. 17. That, Grade-I Officers on completion of 03 years of service are eligible for promotion to the post of DANICS. As could be seen from the promotion order No.14016/6/2003/ UTS-II dated 07.10.2004, Grade-I Officers after completion of about 21 years of service are actually promoted to DANICS. The following will reveal the position. S. No. Name of the Officer Date of Apptt. as Gr-II Date of Apptt. as Gr-I Date of Apptt. as DANICS Yrs. of service as Gr-I before promo-tion Date of Retire-ment 01. Sh. S.K. Kaushik 17.7.69 16.4.83 7.10.04 21 30.6.10 02. Sh. T.S. Mutti 2.12.69 16.4.83 7.10.04 21 31.7.07 03. Sh. O.P. Diwan 29.11.65 16.4.83 7.10.04 21 31.12.07 04. Sh. Daljit Singh 20.12.69 9.5.83 7.10.04 21 31.10.07 05. Sh. G.C. Mehta 10.10.67 6.7.83 7.10.04 21 31.12.04 06. Sh. R.K. Chawla 1.5.70 26.7.83 7.10.04 21 31.8.06 07. Sh. V.K. Jain 28.6.70 10.10.83 7.10.04 21 28.2.05 08. Sh. S.M. Haider 1.7.70 10.10.83 7.10.04 21 31.7.08 18. That, prior to 1986, there were about 400 posts of Grade-I Officers and their quota for promotion to the post of DANICS was 50%. After creation of some posts of Superintendents , the cadre strength of Grade-I has increased to about 1300. As per instructions of GOI, the promotion quota has to be in commensurate with the feeder cadre. 19. That as per convention all the pay commissions in the past have devoted much of its time in framing recommendations for the betterment of service conditions of all other higher grades except of DANICS(EG) & Grade-I, thereby almost all other cadres including Grade-I officers and promote DANICS officers have been subjected to inadequate representations in the pay commission’s recommendations therefore, there is hardly any improvement in the service conditions of these categories of employees. The condition of these employees of Delhi Govt. has been moving from bad to worse because of dispute as to who is the competent authority with regard to these employees as far as service conditions are concerned. The promotee DANICS officers of Delhi Govt. are subjected to ill and discriminatory treatment because of lack of coordination between Delhi Govt. and the Central Govt. about the concept on governance of service matters of these employees. Thus it has been a fact established beyond doubt that the pay commission primarily has been concerned with the service conditions of a very small cadre of officers at the cost of other cadre employees whose strength is comparatively on the higher side. It is also on record that no in depth study has been conducted by any of the pay commission about the promote DANICS officers of Govt. of Delhi as a result it is seen that these employees have been deprived of various revisions/up-gradations in their Pay Scales, more so when they are the cutting edge of the Administration. Since, GOI constitutes Pay Commission for all its employees, therefore, the 6th pay commission should undertake an in depth study of the service conditions of the DANICS Officers, who are promoted from Grade-I Officers. 20. That it is on record that regular exercise of review of cadre and RRs has not been undertaken by the Govt. from time to time as per requirement of rules and time and thus, there has been stagnation and lack of promotional avenue for Grade-I Cadre Officers. 21. That no regular exercise to organize DPC on a regular interval for induction of Grade-I Officer in DANICS Cadre has been undertaken by the Govt. as a result thereof the benefits associated with the regular DANICS Cadre have also been deprived to this fraternity, which has resulted in stagnation/lack of promotional avenue for this cadre. 22. That Govt of Delhi vide O.M. dated 31/05/2006 (Copy enclosed), in order to compensate the officers above the rank of JAG of DANICS and all IAS officers posted in Delhi allowed them benefits of reimbursement of Rs.1250/- PM for home orderly and 50% of full electricity & water bill subject to a capping of 10,000 Units and 420 Kilo Liters, of Electricity and water respectively per Annum. Similar facility needs to be extended to entry grade DANICS officers as well in respective of their being adhoc or otherwise. DEMANDs : In view of the present position of the cadre it is prayed that the following demands should also be considered by the Pay Commission in order to resolve the various grievances of this cadre. 1. That all Grade-I officers of Govt. of Delhi may first be placed in the following existing pay scales and thereafter modified pay scale may be recommended to them:- (i) After 4 years of service-- Rs.8000-13500/-(Non Functional). (ii) After 10 years of service—Rs.10000---15200/-(Non Functional). (iii) After 15 years of service—Rs.12000----16500/-(Non Functional). The non-functional pay scales may be allowed to the Grade-I officers of DASS cadre by the Competent Authority without disturbing the existing hierarchy of DASS cadre and DANICS, by introducing financial up-gradation on the basis of qualifying service put in by an officer as Grade-I(DASS). Such up-gradations are allowed to DANICS officers in the form of Selection Grade, JAG etc. 2. That besides while considering Grade- I officers for promotions/induction in DANICS the pay fixation benefits as is being given to DANICS while there inductions in I.A.S. may be considered on the same analogy and length of seniority benefits on the similar patterns may kindly be recommended. An officer upon his induction into DANICS, may be allowed protection of pay scale which is drawn by him as Grade-I(DASS). Simultaneously for the purpose of fixing his seniority in DANICS, half the number of years of service put in by the officer as Grade-I(DASS), after completing the requisite qualifying service of 3 years as Grade-(DASS), may be allowed as qualifying service of DANICS for the purpose of assigning scale and seniority as a DANICS officer. A similar system is already in place for allowing the benefits of higher scale to DANICS officer on their promotion to IAS even though the entry grade of the promotion post i.e. IAS is Rs.8000-13000. 3. That the pay commission should recommend that all posts which are being held by officers on adhoc basis, be encadred in DANICS schedule, so that, feeder cadre employees are promoted on regular basis and not on adhoc basis. This will boost their morale and they will be able to deliver the goods more efficiently. 4. That the entry grade of Gr-I Officer promoted on adhoc basis to ex-cadre post of DANICS should first be replaced in the scale of Rs.8000-13500 and thereafter, modified scale may be recommended to them. 5. That in order to boost the moral of the officers and to bring them at par with the officers of private/public sector, the promoted DANICS including those working on adhoc basis, who have completed 25 years of service should be placed in such a grade that they draw at least total emoluments of Rs.35000/- as on 1/1/2007. 6. That in view of the public dealing departments being manned by the DANICS Officers, they have to put in extra time daily in office for which there is no compensation to them so besides the above emoluments they may be reimbursed 600 telephone calls and 500 Units Electricity 80 liter petrol and Rs.1200 for attendant per month, as has been granted to officers above JAG Pay-Scale of DANICS & IAS. 7. That in order to provide promotional avenues to feeder cadre officers the promotion quota of DANICS needs to be increased from 50% to 75%. 8. That for treatment of all diseases employees should be allowed to have treatment in reputed hospitals like Appolo, Max, Escorts, Forties, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Dharmsheela cancer Hospital, Rock land Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram, Sita Ram Bhartiya, Pushpawati Singhania etc. without referral from govt. dispensary/hospital and they should be allowed 100 % re-imbursement of medical bills. 9. That govt. should increase the number of holiday homes in famous tourist places and hill stations, so that the employees are encouraged to avail of LTC. 10. The facility of LTC anywhere in India should be after every two years instead of four years. 11. That since air travel is now comparatively cheap so all DANICS Officers in respective of their status adhoc or otherwise be allowed the LTC by air. 12. The Association also requests that the office bearers may be given personal hearing to present our case in right prospective and explain our problems in detail. Thanking you. Yours faithfully, Encl. As above. (A. K. TRIVEDI) GENERAL SECRETARY Address for Communication: 604-Z Double Storey, Timarpur, Delhi-54
     
     
     
   • Please outline specific proposals, which could result in: (i) Reduction and redeployment of staff, (ii) Reduction of paper work, (iii) Better work environment, (iv) Economy in expenditure, (v) Professionalisation of services, (vi) Reduction in litigation on service matters, (vii) Better delivery of service by government agencies to their users.
     
     LETTER HEAD OF THE ASSOCIATION DATE: 27/12/2006 To The Secretary, 6th Central Pay Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Subject: Revision of Pay Scale of DANLICS Officers (entry grade) and Grade-1 officers appointed on adhoc basis on ex-cadre post of DANICS of Govt of NCT of Delhi. Sir, The Association on behalf of Delhi Andaman Nicobar Isands, Lakshadweep Daman & Diu & Dadara & Nagar Haveli Civil Service (in short DANICS) Officers who have been promoted either on ad-hoc basis to the ex-cadre post of DANICS or regular basis to the post of DANICS from the post of Grade-I (DASS) of Govt. of NCT of Delhi, submits the following for consideration of the 6th Pay Commission:- 1. That DANICS Officers (Group ‘B’ Gazetted) are appointed i) 50% on DR basis from the combined Civil Services Examination conducted by the UPSC and ii) 50% on DP basis from Grade-I Officers of Delhi Govt. and subordinate cadre of Andman and Nicobar Isands, Lakshadwoop Deman & Diu & Dadara & Nagar Haveli Administration. 2. That the 5th Pay Commission keeping in the view the job requirement recommended a higher pay scale of Rs.8000-13500/- for DANICS Officers. Unfortunately, the Govt. of India did not accept this recommendation and the DANICS Officer were placed in the pay scale of Rs.6500-10500/-. The pay scale of DANICS Officers prior to recommendation of 5th Pay Commission was Rs.2000-3500/- w.e.f. 01.01.1986. 3. That the DANICS Officers are promoted from amongst Grade-I Officers (DASS) of Delhi Govt. who are also the pay scale of Rs.6500-10500/- (Group ‘B’ Gazetted) w.e.f. 01.01.1996. As per DANICS Rule, a Grade-I Officer, on completion of 3 years of regular service is eligible for promotion. 4. That as per DANICS rules Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI is the Cadre Controlling Authority and regular appointment/promotion to the Entry Grade is made by the MHA. The Authorized Cadre Strength of DANICS at Entry Grade level is 249. Consequent upon expansion of work of certain Departments some posts were created from time to time by the Govt. of Delhi i.e. post of STO, SDM etc. prior to 1996. Some of these posts have been created after Delhi was divided into 9 districts in early nineties. Previously Delhi had only one district. These posts have not been included in the DANICS schedule as a result of which MHA has not been making regular appointment against these posts. The MHA had last amended the DANICS rule in 2003 yet these posts have not been included in the said schedule. 5. That these posts were created on functional requirement and in the public interest these posts are required to be filled and as such Govt. of Delhi promotes the Grade-I Officers on ad-hoc basis to these ex-cadre posts of DANICS. This position is explained by an example of post of STO. As per schedule annexed to DANICS rule only 81 post of STOs are there in the cadre. With the expansion of Deptt in early nineties 75 new posts were created. The MHA has failed to encadre these posts. The Govt of Delhi terms these posts of STOs as ex-cadre posts of DANICS. The Officers promoted on ad-hoc basis are later on promoted on regular basis to the post of DANICS by the MHA after a period of 7 to 10 years. These Officers do not get benefit for purpose of seniority etc of the service rendered on ad-hoc basis, on the post of DANICS. Although there is a provision for holding DPC on yearly basis yet the MHA is not holding DPC regularly on the pretext that Govt of Delhi and Andaman Nicobar Administration are not sending the service particulars of feeder cadre officers. 6. That most of the Grade-I Officers are promoted from Grade-II(DASS) who are appointed as Grade-II in the pay scale of Rs.5000-8000/- on direct recruitment basis through All India Open Competition. The Grade-II (DASS) consist of Assistants, Inspectors of Sales Tax/Excise/Food & Supplies etc. The actual period of service in different grades of an Officer initially appointed as Grade-II(DASS) can be summarized as under:- S. No. Post Approx. Period taken for the next promotion Pay Scale held(in Rs.) 1. Grade-II(DASS) 10 years 5000-8000 2. Remains Grade-I Officer 15 years 6500-10500 3. Remains Adhoc DANICS 10 years 6500-10500 4. Remains Regular DANICS 4 years 6500-10500 5. ACP benefit granted to Grade-I officers 12 years/24 years 6500-10500 Total years of service in the same scale till retirement 29 years 6500-10500 7. That on the recommendations of 5th Pay Commission the Govt. India introduced the ACP Scheme of two financial up-gradation in 24 years. In the said scheme there was a provision of Cadre Review if promotional scale and feeder scale are in the same grade. The Grade-I Officers are in the scale of Rs.6500-10500/- (Group ‘B’ Gazetted) and are promoted to the post of DANICS which is also in the scale Rs.6500-10500/-. Neither, the Govt. of India who is the Cadre Controlling Authority of DANICS nor the Govt. of Delhi who is the Cadre Controlling Authority of Grade-I(DASS) ever carried out the mandatory exercise of cadre review during the last ten years. As a result this cadre has been subject to casual discrimination like no timely promotion, ACP Scheme and even frequent representations made for removal of anomaly in pay scale has not been considered by GOI. 8. That initially, when the DANICS Rules were promulgated there were only two scales, viz. entry grade and selection grade. However, with the passage of time, the GOI keeping in view of the stagnation has introduced three more pay scales. However, no such exercise was ever undertaken for Grade-I Officers, who are having negligible promotional avenues. The DANICS Officer have been granted five pay scales which are as under :- i) Entry Grade : Rs. 6500-10500/- ii) Non-functional Grade Rs.8000-13500(After4 years) iii) Selection Grade: Rs. 10000-15200/- iv) Junior Admn. Grade Rs.12000-16500/- v) Sr. Admn. Grade Rs.14300-18300 A proposal to grant VI pay scale of Rs.16000- to the DANICS Officers is also under active consideration of GOI. 9. That a DANICS Officer after 8 years of service is entitled for induction in IAS whose entry grades 8000-13500/-. Due to stagnation normally DANICS Officers of Sr. Administrative Grade having the pay scale of Rs.14300-18300/- are promoted to IAS whose entry grade is 8000-13500/-. Such promote IAS Officer gets the benefits of some period of service rendered beyond 8 years as DANICS and thus gets retrospective seniority. On his promotion as IAS he also gets the benefit of this service for purpose of pay fixation. 10. That, since we are promoted from Grade-I Officers, it will be desirable to mention nature of duties of Grade-I Officers, which we have already performed. The Grade-I officers of Delhi Administrative Subordinate Service are working in the pay scale of Rs. 6500-10500 and are holding the status of Group B Gazetted officers. They perform the duties of executive and administrative nature and are posted as Tehsildar, Sub-Registrar, Consolidation officer, Assistant Sales Tax Officer, Zonal officers of Weights & Measurement Department, Superintendent etc. in various departments of Govt. of Delhi. Details of their duties and responsibilities in these positions are indicated below: - Designation Duties performed 1. Tehsildar Acts as a nodal officer at Tehsil/Sub-Division level, exercise quasi judicial functions under various statutory Acts governing revenue and land matters. Has also been acknowledged as Civil Court under Civil Procedure Code. Is empowered to take independent decision under different provisions of the Revenue Act. Supervise the Tehsil/Sub-Divisional level administration. 2. Consolidation Officer Cases of Consolidation of Holdings under the East Punjab Holdings Act as applicable to Delhi. As per the Act, he is the most important functionary performing quasi judicial functions and empowered to take independent decisions. 3. Sub-Registrar Is the statutory Registry Authority of all documents pertaining to land matters-regarding their execution and attestation. Also acts as a quasi-judicial authority and take independent decision. Supervise the functioning/administration of a Sub-Registrar Office at district level. 4. Assistant Sales Tax Officer/Asstt. Value Added Tax Officer Is a statutory authority under Sales Tax Act for assessment and recovery of Sales Tax. Performs quasi-judicial functions. Is one of the most important functionary to realize the largest source of Govt. Revenue in Delhi. 5. Food & Supply Officer Is an independent authority under Civil Supplies and Distribution Act and is the most important functionary at circle level in monitoring supply of food cereals and fuel in his circle, supervision of Ration shops/Kerosene Depot, issue of Ration Card and enforcing distribution of Ration to lower strata of society. Beside, he is also notified as Asstt. Returning Officer and Asstt. Electoral Registration Officer under Representation of People Act for the Assembly Segment. As ARO/AERO he has to supervise and monitor the Electoral revision, issue of Election I-Cards and managing the Elections. He, being one of the most important functionary, is responsible to ensure smooth transition of Democratically elected Government. 11. It is pertinent to mention here that the officers performing similar duties of Grade I & DANICS in the neighboring states i.e. Punjab, Haryana etc. are allowed a higher pay scale, as well as promotional avenues, while the officers of the National Capital are the worst sufferers. The pay scale of similarly placed officers i.e. PCS Officers of neighboring states is Rs.8000-13500 whereas; the pay scale of DANICS Officers is 6500-10500. Being National Capital the DANICS officers job requires higher sense of responsibilities & constructive devotion in comparison to their counterpart in neighboring states. 12. That DANICS officers including officers posted on adhoc basis on ex-cadre posts of DANICS perform multifarious duties. They are posted as Value Added Tax Officer (previously STO), SDM,Distt.ExciseOfficer(DEO), Asstt.Directors,Dy.Commissioner (Industries/ Transport), Admn.Officers, Dy Secretary, Asstt. Commissioner Food & Supply, Asstt Controller Weights & Measures etc. The nature of duties associated with various posts on which DANICS officers are posted are primarily Executive in nature and MHA is wrongly equating these Officers with Section Officers of GOI, whose duties are Ministerial in nature. Moreover, DANICS Officers perform quasi-judicial and Revenue oriented duties, which involve higher sense of responsibility, application of mind and constructive devotion besides sensitivity and responsiveness. Therefore, their duties are on the higher side than the duties of Section Officers of GOI. Besides, SDMs etc. perform the statutory functions like Inquest Proceedings and have to be available round the clock at the disposal of the Govt., which is not so in case of Section Officer. DANICS officers unlike the other equivalent pay scale officers whose duties are Ministerial in nature have to deal with the public from 10.00 to 5.00 P.M. and in order to dispose of the file work they have to be in the office upto 7.00 P.M. The execution of policy is more important than framing it. No doubt Section Officers are involved in framing the policies but the actual implementation is with the field officers/executive officers. Therefore, the executive officers should be placed in the higher pay scales. DANICS officers job also involves framing of a policy for NCT of Delhi in accordance with the Govt of NCT Act 1991. 13. That junior accounts functionaries i.e. Jr. Accounts Officers and Assistant Accounts Officers of Delhi Administrative Accounts Services, who are holding status of Non-Gazetted officials and Group B Gazetted officers respectively, have also been given the pay scales of Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500 respectively w.e.f. 01.01.1996 in parity with CAG Cadre on the implementation of recommendation of the 5th Central Pay Commission. The above Junior Accounts Functionaries i.e. J.A.O.s and A.A.O.s have been granted another upgraded pay scale as mentioned below w.e.f. 01.01.1996 by Government of Delhi after implementation of 5th pay commission vide O.M. No. F.2/2/2003-AC/5685 dated 10.03.2003. Status Pay Scale (i) At the time of constitution of Delhi Admn. Accounts Service in 1982 Group C Non Gazetted 500-20-700-EB25-900 (ii) After 4th Pay Commission Group C Non Gazetted 1640-60-2000-75-2900 (iii) After 5th Pay Commission Group C Non Gazetted 5500-175-9000 (iv) Revised by the Govt. of Delhi w.e.f. 01.01.1996 on 10.03.2003 Group C Non Gazetted 6500-200-10500 14. That it would be unfair to de-link the mutual hierarchical setup of the Accounts functionaries and the Administrative side i.e. Grade-I(DASS) officer and DANICS. It will be against the principles of equality if one cadre were to be allowed parity with their counter parts in Govt. of India while the other half (Grade-I & DANICS) languishes unnoticed and subjected to discrimination for years. 15. That it is relevant to point out that Grade-II(DASS) are equivalent in rank/status/educational qualification to the Assistants of Govt. of India and Inspectors of Income Tax/Central Excise etc. and even were recruited through the same exam conducted by SSC till a few years ago. Despite this, the pay scale of Grade-II(DASS) is Rs.5000-8000 where as his counter parts in Govt. of India are getting Rs.6500-10500. Therefore, if the status/pay scale of the Grade-I officers is not upgraded simultaneously, the Grade-I officers will have to perform their duties under their own Subordinates and it will be very discouraging and humiliating position for the Grade-I officers & DANICS. 16. That similarly the Grade-I officers of DASS cadre are also at a disadvantage viz. a viz. the Section Officers of Govt. of India. The pay scale and nature of duties of Superintendents (Grade-I, DASS) & Section Officer are similar. But, the GOI in the year 2001 introduced one more pay scale of Rs.8000-13500, non functional for those Section Officers who have completed 4 years of service. Similar, benefit has not been allowed to Supdts.(Gr.I, DASS) of Delhi Govt., despite a D.O. letter dated 18/03/05 (copy enclosed) from Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi to the Hon’ble Home Minister, GOI. The Hon’ble C.M. in the said letter had recommended a non functional pay scale of Rs.8000-13500 to Grade-I Officers, who have completed 5 years of regular service and the Govt. of Delhi had committed to bear additional expenditure of this account. The said proposal is still pending with Ministery of Finance, GOI, New Delhi. In fact the Ministry of Finance always prefers to scuttle the proposal on one pretext or the other despite the fact that the M/o Finance is hardly in a position to ascertain the functional requirement of this cadre being not the administrative ministry. As such, despite the lapse of considerable time, this proposal has not been materialized. 17. That, Grade-I Officers on completion of 03 years of service are eligible for promotion to the post of DANICS. As could be seen from the promotion order No.14016/6/2003/ UTS-II dated 07.10.2004, Grade-I Officers after completion of about 21 years of service are actually promoted to DANICS. The following will reveal the position. S. No. Name of the Officer Date of Apptt. as Gr-II Date of Apptt. as Gr-I Date of Apptt. as DANICS Yrs. of service as Gr-I before promo-tion Date of Retire-ment 01. Sh. S.K. Kaushik 17.7.69 16.4.83 7.10.04 21 30.6.10 02. Sh. T.S. Mutti 2.12.69 16.4.83 7.10.04 21 31.7.07 03. Sh. O.P. Diwan 29.11.65 16.4.83 7.10.04 21 31.12.07 04. Sh. Daljit Singh 20.12.69 9.5.83 7.10.04 21 31.10.07 05. Sh. G.C. Mehta 10.10.67 6.7.83 7.10.04 21 31.12.04 06. Sh. R.K. Chawla 1.5.70 26.7.83 7.10.04 21 31.8.06 07. Sh. V.K. Jain 28.6.70 10.10.83 7.10.04 21 28.2.05 08. Sh. S.M. Haider 1.7.70 10.10.83 7.10.04 21 31.7.08 18. That, prior to 1986, there were about 400 posts of Grade-I Officers and their quota for promotion to the post of DANICS was 50%. After creation of some posts of Superintendents , the cadre strength of Grade-I has increased to about 1300. As per instructions of GOI, the promotion quota has to be in commensurate with the feeder cadre. 19. That as per convention all the pay commissions in the past have devoted much of its time in framing recommendations for the betterment of service conditions of all other higher grades except of DANICS(EG) & Grade-I, thereby almost all other cadres including Grade-I officers and promote DANICS officers have been subjected to inadequate representations in the pay commission’s recommendations therefore, there is hardly any improvement in the service conditions of these categories of employees. The condition of these employees of Delhi Govt. has been moving from bad to worse because of dispute as to who is the competent authority with regard to these employees as far as service conditions are concerned. The promotee DANICS officers of Delhi Govt. are subjected to ill and discriminatory treatment because of lack of coordination between Delhi Govt. and the Central Govt. about the concept on governance of service matters of these employees. Thus it has been a fact established beyond doubt that the pay commission primarily has been concerned with the service conditions of a very small cadre of officers at the cost of other cadre employees whose strength is comparatively on the higher side. It is also on record that no in depth study has been conducted by any of the pay commission about the promote DANICS officers of Govt. of Delhi as a result it is seen that these employees have been deprived of various revisions/up-gradations in their Pay Scales, more so when they are the cutting edge of the Administration. Since, GOI constitutes Pay Commission for all its employees, therefore, the 6th pay commission should undertake an in depth study of the service conditions of the DANICS Officers, who are promoted from Grade-I Officers. 20. That it is on record that regular exercise of review of cadre and RRs has not been undertaken by the Govt. from time to time as per requirement of rules and time and thus, there has been stagnation and lack of promotional avenue for Grade-I Cadre Officers. 21. That no regular exercise to organize DPC on a regular interval for induction of Grade-I Officer in DANICS Cadre has been undertaken by the Govt. as a result thereof the benefits associated with the regular DANICS Cadre have also been deprived to this fraternity, which has resulted in stagnation/lack of promotional avenue for this cadre. 22. That Govt of Delhi vide O.M. dated 31/05/2006 (Copy enclosed), in order to compensate the officers above the rank of JAG of DANICS and all IAS officers posted in Delhi allowed them benefits of reimbursement of Rs.1250/- PM for home orderly and 50% of full electricity & water bill subject to a capping of 10,000 Units and 420 Kilo Liters, of Electricity and water respectively per Annum. Similar facility needs to be extended to entry grade DANICS officers as well in respective of their being adhoc or otherwise. DEMANDs : In view of the present position of the cadre it is prayed that the following demands should also be considered by the Pay Commission in order to resolve the various grievances of this cadre. 1. That all Grade-I officers of Govt. of Delhi may first be placed in the following existing pay scales and thereafter modified pay scale may be recommended to them:- (i) After 4 years of service-- Rs.8000-13500/-(Non Functional). (ii) After 10 years of service—Rs.10000---15200/-(Non Functional). (iii) After 15 years of service—Rs.12000----16500/-(Non Functional). The non-functional pay scales may be allowed to the Grade-I officers of DASS cadre by the Competent Authority without disturbing the existing hierarchy of DASS cadre and DANICS, by introducing financial up-gradation on the basis of qualifying service put in by an officer as Grade-I(DASS). Such up-gradations are allowed to DANICS officers in the form of Selection Grade, JAG etc. 2. That besides while considering Grade- I officers for promotions/induction in DANICS the pay fixation benefits as is being given to DANICS while there inductions in I.A.S. may be considered on the same analogy and length of seniority benefits on the similar patterns may kindly be recommended. An officer upon his induction into DANICS, may be allowed protection of pay scale which is drawn by him as Grade-I(DASS). Simultaneously for the purpose of fixing his seniority in DANICS, half the number of years of service put in by the officer as Grade-I(DASS), after completing the requisite qualifying service of 3 years as Grade-(DASS), may be allowed as qualifying service of DANICS for the purpose of assigning scale and seniority as a DANICS officer. A similar system is already in place for allowing the benefits of higher scale to DANICS officer on their promotion to IAS even though the entry grade of the promotion post i.e. IAS is Rs.8000-13000. 3. That the pay commission should recommend that all posts which are being held by officers on adhoc basis, be encadred in DANICS schedule, so that, feeder cadre employees are promoted on regular basis and not on adhoc basis. This will boost their morale and they will be able to deliver the goods more efficiently. 4. That the entry grade of Gr-I Officer promoted on adhoc basis to ex-cadre post of DANICS should first be replaced in the scale of Rs.8000-13500 and thereafter, modified scale may be recommended to them. 5. That in order to boost the moral of the officers and to bring them at par with the officers of private/public sector, the promoted DANICS including those working on adhoc basis, who have completed 25 years of service should be placed in such a grade that they draw at least total emoluments of Rs.35000/- as on 1/1/2007. 6. That in view of the public dealing departments being manned by the DANICS Officers, they have to put in extra time daily in office for which there is no compensation to them so besides the above emoluments they may be reimbursed 600 telephone calls and 500 Units Electricity 80 liter petrol and Rs.1200 for attendant per month, as has been granted to officers above JAG Pay-Scale of DANICS & IAS. 7. That in order to provide promotional avenues to feeder cadre officers the promotion quota of DANICS needs to be increased from 50% to 75%. 8. That for treatment of all diseases employees should be allowed to have treatment in reputed hospitals like Appolo, Max, Escorts, Forties, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Dharmsheela cancer Hospital, Rock land Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram, Sita Ram Bhartiya, Pushpawati Singhania etc. without referral from govt. dispensary/hospital and they should be allowed 100 % re-imbursement of medical bills. 9. That govt. should increase the number of holiday homes in famous tourist places and hill stations, so that the employees are encouraged to avail of LTC. 10. The facility of LTC anywhere in India should be after every two years instead of four years. 11. That since air travel is now comparatively cheap so all DANICS Officers in respective of their status adhoc or otherwise be allowed the LTC by air. 12. The Association also requests that the office bearers may be given personal hearing to present our case in right prospective and explain our problems in detail. Thanking you. Yours faithfully, Encl. As above. (A. K. TRIVEDI) GENERAL SECRETARY Address for Communication: 604-Z Double Storey, Timarpur, Delhi-54