Circular No.5/2009

Dear Comrade,

Placed hereunder is the itef circular No.5/2009 of date.

INCOME TAX  EMPLOYEES  FEDERATION

        Manishinath Bhawan A/2/95 Rajouri Garden,New Delhi. 110 027.

www.itef.blogspot.com email: itefcentral@gmail.com.

Telefax. 2510 5321; 6543 1807

 

President: K.P. Rajagopal.                                        Secretary General: Ashok B Shalunke.

 

Cir. No. 5/2009.                                                                                       Dated: 14.04.2009.

 

Dear Comrade,

 

1.         We reproduce hereunder the minutes of the discussion in the last formal meeting with the Chairman which was held on 4.3.2009, on the question of allotment of funds for Petrol allowance and Medical reimbursement.  The minutes are self explanatory in so much so that our representatives could not counter the vague and misleading statement made by the Official side in this regard. 

 

The Staff side indicated that adequate funds have not been provided for medical reimbursement and petrol allowance.

 

The Official side {CIT(C&S)} stated that enough funds have been provided for the purpose.  However, due to lack of coordinated action, funds have even lapsed/remained unutilized at some places.  It was agreed that CCsIT should make clear and realistic projections and demands and distribute the funds properly to ensure that the funds are not lapsed.

 

The above statement was primarily due to the reason that we had not been supplied with the necessary information/data from your end.  We therefore, request you to kindly supply us with the following details immediately  on receipt of this letter so that this issue could be taken up with Board in a meaningful manner.  .

 

I.                    Petrol Allowance to IITs

i)                    No. of Inspectors in your Charge (working strength)

ii)                   Whether petrol allowance is being claimed and given to all Inspectors and if not the reason thereof.

iii)                 The amount required for grant of petrol allowance @ 30 Ltr. Per month (cost being worked out as Rs. 50/ per ltr.)

iv)                 Ascertain the requirement of funds indicated/demanded by the respective CCsIT to the Board.

II    Medical reimbursement.

 

a)      Amount of medical reimbursement/claim raised through bills in your charge during 2008-09.      

b)      The amount sanctioned during the year 2008-09.

c)      The amount demanded/required for the year 2009-10. 

 

The Circle Secretaries may supply the details CCsIT/DGsIT- wise of the circle as the funds under the above heads are allotted to the CCsIT/DGsIT-wise and not to the CCsIT(CCA) alone.

 

2.         We reproduce hereunder the copy of OM No. F.No.7(1)E.Coord/2008 Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure dated 10^th December, 2008 which authorizes the Departments concerned to purchase/replace old/condemned vehicles.  You may kindly take up the matter with the concerned Chief Commissioners to send necessary proposals to the Board for purchase of New Vehicles against the condemned ones so that the drivers who are presently placed on off duty for want of vehicles may be gainfully employed.

 

3.         You are aware that during the All India Conference all the Circles are required to give the exact number of members in the credential forms based on which the membership & renewal fee is calculated for the next three years.  It is seen from the credential forms filled up by the Circles at the XXVIIth Conference, that the required information is either not given or incorrectly given by most of the Circles. Further, as the Conference has amended the constitution increasing the renewal fees on Pay Band wise from 2009-10 onwards, we have prepared from the records available with us, the membership of each circle Pay Band wise. We have also indicated the membership of Gr.D cadres wherever separate Group D Circle exist.  You are requested to go through the same and intimate the CHQ. any discrepancy or omissions (like Hindi Translator etc, whose details are not available with us) may be brought to our notice at the earliest and and not later than 15^th May, 2009.  In case no intimation is received, the statement prepared by the CHQ will be taken as the membership of that circle  for the purpose of computation of renewal fees.

 

            Kindly ensure that the renewal fee is deducted @ Rs. 30/- and 20/- for PB 2 and PB1 respectively, during the month of April, 2009 by all DDOs and remitted to the CHQ.

 

 

 

With greetings,

 

Yours fraternally,

(Ashok B Shalunke)

Secretary General)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F.No.7(1)E.Coord/2008

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

E-Coord Branch.

 

New Delhi, the 10^th December, 2008.

 

OFFICEI MEMORANDUM

 

Subject:            Replacement of Government vehicles by Ministries/ Departments.

 

 

In partial relaxation of economy measures issued vide this Department's OM No. of even dated 5.6.2008, it has been decided that Ministries/Departments may be allowed to replace vehicles which are due for replacement as per norms subject to availability of budget, without referring such proposals to the Department of Expenditure.

 

 

Sd/

(Madhulika P. Sukul)

Joint Secretary (pers.)

 

To

Secretaries of all Ministries/ Departments

All Financial Advisers.

Prime Minister's Office (Shri Kamal Dayani, Director) w.r.t. ID No. 2w70/31/C/13/08-ESI dated 5.12.2008.

Copy to PPS to Secretary (Expenditure).

 

Notice

                 INCOME  TAX  EMPLOYEES  FEDERATION

        Manishinath Bhawan A/2/95 Rajouri Garden,New Delhi. 110 027.

www.itef.blogspot.com email: itefcentral@gmail.com.

Telefax. 2510 5321; 6543 1807

 

President: K.P. Rajagopal.

Secretary General: Ashok B Salunkhe.

NOTICE 

X-11/1

Dated: 5^th  April, 2009.

 

            Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Secretariat of the ITEF, CHQ will be held on 4^th May, 2009 at 11.00 AM at Manishi Nath Bhawan, A-2/95, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, to discuss the following agenda.

Agenda:

1.       Discussion on report of the Cadre Review Committee.

2.      Follow-up action on the decisions taken at the all India Conference at Mumbai with particular reference to the following resolutions.

That the ITEF should embark upon agitational programmes including strike action, if no settlement as assured by the CBDT earlier is not brought about on the charter of demands and especially on the following issues immediately.

 

a)         Assigning grade pay of Rs. 4600 as per Government of India notification to Inspectors, Private Secretaries and Administrative officers and Rs. 1800 to all Group D employees;

b)         All employees are provided with mobile phone facility out of the infrastructure fund;

c)         No outsourcing of any departmental functions, especially the return processing, as per the recommendations of the BPR report;

d)      The BPR should not be acted upon without reaching an agreement with the ITEF

e)      All Group C employees be provided with desktop computers to facilitate and speed up the functions entrusted to them immediately.. 

3.  Any other matter with permission of the chair. 

 

Ashok B. Salunkhe,

Secretary General. 

To All CHQ. Secretariat Members

Com.Bimal Bose, Com.Umesh Mehta, Com.K K N Kutty Members of Advisory Committee, Com. V.S.R. Krishna, Chairman Disciplinary Committee and Com. P.V. Ramachandran,  Chairman Election Commission with a request to make it possible to attend the meeting.

Circular No.4

INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION,

Manishinath Bhawan,

A/2/95, Rajouri Garden,

Telephone No : 2510 5324 Telefax 2513 1593

e-mail : itef@sify.com

Website: itef.blogspot.com.

Itef/4/2009

Dated:3^rd April 2009

Dear comrade,

We send herewith the copy of the confederation circular letter in D-11/30/2009 dated 2^nd April 2009, which is self explanatory. Kindly do the needful.

On 19^th March, we lost our veteran leader, Com. Soman Gupta, who was once the Joint Secretary of ITEF CHQ and President of ITEF West Bengal Group D Circle for decades and till his retirement. On the same day we also lost the young Comrade Tejan Roy, President of ITEF NE Circle, Guwahati. Com. Tejan Roy died at Appollo hospital, Chennai. We convey our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved members of the family of these Comrades. We request our Circles to organize condolence meetings in memory of these two Comrades. Copy of our condolence resolution is attached.

With greetings

Yours fraternally

Ashok B Salunkhe

Secretary General

Obituary

Com. Somen Gupta

On 19^th March, 2009, at a Private Nursing homes at Baranagar in West Bengal Com. Somen Gupta breathed his last. Com. Some Gupta was once the Joint Secretary of the Income tax Employees Federation. He was 77 at the time of his death.

Com. Somen Gupta was born in the Village of Haripur in Nadia District of West Bengal. His father Late Sishir Kumar Gupta was an employee of the Income tax Department. He had his early education in Bangabashi School and Surendra Nath College. During his college days he was associated with the student movement and was a renowned leader of the BPSF ie. The Bangiya Pradheshik Student Federation. He took the law degree from the Calcutta University. Immediately after his graduation, Com Gupta joined the Income tax Department as an LDC in the year 1952. Bengal Income tax Association better known as BITA during those days was a formidable and vibrant organizations of the tax employees of West Bengal. Under the leadership of Com. N.N. Ghosh and Com. Pushpendu Sen among others, it was but natural for comrade Gupta to join the Association and be an active worker. Being a powerful orator and a militant organizer, Com. Gupta became a leader in no time. He was elected as an Assistant Secretary of the Association quite earlier in his career and not only became the leader of the tax employees but also of the entire Central Government employees of Calcutta. He was also elected as the Assistant Secretary of the CGCC of Calcutta and had been the acting Secretary of that organization for some time.

Com. Somen Gupta was the President of the Bengal Group D employees Association for decades and continued in that position till his retirement from the Department on superannuation in 1990.

Com. Somen Gupta played a very vital role in organizing the historic indefinite strike action in 1960 in West Bengal. He was victimized for his role in leading the movement. In the one day strike action of the Central Government employees on 19^th September, 1968 his contribution was immense. His dedication, sincerity, determination and courage require emulation. He sacrificed his official career to be active in the movement. He was uncompromising on principle and that has often led to his victimization. He had to face suspension and even dismissal from service. In his death the ITEF and the Central Government employees have lost a veteran leader.

We salute him and convey our heartfelt condolences to his bereaved wife and daughter. We solemnly dip our flag and banner in memory of this courageous and veteran leader of our movement.

Com. Tejen Roy.

The Income Tax Employees Federation sorrowfully coveys the sudden and untimely demise of Com. Tejen Roy, Circle President, ITEF , NE Circle, on Thursday, the 19^th March, 2009 at 8.35 A.M at the Apollo Hospital Chennai

Com. Tejen Roy was born on 01.03.1951 in Barpeta Road, Assam. He joined the Income Tax Department on 05.07.1972 as an LDC in Dibrugarh. Subsequently he was transferred to Shillong in the year 1974 and to Guwahati in the year 1984. Since joining he has been active worker of the ITEF. He had been one of the prominent leaders who organized the tax employees of North Eastern Region and to make their cent per cent participation in the historic strike of 1974. Com. Roy held many important positions in the ITEF, N.E. Circle. He was the Asstt. Secretary, Vice president and President of ITEF NE Circle. At the time of his untimely demise he was the President of the ITEF, N.E. Circle, elected in the year 2005 at the Circle conference.

Com. Tejen Roy is survived by his mother, wife and one daughter.

Com. Tejen Roy' demise is a great loss not only to the ITEF, NE Circle but also to the co-ordination comittee of the Central Government employees in North Eastern Region as he had been in the forefront of all struggles of the Central Government employees.

Com. Tejen Roy's abilities and astute leadership are hard to match and he leaves behind an enormous vacuum. He has left behind indelible memories for his colleagues and comrades to inspire them and to guide them in the task of building up a militant and united movement.

The Income Tax Employees' Federation dips its banner and flag as a mark of respect to his memory and conveys the heartfelt condolences of the income tax employees throughout the country to the bereaved members of his family.

Cofederation Circular

Confederation of Central Government Employees

CHQ: Manishinath Bhawan,

A2/95, Rajouri Garden,

New Delhi – 110027

Website:confederationhq.blogspot.com

e.mail. confederationo6@yahoo.co.in

D.11/30/2009

Dated: 2^nd April, 2009

 

Dear Comrade,

            We send herewith the resolution adopted at the National Executive of the Confederation, which met today at New Delhi.  Kindly publish the same in your journal and circulate it amongst the employees.  We should organize meetings in front of all offices and convey to the members that the ACP orders are not likely to be issued before the election and the Government has not acceded to the demand of the Staff Side to continue the existing practice of effecting ACP on the basis of department specific hierarchical set up.  The grant of second installment of arrears of 6^th CPC dues is also likely to be delayed and may not be released before August, 2009.  The meeting was apprised of the items finalized and forwarded to the National Anomaly Committee.  Those who require a copy of thereof, please send us requisition e mail at: confederation06@yahoo.co.in.

 

            The next meeting of the National Executive will be held in June, 2009. All affiliates are requested to clear the outstanding subscription dues and the special contribution of Rs. 20 per member by 30^th May, 2009.  The National Conference (the triennial conference) is due in September, 2009.  Since the accounts are to be finalized and audited latest by 10^th August, 2009, the due date indicated for remittance of dues may please be adhered to.

 

            With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

 

K.K.N. Kutty

Secretary General

  

Resolution adopted at the National Executive

meeting of the Confederation.

 

            This meeting of the National Executive of the Confederation of Central Government employees and workers held at New Delhi on 2^nd April, 2009 drew satisfaction from the response of the Central Government employees to the appeal made by it on 24^th March, 2004 to mount vigorous campaign amongst the mass of the employees to take a decisive stand against the then Government at the general election in 2004.  With the sustained efforts and endeavour of the entire working class in the country a combination of those political parties who are opposed to fundamentalist and communal forces could be brought to power after the general elections in 2004 in the country.  Such a combination of the political parties thus took over the reins of the country with the support extended by the left parties from outside on the clear understanding that the cardinal principle of governance would be what was agreed upon by all concerned as the National Common Minimum programme.

 

The present Govt. at the beginning kindled the hope and aspiration of the common multitude of the country especially the working class. However once in power the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister unmindful of the strident opposition of the organized movement of the working class and disregarding the views of the Left Parties  pursued the same discredited neo-liberal economic policies. The sponsoring committee of Trade Union organizations had to perforce tread the path of struggle and organize strike actions in 2006, 2007 and 2008 to compel the Government to reverse its economic policies of liberalization and globalization.  The ban on recruitment which was imposed by the NDA Govt. in 2001 through an executive fiat was not only not withdrawn but continued; many  Government departments were wound up; public enterprises were privatized; FDI was allowed in many sectors including the sensitive and strategic ones; initiated policy shifts making higher and professional education beyond the reach of the common man; service tax net was widened to cover many areas of concern to common man; various concessions and exemptions from taxation were provided to the rich and corporate bodies; subsidies were withdrawn driving peasants to penury; the only tax deduction available for the salaried employees i.e the standard deduction under section 16 of the I.T.Act was withdrawn; capital gains tax on stock transactions was abolished to give impetus to speculative business at terrible cost to exchequer; allowed future trading on consumable food articles which became the primary cause for the escalation of prices of all essential commodities like rice, wheat, dhal, edible oil vegetable, sugar etc.; allowed the monopoly houses to enter the retail trade rendering thousands jobless; indulged in massive downsizing and outsourcing of the Governmental functions; raised the administrative price of petroleum products; proposed full capital convertibility of rupee; created innumerable special economic zones granting power to hire and fire to the entrepreneurs; persisted with the financial sector reforms unmindful of the global economic recession; introduced bill to withdraw the labour welfare enactments; did everything to integrate Indian economy to the vagaries and dangers of globalization; weakened and almost wound up the public distribution system; all this done in contravention of the agreed National Common Minimum programme.  

 

At the instance of the proponents of the free market economy and with a view to boost the stock market operations the Government decided to privatize the pension funds and do away with the age old statutory defined benefit pension scheme of the Government employees by introduction of the PFRDA bill in the Parliament.  Almost all the State Governments barring Bengal, Tripura and Kerala  followed this dictum and introduced the new contributory pension scheme. Despite the stiff opposition of the Central and State Government employees manifested unambiguously by a magnificent strike action on 30^th October, 2007 jointly organized by the Confederation and the All India State Government employees Federation, the Government persisted with the PFRDA bill which however could not obtain the Parliamentary sanction due to the principled and consistent opposition of the Left parties.  Still the Government put into operation the new contributory pension scheme in fact illegally and unethically through executive instructions. At the fag end of its tenure it decided to divert the pension funds to stock market to boost up the falling sensex. 

No different was its attitude towards the employees in the matter of implementation of the 6^th CPC report.  The report itself was to perpetuate the wage differential between the top echelons of the bureaucracy and the employees. The Government's decision was to accentuate this ill advised recommendation further as it chose to accept the suggestion of the Committee of Secretaries to further increase the Grade pay of all Group A officers and reject the demand of the employees for a fitment formula to provide a minimum benefit of 40% rise in emoluments to all employees.  It refused to grant the minimum wage as per the 15^th ILC norms and refused to negotiate the recommendations of the 6^th CPC with the employees' representatives.  It also decided to do away with 9 lakhs Group D posts and outsource all Group D functions to private contractors.  On the question of wage revision of 3.5 lakhs Grameen Dak Sewaks, the Government took initially an extremely nugatory attitude by not setting up a judicial committee for their wage revision and later by not revising their wages.  Same was the attitude of this Government towards the temporary and casual workers. While the regular employees were given the benefit of wage revision, the casual and daily rated workers were denied. Even after issuing orders for the grant of Child care leave for women employees as per the recommendation of the 6^th CPC, the Govt. later issued a clarificatory order virtually denying this benefit.  In the case of pre-1996 pensioners the benefit of fixation on notional pay basis was denied. Even in the face of the impact of the world economic recession, it refused to lift the ban on recruitment, fill up the large number of existing vacancies or take steps to generate employment as demanded unanimously by the entire trade union movement in the country in the recently concluded Indian Labour Conference

During the five year tenure, it discarded India's independent foreign policy  and moved away from the time tested non-aligned movement. It compromised the country's independent nuclear technology development programme by entering into a controversial agreement which became the subject matter of severe criticism from various quarters.   While this had been the track record of the present Government, the major constituent of the opposition had been indulging throughout this period to foment social disharmony, to spread hatred and to fracture the secular social fabric providing impetus to the growth of terrorism.    

In this background the National Executive appeals all affiliates and COCs to campaign amongst the mass of the employees and the people of the country to vote for those candidates who support the cause of the working class in general and Government employees in particular. The meeting calls upon all concerned to organize state/district level conventions and mass meeting in front of all offices to organize the employees for this purpose.

Sd/-

S.K.Vyas

President.

Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and workers.

NOTICE

            INCOME  TAX  EMPLOYEES  FEDERATION

        Manishinath Bhawan A/2/95 Rajouri Garden,New Delhi. 110 027.

www.itef.blogspot.com email: itefcentral@gmail.com.

Telefax. 2510 5321; 6543 1807

 

 

 

DEAR COM,

 

SINCE THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE CADRE REVIEW COMMITTEE IS NOT LIKELY TO BECOME AVAILABLE ON 2^ND APRIL AS PROMISED BY DIRECTOR (HRD). THE MEETING OF THE SECRETARIAT AND WORKING COMMITTEE STANDS POSTPONED. THE NEXT DATE WILL BE COMMUNICATED LATER.

 

                                                                                          ASHOK B SALUNKHE

                                                                                           SECRETARY GENERAL

 

Notice

                                     INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION,

Manishinath Bhawan,

A/2/95, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027

                                   Telephone No : 2510 5324 Telefax 2513 1593

Mobile 98110 48303

e-mail : itef@sify.com

Website: itef.blogspot.com.

 X/5/2009

Dated: 6^th March, 2009

Dear Comrade,

            Please refer to the notice dated 3rd march 2009 for the CWC meeting on 12^th April, 2009 at New Delhi. Taking into account the various requests for the postponement of the meeting, it has now been decided to postpone the meetingto 19^th April, 2009.  The venue of the meeting will remain the same.   Kindly note the change of date.  The meeting shall be concluded on the same day. 

            With greetings,

 

Yours fraternally,

 

 

Ashok Salunkhe

Secretary General.

Notice

INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION,

Manishinath Bhawan,

 A/2/95, Rajouri Garden,

New Delhi 110 027

Telephone No : 2510 5324 Telefax 2513 1593

e-mail : itef@sify.com Mobile 98110 48303

   

NOTICE

 

X.5(xxxxiii)

Dated: 3^rd March, 2009.

 

 

            Notice is hereby given for an emergent meeting of the Central Working Committee of the ITEF on 12^th April, 2009 at 10.30 AM at Manishi Nath Bhawan, A-2/95, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi,  to discuss the following agenda.

 

 

Agenda:

 

            1.  Confirmation of minutes of the CWC meeting held at Mumbai on 9^th February, 2009.

 

            2.  Discussion on report of the Cadre Review Committee.

 

            3.  Discussion on filling up of 10% posts of ITOs from amongst the Senior Inspectors

     who have not qualified in the departmental examination.[ as per Conference decision]

 

4.  To consider agitational programme on Pay Commission related issues, departmental

     demands, utilization of infrastructure fund as per the decision of the Conference.

 

5.  Any other matter with permission of the chair.

 

 

Ashok B. Salunkhe,

Secretary General.

To

All CWC members and the members of the CHQ Secretariat, the Circle Secretaries, Circle Presidents (as observers), Com.Bimal Bose, Com.Umesh Mehta, Com.K K N Kutty, Members of Advisory Committee, Chairman Disciplinary Committee and the Chairman Election Commission with a request to make it possible to attend the meeting.

 

  

INCOME TAX EMPLOYEES FEDERATION,

Manishinath Bhawan,

 A/2/95, Rajouri Garden,

New Delhi 110 027

Telephone No : 2510 5324 Telefax 2513 1593

e-mail : itef@sify.com Mobile 98110 48303

   

NOTICE

 

X.5(xxxxiii)

Dated: 3^rd March, 2009.

 

 

            Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Secretariat of the ITEF, CHQ will be held on 5^th April, 2009 at 11.00 AM at Manishi Nath Bhawan, A-2/95, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, to discuss the following agenda.

 

 

Agenda:

 

            1.  Discussion on report of the Cadre Review Committee.

 

            2.  To chalk out campaign programme to mobilize the members and popularize the

     demands finalized in the Conference.

           

3.  Any other matter with permission of the chair.

 

 

 

Ashok B. Salunkhe,

Secretary General.

 

 

To All CHQ. Secretariat Members

Com.Bimal Bose, Com.Umesh Mehta, Com.K K N Kutty Members of Advisory Committee, Chairman Disciplinary Committee and the Chairman Election Commission with a request to make it possible to attend the meeting.