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8/20/2019 Letter to Secy MIB

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CPC recom'~'~~na~~l:gnegarding Grant

of Grade Pay Rs.4600 to HC/Assistants working in Prasar Bharati.

The Secretary,

Ministry of Information

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Broadcasting

Shastry Bhavan,

New Delhi

Respected Sir,

The National Council of the Association is convinced that the

following issue is to be brought to your personal attention for redressal.

You may kindly be aware that the Head clerk/Assistants working in

Prasar Bharati have not been extended the Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/-

on par with the Assistants of the Central Secretariat inspite of the clear

cut recommendation of the VI Pay commission and the acceptance of

the same by the government. We bring further materials to your kind

attention for better appreciation of the issue comprehensively.

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The Head clerk/Assistant are currently placed in the pay sc-ale

of PB2-9300-34800 with GP of RS.4200. They were previously ir'l the

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pay scale of Rs.5500-9000 on par with the Assistants of the Centrt ~·-· •

Secretariat. . I

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The Sixth pay commission has recommended absolute parity

among the Assistants of Central Secretariat and subordinate offices.

We extract the relevant recommendation of the VI CPC for ready

refererce.

Phlfosophy and the Guiding Principal: Chapter-1.2 Para 1.2.18

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Parity between field offices and secretariat has been proposed as, in

Commission's view, equal emphasis has to be given to the field offices

in order to ensure better delivery.

Accor6ingly the Commission has recommended as follows:

HQ Organisation in GOI Staff in field offices: Chapter-3.1 Para 3.13

Higher pay scales in the Secretariat offices may have been jUsVified in.

the past when formulation of proper policies was of' paramount

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importance. However the time has come to grant parity. befv,teoen


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You may kindly be aware that parity between Central

Secretariat and subordinate offices has been continuously under the

consideration of the various pay commissions. Actually the previous

pay commissions particularly the Fourth and Fifth paved way for the

current arrangement by rationalizing the pay scales. A careful reading

of the relevant recommendation of the VI Cf C will show that part from

recommending parity on a sound reasoning the Commission has

observed that the time has come to grant parity thereby proving that

this recommendation is only a consummation of the work undertaken

by the earlier pay Commissions in this regard.

In addition to the above the Commission has in the case of

many departments, recommended Rs. 6500-10500 to the Assistants

on par with Assistants of the Central Secretariat.(Annexure-I).

Similarly several autonomous bodies have granted Rs. 4600 to the

Assistants working in them. (Annexure-II)

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Secondly the proposal of the Commission contained in

Chapter-1.2 Para 1.2.18 has been accepted by the Government as

corroborated by Dept of Expenditure OM dated 16-11-2009.

Accordingly the Assistants of the Central Secretariat and the

subordinate offices were initially granted only GP of Rs.4200 till the

former's GP was increased on par with Inspectors of Central Excise

etc.

Moreover, that this recommendation to grant parity was included

in the Highlights of the Pay Commission Report goes to show the

importance attached to the same. Even the Implementation cell of the

Dept of Expenditure has acknowledged this aspect while processing

the case for granting Rs.4600 to Assistants of Central Secretariat and

has termed that the said recommendation is the Cornerstone of the

pay commission recommendation. Under these circumstances there is

no justification whatsoever for denying the same to the Head clerk/

Assistants of Prasar Bharati.

Thirdly the government, while raising the GP of Assistants

of the Central Secretariat from Rs.4200 to Rs.4600 on par with

Inspectors of Central Excise etc., has stated that the reason for

granting such a dispensation was the fact that there is an element

of direct recruitment in the case of the former. This qualification

is also fulfilled by the Assistants of Prasar Bharati in whose case 20

of the posts are filled by direct recruitment. It is an irony that the

government has thought it fit to grant the Assistants of the

Central Secretariat a higher GP comparing them with non-

comparable cadres but has denied the same to Assistants of

Prasar Bharati who are on par with the Assistants of the Central

Secretariat and for which a sound recommendation exists and


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Being an autonomous body the employees within the

organization are to be treated equally in the matter of service

conditions. Reminiscent of the earlier dispensation the Assistants

working in the Prasar Bharati Secretariat are granted GP of Rs. 4600,

whereas the same is denied to others who are similarly placed.

Therefore it has become necessary to invoke you personal

attention in this matter. We wish to state that a proposal sent earlier in

the year 2010 did not bring out the above facts to the attention of the

Ministry of Finance. However Corrective measure has now been taken

by Prasar Bharati and

proposal on the revised lines is lying with

the DG/PB/Ministry Annexure-III ,

We request you to kindly instruct

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the concerned officials to take a relook and take necessary action

immediately.

It will not be out of place to mention here that Ministry of Law

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Justice, Department of Legal Affairs, vide its DO No.29(9)/2014-Judl

dated 7.8.2014 had requested all Ministries and Departments by try to

reduce Government litigation in courts so that valuable court time is

spent in resolving other pending cases.

In view of the above, it is requested to issue the order granting

Grade Pay Rs.4600/- in the light of

CPC recommendation.

Thanking you sir,

Copy to: R.S. Chouhan

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