No.2008/FROA/12.                                                                                 Date:  03/9/2008

 To,

Shri Lalu Prashad Yadav,
         Hon’ble Union Minister for Railways,
         Govt. of India,
         New Delhi. 

 Sub: Resolution on misbehaviour by Hon’ble M.P. Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana against General Manager, South Central Railway and ADEN/HYB.

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     FROA strongly condemns the incidence of verbal abuse and physical assault by Hon’ble M.P. Shri Sarvey Satyanarayana and Hon’ble M.L.A. Shri G. Sayanna on     Shri P.V. Sudhakar, ADEN, South Central Railway during performance of his assigned official duties. Their subsequent misbehavior with the General Manager, South Central Railway and threatening him of dire consequences is shameful and strongly deplorable.  Railway Offices’ fraternity feels that exemplary action should be taken against the above-named Hon’ble Public Representatives, so that faith of Railway men in the system is restored and our officers discharge their official duties without the slightest of fear or apprehension.  

                                                                                                                                                               (Ragini yechury)
                                                                                                   Secy.Genl. FROA

No.2008/FROA/13

Chairman                                                                                                          Dated, 03.9.08
Railway Board.

 Sir,

           Following serious anomalies have emerged on the basis of Government resolution on 6^th Central Pay Commission

            1.         Grades of General Managers/Additional Members

             A new grade HAG + has been given for GMs & AMs.  Through the same resolution Government have decided that DGP heading the police force in the states and Principal  CCF of Forest Deptt.  of each state would be in the apex scale i.e. 80,000/- fixed.  Similarly, this grade has also been given to DGs of central police organizations.  It may be noted that head of the police force & Forest Deptt. till 4^th pay commission, were at a much lower level than GMs of the Railways.  During the last 15 years they became equivalent to GMs & now would be in a grade higher than that of GM.

            By not upgrading the post of GMs to apex level the railway services have been relegated to lower level.  IPS & IFO

S which have much smaller cadre strength than railways would have about 30 Secretary level posts as against 7 posts available to 8 organised Gr. A Railway services.     

         Worth of charge posts in Principal CCF or DGP in smaller states is much less than that of GMs of IR.  Therefore, assigning HAG + grade to GMs need immediate review.

 2.         Grade of Chairman, Railway Board. 

            The worth of charge of Chairman, Railway Board is in no way less than that of Chiefs of staff (Army, Navy, Air Force).  However, the post of CRB has not been upgraded to the pay level of Rs. 90,000/-.

            As per Government resolution certain issues are to be looked into separately by the Government e.g. corporatisation of railways.  It is suggested that while these issues are looked into, Ministry of Railways may suggest the issues of upgradation of the posts of GMs to be fixed to Rs. 80,000 fixed and that of Chairman/Railway Board Rs. 90,000/ fixed should also be reviewed by the Government.           

3.         Position of TADK/Bungalow Peon

          FROA would like to clarify that no domestic helps are being provided to railway officers.  The peons attached to officers of IR are Telephone Attendants and Dak Khallasis, though sometimes they are called by some other designations.  Therefore, pay commission observations regarding abolition of domestic help should not be valid for railways.

          FROA shall be thankful if resentment among Railway officers on the above issues is brought to the notice of the Government and the above anomalies are rectified. 

            Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(G.N.Asthana)

For kind information of Hon’ble MR,
MS, FC
GMs/Zonal Railways & PUs

Sub: SALE & TRANSFER OF IRWO HOUSES

 Further liberalization of sale and transfer of dwelling unit in respect of sale and transfer to other than members of IRWO has been approved by Governing Council of IRWO during the meeting held on 5^th August, 2008.

 RESOLUTION No.258

 “It is resolved that in modification to Para 28.1 of IRWO General Rules, sale and transfer of dwelling units to other than members of IRWO may be permitted”

     i)                   any time within 2 years prior to retirement, or

ii)                  3 years after possession, or

iii)                In case of allotment of dwelling unit after retirement, 3 years after possession, or

iv)               Without any restrictions of time in case of demise of the allottee.”

(Revision of 6^th Pay Commission Recommendations. 

             The revision of the 6^th Pay Commission Recommendations approved by the Union Cabinet has met with most concerns of Railway officers. It has partly met the demands of FROA submitted before the Committee of Secretaries. The following modifications are note-worthy.

• Increase in the rate of increment from 2.5% to 3% will benefit the officers at all levels.
• The decision to place Selection Grade officers in PB-4 will result in pay increase by more than Rs.12000/- vis-à-vis the original 6^th CPC recommendation.
• The officers of the rank of General Manager will be placed in a special scale to reach the apex pay of Rs.80,000/- in 2 years. Thus huge loss in pay and pension  vis-à-vis the original 6^th CPC recommendation will be avoided.
• Doctors with 20 years of service will be promoted to SAG.

            FROA congratulates the constituent Railway Officers Associations for the above success and thanks them for their pro-active support.  FROA shall pursue the implementation of para 3.3.12 of the recommendations of the 6^th CPC for granting higher pay scale to SAG and HAG on non-functional basis with a time gap of 2 years vis-à-vis  the IAS. This assurance has been categorically given to FROA during a meeting held with Expenditure Secretary. FROA will also study the Cabinet decisions pertaining to Police, Forest and Defence services and make appropriate action plan to improve the service conditions of Railway Officers.

(G.N. Asthana)
President/FROA

No.2008/FROA/Notice                                                        Dated,  16.7.2008

Deliberations of FROA with members of the committee of Secretaries are continuing w.r.t. certain serious anomalies in the recommendations of 6^th Central Pay Commission.  Final outcome would be advised as soon as possible. 

(G.N. Asthana)
President/FROA

No. 2008/FROA/ GC/ Mtg.                                                                                       16^h July, 2008

                        Sub:   Governing Council meeting on last Friday of every month. 

            It has been decided that meeting of the governing council of FROA would invariably be held on last Friday of each month during lunch hours.. All members of the governing council are requested to attend this meeting. Outstation members of governing council are also welcome to attend this meeting if they happen to be in Delhi or they can make it convenient to attend this meeting.

     (Ragini Yechury)
Secretary General/FROA

All Office bearers concerned

GOVERNMENTOF INDIA
MINISTRYOF RAILWAYS
RAILWAYBOARD

 No. F(X)II-2006/PW/11                                                                                                                            dated  28/05/2008

 The General Managers,
All lndian RaIlways,
Including CLW,DLW, ICF, RCF & Rail Wheel Factory.
Metro RaIlway, Kolkata. 

The General Manager (Const.), N.F. Rallway, Guwahati. 

CAOs (Constn), All lndian Railways (except NF Rallway) 

The Director General and Ex-Officio General Manager, RDSO, Lucknow. 

The General Manager, CORE, Allahabad 

CAO, MTP/ Mumbai, DLMW, Patiala and COFMOW, New Delhi 

Sub: Delegation of powers to General managers - hiring of AC vehicles.

          Ref: Board's letter No. F(X)II-2006/PW / 11 dated 7/ 15.5.2007.

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          In terms of Board's letter No. F(X)II-2006/PW / 11 dt. 7/ 15.5.2007,
SAG officers can be provided with non-AC vehicles for official use. On
receipt of a representation from the Federation of Railway Officers
Associations (FROA), the matter has been reviewed by Board and it has
been decided that where vehicles are hired for officers of the rank SAG
and above as per extant rules, the same may be Air-conditioned hired
vehicles also. 

2. The other instructions of Board's letter under reference will remain
unchanged.

3.  Please acknowledge receipt.

(A.K.Bhatia)
Jt. Director Finance(Exp.)
Railway Board.

No.2008/FROA-GBM/10                                                                             7^th May, 2008

 The President/General Secretary,
All Federating Units of FROA 

Sub:Election of Governing Council Members - Payment of Annual Fee  Rs.2000/- each. 

The GBM of FROA was held on 24^th & 25^th April, 2008 in the Conference Hall, Rail Bhavan.   A list of members elected to the Governing Council is enclosed.  

As you are aware that the annual fee of Rs.2000/- is to be sent to the FROA office, Railway Board in the form of cheque drawn in favour of the President/Secretary General at an early date. 

Encl:As above                                                                                                   (Ragini Yechury)
                                                                                                                   Secretary General/FROA

Federation of Railway Officers’ Associations

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Secretary
Railway Officer’s Association,
All Zonal Railway & PUs.

                        Reg: Recommendations of 6^th Central Pay Commission.

Meeting of governing council of FROA was held on 26.03.2008 in Railway Board in which Additional Members & Advisers of Railway Board also participated to discuss the recommendations made by 6^th Central Pay Commission.

                         Following recommendations of Pay Commission were discussed:

     i)        Corporatization  of Indian Railways

ii)       Abolition of bungalow peons & similar posts

iii)     Relatively low increase in salary of JA grade & Selection grade officers

iv)     Issue of large disparity in promotions between IAS & Railway services not being addressed. In fact a further edge has been given to IAS by accelerated promotions and higher grades.  The commission has also not recommended up gradation of post of GMs to the grade of Special Secretary/Secretary.

The general consensus during the meeting was that FOR A should strongly take up these issues with the Board as well as with MR to ensure that the adverse recommendations of Pay Commission are suitably rectified at the time of implementation.  In cases your association has any views on the subject or has some other suggestions, the same may be forwarded at the earliest. 

                                                                                                            (G.N.Asthana)

Acting SecretarGeneral &
Adviser ME(W)

No. FROA – 2008-GBM                                                            March 24, 2008

The President/General Secretary,

All Federation Units of FROA. 

Sub :   General Body Meeting and elections to the Governing Council. 

1.      The General Body Meeting and elections to form new Governing Council of the Federation was scheduled to be held on 27^th & 28^th March 2008.  References had been received from some of the federating units regarding difficulty in deputing representatives to New Delhi at the end of the month, due to year ending issues.  In view of this, it has now been decided to postpone the subject meeting and hold the same on 24^th & 25^th April 2008 in Conference Hall, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi from 1100 Hrs.  

2.      The General Body of the Federation consists of the following members who are also eligible for participating in the election: 

(i)       Four representatives each from the zonal Railway officers Associations, Railway Board & RDSO.

(ii)       Two representatives each from the Production Units/other Units officers Associations

(iii)      Existing Members of the FROA Governing Council.

(iv)      Former President and Secretary General of FROA Governing Council 

3.  Election for new Governing Council of FROA will be held for the following offices:

(i)       President.

(i)      Vice Presidents (six posts out of which three will be from outstation)

(ii)      Secretary General

(iii)      Treasurer.

(iv)      Secretaries (six posts out of which 2 will be from out station)

(v)      Joint Secretaries (five posts out of which 1 will be from out station) 

4.         All affiliated Associations are, therefore, requested for the following needful.

 (i)         Nominate  their  representatives as indicated above to attend the meeting

              and participate in the elections.

(ii)        Names of the above representatives may please be sent to FROA well in  time to prepare the electoral list.

(iii)       Nomination for the out stations posts of Governing Council.
 

5.         Agenda items for  discussion  in  the  GBM  which will form final agenda for next meeting  with Railway Board may be sent in advance by 15^th April 2008.. 

The required information and the nomination for the out stations posts of Governing Council  may be furnished to the undersigned at an early date.           

( G.N. Asthana )
Acting Secretary General (FROA)

No.2008/FROA/5

To                                                                                                                Dated 17.03.2008

Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav, Hon'ble   Miiiistere for Railways, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.

Sir,