Saturday, February 16, 2013


RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE PENSIONER’S WELFARE ASSOCIATION
SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY, SECUNDERABAD.
(REG.No.1126/2012)
(Affiliated To All India Retired Railwaymen’s Federation)
Head office: Block No.303, Railway Colony High School, Chilkalguda,
           Secunderabad-500025)
 President:                               General Secretary                     Treasurer
 V.SESHADRI.                              G.V.V.N.RAJU.                           M.SRINIVASULU.
                                           9642164777                                   9652347477                         9948089970  
      
               Letter No. RPFPWA/SCR/2013                                                                 Date: 12-02-2013

To
Sri.P.M.A.Dhanaraj,
Secretary & Treasurer,
AI RPF ROWA, Chennai Region,
32A/B, 3rd Street, G.N.G. Colony,
Varadharajapuram,
Ambattur, CHENNAI-600053.
Respected Sir,
         Sub: Holding of DPCs for promotion to the rank of ASCs-Reg.
         Ref: 1) Proceedings of the special Meeting of the AIRPFROWA, Chennai held on 19-01-2013.
                 2) Minutes of the 11th AGM of AIRPFROWA held on 13th to 15th Oct, 2012 at LKO.
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                           At the outset I would like to thank the AIRPFROWA  for taking unanimous decision to allow and giving liberty to the RPF pensioners to form their own Associations’ to achieve their goals and objectives. In this direction only, the RPF Pensioner’s Welfare Assn, SCRly, with head quarters SC has been formed and registered vide No.1126/2012. The office bearers and all the members convey our thanks for extending support to us.

           We have taken up issues pertaining to the RPF pensioner’s such as:

1). Payment of FMA-As per recent Orders of the Railway, the PSA- Divisional/ Hqs. In charge from where the pensioner retired-Pension Sanctioning Authority has to ACCORD SANCTION for payment of monthly FMA and its arrears from the dated of retirement on the Claimant’s ‘self Declaration Form’ as provided by the Railway Board, then the PPO issuing authority shall forward the same to the PDA/or to the CPPC of the concerned Band for payment of FMA;

2).Issue of corresponding Comp. Pass to the RPF Pensioners who are in the grade of 4200/- and above, in spite of clear Orders from the Railway Board, the same being rejected by RPF authorities over S.C.Rly. They are still seeking further clarification from the CPO/SCR, SC, even to issue First Class Pass to the eligible pensioners as per Rly.Bd. Orders dated 06-01-2011;

3) Issue of First Class ‘A’ Pass to the ASCs/Ad hoc who retired before completion of three years of continuous service as ASC;

4) Regularization of ad hoc ASCs/retired in the RPF and promotion to the rank of DSCs at par with their juniors to get pension benefits; In terms of item No.14 of the Agenda point of discussion of the AGM of the AIRPFOWA held at LKO, reference 2 cited above, I am submitting my representation to you for further necessary action.






5) Payment of increment arrears due to the pensioners between Feb-June, 2006, on account of implementation of VICPC pay scales from 01-01-2006;

6) Many other local issues, like issue of Revised PPOs; resolving the difficulties faced by members in the hands of the PDAs, timely issue of Passes- on the same ,and other offices in issue of timely pension, arrears, opening of joint SB account; reimbursement/payment of amount spent on emergency Hospitalization at private hospitals, restoration of commutation amount immediately on completion of 15 years, and so on.

              In addition to the above, with the encouragement and support extended by the President Sri. Y.N.Sastry, President of AIRRF, and others, we are associating with them in day to day matters, meeting the GM, IG-cum-CSC,COPs, Sr.DFMs, and others.

              I am sending an amount of Rs.300/- ( Rupees three hundred only) towards my annual subscription amount for the year 2013 through my SBI/SB account to you – to SBI Park Town Branch, Chennai to SB A/C No. 10273556993. Kindly acknowledge the same.

              I will be attending the next AGM proposed to be held on 23-3-2013 at Chennai, most probably with family. I earnestly request you to make note of the same.

              Further, I am also furnishing hereunder my address, Mobile number and email to be corrected in your records and for inclusion in our Directory.
                                                         

                    Thanking you,

Encl: as above-(    ).                                                   Yours faithfully,



                                                                                         (V.SESHADRI)                                                                                              
                                                                                         ASC/RPF/Retd.,
V.Seshadri, ASC,RPF/Retd.,
H.No.24-147/4/2,East Anandbagh,
MLAKAJGIRI,Secunderabad-500047.
Mobile:09642164777

















To                                                                                                            Date: 12-02-2013  
      
The Director General,
Railway Protection Force,
Railway Board, Rail Bhavan,
New Delhi-110001
Honoured SIR,

               Sub: Representation from-V.Seshadri, Asst. Security Commissioner, RPF- Retired-  
                       Senior’s names dropped from the Inspectors/ASCs' Ad hoc lists and juniors given         
                       Regularization and Promotion as Commandants/DSCs in RPF –Pray justice and to      
                       Remove Disparity and Anomaly – reg.
    Ref: 1).Honorable PMO’s Office, New Delhi – Dy.No.2475/VIP/MOS (PP)/12 
            Dated 17-9-2012 ;(2)- PRSEC/E/2013/000152 dated 03-01-2013;
            3).Honorable President of India’s Secretariat, New Delhi –
            Sl.No.P1/D/1407110087;( 4).Hon’ble MR, Reg. No.MORLY/E/2012/03392                             
            Dated 31- 5-2012; and  a score of letters; Minutes of the  RPFPWA,SCR,SC;&
            5).Railway Board. Reg.No. MORLY/E/2013/00062 dated 03-01-2013.
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                           In brief , it is submitted that I have joined the Railways as a direct Sub-Inspector in 1970, got first promotion as Inspector in 1983, and in May,2002 I have been promoted and appointed as ASC,RPF ad hoc, and on 31-8-2006, I have retired as ASC/ad hoc without regularization and promotion to the rank of DSC on completion of three of service as was done to other directly recruited ASC, and in later years , in 2007, DPCs were held and more than 100 ad hoc ASCs -- my other juniors got regularized and promoted to the rank of DSCs, which was done in contravention to the DoP&T Orders and suppressing other Orders of the GOI on the issue of time bound DPCs , no suppression in promotions, to include the names of the retirees also in the DPC’s Panel lists, etc. These entire Orders have not been taken in to account by the Railway Board, DG, RPF due to which I was deprived of my legitimate regularization and promotion as DSC at par with my juniors and other direct ASCs. Thus, I lost all the pensionary benefits, and the juniors got more pay/grade pay and pension than me. The facts and circumstances leading and relating to the matter are given hereunder.

             It is humbly submitted that I have been trying to ventilate my grievance cited above, and the right to have justice from the day I have completed three years of continuous service as ASCs for regularization and promotion to the rank of DSC at par with that of direct ASCs and other my junior departmental ASCs. My efforts to get this matter to bring to the notice of the DG,RPF /Security Directorate on record failed and found to be that my representations/letters/Minutes/emails; On line grievances sent through MOR Portal, President’s Help Line Ports, Pension Portal, DoP&PW, and so on, No where it is brought on record to indicate that this matter has been brought to the notice of the DG, RPF, and thus in its absence, it is opined , it stage managed somewhere, no action is found to have been initiated as I have not received any letter/acknowledgment on this issue so far from the Railway board, DG, RPF/Security Directorate. My letters, etc., have been piled in other Ministries/Departments, cited above, who have without loss of time sent them to the Ministry of Railways for appropriate action under intimation to me.  But nothing has been done so far.

         Further, the Railway Board, have published yet another seniority list dated    19-4-2012 of Inspectors/AD HOC ASCs for the years from 1983 to 2009 for regularization of ad hoc ASCs and for promotion to the rank of DSC. The names of the ad hoc ASCs, like me, have been dropped in the above list, may on the ground that we have retired. The earlier lists of Inspectors-Grade-I dated Apri,2001; 28-2-2005, and 04-8-2006 have not been finalized to fill up the vacancies of ASCs on regular basis and further promotion as DSCs as arose during the period from 2002 to 2007. I was in service during the period from 1983 to 2007. I have also lodged representation under Rule 102, but no reply received so far. (Rule 102- Representation against assignment of seniority).




 On my representations, they have also not taken any action to initiate proceedings to rectify their mistakes done in misinterpretation of the above GOI Order of the DoP&T date 22-11-1998 and to issue DPC’s Extended Panels by incorporating our names/ retired ASCs as per their seniority position of the year of vacancy and place them above their juniors who were otherwise not fit /not eligible to be promoted to the rank of ASCs/ and then to the rank of DSCs but for misinterpretation of this OM and  thereby mandating their names inducted and injected in place our names. The said OM cited above very very clear on this issue.

When the matter has been brought the notice of the General Manager, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar  and our fate in the RPF as ASC ad hoc pensioners, while our juniors are given higher pay/grade pay and pensionary benefits by ignoring the GOI Orders cited above, the IG-CUM-
CSC,RPF, E.Co.Rly, BBS, vide letter NO. RPF /ECoR/E/08-03/491 dated 28-01-2013 had forwarded my representations to the Director, RPF, Railway Board for favour of disposal of the matter under intimation to me. It is not known , whether this letter also reached the DG,RPF or not.

 Copy of the Dept. of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions, Office Memorandum No. 22011/4/98-ESTT. (D), dated 12-10-1998 is enclosed for ready reference and further necessary action at least now to set right this matter and protect the senior’s pension benefits in the name of justice done to one and all without fear and favor to person or class/cadre.

    As per the DoP&T, OM No. 22011/4/98-ESTT. (D), dated 12-10-1998, DPCs have to be conducted in time, to promote the RPF Inspectors as ASCs. In the event of failure to conduct the DPCs in time, due to any administrative difficulty, delay, etc, the names of those Inspectors/ ad hoc ASCs  retired in the intervening period should find place in the DPCs held in the later years, preparing extended Panel(s), if necessary. Though such retired employees do not get actual promotions and arrears, they are entitled to pro-forma fixation and benefits thereof, such as passes, pensionary benefits etc.

Unfortunately, in sheer violation of the above Orders, officers at the helm of affairs of our department have delayed to conduct the DPCs in time, nor included the eligible retired Inspectors/AD Hoc ASCs names in the DPCs conducted in later years, with vested interest to benefit the persons of their choice, perpetrating great injustice to the seniors, as a result, some Inspectors/ ad hoc ASCs likely to be retired in the rank of ASCs/DSCs have retired as Inspectors/ad hoc ASCs only. This injustice is still continued.

Despite the fact that this matter has been highlighted in the Minutes of many meetings, individual representations,  and brought to the notice of the officials of the Ministry of Railways; DoP&PW; Honorable PMO’s Office; and the Honorable President’s Secretariat, no action to remove this injustice is taken yet and therefore, it is still continued. The RPFPWA,SCR, Secunderabad in its several Minutes requested  the Honorable Minister of Railways to look into this matter and render justice; duly sending the copies of the letters, etc. along with copies of the Hon’ble Supreme Court/ Hon’ble High Court’s Judgments/Orders citations.

Had the Railway Board, implemented the Judgment/Order dated 07-02-2006 of the Honorable High Court of Delhi in WP (C) 12612 to 12615 of 2004, in time, on or before 15-4-2006, my name would have been listed in the Panel List for the vacancy period of 2002-2007 by the DPC, and I too could have retired as DSC, like my juniors and got my legitimate Pensionary benefits in 2007 itself. Under the circumstances enumerated supra, I humbly pray your Honor for kind intervention on the matter and do justice to the senior citizens and RPF pensioners for which act of kindness we shall ever be grateful.
    Most respectfully and humbly, submitted for kind consideration and Orders please.
                                        
                                                                                          Yours faithfully,

                                                                                          (V.SESHADRI)                                                                                              
ADDRESS:                                                                       ASC/RPF/Retd.,
V.Seshadri, ASC, RPF/Retd.,
H.No.24-147/4/2, East Anandbagh,
MALKAJGIRI, Secunderabad-500047.




Copy submitted to:                                                            

1).The General Secretary ,AIRPFROWA,
31/3D,Aravali View Rail Vihar,                                for favour of infn. And N/A please.
Sector-56, Gurgaon, Haryana-122011.                 
2).The Executive Director ( Fin & Estt.),                 for favour of infn. And N/A please.
Room No.532,Ministry of Railways, Railway Board,
Rail Bhavan, New Delhi-110001.
3).The Director, Dept. of Pension & Pensioner’s Welfare,                                              
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, GOI,
Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market,
New Delhi-110003.                                                 for favour of infn. And N/A please.
4)The Pension Grievance Officer (PGO),
CPENGRAMS, NeGP,                                           for favour of infn. And N/A please.
Dept of Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, GOI,
Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi-110003.
5). Sri.Y.N.Sastry,                                                 for favour of infn. And N/A please.
President, AIRRF,
Block No.303, Railway Colony High School,
Chilkalguda, Secunderabad-500025.
6)Joint secretary (GAZ),
Ministry of Railways, Railway Board,
Rail Bhavan, New Delhi-110001                       . for favour of infn. And N/A please.

                                                                     Yours faithfully,          
                                                                                                            
                                                               
                                                                        (V.SESHADRI)                                                                                             
                                                                        ASC/RPF/Retd.,
ADDRESS:                                                                   
V.Seshadri, ASC,RPF/Retd.,
H.No.24-147/4/2, East Anandbagh,
MALKAJGIRI,Secunderabad-500047
NOTE:
  Railway Board, RTI Cell/RPF Reply—Para-ii, iv, and v: of the Letter No. 2007/Sec (E)/RTI/2 dated 19/22-Sep/2008-(copy enclosed): (1).Sri. GnanaSambandham, ASC/RPF/AD HOC since 1991 retired in June, 2004- (Names of the retired employee dropped by quoting the DoP&T OM No. 22011/4/98-Estt (D) dated 12-10-1998); (2). While the actual meaning is very clear to include the names of the retired employees also in the DPC Panel List(s), even by making out extended Panels, the interpretation of the DoP&T  OM No. 22011/4/98-Estt (D) dated 12-10-1998 by RPF Directorate, Railway Board is reflected in the following Para. This clearly reflects the minds and determination of the vested interests sitting at the Railway Board level who are stage managing entire affairs at the Railway Board level even by misdirecting the other higher officials the UPSC, the Honorable President of India’s Secretariat, and getting sanction and approval of their choice Panel(s) names lists duly dropping the names of the retired RPF Inspectors/ad hoc ASCs by making out delayed DPCs to eliminate the eligible person’s names out of the list/s on this pretext of retirement…the DPC recommendations were given effect to from 04-06-2004. Since Shri. Gnanasambandham (DOB-12-03-1944) had ceased to be in service as on 04-06-2004, the promotion order in his case was not issued, in terms of DOP&T’s instruction contained in its OM No. 22011/4/98-Estt(D) dated 12-10-1998…”; What a typical type of interpretation made to suit to their choice of inclusion and the same is being followed for the last 3 decades in RPF. (B). DoP&T OM No. 22011/4/98-Estt.(D) dated 12-10-1998—very imp.(encl)




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