Ref:
Confdn/Genl/2016-19 Dated
– 20.03.2018
To
Shri Narendra Modi Ji
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
South Block,
New Delhi – 110001
Sir,
Sub: - Abolition of Posts
lying vacant for more than five years – reg.
Ref:
- (1) Govt. of
India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure OM No. 7 (1)/E.
Cord-1/2017 dated 16thJanuary 2018.
(2) Govt.
of India, Ministry of Home Affairs OM No. 19011/01/2015-Fin.II (Pt.) dated 19th January
2018.
This representation is submitted with
the most fervent hope that the Hon’ble Prime Minister will be condescend to
intercede on behalf of the 32 lakhs of Central Govt. Employees who are very
much aggrieved by the above mentioned orders of the Finance Ministry and Home
Ministry.
Sir, It is with much shock and dismay
the Central Govt. Employees came to know about the above mentioned orders of
the Finance Ministry, Department of Expenditure to abolish all posts lying
vacant for more than five years in all departments of Govt. of India. In this
regard we would like to submit the following facts for your benign
consideration and favourable orders.
(i) Post
are lying vacant for more than five years, not because that there is no work
load justified for retention of such posts. It is because of the dismal failure
of the authorities to take timely and prompt action to complete the recruitment
process to fill up those posts in a time bound manner. Due to this inordinate
delay in filling up of those vacant posts, the remaining staff are compelled to
do the work of those posts also. The abnormal delay in completing the
recruitment process by staff Selection Commission is also a main reason for
posts remaining unfilled for years together. In some cases, outsourced contract
and casual employees are working for years together against those
vacant posts. Thus it can be seen that a blanket order to abolish all posts
lying vacant for more than five years is unrealistic and not rational.
(ii) Posts
are created after assessing the workload based on time-tested parameters and
time tests. Abolishing such posts, in a most mechanical manner, even without
re-assessing whether present workload justified retention of such posts by
carrying out establishment review, will lead to imposing of heavy workload on
the existing staff on a permanent measure which may create a chaotic situation
in Govt. offices as the efficiency of offices may be adversely affected due to
unbearable workload.
(iii) It
may be pointed out that it is during the last NDA Govt’s time in May 2001
executive orders were issued to abolish 2/3rd (two-third) of
all direct recruitment vacancies based on annual Direct Recruitment Plan in all
departments without assessing whether the posts are justified or not. Lakhs of
posts are abolished during the period from 2001 to 2008. Finally Sixth Central
pay Commissions severely criticized the Govt’s policy of abolishing direct
recruitment vacancies and opined that this has led to an “ageing bureaucracy”
and strongly recommended to withdraw the abolition orders. Accordingly Govt.
has withdrawn that orders and DOP&T has issued orders for filling up of all
vacant posts.
(iv) It
is most unfortunate that again the present NDA Govt. has issued another orders
in 2018 to abolish all posts lying vacant for more than five years without
giving any consideration to the facts as to what is the reason for posts
remaining vacant for such a long period, whether there is justification for
retention of those posts as per establishment review etc.
In view of the above facts, I, on
behalf of the Central Govt. employees, most humbly request the Hon’ble Prime
Minister to intervene immediately so that the orders issued by Finance Ministry
will be reviewed in an objective, dispassionate and rational manner and be
either withdrawn or kept in abeyance.
Yours faithfully,
(M. Krishnan)
General Secretary
& Member, Standing Committee
National Council, JCM
Mob: 09447068125
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
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