NFAEE is the one and only all India Federation of Atomic Energy Worker, recognised by Government of india/Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

It represents the Industrial, Research & Development and Service organisations under Department of Atomic Energy.

26 Unions and associations of DAE Employees recognised under CCS (RSA) Rule are affiliated with NFAEE

Monday, December 22, 2014


CAN’T RECOVER EXCESS SALARY PAID TO
CLASS III, IV STAFF
………SUPREME COURT


Recovery of excess amount paid to Class-III and Class-IV employees due to employer's mistake is not permissible in law, the Supreme Court has ruled saying that it would cause extremely harsh consequences to them who are totally dependent on their wages to run their family.

The apex court said employees of lower rung service spend their entire earning in the upkeep and welfare of their family, and if such excess payment is allowed to be recovered from them, it would cause them far more hardship, than the reciprocal gains to the employer.

A bench of JS Khehar and Arun Mishra also directed that an employer cannot recover excess amount in case of a retired employee or one who is to retire within one year and where recovery process is initiated five years after excess payment.

"We are therefore satisfied in concluding, that such recovery from employees belonging to the lower rungs (i.e., Class-III and Class-IV - sometimes denoted as Group 'C' and Group 'D') of service, should not be subjected to the ordeal of any recovery, even though they were beneficiaries of receiving higher emoluments, than were due to them. Such recovery would be iniquitous and arbitrary and therefore would also breach the mandate contained in Article 14 of the Constitution," Justice Khehar, who wrote the judgment said.

It said that the employer's right to recover has to compared, with the effect of the recovery on the concerned employee and if the effect of the recovery from the employee would be, more unfair, more wrongful, more improper, and more unwarranted, than the corresponding right of the employer, which would then make it iniquitous and arbitrary, to effect the recovery.

"In such a situation, the employee's right would outbalance, and therefore eclipse, the right of the employer to recover," the bench said.

The bench passed the order on a petition filed by Punjab government challenging Punjab and Haryana high court order restraining it to recover the excess amount paid by mistake to numerous employees over the years.

The direction was given in the Civil Appeal No. 11527 and other similar appeals of 2014 aroused out of SLP ( C) No 11684 of 2012 -  State of Punjab and others Vs Rafiq Masih and others.


It said we may, as a ready reference, summarize the following few situations, wherein recoveries by the employers, would be impermissible in law:

(i)                Recovery from employees belonging to Class-III and Class-IV service (or Group 'C' and Group 'D' service).

(ii)              Recovery from retired employees, or employees who are due to retire within one year, of the order of recovery.

(iii)            Recovery from employees, when the excess payment has been made for a period in excess of five years, before the order of recovery is issued.

(iv)             Recovery in cases where an employee has wrongfully been required to discharge duties of a higher post, and has been paid accordingly, even though he should have rightfully been required to work against an inferior post.

(v)               In any other case, where the Court arrives at the conclusion, that recovery if made from the employee, would be iniquitous or harsh or arbitrary to such an extent, as would far outweigh the equitable balance of the employer's right to recover.

The court said a government employee is primarily dependent on his wages, and such deduction from salary should not be allowed which would make it difficult for the employee to provide for the needs of his family and any recovery must be done within five years.

In this case, the employees were given monetary benefits in excess of their entitlement due to a mistake committed by a concerned competent authority, in determining the emoluments payable to them.







National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees
NFAEE
DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY
Regn.No.17/9615
Recognised by DAE vide DAE OM No. 8/1/2007 – IR&W/95 dated 13th June 2007
JCM Office, Brindavan, Anusaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094
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Ref. No: nfaee/14/192                                                              22.12.2014

To

All Affiliates
NFAEE

Dear Comrades,

A brief not on all India Convection of Central Government Employees held on 11th December 2014 is given below:


NATIONAL CONVENTION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 11.12.2014, NEW DELHI

DECIDE TO ORGANISE INDEFINITE STRIKE

As per the decision of the JCM National Council Staff Side, a massive National convention of all Central Government Employees including Railways, Defence and Confederation was held at MPCU Shah Auditorium, New Delhi on 11.12.2014. About 800 delegates from various parts of the country participated.

Convention was presided by Com. Rakhal Das Gupta (AIRF) Shri Guman Singh (NFIR) Com. S. N. Pathak (AIDEF) Shri Ashik Singh (INDWF) Com. K. K. N. Kutty (Confederation), Com. GiriraJ Singh (NFPE) and Shri Devendera Kumar (FNPO).

Com. M. Raghavaiah, Leader, JCM NC Staff Side & General Secretary, NFIR delivered his opening address. Com. Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary, JCM NC Staff Side & General Secretary, AIRF presented the draft declaration and also addressed the delegates. In addition to the leaders mentioned above Com. S. K. Vyas (Advisor, Confederation) Com. C. Sree Kumar (Secretary General, AIDEF) Shri. R. Srinivasan (Secretary General, INDWF) Com. M. Krishnan (Secretary General, Confederation), Com. R. N. Parashar (Secretary General, NFPE) also addressed the convention. Com. K. K. N. Kutty, president, Confederation summed up the deliberations. The declaration presented was adopted unanimously with certain modifications. The charter of demands and programme of action was also approved by the convention unanimously.

Programme of action declared by the convention is given below:

PROGRAMME OF ACTION

v ORGANISE STATE/DISTRICT/DIVISIONAL LEVEL CONVENTION TO POPULARIZE THE DECLARATION BEFORE FEBRUARY 2015

v TO ORGANISE MASSIVE DHARNA/ RALLY AT ALL STATE CAPITAL/ MAJOR  DEFENSE CENTERS JOINTLY BY ALL  PARTICIPATING UNIONS IN MARCH 2015

v TO ORGANISE CAMPAIGN FORTNIGHT THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL 2015.

v TO ORGANISE RALLY BEFORE THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE IN THE MONTH OF APRIL WHEN THE HOUSE WILL BE IN BUDGET SESSION TO DECLARE THE DATE FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF INDEFINITE STRIKE ACTION AND THE PROGRAMME AND DATE OF SERVING STRIKE NOTICE

The demands adopted in the Convention are given below:

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

Ø Effect wage revision of Central Government Employees from 1.1.2014 accepting the memorandum of the staff side JCM; ensure 5- year wage revision in future; grant interim relief and merger of 100% DA. Ensure submission of 7th CPC report with the stipulated time frame of 18 months; including Grameen Dak Sewaks within the ambit of the 7th CPC. Settle all anomalies of 6th CPC.

Ø No Privatisation, PPP or FDI in Railways and defence establishments and no corporatisation of postal services.

Ø No Ban on recruitment/Creation of posts.

Ø Scrap PFRDA Act and re-introduce the defined benefit statutory Pension scheme.

Ø No Outsourcing; Contractorisation, privatisation of Governmental functions; withdraw the proposed move to close down the printing presses; the publication, form store and stationary departments and Medical Stores depots; regularize the existing daily rated/casual and contract workers and absorption of trained apprentices.

Ø Revive the JCM functioning at all levels and an effective negotiating forum for settlement of the demands of CGEs.

Ø Remove the arbitrary ceiling on compassionate appointments.

Ø No labour reforms which inimical to the interests of the workers.

Ø Remove the Bonus ceiling.

Ø Ensure 5 promotions in the service career.

6 delegates from NFAEE and its affiliated organizations were attended in the convention.

Jayaraj KV

Secretary General
NFAEE
Address for Correspondence: Jayaraj. KV, Secretary General, NFAEE
PESS/UED; BARC, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085
Tel. No: (O): 022 – 25596519; (Res): 022 – 25554179; (Mobile): 9869501189

Sunday, December 21, 2014


RAJYA SABHA QUESTION ON 7th PAY COMMISSION

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
                                                     MINISTRY OF FINANCE     
                                                            


RAJYA SABHA

              

QUESTION NO 230
ANSWERED ON 25.11.2014
7th Pay Commission
230 SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to satate :-a) the details of meetings, the 7th Pay Commission has taken so far and the items/issues discussed till date;

b) the States, visited, by the Commission if any till date and the States which the Commission proposes to visit;
c) whether the Commission proposes to take the views of the State Governments as regards their pay-scales since invariably, most of the States adopt the Central Pay Commission reports;

d) whether Commission proposes to submit any interim report;
e) whether the Commission proposes to make any recommendations to bring in financial transparency; and
f) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER
SHRI JAYANT SINHA
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(a)&(b): The 7th Central Pay Commission is required to make its recommendations on its Terms of Reference. Also, the Commission is to devise its own procedure. The Commission’s Terms of Reference do not enjoin upon it to keep the Government updated on its functioning and the procedure being followed by it during the course of its deliberations. 

(c ): The Terms of Reference of the Commission provide that the Commission will make its recommendations, keeping in view, inter alia, the likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments, which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications.

(d)to(f): The Commission is required to submit its report on its Terms of Reference. However, no Report, including any interim one, has so far been submitted by the Commission.