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 16th January 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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