souhridham 2011 @ shornur

സൌഹൃദം- 2011


ലോകോ റണ്ണിംഗ് ജീവനക്കാരുടെ
കുടുംബസംഗമം
തിയതി: 2011 ഡിസംബര്‍ 10 ശനി
 സമയം:ഉച്ചക്ക് 1  മണിക്ക്
വേദി:സെന്റ്‌.അന്തോനീസ് സ്കൂള്‍
             ഗണെസഗിരി,ഷോരനൂര്‍.
പ്രോഗ്രാം ചാര്‍ട്ട്
ഉച്ചക്ക് 1 മണി മുതല്‍ 2 മണി വരെ

കളറിംഗ്: KG വിഭാഗം
പെന്‍സില്‍ ഡ്രോയിംഗ്:1 ,2 ,3 ,4 STD 
പെയിന്റിംഗ്:5 ,6 ,7 ,8 ,9 ,10 ,11 ,12STD      
    
ഉച്ചക്ക് 2 മണിക്ക്:  സുഡോക്കു(8 STD &ABOVE )   


 3 മണി മുതല്‍  :
 വിവിധ കായിക മത്സരങ്ങള്‍
(മിട്ടായി പെറുക്കല്‍, തവളച്ചാട്ടം,50 മീറ്റര്‍ ഓട്ടം-KG വിഭാഗം)
(100 മീറ്റര്‍ ഓട്ടം _1 മുതല്‍ 7 STD വരെ)    
 (സ്ലോ CYCLE RACE _5 STD & ABOVE )      
 (LEMEN SPOON  RACE _LADIES ) 
  (പാസ്സിംഗ് ദ ബോള്‍, വടം വലി)       
  
evening 5 മണി മുതല്‍ :
 ഉത്ഘാടനം,വിവിഡ കലാപരിപാടികള്‍,sslc ,+2 അവാര്‍ഡ് ദാനം,sammanadanam

 രാത്രി 8 .30  നു സൌഹൃദ വിരുന്ന്‌.................
  
 





  

ORDER FOR 7% DA issued on 03/10/2011

http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/da/da01072011.pdf

NEW CLARIFICATION ON CHILDREN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B40Q65NF2_7UZjYxZDYzYzItMmIxOS00YTI0LWI5ZmUtM2QyMWVkM2MwNGMx&

Railway safety review committee

http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=76033

Again ,RLY. fooling EMPLOYEES &PUBLICS......

AIRF NEWS:In quick response to AIRF's letter Dated:05.06.11 in respect of PLB, Railway Board has recommended, PLB of 78 days for the year 2010-2011, for approval of Cabinet.
Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra asked Railway Board to pay PLB for Railwaymen for the year2010-2011 at the earliest.
ie:-
fooling employes and publics...
78 days bonus @ 3500/- ?
why 3500 as celing rate?
do any one ask for 78 bonus?
as min basic 5200+1900 take as celing for bonus..
if railway can give one day salary as bonus we are happy with that..

Again Rly admn is going to make ''family problem'' for rlymen by announcing 78 days salary as bonus & not telling anything about ceiling through the media....

Classification of Workers under HOER

*Classification of workers under HOER*

*Continuous :*

*An employment is continuous except when it is ‘Excluded’ or declared to be
‘Intensive’ or Essentially Intermittent’.*

* *

*Intensive:-*

*An employment is intensive when declared to be so on grounds that it is of
strenuous nature involving continued mental or physical strain or hard
manual labour with little or no period of relaxation.*

* *

Are you aware that you are brain washed that as you are in continuous
category, you have to work 8 hours.

The roster prepared for loco pilots is suits for Intensive
category.

It has *little or no period of relaxation*

Loco pilots job is *strenuous nature involving continued mental or physical
strain*

* *

Intensive roster is prepared for continuous worker.

You are cheated by yourself and by administration.

Is it justified by you ?. Think

As loco pilots are in Continuous Classification, prepare a roster which
suits the definition of continuous Classification

Or

If the roster suits the definition of Intensive, Change the classification
of loco pilots to Intensive.

(*Under Prevention of Cruelty to Animal act 1968, Animals may not be worked
for more than five hours at a stretch or for more than a total of nine hours
a day.*

*Every 2 hours** they have to feed water and to give 20 minutes rest.*

*Every 4 hours** they have to feed food and to give one hour rest.*

*They are permitted to work in temperature 12°C to 30°C only)*

**

*Animals and Human beings are belonging to the **same Mammal family** with
an only difference of common sense. But Animals are getting special
consideration. even they have 10 times or more physical strength than human
and have an ability to withstand all whether conditions.***

Are you better than animal ?

*A comparison of Running staff and Non Running staff.*

*Running staff*

*Non running staff*

They are under high pressure and tension during their work

Relaxed working

If he made a mistake , it can not be corrected

Can be corrected

If he made a mistake, It may ends in a disaster.

No question of disaster

He can not come late even a SINGLE minute.

Late coming is permitted.

If he is late , it will affect the job of thousands of passengers

Not affecting any body

Late coming is not permitted

He can come at any time to his work place.

He can not leave from his work place before completing his duty

He can leave at any time from his work place.

There isn’t any time for relaxing

Always relaxed working

No time ( Not permitted )for taking food

Time included

No time for drinking water

Any time

No time for passing urine or to attend Nature calls

Any time

No time for blinking eyes or to take a deep breath. (Every one Kilometer
there is signal and every two kilometer there is stopping of train.)

Any time he can blink or breath

No time to talk to anybody

Can talk

No time for laugh

Can laugh

For each train he has to carry more than 30kg of railway materials for one
kilometer

An attendant is provided for carrying a SINGLE PAPER

Less Pay

Higher pay

Less running allowance rate

Higher TA rate

Running allowance is accountable for Income tax

TA not accountable for income tax

He is not considered as a Human

Considered as God

He is not considered as an Animal

Considered as God

*One man (driver) for each train*

*More than 500 persons per train*

He is generating the income to the Railway

Practically No income generation, Only spending.

During duty time Even micro sleeps are forbidden

Can sleep

Has to work 7 days per week

Has to work only 5 days per week

Has to work from 3 hours to 24hours per day

Has to work only 9 hours per day

Has to work more than one duty per day

Only one duty per day

Has no calendar day rest

Has *two c*alendar days rest per week and *104 days rest per year+ 12
National holidays*

In a year he has to sleep Approximately 275 days out station

No outstation rest

Approximately 85 days only available at Home

Always at home

Can eat homely food very rarely

Daily homely food

No entertainment

Full of entertainment

Has to do his duty correctly and perfectly and can not escape from the duty
or to postponed the work

Correctness or perfection is not necessary. Can escape from the duty at any
time. Can postponed the work

Time spending with wife and children is only a few hours

16 hours per day is spending with family, as per rule but it is actually
more than that.

Has to work 104 for 15 days

96 hours for 15 days

Lunch brake or tea brake is not included in the duty

One hour lunch brake, 15minutes tea break in the morning and 15minutes tea
break in the evening is permitted. Actual working hours is only 7:30hrs in
9hrs duty

Has to work *2920*hrs (365 x 8:0 hrs) in a year. (by considering average
working of Asst driver period, shunter period , Goods driver period and
passenger driver period)

Has to work only *1867* hrs per year((365-116 days rest and national
holidays) x 7:30 hrs per day)

For 30years service he has to work *87600hrs*

For 30years service he has to work *56025 hrs* only

More working hours, sleepless nights, tension etc *shorten* the life span

Less working hours, good sleep, no tension etc increases the life span.

No holidays

Have holidays

Has to loose his leave if holidays are availed

Will not loose any leave.

Modernization increased the work load

Modernization decreased the work load

Has to work always in highly polluted air

No pollution in the workplace

Has to work in highly sound polluted atmosphere. (110dB whistle has to be
whistled for nearly 2hrs in 8hrs duty) (Whistling at passing through station
300m, LC gates 600m, warning for tress passers, starting of train,
acknowledgement of signals etc) permitted sound level is 80dB only.

No sound pollution in the work place.

Staying always in strong electromagnetic field during his work

No electromagnetic field in the work place

Work starts right from signing on

Work starts at his will.

Has to work day and night

Only day work

Has to work 14 to 47 degree Celsius temperature

Has to work only in 28 to 32 degree Celsius temperature

Getting a leave is very difficult

Just a phone call

Can not leave the work place even at the death of his father.

Can leave the workplace immediately

Life after retirement is very few years

More

Average life is only 50 years

70 years

Useless for any other job after retirement

Possible to go for some other jobs

*By God’s Grace and officer’s mercy*, he is completing his service up to his
retirement age

To function the office properly, his grace and mercy is required.

* *

*The roster link is prepared without having any HUMAN or ANIMAL
consideration and have no food time, no refreshing time, No walking time,
no cushioning time and no time for administrative work *

We required a cordial relation ship with the Administration .We request the
administration to conduct a work study by considering the following factors
and prepare a roster with HOER.

1. Safety
2. Human approach
3. Single man working
4. Food time
5. Refreshing and attending Nature’s call time
6. Walking time
7. Log book writing and energy meter entering time.
8. Cushioning time
9. Advance waiting time at the dispatch end (10 minutes as per SOB)
10. Age factor of motorman
11. Continuous working at a stretch and ambient temperature.
12. Stabling rake sign off time.
13. Chances of micro sleep
14. Tension free working and
15. Driver fatigue

Memorandum submitted to HPC on HOER by AILRSA

http://www.ailrsa.com/memo_hoer.pdf

Oral Evidence to HPC on HOER

Memorandum to High Power Committee on HOER

Oral evidence before the High Power Committee on HOER
A six member delegation headed by Com. M.N.Prasad, Sec. General with Com. D.S. Koparkar, B.N. Baradwaj, R.K.Rana,M.M.Roly and R.Murali met High Power Committee(HPC) on HOER on 11.08.2011 and submitted a detailed memorandum. Chairman of the HPC Shri. D.P.Tripathi with members Shri.V.K.Manglik, Shri.M.S.Khan, Shri.Anil Kumar Gulati, Secretary to the committee and two officials from Rly. Bd. were present.
Chairman welcomed the delegation and assured an open mind towards the problem faced by Loco running staff in the issue of working hours and allied matters. Our Sec.General thanked the HPC for allowing us an opportunity to present the views of the Loco running staff.
Sec. General very effectively explained the issues which cause physical and mental fatigue to the Loco running staff such as higher speed, increased load, increased no. of signals, stations, gate signals, extended crew beat, multiple direction working, multiple train working, long hauled train working , working in different tractions, lack of standards in providing equipments like A9, SA9, speedometer etc., in the locos, provision of advanced gadgets like VCD, TPWS, ACD etc.
We also explained present order for train examination and certification by Loco Pilots en-route which increased the work load. Now-a-days due the introduction of advanced technology locos, the demand over Loco Pilots for attention and maintenance of locos in the case of trouble are very high which is at a level expected of from technical experts or engineering graduates.
On the above grounds demanded reclassification of Loco running staff as Intensive.
Association demanded, the HPC to travel in different types of trains/ sections and conduct a scientific job analysis which will prove the working of Loco Pilots in all types of Super Fast/Mail&Exp/ Passenger/ EMU/ MEMU and Goods train as Intensive. In the case of EMU/ MEMU/ DEMU trains besides Intensive classification, demanded one hour break in between six hour duty being a single man operation and for Mail & Exp/ Passenger trains, 5 to 10 minutes break as meal/ personnel need break, in the absence of toilet facilities etc. in the cab and as done even in Animals Act.
Association pointed out micro-sleep due to sleep deprivation as reasons for SPAD cases at lesser speed and thus demanded to restrict continuous night duties to the maximum of two with an interval of two days between them. We demanded minimum of 16 plus 2 hours (preparatory time) rest at Head quarters and 8 plus 1 hour(preparatory time) at Out stations. Regarding condition of running rooms, cubicles/two bedded rooms with AC facilities and quality food are demanded.
Limiting the absence form Head quarters to 36 hours in line with Rly. Bd. order, granting of 30 hours PR excluding minimum Head quarters rest eligible after each duty are also placed.Presently emergency clause in the rules is misinterpreted frequently. So we demanded to define Emergency clause clearly. As conclusion Sec. General thanked the committee for patient hearing and expressed willingness to clarify much additional points explained in the memorandum, if called for.
In reply, Chairman assured sympathetic consideration on all our issues, since Loco running staff being a sensitive and very important category. He informed that the HPC will open a Web site link in a week time for more interaction with staff.
Chairman also thanked the delegation for an in-depth presentation and constructive approach by the Association.
Discussion lasted for 75 minutes.
ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION"

Rail fare structure needs review: CAG

Providing a detailed insight into the sorry state of Indian Railways’ finances, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said in no uncertain terms that “there is a need to review the passenger fare structure” so that is in sync with rising prices. Passenger fares were last hiked some seven years ago.

In addition, CAG has also taken note of the railways’ “social burden” which has only led it to expand its network on uneconomical routes, which has again added to its financial woes.
In its report tabled in Parliament on Friday, CAG has said that “the way forward for IR (Indian Railways) to improve its finances is to rationalise bioth freight and passenger tariffs through some form of pre-determined non-discretionary inflation indexing”.
It would also like the railways to review and consider the possible closure of unremunerative railway line projects where there has been little progress over the years if these areas already connected by roads.
In another telling observation that will find most railways passengers nodding in agreement, CAG has pointed an accusing finger at the railways Tatkal booking system as well as its passenger reservation system (PRS).
In the case of Tatkal tickets, it has said their booking beyond business hours is “intentional bypassing of controls within the PRS by railway officials”.
It has also pointed out irregularities in the booking of tickets through PRS counters and “irregular bookings by reservation clerks, connivance of railway agents and booking clerks that defeat the purpose of the Tatkal scheme”.
On the losses incurred by the railways passenger and coaching services, these doubled over a five-year period.
It shot up from `7,141.69 crores in 2004-05 to `15,268.41 crores in 2008-09. CAG further wants: “This loss is likely to be much higher in 2009-10.”
Taking note of the huge losses, CAG has called for a review of the railways fare structure “to ensure that the pricing does not result in below the cost return.” It has, in fact, suggested the use of “inflation indexing” to “make the costing realistic”. In addition, it also wants freight rates rationalised.
The uneconomical routes that the railways is forced to ply trains too caused the railways huge losses over a five-year period (2005-10). According to CAG, the railways suffered a loss of `3,228 crores owing to this social obligations of the railways.
This, even though CAG in an earlier report had called upon the railways to close uneconomic lines. Unable to close them owing to reluctance on the part of state governments to allow this, the railways suffered losses of `1,198 crores on them in 2009-10.

(NEWS  FROM deccan chronicle)

Letter to CRB by AILRSA reg:HOER REVIEW COMMITTEE.

To

Sri. VINAY MITTAL

Chairman Railway Board

            Rail Bhavan

New Delhi

Sir,

              SUB   :         HIGH POWER COMMITTEE TO REVIEW HOER -  DEFICIENCIES APPREHENSIONS –  SEEKING MODIFICATIONS  – Reg.

              REF    :         NO. ERB – 1/2011/18 DATED 25.05.2011

            At the outset this association welcomes the high power committee on HOER (HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS)  even though delayed by five years with some apprehensions and wish to bring to your esteemed attention, the deficiencies of the committee expecting remedial actions.  This bureaucratic high power committee has been formed against the 14/2/06 JCM agreement and 2006 March strike conciliation with cabinet secretary’s assurance on judicial review of HOER.

                           AILRSA South Western Railway Zonal committee discussed the decision of appointing a High Power Review committee on Hours Of Employment Regulations (HOER) by Railway management and found the following deficiencies.

            1. Among the four members in the committee there are three retired railway bureaucrats which defeat the universal principle of law that “ONE SHALL NOT SIT AS A JUDGE IN HIS OWN CASE”.  All the three members form the majority and will think and act in favour of railway management due to the mind set developed during the long service in railways, over–ruling the chairman’s view and neutral character of committee will be lost.

            2. There is an absence of judicial member, the previous HOER review committee of 1948 had Justice Rajyadhaksha and in 1969 Justice Miaboy as judicial member and chairman although those were one man committee.  Almost all the labour laws are having a judicial background with bindings on apex court judgments and directions of ILO conventions, since India is a signatory to ILO and member country of common wealth nations.  The present HOER is the one which came into existence in 1931 before India became republic under the colonial British rule according to the railway act of 1890.  In 1989 the railway act was simply amended by its title as “Railway Act 1989” to give a new look with no change in its substance and contents according to Indian Constitution.  After 39 years of India becoming republic till 1989 so many acts and laws were amended in accordance to the Indian constitution and changed circumstances but railway act till today remains at 1890 even though it is now called as 1989.  To analyse the complex matters related to the railway act and Indian constitution and to frame a labour law without ambiguity a judicial member is a must and that judicial member should be appointed as the chairman of the high power committee.

            3. In democratic India there is Ministry of labour to study, frame, implement and monitor labour laws both in government and private sector.  In this high power committee the absence of a member from labour ministry is glaring and a member expert on labour issues is a must.  A high power committee without a member from labour ministry is illegal and not tenable.

            4. There is an absence of a trade union member in this committee.  The views and opinions of the labour side has to be presented by a trade union member particularly from loco running unions as it is a unique one with monopoly in railways with no scope for comparison with workers of any other transport sectors in India.

           5.   Since so many inhuman conditions are existing in the HOER like 12+1 working hours, 6 continuous night duties in a week, severe  noise pollution above permitted levels in the engines which effect the health of crew, a doctor expert in those areas should be included in the high power review committee. More over all the Assistant Loc Pilots at the entry level are initially recruited for A1 fitness and in due course of time they are not able to maintainA1 fitness due to High Blood Pressure, Diabetic complaints, Back pain developed due to severe vibrations and un scientific design of seats and loco cab, and deafness due to engine and horn sound beyond the prescribed level, becomes medically unfit. Presently railway is insisting A1 fitness till retirement without any improvement in duty rules and engine cab ergonomics. Medically unfit employees are deprived with justified alternative placement of job and retirement benefits ignoring the fact that it was because of bad working conditions of Railway. Recently a Senior Divisional Medical Officer of Nagpur gave a letter to GM/CR regarding the hazards of going foot plate in locomotive.

                 As per 11/2004 PB circular Railway Board introduced Safety Related Voluntary Retirement Scheme for loco pilots and gang men, stating their reflex action reduce along with deterioration of health due to unnatural hard working condition, prone to operational lapses is an admission by Railway management about the impact of their working rules. So a medical expert is a must in the High Power Review committee based on the above reasons.

            Lastly we wish to reproduce a small part of letter written by Hon. MP Sri. Rajeev Chandrasekhar to Hon. Prime Minister on the double stand of government on the issue of 300% hike of salary to MP’s and non-settlement of one rank one pension of ex-servicemen in Indian express of 27.08.2010.  The letter states “lack of objectivity and independence of process relates to the fact that in this case, the government has accepted the recommendations of a parliamentary committee comprising MP’s on this issue, whilst in other cases like one rank one pension, the govt. has chosen to use bureaucratic committees to evaluate and decide.  This leads to the perception that when govt wishes to deny a claim, it relays on committees of bureaucrats, who by now have developed a fine tuned reputation of obstructive conduct”

            Same is the fate of two recent bureaucratic committees like RAC (Running Allowance Committee) 2002 and FTC (Fast Track Committee) for loco running staff issues.  Since few MP’s sat in a parliamentary committee to decide their own case there was a hike of 300% on their salary endorsing the universal principle is true that “ONE SHALL NOT SIT A S A JUDGE ON HIS OWN CASE” and this is likely to repeat in favour of railway management with this composition of high power committee

            So this association requests your good self to modify the high power committee with minimum Five members inclusive of a retired Supreme Court Judge as judicial member and chairman with other members each from ministry of labour, ministry of railway, a medical expert and loco running staff trade union to ensure justice to all staff belonging to safety category of railways covered under HOER.  If the present high power committee is modified as suggested, it will appear to be a neutral one and one can expect some justice from the character and composition of the committee, and it will comply with the famous judicial principle that “Justice should not only be done but seemed to have been done.”

Thanking you,

                                                                                      Yours Sincerely

Bangalore                                                                        (C. Sunish)

22.07.11

AILRSA Southern Summit @ GUNTAKKAL on 20/07/2011

SOUTHERN SUMMIT held at Railway Community Hall, GUNTAKKAL 

on 20th July 2011 at 10AM, Welcome address: GN Shaw

Inauguration: MN Prasad,

Presiding: Suryakumar

Addressed By : Balaramaiah, L Mony,R Muali, K Parthasarathy, Geomy George, C.Sunish, AK Dixith,Venkateswaran,RS Pandian,etc

 

a good poster designing....

 COMRADES OF SRR in front of RAILWAY COMMUNITTY HALL, GTL

SOUTH ZONAL SEC.COM.GEOMY GEORGE addressing the summit...

 

NEW TRAIN TIMINGS @THRISSUR wef 01/07/2011

Historic Kalka Shimla Shivalik Train Himachal Pradesh India

Train accident in Aligarh kills 5 Caught Live on Tape

Press Release by Geomy George(zonal sec/AILRSA, SOUTH ZONE)

This Association conducted its Zonal meeting at Hotel Arun,Trichy on 11-07-2011.The meeting condoled the demise of passengers in Kalka Mail accident at Malwan station on 10-07-2011. In the media reports it appears that the cause of the accident is application of emergency brake by the Driver(Loco Pilot). This Union represents the Loco Pilots and Assistant Loco Pilots  of Indian Railways wishes to clarify as follows.

          The RDSO, the research wing of Railways after elaborate study issued a circular that emergency brake will not cause any derailment and Drivers should not hesitate to apply emergency brakes when required. The new gadgets like ACD (Anti-Collision Device), TPWS (train Protection Warning System) resort application of emergency brakes when it senses emergency situations to ensure safety. Being so, the provision of emergency brake which is for emergency purpose is not detrimental to safety.

                   Hence this Association concludes theEMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT CAUSE ACCIDENTS and Railway should go into the bottom of the truth to find out the real cause of the Accident.

Thanking you,

Date : 11-07-2011                                                                      Yours sincerely,

Place : Trichy.                                                                           (Geomy George),

Now, book train tickets on mobile!!!!

Your phone can now carry your train ticket, doing away with the need to carry paper tickets or printouts and queuing up before reservation counters. With the Indian Railways starting the 'm-ticket' (mobile phone-based ticket booking), travellers can now get a ticket through SMS in 20 minutes.

The m-ticket service is part of the new website www.indianrailways.gov.in launched recently, which will provide all enquiries like train alert, PNR status, train status, seat availability, train schedule, time table and fare on a single website. One can use the mobile Internet (GPRS) service on the mobile phone and visit the website to register for the service. An SMS will then bring the link of the mobile ticket application on the phone. Once it is installed, one can get tickets on the phone. On completion of booking and payment formalities, an SMS containing ticket details will be sent to the user, which is referred to as the Mobile Reservation Message (MRM).

B Lakshman, a lecturer in a private college was seen busy downloading the application on his iPhone and a few minutes later, he received a soft copy of the ticket to travel from Secunderabad to Vijayawada. “I feel it is the easiest way to get a train ticket, without spending time in queues or running to travel agents who charge extra. It took me between 20 to 30 minutes to get a ticket and it was sent directly to my mobile. There is no need to carry paper tickets anymore,”said Lakshman.

A passenger has just to show the SMS to the ticket collector, backed up by a photo ID to travel on train. The facility of booking tickets through the web portal will be available between 12.30 a.m and 11.30 p.m daily. Railway officials said the newly launched e-ticketing facility bars travel agents and such bulk customers from using the service. 

AILRSA-SHORNUR BRANCH Membership campaign inauguration on 04/07/2011 by Com.K.A.S.MANI(CENTAL VICE PRESIDENT/AILRSA)

Letter sent byCOM. Geomy George(zonal sec/S.RLY)to CRB-sub.HOER

To

Sri. VINAY MITTAL

Chairman Railway Board  ,Rail Bhavan ,New Delhi

Sir,

              SUB        :             HIGH POWER COMMITTEE TO REVIEW HOER -  DEFICIENCIES APPREHENSIONS –  SEEKING CORRECTIONS – REGD.

                  REF        :             NO. ERB – 1/2011/18 DATED 25.05.2011

            At the outset this association welcomes the high power committee on HOER (HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS)  even though delayed by five years with some apprehensions and wish to bring to your esteemed attention, the deficiencies of the committee expecting remedial actions.  This bureaucratic high power committee has been formed against the 14/2/06 JCM agreement and 2006 March  strike conciliation with cabinet secretary’s assurance on judicial review of HOER.

            On 30.06.2011 AILRSA south zone conducted a seminar on the subject “HOPES and APPREHENSIONS ON HIGH POWER COMMITTEE ON HOER” at Ernakulam.  The seminar was inaugurated by Hon MP Com. BASUDEV ACHARYA and presided by Com. KAS MANI, Central Vice President of AILRSA, Veteran, trade union leaders like Com. L. Mony Central President AILRSA, Com. R.G. Pillai Joint General Secretary DREU, Com. T. Mohandas Ex Divisional President AISMA, Com. M.M. Roly central Organizing Secretary AILRSA, Com. K.C. James Central Assistant Secretary General AILRSA and com. R.S. Pandyan Ex Zonal Secretary AILRSA were the participants of the seminar attended by around 200 members of AILRSA, AISMA and DREU.  The seminar discussed the subject thread bare and arrived at the following observations to be submitted to the notice of Railway management for redressal of the high power committee.

            Firstly among the four members in the committee there are three retired railway bureaucrats which defeats the universal principle of law that “ONE SHALL NOT SIT AS A JUDGE IN HIS OWN CASE”.  All the three members form the majority and will think and act in favour of railway management due to the mind set developed during the long service in railways, over–ruling the chariman’s view and neutral character of committee will be lost.

            Secondly there is a absence of judicial member, The previous HOER review committee of 1948 had Justice Rajyadhakshya and in 1969 Justice Miaboy as judicial member and chairman although those were one man committee.  Almost all the labour laws are having a judicial background with bindings on apex court judgements and directions of ILO conventions, since India is a signatory to ILO and member country of common wealth nations.  The present HOER  is the one which came into exsistance in 1931 before India became republic under the colonial British rule according to the railway act of 1890.  In 1989 the railway act was simply amended by its title as “Railway Act 1989” to give a new look with no change in its substance and contents according to Indian Constitution.  After 39 years of India becoming republic till 1989 so many acts and laws were amended in accordance to the Indian constitution and changed circumstances but railway act till today remains at 1890 even though it is now called as 1989.  To analyse the complex matters related to the railway act and Indian constitution and to frame a labour law without ambiguity a judicial member is a must and that judicial member should be appointed as the chairman of the high power committee.

            Thirdly in democratic India there is Ministry of labour to study, frame, implement and monitor labour laws both in government and private sector.  In this high power committee the absence of a member from labour ministry is glaring and a member expert on labour issues is a must.  A high power committee without a member from labour ministry is illegal and not tenable.

            Fourthly there is an absence of a trade union member in this committee.  The views and opinions of the labour side has to be presented by a trade union member particularly from loco running unions as it is a unique one with monopoly in railways with no scope for comparison with workers of any other transport sectors in India.

            Lastly we wish to reproduce a small part of letter written by Hon. MP Sri. Rajeev Chandrasekhar to Hon. Prime Minister on the double stand of government on the issue of 300% hike of salary to MP’s and non-settlement of one rank one pension of ex-servicemen in Indian express of 27.08.2010.  The letter states “lack of objectivity and independence of process relates to the fact that in this case, the government has accepted the recommendations of a parliamentary committee comprising MP’s on this issue, whilst in other cases like one rank one pension, the govt. has chosen to use bureaucratic committees to evaluate and decide.  This leads to the perception that when govt wishes to deny a claim, it relys on committees of bureaucrats, who by now have developed a fine tuned reputation of obstructive conduct”

            Same is the fate of two recent bureaucratic committees like RAC (Running Allowance Committee) 2002 and FTC (Fast Track Committee)  for loco running staff issues.  Since few MP’s sat in a parliamentary committee to decide their own case there was a hike of 300% on their salary endorsing the universal principle is true that “ONE SHALL NOT SIT A S A JUDGE ON HIS OWN CASE” and this is likely to repeat in favour of railway management with this composition of high power committee

            So this association requests your good self to modify the high power committee with minimum four members inclusive of  a retired Supreme Court Judge as judicial member and chairman with other members each from ministry of labour, ministry of railway and loco running staff trade union to ensure justice to all staff belonging to safety category of railways covered under HOER.  If the present high power committee is modified as suggested, it will appear to be a neutral one and one can expect some justice from the character and composition of the committee, and it will comply with the famous judicial principle that “Justice should not only be done but seemed to have been done.”

Thanking you,

                                                                                                                 Yours Sincerely

Shoranur

05.07.2011                                                                                                                                                    (GEOMY GEORGE)

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AILRSA-SHORNUR BRANCH Membership campaign inauguration on 04/07/2011 by Com.K.A.S.MANI(CENTAL VICE PRESIDENT/AILRSA)

COM.K.A.S.MANI  INAUGURATING THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN

COM.K.A.S.MANI  INAUGURATING THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN

COM.K.K.KESAVAN receiving membership from COM.K.A.S MANI(CENTRAL VICE PRESIDENT)

COM.K.K.KESAVAN receiving membership from COM.K.A.S MANI(CENTRAL VICE PRESIDENT)

Actually,......What Happened at QUILANDY RLY.STATION on 10/06/2011

SOUTHERN SUMMIT

 (Joint Convention of Southern Railway, South Western Railway and South Central Railway) will be conducted at Railway Community Hall, Guntakkal on 20th July 2011, Wednessday from 10 hours. AILRSA Secretary General Com. MN Prasad, Com. R Sudha Bhaskar, General Secretary, CITU, Andra Pradesh State Committee will participate.

NEW OFFICE BEARERS OF AILRSA SRR BRANCH

PRESIDENT:-.ABI.K.PAUL

VICE PRESIDENT:-1)A.N SURESH
                                 2)SEEMON JOSEPH
                                 3)P.C.RADHAKRISHNAN

WORKING PRESIDENT:-.P.M.PRAKASH

SECRETARY:-.P.S.VARGHESE


Asst.SECRETARY:-1)T.V.NISSAMUDHEEN
                                2)T.K.PUSHPAN
                                3)P.R.RAJEEV

TREASURER:- V.R.RAJESH
ORG.SECRETARY:-T.HAREENDRADAS
JOINT.SECRETARY :-1)K.RAVEENDRAN
                                     2)M.R.RADHAKRISHNAN

OFFICE SECRETARY:-G.ANEESH

AILRSA -SHORNUR BRANCH G.B ON 18/06/2011

AILRSA SHORNUR BGM on 18.06.2011 at St.ANTONYS SCHOOL,GANESAGIRI-SHORNUR.

FLAG HOISTING:
                                                                              

WELCOME BY COM. BABURAJAN.U

INAUGR BY. COM . S.AJAYAKUMAR

DA likely to increase by 7% from July 2011

Matter for notice on Running Allowance

RUNNING ALLOWANCE.

Till recent years Running Allowance was a glamour of Running Staff. But today the condition is different. When DA raised to 51% w.e.f 01/01/2011, many of the allowances automatically raised by 25% as per accepted recommendation of 6^th CPC and this includes Travelling Allowance also. Hence there are lot of expectations among the Running Staff to get enhanced rate of running allowance. But it is not applicable to running allowance as per existing orders. Thus it is imperative to look at the problem more deep and analyze various facts.

Though the running allowance scheme continues from Company Railways regime, prior to 1980 revising Running Allowance was after every pay commission without any scientific analysis. After 1970s, many struggles by the Loco Running Staff, the Railways and the Government of India had accepted the genuineness of the demand of scientific analysis and formed Running Allowance Committee 1980.

RAC1980 identified two elements in running allowance, ie. Pay element and TA element and somehow quantified them through some guess work. RAC 1980 derived a methodology (formula) to calculate rate of Running Allowance. Accordingly revision of running allowance was done for the past two decades based on the RAC1980 formula. Despite our disputes over various factors we principally accept the RAC1980 methodology.

After 6^th CPC, Railways constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of Adv(IR) along with five Railway Bd Officials and two General Secretaries of NFIR and AIRF. It has submitted its recommendation on 25.11.2008. The committee vide Para14, assumed that the TA / DA rate at Rs. 210/-, and took the minimum of pay band (PB2) and calculated rate of running allowance as rs 160/- per 100 kms but subsequently TA / DA has been released fixing Rs. 340/- for the grade pay of Rs. 4200/-. So instead of Rs. 210 an amount of Rs. 340 should have been taken as TA for fixing the running allowance rate. In the case of Assistant Loco Pilots the increase in TA rates is from Rs. 55 to Rs.210 i.e, 3.81 times. Therefore the recommendation of the committee on Running Allowance to double the rate w.e.f 01.09.2008 is unjust, unacceptable and clear discrimination. Now as DA raised 51%, TA is raised as Rs.425.

Accordingly it will be just on our part to demand that the kilometerage rate of running staff be raised as follows:-

Application of RAC-1980 formula with 20 days TA and 4700 / 3725 km for LP / ALP, the rate from 01.01.2006 to 31.08.2008, w.e.f 01.09.2008,and w.e.f 01.01.2011

	LOCO PILOT	ASST. LOCO PILOT
Basic Pay	(9300 + 34800) / 2 + 4200	* ( 5830 +20200) / 2 + 1900
Mean Pay	26250	14915
30% of Pay element	7875	4475
Old TA rates	105	55
National average km	4700	3725
Mileage rate with old TA rate w.e.f 01.01.2006	(7875 +(105 X 20)) /4700 ) 100 = 212.23	(4475 + (55 X 20)) / 3725 ) 100 = 149.66
New TA rates	340	210
Mileage rate with new TA w.e.f 01.09.2008	(7875 +(340 X 20) / 4700 ) X 100 = 312.23	(4475 + (210 X 20) / 3725 )X 100= 232.89
New TA rate after DA 51%	425	262.5
Mileage rate with new TA w.e.f 01.01.2011	(7875+(425 X 20))/ 4700 X 100 = 348	(4475 + (262.5 X 20)) / 3725) X 100= 261

*entry pay for ALPs

The loss can be under stood easily when we are on RC/promotional course at training centers after 01-01-2011

ALK per day for running staff	Rs 270/-(TA portion is Rs.7.50 only)
TA for non running staff	Rs 425/-

Following the footsteps of RAC1980, this joint committee also vide Para.13 submits “as Kilometerage allowance contains a Pay element, revision in the rates of this allowance requires to be carried out w.e.f 01-01-2006 and thereafter w.e.f 01-09-2008 when the revised rates of TA/DA are implemented”. And thus they derived separate Kilometerage allowance w.e.f 01-01-2006 and 01-09-2008. But it concluded with doubling the rate of running allowance w.e.f 01-09-2008 only. Thus we are going back to pre 1980 position ie revising Running Allowance without any scientific analysis. Revision of running allowance rates on increase of Basic pay or TA is mandatory in accordance with running allowance rules 1981.

After a meeting with Member Staff and Advisor (IR) on 13-01-2011 AIRF stated that now MS has agreed to start a negotiation on the issue of improvement in the rate of running allowance. When a golden opportunity was extended through FTC both federations took an unfortunate stand that “ not to associate with the committee” and there by deprived loco running staff legitimate allowance.

A negotiating channel of federations so far yielded no results in the improvement of pay and running allowances. The loco Running staff largely desire for united struggle to restore the RAC 1980 formula for running allowance to ensure proper and just rate and periodic revision. AILRSA gives open call for united struggle at least on issue basis to fulfill the workers wishes.

WORKING CLASS UNITY ZINDABAD!!!