BRIEF
OF THE MONTHLY MEETING
The Monthly meeting of STR division
was held on the afternoon of 15/10/2019 at TANSTIA Hall Guindy under the Chairmanship of Com.A.Sugumaran, District
President. Com. K.Muthialu DY.GS attended the meeting.
Com.S.Sundarakrishnan DS welcomed
all. The minutes of the previous meeting was
read by Com.N.Mohan Dist.Treasurer and got approved .
Com.A.Sugumaran in his Presidential
address told that this meeting is being conducted after our CEC held at Tuticorin. He told our office bearers
who attended will give a Picture about CEC deliberation.
He told that Our CHQ has submitted
an alternate proposal for pension revision . The formula worked out is fixing
the Pension Pay at par with CDA Pension Pay as on 1.1.2016. For example If the
Basic pension Pay for IDA pattern is 100 Rs ,while conversion to CDA Pattern
Basic Pension will be 94.44. So our Revised Pension will be (Basic IDA pension x 94.44 x 2.57/100). Similarly to avoid Anomaly in pension,Pension revision for those who retired after 1.1.2016
, Basic pay as on 1.1.2016 has to be notionaly fixed ,difference in Actual pay
at the time retirement and IDA pay as on 1.1.2016 has to be worked out.
Notional CDA pay as on 1.1.16 plus 50% of the difference of pay will have to be
fixed as Revised pension. Though the
above was explained in the previous meeting this will be informative for those
who have not attended the earlier.
Regarding extra
increment case , case came for hearing to CAT on 3/10/2019. DOT Council did not
attend where as BSNL lawyer and our Junior Lawyer attended. Our lawyer
mentioned about Ernakulam Court
judgement .The judges asked BSNL lawyer whether it was similar to that of Ernakulam. The BSNL lawyer
told YES. We were of the opinion that they will deliver the judgement. Whereas
the judges gave direction to both sides as”Petitioners should submit a memo
incorporating points that the case is similar
to the case of Ernakulam case”.The case is then posted to
07/11/2019.
He also told that the revision of
Pension based on LPD instead of average 10 months Pay to those retired from
BSNL between 1/10/2000 and 1/1/2006.
This was extended to those who retired from Central Government. Where as , a
case has filed by our Assn at Ernakulam . The case will come for on 23/10/2019.
Hon.Supreme Court passed order
directing Govt. Of India for providing
increment to those who retired a day
before the increment. For eg. Those whose increment falls in 1st
July and retired on 30th June. During the discussion with Joint CCA,
it was told that Dept of Personnel will be issuing a letter to nodal ministries
based on the court direction.
Com. S.Sundarakrishnan DS informed that 7 new members have joined during the
current month and our Total membership is 1077.
Some of the members who enrolled a couple of months back also attended this
meeting a fresh .He introduced all the new members. He told that the family welfare
news of our members.
1.Com. M.Subramanian celebrated the
marriage of his Son.Mr.S.Ganesh with Kum.A.Arthi on 12.9.2019. Our comrades
attended the Marriage/Receiption. We wish the couple a Long and Happy Marrie
Life.
2. Com. L.Krishnamurthy has been blessed with a Grand Daughter. His daughter K.Preethika
delivered female child at Lonon on 02/10/19.He has voluntarily contributed todays tiffin expenditure and transferred
money from London. Thanks for his good gesture .Our wishers for his daughter
and the baby.
3. Our Circle VP Com. Sridharan had
a happy Tour to Singapore with his family.
He told the that there was a
problem in issuing CGHS card for want of
Mapping 7th Pay
commission scale and Eligibilty by CGHS.
They requested to include in the mapping letter by CCA. Com.Narasimhan
approached CCA ,explained the problem posed by CGHS .CCA agreed to add Ward
eligibility not the 7th Pay commission scale of pay. CCA gave a
draft format. CS TN with CHTD office bearers discussed the issue. CGHS agreed
the proposal of CCA Chennai. Our CS went to CCA and conveyed the same .He
agreed to add the same. We are thankful to Sri. Chittaranjan Pradhan. It is
also to point out that that there are comrades who receive Pension from CCAs of
Bangalore,Bhopal,Kolkatta Trivandrum ,Delhi etc. depending upon the units from
where they retired. Whereas they also have to get the cards from CGHS Chennai. Copy
consisting the list of wellness centres ,Procedures to be followed for
migration to CGHS, List of CGHS Empanneled Hospitals, Matching CDA Pay scale
and application form for CGHs was given to individual members . He explained
the same. He also advised members to surrender BSNL MRS card after getting CDA
mapping as CCA office takes 2 weeks time.TN Circle is yet to issue CGHS
migration letter for want of certain clarifications.
DPE issued order for 5.3 % IDA Increase
and total IDA w.e.f 1/10/2019 will be
152%. CG Pensioners have got DA hike of
5% w.e.f from 01.07.2019. Total DA will
be 17%. CCA TN is yet to issue order. CEC was held for 2days on 29/09/2019 and
30/9/2019 for at Tuticorin. Open session
was attended by CCA Sri. Chittaranjan Pradhan. Com. K.Muthialu , DGS inaugurated
the session. CCA shared his experience and
told that our receiption was excellent. Com DG CHQ VP reminded him about some of the pending
issues for which letters had submitted already. He also requested to put a
separate team for speedy disposal of CDA Mapping towards CGHS .In the CEC ,one comrade suggested the
revision of Pension by merging the Pension
Pay and IDA as on 01/01/2017. No fitment factor is required. Pension can be
revised and suggesting IDA difference as on date will be beneficial. Com.DG
replied IDA structure will be modified as and when Pension is revised. AS there
wont be any change of scale for Pensioners there wont be any increase in
pension.
DS insisted to have an E Or S ( Either Or Survivor ) Savings bank account for Pension, explaining the delay in
getting the FP. Had there been E Or S account the problem could be avoided.
Com. D. VictorRaju ACS elaborately
told about CEC. All DSs were of the
opinion that the pending cases got cleared during recent days. STR Division was
appreciated for the maximum contribution for PMNRF. CCA TN was highly impressed
on our arrangement. He told that Tuticorin comrades made nice arrangements.
Com.N.Deenadayalan ADS has conveyed
BirthDay greetings to all those whose BirthDay falls during October.
Com.N.Mohan has mentioned that our comrades have
liberally donated for the PMNRF .He expressed thanks to all.On 23/09/219 an
amount of Rs 1,01,000 has been transferred to CHQ account. As per earlier
appeal some of our comrades transferred to CHQ account (SBI Annanagar).This
amounts to Rs.18,200/-. Subsequent to that
we have received Rs 44,307 as CUB Credit both by Money transfer and 2
cheque payments. Rs 6900 received as cash. This is upto 14/10/2019. Todays
meeting cash receipt for PMNRF is Rs 15200.
In total ,our collection is
1,01,100+18200+44307+6900+15,200,works out to Rs 1,85,707. Rs 14,300 falling
short of Rs 2Lakhs. He suggested that our CHQ office bearers can use their good
office to get further contribution to make our achievement as 2 Lakhs.
Com.Muthialu DY GS told that the
Open session at CEC Tuticorin was really nice. Sri Pradhan CCA is a very simple and helping attitude
personality. During his service he implemented several mechanisms to get the PPO in time. No pensioner need to
wait for in the office or meeting any official in his office.He also told that
he could not attend the Circle conference at Trichy. Whereas ,Sri.Dr.Niranjana
attened the STR Divn annual Day. Com. Mohan told that he had to help fo
getting further contribution and he was now
noting down the names. Even for
Coimbatore Circle conference and Trichy Circle conference ,he approached many
executives retired and got more arrears fund. He also told about
settlement of many issues in our STR Division. He told that he pointed
out in CEC that DS and circle office bearers have to be given more time to
debate on deliberation. He also pointed out our Pension revision Proposal. But
for converting to CDA pattern we may not be able to get Pension revision in
IDA. Any how we have to make more efforts to achieve our goal. Com.Sridharan
delivered vote of thanks. Com.L.Krishnamurthy, Our ADS has donated for the
/sweets ,snacks/coffee expenditure ( a sum of Rs 4375/-). Approx 145 comrades
attended the meeting.
Thanking you all
Comradely yours
S.Sundarakrishan
