F.No.33/AIJNVPF/2012-13 Dated
12th Feb 2013
To
The Principals &
staff of
All JNVS
Dear Sir/ Madam,
At the outset let me
take this occasion to convey the best wishes to all the employees of Navodaya
Vidyalaya Samiti, in their strong will to take up the task of ‘Indefinite
strike’ primarily with an objective to achieve 1972 CCS Pension to all the
employees who have joined prior to 1-1-2004.
This being our legitimate
right, let us use our strength at this juncture as for the past 2 decades we
have been believing the Samiti and now there is no alternative to use our
‘Brahmastra’.
During 2010 when the
Secretary, Ministry of HRD had assured in written that the matter will be taken
up with the Finance Ministry for an early decision, we all of us had respected
the initiative of MHRD. But to our utter
dismay, not even an inch of progress was made by MHRD during the last three
years with regard to implementing 1972 CCS Pension scheme.
In the recent dharna that
was held in front of the Office of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, all the
participants unanimously taken a decision to declare a mass casual leave and
indefinite strike with effect from 6th
February.
We are at such a situation
of ‘do or die’. Let me bring to you the
recent developments.
The Additional Secretary,
Ministry of HRD had invited JAC representatives for a dialogue on 9th
February Saturday. The deliberations
went on from 12.30p.m. to 6p.m. and further discussions continued. All the demands were brought out in front of
the Additional Secretary giving priority to introduce 1972 CCS pension scheme. All
the points were presented by JAC team headed by Mr. V.L. Balasubramanian
and a serious deliberation took place.
In this regard the
Additional Secretary proposed to prepare another Cabinet note to get exemption
for NVS to switch over from CPF to GPF arguing that for all technical purposes
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas were started during 1985.
Observations of
JAC:- (a) Since JAC had given notice
almost 40 days in advance, why is that the cabinet note was not prepared well
in advance.
(b) Why is that such a
meeting was not arranged as soon as the notice was received?
(c) This shows that there
is no sincerity of purpose shown by Secretary, MHRD on behalf of Ministry to
sort out our issues in spite of the fact that they themselves had promised to
seriously take up the issue in 2010.
(d) Now that the burocracy wants to
somehow settle the strike in their interest sacrificing the interest of the
employees.
(e)
All the more the Ministry is also not able to give in written that 1972 CCS
Pension scheme will be implemented within a specified date.
Therefore with regard to the major demand
of pension for all those who have joined prior to 1-1-2004, in the
circumstances wherein no written assurance could be given by the Addl.
Secretary, the discussions of JAC could not bring a positive result. The Addl. Secretary requested the JAC to call
off the strike as per the discussion.
This
request of Addl. Secretary was rejected by the JAC on 9th evening
and informed the authorities that the employees will be continuing the strike.
With regard to issues other than pension
the Addl. Secretary suggested to form various committees for detailed
report.
Since few members of JAC like Mr. L.B.
Reddy, Mr. J.K. Singh, Mr. Jagdish Roy, Mr. P. Rajesh could not attend the
meeting on 9th February, they had discussion with Addl. Secretary on
11th February between 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. This talk was also a failure as the Addl.
Secretary could not offer anything more than
what was informed on 9th February.
Hence JAC
has decided to intensify the strike and continue the same as there is no other
option for the employees of NVS.
We appeal all of you to continue with the
indefinite strike till such time the Government opens their eyes to solve the
issue especially with regard to the pension.
The
strategies to be taken immediately:-
1. Please submit the enclosed
representation to the respective members of the Parliament of your JNV signed by all the staff members
immediately. A delegation should call on
the M.Ps /Ministers for this purpose.
2. Please
attend in large number the Maha Rally at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 14th
February, 2013.
3. Kindly
call press conferences and give vide publicity.
4. Continue
to sit in front of the school on dharna.
5. Kindly
sent such representations to the Prime Minister, President of India, Minister
for HRD, and Minister of Finance, Govt.
of India.
6. In the next stage involve the Parents’
Associations to send similar representations to M.Ps and all Ministers
mentioned in point 5.
It is once again appealed that all the employees
should continue their personal influence with the Ministers concerned to settle
our issue of 1972 CCS pension at an early date.
“ If you can’t
do great things yourselves, remember that you may do small things in a great
way. We could do most things best by
easing into them slowly. Don’t be in a
hurry. The best rule is ‘hasten slowly’ but be study in your pursuit.”
Plan out your
work and work out your plans. Success is
ours.
With regards,
Yours Sincerely,
1. V.L. Balasubramanian, President Principals Forum
2. R.S. Naik, Secretary, Principals Forum
3. Prabhakar Reddy, Member, Principals Forum
4. Radhakrishnan, Treasurer, :Prin cipals Forum.
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