Railway setting up the Departmental Anomaly Committee to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendation
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.PC-VII/2016/DAC/1
New Delhi, dated: 05.10.2016
The General Secretary,
All India Railwaymen’s Federation
4, State Entry Road,
New Delhi — 110055.
The General Secretary
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen,
3.Chemsford Road,
New Delhi – 110055
Dear Sirs,
Sub: – Setting up of Departmental Anomaly Committee to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations.
I am directed to say that it has been decided to set up the Departmental Anomalies Committee for Railways consisting of the representative of the Official Side and the Staff Side to settle the anomalies arising out of the 7th Central Pay Commission’s recommendations, subject to the following conditions, namely
1. Definition of Anomaly:-
Anomaly will include following types of cases:-
(a) where the official Side and Staff Side are of the opinion that any recommendation is in contravention of the principle or the policy enunciated by the Seventh Central Pay Commission itself without the commission assigning any reason; and
(b) where the maximumim of the Level in the Pay Matrix corresponding to the applicable Grade Pay in the Pay Band under pre-revised structure, as notified vide RS(RP) Rules, 2016 is less than the amount an employee is entitled to be fixed at, as per the formula for fixation of pay contained in the Said Rules.
2. Composition:-
The Departmental Anomaly Committee for Railways will consist of the representatives of the Official Side and three members each form AIRF and NFIR who are members of the Departmental Council. The composition of the Committee shall be as under:-
Official Side
1. AM(Staff)
(Chairman of the Comrnittee)
2. EDF(E) (Finance Menrber)
3. EDPC-I
4. EDPC-II
5. ED/IR
Staff Side
AIRF
l. Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra
2. Shri Rakhal Das Gupta
3. Shri J. R. Bhosle
NFIR
1. ShriGuman Singh
2. Dr. M. Raghavaiah
3. Dr. R. P. Bhatnagar
3. The National Anomalies Committee appointed under the Department of Personnel & Training’s O.M. No. 11/2/2016-JCA dated 16.08.2016 will deal with anomalies common to two or more Departments and in respect of common categories of employees. The Departmental Anomaly Committee will deal with anomalies pertaining exclusively to the Department concerned and having, no repercussions on the employees of another Ministry / Department in the opinion of the Financial Advisor.
4. The Anomaly Committee shall receive anomalies from Staff Side of the respective Council upto six months from the date of its constitution and it will finally dispose of all the anomalies within a period of one year from the date of its constitution. Any recommendations on the Anomaly Committee to resolve the anomaly shall be subject to approval of Government. Cases where there is a dispute about the definition of “anomaly” and those where there is a disagreement between the Staff Side and the Official Side on the anomaly will be referred to and “Arbitrator” to be appointed out of a panel of names proposed by the two sides. However, this arbitration will not be a part of the JCM Scheme. The Arbitrator so appointed shall consider the disputed cases arising in the Anomaly Committee at the National as well as Departmental level.
Yours faithfully,
For Secretary, Railway Board
Source : NFIR
Departmental Anomaly Committee Order Copy
Increment should be given and should be placed for every promotion. In some cadre ,promotion is given without increment and GP change. Eg: Sr.Assistant loco pilot to shunter. This anomaly to be rectified.
There is a wide gap between PB-3 and PB-4 Grades. Since the higher Grades in PB-3 are holding Administrative responsibilities, it must addressed in a way that they should not feel aggrieved.
“……As per Pay Matrix approved in the 7th Pay Commission, there is wide gap between erstwhile PB3 & PB4 Pay Bands. The following statement will speak for itself the wide gap between these two Pay Band Posts entry Level Pay from 1-1-2016:
Pay Band 15600-39100: – (PB3) Group-A
i) G.P. 5400/- Entry Pay .. Rs. 56,100
ii) ii)G.P.6600/- .. Rs. 67,700
iii) iii)G.P.7600 /- .. Rs.78,800
Pay Band 37,400-67,000 – (PB4)
i) G.P.8700/- Entry Pay ..Rs. 1,18,500
ii) ii) G.P.8900/- .. .. Rs.1,31,000
iii) iii) G.P.10000/- .. .. Rs. 1,44,200
If we look at the entry pay of PB3 under (iii) category entry Pay is fixed at 78,800/- and the entry pay of PB under (i) is at Rs.1,18,000/-
If a person in erstwhile PB3 under (iii) & PB4 under (i), the difference in Entry Pay will be about Rs.40,000/- This anomaly should be rectified from 1-1-2006 by Matrix formula and the entry pay of Pay Band 3 (Group-A Services) should be revised accordingly from 1-1-2016.
Length of Service to be taken into account in Pay Matrix
The picture of fair salary would be incomplete without taking length of service in a category/post contribution of his similarly placed fellow colleagues (generalists in Administration other than Scientists) at next level of hierarchy into account and their fitment table should also be increased proportionately to a fair level .
After all it’s a team management/work disparity, skills, individual and collective performance and adequate internal communication and collective bargaining on salary issues. When many are paid very lesser pay & perks, they have a tendency to work with heart-burning.
Anomaly Committee should Increase the Entry Pay Proportionately
The Anomaly Committee on 7th Pay Panel must consider this suggestion to revise the gap proportionately / uniformly to all categories of posts in (Group-A Services) PB3 & PB4 Pay Bands from 1-1-2006 by applying Matrix formula and revised Entry Pay to these categories of posts should be approved from 1-1-2016 proportionately.
The following statement as per Fitment Table reveal the wide gap between PB3 & PB4 from 1-1-2006 itself as approved in VI Pay Commission
Rs. 15,200 (S-19) ————– Rs.34,880 + increased GP
Rs. 15,000 (S-20) ————– Rs.35,550 + increased GP
Rs. 15,100 (S-24) ————– Rs.47,230 + increased GP
Rs. 15,100 (S-25) ————– Rs.48,390 + increased GP
Rs. 15,200 (S-28) ————– Rs.48,530 + increased GP
If you look at the above statement for a pre-revised basic pay in the pay range of Rs.15,000/- there is wide difference in the revised pay fitment. The gap should be reduced drastically from 1-1-2006 based on length of service one put in a category etc.
In many cases. Senior Officers put in more than 30 years of Service getting less emoluments/Pension when compared to many junior Officers after implementation of Sixth Pay Panel Report from 1-1-2006. The suggestion to Govt. is that length of Service in a category coupled with duties & responsibilities should be given its due weight-age to relieve heart-burning among Senior Officers of Non-IAS cadre and similarly placed Officers in other Ministries. In many cases the increase in emoluments ranging about more than 100% to 300% in PB 3 & PB 4 posts. Due weightage should be given to PB 3 category (Group-A) with effect from 1-1-2006 by applying Matrix formula..”
The picture of fair salary would be incomplete without taking length of service in a category/post contribution of his similarly placed fellow colleagues (generalists in Administration other than Scientists) at next level of hierarchy into account and their fitment table should also be increased proportionately to a fair level . After all it’s a team management/work disparity, skills, individual and collective performance and adequate internal communication and collective bargaining on salary issues. When many are paid very lesser pay & perks, they have a tendency to work with heart-burning. The Redressal Committee on 7th Pay Panel must consider this suggestion to revise the gap proportionately / uniformly to all categories of posts in (Group-A Services) PB3 & PB4 Pay Bands from 1-1-2006 by applying Matrix formula and revised Entry Pay to these categories of posts should be approved from 1-1-2016 proportionately.