No ban on recruitment/creation of posts

Minutes of Standing Committee Meeting Held on 3.5.2017 between NC JCM Staff Side and the Official Side under the Chairmanship of Secretary

S. No. 6 – No ban on recruitment/creation of posts

Department of Expenditure had vide letter dated 05.01.2017 informed that they had already delegated power to Ministry of Railways to create work-charged posts vide ID. dated 17.07.2015.However,for creation of work-charged posts at the level of SAG and above, Ministry of Railways is to approach the Cabinet for approval. JS(Personnel), Department of Expenditure reiterated that there was no ban on creation of posts. Further, at present there is no ban on recruitment of posts already in existence.

The Staff-Side contended that the reality is otherwise. Because whenever a new service or train is introduced, it is not followed up with creation of posts. As a result, the operations are suffering and the employees are working beyond duty hours. It was stated that often a proposal for creation of posts is returned with the rider of matching savings. They requested that a direction should go from the Chairman of the Standing Committee that no new service should be introduced till new posts are created.

Staff-Side also stated that in the last National Council meeting, the Cabinet Secretary had stated that that there cannot be ban on creation of posts for meeting operational needs. Hence after informing that no recruitment has taken place to meet the increased operational requirement of Ministry of Railways, they argued that if the power to introduce new trains is delegated to the Railway Board, the power to create posts and make recruitment should also be delegated to the Board.

After hearing them, Chairman observed that in so far as the item is concerned, Department of Expenditure have clarified that there is no ban on recruitment on posts. In so far as creation of posts in M/o Railways is concerned, the following delegation has been made:

(i) For ‘Revenue’ Non-Gazetted posts, Railway is allowed to continue with the existing system being followed by them for creation of posts. For creation of ‘Revenue’ Gazetted posts, for the posts below SAG level, approval of Finance Minister will be required and for posts at the level of SAG and above, approval of Cabinet will be required.’

(ii)For Work-charged’ posts, Ministry of Railways is allowed to continue with the existing procedure for creation of posts below SAG. level. For creation of Work-charged’ posts at the level of &AC – and above, Ministry of Railways is advised to approach the Cabinet for approval.

(iii) For the purpose of final Cadre strength of the Railway Services, as was done in the last Cadre Review, 75% of the Work-charged’ posts may be added to arrive at the final strength.

The moot point is which type of case should come to Department of Expenditure for approval. As such the Ministry of Railways have been delegated the power to make recruitments or create posts. The item can therefore be closed as settled.

It was admitted that the recruitment processes is slow. However, Government has been making efforts to make it faster by introducing modern technology. On the concerns expressed by the Staff-Side on security related aspects, the representative of Ministry of Railways was asked to take note of them. It was also directed that the Ministry of Railways be informed of the new points raised by the Staff Side in this matter.

{Action: M/o Railways, DoPT(JCA)}

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S.No. 2  – Include Grameen Dak Sewaks within the ambit of 7th CPC

S.No. 3 – Settle all anomalies of the Sixth Central Pay Commission

S.No. 4 – No Privatisation PPP or FDI in Railways and Defence Establishments

S.No. 5 – No corporatization on Postal Services

S. No. 6 – No ban on recruitment/creation of posts

S.No. 7 – Scrap PFRDA Act and reintroduce the defined benefit statutory pension scheme

S.No. 8 – No outsourcing, contractorisation, privatisation_of governmental function

S.No. 9 – Regularise the Existing Daily Rated/Casual and Contract Workers

S.No. 10 – Revive JCM functioning at all levels as an effective negotiating forum for settlement of demands of the central Government employees

S.No. 11 – Remove the arbitrary ceiling on compassionate appointments

S.No. 12 – Ensuring five promotions in the service career

S.No. 13 – Non-implementation of the decision taken in the 46th National Council (JCM) Meeting

S.No. 14 – Reduction of one day Productive Linked Bonus PLB to the employees of OFB & DGQA

S.No. 15 – Grant of one time relaxation to the Central Government employees ho have availed LTC-80

S.No. 16 – Grant of House Rent Allowance to the employees who have vacated government quarters

S.No. 17 – Restoration of interest-free advances withdrawn by the Government based on 7th CPC recommendations

S.No. 19 – Grant of 3rd MACP in GP 4600 to the Master Craftsmen (MCM) of Defence Ministry

S. No. 20 – Carrying forward of Earned Leave by Defence Industrial Employees on transfer

S.No. 21 – Reimbursement of actual medical expenditure incurred by the employees in recognized hospitals

S.No. 22 – Dental Treatment in private hospitals recognized under CGHS CS(MA) Rules, 1944 for CS(MA) beneficiaries

S.No. 23 – Review of the income criteria for the dependent parents of government employees

S.No. 26 – Removal of ambiguity in fixation of pay of re-employed ex-servicemen

S.No. 28 – Extension of the benefit of bonus calculation ceiling enhancement of Rs. 7000/- to Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS)

S.No. 29 – Regularize the services of casual labourers by absorbing them against vacant posts of MTS as one time measure

S.No. 30 – Fill up all vacant posts including promotional posts in a time bound manner