Regarding Allotment of Departmental Quarters.

 7th October 2020.
AU/16/DCSEM/2020/38
To    
The Director,
DCSEM

Sub: Regarding Allotment of Departmental Quarters.
Sir,
 With reference to the above subject we may invite your kind attention that the allotment schedule has been put on hold in the month of March 2020 due to lockdown and the last schedule of the allotment year 2019-2020   could not be   carried out. Now the employees are joined duty except few and are waiting for resuming the allotment. In this regard this Union would like to put forward few suggestions as follows.
1.    The March schedule of the allotment year 2019-2020 to be carried out immediately viz. In the month of October 2020.
2.    All flats available as on today should be displayed / made available for the above schedule.
3.    It is found that many flats are provisionally allotted but actual procession has not handed over to the allottees. In these cases some of them are holding two flats at a time for a long duration. This is jeopardizing the chances of needy employees who are waiting for their turn of allotment.
4.    Hence a data may please be provided to the undersigned stating that the date of allotment (provisional), current status of flat and expected date of completion of work.
5.    Kindly finalised the priority list of 2020-2021 incorporating the promotion cases of preceding year.
It will be highly appreciated if you could arrange a personnel hearing with the union at the earliest.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,

A.Sreedharan
(Gen.secretary)
C.C: The Chief Administrative Officer
      DCS&EM

letter to Director

 AU/16/Dir/2020/36                                7thOctober  2020.
To
The Director,
BARC.

Ref: your circular No. /10/1/2020/HRD & SR&W/ dated 7/10/2020.
Sub: Preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 Reopening of more activities reg.

Respected Sir,
With reference to the above subject we would like to bring your kind attention to the folloing points.
1.    The BARC Administration has issued a circular on 7th October2020 asking  all employees to  join duty with immediate effect  irrespective of their level pay or grade.
2.    The DOPT has converyed  the decision   through  its OM  F No 11013/9/2014-Estt.A.III  dated 7th October 2020  that

a)The Government Servants at the level of Under Secretary and above to attend office on all working days.
b) As regards the Government Servants below the level of Under Secretary, atleast 50% of attendance is to be ensured. The Heads of Department may mandate attendance of more than 50%, if required in public interest, while strictly ensuring that the social distancing is maintained under all circumstances.
f)Persons with disabilities and preganant women  employees should continue to wprk from home till further orders.

3.     Yesterday  i.e. on 7th October 2020  there was a serious interaction with the  Residence welfare       Associations of   Anushaktinagar in which Officials from BMC,Head Medical Division,Chief Security Officer DCSEM and Officials from DCSEM participated. Dr. Nowni in-charge of COVID-19 control of ME ward expressed his concern on increasing the cases in Anushaktinagar.He exhibited the data that out of 10 lakh population of ME ward only 50,000 contributes from Anushaktinagar whereas 25% of the total infection cases are reported  from Anushaktinagar.


4.    The Government of Maharashtra has issued guidelines to open the Hotels/Easteries with 50% of strength effective from  5th October 2020. Accordingly all the Departmental  Canteen/tea Pantries  to be operational with immediate effect. It is further request to ensure canteen facility to the employees who are attending Round the clock shift.
5.    The Public transport is not operational in its required strength and hence the  employees are  struggling to commute residence to office and back through heavy traffic. Considering this  the BARC should allow time relaxation to the employees who are attending office. Some other Units in Mumbai are  already following it.  
6.    As mentioned in the above cited OM  of DOPT,  persons with disabilities and pregnant women should allow work from Home.
7.    The Employees are very much concerned on non-payment of Transport Allowance since last 5 months and  the same may please be  persuedat DAE so that the TA can be released in this month.

In this circumstances this Union request you to put on hold the circular issued by the BARC    Administation  and a revised order in line with DOPT OM may be issued. Further all the request made in this letter may please be considered.

It will be highly appreciated if you could arrange a meeting with the Union to discuss the above issues at the earliest.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,

A.Sreedharan
(Gen.Secretary)
         

Details of information regarding STPT

 AU/16/TC/TSC/20/41                        08/10/2020

To,
The Deputy Establishment Officer,
TC & TSC,
BARC.

Sub: Details of information regarding STPT.

Sir/Madam,    
    The STPT examination conducted in the month of October 2018 and the results declared in September 2020. This union would like to get the following information:
1.    Total number of candidates appeared in the examination Discipline wise.(SA and TO)
2.    Number of candidates cleared the return examination discipline wise.
3.    Number of candidates cleared the final interview discipline wise.
The above information also may provide unit wise.

Thanking you


Yours faithfully


A Sreedharan
(Gen. Secretary)

Relaxation on duty time

 
                                                                                                   23/09/2020                                                

                RELAXATION ON DUTY HOURS.
Dear colleagues,                            
The Union, time and again was requesting the higher officials of BARC that relaxation should be allowed on working hours to the employees during this lockdown period. The public transport system is not restored to commute the employees who stay at faraway places. The suffering on wearing masks continuously for 12 to 13 hours is intolerable and it causes other diseases. We have appealed the Administration, instead of issuing circulars it should be managed through BOOST so that relaxation on duty hours is feasible.
The above suggestion is agreed to consider   and the employees can avail the relaxation wherever necessary. In other words shortfall of working hours   will not be caused to blocking of CL. 

 
                                                                                      A.Sreedharan
                                                                                    (Gen.Secretary)
                                                                             On behalf of Managing committee
                                                                                       BARC UNION

Seeking an appointment to discuss the issues already concluded in the previous DC.

AU/16/DAE/20/24                       03/03/2020

To,
The Join Secretary,
A&A
DAE.

Sub: Seeking an appointment to discuss the issues already concluded in the previous DC.

Respected sir,
    With reference to the above subject, the 75th DAE DC was held on 22nd November 2019, at 4th floor conference room DAE. The staff side found that 75th DC as well as in the previous DCs many decisions has arrived but the implementation is exceptional. The 76th DAE Dc also scheduled on 27th March 2020 in which more number of agendas are submitted. In this contest to accelerate the implementation of decisions we propose to arrange a meeting at an early date. The staff side members and invitees belongs to Mumbai will attend the meeting.
It is therefore request you to confirm an early date for the above meeting.

 Thanking you

Extension of CHSS facility to parents/parents-in-law proof of establishing the dependency criteria reg.

AU/16/DAE/20/26                       05/03/2020

To,
The Join Secretary,
A&A
DAE.

Ref: Your OM 7/2/2019-IR&W/14359 dt. 22/11/2019
Sub: Extension of CHSS facility to parents/parents-in-law proof of establishing the dependency criteria reg.

Respected sir,
    With reference to the above subject, the above mentioned OM was issued on 22nd November 2019 and the same is informed in the house of 75th DAE DC. It is further informed that the Staff Side request to liberalize the proof of residence of parents has been considered. Accordingly in the absence of Ration card, Adhar card, bank passbook, etc the prime beneficiary can submit the affidavit, stating that the parents are residing with the prime beneficiary. We further invite your attention to para 4 of the referred OM “Further, for establishing the dependency criteria, as a proof, acknowledgement from the Income Tax department of having filed the IT return should be submitted.” The above part of the OM is being misinterpreted in different units of DAE.
We always appreciate the initiative of the Department to restrict the unwanted expenditure in the CHSS scheme. At the same time we fail to understand that once the dependency is established and included parents in the scheme are being sought the IT return acknowledgement. Further the children






between 18-25 years are normally eligible for CHS facilities and any change of income are informed by the prime beneficiary are also insisting the IT return acknowledgement. It is also found that in some units’ administration are asking the income tax return should be endorsed by chartered accountant.
In the above stated position the staff side is in a firm view that the existing beneficiaries i.e.  Parents/parents in-law/children beyond 18 years only will follow the existing procedure of self declaration. The girl child beyond 25 years and new application for parents are already required to submit the IT return acknowledgement.
It is therefore request you to instruct the Administrations of each units to restrain insisting of IT return acknowledgement for existing beneficiaries.

 Thanking you

Additional housing units in Anushaktinagar.

AU/16/DCSEM/20/21                02/03/2020

To,
The Director
DCSEM

Ref: 1. 75th DAE DC meeting Minutes Para 2.11. Staff side submission.
2. JCM/SS/PP/2019/09 (addressed to JS A&A)
Sub: Additional housing units in Anushaktinagar.


Sir,
    With reference to the above subject the staff side would like to submit the following points for your consideration.
•    Staff side was demanded additional housing units construction at Mumbai/Anushaktinagar.
•    It was further requested to redevelopment of few buildings of Category 1-A (Ramdas, Tukaram, Tulsidas) which are substandard with respect to facilities.
•    These buildings (166 flats) are very old and having irreparable seepage.
•    The satisfaction level of categorized flats 2-B is 12 years as per the previous allotment year.
•    We have approximately 360 flats in 1-A category other than the above mentioned 166.
•    There is no appointments in Group D and the demand in 1-A is limited compare to 2-B.
•    We have already constructed 200 (160 SA and 40 medical) 1-A transit accommodation.
•    The transit occupancies are likely to move to 2-B were there is more stagnation persist.
•    Tulsidas chawk which consist of 38 flats can be taken up for redevelopment as first tower 2-B as first phase.



In the past it is proved that construction of categorized flats are more essential than the transit accommodation. Delay in completing type D and C flats made more waiting period in the service seniority categories.
In the above stated position staff side would like to request you to initiate the first phase process of redevelopment and constructing type B flats without waiting for another three years.

Thanking you

Yours faithfully


A Sreedharan
(Gen. Secretary)

CC to: Under Secretary,
IR&W, DAE.