INDIAN RAILWAYS TECHNICAL SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION
(Estd. 1965, Regd. No.1329, Website http://www.irtsa.net )
M. Shanmugam,
Central President, IRTSA
# 4, Sixth Street, TVS Nagar, Padi,
Chennai – 600050
Email- cpirtsa@yahoo.com
Mob: 09443140817
Harchandan Singh,
General Secretary, IRTSA,
C.Hq. 32, Phase 6, Mohali,
Chandigarh-160055.
Email-gsirtsa@yahoo.com
(Ph:0172-2228306, 9316131598)
No:IRTSA/Memo – PM/7CPC/2013-6 Date: 9-10-2013
1. Hon. Prime Minister of India, South Block, New Delhi
2. Hon. Minister of Finance, Govt. of India, North Block, New Delhi
Respected Sir,
Subject: Suggestions on Terms of Reference & Composition of 7th Pay Commission.
We heartily welcome the decision of the Government to set-up the Seventh
Central Pay Commission. We shall highly appreciate if the following
suggestions are considered by the Government in this regard – in order
to do greater justice to the employees by determining the Pay Scales/
Grade Pay etc. through JOB EVALUATION – as in all advanced countries:
1. SUGGESTIONS ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE 7th PAY COMMISSION:
i) Commission should be headed by a Retired or serving Judge of the Supreme Court;
ii) One of the Members of the Commission should be a Technocrat (Engineer);
iii) Commission should have one Member each from Defence & Railways and an expert on Job Evaluation;
iv) It should be assisted by a Consultative Body of Ex-Defence and
Railway Personnel to project the special conditions prevailing there in –
being the largest employers.
2. SUGGESTIONS ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE 7th PAY COMMISSION:
i) To consider and determine Pay structure, Allowances, facilities,
avenues of promotion, service conditions, periodicity & Date of
effect of Wage revision of Central Government employees – considering
the situation prevailing in the Central Public Sector Undertakings and
Private/Corporate Sectors in the country.
ii) To Modernize and harmonize the functioning of the Central Government
Organisations to excel in their performance and to be in command over
the country’s overall economy and growth.
iii) To make the Government a model employer, through appropriate Pay
Package for its employees through job evaluation – duly considering all
related Factors – including the relative Job requirements/Difficulties,
Qualifications, Training, Working Conditions, Duties, Responsibilities
and Accountabilities etc. of various categories, to enhance the
efficiency, productivity and economy of the organizations of the
Government.
iv) To make recommendations on productivity linked incentive scheme
based on the performance of each Branch/ Department of various
organizations – with suitable bench marks, productivity index and other
related parameters.
v) To recommend a comprehensive formula to link Allowances with pay and inflation.
vi) To recommend a realistic formula to compensate for the inflation and price rise.
vii) To consider the necessity and recommend quantum of Interim Relief
till the time the recommendations of the Commission are made and
accepted by the Government.
viii) To consider the anomalies created after the implementation of Sixth Central Pay Commission Report.
ix) To consider the unimplemented recommendations of 5th & 6th Pay Commissions.
x) To formulate the structure of pension, death-cum-retirement gratuity,
family pension and other terminal or recurring benefits to the present
and former Central Government employees appointed before and after
January 1, 2004.
Yours faithfully,
(Harchandan Singh),
General Secretary, IRTSA
Source : IRTSA
