ALL INDIA NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA STAFF ASSOCIATION (AINVSA)

(Regd No: 492/94) President: Jagdish Rai 94415656993

General Secretary: L.B.Reddy 9494279001

F.No.AINVSACEC-/2014-15/ DATE 21-07-2014 ToThe SecretarySeventh Central Pay Commission

Sub: Introduction ofI. pension scheme as per Govt. of India CCS Pension 1972.II. Special allowance @ 10% of the basic pay & Grade Pay to

non-teaching staff on par with the teaching staff at vidyalaya level.

III. Higher pay scales and improvement on service conditions of the employees of JNVs situated at remote rural areas.

Respected sir, We the office bearers of All India Navodaya Vidyalaya Staff

Association (AINVSA) of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti under Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India would like to draw the kind attention of the commission to the above mentioned subject. The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) were set up by the Govt. of India as per the National Policy on Education -1986 and serving for the cause of the education of the children predominantly belonging to the rural areas through the unique residential and co-educational system, otherwise these talented rural children would have been deprived of quality modern education traditionally available only in the urban areas.

I. pension scheme. Thses vidyalayas are functioning through an apex body called

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti(NVS) under the administrative control of Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India like several sister organizations such as Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), National Institute of Open Schooling(NIOS), Central Tibetan Schools Organisation etc. All the employees of these sister organizations are enjoying full retirement benefits like pension etc., whereas only 12,000 employees joined in NVS prior to 1.1.2004 are deprived of the same. Keeping in view of the massive demands of the employees for their social and financial security during the post retirement period the commissioner, NVS had written letter to 6th Central Pay Commission citing full justification along with the recommendations of HRD related 154th & 198th

Parliamentary standing committees and Y N Chaturvedi committee for kind consideration.

As no action has been taken by the Govt. of India till 5th

February 2013 even after lot of persuasion from the side of the employees associations, around 19000 employees have undergone for 10 days strike from 6th February 2013 to 15th February 2013 which was called off after intervention of Hon,ble Minister of state for HRD Dr. Shasi Tharur with an assurance to resolve the issue in true spirit. No doubt the MHRD had taken up the issue, prepared the draft cabinet note for grant of GOI 1972 Pension to the employees joined

Associate Presidents:

CHAVAN RAMACHANDRA

S.S.DORA

TILAK SINGH

RR PATHAK

UK VERMA

N.P.MEHAR

TAFSEER ANWARVice Presidents:

SANJAY SINHA

G.R.PARWATHI

C.B.TRIVEDI

HH RAI

SHANKARLAL

RK PRASAD

SANGEETHA

P.K.MISHRA

Deputy Gen Secteries:P RAJESH

D KUMAR

MK SINGH

PARGANIYA

SUMAR KR MISHRA

RPS NEGI

SOFI KAMAL

BHUPENDRA CHOWDHARY

SecretariesPRASAD

SHAIK MAROOF

BHAGAWAN DAS

RP SHARMA

BASHEER AHMED

RK CHOWDHARI

DIPANKAR SINGH

CHANSORIYA

Regnl.Org SecretariesJYOTHY PANVAR

RK DASH

SANJEEV KUMAR

USHA RANI DEVI

TARIQ AHMED BHAT

M.C.SHARMA

RAMADAS

BIPIN KUMAR

Press SecretaryKT PRASADTREASURERSMT K MANJULA

prior to 1.1.2014 citing sufficient justification along with the Actuary report for requirement of funds and funds available in NVS under the head Employer’s contribution in CPF and circulated the note to the related departments for opinion. But unfortunately it could not be materialized and still pending for finalization.

II. SPECIAL ALLOWANCE @10% OF THE BASIC AND GRADE PAY TO NON TEACHING STAFF ON PAR WITH THE TEACHING STAFF AT VIDYALAYA LEVEL.

In response to the letter no.F.12-17/02-NVS(Estt.) dated 29.12.2006 of the Commissioner, NVS, the 6th Central Pay Commissioner keeping in view of the service conditions of the employees of JNVs posted at remote rural areas and playing a vital role in the nation building process has recommended for grant of special allowance @ 10% of the basic pay and grade pay. The commission in its report at chapter 7.21.3 has clearly recommended ‘the teachers and staff working in these schools will have to put in greater efforts vis-à-vis similar employees in day schools and recommended for special allowance’ whereas the Govt. of India had sanctioned 10% special allowance only to the Teaching staff and very few number of low paid Non- Teaching staff were deprived off such benefit which resulted in serious disgruntlement and lead to the employees strike from 6th

February to 15th February 2013. After the strike a committee was formed, reviewed the issue in detail and submitted the report to the HRD with justification.

SERVICE CONDITIONS OF STAFF POSTED AT JNVs

The service condition and day to day life style of the teaching and non-teaching staff of JNVs viz.

i) All 586 JNVs across the country are located in rural areas. Some of them are in most remote places where there is no proper communication, suitable primary education, medical facilities and minimum market facility which is far from the main stream. Some JNVs are in North East Region, hard and very hard stations.

ii) All employees both teaching and non-teaching are facing equal problems for primary education of their children and sending them to nearby schools through own/hired vehicles by spending huge expenses.

iii) The standard of living in these rural areas is same for both teaching and non-teaching.

iv) As per the NVS (Allotment of residence) Rules, 2011 Rule 6(I)- All employees of JNVs will have to stay in the Vidyalaya campus in the Vidyalaya quarters allotted to them.

Both teaching and non teaching are exempted from payment of license fee.

v) All teaching and non teaching staff are not granted 05 day week as per the Govt. of India orders as they have to work for all 7 days in the week in order to look after the children round the clock in residential school set up. The office staff are also not exempted from the duties during Sundays and gazette holidays as the mess store is being handled by the storekeeper and office superintendent as per circular no.F.no.2-17/05-NVS(Estt.) dated June 15,2005.

vi) No, over time allowance, compensatory leave/ weekly off (except mess staff, catering assistant, group “D” staff) or any type of incentive such as Rural Area Allowance, Tribal Area Allowance, Remote Locality Allowance, Bad Climate Allowance is being given to the employees (Teaching & non teaching).

Therefore, the service conditions of all teaching and non teaching staff posted in these JNVs are almost equal and sharing the taste & hurdles of the residential system equally with the longer hours of work every day of the week as compared to the staff working in day school. Considering the living conditions of the staff working in JNVs, the 6 th Central Pay Commission has recommended 10% special allowance to teachers and residential staff to compensate the hardship.

Under the above circumstances ignoring the same special allowance to the non teaching staff is a great discrimination and denial of natural justice.JUSTIFICATION OF WORK LOAD ON NON TEACHING STAFF

In comparison to the staff strength of non teaching staff of JNVs with other residential schools like sainik schools and military schools the non-teaching staff of JNVs are over burdened due to very low staff strength. The detail study on the staff strength of sainik schools military schools and JNVs are as under:-

S.No.

Name of post Santioned staff strength in Sainik schools

Santioned staff strength in Rashtriya Military School, Chail

Santioned staff strength in JNVs

Difference with Sainik School

Difference with Rashtriya Military school

Student StrengthSainik School

Military School

JNV

1 Office Supdt 01 - 01 0 -1

544 312 560

2 Accountant 01 01 0 01 013 Quarter Master 01 - 0 01 04 Mess Manager 01 - 0 01 05 Hostel Supdt 03 04 0 03 4

6 UDCs 03 02 01 02 017 Catering Asstt. 01 - 01 0 -18 LDCs 05 03 02 03 019 Medical

Assistant/Staff Nurse

01 - 01 0 -1

10 Drivers 03 3 01 02 0211 Draft

Attendant01 - 0 01 -

12 Medical Attendant

01 - 0 01 -

13 Lab Attendant 02 5(3+1+1)

01 01 4

14 Lib Attendant 01 - 0 01 -15 General

Employees46 - 0 46 -

16 Sweeper 07 12 02 05 1017 Chowkidar 06 8 02 04 618 Electrician cum

PlumberKN - 01 -1 -1

19 Cook - 5 1 -1 420 Mess Helper - 15(5+1

0)2 -2 13

21 Store Keeper - 1 1 -1 -22 Matron - 4 1 -1 323 Carpentor - 1 - - 124 Daftry - 1 - - 125 Peon - 4 - - 426 Mallies - 4 - - 427 Groundman - 3 - - 328 Dhobies - 8 - - 829 Tailor - 1 - - 130 Barbar - 1 - - 131 Bootmaker - 1 - - 132 NCC Lasear - 1 - - 1

Total 84 88 17 66 70 544 312 560

CATEGORY WISE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NON-TEACHING STAFF IN JNVS :-

i) Office Superintendent:-

The Office Superintendent in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) is basically the In charge of the Vidyalaya office and will be responsible mainly for its proper organization and smooth and efficient functioning with supervisory control. He is responsible for both establishment and accounts of the JNV where as in sainik schools there are 02 posts in same capacity i.e Office superintendent and accountant to look after establishment and accounts separately. As the Office superintendent in JNV has to handle the work of two post in Sainik Schools both establishment and accounts is obviously over burdened. Besides the duties and

responsibilities of office the OS in JNVs are assigned the additional duties of maintenance of hostels and buildings, procurement and distribution of articles to students and to maintain appropriate records in order to relieve teachers (teaching staff) from making physical arrangements for students in the hostels vide order No.2-17/05-NVS(Estt.) Dated June 15,2005.

As such the O.S. is assigned the duties of warden/care taker/ hostel supdt.for students and Estate Manager for looking after the maintenance of bulidings as an additional duty beyond the periphery of Vidyalaya office and beyond the prescribed working hours. As well, he has to handle the store of mess provisions at morning 08.30 A.M and night 08.30 P.M with the help of storekeeper.

Moreover, the distribution of articles to students is done normally after the academic hour i.e. after 04.00 P.M during working days and any time during Sundays & holidays which is beyond prescribed working hour for office.

Therefore, wethe duties & responsibilities of O.S. in JNVs is not like other day offices not even the NVS RO & Hqrt. offices. They have to work for about 11/12 hours in a day even Sundays & holidays for discharging the assigned duties for smooth management of the vidyalaya in general and to satisfy the students/ guardians in particular.

They are not given 05 day week like other offices of Govt. of India.

ii) Staff Nurse:-

The duties of Staff Nurse in JNVs are more essential. She performs more hours of duty in a day and remains alert and vigilant round the clock. She looked after the health & wellness of about 500 students in the campus. She performs her duties in day time as well in night also. The duties of Staff Nurse comes under the emergency & exigency duties. In JNVs Staff Nurse performs the duties more than the librarian who are availing the facility of 10% SPA. Staff Nurse is bound to stay in the Vidyalaya campus round the clock. In comparison to the Staff Nurses in the hospitals she is performing the duties without nursing allowance, whereas the nurses in

hospitals and other institutions are getting nursing allowance with 8 hours duty.

iii) UDC:-

As compare to the post of UDC in Sainik Schools & Military schools, there is only 01 post of UDC in comparison to 02 UDCs & 01 Accountant in Sainik School & Military School. The work load of UDCs in JNV is more than the prescribed limit. They are bound to stay in the Vidyalaya campus. They are debarred for getting posting in their native district. They work about 11 hours a day, 07 days a week without enjoying Sundays & Holidays. On most of the Sunday & Holidays they are called and assigned work to perform. As such the UDC has to handle the petty cash/ imprest of the Vidyalaya for which every odd hour his presence is required to meet the exigency/medical emergency etc. The UDCs in JNVs are not enjoying freedom of movement from campus like other offices. The KVS in its Finance Committee & Board of Governors meeting granted Non Functional Selection Grade to the senior UDCs which have not been done in NVS. They are debarred from the facilities of 5 working days in a week as enjoyed by their counter parts in other Govt. organizations.

iv) LDC/Store Keepers:-

As compare to the post of LDC/Store Keeper there are only 02 LDC & 01 Store Keeper in JNV whereas there are 05 posts of LDCs are sanctioned in Sainik schools. As like UDCs the LDCs in JNVs are also working 11 hours a day, 07 days a week without enjoying Sundays & Holidays. They are debarred from availing the facilities of 5 days a week as enjoyed by their counterparts in the other Govt. organizations. LDCs & Store Keepers are the store incharge of Vidyalaya Mess under supervision of Office Superintendent and also to assist the Office Superintendents in distribution of daily need items & uniform to the students. They are bound to work in the evening and on the Sundays and holidays for issue of daily needs items to the students and mess store to the Catering Assistant/Cook. For this purpose they use to attend the office after the normal duty hours. Despite the above they perform the duty as incharge of JNVST/ examinations (External /Internal) & they also perform the escort duty during Regional /National Sports & Cultural

Meets. Apart from the above work the maintenance of academic records for FA & SA as per CBSE guidelines which are voluminous. The LDCs in JNVs with less number are overburdened with different type of work for which they are compelled to work beyond office hour.

v) Mess Staff (Catering Assistant/Cook/Mess Helper):-

The Mess staff working in Vidyalaya mess for more than 17 hours in a day. Navodaya Vidyalaya Samti initially tried to run the Mess on contract basis but failed. Therefore, it was reviewed and vidyalaya mess was started. It is imperative that to run the Vidyalaya mess efficiently and to provide quality food to the students the mess has to be managed by the Vidyalaya under its own administrative control. 01 Catering Assistant, 01 cook, 02 mess helpers have been sanctioned with some daily wage workers which may be 10/12 in Navodaya Vidyalaya in comparison to 01 Mess manager & 01 catering assistant with 46 general employees in sainik school, one of the residential school run by the Govt. of India. The student strength in both the organizations is less than the student strength of JNVs. The Mess workers are working more than 17 hours a day, 7 days a week without enjoying Sundays & other holidays. They start their duty at 5 AM in the morning & prepare Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and wind up the work by 10.00PM in the night. Non- Teaching staff of the JNVs are also sharing the responsibilities of residential set up with the teaching staff round the clock and residing in the same hard condition in residential system in the rural and remote areas of the country.

vi) ECP:- The duties of ECP start at 06:00 am in the

morning with the switch on of Water motor pump. He attends the morning assembly than move to the hostels for attending the complaints. He remains busy for the whole day for repair & maintenance of faults. In the evening hours he remains present in the sub- station during evening, night studies to ensure the proper electricity/generator supply. He is bound to stay till 10 pm on duty to ensure the smooth electricity/generator supply in the Vidyalaya. He remains on toe from morning 6 am to night 10 pm a day, 7 days a week without enjoying Sundays & holidays.ECP is the only person who

is ensuring the proper supply of electricity & water in Vidyalaya campus.

vii) Drivers:-

The duties of Drivers comes under essential duties in the residential schools like Navodaya Vidyalaya. 24 hours presence of the Driver in the Vidyalaya campus is essential. No prescribed duty hour has been allotted to the Drivers in Navodaya hence he is bound to stay in the Vidyalaya campus round the clock. He immediately rushes to take the sick students /staff to the hospital. The Driver in the navodaya vidyalayas work 7 days a week without Sundays, Saturdays & other holidays. The Drivers in other Govt. organizations have been prescribed duty hours with 5 working days in a week along with the facilities of overtime for performing duties above the prescribed duty hours. The importance of Driver in residential schools in such a condition is more important than a teaching staff.

viii) Chowkidar/Sweeper-cum-Chowkidar:-

The Chowkidar in JNVs are working more than 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are only two posts of Chowkidar sanctioned in Navodaya Vidyalaya in such a vast area of 30 acres in comparison to 6 Chowkidars in Sainik schools and 8 in Military schools. Since there is no post of peon sanctioned in JNVs therefore the Chowkidar performs the duty of peon in day time in Vidyalaya office despite his night duty. The Chowkidars in other Govt. Departments are performing 8 hours duty with 5 days week & the facility of Over Time Allowance for the duties performed beyond 8 hours.

The Sweeper-cum-Chowkidars are working more than 14 hours in a day 7 days in a week without enjoying Sundays & Holidays. They performs the duties of cleanliness in 30 acre area campus consisting 08 boys hostel, mess, big academic & administration block and surrounding in the Vidyalaya campus. They resume duty at 05.30 A.M sweeping and cleaning the campus/academic block toilets/hostel rooms and toilets. In the evening after supervision study they are assigned to sweep the class rooms and keep ready for next day. Obviously the work load of sweepers is much more with few sanctioned strength as compared to Sainik school & military school. They have to clean 10 hostel buildings

with corridor & toilets about 25 rooms, toilets and corridor in school building and cleaning the vast campus with open drains and sewerage line. Despite of his cleanliness work he performs gate duty in the evening and night time. Only 2 no. of posts of Sweeper-cum-Chowkidar has been santioned in Navodaya Vidyalaya in comparsion to 7 no. of Sweepers in Sainik Schools and 12 in Military schools.

ix) Lab Attendant:-

01 post of Lab Attendant is sanctioned in Navodaya Vidyalaya in comparison to 02 in Sainik School and 05 in Military School. He is the only employee who attends the entire Science Labs conducted Practical from morning to till evening. Despite his normal duties he has to attend the examination department for arrangement of examination papers (blank)/photo copies of the question papers/ up keeping the answer scripts after the exam. Besides the Lab and Examination duty he has to ring the bell periodwise during academic hour even at supervision study in school building up to 08.00 P.M. Besides the above duties in the Lab he performs the duties of escorts to students during Regional/National /Cluster Sports meet. Thus he contributes a lot in residential system pertaining to safety & security of the students at par with the teaching staff.

ANALYSISThe non teaching staff of JNVs is over burdened with

voluminous work like teaching staff only because of minimum sanctioned strength in each category.

1. The Office Superintendent has to manage the work of office, hostels, stores including mess store, M & R buildings thus performs the duties of 03 posts such as Office Superintendent/ Hostel Superintendent or Caretaker/ Estate Manager as compared to the sanctioned posts of sainik schools and military schools. Ultimately the Office Superintendent is also to take care of the safety & security of the students in hostels so far as the physical arrangement like electricity, M & R buildings is concerned. He is assigned the additional duties with a view to relieve teachers from making physical arrangements for students in the hostels, thus the teachers got minimum relaxation.

Each JNV has a dispensary with one staff nurse and one part time doctor to look after 560 students. In a co-educational residential schools it is very difficult to take care of health & hygienic of all

students without any medical attendant. The staff nurse remains more vigilant round the clock only to provide immediate medical assistance for the purpose of safety & security of the students.

UDC/LDCs & storekeeper are also overburdened due to the minimum staff strength as elaborated in para iii) & iv) above.

The relentless work of few mess staff as referred in para (v) above contributes a lot for smooth functioning of the mess.

All other staff like Driver, ECP and all Group “D” employees also performs duties for longer hours just to meet the requirement of the Vidyalaya.

2. The non-teaching staff are not provided with any sort of incentive neither in form of allowances (OTA) nor compensatory leave (except weekly off to mess staff) for performing extra duty in extra hour.

3. The teaching and non-teaching staff both has to stay in the Vidyalaya campus as per the NVS (allotment of Residence) Rules 2011. As the JNVs are residential schools and its employees can be assigned duties by the Principals any time as per letter No.4-Gen/10-NVS(RTI)/797 dated 02.11.2011.

4. The non-teaching staff are also assigned the students escorting duties along with teaching staff and involved in all CCA activities, sports meets & exhibitions conducted at deferent levels. As like the teaching staff, the non-teaching staff also a part of the administration and responsible for the strength, weakness, opportunity and threat of the vidyalaya which is evident from the letter of the Principal’s Forum.

5. The Principals and Vice Principals holding administrative posts and part of the management are also granted the special allowance because of residential staff and performing higher hours of work in a day.

6. Hon’ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench in OA No.389/2009 has passed an order on dated 28.07.2010 in favour of the Catering Assistant and mess employees for grant of Special allowance @ 10% of the basic pay and grade pay.

7. Hon’ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack bench in OA No. 121/2011 has also passed an order on dated 16.03.2011 to consider the representation and pass a reasoned order for grant of Special allowance for all non-teaching staff working in JNVs.

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON POST WISE EXPENDITURE & FINACIAL IMPLICATION

A- MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF SAINIK SCHOOL/MILITARY SCHOOL AND JNVS AS REFERRED AT PARA.2 FOR ONE SCHOOL.

Post wise description of work

Sainik School/Military School JNVs Savings

ExcessO.S Accou

ntantHostel Supdt.

Total O.S Accountant

Hostel Supdt.

Total

Office Establishment and over all supervision

23220 23220

19539 x 3 =58617 105057 23220 -- -- 23220 81837 --

OFFICE WORK UDC No. of post

UDC No. of posts

17045 3 -- 51135 17045 1 -- 17045 34090 --Office & store Quarter

masterQuarter master

17045 1 -- 17045 -- -- -- -- 17045 --Office store including mess store

LDCs/Storekeeper

LDCs/Storekeeper

13295 5 -- 66475 13295 3 -- 39885 26590 --

Medical Unit Staff Nurse

Staff Nurse

29480 1 29480 29480 1 -- 29480 -- --Medical Attendant

Medical Attendant

12040 1 -- 12040 -- --- -- -- 12040 --Mess Management

Mess Manager

Mess Manager

19539 1 -- 19539 -- -- -- -- 19539 --Catering Asst.

Catering Asst.

17045 1 -- 17045 17045 1 -- 17045 -- --Cook Cook-- -- -- -- 13295 1 -- 13295 -- 13295Mess Helper

Mess Helper

Managed by 46 G.E

-- -- -- 24080 2 -- 24080 -- 24080

Office & Library

Draft Attd./ Lib. Attd.

Draft Attd./ Lib. Attd.

12040 2 -- 24080 -- -- -- -- 24080 --Driver

13295 1 -- 13295Driver -- --13295 1 -- 13295

ECP 13295 1 -- 13295 ECP -- --13295 1 -- 13295

Sweeping & scavenging

Sweeper

Sweeper

12040 7 84280 12040 2 -- 24080 72240 --Night Watchman Duty

Chowkidar

Chowkidar

12040 6 72240 12040 2 -- 24080 48160

Laboratory Duty

Lab. Attd.

Lab. Attd.

12040 2 24080 12040 1 -- 12040 12040General work Gen.

Employee on daily wage basis

Gen. Employee on daily wage basis

4500 @150/-

46 207000 4500 @150/-

10 45000 162000

TOTAL 756086 295840 509661

37375

TOTAL SAVINGS = 756086-295840 = 460246

B.PROFIT AND LOSS AFTER GRANT OF 10% SPECIAL ALLOWANCE TO JNV NON TEACHING STAFF

Monthly savings as referred at para A above

Approximate monthly expenditure on 10% special allowance

Profit & loss out of savings

Basic Pay + Grade Pay

Special allowance @ 10% on gross pay

Profit Loss

460246 185040 18504 441742 --

SUBMISSIONIn view of the above submission it is justified that in co-

educational and residential schools like JNVs all staff both teaching and non teaching are sharing the equal responsibility, sustaining the hurdles of the remote locality so as to primary education of their children, unsuitable communication, health hazards, bad climate etc. keeping in view of the above the 6th CPC has recommended special allowance of 10% for teachers and other residential staff in Navodaya Vidyalayas. (Para 7.21.3).

However, the same allowance is granted only to teachers and not to the other residential staff in JNVs. As per the NVS (allotment of residence) Rule 2011 at Rule 6(i) all employees of JNVs are residential staff.

The financial implication for grant of special allowance @ 10% to non teaching staff for each JNV is only Rs.180504/- per month where as the profit per JNV per month is Rs.441742/-.

Therefore, the VII pay commission is requested to consider the recommendation of the VI pay commission at para 7.21.3 the benefit of Special allowance @ 10% of the basic pay & grade pay which is

being paid to the Teaching staff may also be extended to all non teaching staff working at JNV lavel.

III- DISCREPANCY IN PRESENT PAY SCALES AND GRADE PAY OF DIFFERENT POST IN NVS

i) OFFICE SUPERINTENDENTSHigher Grade Pay is demanded for the post of Office

Superintendents of NVS as per recommendation of the VI pay commission.The VI Central Pay Commission in its report at para 3.1.14 had recommended parity in terms of the hierarchical structure of the office staff in field and central secretariat offices up to the level of Assistants. The Office Superintendents (OS) of NVS and Assistants in central secretariat offices are in the same pay scales of 5500- 9000 as per recommendation of the V CPC. Following the recommendation of the VI CPC the Assistants of Central Secretariat offices were all placed in the scale of pay Rs. 6500-10500/- (Pre-revised). However, the Govt. of India vide OM Dated 16.11.2009 upgraded the Grade Pay of Assistants in CSS to Rs. 4600/- in Pay Band-2, equivalent to Rs.7400-11500 ( pre-revised). This grade pay was, however, not extended to the Office Superintendents of NVS.

The Office Superintendents of NVS while discharging the different type of duties & responsibilities in office as well as in field and have to put in greater efforts as referred above, the Assistants of Central Secretariats deal with intricate nature of notings in files only.

With this we want to draw the kind attention of the commission about the discrimination done to OS. The details of the post sanction and elevation with pay scales are as follows :-

Name of the post

cadre Scale of Pay Remarks

3rd

CPC4th CPC 5th CPC 6th CPC

Office Superintendent

Group “B” 550-900

1640-2900

5500-9000

Grade Pay 4200

Senior Personal Assistant

Group “B” 550-900

1640-2900

6500-10500

Grade Pay 4600

Up graded to 2000-3200 by NVS

PGT Group “B” 1640-2900

6500-10500

Grade Pay 4800

TGT Group “C” 425-800

1400-2600

5500-8000.

Grade Pay 4600

Staff Nurse

Group “C” 425-800

1400-2600

5000-8000.

Grade Pay 4600

The Hon’ble CAT Principal Bench Delhi in OA No.3172/2010 had directed the respondents to issue reasoned and speaking order which has not been agreed to.

The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan considering the functional disturbances of superintendents and assistant/Audit Assistant has merged the post of Superintendent and Section Officer and granted the Grade Pay Rs.4600/-.

Therefore, place before your magnanimity to take favourable decision to grant Grade pay of 4600/- to OS.

ii) UPGRADATION OF THE POST OFLDC/UDC/STENO/ASSISTANT/OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT/SECTION OFFICER IN NVS

With merging of all erstwhile Group D post into MTS in higher grade pay of Rs.1800/-, it hardly makes a difference of Rs.100/- between MTS and LDC. The qualification for MTS is 10th pass whereas the qualification of LDC is XII pass with 50% in aggregate and computer typing knowledge which developed a great resentment among all. Moreover, on computerisation the duties assigned to LDC, has changed drastically. Apart from the routine functions of LDC, the rest of the work is overlapping with the functions of UDC. These posts are therefore, to be upgraded as UDC and be replaced by one single pay scale with Grade pay of Rs.2800/-.

The pay of Stenographers should equally be up graded with that of UDCs.

At the level of Assistants, they may be granted the scale of pay assigned to Assistants in the Central Secretariat and the Office Superintendents and Section Officers are to be granted the pay scale of section officer in the Central Secretariat.

Keeping in view of the duties & responsibilities, nature of work in and outside the office i.r.o Office Superintendents, the nomenclature of the post may be changed to Administrative Officer in JNVs.

iii) CREATION OF A NEW GRADE OF UDC (NFSG) AND STENOGRAPHER (NFSG) IN NVS

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) vide Office Memorandum No.F.20/49/2009-CS.II(B) Dated 22.6.2011 has created a Grade of UDC ‘Non Functional Selection Grade’ (NFSG) in Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) and Stenographer, Grade D (NFSG) in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200/-in the Pay Band-2 w.e.f 22.6.2011.

The UDCs of CSCS and stenographers Grade D of CSSS shall be eligible for placement in the Non Functional Selection Grade’ (NFSG) on completion of 5 years of approved service as UDC/ Stenographer, Grade D subject to condition that the total number of grade will be restricted to 30% of the sanctioned strength.

The post of UDC in NVS is a Group ‘C’ cadre post in the pay scale of 5200-20200 with Grade Pay of Rs.2400/-i.e at par with the post of UDC in the Ministry.The post has been assigned the duties and responsibilities of dealing Assistant and any UDC is supposed to put up the cases enriched with rule position/self contained in all respect as is expected from any one holding the post of Assistant.

Unfortunately, the NVS has not initiated such proposal for creation of the grade of UDC ‘Non Functional Selection Grade’ (NFSG) in NVS.

As the NVS has adopted the Rules and Resolutions of the Govt. of India including pay & allowances, the commission may recommend the NVS to implement all the pay related orders.

iv) STAFF CAR DRIVERS : The cadre of Staff Car Driver has become a dying cadre, due to

the policy of hiring the vehicle along with drivers rather than purchasing the same. However, operational vehicles continue to be owned and operated by the concerned JNV/NVS Regional Office/Hqrs. Although the pay scales assigned to the Staff Car Drivers in common category, yet the promotions are operated by the separate promotional scheme. In NVS it is so far not implemented in true spirit. Many Drivers are still waiting for 2nd/3rd up gradation/promotion even after completion of the prescribed tenure. Presently the staff car drivers are surplus in as much as the staff cars are hired with drivers on contract basis with the result they sit idle. The NVS proposed to absorb these surplus Drivers in appropriate cadres which has not yet been materialized.

We request that the commission may recommend to absorb these drivers as a onetime measure in any appropriate cadre by amending the Recruitment Rules.

v) CATERING ASSISTANT:-The post of Catering Assistant in Navodaya Vidyalayas is to

cater the food to around 550 students and staff every day. They are working from morning 05 A.M to night 10 P.M. in all seven days in the week. As regards the qualification they are 10th class pass and three years diploma or equivalent from an institution recognized by Ministry of tourism, Govt. of India/State Govt. In NVS they are appointed in the band pay Rs.5200-20200 and Grade pay 2400/-. But as they are the Diploma holders they should be placed in the band pay of Rs.9,300-34,800 with grade pay 4200/-. Therefore, we demand4200/- grade pay to the Catering Assistant in JNVs.

vi) COMPUTER OPERATOR:-Following the recommendations made by the V CPC the NVS

fixed the pay scale of computer operators working in ROs and Headquarters at Rs.4000-100-6000 while it is Rs.5500-175-9000 in CPWD, Maulana Azad National Urdu Open University, Indira Gandhi National Open University and other Central Government departments. The qualification of all the computer operators in the Central Government is the same by the work load of computer operators in NVS is more as they have to handle data compilation, processing, monitoring of all the sections apart from the computer related correspondence, website maintenance etc. The qualification of the computer operators in NVS is Degree from recognized Institution/University with one year Computer Diploma from a recognized institution.

Hence, this disparity should kindly be done away with by granting them the corresponding revised pay scale which is Rs.9300-34800 with grade pay Rs.4200.

We would like to draw the kind attention of the VII Pay Commission that the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is fully funded by Govt. of India and has accepted all the Central Govt. Rule and Regulations including pay and allowances, the employees have also brought under the ambit of CCS CCA Rules 1965 and CCS conduct rules 1964, hence, the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti should brought under the terms of reference of VII Pay Commission.

The All India Navodaya Vidyalaya Staff Association requests your honour to positively consider the above demands.

Thanking you,Yours faithfully

Jagdish Rai S.S.Dora L.B.ReddyPresident Associate President General Secretary