Regularisation of Casual Labours

Dear Members!

The letter addressed to the CAG of India on regularisation of casual labours is posted here for the information of members please.

Yours Rahul.

08-01-2010

To

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India,
New Delhi.

Sir,

Sub: Regularisation of Casual Labours – Request – Regarding.

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I am directed to bring the following few lines for your kind consideration and early favourable orders.

As you are aware that in the Office of the Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad there is an acute shortage in the lower cadres i.e. in the cadres of Data Entry Operators, Clerks and Group-Ds which situation you would admit as alarming.

However, it seems, the Department is not making worthy efforts to fill up these posts. It is reliably learnt that the Department had decided to outsource the work of Data Entry Operators and Group-Ds.

In this connection we earnestly wish that the following points be considered before implementing the decision of outsourcing.

 The commitment which a regular employee puts in cannot be expected from an outsourced worker because of ‘hire and fire’ element.

 The economies worked out and convincingly presented are misleading when the turnout of a regular employee is compared with that of an outsourced employee.

 In the system of outsourcing, the supply of manpower depends on the agency which will certainly exploit an emergency situation to bargain for a better deal whereas such is not with the case of a regular employee or even of the recognised Associations.

 The efficiency of a regular employee improves day after day of his presence in the office. However, there is no certainty that the improved efficiency of the outsourced employee is available to the office as he / she may not turn out to office on the required day as deployment is decided on the basis of numbers and not of persons. Whereas the regular employee is available at all reasonable times.

 Confidential matters cannot and should not be entrusted to outsourced employees as the security is threatened.

Of course, making a list of disadvantages of outsourcing and advantages of regular employees is not the intention of this representation but to impress upon the Administration to do away with the thinking of ‘outsourcing’ in the name of ‘apparent economy’.

In this connection, it is to mention that in this Office there are about 80 casual labours serving the Department for a period of 2 to 16 years. They have been working with us for such long periods for paltry sums with the fond hope that at least one day or another their services would be regularised. When the question of regularisation comes, new rules creep up killing the chances of these casual labours of becoming regular employees.

Outsourcing again leads to another set of casual labours and also an intermediary called ‘Agency’ to share the meager compensation paid for their work. Needless to say that ‘outsourcing’ will lead to department being at the mercy of these ‘Agencies' who thrive on the earnings of these unfortunate workers.

Hence, we request you, Sir, to do away with the thinking of ‘outsourcing’ and take necessary steps in the direction of regularisation of casual labours in cadres of Data Entry Operators, Clerks and Group-Ds depending on their capabilities. A favourable decision will make their lives fruitful and the Department will continue to get the services of dedicated employees.

Insofar as this Association is concerned we believe that it is our moral responsibility to see that these poor casual labours, who associated with us for such a long time and whose prime time of life has been utilised for serving this Department, get their due recognition by way of regularisation. Of course, the present employees will also be able to get relief from the burden of extra work due to heavy shortage in the aforementioned cadres. 

Hoping to receive a favourable communication reversing the orders of ‘outsourcing’ and regularising the services of the casual labours, we assure to extend our whole hearted cooperation with the Administration as before.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

P. RAHUL

(General Secretary)

Election of Vice-President

04-01-2010

Dear Members,

I am directed to inform you that Shri R.Satyanarayana Murthy had resigned for the posts of Vice-President and Executive Committee Member of our Association on his promotion as Assistant Audit Officer.

The Executive Committee Meeting held on 23-12-2009 accepted his resignation and unanimously elected Shri M.Srinivasa Rao-VII as Vice-President.

Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
P. RAHUL
(General Secretary)

Problem of drinking water

Dear Members!

The letter addressed to the Prl.AG(CA) on the problem of drinking water is posted here for the information of members please.

Yours Rahul.


04-01-2010


To


The Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit),
Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

Sir,

I am directed to bring the following few lines on the acute problem of clean drinking water which the staff of the Principal Accountant General (CA) and Accountant General (C&RA) are facing for your kind consideration and early favourable action.

The offices of Principal Accountant General (CA) and Accountant General (C&RA) have been provided with water purifiers and water coolers in all the floors. A random visit to any of these water coolers would reveal that either they are out of condition or poorly maintained. The filters attached to the coolers are also not working all the times. The coolers provided are not having an option of normal and cool water and the water in the coolers is too chilled to drink.

The water cooler platforms are unhygienic and have become haven for mosquitoes and other insects. A pool of stagnating water around the water coolers is a regular unpleasant sight.

There are also many apprehensions about the quality of drinking water, maintenance of sumps, pipelines and over-head tanks.

Due to the above inconveniences and apprehensions, the staff of the offices is forced to purchase packaged drinking water from private vendors at their own expenses.

The purchase of packaged drinking water from private vendors is adversely affecting the working environment in the Office. The staff is already facing the shortage of proper working space and now the placing of the drinking water cans in the sections has aggravated the problem. The office furniture is being used for placing the packaged drinking water cans and the dustbins are being used to hold waste water. Sometimes the water spill on the floor causing the staff to slip and damaging the furniture and other office equipment and also leading to altercations among the staff.

Here, it is not out of context to mention that, a few higher officers and their supporting staff are procuring the packaged drinking water at the office expenses and the rest of the staff is being forced to purchase drinking water at their own expenses. This is purely a discriminatory practice as the drinking water is a basic need for any human being.

We hope, a comprehensive drinking water policy would be evolved and implemented immediately as the summer in Hyderabad would approach early i.e., in the mid-February when the demand for drinking water would increase.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
P. RAHUL
(General Secretary)

Copy to AG(C&RA), AP, Hyderabad.