| GOVT. COLLEGE GAZETTED TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, AP. State Executive Meeting 06-12-2011 General Secretary’s Report |
Mr. President & Dear Members,
I have great pleasure in inviting you all to the 7th State Executive Meeting being held today. i.e., 06-12-2011 at Indira Priyadarshini Govt. Degree College, Hyderabad. I take this opportunity to place before this August Body the achievements of the Association since we met last on 07-08-2011 at the 6th Executive Meeting. You are aware that we brought to the notice of the Govt. and the authorities concerned the problems of our cadre. Some of these are under active consideration of the Govt. Due to some unavoidable circumstances like Sakalajanula Samme and the delay in posting regular Commissioner for two months, we could not get the much expected favourable orders. We hope that we will succeed in our attempts to convince the Govt. and the authorities concerned. I place before you some of the achievements and also the issues to be taken up with the Govt. 1) 5 days C.L to Women Lecturers:- On our representation dt. 04/02/2011, the Govt. issued G.O.Ms.No. 129 dt. 25/10/2011 extending the benefit of availing five days extra casual leave to Women Lecturers on par with J.Ls and teachers in school education. I am happy that all our efforts have become fruitful with regard to this issue pending for more than a decade. The Director communicated the G.O. to the Principals for implementation with immediate effect. The same is kept on CCE Website. 2) FAC to seniormost Lecturer:- On our representation, the Director has decided to place the senior most Lecturer of the college concerned in full additional charge of the post of Principal by putting an end to the earlier practice of giving FAC to the Principal of neighbouring college. This process has already begun. We thank the Director in this regard. 3) Govt. Memo on representations on behalf of unrecognized service Associations:- In the recent past, some members of unrecognized service organization have set a bad precedent and represented to the Govt. on certain issues. This has led to some confusion among the officers in taking policy decisions. On our representation, the Govt. issued Memo No. 8876/CE-1-1/2011-1 dt. 23-11-2011 informing the Director not to entertain representations filed by the unrecognized service Associations in respect of policy matters etc except the two recognized Associations i.e., the GCGTA and the GCTA. I appeal to the District Bodies as well as all members to convince the stray members who have some misconception about the efforts of the Association. Let us not allow people with vested interests to mislead the cadre. The State Body welcomes suggestions from all members in all aspects and believes in democratic values of transparency, open debate and collective decision 4) Award of CAS by the APPSC:- On our representation, the APPSC issued notification for the award of CAS for teachers under RPS1996. Teachers eligible for CAS promotion prior to the issue of new UGC regulations i.e., 30-06-2010. applied and are awaiting favourable orders. The process has been delayed due to various reasons, one of them being the on-going interviews, for candidates under direct recruitment. We met the Secretary, APPSC and requested her to expedite the process. We hope to get the orders soon. 5) Enhancement of the age of superannuation:- On the representation of GCGTA and other organizations, the Govt. issued G.O. Rt. NO. 327 Higher Education (UE-II) Department dated 21-05-2011 constituting a committee to examine the issue of enhancement of the age of superannuation of teachers working in Govt. Degree and Aided Colleges. The committee met on 03-10-2011 wherein it was decided to obtain information from colleges about teachers retired / retiring / likely to retire and also teachers drawing state pay scales. The Secretary, APSCHE, in his letter No. APSCHE/UM-777/UGCRPS-Superannuation/Univ/2011 dt 18-10-2011 asked the CCE to furnish the required information in the prescribed proforma. After obtaining the required information, the committee will meet again and discuss the issue. 6) Sanction of Lecturer Posts in 65 New Govt. Colleges:- On various occasions, we represented to the Govt. to sanction posts of Lecturers in 65 new G.D.Cs. started during 2009-2010. At present, 607 posts have been approved by the Cabinet and the remaining 1/3 posts will be sanctioned next year. We are thankful to the Govt. and trust that this will strengthen academic activities in these colleges. 7) Amendment to G.O.Ms. 14 (Para 7 of Sub Para 5):- This has been one of the burning problems and we have been representing to the Govt. ever since we assumed charge as office bearers. The AP State Council of Higher Education, in the Letter dt. 15/10/2010 recommended favourably to the Govt. The CCE in his letter dt. 18/07/2011 recommended that amendment needs to be done. APSCHE, in the letter dt 27-08-2011 again stated that amendment to the above para in the G.O. is a must to release new fitment formula. But the Govt. is yet to take a decision. In the letter dt. 02/11/2011APSCHE once again made it clear that the above para is to be amended. We met the Prl. Secy (H.E.) on 27/08/2011 and discussed with him the issue. He conducted a meeting on 06-09-2011 with CCE officials and APSCHE and sought further information from them with regard to reimbursement from the central Govt. The matter could not be pursued as the Prl. Secy (HE) was away for five weeks on training work and the FAC Prl. Secy did not clear the files involving policy matters. The State Body met the Hon’ble Dy.CM on 22-11-2011 and submitted a memorandum on the following issues. 1. Amendment to para 7 of G.O.Ms. No.14 2. New fitment formula for conversion from state scales to UGC pay scales 3. Extension of G.O.Ms. No. 10 to Librarians /P.Ds 4. One time opportunity to Lecturers to opt for UGC pay scales. In response to our representation, the Prl. Secy (HE) convened a meeting with Chairman, APSCHE and the DCE on 25/11/2011. It was decided to refer the above issues to the committee constituted as per G.O.Ms. No. 106 (HE) (UE-II) Dept. dt 01/08/2009 to work out modalities of the scheme of UGCRPS 2006 and details of additional commitment. The Prl. Secy (HE) has assured that the above said issues will be finalized favourably within a month. 8) Launching of website:- As per the assurance given in the first executive meeting, we have recently launched our Website: www.gcgta.org.in for the benefit of Lecturers and students. The Director of Collegiate Education Smt. K.Suneetha, I.A.S. was kind enough to launch the website on 03/11/2011 in the committee hall of the Directorate. She advised us to update our knowledge and make the website accessible to the student community by establishing a link among the teaching community, the student community and the Directorate. I request all the members to give their valuable suggestions to update the website. After the website launching programme was over, we met the Director and discussed at length various issues of our Association. She assured us that she would look into our problems to find favourable solution. 9) Promotion to Lecturers as Principals:- We requested the Director to effect promotions as Principals as early as possible. We also requested the Director to consider the issue of reducing the minimum eligibility period of 15 years as Lecturer to 10 years for the post of Principal. 10) AIFUCTO conference at Kanyakumari:- At the AIFUCTO conference held at Kanyakumari from 20-10-2011 to 22-10-2011 Sri.Ashok Burman was reelected as General Secretary of the AIFUCTO. The President, the General Secretary, the Associate President and the Finance Secretary attended the conference. It was resolved to bring pressure on the Govt. of India to release the arrears at the earliest and also to extend / exempt Lecturers from participating in O.Cs /R.Cs for one more year. I request all the District presidents, District Secretaries and the unit office bearers to evince interest and collect necessary information in the prescribed proforma with regard to one time opportunity to opt for UGC pay scales, new fitment formula for conversion from State Scales to UGC Scales, absorption of personal pay over and above the maximum of the scale and reckoning of total service rendered in state scales in Degree Colleges. (G.O.Ms. No.24). The above information may be submitted immediately to the Directorate duly marking a copy to the General Secretary for pursuing the matter with the Govt. Before I conclude, I wish to reiterate that the State Body has been relentlessly striving its best to get favourable orders from the Govt. in respect of our demands. It is my strong conviction that all these activities are being pursued with your active cooperation. I appeal to all the members to give valuable suggestions and strengthen the Association by extending their full cooperation in all our future endeavors. Ever at your service, |
| J.RAMA MURTHY General Secretary |