NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION
COMMITTEE
OF
PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS
13-C-Feroze Shah
Road,
New Delhi. 110 001.
Dated: 10th July,
2018.
President: Com.Shiv Gopal
Misra. 9717647594
Secretary
General. Com.KKN Kutty. 98110 48303
Dated: 20th
March, 2019
Dear
Comrades,
Dharna fast at Jantar Mantar on
15.3.2019
As has been decided by the
National Executive Committee at its meeting held at Chennai on 5.08.2019 the
dharna fast programme was carried out on 15th March, 2019 at Jantar
Mantar. We had to encounter quite a
number of problems as has been the case on the earlier occasions to get the
permission of the Police authorities of Delhi to conduct the programme. This time, the excuse for refusing permission
was the notification (Press release) of the Election Commission declaring election for the 17th
Lok Sabha. The Police authorities wanted us to get the permission of the
Election observer at Delhi for which our
comrades at Delhi has to endeavour for a whole day. At the end of the day, the Election Observer rightly observed that
she was appointed as an observer for holding the election and not for holding Dharna. In the evening, a meeting of the available
comrades was held and it was decided
that what may, we will hold the Dharna Fast at Jantar Mantar. The Police ultimately did not object and the
programme went on without any further hindrance.
The programme commenced at about
11.30 AM. Com. V.A.N. Namboodiri, Patron NCCPA was the first speaker and detailed
the purport of the programme. Com. Shiv
Gopal Misra , President, NCCPA inaugurated the programme and the same was
conducted by the Secretary General, Com. KKN. Kutty. We had invited all the Federations and
Associations of the working employees and most of them could come and greet the
programme. Com. Deep Chand on behalf of
the Delhi Unit welcomed the
participants. Other speakers included
Com. Pavitra Chakraborty, Com. K. Raghavendran, Com. Jayaraj, Com. I.S. Dabas, Com. H.S. Sidhu, Com. Rehman, Com. T.M. Parameswaran. Com. Parasar,
Com. Giriraj Singh, (Both from NFPE) Com. Brighu Bhattacharya,(Civil
Accounts) Com. Ashok Kanojia, (Confederation)Com. Ajoy Tewari, (ITEF) were
the speakers who greeted the dharna fast programme. Almost all the speakers exhorted the
participants to take note of the nugatory attitude of the Government towards
Central Government pensioners for the
past 5 years and utilize the strength and power to vote them out of power . The programme was concluded at 2.30 PM.
The National Executive had
targeted to ensure the participation of about 2000 comrades in the
programme. Though we could not achieve
it ( the participation was estimated to be about 1500), it had been a fantastic
programme. We publish hereunder a photograph
we have taken almost about 1.00PM, when the programme was going on, which no
doubt will bring out the success of it in clear terms. The National Secretariat which met on 16th
had unanimously opined that despite the hurdles created ,( the IB and its sleuths spreading the canard of
cancellation of the programme on the pretext of the declaration of the
election) was nassive and magnificent.
. Some of the comrades, unfortunately without even verifying the facts had
cancelled the tickets believing the rumour spread. There had been some other cancellations too
as the last minute problem of physical
disabilities of the participating comrades and cancellation of flights especially
the Jet flights. . It was heartening to
note that every affiliate of the NCCPA had tried to adhere to the quota, some
exceeding . As on the last occasion,
this time also the best participation
came from the All India BSNL and DOT
Pensioners Association, who had earlier organized a march to Sanchar
Bhawan from Eastern Court to highlight their own specific demands and
problems. The NCCPA Sectt. has requested its affiliates and State
Units to undertake a proper review to
identify the deficiencies so that it could be removed effectively before we
could undertake further programmes. The
NCCPA will be grateful if the affiliates and the State Units convey to us
immediately on receipt of this communication of the extent of participation of
their members (State-wise) to have a clear picture. Before I conclude, let me place on record
that the programme had been a grand success in as much as we could demonstrate
the discontent and grievances of the Central Government pensioners in an
extremely magnificent manner and the credit for which goes to each and every
participant and the leaders at the State and district levels who took the pains
to elicit their participation, look after them properly and ensure that they
return to their homes with fond memories .
The message that the time has come to think seriously to bring in a government
which will think in terms of the welfare of the Senior Citizens and the poor in
the country has gone unambiguously and loudly amongst the pensioner community.
National Sectt. Meeting: 16.3.2019.
The meeting was held at AIRF
Library Hall, presided over by Com.V.A.N. Namboodiri, Patron of NCCPA. The Secretariat reviewed the conduct of and
participation in the programme, the conclusion of which has been detailed in
the preceding paragraph. In order to
comprehend the strength and weakness , which is the very purpose of such
reviews, the meeting has decided to call for details of participation from each
of the affiliate and State Unit so that
corrective steps could be taken to remove the weakness in the organisation. The meeting noted that the absence of the
important office bearers of NCCPA, i.e. Secretary General, Deputy and Assistant
Secretary Generals, who had to be away
from 24th Feb. to 9th March, to attend the TUI meeting at Bogota must have acted as a
debilitating factor, which was in any case unavoidable.
Agenda Item No. 2. Court
Cases:
Option No. 1. The suggestion of the Secretary General,
emanating from the discussions, he had with the Advocates to the effect that
petition must be filed before the Pr. Bench of the Tribunal was accepted by the
house. The proposal of CGPA Kerala to
engage Shri Kaleeswaramraj & Associates was also accepted. The package deal for the case is reported to
be Rs. 2 lakhs, of which one lakh has to be paid at the time of filing the
case. The Secretary General will meet
the Advocates in the first week of April and
will finalise the matter so that
the petition could be filed when the court re-opens after the summer vacation. It was decided that each affiliate and the State Committee will
contribute to the litigation fund. The
amount to be contributed will be worked out by the Secretary General after
ascertaining the membership base of each of them.
MACP Case. It was decided to file the case after
obtaining application from those who are affected or benefitted. Each applicant will be asked to pay Rs. 1000
initially and the advocate identified at the instance of AIPRPA will be
engaged. All affiliates and State units
will collect the applications and forward the same to the CHQ without further
loss of time.
NCCPA Journal. The journal, it was noted, is running in
losses. To obviate the difficulties the
only way was to increase its price, which can
only be done at the next conference.
In the meantime, the Assistant Treasurer and the comrade in charge of printing the magazine at Kolkata
will prepare an Income and Expenditure Statement from 2015 to date and send the same to the
CHQ. They will also indicate the amount
of dues outstanding so that steps could be taken to recover it.
Finance: It was brought to the notice of the house
that the travelling expenses to go over to Bogota had to be met by the Secretary General from his personal
funds and the same has to be reimbursed.
While the outstanding dues as per the present provisions of the constitution
will be worked out by the treasurer it was decided by the house to seek
donation to carry out the day to day activities of the CHQ. The Secretary General indicated that he was
not in possession of the list of all the affiliates till date and Com. Pavitra
Chakraborty has promised to provide him a copy thereof immediately. In the meantime, all affiliates are requested
to provide the details of membership for the year F.Y. 2015-16, 2016-17,
2017-18 and 2018-19 separately. This
will enable the Sectt. To work out the details of outstanding.
Next Conference: At the last National Executive Committee
meeting, Comrades from Rajasthan CGPA
had been requested to undertake the exercise of feasibility of conducting the
conference. It was informed to the house
that so far no concrete suggestion has come from them. The house discussed the matter further as the
Conference was overdue. The meeting
decided that in any case conference must be held before the end of 2019. A
final reply from Rajasthan may be solicited before the end of the month. AIPRPA, Tamilnadu State Unit will in the
meantime explore the possibility of holding the conference at Chennai and
intimate the outcome of their discussions to the Secretary General.
Affiliation application. The application from the Punjab National Bank
Pensioners association was considered.
The representatives of the said organization were present at the
meeting. The members had the opportunity
to hear them explain their case. The
Bank Comrades will be provided with the copy of the constitution of NCCPA.
The meeting authorized the Secretary General to grant affiliation to
them.
Any other matter. Com. Somayya presented a paper containing the
grievances of the CGHS beneficiaries to the meeting. It was told that JCM is making efforts to
have a meeting with the health secretary to discuss the issues.
Com. Secretary General informed
the house that the NCCPA has been granted the PAN No. though the communication
is yet to be received in writing. He
hoped that the same will be delivered at the Treasurer’s residence soon.
TUI WORLD CONGRESS:
The Second world congress of the
TUI (Pensioners and Retirees) was held at Bogota in Columbia. The NCCPA was represented by its Secretary
General, Com. K.K.N. Kutty and oln behalf of AIPRPA, Com. K. Raghavendran and
on behalf of AIBDPA, Com. K.G. Jayaraj attended the congress. A detailed report over the congress has been
placed on the website and the same is carried by our journal for this
month. It is to be noted that there had
been no other representatives from India. All the Indian delegates have been
elected to the administering Committees of the TUI. Com. K.G. Jayaraj has been elected to be one
of the Executive Committee member, Com. K.Ragavendran in the Technical and
Research Commission and Com. K.K.N. Kutty in the Finance Control commission.
The TUI (P &R) is a vibrant international body and had been functioning in
the last five years very well and have extended its influence to all
continents. The responsibility of the
expanding its base in Asia particularly is now cast upon NCCPA, even though the
Nepalese delegation has been elected to be one of the office bearers. Com. K.G. Jayaraj particularly will have this
carved out for him and our success will make NCCPA a world respected body.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
Sd/-
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General.
