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G7"07 dated 3.9'05"203'5/ "2fr25" no' dated 3E'S7"2015' letter of eves? Boand"s R.ef,: t #*# in the abovecontext,a c o p y o f r e v l s e d R e c o r d h l o t e o f D i s c u s s i o n s i s s e n t herewith. YoursfalthfullY' DA:Asabove' Kurnar) (Nar;een Estt"(LR.)-I Dy.Director,

ATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDIAN RAIL'YAYMEN (N.F.I.R.) -J,Chelmsfbrd Road, New Delhi No.I l/95/Pt.L'l I

Dured:10.08.2015

Cop.t'lbrwurdetlto the GeneralSecretorieso/ A.flilialetl Unions of NF-lR.forinlbrmalion and necessur)iucliotr.Suggeslions,i/ utt.t,,mt.l, he commutticatetllo NFIR earl.t'' (DC) C/- File No.27/2006 C/- l ile No.07/20I 5(PNM) C/- File No.ll/34/H. lp. C/- File No.ll/9 C/- t'ile No.NewPensionScheme. (:/- tl4ediu Centre/NFI R.

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Essuess'aisedbYt!:e Federat!ons Course . Induction of Completed Act Apprentices 'D' against erstuvhileGroup vacanciesin SafetYand other I categories.

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rrorn of RailwaYs ExemPtion Hon'ble Scheme NeulPenslon was sharedwith the Fedei'ations RailwaYs serit Services for Minister and get back' to FinanceMinisieron *t o will strrdythe sarne for copy oi orooosa! also requested )gtd Marcn,20i4 and thei'eafterFederations af Board(ivls)' 04'03"2015 the - RailwaYBcard has sent n"O.fl'rturdated *'hith,I1lu9lu*9*_o; to the f4oF' , renilncier r;; ;;,aaa;; ,r.,iv 'r V ius f{l'i"riAbsorPtionof Quasl raiseriihe is:;i:e':f

hael l-lnits staff against mr:etinglnrithF"rard i\elinii-rlsinat:ve q t ; t ' i f , . ! n ^ ^ , n * i , ' , ' , r , , j n i t I r:asi :-:riii';ir:lsirai-i','e 'D' vacl;-ici*s- I G U ' J U : ! - / i - r \ erstiiii,:leGr$up ';:i.

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Letter pi-essing for i'esiorailonof poiic'7, i exei-npticn vlde this l'linisiry': dated 30,05,2t100" the sub,jecthas beendealtuiithI ilo.r1ruc)-I1/99/P,R-1,1L5

for such alsovideI Further',cne of the conditions in the DC/ICMMeeting wasihai the employeesshould Item tr,io.2712006A i2l2Dt2.I absorption

in i have uroi'kecin these quasi aCminisii'atiire Alsothe subjectwas discussed continucuslyfor a the meeting held by the full I offices/organisailcns

This Board on 7th Feb., 20i4.I periodof threeyearsason i0'C6.i997. years also uras service of three therehasbeenno I condition Unfortunately,

saiisfactorTfinalizationof this I uraivedoff wiih the issue of letter itlc, dated 1i1s/Vol.IV E(NG)-IIieelRR.-

all staffwho were Thereiore, 03.05.2006. workingasof It.06.97areccvered. of The issueof reviewand extension cut-off dare has been examinedserreral timesin the past.LegalDirectorate has Court's alsoopinedthat in viewof Supreme cf order any schemeof regularisation persons irregularlyappointedcan be oniyand measure permissible as a one-time of the thereshouidbe no furtherbypassing and regularising requirement Constitutional permanent. The maiier or makingthem urasalsoreferredto ihe learnedASG,urho would hasopinedthatanyfurtherrelaxation the of spirit fall foul of the intent and judgementof the Apex Courtrelatingto grantof onetimereiaxation' Fufther,revei'tingbackto instructions is also not feasiblefor the of 26.08.L977 reasons ihat there has been no control in the matter of adminisirative inductionc,f such staff employedin such offices/organisation. insistedthat the Federations Houlever, to covercasesfor the matterbe reviewed to 03.05.2006 the periodw.e.f. 11.06.97 of ihree condiiion the which i.e,the dateon yeai'sservicewas waivedoff . ccniendedthat the Quasi Federations are in difierentorganisaiicns Staffwori
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in ti: yeSr'2Ci2 with the ?plro',';i acsorbe,j Bcai'd.Sincethe QuasiSlafrar"e of Raiiv:vay nct outsideis anc theY nave been Uniis dutiesin the crganisations/ periori'ning Railway the b'/ crealerjl esraciishe'i in ier-rnsof para 22CBand administr-aiiol Vol-ii, theii'caseneeilsto be 2209oi IREi""1 is inviled Aiscatcerltion ciealtfor ab:;orption. Voi-II in this regard. to pai'a 72!7 of IR.Eit'l Fven the staff wo;'kingin the offlces of have been reccgnisedUnions/FeCerations, granted medicalancj pass facilitiesby ihe RailwayBoard. Thus all thesestaff are of QuasiAdministrativelOi-ganisations. alsobroughtto the noticeof Federaticns l4emberStaif that the numberof QuasiStaft as on 3tlt2l20L1 have alreadY been BoardanCnumber obtainedby the ,R.ailway is ai'ound 1000. Federationstherefore, insistedthat appro'ralbi: grantedfor regular absorptlonof these Quasi Staff against Group'D'posisin GP 18001-. erstwhile desiredthat, this issue The Federations is lingering since past so rnan)1years/ therefore,needsspecialattentionand must a shortperiod' be resolved'ruithin EDPC-IIhas rnet the it. Secy.(Pers"), Ministryoi Financeand explain that the issue involvedreiatestc u?g ation cf posisand therefore it is beyondthe terms of 7th CentralFa;tCommission" of refei'ence tc saidmeetinqand as advisedby Pursuant ihe lt. Secy.(Pers.),the said proposalhas to Minisiry of Finance been i-e-subrnilted seekinglheirconcurrence' The Federaiionsmentionedthat, in the rneetingof the StanCingCcmmifcse, I\iclicf"l, it was clai'ifledoy thz Secretary (Exp.),Mlnistryof F!nai-: tnat the Raiiuralrs 'B' can ci'ealeGroup po at iheir own and ,the:'eis no needfor ant/re?erence to DOP

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