Dear Members and Friends,
Wishing all of you and your
families a very Happy Diwali, Celebrated as Dantheras, Lakshmi Pooja, Durga puja, Naraka chaturdasi and many other forms across
the country. May this festival of lights bring much needed cheer to the cadre.
May the positivity also bring much anticipated promotions from Group B to Group
A at the earliest. May the festival of
lights dispel the darkness in the form of various litigations within the cadre
be it issues pertaining to seniority, Inter and Intra cadre disparities etc. May god bless all with prosperity, Health and
happiness.
It has been a rough ride for the
past two months for the members. While the release of the much sought Draft
seniority list has been a ray of hope for many while the same has sounded
despair for some. It has been a herculean task for the leadership to balance
the legitimate aspiration of the senior members who have been waiting endlessly
for their promotion to Group A and the anguish of some members who don’t find
their names in the seniority list though they are senior to some in the list.
Everyone is aware of the historical
perspective of these complex issues and the difficulties in resolving these
problems. The solutions though simple are difficult to achieve as all the units
are required to be on the same page. No
one can be expected to sacrifice their positions for a less fortunate colleague
when all are languishing as superintendents for much too long and are
frustrated. There has been much criticism
from some quarters to the stand of this association to pursue for a solution
for the zonal disparities which has widened as could be seen from the Draft
AISL. It is to assure that every effort
will be made by this association to achieve a balanced and equitable solution
without disrupting any advancement by unnecessary road blocks.
History has been a great teacher and we are
aware of the fact that on earlier occasions even Hon’ble Supreme Court
decisions have been subverted and made ineffective, but the efforts to settle
these outstanding issues should not stop in the name of some advancements and
neither should we ignore the aspirations of members. An Application in Delhi Principal bench from
some of the stagnated units was much in discussion and was perceived to be for
putting road blocks for the DPC, it was also used by some fringe elements to do
mudslinging gleefully on the AIB of this association though we did not have any
role to play in that petition, but the bolt came from Hyderabad on an issue
which has been settled by the Hon’ble Supreme court. The inaction of the department in not
settling issues has been the bane for the cadre and it is perceived that the
Board wont wake up until there is a stay or a contempt, which has led to the
spate of litigations.
Hope that the cadre and the Units
gets re-energised by the festival of lights and work towards our common goals
and objectives for the betterment of the cadre and its prospects. Our aim
should be beyond the present aspirations for which we will have to grow out of
the traps we have set for each other and ourselves. We will have to work in unison
to defeat the known Ravanas and Narakasuras.
Happy Deepavali to all of you.
Jai Hind.
Yours truly
M.A. Jithendra
Secretary General
AIASCT
