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CHARTER

1. The SAIL Ex-Employees Association (SEEA) is a body of highly trained, knowledgeable and experienced STEEL professionals – Scientists, Technologists, Engineers, Finance & Management experts - who have retired from the services of Ranchi Units of Steel Authority of India Ltd. viz RDCIS, CET, MTI, SAIL Safety Organisation and Aviation or from any other Plant/Unit of SAIL but settled permanently in Ranchi.

2. The provisional office of SEEA shall be A-100, SAIL Satellite Township, P.O. Dhurwa, Ranchi-834004.

3. Aims and Objects and day-to-day activity of SEEA shall be woven around
A. The Welfare of the ex-employees and their family members.
B. Gainful utilization of their knowledge for the betterment and development of the State and better co-ordination with SAIL’s Units.
C. Providing a forum for collective action on issues of general interest to members and to act as the interface between members, Representatives of Managements and Govt. agencies.
D. Establishing a social link between the ex-employees and their family members by organizing social get together, picnic etc.
E. Undertaking voluntary social work and any other activity on regular basis that may further its objectives.

4. Powers & Functions:
(a) All Members of SEEA shall be members of the General Council which shall be the Supreme Governing Council of the SEEA and meet at least once in a year to chalk out the schedule of plans, programmes and activities and to review progress and provide guidance to the Working Committee for future.
(b) The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Working Committee elected by members every two years starting 15th June 2003, which shall function in accordance with the policies and guidance provided by the General Council and by standard provisions contained in the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.
© The names, addresses and description of the members of the Working Committee will be communicated to all concerned like Managements of SAIL, New Delhi, Ranchi Units of SAIL, MECON Ltd. etc. immediately after elections.

5. Fund: Every member shall be required to pay a fee as decided by the Working Committee. The fund of SEEA shall be used for the following purposes:
i) For day-to-day activities of SEEA, the purposes for which the fund is received, the General Council meetings etc.
ii) For expenditure in connection with any litigation in which SEEA is a party.
iii) For payment of remuneration to temporary or permanent employees for the services rendered to SEEA.

6. Operation of Accounts: All cheques, receipts, forms and other papers in respect of deposits and withdrawals of money shall be jointly signed by any two of the following (i) President (ii) Secretary, & (iii) Treasurer.

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Working Committee

President
Dr. V.N.Sharma (Ex-Chairman, SEFI)
A-100, SAIL Township, Ranchi– 834004.
Mobile: 94311- 02680; Ph. 91-651-2441524 Web:http://www.sharmavn.blogspot.com/

Secretary
Sri Thakur Om Prakash
(Ex-President, ARDE) Qr.No. 107/C, Satyam Apt, Doranda, Ranchi-02
Ph. 0651-2482164

Treasurer
Sri N.K. Singh
(Ex-Treasurer, ASE)
R-17/2, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi - 01
Ph. 0651- 2240185

Members

Sri Muni Prasad
Pratibha Apt.,
South Office Para, Doranda, Ranchi-02
Ph. 0651 - 2413113

Mr. Abdul Hannan
H.No. 35, 36/Ki,
Risaldar Ngr., Doranda, Ranchi-02
Mobile: 9835350853

Sri S.N. Singh
SE-2, Annoda Apt.
South Office Para, Doranda, Ranchi-02
Ph. 0651-2413191

Dr. C. B. Choudhary
Bharati Hospital,
Kokar Chowk, Ranchi.
Ph. 0651 – 2544133 ; Mobile: 94311-05585 Web:http://choudharycb.blogspot.com/

Sri R.N. Mukherjee
H67A, H.armu H. Colony, Harmu, Ranchi-02
Ph. 0651 - 2340229
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2005 (Copies of Letters)

No. SEEA/P/0504
Sept. 12, 2005

The Chairman,
Board of Trustees,
Hindustan Steel Provident Fund (H.O.)
RANCHI-834002.

Sub: Payment of ½ a percent interest on P.F. for the year 2002-2003 to members.

Dear Sir,

This has come to our notice in the recent past that ½ a percent interest for the year 2002-2003 has been paid to those of the members whose PF accumulations were with the HSPF in that year. However, on further enquiry we found that the distribution has been limited only to the current employees and some of the retired employees on selective and symbolic bases. This is an act of grave injustice to those who have not been paid simply because they are retired. We do not find any reason for holding up the payment to any of the retired employees.

I, therefore, request you to kindly arrange payment of this money to the retired employees as quickly as possible. I further request you to kindly intimate me early about action taken by you in this matter.

Thanking you,

Yours Faithfully,


(V.N.Sharma)

Xc: ED & I/c, RDCIS, Ranchi for information and with a request to please advise the concerned authorities in HSPF Trust to do the needful.

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This letter signed by 10 individual members submitted to RPFC.
Sept. , 2005

To

The Regional Provident Fund commissioner
Employees Regional P.F. Office
Near Circuit House,
RANCHI-834001

Sub: Non-Distribution of surplus interest earned by Hindustan Steel Provident Fund (H.O.) Trust, Ranchi to P.F. Members during the years 1996-97 to 2000-2001.

Dear Sir,

The Hindustan Steel Provident Fund (H.O.) Trust, Ranchi (BR/ 935) earned profit during the years 1996-97 to 2000-2001. After paying interest to the members in respective years at statutory rates the following surplus amount was kept as ‘Reserve’:

S.No.
Years
Amount, in lakhs of Rs.
1
1996-97
44.03
2
1997-98
36.69
3
1998-99
54.99
4
1999-2000
92.28
5
2000-2001
26.12

Total
254.11

HSPF Trust subsequently distributed a sum of Rs. 127.00 lakhs during the year 2002-03 to P.F. Members who were still in service. P.F. members who had retired subsequently were denied this payment. They were, however, paid at par with working employees during the year 2003-04 on intervention of RPFC, Ranchi.

Around 1/3rd of the above surplus of Rs. 254.11 lakhs together with requisite interest thereon is still lying undistributed. In this connection I may like to bring to your kind notice that HSPF Rules 1966 do not provide for creation of any’ Reserve’. Rule 24 of HSPF Rules 1966 clearly provide for distribution of the entire amount earned by the Trust to its members during the year concerned. As such non-distribution of balance in Revenue Account of the Trust and creation of any Reserve is illegal.

I am a retired employee. I am in need of money. I request you to kindly look into the matter and direct the HSPF Trust to release my held up money early.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,


Signature
Name
Personnel No.
Address

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No. SEEA/P/0503
Sept. 10, 2005

The Chairman,
Board of Trustees,
Hindustan Steel Provident Fund (H.O.)
RANCHI-834002.

Sub: Payment of P.F. Revenue surplus for the years 1996-97 to 2000-2001.

Dear Sir,

As you are aware that after paying interests to the members at statutory rates during the years 1996-97 to 2000-2001 a sum of Rs. 254.11 lakhs was retained undistributed and kept as ‘Reserve’. Part of this ‘Reserve’ was, subsequently, distributed to members during the years 2003 & 2004. Around 1/3rd of the money kept as ‘Reserve’ still remains undistributed. In this connection I will like to point out again that the Trust is governed as per the provisions contained in HSPF Rules 1966. Rule 24 of these Rules provide for distribution of the entire amount earned by the Trust to its members during the concerned years itself. These Rules do not provide for creation of any ‘Reserve’. In view of these provisions the decision of the Trust to hold back some money undistributed is in violation of the HSPF Rules and is, therefore, illegal.

Our members are retired employees and, in absence of regular pay packets, they need such money, which are their earnings and savings. Holding their hard earned money away from them for such a long time without any reason and rhyme is immoral, illegal, unethical and with mala fide intentions.

I, therefore, request you to kindly initiate necessary actions for early release of the illegally held up money to our members. I would request you to kindly intimate me early about action taken by you in this matter.

Thanking you,

Yours Faithfully,


(V.N.Sharma)

Xc: ED & I/c, RDCIS, Ranchi for information and n.a. pl.

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REGISTERED

No. SEEA/P/0502
06th June 2005

Sri Ram Vilas Paswan,
Union Minister of Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers,
Udyog Bhawan, Govt. of India,
NEW DELHI-110001

Sub: Transferring Ispat Hospital, Ranchi (IH) from MECON to SAIL/ R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Ranchi (RDCIS).

Hon’ble Ram Vilas Ji,

We would like to inform you that Ispat Hospital, established by erstwhile Hindustan Steels Ltd., is presently a joint facility between SAIL and MECON at Ranchi, catering to the health care needs of employees and ex-employees of both SAIL and MECON posted at Ranchi. IH is presently managed by MECON and financial burden is shared between the two on pro-rata basis.

For a few years now due to various problems MECON is not able to manage and run the Ispat Hospital at Ranchi, which fail to cater to the required services. Sufficient proof exists to show that the doctors refuse to take surgical cases of both entitled and non-entitled patients (who pay in cash) and advise them to move to places where better facilities are available. Medicines are not available. This has literally converted Ispat Hospital into a ‘referring hospital’ leading to large amount of reimbursement expenses for each referred case of SAIL and MECON employees and loss of income from outsiders.

Ispat Hospital is sinking everyday to a lower depth under the present dispensation when hospitals and nursing homes are springing up everyday in the town. To make the hospital meaningful staff rationalization in both Medical and non-medical cadre and upgradation of the hospital facilities is required on an urgent basis. To tackle this problem MECON seem to be seriously considering sale/ transfer of Ispat Hospital to some private party. We do not find privatisation to be a proper solution. In fact we are opposed to it. Under the present condition, better alternative, in our opinion, would be to transfer the Management of Ispat Hospital to SAIL’s R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Ranchi (RDCIS).

In view of these we request you to kindly advise MECON to transfer Ispat Hospital to SAIL/ RDCIS without much further delay.

With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,

(V.N.Sharma)
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No. SEEA/P/0501
06th June 2005

To
CMD, Mecon
Ranchi.

Sub: Transferring Ispat Hospital, Ranchi (IH) to SAIL/ R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Ranchi (RDCIS).

Dear Sir,

For a few years now due to various problems Ispat Hospital at Ranchi, has been failing to cater to the required health care services. Sufficient proof exists to show that the doctors refuse to take surgical cases of both entitled and non-entitled patients (who pay in cash) and in fact advise them to move to places where better facilities are available. This has literally converted Ispat Hospital into a ‘referring hospital’ leading to large amount of reimbursement expenses for each referred case of SAIL and MECON employees and loss of income from outsiders. Medicines are not available even to entitled patients.

Some of the doctors just keep fleeting around during outdoor hours from one room to another chitchatting non - medical issues and encroaching into the privacy of consultation. Some of them spend half of their working hours in the betel shop in nearby places - available only in touch and go style. One or two also have reputation of enjoying Desi pouch doing their non-medical activities. Only a few of them can be seen in their rooms at 12 noon or at 6.00 pm. Good excuse that they have ‘finished the patients’ there is no one left. It is not difficult anymore to understand where are the patients of the glorious days of IH gone when in reality we have allowed outsiders to come in.

On the one hand IH advertises to invite outsiders for treatment to boost its sagging financial resources, on the other the doctors sign joint petitions to prohibit entitled/ non-entitled patient from coming because some of them do not find themselves competent for the job and so look at the patients with enemitic relation. IH seem to have reached the end of medical ethics and Hippocrates' Oath.

Ispat hospital is sinking everyday to a lower depth when hospitals and nursing homes are springing up everyday in the town and flourishing. To make the hospital meaningful staff rationalization in both Medical and non-medical cadre and upgradation of the hospital facilities is required on an urgent basis. To tackle this problem MECON seem to be considering sale/ transfer of Ispat Hospital to some private party. We do not find privatisation to be a proper solution. In fact we are opposed to it. Under the present financial condition, better alternative, in our opinion, would be to transfer the Management of Ispat Hospital to SAIL’s R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Ranchi (RDCIS) that is already one of the stakeholders. But before that some of the incompetent doctors must be given marching orders by VRS or CRS. Otherwise IH and the patients will never be safe.

In view of these we request you to kindly take appropriate action to put the IH back on the rails and consider transferring Ispat Hospital to SAIL/ RDCIS in place of giving it to private hands.

With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,

(V.N.Sharma)
Xc: ED & I/c, RDCIS, Ranchi for n.a. pl.

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No. SEEA/P/0501
08th June 2005

Sri Ram Vilas Paswan,
Union Minister of Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers,
Udyog Bhawan, Govt. of India,
NEW DELHI-110001

Sub: Transferring the Management of Ispat Hospital, Ranchi from MECON to SAIL/ R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Ranchi (RDCIS).

Hon’ble Ram Vilas Ji,

We would like to inform you that Ispat Hospital, a joint facility between SAIL and MECON at Ranchi, caters to the health care needs of employees and ex-employees of both SAIL and MECON posted at Ranchi. Financial burden is shared between the two on pro-rata basis.

It has come recently to our notice that due to the financial crunch in MECON Ispat Hospital at Ranchi is being considered for sale/ transfer to some private party. We understand that negotiations are on. We do not find privatisation to be a proper arrangement. Under the present financial condition, better alternative in our opinion would be to transfer the Management of Ispat Hospital to SAIL’s R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Ranchi (RDCIS). This, naturally, will require staff rationalization both in Medical and non-medical cadre.

We request you to kindly issue an order to transfer Ispat Hospital from MECON to SAIL/ RDCIS with a provision for staff rationalisation.

With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)

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2004 (Copies of letters)

No. SEEA/ P/ 0411
20th Sept. 2004

Sub: Need of improvement in health care facilities in Ispat Hospital in general and to the ex-employees of SAIL.

Dear Dr. Kumar,

This has come to our notice through our members that they are being given step motherly treatment especially in matters of making the medicines available to them in Ispat Hospital. Most probably, this is being caused because of existence of major differences between Ex-Employees of MECON and SAIL. Whatever is the reason it is causing tremendous difficulty to the Ex-Employees of SAIL located at Ranchi.

We already discussed this with you sometime ago and requested you to provide the facilities at par with those provided by SAIL plant Hospitals to the Ex-Employees settled in Plant township locations. As a member of the Steel Medical Forum you are entitled to take up the issue directly in both formal or informal way with the Chief of Medical services of SAIL plants.

In fact not going much into the causes and effects I appeal to you to take sympathetic stand towards the Ex-Employees who need your care, support and personal attention and do everything possible.

With regards,
Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)

Dr. Arun Kumar,
Chief Medical Officer & I/c
Ispat Hospital, Shyamali,
Ranchi-834004.

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No. SEEA/P/0410
20th Sept. 2004

Sub: Leasing of Shyamali Houses to the Ex-Employees of SAIL.
Ref: Our letter No. SEEA/P/0318 dated 4th August 2003

Dear Sri Jha,

This has reference to our above referred letter on the subject issue. It looks like that no decision was taken in this regard which has cause tremendous difficulty to the Ex-Employees. I once again reiterate that MECON is leasing its Shyamali houses to its employees on short-term basis. It would be quite appropriate to lease the Shyamali houses under SAIL quota to ex-employees of SAIL on similar or improved terms and conditions.

I request you to please do the needful in the matter and lease the Shyamali Houses to the Ex-Employees of SAIL who are desirous to take the houses.

With regards,
Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)

Sri Sudhaker Jha,
Executive Director & I/c,
SAIL/RDCIS,
Ranchi-834004.
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No. SEEA/P/0409
16th Sept. 2004

Sri Sudhaker Jha,
Executive Director & I/c,
SAIL/RDCIS,
Ranchi-834004.

Sub: Request for uniformity in Power tariff for regular and ex-employees.

Dear Sir,

I would like to bring to your kind notice that the tarrif for electricity consumption has been made different for regular and Ex-employees residing in the SAIL Satellite colony. This is quite unfair and discriminatory for the reasons given below.

That, the colony has only one source of power supply for all the houses and tariff being charged by the JSEB for the consumption is also the same for all the power supply. It may please be noted that the source of power is JSEB and not SAIL. Therefore, no difference should be made between the houses occupied by regular and Ex-employees.

That, the SAIL Township has three categories of houses – those belonging to RDCIS, those under long lease to its employees and Ex-employees and the last category under the occupation of non-SAIL service groups like bank, post office etc. Leaving aside the last category, which is governed by the agreements between RDCIS and the concerned organizations an attempt has been made to differentiate between the regular employees and Ex-employees occupying the houses on long lease in matter concerning power tariff. It is not proper.

I, therefore, request you to kindly make the power tariff uniform for all the houses under the occupation of regular or Ex-employees including for the previous years.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,


(V.N.Sharma)

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No. SEEA/P/0408
16th Sept. 2004

Director (Personnel),
Steel Authority of India Ltd.,
Ispat Bhawan, Lodi Road,
NEW DELHI-110003

Sub: Health care facilities to SAIL Ex-Employees holding Mediclaim policy, residing at Ranchi.

Dear Sir,

The health care facilities available to those of the SAIL Ex-Employees who settled at Ranchi are vastly different from those available to the ones settled in the Plant townships or near them. It is for the simple reason that the health care facilities for SAIL employees and Ex-Employees at Ranchi are in the Ispat Hospital, which is under the control and supervision of the MECON Ltd.

I would like to bring to your kind notice that presently MECON is following a very different health care policy for its retired employees than the ones applicable to SAIL people. Therefore, in the absence of clear guidelines on day-to-day handling of our cases the confusion is getting worse confounded. For the same reasons, the health care facilities for the retired ones from different units at Ranchi are different.

I request you, therefore, to kindly issue necessary guidelines to the Ranchi Unit Managements for extending health care facilities to all Ex-Employees at par with those available to other SAIL plant/unit locations. It would be more appropriate to constitute a committee of Ranchi Unit Management representatives to prepare the recommendations for acceptance by you.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,


(V.N.Sharma)

Xc:
ED & I/c, RDCIS; ED, CET; ED, HRD; ED, Safety.
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Sept. 05 2004

PRESS RELEASE

The 2nd Annual General Meeting of the SAIL Ex-Employees Association was held today in the Manoranjan Kendra of the SAIL Satellite Township. The meeting was presided over by Dr. V.N. Sharma, President of the Association.

Welcoming the members to the meeting Dr. Sharma called upon them to contribute to the development of the Jharkhand State as they were technogical cream of the Society and capable of providing all kinds of technological and managerial help to the State machinery. He informed the members that now that two of our major common issues – the payment of extra earnings of the Provident Fund Trust and the pay revision arrears for the period 1997-2000 have been completed the Association will take up the issue with the various authorities in the State of Jharkhand on how best the SEEA and its members can help the development process in the State.

With regard to the condition of HEC he lamented the view of closing down the HEC in any case and in stead use the excellent infrastructure it has for development of core and engg. Industries in the country and the Jharkhand.
At the same time he expressed the view that unless there is fresh financial input in HEC for replacing the 40-50 year old machines by latest technology and machines it will be difficult for HEC to function as an economically viable unit. During the discussion it was felt necessary to request the Govt. of India to constitute a committee of ex-successful Chief Executives of the PSUs to study the situation existing in HEC in detail and then take the follow up actions. An alternative way suggested was to use HEC as a Growth Shop for SAIL which has a modernization plan of Rs. 25000 crores. Members also expressed against closure or privatization of viable PSUs.

Sri Thakur Om Prakash, Secretary of the Association presented the Secretary’s Report for the year 2003-04 and proposed activity for 2004-05. Sri N.K. singh, the Treasurer presented the Accounts of Income and Expenditure for 2003-04. They were all approved by a voice vote. Dr. C.B. Chaudhury proposed the vote of thanks.

(Dr. V.N. Sharma)
President

Chief Editors/Editors
Hindustan Times/ Hindustan/Prabhat Khabar/Dainik Jagran/Ranchi Express

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SPEEDPOST

No. SEEA/P/0407
26th August 2004

Divisional Manager,
United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
A-17, City Centre, Sector-IV,
Bokaro Steel City,
Bokaro (Jharkhand)

Sub: Request for expediting settlement and reimbursement of Medical bills under Mediclaim policy.

Dear Sir,

A large number of our members - the Ex-Employees of SAIL- have brought to our notice that the reimbursement of medical bills under the mediclaim policy is taking too much time, sometime exceeding more than six months. There does not seem to be a valid reason for this undue delay. As you may understand, members of the policy all belong to higher age group and need more and faster medical and financial attention and any delay is bound to play havoc – both physical and mental - on them.

I request you, therefore, to kindly help the policy holders by reimbursing the medial bills under the Mediclaim Policy within a certain time period.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,


(V.N.Sharma)
xc:
Director (Personnel),
Steel Authority of India Ltd.,
Ispat Bhawan, Lodi Road,
NEW DELHI-110003
…..With a request to please do the needful for quick reimbursement of medical bills.
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SPEEDPOST

No. SEEA/P/0406
12th August 2004

Sri V.S. Jain,
Chairman,
Steel Authority of India Ltd.,
Ispat Bhawan, Lodi Road,
NEW DELHI-110003


Sub: Request for favourable changes in the terms and conditions of Mediclaim policy.

Dear Sri Jain,

This is to bring to your kind attention the fact that concerns us - the Ex-Employees of SAIL- most with regard to our health care policy of the Company. As you must be aware the Mediclaim Policy taken by the Company for its Ex-Employees is being made inferior year by year. The amount of reimbursement has been reduced. The facility to combine Husband-Wife for major treatments have been withdrawn. And, to top it all, the member’s contribution is increased year after year. We in the SEEA feel that such a policy disadvantageous to health care of the Ex-Employees were taken because of the adverse financial condition of the Company for last few years in the same way as it was done for the current employees for some of their perks. Now, that, most of such perks have been allowed to the current employees SAIL also must review and improve its Mediclaim Policy in agreement with the Insurance Company for the Ex-Employees.

I request you, therefore, to kindly review and improve the Mediclaim Policy in favour of the Ex-Employees.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)

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No. SEEA/P/0405
12th August 2004

Sri V.S. Jain,
Chairman,
Steel Authority of India Ltd.,
Ispat Bhawan, Lodi Road,
NEW DELHI-110003


Sub: Payment of arrears of salary revision for 01.01.1997 to 31.12.2000 - Thanksgiving.

Dear Sri Jain,

On behalf of the members of our Association and that on my own I thank you very much for doing the needful for payment of our long overdue salary revision arrears. We also thank you making a bold move to invest Rs.25,000 crores in modernization of SAIL plants to increase the production by double.

I request you also to please let us know if and when you feel the need of us for your gigantic projects and programmes as the Ex-Employees are retired but not tired.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)
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No. SEEA/P/0404
12th August 2004

Sri Ram Vilas Paswan,
Union Minister of Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers,
Govt. of India,
NEW DELHI-110001

Sub: Payment of arrears of salary revision for 01.01.1997 to 31.12.2000 - Thanksgiving.

Hon’ble Ram Vilas Ji,

On behalf of the members of our Association and that on my own I thank you very much for doing the needful for payment of our long overdue salary revision arrears. We all feel that but for you this would not have come so soon. Our members are also enthused about your dynamic move to invest Rs.25,000 crores in modernization of SAIL plants to increase the production by double.

I request you also to please let us know if and when you feel the need of us for your gigantic projects and programmes as the Ex-Employees are retired but not tired.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)
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Seea/P/ 0404A
3rd August2004

Dear Member,

With great and consistent efforts of your Association the payment of salary revision arrears have been made possible. Some of the cases belonging to post-2000 have been cleared. Others are in the queue. We are making all efforts to see that payment is made after correct calculation of Income Tax and related deductions.

Yet you may find some problem. Please get in touch with us on this e-mail address or on our phones - in my case please use Mobile. Alternatively you may contact Finance Dept. of RDCIS/CET/MTI as the case may be.

With regards,

(V.N.Sharma)

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No. SEEA/P/0403
19th July 2004

Sri Sudhaker Jha,
Executive Director & I/c,
SAIL/RDCIS,
Ranchi-834004.

Sub: Payment of salary revision arrears to Ex-employees

Dear Sir,

We have come to know through formal and informal channels that the necessary order for payment of salary revision arrears to Ex-employees has already been received by RDCIS. Some of our members have been asked to provide their Bank A/c No. for receiving this payment. We strongly believe that this will lead to delay in release of payment because every Ex-employee cannot be contacted. We, therefore, suggest that the arrear amount may be released to the bank A/c whose nos. are available with the Finance Dept. For others, it may simply be paid through cheque dispatched to their current address provided by them for official communication.

In view of the above I request you to release the payment to Ex-employees without further delay.

With regards,
Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)
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By Courier Service

No. SEEA/P/0402
31st May 2004

Sri Ram Vilas Paswan,
Union Minister of Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers,
Govt. of India,
NEW DELHI-110001

Sub: Delay and Injustice to Ex-employees of SAIL in matters of Payment of arrears of salary revision for 01.01.1997 to 31.12.2000.

Hon’ble Ram Vilas Ji,

Kindly accept our heartiest congratulations for coming back to the Union Cabinet with the Ministries of Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers under your charge. We, from the ex - fraternity of Steel seriously hope and expect that you would be taking Steel sector in general and SAIL in particular to newer heights. A National policy on Steel as being formulated by you would surely help the steel business in particular.

We would like to bring to your kind notice the grave injustices being met to the Ex-employees of SAIL by their Management in respect of payment of Pay revision arrears for the period 01.01.1997 to 31.12.2000. Further, to ignore their right to claim, the payment has been made to the current employees in the name of Adjustable advance/ Adhoc advance. This is a case of discrimination and step motherly treatment to the retired employees and has raised legal, moral and ethical issues for SAIL and the Govt. of India vis - a - vis the Ex-employees. The details given below are for your information with a request for your kind intervention to correct the situation.
We have come to know through reliable sources that SAIL Board in its meeting on 30th October 2003 has approved a Half Yearly profit of Rs. 759.85 crores (unaudited) and also that the Board decided to pay the Pay revision arrears for the above mentioned period to its current employees in the same meeting.
The profit as declared by SAIL recently for 2003-2004 as reported in the newspapers has gone upto Rs.2512 crores
This has further come to our notice that there is no decision to pay the said arrears to the retired employees of SAIL who were on rolls of the company during the period under reference
That, it was hard earned money of the ex-employees as much as it was for other employees and there is no valid reason or argument for not paying their due. If anything, there would be only invalid reasons or arguments.
SAIL in their communication to us always state that while approving the Pay revision for the aforesaid period the Government invoked the Presidential Directives according to which “the payment of arrears arising due to revision of pay scales for the period 01-01-1997 to 31-12-2000 would be considered by the Government only when SAIL’s financial health improves”.
As per the SAIL Board decision of 30th October 2003 the requirements of the Presidential Directives quoted above has naturally been met as payment has been approved for the current employees in the same meeting. With the record - breaking profit now for the year 2003-2004 the requirement has been met much more. In view of this the decision not to pay the said arrears to the Ex-employees is in contravention of the Presidential Directives and cannot be justified.
I would also like to mention that your Government has decided to initiate various positive steps keeping in mind “with human face”. Ex-employees are basically the senior citizens of SAIL and the country for whom they gave their blood, sweat and youth and therefore, deserve to be treated on preferential basis as a matter of right..
Since the Ex-employees are closer to the end of their life we hope that they will be treated with sympathy and arrear payment made.

In view of these facts I request you, Sir, to kindly get the conditions of Presidential Directive (if they are still valid) as quoted above as withdrawn and advise the concerned authorities to please take the corrective action by paying the salary revision arrears to the ex-employees as early as possible.

Before closing this letter I would like to underline the feelings of our members that we have very high hopes from you as you have acted favourably in the past as Union Labour Minister and also as Union Minister of Coal or Communications by standing for justice to employees. We hope to get positive response from you.

Please let us know if you would like us to see you or your representative to explain our case in person.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)
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No. SEEA/P/0401
31st May 2004

Sub: Unilateral change in school fees by DPS for the children of Ex- Hon’ble Employees.

Dear Sri Jha,

This has come to our notice that the Delhi Public School, SAIL Township, Ranchi has asked the Ex-employees to pay the school fees for their children. This is a serious violation of the NJCS agreement vide Para 3.3.2 according to which RDCIS/ SAIL Units at Ranchi are committed to give existing educational facilities to the children of the retired /voluntary retired/ permanent disablement/ dead employees upto the maximum standard available in the DAVJVM/ DPS (This part of the agreement is simply extended to all levels of employees including Executives). Letter Nos. RD/GM/(P&A)/SRM(34)-2000/dated 9th August 2000 and Mecon’s 11.73 dt 30th Nov. 1995 made to the LMC of DAVJVM by SAIL/ MECON are sufficient proof of this. Now this has been raised, this time, by DPS. This is against the Company’s commitment.

I would like to point out once again that the Ex-employees have given their sweat, blood and youth for the good of the company for about 30- 35 years. It will be quite unfair at this stage to treat them like somebody from outside when they need your sympathy and help most to settle and live a peaceful post- retired life. To equate them with outsider will be quite unfair for many other reasons. In all fairness, therefore, they must be treated as a part of the Steel family at Ranchi. The order with respect to payment of school fees for their children, therefore, is unwarranted.

In view of the above I request you to kindly do the needful to get the Ex-employees treated at par with regular employees in matters of Educational facilities including fees as per N.J.C.S. agreement and advise the DPS to withdraw the fees payment order at an early date.

With regards,
Yours sincerely,


(V.N.Sharma)

Sri Sudhaker Jha,
Executive Director & I/c,
SAIL/RDCIS,
Ranchi-834004.
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