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Federation of Retired SAIL Employees (Regd)Regd Office: Abasar Bhawan, Koel Nagar, Rourkela-769014e-mail: forsesail@gmail.com |
After the introduction of guests,
Council members and principal office bearers of FORSE and presentation of
bouquet, the Chief guest Shri JS Nagabhushan followed by Dr V N Sharma,
Chairman FORSE, Sri SK Ghosh,and Sri Abhay Kumar Das, all Vice Chairmen, FORSE
and Sri Ram Agar Singh, GS, FORSE lighted the lamps and declared the Meeting
open.
Shri O.P. Vishwakarma, President SAIL Ex-Employees
Association, Durgapur and Convenor Organising Committee welcomed the FAC members
and Guests present on the occasion and thanked them for being present on this
auspicious occasion. He briefed the overwhelming support that came from the
retirees of Durgapur unit which made this moment a memorable event. He appealed
the guests to ignore any shortcomings in making the arrangements for the
meeting..
Following
this, Sri Ram Agar Singh, GS provided complete details and data for pension under
EPS-95 and SAIL Pension Scheme and financial assistance under DPE guidelines as
and when they come into existence and implemented. He answered queries from
members in respect of these burning concerns.
2.
The
newly elected Treasurer Shri NC Saha presented the (unaudited) Statement of Accounts
for the financial year 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively. The Total amount is
4,73,328.19 in Punjab National Bank at Rourkela and Ranchi Branches. The
Accounts of FORSE for the financial year 2020-21 and 2021-22 are in the process
of finalization by new Treasurer Shri NC Saha with the help of Chairman. The
House approved the Statement by voice vote.
3.
Audit
of Accounts and filing IT Return:
Draft finacial statements comprising of
Reciept and payment A/Cs, income expenditure A/Cs and Balance sheet for
Financial years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 prepared by Treasurer were placed
before the members of the Apex council for examination and approval.
Financial statements of both the years were
examined by the council and unanimously approved for forwarding to the Auditors
for authentication.
Further Resolved that S/Sri Swapan Kumar
Ghosh Vice Chairman and Nitai Chand Saha, Treasurer be and hereby authorised to
sign the accounts and also to send Representation/Return/Application on behalf
of the Federation
Once the Accounts are finalized these may
be Audited by M/s AKD and Associates and IT return be filed by the said Firm
for the financial year 2020-21 and 2021-22. However, the penalty for
non-submission for the FY 2020-21 may be imposed as we have defaulted due to
Pandemic situation and sudden demise of our Ex-Treasurer Late Debasish
Chaudhuri in April 2021. The following Resolution was passed by voice vote. In view of the above, the following
resolutions were adopted unanimously wrt Auditing of Accounts and IT return.
Resolution No. 1:
Chartered Accounting
firm M/s A K D and Associates be appointed to audit the annual accounts of
FORSE for the FY 2020-2021 and 2021-22 and also organise E-filing of IT return
for the same two years
a) Now it is hereby resolved that M/s AKD & Associates be
appointed as our Auditors in place of M/s Gupta and Company.
b) The Chartered Accounting Firm M/s AKD and Associates be
appointed to audit the annual accounts of FORSE for the FY 2020-21 and 2021-22
and also organize E-filing of IT return for the same two years with Shri SK
Ghosh remaining as signatory on behalf of FORSE as approved during last filing
for 2019-20.
c) It is further resolved that M/s AKD and Associates may be paid a
fee of Rs 5000/- for Auditing and Rs 2500/- for filing return plus GST, for
each of the financial years 2020-21 and 2021-22. The penalty paid by the Firm
will be reimbursed by FORSE on production of the receipt.
The above Resolution was passed
unanimously. Shri SK Ghosh will assist
Shri NC Saha in all matters on behalf of FORSE.
4.
Presentation of GS Report: It
contained most of what was described in the beginning of the Meeting by
Chairman followed by the issues listed in the Agenda that caused frustration in
the minds of the Retirees’ due to SAIL’s inaction.
SESSION II
A.
Members spoke at length about
the issues faced by the Retirees of the concerned unit. Sri J.S. Nagabhushan
summarized the following major common issues which needed immediate attention
and action
I.
General and Financial issues:
a) Recognition
of FORSE and holding SAIL-FORSE meetings.
b) Allotment of
Office space for FORSE and Member Associations in vacant company quarters or in office building in Metros
d) implementation
of SAIL Pension Scheme to the Retirees who have Superannuated/ Retired from
January 2017 onward which is awaited till now.
e) Payment of
ex-gratia of Rs 5000/- to those Early Retirees who are not covered under SAIL
Pension Scheme.
f) HRA benefit/
arrears to all retirees irrespective of date of retirement.
g) A uniform
House Licensing Policy for all SAIL Units containing a clause that such
allotment of vacant houses should be renewable.
h) The practice
of allotting vacant houses to ex - employees at RSP on the basis of highest
bidder to be stopped. That means, bidding for House allotment to be scrapped.
i) Payment of
Perks for 11 months starting 26/11/2008 to 04/11/2009 with interest.
II. Healthcare/
Mediclaim Issues:
a) SAIL must ensure
Medical/ Healthcare facilities for Retired Employees to be at par with serving
Employees as per SAIL-NJCS agreement 1978.
b) SAIL must ensure the
availability of all medicines at all times in the unit hospitals. In case of
stock out / not available for any reason situation the unit hospitals may
devise a system similar to that of SAIL Corporate office where medicines are
procured from selective suppliers and given to the retirees.
c)
To stop treatment charges from
the Retirees at Rourkela Super Specialty Hospital because the Retirees are
entitled to get similar treatment as being provided to serving employees.
d)
OPD amount to be raised to Rs
20 thousand on combined basis.
e)
Remove capping in the
empaneled hospitals and TPA should negotiate for the reasonable charges in such
hospitals. If it does not materialize, then the actual charges should be paid.
f)
The injections/ medicines/
used modern gadgets etc. which are used by the treating hospitals must be
accommodated by Insurance Company.
g)
Mediclaim scheme should be
extended in VISP to all including
those who are separated from SAIL
between 1998-2004 as per SAIL Order of 2020.
h)
A clause should be
introduced providing details of “what is not excluded explicitly in writing in
the Exclusion list should be paid by the Insurance company or TPA. And also
that the list of exclusions should be more exhaustive.
i) For repeat medicines
the prescription should be valid for a minimum period of one year.
j) A clause of the time limit of 3
months or Rs 2000/- whichever is reached earlier for submission of OPD Bills
should be deleted.
At
the end of the discussion, Members felt that FORSE must chalk out a plan of
Action for both corporate level and Unit level.
SESSION III
Election Of Office
Bearers
General Secretary moved a resolution to
elect new Office Bearers of FORSE. He also proposed the name of Shri Santanu
Kumar Saha, Retd. GM (EMD), DSP the Election Officer/ Returning Officer to
conduct the Election Process.
The Council unanimously elected the
following Office Bearers for the period 2022-24
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Result
for Election of FORSE Office Bearers for 2022-24 |
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S. No. |
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Person(s) Elected |
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1 |
Chairman |
Dr V N Sharma |
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2 |
Vice-Chairmen |
1)
SK Ghosh 2)
JS Nagabhushan 3)
Abhay Kumar Das |
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3 |
General Secretary |
Ram Agar Singh |
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4 |
Secretaries |
1)
A. Rajaratnam 2)
B. Tata Rao 3)
B. Manjunath |
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5 |
Treasurer: |
Nitai Chand Saha |
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6 |
Jt.Treasurer: |
Arabinda Kr Patra |
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Constitution
Amendment
Resolution No. 2: Increase in number
of posts of Secretaries from 4 to 7
a)
It was felt to increase the
post of Secretaries from 4 to 7 to strengthen FORSE and to share the increasing
anticipated Organisational responsibilities in future. The resolution moved to
this effect by Vice Chairman Shri SK Ghosh was passed unanimously. It was
decided to fill the newly created posts. increase in the number of posts of
Secretaries from 4 to 7 will require amendment in existing bye laws and hence
Registrar of Societies need to be approached. Pending this, it was decided
unanimously to create 4 more posts of Secretaries in view of exigency as
explained and hold election and fill up all 7 posts and make this operative Following
were elected:
S/Shri
1)
TK Dutta
2)
Ashok Kr. Thakur
3)
Sharashchandra R. Salvi
4)
DK Thakur
b)
Required action for amendment
of the constitution from the competent authority to be ascertained by Sri Abhay
Das, Vice Chairman
Resolution No. 3: Operation of Bank
Accounts and Financial matters
The
Apex Council resolved that as per provision in the Article Vi (d) of the
constitution and By Laws the Federation A/c no. 041000100198354 in PNB at
Rourkela and Federation A/c No. 0939000100228934 in PNB Ranchi be operated
henceforth by any of the 2 signatories out of the following newly elected
Office bearers
(a) Dr. VN Sharma, chairman
(b) Shri Ram Agar Singh, Gen. Secretary
(c) Shri Nitai Chand Saha, Treasurer
Resolution No. 4: Grant of financial
help to SEEA Durgapur
Sri
TK Dutta, GS, SEEA Durgapur informed that when Chairman FORSE proposed the 12th
FAC Meeting at Durgapur our unit accepted it with the condition that financial
assistance will be required as SEEA Durgapur has no fund/ no bank account. Chairman
& GS FORSE tried for sponsorship but could not succeed. However, feeling
the importance of the meeting at Durgapur and co-operative/ supportive attitude
of DSP and ASP, SEEA Durgapur was asked to go ahead.
Sri TK Dutta, thereafter, presented a
statement of income of Rs 35000/- collected by individual donation and a sum of
Rs.6700/- from SEEA, Ranchi against a total expense of Rs.55000/- for
organizing the 12th FAC Meeting there. Thus, SEEA Durgapur remained
in deficit of Rs.20000/-. The documents were examined jointly by Chairman,
Vice-Chairman Sri Ghosh, GS, FORSE and the Treasurer and found to be OK.
In view of the above, Sri Dutta
requested the House to provide a sum of Rs.20000/- as reimbursement of expenses.
The Apex Council discussed the issue in detail. In exercising the power
conferred in Article vi (d), it was felt necessary to subsidize the expenditure,
as a special case, to the extent possible. It was decided to provide financial
help to the extent of Rs 20000 (Twenty thousand) by FORSE. Chairman and General
Secretary were authorized to make the payment.
Resolution No. 5: Resolution for EPS
95/ NCR
FORSE
Chairman informed the House that handling of our SC case for full pension under
EPS 95 by National Confederation of Retirees (NCR) is unsatisfactory. Further their
demand of two instalments without justification is violation of Society
Registration Act as they have not provided Audit Report for the “NCR EPS95 struggle fund” for
last 4 years. Also, FORSE and Dr V N Sharma, the Lead Petitioner were never
invited to any of the meetings of NCR. Chairman presented a brief of
correspondence done by our GS with them for over 10 months in which he asked
for the following important documents and satisfactory reply to the following
queries in his letter dated 20/09/2021 before further money for the “NCR EPS95 struggle fund” is
released.
1. The legal team should be
properly constituted with due representation to the largest group of
FORSE/SAIL. Periodic consultations among members of the legal team will
precede any oral / written instructions to AoR.
2. Proper audited
accounts of income and expenditure of EPS95 struggle fund must be made public
for the past 3 years within a month. A circular be issued immediately.
3. The list of
defaulters in payments, both full members and associate members, with pending
amounts must be declared by NCR General Secretary immediately for
achieving liquidation of the due.
4. Due process of election
of office bearers to continue in their posts must be initiated with a time
frame immediately.
In
addition, FORSE General Secretary also asked for updated registered By-laws of
NCR vide his letter dated 28/09/2021 which were not supplied.
Chairman also informed
the House that, after a gap of over 7 months, in its last letter dated 02nd
May 2022 NCR has threatened FORSE in the following words “You are hereby given
a last & final opportunity to clear your outstanding litigation dues within
a period of 30 days from the date of this letter, failing which your membership
shall stand permanently revoked.”. In view of the above and the
discussion that followed, FORSE decided to take strong action against the NCR
for their threat and supported the action taken by GS, FORSE and resolutions as
given below were passed unanimously. General Secretary was further authorized
to send the Resolutions with the background to NCR.
a) FORSE
Apex Council reiterated to stand by its commitments provided NCR responds to
our earlier communications including the vital information supported by copies
of documents asked for by us.
b) FORSE
will release Fund only after NCR provides us with the vital information
alongwith documentary evidence asked for by our General Secretary in the 4
points raised in his letter dated 20/09/2021
(reproduced above) alongwith a copy of the Regd By-laws
of NCR with all the updated amendments vide FORSE letter dated 28/09/2021.
c)
Failure of NCR
to comply with our earlier request and further failure to comply with the
express provisions of NCR regd. By-laws, combined with the contents of para 2
of the above referred latter, is forcing us to raise the issue with the
Registrar of Society, Delhi and other concerned authorities to establish our
legal rights if our demands are not met within a reasonable period.
d) FORSE
General Secretary was authorized to communicate the decisions of the Apex
Council to NCR and do the needful, as per availability of Fund, in consultation
with the principal office bearers of FORSE only if the response of NCR is
satisfactory.
SESSION IV
I Organisational matters:
i.
Introduction of Newly elected Working Committee/ Office Bearers: The
newly elected Office bearers introduced themselves and took their seat.
ii.
Sri
Nitai Chand Saha, Treasurer informed the House that following defaulting Units
have not paid their subscription for past years.
1. Rourkela
2020-21 & 2021-22.
2. Bokaro 2021-22
3. Chennai 2021-22
4. Hydrabad
2021-22
5. Salem.
2021-22
6. Kerala
2017-18, 2019-20, 2020-21, & 2021-22.
They may submit proof of payment if they have
paid so that record is updated. He also enquired about the unit who paid a cash
of Rs 2000/- on 3rd March 2021
iii. Issues with Kerala Unit for not paying Annual
subscription. Chairman informed the House that a good number of reminders
through Telegram group and oral communication was done with SEEA, Kerala GS Sri
George Oommen for payment of 4 years of Annual subscription totaling to
Rs.14000/-. Nothing has been paid. There is no assurance from Kerala side of
making efforts to pay. A request to attend FAC Meeting or send some delegates to
present Kerala group case was also not accepted. The Council discussed the
seriousness of the issue at length and decided to give SEEA, Kerala a Show
Cause Notice by email, Telegram App through their GS, Sri George Oommen to
clear the dues in One months’ time. It was decided unanimously that if the dues
are not cleared within one month, affiliation of SEEA, Kerala may be cancelled with
the approval of the Chairman.
II Summary
of the discussion: Sri Abhay Kr Das, Vice Chairman, FORSE summarized the
discussion on all the issues in different sessions and expressed happiness over
the active involvement of the Members.
III
In view of the discussion held in session II and uneasiness felt by Members Sri
SK Ghosh, Vice Chairman FORSE proposed to organize a Dharna / Demonstration at
Corporate Office in November month this year. Before this our Organization will
try to resolve the issues amicably with management. At the same time Unit level
struggle program will also be chalked out to attract the attention of unit
level and SAIL management.
IV Place, Date and
responsibility of next FAC meeting: VISL Retired
Employees Welfare Centret proposed to hold the next FAC Meeting
at Bhadravati. The Council approved the proposal with applause. Chairman shall
decide the exact dates of the Meeting in Feb-March 2023 in consultation with
the Bhadravati Centre and other Units
V Closing
remarks: With closing remarks of the Chairman the XII FAC Meeting was declared as
closed.
VOTE OF THANKS
General Secretary thanked all the
distinguished Office Bearers, Apex council Members, the team members of
Durgapur unit who contributed a lot in making this event a grand success, caretaker
of the Guest house and the Kitchen staff. He thanked the DSP management who
have provided all the necessary amenities in organising the FAC meet.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMES:
A meeting was held with ED (P&A) DSP
in his conference Room at Durgapur Ispat Bhawan on 16th May evening.
FAC Members participated. Chairman, FORSE thanked him esp. for providing the facilities
with flaw-less arrangement which delegates enjoyed for two days. Apart from
other issues Chairman requested him to hold periodical meetings with our Durgapur
representatives. It was a good meeting and ED (P&A) assured our Durgapur representatives
to meet any time they feel a meeting is needed.
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 General Secretary Dated 22nd June 2022 |
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Annexure-I
The Members present in the
meeting
S/Shri
1. Dr. VN Sharma SEEA, Ranchi
2. DK Thakur - do-
3 JS Nagbhushan VISL, Bhadravati
4. Adaveeshaiah.S do
5. B Manjunath
do
6. SK Ghosh Kolkata
7 Jayant Kundu do
8. Madan Mohan Sarkar do
9. Tushar Kanti Ray do
10 Nitai Chand Saha do
11. A Rajarathinam Salem
12. Arbinda Mitra Burnpur
13. R Natrajan do
14. Ram Agar Singh Bokaro
15. MP Singh do
16. SS Gupta do
17. DP Singh do
18. Chandrama Singh do
19. Abhay Kumar Das Rourkela
20. SR Salvi Mumbai
21. RD Vichare do
22. O.P. Vishwaqkarma Durgapur
23. TK Dutta do
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