Personal Upgradation of Qwalified nad Officiating JTO"S-Inf. by Ashok Hindocha M-9426201999

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Sub:: -- Personall up gradattiion off qualliiffiied and offffiiciiattiing JTOs — Submiissiion off
addiittiionall notte tto tthe iittem No.. 10 iin tthe agenda off tthe 23rd Nattiionall Counciill –
Reg..
The ffollllowiing iis submiitttted as addiittiionall notte,, iin conttiinuattiion off tthe notte allrready submiitttted by me underr
tthe iittem No.. 10 iin tthe agenda off tthe 23rd Nattiionall Counciill meettiing..
The perrsonall upgrradattiion off offffiiciialls qualliiffiied,, ttrraiined and offffiiciiattiing as JTOs tto tthe JTO cadrre on rregullarr
basiis iis jjusttiiffiied and necessarry as perr tthe grrounds giiven bellow..
((a)) IItt iis nott prroperr tto ask tthem tto appearr iin tthe rrecenttlly nottiiffiied JTO 35% LIICE siince tthey werre allrready
decllarred qualliiffiied iin tthe same JTO 35% quotta exam and werre allrready ttrraiined as JTO and have
been offffiiciiattiing as JTOs fforr tthe pastt 5 yearrs orr morre..
((b)) The sttattus off tthese offffiiciialls as qualliiffiied and ttrraiined fforr JTO prromottiion can nott be deprriived now
siince iitt wiillll be an arrbiittrrarry acttiion.. Any such deprriivall means tthey have tto appearr iin tthe rrecenttlly
nottiiffiied JTO 35% LIICE and qualliiffy iin iitt fforr maiinttaiiniing ttheiirr sttattus.. Butt tthe verry ffactt tthatt ttheiirr sttattus
as qualliiffiied and ttrraiined offffiiciialls elliigiiblle fforr JTO prromottiion has been maiinttaiined fforr a llong perriiod off
allmostt tten yearrs has prreventted tthe holldiing off tthe JTO 35% quotta exam fforr tthe llastt tten yearrs and
as a rresulltt mostt off tthese offffiiciialls have crrossed 50 yearrs age and hence became iinelliigiiblle fforr
appearriing iin tthe rrecenttlly nottiiffiied exam.. Besiides 90% off tthese offffiiciialls have no rrequiisiitte educattiion
qualliiffiicattiion fforr appearriing iin tthiis examiinattiion iin viiew off tthe change iin tthe rrecrruiittmentt rrulles..
Therrefforre deprriiviing tthe sttattus off tthese offffiiciialls as qualliiffiied and ttrraiined offffiiciialls elliigiiblle fforr JTO
prromottiion att tthiis sttage wiillll be an arrbiittrrarry acttiion,, whiich can nott be maiinttaiined as perr tthe
Consttiittuttiion off IIndiia..
((c)) Therrefforre iitt iis necessarry tto maiinttaiin ttheiirr sttattus as qualliiffiied and ttrraiined offffiiciialls elliigiiblle fforr JTO
prromottiion.. Butt tthe questtiion iis tto ffiind postts fforr ttheiirr upgrradattiion as JTO.. The orrderr datted 30--05--2008
iissued by tthe hon’’blle Hiigh Courrtt off Punjjab and Harryana prreventted diiverrsiion off outtsiide quotta postts
fforr tthem and allso diirrectted tto rresttorre tthe postts diiverrtted iin tthe pastt ffrrom Diirrectt Recrruiittmentt quotta
agaiin tto tthe diirrectt rrecrruiittmentt quotta.. The offffiiciialls who werre prromotted as JTO iin tthe pastt agaiinstt tthe
postts diiverrtted ffrrom outtsiide quotta allso have no postt iin JTO cadrre.. To prreventt ttheiirr rreverrsiion ffrrom
JTO cadrre,, tthey werre shown as prromotted agaiinstt superrnumerrarry postts crreatted on perrsonall basiis
fforr tthem..
((d)) The offffiiciialls shown prromotted agaiinstt superrnumerrarry postts as above,, and tthese rremaiiniing qualliiffiied
and ttrraiined offffiiciialls waiittiing fforr JTO prromottiion bellong tto tthe same cattegorry siince tthey werre allll
decllarred qualliiffiied iin tthe same examiinattiion and tthey have no postts iin tthe quotta fforr whiich tthey have
wrriitttten tthe exam..
((e)) IIn severrall jjudgmentts ((E.. P.. Rayappa v.. Sttatte off Tamiill Nadu,, and iin Maneka Gandhii v.. Uniion off
IIndiia,, Ramana Dayarram Shetttty Vs IIntterrnattiionall Aiirrporrtt Autthorriitty off IIndiia ans Orrs,, M//S Sharrma
Trransporrtt rreprresentted by Shrrii D..P..Sharrma Vs Goverrnmentt off A..P & Orrs ettc..,,)) tthe Hon’’blle Suprreme
Courrtt helld tthatt Arrtt.. 14 sttrriikes att arrbiittrrarriiness iin Sttatte acttiion
and ensurres ffaiirrness and equalliitty off ttrreattmentt.. The llaw off equalliitty underr Arrttiiclle 14 equiirres tthatt
Sttatte acttiion mustt nott be arrbiittrrarry butt mustt be based on some rrattiionall and rrellevantt prriinciiplle whiich iis
non--diiscrriimiinattorry.. The prriinciiplle off rreasonablleness and rrattiionalliitty whiich iis llegalllly and
phiillosophiicalllly an essenttiiall ellementt off equalliitty orr non--arrbiittrrarriiness,, iis prrojjectted by Arrtt.. 14 and iitt
mustt charractterriize everry Sttatte acttiion,, whettherr iitt be underr autthorriitty off llaw orr iin exerrciise off executtiive
powerr wiitthoutt makiing off llaw.. The Sttatte cannott actt arrbiittrrarriilly and iitts acttiion mustt confforrm tto some
sttandarrd orr norrm whiich iis rrattiionall and non--diiscrriimiinattorry.. Furrttherr iitt was helld tthatt tthe exprressiion
““arrbiittrrarriilly”” means:: iin an unrreasonablle mannerr,, as ffiixed orr done caprriiciiouslly orr att plleasurre,, wiitthoutt
adequatte detterrmiiniing prriinciiplle,, nott ffounded iin tthe natturre off tthiings,, non--rrattiionall,, nott done orr acttiing
accorrdiing tto rreason orr jjudgmentt,, dependiing on tthe wiillll allone.. Trreattiing tthe same cattegorry off offffiiciialls
diifffferrenttlly by prromottiing some and denyiing prromottiion tto some iis agaiinstt tthe llaw off equalliitty prroviided
iin tthe consttiittuttiion off IIndiia and iitt iis an arrbiittrrarry acttiion as perr Arrttiiclle 14 off tthe Consttiittuttiion and hence
nott maiinttaiinablle.. Therre iis no rreason fforr prromottiing some and denyiing prromottiion fforr tthe rremaiiniing
ottherrs iin tthe same cattegorry dettaiilled above..
((ff)) To averrtt tthiis unttenablle siittuattiion iitt iis necessarry tto prromotte tthese offffiiciialls allso as JTOs on perrsonall
upgrradattiion so tthatt tthiis unttenablle,, iillllegall diiscrriimiinattiion iis ended..
((g)) IIn tthiis connecttiion iitt iis submiitttted tthatt on 01--12--1998 tthe DOT had siigned an agrreementt wiitth tthe tthen
rrecogniized Federrattiions assurriing as bellow:: -- ““Allll tthe qualliiffiied PII//AEA//TA//WO wiillll be ttrraiined and
absorrbed as JTO on perrsonall upgrradattiion,, wherre everr rrequiirred..”” Thiis assurrance was iimpllementted..
((h)) IItt iis ffurrttherr submiitttted tthatt as perr tthe orrderr No.. 15--16//98--TE--IIII datted 05--09--2000,, tthe qualliiffiied LIIs//SIIs
werre absorrbed as Tellecom Mechaniics on perrsonall upgrradattiion basiis wiitth outt waiittiing fforr tthe postt..
((ii)) IItt iis ffurrttherr submiitttted tthatt tthe prromottiion off tthese offffiiciialls now as JTO wiillll have no addiittiionall ffiinanciiall
iimplliicattiion siince tthey arre allll rrecrruiitted as TTA befforre 2000 and due fforr second prromottiion as perr tthe
prromottiion polliicy agrreementt on 1--10--2011 and wiillll gett an iincrrementt iin tthe rreviised pay scalle off TTA
on 1--10--2011 on accountt off such prromottiion and even iiff tthey arre prromotted as JTO,, tthey wiillll gett onlly
tthe same iincrrementt beneffiitt siince allll off tthem have crrossed tthe rreviised JTO pay scalle miiniimum even
iin ttheiirr rreviised TTA pay scalle.. Hence no addiittiionall expendiitturre iis iinvollved fforr payiing ttheiirr sallarry iin
JTO cadrre.. Even iiff tthe expendiitturre on accountt off pensiion conttrriibuttiion fforr tthem iincrreases tto some
exttentt due tto hiigherr pay scalle maxiimum,, iitt wiillll nott be a huge iincrrease siince tthe offffiiciialls rrequiirred tto
be prromotted tthus arre onlly aboutt 2000.. Butt iitt wiillll hellp iin avoiidiing tthe arrbiittrrarry acttiions and
diiscrriimiinattiions menttiioned above..
((jj)) Therrefforre iin viiew off tthe necessiitty fforr prreventtiing tthe above dettaiilled iillllegall,, unttenablle diiscrriimiinattiion
and arrbiittrrarry acttiion and allso iin viiew off tthe pastt prrecedentts dettaiilled above,, and iin viiew off tthe
neglliigiiblle iincrrease iin tthe expendiitturre iinvollved,, iitt iis necessarry and jjusttiiffiied tto prromotte allll tthese
offffiiciialls as JTOs on perrsonall upgrradattiion basiis..
IItt iis ttherrefforre rrequestted tto consiiderr tthe iissue ffavorrablly fforr ttakiing jjusttiiffiied deciisiion iin tthe Nattiionall Counciill
Meettiing tthatt wiillll enablle tthe prromottiion off allll tthese offffiiciiall as JTOs..
Yourrs Siincerrelly,,
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