Memorandum to Director

Dear Friends,
As per decision taken in our last meeting with the director, in the presence of all HODs, we have given the following memorandum to the director. He has promised that he will discuss these issues in the governing body meeting and will try to solve it as soon as possible. We have deliberately focused on the arrears issue in this memorandum.

From:-

The Resident Doctors

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology

Medical College PO

Thiruvananthapuram 695011

To:-

The Director,

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology

Medical College PO

Thiruvananthapuram 695011

Respected Sir, December 24, 2008

Sub: Memoranda seeking payment of financial arrears accruing from the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission

1. We, the resident doctors of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology are salaried employees of the Institute were drawing remuneration in the pay scale Rs 10000-325-10975 (pre-revised). In accordance with the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission (and of the precedent in the Institute whereby the pay fixation of academic staff working in the Institute is on the pattern of other autonomous institutions of similar character, viz. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical education and Research, Chandigarh etc) our pay has been kindly revised to the scale Rs 15600-39100 with the effect from November 1, 2008.

2. The recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission are applicable from 01-01-2006, the Institute has for its other employees paid partial arrears on account of this on December 23, 2008 (vide P & A. 1/X/24/SCTIMST/2008 dated 25.11.2008). Your kind attention is drawn to the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) rules 2008 whereby all civil appointees whose pay is debitable to the Civil Estimates are eligible to receive both enhanced pay and arrears in pay with the effect from 01.01.2006 (para 2, section 1, CCS (Revised Pay) rules 2008. The Gazette of India no 470, 29/08/08, pp31). In further explication of these orders as applied to the autonomous institutes under ambit the Government of India has clearly mandated that these bodies are required to adopt the revised pay structure as stipulated in Section I and II of Part A of the First Schedule of the Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules 2008. (Ref no 7/23/2008-E III (A) dated 07/10/2008, enclosed).

3. And, whereas the Institute has for other categories of staff implemented partial payment of areas on December 23, 2008, it has withheld payment of due arrears in pay to us. We humbly state that the Institute is outside powers to partially implement the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2008 for some sections of its employees. We have been legally advised that this is also a violation of our rights as citizens of India to be treated equally before the law as guaranteed by Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

4. We, therefore humbly request the Institute to expeditiously pay the arrears that accrue to us in accordance with the above. This memorandum is without prejudice to our legal rights, individually and severally, to seek appropriate judicial remedy for the payment of such arrears and financial compensation for the undue delay in their payment by the Institute.

Kindly return a copy of this memorandum in acknowledgement of receipt.

Thanking You,

Yours sincerely

Resident doctors of SCTIMST (signatures appended as annexure 1-6)