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Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
E.III (A) Branch
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the let June, 2016
To

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~~mesh Singh Chouhan,

D-11/4, Radio Colony,
Kingsway Camp,
Deihi-110009.

Sub: Application

seeking information

under RTI Act, 2005- reg.

Sir,
Please refer to your RTI application
dated 23.5.2016
received in
this Branch on 3.6.2016 through this Department's
RTI Cell vide their
a.M. No. 11/43(1)/2016-RTI
dated 30.5.2016
on the above mentioned
subject.

Point No. 1:- An attested

133022/E.III(A)/2016

copy of note portion

dated 19.4.2016 is enclosed.

for

endorsement

No.

Point No. 2:- The subject of this point does not pertain to this Branch.
The information
may be treated
as Nil. However,
since Ministry
of
Information
& Broadcasting deals with the subject of this point, the same
is transferred
to them under Section 6(3) of the RTI Act, 2005 for taking
necessary action at their end.
3.
The Appellate Authority
is Sh. Amar Nath Singh, Deputy Secretary,
Room No. 74-C, North Block, New Delhi. {Email: amar.singh60@nic.in
and
Te! No. 23093811}.
Appeal, if any, may be preferred within 30 days of the
receipt of this letter.
Yours faithfully,

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( Ashok kurnar )'

Under Secretary & CPIO.
Email: akumar.doe@nic.in
Tel No. 23095650

Copy to: - 1. US & CPIO, Min of Information

copy of RTI application
2.

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& Broadcasting

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meeting held on 17.6.2010

recommended
that a Committee
of
Group of Joint Secretaries (COJS) may be constituted to look into
the specific issues relating to disparity in pay scales etc.
7.
The COJS held various
meetings
and also met various
Union/Association
to hear their views in the matter.
After detailed
deliberations
in the
meetings
the COJS recommended
the
following:(i) The upgraded pay scales granted to 11 categories vide orders dated
25.2.1999 may be withdrawn. This is in consonance with the spirit
of the then Cabinet decision according to which the employees were
not to be entitled to the upgraded pay scales in the event of their
not getting absorbed in Prasar Bharati. It may also be mentioned in
this context that the new recruits were, in any case, not being
granted the upgraded pay scales. These 11 categories would,
therefore, be entitled to pay scales drawn by DRs.
(ii) In view of the fact that the 11 categories which were granted higher
pay scales have been drawing these pays scales for a long period
and the sudden withdrawal of these scales would lead to a drop in
their emoluments, it is recommended that treating these as cases of
hardship, their basic pay may be protected till their next
promotion/retirement, whichever is earlier.
8.
However, the recommendations
of COJS could not be placed
before the GOM as the GOM constituted
by the outgoing
Government could not meet during the tenure of previous Govt.
The new Govt. however
scraped the concept
of GOM. The
recommendation
of COJS lost its sanctity and accordingly
the
recommendation
of COJS became redundant.