VISION TNGDA STATE ELECTIONS 2009

Dear friends and State EC members,
Congratulations and greetings. All of us are in post district election mood. But this is the time for us to make our state office bearers to commit their visions and policy decisions before casting our vote. In any democracy ballot papers are powerful weapons to correct anomalies and major policy decisions and recognize hard works done by candidates without any personal benefits sacrificing their valuable time for practice and family. At the same time this is not time for complacency. Many mistakes of past are to be rectified in future. Only STATE EC should be the decision making body like PARLIMENT in our country. Many of past state elections have been contested with out focussing on core issues affecting members. But now we have come to a time where vision and policy should prevail over anything else. We have to ensure our support based on contestant's vision and mission. Many time when we vote for team, we may have to vote for all candidates in a team. That need not be norm, as we are not like political parties. After elections, all of us should work together for common cause. Teams may change in every election but good leaders should emerge to guide our association after each election. Hence we have to support right candidate in right post and reap the benefit of their leadership qualities and strength for all members of TNGDA. Some of the common problems we wish to list here for solvation. For that we request all members ensure their district office bearers to support right candidates based on their views on issues affecting majority members, in state elections on 13/12/2009.
1. Most importantly state Ec should support contestants who would implement EC decision in letter and spirit out of hard work and determination. If any difficult situations the office bearers should reconsult EC for any decision. There is no room for executive decision in policy matters. State EC has been used in the past only for field work and in critical moments, important policy decisions are conveyed to GOVT as TNGDA collective view without consulting EC particularly during entire Pay Committee sittings, no EC meeting organised for taking their suggestions or views. At least in future Ec should be the ultimate decision making body. If any state office bearer feels that majority EC are making decisions impossible and difficult to implement, it is concerned state office bearer's duty to convince EC and take them in to confidence. Majority of our Ec members know the reality and they are reasonable and rational in making decisions since Ec is blended with mostly experienced and active district office bearers and there is no reason to by pass them in decision making.
2. In the past and now, there have been many violations in transfer and promotion counselings. We are ineffective to ensure smooth and transparent transfer and promotion counseling up to the expectations of ordinary members. Many individuals are promoted without counseling over their seniors in places where they are working. We have seriously failed to block promotion violations and transfer violations. 10A1 doctors are directly appointed in teaching posts in higher pay scales when same specialty experienced doctors working in non teaching posts in same colleges and various DMS/DPH institutions for more than 10 years aspiring for higher promotions in teaching posts or DME release. There is no justification for a person newly appointed in teaching post given higher pay over experienced senior in same specialty waiting for years together for same teaching post. What are we going to do for these seniors working in lesser pay under their juniors
3. To add to the insult, specialty seniority proposed now, favours early promotion for those juniors working in these specialties over the seniors working in non teaching posts and service PGs who have compulsorily employed in rural areas for 2 to 3 -5 years before joining PG course. There is no justification for ignoring CML senioroty hence rural service, when Govt wants to encourage rural and tribal service in center and state level. Central Govt is contemplating to double their pay in rural service. Even quota in all India enterance examination is proposed. We have extra marks for rural service in PG enterance exams. But in specialty promotion this is going to be ignored hence serious promotion anomalies at HOD / Professor level would arise and court cases would stall proceedings if this specialty seniority system is not dropped.
4. Govt assured us time bound promotion when we withdrew our strike in 8,15 1nd 20 years in time bound manner in scale of 10000( 15400+6600), 12000(15400+7600), and 14300 ( 37400+8700) but we got only person oriented promotion with riders and conditions difficult to fulfill. We can demand, what we have been assured nothing less or more atleast. We can ensure no transfer for availing promotions or relax relinqishment as an excuse for refusing promotions or at least convert them as temporary deferment until next level promotion.
5.In allowance G.O yet to be released, we may ask rare specialty allowance(25-40%) and rural allowance (10-15%) as some percentage of basic pay instead of getting them as a consolidated amount. In this manner atleast we can ensure periodic revision when ever basic pay is revised like in Karnataka state or central Govt doctors.
6. In case of Voluntary Retirement Scheme, if after 20 years of service one wants to retire, we have to allow them happily. There is rider in that after reaching PB4, we have to work for another five years for VRS eligibility. After 25 years of total service, it is almost total service for a specialist doctor he would attain 58 years of age. It is almost super annuation but that too is refused for rare specialty. We have to ensure our fundamental right to VRS after 20 years of service like in any department in any central/state Govt or public sector enterprises.
7. Ensure no transfer for Person oriented promotions while implementing G.O 354.
8.Pay difference between specialist department teaching post (9100=15400+5700) and specialist working in DME non teaching post/ DMS/DPH (8000=15400+5400) scale should be rectified. It would automatically eliminate junior getting more pay anomaly in same specilty service in DME/DMS/DPH in any post vs teaching post.
9. We have to rectify anomaly of appointing Msc non medical tutors in same pay scales (8000=15400+5400) as medical tutors in medical colleges particularly in city colleges where qualified PG specialist MD doctors available. We have to demand to stop recruiting new Msc tutors and to move existing persons to new medical colleges and recruit qualified medical teachers in their posts.
10. For service PGs for the past few years city colleges are denied in service quota. We have to change this system and ensure 50% quota for service PGs in all colleges in all departments particularly in city colleges.
These are a few important issues to be put forward to aspiring state office bearers and District office bearers( President,Secretary and Treasurer) should vote based on issues to be solved by state office bearers reflecting majority opinions in their respective districts.