To                                                                                                                  Dtd.27-02-2015.

The Chairman,

Railway Board, New Delhi-110001.

Sub:- Inappropriate appointment of Re-employed Ex-Servicemen, as  Safaiwala in the

   Indian Railway.

           

    Ref:- 1) APO/Eastern Railway/Liluah(Appointing Authority)’s Letter No. 206/2/EX.SM/2011. 

             Dtd.01-09-2014.

         2) Asstt. Welfare Officer, for Chief Works Manager/Eastern Railway/Liluah’s Office Order  

             No. LE:206/2/Ex-Serviceman/2011. Dtd. Liluah 15-Nov-2014.

         3) Chief Health Inspector/eastern Railway/LLH’s Joining Letter No. H/SAN/02/LLH. 

             Dtd.18-11-2014.

         4) APO for DRM/Eastern Railway/HWH’s Letter No.E/Rectt/Cl.IV/ExSM(Safaiwala/ 

             Mech). Dtd. 28-08-2014.

Dear Sir,

I would like to relate following few lines for your kind contemplation and need conducive action please. Ex-Servicemen had applied for the post of Group–D on the basis of Employment Notification No.P/ER/RRC/ESM/01/2013. After completion of long official procedure and formalities 27 nos. of Ex-Servicemen had received provisional appointment Letters for the post of Safaiwala in the various Railway Divisions, in Pay Band-I, in Scale—Rs.5200—20200/- with Grade Pay—Rs.1800/-Subsequently, they have resumed their duty as Safaiwala in Indian Railway, vide above references.

After few days of their service, they have observed that the job of a Group-D staff as Safaiwala in Indian Railway is dissimilar to their former job, which they had been habituated in the Defense service. In their Defense service they were on active service for several years. Now at the age of 40 to 50 years on an average, it is quite tormenting to do service as a Group-D staff, Safaiwala.

They stood guard along the borders while rest of the country enjoyed their sleep. Many of them did battle in inhospitable terrain and missed death by a whisker. Many of them are graduates and some even hold post-graduate degrees.

Many of them are qualified to handle high-tech Electronics & Electrical equipments. In Defense service, they have attained higher rank and supervisory post, enjoyed better status.

They served the nation with utmost satisfaction, honesty, with high degree of tolerance, with strict discipline to keep our country men in peace and raise tri-colour high with the deepest heart.

Now they have rewarded and forced to undertake the job as follows:-

a)      Cleaning of Drainage, surrounding the Railway Quarters.

b)     Sweeping of roads surrounding the Workshop, family accommodation area and School.

c)      Cleaning & sweeping of Trains.

d)     Cleaning of Garbage of Officers’ Club, washing of starecases of Quarters.

e)      The most unhygienic and unimaginable tasks they have to perform like removing of Carcasses, decomposed dead bodies and all sorts of dirty items from the area they are posted.

f)       Providing Bed-pan to the patients.

While in Defense service, they attained higher rank and supervisory post, enjoyed better status. Now these types of loathful jobs, demotion and dishonor, hurt our sentiment every moment and these are the causes of great humiliation to their family members & relatives also.

Honourable Sir, we the Ex-Sevicemen not only shocked by such dishonoured, disrespectful and mis-appropriation of appointment, by the Indian Railway, but also it is a case of disrespect and dishonour towards the First person of our country who is Ex-Officio Head of our Defense personnel. We firmly regard as true that, above undesirable incidents occurring in Indian Railway, may be the cause of distrust among approximately 15,67,390 Ex-Servicemen, 3,72,179 Widows and 13,25,450 Serving Defense personnel. It’s our national responsibility to honour the veterans and make Armed Forces service attractive to our young generation.   

   

If we go through the various Railway Establishment Books, there it is clearly stated that “Ex-Servicemen can be directly enrolled in Indian Railway in Group-D and also in Group-C. Qualification for Group-D is Matriculate i.e. Class-X and qualification for Group-C is graduation. But, those Ex-Servicemen who are Class-X passed and completed 15 years of Defense service they will be treated as Graduate”

It would be my pleasure to bring your kind notice that the names of the Ex-servicemen whose documents are being attached herewith, none of them opted the choice of post code no. of Safaiwala.

Through the essence of this letter, IREXWA is pleased to request your patronizing manner to look into the matter personally and advise to your good office to sort out the matter without further delay. 

Enclosed:-  Copy of the above references & related documents.

                                                                                                     -Sd-

Chairman

Indian Railways Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare Association.

                                               

Copy to:- The Directorate General Resettlement Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence. The General Manger, Eastern Railway. The CWM, Liuah Workshop, Eastern Railway. The Divisional Railway Manager, Howrah. The Chairman NEXCC. The Editor In-Chief Times Of India. The Editor In-Chief Asian Age. The Editor In-Chief Hindustan Times. The Editor In-Chief The Telegraph. The Editor In-Chief Ananda Bazar Patrika. The Editor In-Chief Sanmarg.

                                                                                                      -Sd-

Chairman

Indian Railways Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare Association.