PREAMBLE - IRTSA was formed
in 1965. Prior to that there was no organisation to represent the Technical
Supervisors / Engineers on the Indian Railways, due to which the category
suffered a lot at the hands of the first two Pay Commissions as well as the
administration which did not treated this category of “Frontline Managers” as
its part as far as the facilities & perks were concerned but exploited it to
execute its polices.
Since its inception, there were
numerous achievement of IRTSA - most vital amongst them being:-
1. Provision of an effective
platform for uniting and highlighting the problems & aspirations of Technical
Supervisors / Engineers on the Indian Railways and representing the same before
the Administration as well as before all the Pay Commissions and other forums,
and developing better industrial relations with staff & administration.
2. Allotment of highest Pay
Scales to Technical Supervisors / Engineers amongst group C including the scale
of Rs. 840-1200 by 3rd, Pay Commission and Rs. 2375 - 3500 by Fourth Pay
Commission (CPC).
3. Reduction in number of Pay
Scales of Technical Supervisors from 6 to 4 by 3rd Pay Commission.
4. Change of designation of
Technical Supervisors as Engineers (as Junior Engineer, Section Engineer and
Senior Section Engineer) in 1996.
5. Honorarium to JEs for payment
of Boxing & Disbursement of wages to staff - (in 1968) and subsequent
revision thereof.
6. a) Bringing entire category
of Technical Supervisors / Engineers - (from JE to SSE) in one cadre (in 1984
onwards), for Cadre Restructuring.
b) Raising of number of Senior
Section Engineers posts from 3 % in Workshops & 1.5 % on the Open Line to 10% in
1984, 17 % in 1993 and 18 % to 21 %in 2003.
c) Raising of number of Section
Engineers post from 12 % to 29 %.
7. Redesignation of Mistries as
Supervisor and their subsequent upgrading as Junior Engineers.
8. Hurt on Duty / Hospital Leave
to Apprentices / Trainees (in 1967).
9. Counting of Apprenticeship /
Training period for Retirement and incremental benefits.
10. Reduction of training period
of JEs to 18 months.
11.Grant of PCO Allowance to PCO
Staff.
12. Revision of rates of
Incentive Bonus (in 1968, 1975, 1990 & 1998).
13. Revision of Stipend equal to
pay during Apprenticeship / Training.
14. Grant of Special Pay /
Allowance to Instructors and Lecturers.
15. Wining of court case in CAT
/ New Delhi for grant of Group "B" status to Senior Technical Supervisors.
16. PLB for all Technical
Supervisors irrespective of their pay limit.
17. Raising SSE pay scale to Rs.
7450-11500 instead of Rs. 7000 - 11500 recommended by 5th Pay Commission (CPC).
18. Re-designation of Drawing &
Design Staff as Engineers (as Junior Engineer, Section Engineer and Senior
Section Engineer)
19. Grant of scale of Rs.
7450-11500 to Drawing & Design Staff.
20. Grant of Incentive Bonus to
Senior Section Engineers & Section Engineers in Production Units and Workshops.