History of OBC Reservation

Under Article 340 of the Indian constitution it is obligatory for the government to promote the welfare of the Other Backward Classes.

The first Backward Classes Commission headed by Shri kaka kalelkar in 1953, and Mandal Commission headed by Shri B.P.Mandal in 1980 has given many useful recommendations for the welfare of Other Backward Classes. The population of OBC’s which includes Hindus and Non-Hindus was around 52% of the total population according to the commission.

27% of reservation was recommended owing to legal constraints that the total quantum of reservation should not exceed 50%.

One of the most important recommendations is that all private sector undertakings which have received financial assistance from the government in one form or another should be obliged to recruit personnel on the reservation basis. But, even after 2 decades we are unable to get it inspite of our continuous efforts.

On August 7 1990, the then Prime Minister Shri. V P Singh announced that his National Front Government was going to implement Mandal Commission recommendations in Education and jobs, inspite of strong agitations from Forward Communities. In fact, Shri V P Singh lost his power due to his mandalisation policy. The federation remembers him on this special day for his service rendered to this community.

One needs to understand the psychology of opposition of reservation to OBC’s.

When the jobs are nowhere and everything is gone private, then why are the upper castes angry with the reservation for Backward Communities?

The fact is that seats for dalits were rarely fulfilled and we have seen huge backlog. There has been no protest. It was easier to curtail the protest of the dalits because of their numbers and social background.

Now the reservation for backward communities being a reality, the powerful backward communities will hit and break the bone of upper castes. That is the fear of this community. They know that there are enough students from these communities who will join great institutes of technology and management.

The Supreme Court of India on April 10 2008 upheld the government’s move for initiating 27% OBC quotas in Govt. funded Institutions. But it is necessary for the Govt. at this juncture to exclude the creamy layer policy from the reservation quota.

To be strong in the present scenario, it is more important to show our strength and unity of OBC’s. AIOBC association work towards social justice. AIOBC is giving hand and helping us in this regard.

The issue of under-representation of the socio-economically deprived, discriminated backward caste and classes in the spheres of education, employment, administration and commerce is burning at this stage. I appeal all the member associations to work hard towards the success of the reservation policies.

Let us truly reform our society and work for a truly democratic India, where every community participates in power and every person gets their reservation in respective areas in proportion to their shares in population.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

SSPOBC 3Rd General Body Resolutions


Sub:  Resolutions passed in the 3rd Annual General Body Meeting of Salem Steel Plant Other Backward Class Employees’ Welfare Association – reg


The 3rd  Annual General Body Meeting of SSP Other Backward Class (OBC) Employees’ Welfare Association was held on Tuesday, 21st June 2011 at 6 30 p.m. in the Community Hall at Mohan Nagar.  The meeting was chaired by Shri R Chinnaiya, President of our Association. 
                                                                                                                       
Further, Shri R Madhesh, General Secretary explained the activities of our Association. Shri K.Raja, Organizing Secretary highlighted the various functions of our   Association, Shri P Subramani, Treasurer, submitted the income and expenditure account of our Association and brought out the resolutions..

The following resolutions were passed and adopted by the General Body:

Resolution 1:

For proper functioning and growth of the SSP OBC Employees’ Welfare Association the governing body is reconstituted. The following will be the office bearers and Executive Committee members of SSP OBC Employees’ Welfare Association:


Office Bearers
S.No
Name  S/Shri
SAIL P.No:
Designation
Department
I.
President

R Chinnaiya
L000498
Junior Manager
CRM (Elect)

II.
Vice Presidents
1.
P Chandran
L000287
Asst. Manager
ADMN
2.
V Govindaraju
L000788
Sr. Technician
WRSS
3.
P Ilayaraja
L001143
Sr. Technician
HRM (Mech)
4.
B Razack
L001221
Sr. Technician
CRM (Mech)

III.
General Secretary
1.
R Madhesh
L001138
Sr. Insp. Assistant
Met.Services

IV.
Organising Secretary
1.
K Raja
L000750
Sr. Technician
CRM (Mech)

V.
Joint Secretary



1.
A Palanisamy
L000429
Sr. Technician
CES
2.
K Vaideeswaran
L000741
Sr. Technician
CRM (Elect)
3.
B Bhuvaneswaran
L000965
Sr. Operator
CRM (O)
4.
R Kumar
L001148
Sr. Operator
HRM (O)
5
R Murugesan
L001303
Sr. Operator
CRM (O)

VI.
Treasurer
1.
P Subramani
L001000
Sr. Operator
CRM(O)ASTP





VII.
EC Members
1.
R Dharmalingam
L000396
Sr. Technician
Auto Garage
2.
P Manickam
L000766
Sr. Technician
Compressor
3.
S Balamurugan
L001007
Sr. Technician
Civil Maint.
4.
T Moorthy
L000825
Sr. Technician
CMM (LPG)
5.
G Sudakar
L000542
Sr. Technician
CES
6.
P Veeramani
L001002
Sr. Technician
-do-
7.
P.A.Arumugam
L000519
Sr. Technician
CMM(Elect)
8.
K Subramanian
L000371
Sr. Technician
CRM  (Elect)
9.
P Kandasamy
L000851
Sr. Technician
CRM (Mech)
10.
R Moorthy
L000944
Sr. Operator
CRM(Cranes)
11.
G Balan
L000963
Sr. Operator
CRM (O) CBL
12.
G Jayakumar
L000745
Sr. Operator
CRM(Roll Shop)
13.
P Govindarajan
L001006
Sr. Operator
CRM(Roll Shop)
14.
K Paranthaman
L001072
Sr. Operator
CRM(O)APL
15.
E Sadasivam
L000989
Sr. Operator
CRM(O)APL
16.
M Sembannan
L001082
Sr. Operator
CRM(O)Z Mill
17.
S Bangaru
L001258
Sr. Operator
CRM(O)Z Mill
18.
R Rajagopal
L001275
Sr. Operator
CRM(O)Z Mill
19.
TS Venkatachalam
L001177
Sr. Technician
HRM (Mech)
20.
M.R.Kannan
L001145
Sr. Technician
HRM (Mech)
21.
R Shabeer
L001168
Sr. Technician
HRM (Elect)
22.
M Senthil Kumar
L001222
Sr. Technician
HRM (Elect)
23.
P Ramachandran
L001159
Sr. Operator
HRM(O)Furnace
24.
M Natesan
L001154
Sr. Operator
HRM(O)Roll shop
25.
V Venkatesan
L000756
Sr. Pharmacist
Medical
26.
A Venkatachalam
L001083
Sr. Assistant
Met Services
27.
B Padmanaban
L001010
Sr. Inspector
Met Services
28.
M Ramesh
L001111
Sr. Technician
SMS
29.
V Chandrasekaran
L001191
Sr. Technician
SMS

Resolution 2:

Considering the large number of members in SSP OBC Employees’ Welfare Association, the General Body request the management of SSP to allot a spacious office of  C /B type quarter with P & T facilities for the proper functioning of the Association.

Resolution 3:
The general body requests the management of SSP to extend the rights such as Check off facility, notice board, TA & DA, special casual leave for office bearers of SSP OBC Employees’ Association for attending National/Regional seminars, participating in AGM of All India Federation, which is being extended by Central Government Organisations and Public Sector Undertakings such as Indian Railways, OFT (Trichy), Reserve Bank of India, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Union Bank of India, etc.

Resolution 4:
As agreed by the SSP management during the bilateral discussions held on 27-08-2009 between the office bearers of SSP OBC Employees’ Welfare Association and the management,(Shri BB Singh, ED, SSP and all the General Managers participated) coaching classes on OBC reservation as stipulated in the Gazette of India, is to be organized.

Resolution 5:
The general body requests the management to solve the following issues amicably.

  • The incentive scheme for workmen is not justifiable compared to other units in SAIL. The plant has encountered many changes like shortage of non-executive man power, expansion and increased production pressures. The general body requests the management of SSP to sign a new incentive agreement at earliest.

  • Casual Leave (CL) is to be provided at a rate of 15 days/year. This has been clearly indicated in a release by SAIL. (“Know Your Organisation” Version III-Jan 2011.(Chapter IV, Leave Rules, Page No: 12)). The general body requests the management to announce 15 days CL from January 2011.

  • Setting up of grievance redressal committee as per Govt. gazette (The Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 2010 (No: 24 of 2010) for the benefit of employees. Requisition has been submitted by our association to the management on 19-01-2011. The general body requests the management to implement Indian Govt. Gazette at earliest.

  • Flexible attendance punching/recording system as in the case of SAIL corporate office. (SAIL Corporate Office Order No. PER/ESS/4091 dt. March 18, 2009)

Resolution 6:
The Board of Directors in their 315th meeting on 28th June 2006 had approved ‘in-principle’ the expansion plan of SSP. In their Board’s resolution under Para 5.7 the man power requirement for expansion is found out to be 500 employees. Out of this, it has been identified that 440 employees are to be recruited (Corporate Office letter No.Proj/06/0025/00 dated. July 6, 2006).

In spite of severe shortage of man power in all areas, the management of SSP is least interested in recruiting man power. Hence the General body urges the management to recruit adequate man power to meet the requirements.


Resolution 7:
“Outsourcing” which will tamper the concept of social justice, and does not provide permanent jobs. Moreover this leads to corruption practices in industry.

Hence, this General Council strongly records its dissatisfaction to “Outsourcing” concept and requests the management to provide permanent jobs.

Resolution 8:
At present, the ACTT & OCTT’s are recruited in N1 and N3 grades respectively, and the recruitment has been done on All-India basis. This move affects the career growth of new employees and employment opportunities for regional people. Displaced persons have not been given preference in recent recruitments.
Hence, the General Body requests the management to recruit ACTT & OCTT’s regionally and induct in N3 and N6 grades as before with proper preference to Displaced and regional persons..

Resolution 9:
 At present, the number of promotions for Junior Officers is restricted to 10%. This quantity is very less and there is an ambiguity in the career growth of non-executive employees.

Hence this General Body requests the management of SAIL and SSP to promote all eligible employees which will help in organisational growth.                                                                        
Resolution 10:
At present, there is a growing demand for inclusion of Tamil as one of the official languages in the Indian Constitution.  Under the circumstances, the management of Salem Steel Plant should publish all communication and circulars in regional language of Tamil (as is the practice in other States) for the benefit of all workmen.

Resolution 11:
The General Body requests the SAIL management to nominate a separate OBC Liaison Officer in SAIL Corporate Office for resolving issues /grievances of OBC employees.

Resolution 12:
To encourage the best performing OBC employees in Salem Steel Plant, a new scheme- “Mandal Award” is to be constituted in recognition of their hard work

Resolution 13:
The General body requests the Government of India to constitute:
1.                A separate Parliamentary Standing Committee (consisting of Members of Parliament) should be constituted;

2.                Adequate powers (empowerment) should be delegated to the National Commission for Backward Classes, as provided to other minority women  and SC/ST National Commissions;

3.                In the reservation for backward classes, the creamy layer should be totally eliminated;

4.                The recommendations of Shri Sudharsanam Nachiappan Committee should be fully implemented;

Resolution 14:
The General Body resolves that the OBC employees would extend their fullest support for the growth and functioning of Salem Steel Plant and will strive to ensure that SSP continue to earn profit.

Resolution 15:
The SSP OBC Employees’ Welfare Association expresses its gratitude and sincere thanks to the All India OBC Employees’ Federation for the timely advice and support being extended by them. The General body would extend our total support for the various measures taken by AIOBC in this regard.
                                                 

R Madhesh
General Secretary
SSP OBC Employees’ Welfare Association



Copy to: 

1.      The Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Steel (Independent Charge), Government of India, Udyog Bhavan,New Delhi - 110107
2.      Shri V.Narayanasamy, Hon’ble Union Minister for Parlimentary Affairs and Planning, Guardian for AIFOBCEWA,New Delhi.
3.      Hon’ble Chairman, SAIL, Ispat Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003
4.      The Director (Personnel), SAIL, Ispat Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi -3
5.      The General Manager (P&A), Salem Steel Plant, Salem- 636 013.
6.      Shri G Karunanidhi, General Secretary, AIOBC, 139-Broadway, Chennai-108.
                                                       
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