ELECTION NOTIFICATION

Dear SCREANs

All of you are aware that the Biannual General Council is proposed to be held on 25^th August 2013 i.e., Sunday; from 10.00 hrs., to 17.00 hrs., at Hawa Mahal (Roof Top Auditorium/Sanchalan Bhavan/Secunderabad). During the BGC; a new body of Office Bearers shall be elected.

In this connection, it is requested that all interested members of the South Central Railway Engineers’ Association shall participate in the elections and to elect the new Office Bearers for the SCREA. Also it is to state that any engineer; who is a MEMBER of the SCREA; can contest in the Election to the post of any of the Office Bearers. The nomination in the prescribed proforma (attached herewith) shall be submitted at least one hour before the commencement of Election procedure.

The Elections will be witnessed by the Central Office Bearers of All India Railway Engineers’ Federation/New Delhi.

Guidelines for contesting the Elections:

1.      The contestant shall be a Member of the South Central Railway Engineers’ Association.

2.      The nomination shall be submitted in the prescribed proforma duly supported by atleast two other members of SCREA.

3.      The filled in nominations shall be submitted to President/General Secretary/Joint General Secretary of SCREA or any other Office Bearer nominated for this purpose by the President/SCREA.

4.      The nomination forms shall be submitted on or before 25-08-2013; at least one hour prior to announcement of election procedure.

5.      In case of NIL nominations for any of the posts of Office Bearers, volunteers from the members of the SCREA can be nominated to such posts. The decission of General Secretary/President off the newly Elected body shall be final in this regard.

6.      Election shall be conducted for the following office bearers:

                  

S.No	Portfolio	No. of Posts	Nominated Department
1	President	01	Mechanical
2	Working President	01	Signal & Telecom
3	Senior Vice President	01	Electrical
4	Vice Presidents	08	Two from Each Department
5	General Secretary	01	Engineering
6	Joint General Secretary	01	Electrical
7	Organizing Secretary	01	Signal & Telecom
8	Additional Organizing Secretary	08	Two from Each Department
9	Finance Secretary	01	Signal & Telecom
10	Additional Finance Secretary	01	Electrical
11	Auditor	01	Mechanical
12	Zonal Advisor	04	One From Each department
13	ZWC Memebers	16	Four from Each Department

7.      For any additional querries, members can contact Er.A.Kannan; President/SCREA at 970 137 0257; Er. K.Chandra Sekhara Rao,Joint Genl.Secretary/SCREA at 970 137 1324; Er. K.Sudhakar; Working President at 970 137 0424; Er. J.Dharma Rao, Addl. Finance Secretary.

General Secretary/SCREA

BINNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING OF 'SCREA' AND CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Dear SCREANs
It is proposed to conduct the Biannual General Body meeting of South Central Railway Engineers' Association along with Central Executive Committee meeting of All India Railway Engineers' Federation on 25th August 2013 (Sunday) from 10.00 Hrs., to 17.00 Hrs., at Hawa Mahal (Roof Top Auditorium on Sanchalan Bhavan), Secunderabad. 

Two preliminary meetings were conducted on 26.07.2013 and 04.08.2013 in this connection. 

Dear Engineers
All of you aware that the status of our cadre is being depleted day by day due to anti-subordinate engineers' decisions by the Ministry of Railways and Railway Board. Though several Dharnas and Demonstrations were conducted, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Railways are keeping a deaf ear. Today we are in a state of BEGGING rather than DEMANDING due to lack of unity among the cadre of Group C Engineers. Though DoPT recommended to upgrade all the Group C engineers in GP 4200 as Group B, the Ministry of Railways is not abiding by the recommendations. whereas, all Group D was merged into Group C under the same recommendations. 
Similar several issues shall be discussed besides strengthening our SCREA. In this connection, BGC is proposed on 25-8-13. All our Federation leaders and the Delegates from other Railway Engineers' Association are being attending to the meeting and addressing the gathered engineers and planning the strategies to be followed to get our genuine demands. In this connection, all the Engineers over S.C.Railway are requested to attend the meeting enmass and make it a great success. 
Dont forget that Engineers' Unity is Nation's Integrity. 

--General Secretary & President/SCREA

WHOM SHALL WE CAST OUR (ENGINEERS') VOTES ???

Dear SCREANs

 It is high time for every Rail Engineer of the Indian Railways to take a decision with their soul. All of you are aware that the cadre of Engineers is suppressed badly and the social status is thumped  to depths in every pay commission. We are undergoing delusion in every stage in the hands of so called recognized trade unions. It is an undeniable fact that none of the federations represented the cadre of Engineers' to their true spirit. This is the root cause of formation of Zonal Engineers' Associations under the aegis of All India Railway Engineers' Federation. 

     In the light of forth coming elections, now, once again the Federations are showering step mother love on Engineers. Whatever is achieved out of the struggle of Engineers' Associations and AIREF, is being claimed as their achievement. Today, once again they are hugging the Rail Engineers and stating that they are their blessed children and giving praising the efforts of Rail engineers in keeping the IR is in the forefront of the Global Railways.  

     Dear SCREANs, we plead that - Beware of the traitors. All of us know the facts. Don't tempt for the baits. Now these so called labour organizations are offering posts of Office Bearers to engineers and trying to attract them with gimmicks. 

    Dear Engineers ! A vote is the most powerful weapon in Democracy. It changes the fate of an organization or a country or yet times the global scenario. So let us think intelligently.

"WHOEVER COMES TO US--LET THEM COME WITH THEIR ELECTION 'MANIFESTO'- Let them spell out what they are going to do for the betterment of RAIL ENGINEERS. Let them assure that their PNM or JCM will definitely contains the ill fate of Rail Engineers. Then only our VOTE will be CAST. 

    On behalf of the SCREA, I plead all Rail Engineers to be unite in this context. Definitely this brings a considerable change in the attitude of labour organizations towards the Engineers.

Long live ENGINEERS UNITY-

General Secretary/SCREA & President/SCREA

    

  

Address of Sri M.Raghavaiah garu, GS/NFIR & SCRES

Sri M.Raghavaiah garu, General Secretary, NFIR and SCRES had addressed the gathered Engineers and deliberated on the demands of Subordinate Engineers. He expressed that the demands of Engineers are Genuine and really worth debatable in front of the Railway Board. And he said that NFIR will definitely fight to achieve the demands of Group C Engineers.

ADDRESS OF COM.CH.SANKARA RAO, GS/SCRMU

MASS DHARNA IN FRONT OF RAIL NILAYAM

Dear Rail Engineers

On the call of All India Railway Engineers' Federation, a MASS DHARNA is organized in front of the General Manager's Office and also in front of DRMs' offices in the Divisional Headquarters on 13.02.2013 from 10.00 hrs., to 17.00 hrs. A massive support is received from Subordinate Engineers of all the branches and at the zonal headquarters, a total of 204 engineers have gathered and shown the unity of engineers and demanded for materialization of our genuine demands. 

The General Secretary of NFIR & SCRES; Sri Marri Raghavaiah garu came to the dais and addressed the gathered Engineers and expressed his solidarity to Engineers' Unity and stated that NFIR is already addressing the issues of Subordinate Engineers before the Railway Administration. The issue of MACPS for abolished/merged cadres is appraised to GS/NFIR and he assured that justification will be done to them soon and the issue is being addressed before boards.

The General Secretary of SCRMU Sri Ch.Sankara Rao garu while addressing the gathered engineers from the dais accepted that the status of Subordinate Engineers was undoubtedly down graded subsequent to 4th CPC and will definitely be debated before Railway Board. He stated that the file decides the percentage of Group-B status to senior subordinates is with Member Staff and soon it will come out with a favourable noting.

SAAKSHI PAPER COVERAGE

Dear SCREAns,

Here is a shocking article forwarded by Er.Satyam. Most of us are working on Electrified sections and most of our Sr.DENs are asking photographs as proof of evidence in many cases and we are taking photographs almost every day. Check this article and be careful while taking photos on electrified sections.

MUST READ" " MUST READ" " MUST READ" Can ELECTRICITY pass through Flash light of the Digital camera to your body??? Yes it is 100% true..! This is a true incidence reported of a boy aged 19, who was studying in 1st year of engineering, who died in Keshvani Hospital, Mumbai. He was admitted in the Hospital as a burned patient. Reason ?????? This boy had gone to Amravati (a place located in State of Maharashtra ) on a study tour, on their return they were waiting at the railway station to catch the train. Many of them started taking pictures of their friends using "Mobile Phones" and / or "Digital Camera". One of them complained that, he was unable to capture the full group of friends in one frame in the Digicam. This boy moved away to a distance to get the whole group. He failed to notice that at an angle above his head, 40,000 volts electrical line was passing through. As soon as he clicked the digital camera? 40,000 volt current passed through the camera flash light to his camera and then from his camera to his fingers & to his body. All this happened within a fraction of a second. His body was half burned. They arranged for an ambulance & his burned body was brought to Keshavani Hospital, Mumbai. For one & half days or so he was conscious & talking. Doctors did not have much hopes as there was a lot of complex issues in his body. He passed away later. Now how many of us are aware about these technical threats & dangers? Even if we are, how many of us are adhering??