Post of typist

(1) After bifurcation of erstwhile district West Dinajpur the following posts were created vide Judicial Department’s No. 1061-Regn, dated- 04th November 1992 for the creation of new District Registrar office of Uttar Dinajpur –
1. One post of District Registrar, (Scale of pay of Rs. 2200-4000/- + Special pay of Rs. 200/- p.m. as per ROPA 1990),
2. One post of Head Clerk (Scale of pay of Rs. 1260-2610/- + Special pay of Rs. 80/- p.m. as per ROPA 1990)
3. Four posts of Upper Division Clerk (Scale of pay of Rs. 1260-2610/- p.m. as per ROPA 1990),
4. Four posts of Lower Division Clerk (Scale of pay of Rs. 1040-1920/- p.m. as per ROPA 1990),
5. One post of Typist (Scale of pay of Rs. 1040-1920/- p.m. as per ROPA 1990),
6. Four posts of Peon (Scale of pay of Rs. 800-1265/- p.m. as per ROPA 1990),
7. One post of Night Guard (Scale of pay of Rs. 800-1265/- p.m. as per ROPA 1990).
AT PRESENT GRADE PAY OF L.D.C. AND TYPIST ARE SAME Rs. 2600/- (IN SAME SCALE OF PAY) AS PER ROPA 2009.
(2) It is unknown to me where it is Regional or not. Though I think it is District Office. I describe here details, kindly as follows-
(a) Head of the Registration wing of West Bengal is – The Inspector General of Registration & Commissioner of Stamp Revenue, West Bengal, at Writers’ Buildings, Kolkata-1 (The controlling authority of all District Registrars, District Sub-Registrars, Additional District Sub-Registrars, Registrar of Assurance Kolkata & Dy Inspector General of Registrations etc called as Registration Directorate),
(b) Every District has one District Registrar (19 in West Bengal) who is the Appointing Authority and controlling authority of all Group-C & Group-D staff, the D.R. is the Administrator of the District (of Registration wing),
(c) The D.R. is also the controlling authority of DSRs, ADSRs etc of the concerned district,
(d) I was appointed as Typist under the control of the District Registrar, Uttar Dinajpur in the year 1994, and get 1st CAS in the year 2002 and 2nd in the year 2010 and my present Grade pay is Rs. 3200/- only. However, I will ask the D.R. today in the office hours about this matter.
This is for your kind information.
Additional information of our district (Not necessary in this case)-
Seven Registration offices are came under the jurisdiction of the district of Uttar Dinajpur after forming two districts viz (1) Uttar Dinajpur (2) Dakshin Dinajpur after bifurcation of erstwhile district of West Dinajpur.
Seven Registration offices are-
(1) District Sub-Registrar, Uttar Dinajpur, posts of this office are created vide G.O. No. 1061-Regn, dated- 04.11.1992,
(2) Additional District Sub-Registrar, Raiganj, posts of this office are created vide G.O. No. 2987-Regn, dated- 13.12.1989,
(3) Additional District Sub-Registrar, Kaliyaganj, posts of this office are created vide G.O. No. 3868-F, dated- 31.03.1984,
(4) Additional District Sub-Registrar, Itahar, posts of this office are created vide G.O. G.O. No. 3868-F, dated- 31.03.1984,
(5) Additional District Sub-Registrar, Dalkhola, posts of this office are created vide G.O. No. 3868-F, dated- 31.03.1984,
(6) Additional District Sub-Registrar, Islampur, posts of this office are created vide G.O. No. 3868-F, dated- 31.03.1984, &
(7) Additional District Sub-Registrar, Chopra. posts of this office are created vide G.O. No. 3868-F, dated- 31.03.1984.

AT PRESENT GRADE PAY OF L.D.C. AND TYPIST ARE SAME Rs. 2600/- (IN SAME SCALE OF PAY) AS PER ROPA 2009.

If as a Typist you were not getting pay in the scale of pay lower than the scale of pay of the post of L.D.C., the West Bengal Services Recruitment to Clerical Cadre Rules ( vide G.O. 7165-F(P), Kolkata, the 1st July, 2010) also does not appear to be relevant in this case.
As rule 5(e) of the rules and explanation state –
5(e) ten per cent of the posts of Lower Division Assistants or Lower Division Clerks borne in the Secretariat Common Cadre of Lower Division Assistant constituted under rule 4 of the West Bengal Services (Secretariat Common Cadre) Rules, 1984 or any Directorate or any of the regional offices may be filled up by promotion from Group D and eligible Group C employees of the Departments or respective Directorates or regional offices, as the case may be, who possess the requisite qualifications.
Explanation – For the purpose of this rule, the expression “eligible Group C employees” shall mean all employees holding non — technical Group C posts in the scale of pay lower than the scale of pay of the post of Lower Division Assistant or Lower Division Clerk.
Earlier Orders in this regard are to be consulted to check if there was any opportunity for your transfer to the post of L.D.C. from a earlier date. It may consume a bit of time.

Other members of this forum are requested to share their valuable views in this matter.

Promotional benefits for the posts in the cadre of the Typist have been described in Memo. No. 3821-F Dated the 30th March,1984. It is basically a ratio promotion. The ratio for distribution of posts in the tiers of Basic Grade Typist, Typist Grade-I and Supervisory Grade Typist is 5:4:1. i.e. if there are 10 posts, there will be 5 Basic Grade posts, 4 Grade-I posts and 1 Supervisory Grade post. This is the extant promotional prospect for the Typists. Any other number of total posts to be distributed in this manner, with a rounding off calculation. Viz. if there is a total of 3 posts, Supervisory Grade post will be 3 X 1/10 = 0.3 rounded off to 0, Grade-I posts will be 3 X 4/10 = 1.2 rounded off to 1, remaining i.e. 3 – (0+1) i.e. 2 posts will be in Basic Grade.
As your Office has a single post of Typist, you will not get any benefit of the Memo. ibid. The only advancement you are entitled to is Career Advancement Benefit.
As I said earlier, your appointment to the post of L.D.C. is not justified by G.O. No. 1583-F(P) dated 21.02.2012 as there is no such provision. Now, see the consequences that may happen if you continue in the post of L.D.C. After 3 years, you will be confirmed in the post of L.D.C. and due to vacancy available, you will be promoted to the post of U.D.C. with the Grade pay of 3600/-. Since then you will start overdrawing and while settlement of your Pension, the Office of the AG will ask your Office to remit from your Retirement benefits, the entire overdrawn amount since the date of promotion to the post of U.D.C. The amount for the 25 years benefit, had you been in the post of Typist will be adjusted though.
Sorry for disappointing you, but Rules are obligations. If you were selected by the P.S.C. through the P.S.C. Typist exam and appointed to the Department and therefore posted to your present Office, you may have come under the Common Cadre of your Department to avail the benefits of the G.O. No. 7165-F(P), dated 01.07.2010.
I am, however, trying utmost to consult all the previous orders in this regard to check if you have missed any opportunity to be transferred in the post of L.D.C. on the availability of which you may be transferred to the post of L.D.C. with retrospective effect in observance of the rules prevalent at that time. It will take some working days. I shall update this topic to state whether there is any such scope.

But I insist, as I told earlier, on going for a second opinion. You can personally contact the authorities at the Finance Department over phone or better if you can visit the Writers’ Building some day or as they suggest to you. Since your District Registrar is helping you, you may request him to discuss the matter with the Finance Department to find any way out.
Discussions that I made on this topic are based on my explanations of the relevant Orders. Those may not be 100% accurate. You can’t even officially cite reference to the discussions in the forum for any decision of re-consideration of decision in your office matters. That’s why I insist on going for a second opinion from a authority competent in respect of your Office or Department which you may officially mention in case of re-considering a decision.
Bring the whole matter to the notice of your appointing authority i.e. District Registrar and request him to do the needful as he deems fit and proper.
Regards,
Ray

Other Members of this forum, please share your valuable views on this matter.

By the way, Mr. Misir, what is your present status as an Employee? A Directorate staff or a regional staff? So far my knowledge is concerned, some Directorates have offices in regional levels, but the staff there are considered as Directorate staff and they enjoy all facilities of a Directorate staff. Staffs in those offices are recruited by PSC and/or other methods (Employment Exchange etc.). You need to confirm this. If your status is of a Directorate staff, all problem will be solved. Please inform.