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Sl. No ISSUES OF MINING EXECUTIVES PROPOSED SOLUTION

1 Not giving the Benefit of Promotion on Passing FMCC Notional seniority in E3 grade to those officers who had obtained/ submitted FMCC while
before 01.01.2007: working in E2 shall be w.e.f from the date of FMCC if submitted within 30days from issue
otherwise w.e.f submission date.
The benefit of Promotion (to E3) on passing FMCC in E2
after 08.05.2006 as per O/O 12.06.2006 was not For SMCC holders, notional seniority in E3 grade to be provided after one year of joining
implemented. same as that of MTs.

Further, FMCC & SMCC holder officer joined in E2 in 2006

were also not promoted to E3 after completion of
probation period of one year at par with MTs joined in
2006 in reference to CCC/42 dated 22.03.12.

This is to mention that neither of the benefit was

implemented for departmental candidates joined in
2006.
MTs who joined in E2 in 2006 were benefitted with the
above provision. Please refer Annexure-1 for detailed
information.

Status: Not Implemented

2 Not giving the Benefit of Promotion on Passing FMCC The SMCC holder in E3 on passing FMCC in E3 itself shall be promoted to E4 and placed
after 01.01.2007: in E4 (FCC) after completing 3 years in E3 (with no consideration of vacancies as per
Common Coal Cadre) and on the next cut-off date (30.09. YYYY), so that the residency
The benefit of promotion (to E4) on passing FMCC in E3 period criteria as well as the OO 12.06.06 and Patro Committee recommendations 2018
w.e.f 01.01.2007 as provided in the Common Coal Cadre are complied.
and as per OO 12.06.2006 and Patro Committee
Recommendations 2018 was not implemented – This This shall be implemented from 08.05.2006.
deprived the timely promotion of FMCC holders and
affected their career growth as compared with other
departments. Ex: DoJ in E2: 01-07-2010, E3: 01-07-2011, FMCC: 08-09-2013, E4: 30-09-2014 (FCC)

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Status: Not implemented

OO 12.06.06 is applicable for revised grades (FMCC

benefit for E3 to E4 and Horizontal Movement on passing
FMCC for E4, E5, E6) after issuance of CCC/42 dated
22.03.12 and will be effective from 01.01.07.

Policy for E2 grade for HM dated 12.06.06 (as mentioned

in para B1 hereinbefore) may also be applicable to E3 to
E4 grade after pay revision 01.01.2007 as per Patro
Committee Recommendations 2018.

Ex: DoJ in E2: 01-07-2010, E3: 01-07-2011, FMCC: 08-09-

2013, E4 date should have been: 08-09-2013,
E4 deemed date: 22-05-2015

3 Horizontal Movement: a. On passing FMCC after E4 and above, mark with (# tag) against the executive
OO 12.06.2006 and Patro Committee Recommendations concerned in SCC and don’t shift to FCC.
2018, doesn’t consider the stay period of a Mining
Executive in 2nd Class Channel (SCC) while Horizontal b. If completed 3 years with (# tag) and not promoted yet in SCC, then HM to FCC from
Movement to 1st Class Channel (from E4 and above) and the FMCC effectiveness date (First Placement then Promotion).
this created anomalies – the Juniors or Batchmates in
SCC got promoted and the executive who submitted c. If not completed 3 years with (# tag) but the executive is eligible for promotion in
FMCC was deprived of promotion since he was shifted to SCC then he may be promoted in SCC and then HM to FCC w.e.f the date of
FCC and will be eligible for next promotion only after promotion but deemed date of FMCC to be considered as date of promotion for
completing 3 years in FCC. determining Inter-Se-Seniority since he has not completed 3 years with (# tag) (First
Promotion then Placement).
(Passing FMCC after E4 has become a punishment rather
than reward for mining executives) (Residency period in SCC is also taken into account, ensures no mining executive
is deprived of promotion)
Name Ex-1 (17) Ex-2 (18)

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E-2 22-03-2002 22-03-2002 Name Ex-1 (17) Ex-2 (18)

E-3 01-02-2006 01-02-2006 E-2 22-03-2002 22-03-2002
E-4 (Promotion 01-02-2007 (SCC) 01-02-2007 (SCC) E-3 01-02-2006 01-02-2006
Date) 01-02-2007 (SCC) 01-02-2007 (SCC)
E-4 (Promotion Date)
E-5 (Promotion 05-08-2017 05-08-2017
01-02-2007 (SCC) will be with (# 01-02-2007 (SCC)
Date) (SCC) (SCC) E-4 (Deemed Date)
tag) w.e.f 17-06-2017 till 17-06-
FMCC Date 17-06-2017 No 2020 but if eligible for
promotion in SCC, may be
Demotion to E4 As per Patro NA promoted
Committee 2018 FMCC Date 17-06-2017 No
(FCC)
w.e.f 17-06-2017
(FMCC effective E-5 05-08-2017 (SCC) and then HM 05-08-2017(SCC)
date) to FCC w.e.f 05-08-2017 since
E-5 (Promotion 03-09-2021 05-08-2017 (SCC) not completed 3 years with (#
tag) and so deemed date of
Date) FMCC is considered as
E-6 (Promotion Not Promoted 26-08-2021 (SCC) Promotion date for
determining Inter-Se-Seniority
Date) E-5 (Deemed Date) 05-08-2017 (FCC) 05-08-2017 (SCC)
Remarks Mistake made was
submitted FMCC E-6 26-08-2021 (FCC) 26-08-2021 (SCC)
as per rules. It
took 14 years for
promotion from
E4 to E5

4 Career Growth up to E6:

OO 12.06.2006 and Patro Committee Recommendations Minimum Residency Maximum Residency
2018 were silent about the promotions of SMCC holders Period Period
and career growth of mining executives.
FMCC SMCC FMCC SMCC

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E3-E4 (Cluster Promotion and 3 4 3 4

Placement)

E4-E5 (Vacancy-cum-Cluster) 3 4 4 5
E5-E6 (Vacancy-cum-Cluster) 3 4 5 6
5 Merging of Batches: Implementation of Cut-off Date Scheme with Proposed Horizontal Movement (Table
As on today maximum executives of 2006 to 2011 batch 1) will resolve this issue permanently.
has been promoted (to E4) on the same date and it was The scheme will resolve/addresses the following
repeated again in 2021 for the batches 2012 to 2016 – a. Batch seniority is maintained – same as other disciplines
Batch seniority has no relevance unlike in other b. Priority for promotion of FMCC holder
disciplines and thus created huge anomalies c. Promotion of SMCC holder at par with others whenever possible

6 Inter-Se-Seniority (After every promotion/merging): Actual (Existing Policy) Proposed

At various occasion during promotions to the next grade, Date of FMCC Deemed Date of FMCC
juniors are becoming senior in the seniority list as
because most of the time the effective date of Date of SMCC Date of Joining in Previous Grade
FMCC/SMCC (even it is prior to date of joining) is being Date of Joining in Previous Grade Deemed Date of SMCC
considered.
Date of Birth Date of Birth
Existin Propos Alphabetical Order Alphabetical Order
E2 FMCC E3 E6 g ed

Ex-1 30.05.06 2004 May-08 2022 2 1

Deemed Date of FMCC/SMCC:
Ex-2 2007 2003 May-09 2022 1 2 If SMCC/FMCC is prior to date of joining as executive then deemed date of FMCC/SMCC
is considered as date of joining as executive if submitted within 30 days or else date of
DoJ in E3 SMCC FMCC E4 Existi Propo submission.
E2 ng sed
Ex-1 19.12. 19.12. 26.04. 17.06. 13.05. 2 1
2011 2012 2014 2017 2021 If SMCC/FMCC is after the date of joining, then date of submission will be the deemed
Ex-2 21.08. 21.08. 01.10. 17.06. 13.05. 3 2 date of SMCC/FMCC if submitted beyond 30 days from the date of issue or else date of
2013 2014 2014 2017 2021
Ex-3 03.01. 03.01. 03.01. 17.06. 13.05. 1 3
effectiveness of SMCC/FMCC.
2014 2015 2014 2017 2021

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7 Delay in issuing Promotion Orders:
The promotion orders of DPC 2019 were issued on 12-05-
2021 & 13-05-2021 – This resulted in loss of 2 year to be
eligible for next promotion i.e., DPC 2024.
8 Effect of DGMS on Promotions:
Patro Committee Recommendations 2018, does not
consider the effect on career growth of mining executives
if DGMS doesn’t conduct exam for few years. DGMS
declared FMCC results (30.07.13, 01.07.14, 21.12.15,
17.06.17) and then after only on 27.03.21 (Gap of 3.5
years) & 19.12.21.
The eligibility for promotion shall be calculated from the DPC cutoff date in which the
executive got promoted as against from the date of promotion. This will nullify the
effect of any delay in issuing promotion orders. However, pay fixation shall be done
from the date, the executive assumes charge in the promoted grade.
(or)
Consideration of Promotion to next grade may be reduced to 2 years as against 3 years
prevailing at present.
(or)
DPC may be conducted twice in a year as was prevailing earlier (31.03.YYYY and
30.09.YYYY) so that batches joining after September will not lose time for next DPC.
(and)
Promotion in Fast Track Method when there are vacancies available in next grade but
no eligible candidate is available because of non-completion of residency period in
previous grade.
Proposed Horizontal Movement (as per Sl. No.3) and minimum and maximum
residency period (as per Sl. No. 4) shall nullify the effect of external factors like
FMCC/SMCC.

DOJ/E2 E3 E4 E5
Mining 12.06.12 12.06.13 SCC DPC 24
03.08.17
FCC
27.03.21
Other 27.06.12 27.06.13 28.06.17 03.09.21
Discipline

9 Psychological Anomaly: Giving promotions (as proposed) and notional seniority to mining executives from back
Mining Executives lag behind in promotions as compared date as detailed in Cut Off Date Scheme with Horizontal Movement (Table 1) will ensure
to their contemporaries in other disciplines and have promotions of mining (FMCC) on par with other disciplines.
become juniors.

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In addition to the above, to motivate mining executives for undertaking statutory

Since all the statutory posts like Manager, Agent and responsibility, statutory allowance may be provided as follows.
General Manager are reserved for mining (FMCC) only
and so will be at the top of Administration Hierarchy i.e., SMCC Holder – Performing Statutory duty – 5000 per month
Juniors at the top of administration hierarchy will create FMCC Holder – Performing Statutory duty – 7500 per month
administration problems.
In M/s Vedanta and M/s Tata Steel, one-time monetary reward of Rs. 3 Lakhs and 5
No Statutory Allowance: Lakhs are being given on passing FMCC to motivate mining executives.
Mining executives take up statutory responsibility but are
not having any monetary benefit or promotion benefit
vis-a-vis other disciplines.

10 Unlike other departments, the promotions in mining are It is the responsibility of the management to issue initial posting orders in UG mines so
dependent on the external factors i.e., FMCC/SMCC and that such situation doesn’t arise in future.
so the promotion policy needs to be revised. The delay in
acquiring FMCC by mining executives initially posted at
CMPDIL, NCL or Open cast mines etc. was due to the fact
that they were posted in underground mines after 1 or 2
years and this deprived them of becoming eligible to
appear in initial FMCC exam after their joining - These
executives have become junior to their batchmates and
their juniors due to the management fault.

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Table 1: CUT OFF DATE SCHEME WITH PROPOSED HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

Cut Off Date Scheme with Proposed HM

DOJ 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016
2008 2012

E2 2006 28-12-07 10-08-09 01-07-10 03-08-11 19-12-11 20.02.13 03.01.14 05.09.15 27.07.16
18-09-08 04-09-09 12-08-10 27-06-12 21.08.13 25.07.14

E3 2006/ 28-12-08 10-08-10 01-07-11 03-08-12 19-12-12 20.02.14 03.01.15 05.09.16 27.07.17
2007 18-08-09 04-09-10 12-08-11 27-06-13 21.08.14 25.07.15

Promotion & placement in respective channel w.e.f next cutoff date 30-09 -YYYY after completing 03 year (in E3) for FMC, 04 year (in E3) for SMC

E4 FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC
2013 2013 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2013 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC
2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

E5 FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC
2017 2018 2018 2018 2019 2020 2021 12.03.22 2022 2023
SMC SMC 2018 2018 2020 2021 12.03.22 2022 2023 2024
2018 2018 2018HM 2019HM 2021HM 12.03.22H 2022 2023 2024HM 2025HM
2019HM 2020HM SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC
SMC SMC 2021 12.03.22 12.03.22 2023 2024 2025-26
2019 2020

E6 FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC FMC

27.08.21 29.03.22 29.03.22 2022 2023 2023-25 2024-26 2025-27
SMC SMC 2022 2022 2023 2024-26 2025-27 2026-28H
29.03.22 29.03.22 2022 2023 2024 2025-27 2026-28H 2027-29H
2023 2024 2025H 2026-28H SMC SMC
SMC SMC SMC SMC 2026-28 2027-29
2023 2024 2025-27 2026-28

A. One time consideration for promotion for red marks as per the dates mentioned B. Yellow BG represents change in deemed date C. If some executive have
already been promoted earlier to the Proposed date, it may not be changed D. If some executive have already been promoted but on later date than above then
he shall be deemed to have been promoted as above to avoid any further anomaly.
***The years from E4 to E6 may be read as 30.09.YYYY and may be considered as date of promotion.

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Annexure-1
Implementation of O/O 81 dt 12.06. 2006 By CIL
Provisions in the above office order
Henceforth the benefit of promotion on passing 1st class should be given to those 2 nd class Managers only who pass 1st class while working in E2 grade as was prevalent before 1-4-
1993 and provided in the common coal cadre from the effective date of passing as indicated in the 1st class certificate provided that it is submitted within one month from the date of
issue otherwise the date of submission.

Joining in CIL order/ Elligibility as per O/ o 81

Name of officer EIS E2 FMCC E3 dated 12.06.2006 Justification
Sh S K Sharma 90209289 30.05.2006 2004 May-08 2006 FMCC submission/Date of Joining date will be applicable
Sh. S K Pandey 90208869 30.05.2006 2006 May-08 2006 Effective date of FMCC will be applicable
Sh Sumegha Nandan 90208794 30.05.2006 2006 May-08 2006 Effective date of FMCC will be applicable
Sh. K C Bal 90208950 30.05.2006 2007 May-08 2007 Effective date of FMCC will be applicable
This is beyond imagination that under which direction/ Policy/ office order, CIL has merged the promotion of Officers passed FMCC from 2004 to 2007 and including effective date of
promotion given on same date to all Officers. This is a serious lapse on account of concerned deptt of CIL and intentionally ignored the provision of O/o 81 dated 2006. This approach
clearly proves that CIL had wilfully & with biased approach stopped the career growth of promoted Officers joined in 2006 as E2. So suitable penal action to be taken against those
officers who had not complied the direction of CIL and created anamolies after promotion.
Solution-Deemed date of promotion shall be changed immediately to the promoted officer in 2006 having 1st class.
After Implementation of O/o 42 dated 22.03.2012
Sh Sukha Kujur 30.08.2006 No 2007 2007 After successful completion of probation Period of one year
Sh. S K Dhurwa 30.08.2006 No 2007 2007 After successful completion of probation Period of one year
Sh S K Sharma 90209289 30.05.2006 2004 2008 2007 Not given the benefit
Sh. S K Pandey 90208869 30.05.2006 2006 2008 2007 Not given the benefit
Sh Sumegha nandan 90208794 30.05.2006 2006 2008 2007 Not given the benefit
Despite MTs joined 03 months later to promoted Officer in 2006 & do not have SMCC/FMCC, they were promoted to E3 in 2007 i.e. on successful completion of probation period of 01
year. But at the same time promoted officer having SMCC/FMCC on the date of joining had been promoted to E3 very later to MTs and made promoted officers in 2006 junior to MTs
joined in 2006 on later date. However the same benefit was extended to promoted officer joined in 2007 & afterward.
2007-Pay revision
As per CIL, this was effective wef 01.01.2007. All officers were upgraded to next higher grade as on 01.01.2007. Surprisingly, MTs who joined in 2006 were relaxed for the timeline of
01.01.2007 and benefited for the same. But promoted officer in 2006 were kept out of the box. This had created serious anomalies but then even CIL had not considered the promoted
Officer in 2006. This clearly shows the poor vision of the officers of the concerned department.
Solution- Deemed date & notional seniority of all promoted officers in 2006 shall be done at par with the benefits given to the MTs joined in 2006.

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