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Names of Parties :
The Tea Plantation Industry in the Assam
Valley represented by the five Employers Associations, namely:
1. Indian Tea association
2.Tea Association of India
3. Bharatiya Cha Parishad
4. Assam Tea Planters
associations
5. North Eastern Tea
Association
And
The
Employees represented by Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha.
Names of Persons Representing the Employers:
1. Mr. T.C Bordoloi
I.T.A.
2. Mr. P.K. Bhattacharjee "
3. Mr. A.N.Zaman
"
4. Mr. D. Chakraborty
5. Mr. A.K. Borooag
A.T.P.A.
6. Mr. K.K. Kesara
"
7. Mr. S.M. Rahman
"
8. Mr. A.S. Rathur
T.A.I.
9. Mr. C. Bhaduri
"
10. Mr. S.P. Verma
B.C.P.
11. Mr. D.K. Dowearh N.E.T.A.
Names of Person Representing ther
Employees:
1.Mr. S.M. Khandait
2. Mr. N. Baruah
3. Mr. A. Hazarika
4. Mr. B. Tanti
5. S. R.
Chowdhuri
6. Mr. U.N. Sanatan
SHORT RECITAL :
Present to various rounds of meeting convened by the Government and
Discussion held between the Management of tea estate, the workers represent
by the Assam State Electricity Board, it was decided to further examine the
matter at the meeting of the State Standing Labour Committee. In this
connection, the meeting convened on the 27th September, 1995 by the Hon'ble
Chief Minister, and preceding meeting of the 12th April, 1995 may also be
referred. As per the decisions of the above referred meeting and the
emergent meeting of the State standing Labour Committee convened on the 6th
June, 1995 in which the representatives of the ASEB were also present, the
another meeting of the state standing Labour Committee to discuss matters in
Connection with the electrification of labour quarters on the 19th October,
1995 Following detailed
discussions, between all parties it is decided that the terms of
supply electricity to labour quarters would be as per the following. The
terms as enumerated hereunder were examined by their consent obtained on the
same.
Terms of Supply of Electricity
to Tea Garden Labour Quarters in Assam:
(1) It was decided that the tea industry
would extended grid power supply to the labour quarters and electric them in
a phased manner over a period of five years commencing form this year,
subject to drawing to H.T. line by ASEB and entergising of step-down
TRANSFORMER/ TRANSFORMERS as may be necessary at suitable
location/locations. The electrification of labour quarters would be decided
depending on the economic condition of the gardens, their size and other
such creteria as relevant, would be taken into consideration.
(2) The management of tea estate agreed
that the cost of internal wiring and maintenance inside the quarter would be
entirely borne by the Management.
(3) It was agreed by the parties concerned
that each quarter would be provided with 4 (four) light point and 1 (One)
plug point only to be used exclusively for lighting purpose for
domestic use only.
(4)
It was agreed all the parties that the
cost of procuring electrical bulbs would be the
responsibility of the individual worker and the Management would not be
required to supply the same at any point of time except at the time of
initial installation. (5) It was
agreed that any extension of electric points of unauthorized tapping of
electricity of any form of mal-practice as defined by the Terms & Conditions
of Supply of the ASEB would render the worker liable for disconnection of
electric supply at once,
(6) For the purpose of metering of
consumption of electricity and payment of tariff by the workers, the point of
metering would be the transformer point and the ASEB would serve the energy
consumption recorded by the energy meter installed at the sub-station point
initially to the Management of the garden, who in turn would be authorised
to deduct the energy bill form the workers, The above referred meter would
be for a cluster of electrified labour quarters and each labour
quarter falling within the cluster will have to share the consumption
charged recorded in the cluster meter equally with others in the cluster.
(7) The rate of tariff applicable would be
the prevailing tariff as notified by the A.S.E.B. for domestic consumers form
time to time. The current domestic rate of tariff to be effective for tea
garden labour quarters was clarified by the Board to be as
below:
TARIFF :-
1) Domestic: Consumer whose average daily
consumption falls in the following range:-
a) Up to 4Kwh per day......... Rs. 1.00
b) Above 4Kwh and up to 8 Kwh per day... Rs.
1.50
c) Above 8Kwh per day...... Rs. 2.25
The level of consumption for application of the
rate would be decided as per following formula:-
Daily average consumption
= Total unit consumed through the transformer in a period.
Total No. of labour quarters X days for which meter reading is taken.
a) If the daily average consumption is up to 4
unit and for that period would be Rs. 1.00 per unit.
b) If the daily average consumption is above 4
unit and up to 8 unit, the rate for that period would be Rs. 1.50 per unit.
c) If the daily average consumption is above 4
unit and up to 8 unit, the rate for that period would be Rs.2.25 per unit.
d) Period means period covered by two consecutive
meter readings.
(8)
The recovery of energy consumption charges determined on the basis as
referred above would be every moth form the wages of the worker in whose
weekly of fortnightly payment made to workers,
recovery
towered payment of monthly energy bill will be made form four weekly of two
fortnightly payments.
(9) It was agreed that the electricity would
be made available to the labour quarters as long as grid power is
available form the ASEB source and in the event of
load shedding/shutdown failure of grid power form ASEB for any reason
whatsoever, the supply of electricity to labour quarters would automatically
be discontinued till restoration of grid power, and the Management
would not be liable in any way to supply electric form their sources
including standby generating sets.
(10) It was agreed that the Management would not be responsible for any
hazard or accident that may happen to any occupant of electricity and
internal
wrings. Management will take appropriate action to educate
the workers on proper use electricity its conservation and precaution to be
taken against any accident and hazard.
(11) It was confirmed
by all the
parties concerned that in the event of any damage to the electrical
installations solely attribution to the negligence and default of the
occupant concerned, the Management to the extent of damages cause.
(12) It was further clarified by all concerned that following the
cessation of employment of the official occupant of the labour quarters, the worker would require to
hand over the Company quarters to gather with the Electrical installation
therein in a proper state to Management.
(13) Gardens without a factory
and gardens without grid been assigned an correction at present will not
come under the preview of the agreement.
(14) It was clarified and agreed that a worker having been assigned
an electrical quarters would into way be barred form being transferred to
another quarter.
(15) In case of marriage , death ceremony, extension of temporary light
points will be allowed by the Management on application and the occupant of
the house will be charged extra tariff as determined by the Management for
the extra consumption if electricity an the amount will be realised
form the wages of the concerned worker.
Representatives of the Employers' Associations Representatives of the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha
Sd/- Illegible Sd/- M.S. Khandiat, General secretary
06/02/1995
06/02/1996
Sd/- T.C Bordoloi
Sd/- C. Bhaduri
06/02/1996
Sd/- K.K Kasera
Sd/- D.Bora
Sd/- S.P.Verma
Sd/- D.K. Dowearh
Sd/- D.Chakaraborty
Sd/- J.N Baruah
Sd/- P.K. Bhattacharjee
Sd/- A.N Zaman |
