MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT

 

NAME OF PARTIES:

 

               The Tea Industry of 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’ Association,

5. North Eastern Tea Association,

   AND

                            The employees represented by the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha.

 

 PRESENT:

 

 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EMPLOYERS:

                                                                                          

1.   Shri Chandan Bora

2.   Shri Sudhir Prokash

3.   Shri M. Dasgupta

4.   Shri Arijit  Raha                       Indian Tea Association

5.   Shri Dhiraj Kakoti

6.   Shri M. Baruah

 

7.   Shri C. P. Sharma

8.   Shri Kalyan  Basu 

9.   Shri J.N. Baruah                      Tea Association of India

10. Shri Ranjan Paul    

 

11. Shri S. K. Lohia

12. Shri Mayank Agarwalla              Bharatiya Chah Parishad

13. Shri Tapojit Bagchi

14. Shri Muktikam Bardolai

 

15. Shri G. Beria

16. Shri A. Bhuyan                       Assam Tea Planters' Association

17. Shri D Bora

18. Shri  Bidyananda Barkakoty      North Eastern tea Association

 

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE   EMPLOYEES:

 

1.  Shri B. N. Tanti. (MLA) President

2.  Shri Dileswar Tanti. General Secretary

3.  Shri  L. S. Tanti

4.  Shri  U. Sahu

5.  Shri  N. C. Keot                                                           

6.  Shri  R. Gowalla

7.  Shri  Raju Sahu (MLA)                                                    

8.  Shri  R. P. Singh (MLA)

9.  Shri  H. N. Garh

10. Shri  G. Lohar

11. Shri  P. Nag

12. Shri  N. Gond

13. Shri  T. Karmakar

14. Shri  A. Tirky (MLA)

15. Shri  S. S. Gour

17. Shri  D. S. Kujur

18. Shri  S. Tanti

19. Shri  C. K. Projai

20. Shri  B. B. Tanti

21. Md.  Nasiruddin

22. Shri  P. C. Kumbhakar

23. Shri  T. Keot

24. Smti  Deepali Bhattacharjee

25. Shri  Bilati Tanti

26. Shri R. K. Bhakta

27. Shri J. Das

 

SHORT RECITAL:

 

      The tenure of the Agreement dated 11th April, 2007 in respect of Leave Traveling Allowance for the Subordinate Staff and Other monthly Rated Employees having expired, the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha demanded revision of the rates of the said Allowance. In view of the period  between 2002 to 2006 during which there was no revision of LTA. The Union demamded additional benefit for the period.

 

The matter was discussed in details in many bipartite meetings. Finally at a bipartite meeting held on 26th July, 2013 at Dibrugarh, after protracted discussion, a settlement was arrived at on the following terms:

 

TERMS OF SETTLEMENT:

 

1.    It was agreed that permanent Sub-Staff and Other Monthly Rated category of employs will be entitled to draw Leave Allowance on the leave earned with effect from the year 2011 and payable with effect from 2012 as per scales given below:-

 

                                                          Category                                             Per Annum

 

                                                                  Married Employees                                                         Rs. 1,500.00 Per Year

                                                                  Single Employees                                                            Rs.    750.00 Per Year

 

2.    This allowance will normally be paid by the Management to the eligible employees prior to their to their proceeding on Annual Leave.

 

3.    This agreement will remain valid for 5 (Five) years i.e. up to leave earned for the year 2015, L. T. A. payable during the year 2016.

 

4.    If the wife/husband of eligible employee under this agreement is entitled to receive Leave Travel Allowance under any other agreement, than he/she shall not be entitled to draw L. T. A. under this agreement but the spouse will get higher benefit under any other Agreement.

 

5.    If both husband and wife are members of the Sub-Staff and O. M. R. E., only one of them shall be entitled to receive Leave Travel Allowance at the married employees' rate.

 

6.    Those employees who have already drawn their L. T. A. a/c 2011 in 2012 at the old rate, shall be paid the difference between the old and new rate within 30th September, 2013.

 

7.    During the pendency of this Agreement of the employes and the Union will not raise any dispute in respect of the issues covered in this Agreement.

 

 

                 Representative of Employers’ Association                        Representative of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha 

 

S/d

 S/d

               

Dated, Dibrugarh the 26th July, 2013.                                                    

                                                         

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