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Mr Sudhir Bhalla,

Director (HR),

Indian Oil Corporation Limited,

New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Kindly refer to the correspondence in the subject matter forwarded herewith.

I filed the RTI First Appeal to your predecessor Mr V C Agarwal Director (HR) IOC on 3rd August 2009 that has still not been responded to.

Kindly deal with it and direct CPIO Mr Satish Kumar to disclose the requested information without further wastage of time.

Regards,

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Sudhir Bhalla takes over as Director-HR, Indian Oil

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From: Babubhai Vaghela <vaghelabd@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Subject: FAA : First Appeal RTI Ref bdvco17 on Tampering of Access Control Systems in IOC and on handling Disciplinary Cases by IOC...
To: "V C Agarwal FAA under RTI and Director (HR) IOC" <AgrawalVC@iocl.co.in>
Cc: rti_india@yahoogroups.com, Visha APIO IOC CO Delhi <VISHALAKSHIC@iocl.co.in>, "Satish Kumar PIO & ED (HR) IOC New Delhi" <satishk@iocl.co.in>, "G C Daga Director (Marketing) IOC" <gcdaga@indianoil.co.in>, "Director (Refineries) IOC" <bankapurbn@iocl.co.in>, Director Finance IOC <narasimhansv@iocl.co.in>, Anees Noorani Director IOC <investordesk@zodiacmtc.com>, Prof Gautam Barua <gb@iitg.ernet.in>, Shri Michael Bastian <micbastian@gmail.com>, skgupta@indianoil.co.in, bashok@indianoil.co.in, Vkjaychandran@indianoil.co.in, kkutty@indianoil.co.in, sbapat@indianoil.co.in, Nsvenkataraman@indianoil.co.in, Gautam@indianoil.co.in, gdatta@indianoil.co.in, dhawand@iocl.co.in, rajurang@indianoil.co.in, kgwalani@indianoil.co.in, hsbedi@indianoil.co.in, mnene@indianoil.co.in, mrinalroy@indianoil.co.in, rsareen@indianoil.co.in, kmanicka@indianoil.co.in, meshramsc@iocl.co.in, SSATHIAVAGEESWARAN@indianoil.co.in, indianoil@intnet.mu, imefdxb@eim.ae, sethis@iocl.co.in, kalikrishna@iocl.co.in, amitavac@indianoil.co.in, dasguptac@iocl.co.in, guhaak@iocl.co.in, mitras1@iocl.co.in, okhdevs@iocl.co.in, mailmanager@karvy.com, arorark@indianoil.co.in, S Behuria Chairman IOC <behurias@iocl.co.in>, Shri Raghav Sharan Pandey <sec.png@nic.in>, "Smt. Rajni Razdan Secretary AR PG&P" <rajni.razdan@nic.in>, Saibal Sarkar Dy Scy PG PMO <saibal.sarkar@nic.in>, "Shri Ajit Seth Secretary (Coord & PG) PG PMO" <secypg@nic.in>, Cabinet Secretary to Government of India <cabinetsy@nic.in>, Prof M M Ansari Information Commissioner CIC <mm.ansari@nic.in>, Wajahat Habibullah CIC <whabibullah@nic.in>, Pratyush Sinha CVC New Delhi <cvc@nic.in>, Help Supreme Court <supremecourt@nic.in>, Smt Pratibha Patil President of India <presidentofindia@rb.nic.in>

Mr V C Agarwal,

FAA under RTI and Director (HR),

Indian Oil Corporation Limited,

New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Kindly refer to my RTI application Ref bdvco17 with the following details available in public domain.

RTI Ref bdvco17 on Usage of Access Control System and on handling Disciplinary Cases by IOC... http://groups.google.com/group/Right-to-Information-Act-2005/browse_thread/thread/24396c4241e0acf9?hl=en

As per the provision in the Right to Information Act 2005, CAPIO Navrangpura Post Office Ahmedabad, after receiving my RTI application and the prescribed application fee, transferred the RTI application to PIO IOC AVAILABLE on India Post Network.

Mr Satish Kumar received the transferred RTI application with application fee on 2nd July 2009 and is not entitled for any further application fee but still has preferred to refuse to give info WITHOUT further application fee when the fee has already been paid at Navrangpura PO and mentioned by the CAPIO also in his letter.

As per IOC website Mr Satish Kumar is PIO IOC CO New Delhi and the correct PIO to furnish the requested RTI information. However, he has also refused to entertain further correspondence in the matter which amounts to misusing position & abusing authority. Hence, not in order & also punishable.

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Mr Satish Kumar CPIO IOC CO New Delhi on IOC Website in July 2009

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CAPIO Navrangpura Post Office Ahmedabad Registration No. 38000900/2009/0017 dated 26th June 2009 forwarding RTI application to PIO IOC Mumbai received by Mr Satish Kumar on 2nd July 2009

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DP/6/21 dated 6th July 2009 from Mr Satish Kumar ED (HR) and PIO IOC New Delhi

In the light of the above, as the First Appellate Authority, you are requested to direct the PIO Mr Satish Kumar to furnish the requested information as the time limit for furnishing the information is over and I have still not received the information that I am legitimately entitled to.

Kindly acknowledge receipt of this appeal filed through email.

With kind regards,

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From: Babubhai Vaghela <vaghelabd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Subject: RTI Ref bdvco17 on Usage of Access Control System and on handling Disciplinary Cases by IOC...
To: "Satish Kumar PIO & ED (HR) IOC New Delhi" <satishk@iocl.co.in>
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Bdvco17
25^th June 2009

Mr Satish Kumar,
CPIO, IOC, CO,
New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Background:

President & General Secretary of Indian Oil Officers Association (IOOA) (Apex body representing Officers of all Divisions of IOC) in their letter dated 28th May 2007 to Director (HR) Mr V C Agarwal had expressed serious apprehensions on implementation of Access Control System. IOOA had also informed that it was meant for security purposes only & had nothing to do with timing the Officers' presence. IOOA had also informed "There is gross indiscipline visible mainly in operating locations and the standard operating practices are being completely ignored. Incidences of manhandling the Officers are on the rise with no exemplary action from the management giving an impression of discriminating behaviour.". "In many of the units people have been bye-passing system and entering the premises therefore rendering the system ineffective for security control ".

The responsibility of operating ACS and its security has been resting with HR department while functional technological support has been provided by the Information System (IS) group officers to HR officer the latter being non-proficient in Information Technology.

The time setting in the clocks of ACS system can be manipulated by HR Officers and also by the third parties who have provided ACS systems to IOC. And even Data saved on the ACS Server can be changed later by HR officers or those third parties since ACS systems of IOC are not temper proof. Further, ACS data is being used by IOC for generation of monthly attendance sheets for officers at the locations.

IS officers are not provided ID or password for accessing ACS for time setting or for generating monthly attendance sheets.

With this background, following information in larger public interest is requested under the Right to Information Act 2005.

1. No. of IOC locations at which tampering of ACS data has been reported so far. Please let me know the names of IOC locations comprising all Divisions of IOC.

2. Details of the action taken against the IOC officers responsible for knowingly approving the purchase of ACS systems that are not temper-proof.

3. Details of the action taken against the ACS system suppliers for providing the systems that are not temper-proof, if they were to supply temper-proof systems

4. Office order reference no. & date that authorises HR officers to set time in ACS systems at their respective locations.

5. Office order reference no. & date vide which instructions were issued by IOC Corporate HR to generate monthly attendance sheets.

6. No of HR officers chargesheeted for tampering with ACS data. Please give location wise nos. covering all IOC offices.

7. No. of HR Officers, under transfer on inter-Region / inter-Refinery / inter-Division basis while the enquiries on charges of tampering with ACS data are in progress.

8. No of IS officers chargesheeted for tampering with ACS data. Please give location wise nos. covering all IOC offices.

9. No. of IS Officers, under transfer on inter-Region / inter-Division basis while the enquiries on charges of tampering with ACS data are in progress.

10. IOC rules & regulations, if any, governing the transfers of IOC officers facing disciplinary actions initiated against them under CDA Rule 1980 and while enquiry proceedings are under progress.

11. Please furnish the DoPT / DPE / CVC guidelines references and Supreme Court / High Courts judgments, available on the records of IOC, on not transferring the officers to far flung locations while the disciplinary enquiries are in progress.

12. No. IOC officers involved in inter-Division transfers / inter-Region transfers in case of Marketing Division & inter-Refinery transfers in case of Refineries Division during FY 2008-09 while enquiry proceedings had already commenced.

13. No. of transfers, as covered at item 12 above, effected in a high-handed clandestine manner and relieving orders already generated using SAP – ERP system without obtaining the signatures of the officers relieved & without informing them about their relieving.

14. No. of transfers, as covered at item 12 above, kept in abeyance.

15. No. of transfers, as covered at item 12 above, cancelled so far.

16. Kindly provide a CD containing monthly ACS data for IOC (MD) HO, IOC (RD) HO, IOC R&D, IOC (PL) HO and IOC Corporate Office for one month of FY 2008-09.

Application fee follows. Kindly expedite the requested information.

With kind regards,

(Babubhai Vaghela),

C – 202, Shrinandnagar V, Makarba Road,

Vejalpur, Ahmedabad – 380051 M – 95276 08632 Resi – 079 26814571 Email – vaghelabd@yahoo.com

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INDIAN OIL OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION

REGISTERED UNDER THE TRADE UNIONS ACT, 1926

Regd. Office: "Indian oil Bhavan"

G-9, Ali Yavar Jung Marg, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051.

Date: 28/05/07

Director (HR)

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

New Delhi

Respected Sir,

Sub: Implementation of Access Control System

We have been expressing our concern over implementation of access control system in various meetings with you when you have also agreed to look into the issues raised by us in this regards.

We would once again like to reiterate that the access control was brought in the system, after prolonged discussions and understanding with IOOA, for security purposes only and had nothing to do with timing the Officers' presence.

Unfortunately after installation of system the main objective of security has taken a back seat and management has started issuing circulars connecting this with attendance. Bringing discipline is said to be the main reason for these circulars.

We have no problem with regards to bringing discipline in the organization and creating a better working culture but just timing the attendance is not going to solve the problem. There is gross indiscipline visible mainly in operating locations and the standard operating practices are being completely ignored. Incidences of manhandling the Officers are on the rise with no exemplary action from the management giving an impression of discriminating behaviour.

In many of the units people have been bye-passing system and entering the premises therefore rendering the system ineffective for security control. The same is further corroborated from the fact that in some units contract labours have been exempted from the access control while applying the same on Officers.

In view of the above it is requested that issue of using the access control system for any other purpose than security may be discussed threadbare with IOOA before implementation.

With regards,

For and behalf of IOOA,

(S. Dakwale) (Tanmay Chatterjee)

President – IOOA General Secretary

CC: Dir(M) / Dir(R) /Dir(R&D) : for information pl.

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