Tuesday 28 August 2018

An Open Letter to PF Cheats in India


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: ajit singhvi <asinghvi_london@yahoo.com>
To: Km Birla Birla Group Mumbai <kmbirla@adityabirla.com>; km.birla@adityabirla.com <km.birla@adityabirla.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2018, 12:00:31 AM GMT+1
Subject: PF Cheat Mr Santrupt Misra and Mr K.M.Birla 

Respected Mr KM Birla,   

I had addressed many letters to you and Smt Rajashree Birlaji, seeking redressal of my grievanceI was cheated on PF and Pension entitlements. I received no response, and therefore I am constrained to send this email with as much clarity as I can;  perhaps the last one before the matter is escalated in public domain, if still ignored.   

You will recall that you and I had negotiated a  small “salary” of Rs 1 lakh (net of taxes) per month for providing services in the areas of WCM (World Class Manufacturing) following  CarnuadMetalbox model and my own inputs. The “payment” was agreed to be in modes A and B, not that part B was a bonus or special allowance. 
There was no change in my job description or duties at any point of time during tenure my work, reporting directly to you (without such reporting one never succeeds in transformation--I even praised this in my public exposition, (Exhibit 1). 

I had regularly received Part B from Tulsianji while part A was paid by one Plant although my services for many more Plants in the Group. Even once my assistant Naveen  Goyal had collected the same.    

In the attached copy of I tax return, “salary” is shown inclusive of payments under “special allowance” but in actual practice this is manipulated by showing app half the salary (equivalent of Part B) as “special allowance”,no eligible for PF or Pension.    This is sheer manipulation.  
The spirit of PF Act does not allow “as much half of a person’s salary to be excluded under the pretext of “special allowance”.  Only minor allowances like for one food or transport can be excluded.   Under various acts and rules organisations are not free to exclude pf obligation by redefining one’s employment conditions to pay pf only on half of his salary.    

Above all it is breach of the conditions on which you hired me; never told me that you will pay PF only on half of may salary.   It is Santrupt Misra who with Hayes indulged into adventure of trying to save some money to Group without understanding its implications, and he claims to be Best Employer!!

I had not provided any additional or special service to deserve special allowance.  It is nonsense to say that my job description was worth only half of my salary so far, I came to India to serve my parents, but not to serve on half of my agreed salary.  My job was no less onerous than SK Singh’s.

It was a mere conversion of Part B of my salary into normal systemI had started with one agreed figure of salary (not special allowance) net of tax. 
Santrup Misra  HAD NO RIGHT TO DESIGNATE PART B OF MY SALARY AS "SPECIAL ALLOWANCE" half way through my tenure.    

I am not interested any more in the oft repeated assertion that was done to many employees; I have no idea of their services, mine was one service WCM President for one starting salary of Rs 1 lakh, net of taxes, PAYABLE in two ways, A and B.   Mode of disbursement did not result into salary being halved.    

 As if this was not enough. I was most qualified and experienced person to enter your team (CA+CIMA+HBS+MBS+Ashridge (Corporate Planning)) and yet I was equated to a plant ceo instead of a group head same or above  SK. Singh—Misra knew how to keep down people who objected to his ways, and get his agenda with you.

You did not grant me any audience for a long time before retirement to listen to this grievance, reply to Santurp Misra allegation about my advice to Indian Managers to watch for "impotency in management".  Lord Weinstock of GEC here used to warn us to avoid "impotency in management" and I simply passed on my leanings.  Even Russian PM used this recently.  

Santrupt reemployed Ms Malti without reference to his previous employer in the Group, ie me!!   She stole a box containing my wife’s jewellery and other items while moving my stuff from a warehouse to my flat. I lost many lakhs.   I had seen the missing box when her father showed me their newly acquired flat.  

He similarly hired a deputy (Sridharan) for me without choosing the best talent through an advrt for the Group.  Santrupt Misra’s manipulative tactics included  support to some junior employees, (not even seeing Mr Pawar my VP who resigned in disgust, while Misra could see junior employees from my Dept and his own recruit, Sridharan), prepare a big file and then make a presentation on the eve of their retirement, both of us have studied  Politics in Organisations in our Business Schools.  These tactics are fairly prevalent in British companies where I worked.  This is his Professional Quality!!
Equally funny was to see Santrupt Misra winking at Ms Rashmi Batra, my staff, while we entered your office one evening for staff appraisals, as if cheating me on my retirement benefits was not enough!!   This is his Personal Quality!! 

I request you, as a Leader to listen, and ensure equity and fair play in dealings with a employee whose services were appreciated by all. 
I have donated 85% of my savings from employment for education and women empowerment.  

I urge you to pay me or even donate in my name, the amounts equivalent to denied entitlements for PF and Pension due to above manipulative designation of half of my pay as “special allowance” (not eligible for PF and Pension). There was no such stipulation when I joined the Group and negotiated my salary with you.   

With best regards to Smt Rajashree Birlaji and you.   

Ajit Singhvi 

PS I had avoided going Public as questions may be asked about the origin of “special allowance” to many employees, part B etc which are better avoided even if I am willing to pay the overdue tax for those years.   


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