3.10.09
Eleventh in series to the Hon’ble President of India.
Singapore Vessel “Patrolink” chugging along TNCoast & near Kundakulam NPT
Your Excellency,
I wish to bring to the notice of the authorities,furthermore to what I pleaded with JSports below,mainly for Gujrat coast,but,infact the entire west and east coast should be a constant cause of concern.On the east coast, perpetually, from the Chinese presence in the Andamans’ Great Coco and small Coco Islands(gifted to them long ago) and discovered(openly) by the then Defence Minister Sri Goerge Fernandes,but will be enhanced from a host of Fishing trawlers from Malayasia,Thailand,Mynmar,Indonesia and open and porus docks of Singapore,other than the Chinese,themselves around the clock,once the Sethu Samudram sea-passage opens to small shipping,from east coast to west coast and further on to the entire west coast to Jamnagar and Bedi Bunder and still further,making it a tough vigil for the Coast guards.Can only the coast-guards be made responsible for all the security lapse and breaches or would it be necessary to post responsible units,ashore also, comprising of personnel of MHA,Shipping,Defence,Internal Security and top class communication means,all accountable to their own heads and at the same time to a common head of the combined personnel,who inturn may report to the Cabinet Secretariat,ensuring an impregnable and full-proof security of the entire coastline,24hours a day,around the year with war like alertness or to the MHA.?
The attachment.:-
Turned into an open letter to J.S.(Ports & Administration) on 2.10.2009
With a copy to:toieditorial@timesgroup.com
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti,saving Gujrat from terrorist’s attacks.
2.10.09
To
Joint Secretary(Ports),Ministry Of Shipping.
Kind Attn.:Sri Rakesh Srivastava
Consequent to my Email on 24.09.09. Orissa muck-up on 09.09.09.
Sir,
I must have baffled the caller from the ministry at 1121am.,yesterday,as I started babbling incoherently(for him),on hearing of an enquiry abt. My letter to your goodselves,thinking it to be from PRSEC/E/2009/00780 of 4th Aug.’09.After a while Mr.Srinivasan(I think),mentioned of the contents of my mail of 24.09.09-after which I could throw somelight on the queries put forward.and the necessity(even suo-motto) of the Chief Surveyor with the GoI to depute one of his able deputies(highly qualified) on field duty on the Orissa coast,for his own first hand knowledge of his Surveyor had done to have allowed a 32 year old tub to come anywhere near our coast?
2.That has put me to thinking of the control of the entire coast by these Surveyors in line with the activities of the Ministry of Home Affairs and as to why the media has not suggested any such move,in all these months since the happenings on 26/11/08,in Mumbai,as the entire coast dotted wih ten major ports and numerous minor ports is covered by the MMDs under the DGS,for the purpose of trade and commerce,as it is.
3.I may be allowed to request your goodselves,to kindly consider,putting up a Cabinet note for the above purpose in order to co-ordinate the efforts of the two ministries with the Navy and the Coast-guards on the sailing front in order to nail-down inconspicuous and incongruous visitors from across the border,specialy for any purpose other than trade and commerce,which will be unequivocally declared by our ministry,even for providing conclusive proof of the intruders for the whole world to see.,by the Surveyor-in-charge.
4.The Cabinet note may very well,seek permission to declare formation of many more minor ports in elusive and far-off corners of our western coast,specially,which will be the burden upon you and the combine forces of the DGS,POMMDs,already existing MMDs in remote spots on the west coast.This will constitute of Budget provisions from the ministry.
5.A sue-motto cabinet note may not be welcome,but suggestion of an old sea dog can be a good reason,in light of the 09.09.09 Orissa coast mishap,despite the presence of the MMD.
Thanking You.
Yours Obediently
Suresh Pratap Singh
Marine Chief Engineer
At Navi Mumbai
Ph.:022-27745804
Email:singhsp65@yahoo.com
Singh.suresh99@gmail.com
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
MOT exams are back-breaking for old-age parents.
25.09.09
8th in series to the Hon’ble President.
Ref.:PRSEC/E/2009/06453,submitted on 5.09.09
Reg.necessity of bifurcation of Chief Surveyor’s & Chief Examiner’s jobs.
Current Ref.:Mumbai HC ruling of allowing ATKT for 1.5 lakh faled SSC students to be able to apply for admission to class XI.
This is,obviously,to avoid wastage of money and precious years of youth.
My urgent Sumission:The fifth submission of 05.09.09 may have been general in nature,hence a submission with more clarity,below.
a).my son a 80% B.Tech.passed from MERI and sailed for ten months before taking up 3months prepatory course to appear for MEO Class IV MOT exams and passed the oral exam of Motor(General)in March’08,but is failing till date in it’s written exams.An exam, which was conducted till recently,only orally,till somebody’s idiosyncrasy made the first step more stringent,probably with a view to collect thousands and thousands of rupees every month,by failing boys repeatedly(not even 20 pass out of 120).Collection of revenue is a sure shot a good entry in the confidential report of a govt.servant.
b).another reason can be the dictates of the industry to the DGShipping,that the need of class IV certificates was minimal,so the suggestion to CS cum Chief Examiner to fail the boys,by setting out of the way papers,wholesale.Why should the boys suffer on the needs of the Industry?And why should the DGS or the CS abide by the whims of the Industry?
c).In the ensuing bargain,the old-age parents suffer,both mentally and economically.
d).My letter to the Hon’ble Minister of Shipping and JS(ports),yesterday,will illustrate to your Excellency,the creation of many unnecessary posts of examiners in the DGS,as opposed to just one(that of the old ornamental post of the Chief Examiner for the CS) as provided in the Act 44 of 1958(vide secs.76,78 &79),in order to make room for many more surveyors ,permanently in the air-conditioned corridors of power,and do a work,designed originally for the POMMD. A Gazette notification is considered enough for tinkering with the Act of Parliament.
e).The job of a Surveyor is to see that Shipping is safe by itself and for the ports on the extensive coast and not for signing mark-sheets of examinees.This must stop at the earliest and Surveyors should devote fully to the problems of Shipping and show active presence in the field outside their cushy cabins in Mumbai.They are selected as field officers and not babus of the office,to which they have,gloriously,adopted and are adhering to the MPPinto formula to get a good CR.
f).I beg to submit for your gracious suggestion to the Minister or the Administrative Reforms to very kindly take my submissions above and consider constituting a high-powered Committee to mitigate the sufferings of thousands of MOT examinees and the double the no. of their parents,from the cruel and sinister clutches of the present lot of surveyors,armed with a bible created for them by Sri MPPinto,with inputs from one DR.Mishra,a clever surveyor to have gifted his ilk with cushy jobs,out of turn,for which the entire abovementioned lot of humanity,shall be forever,grateful to your Excellency.
Yours Obediently
Suresh Pratap Singh
8th in series to the Hon’ble President.
Ref.:PRSEC/E/2009/06453,submitted on 5.09.09
Reg.necessity of bifurcation of Chief Surveyor’s & Chief Examiner’s jobs.
Current Ref.:Mumbai HC ruling of allowing ATKT for 1.5 lakh faled SSC students to be able to apply for admission to class XI.
This is,obviously,to avoid wastage of money and precious years of youth.
My urgent Sumission:The fifth submission of 05.09.09 may have been general in nature,hence a submission with more clarity,below.
a).my son a 80% B.Tech.passed from MERI and sailed for ten months before taking up 3months prepatory course to appear for MEO Class IV MOT exams and passed the oral exam of Motor(General)in March’08,but is failing till date in it’s written exams.An exam, which was conducted till recently,only orally,till somebody’s idiosyncrasy made the first step more stringent,probably with a view to collect thousands and thousands of rupees every month,by failing boys repeatedly(not even 20 pass out of 120).Collection of revenue is a sure shot a good entry in the confidential report of a govt.servant.
b).another reason can be the dictates of the industry to the DGShipping,that the need of class IV certificates was minimal,so the suggestion to CS cum Chief Examiner to fail the boys,by setting out of the way papers,wholesale.Why should the boys suffer on the needs of the Industry?And why should the DGS or the CS abide by the whims of the Industry?
c).In the ensuing bargain,the old-age parents suffer,both mentally and economically.
d).My letter to the Hon’ble Minister of Shipping and JS(ports),yesterday,will illustrate to your Excellency,the creation of many unnecessary posts of examiners in the DGS,as opposed to just one(that of the old ornamental post of the Chief Examiner for the CS) as provided in the Act 44 of 1958(vide secs.76,78 &79),in order to make room for many more surveyors ,permanently in the air-conditioned corridors of power,and do a work,designed originally for the POMMD. A Gazette notification is considered enough for tinkering with the Act of Parliament.
e).The job of a Surveyor is to see that Shipping is safe by itself and for the ports on the extensive coast and not for signing mark-sheets of examinees.This must stop at the earliest and Surveyors should devote fully to the problems of Shipping and show active presence in the field outside their cushy cabins in Mumbai.They are selected as field officers and not babus of the office,to which they have,gloriously,adopted and are adhering to the MPPinto formula to get a good CR.
f).I beg to submit for your gracious suggestion to the Minister or the Administrative Reforms to very kindly take my submissions above and consider constituting a high-powered Committee to mitigate the sufferings of thousands of MOT examinees and the double the no. of their parents,from the cruel and sinister clutches of the present lot of surveyors,armed with a bible created for them by Sri MPPinto,with inputs from one DR.Mishra,a clever surveyor to have gifted his ilk with cushy jobs,out of turn,for which the entire abovementioned lot of humanity,shall be forever,grateful to your Excellency.
Yours Obediently
Suresh Pratap Singh
Thursday, September 24, 2009
about orissa coastline mess-up on 09.09.09
24.09.09
To,Joint Secretary(ports),Ministry of Shipping,G oI,,New Delhi.
Kind Attention:Sri Rakesh Srivastava.
About Orissa Coastline Mess –up.
Sinking of Mongolian Ship M.V.Black Rose,with 900tons of fuel oil,on 09.09.09.
Why no representative of the Chief Surveyor from the DGShipping sent/gone there,other than the N.A.& POMMD Kolkata,Capt. Panda,both deck-officers?(as reported by TOI.).
On panic stations from Paradip port,the DGS sent the Nautical Advisor but no Engineer Surveyor,to see for himself the lackadaisical attitude of the engineering Surveyor,in charge,locally to have allowed such a rotten ship to come anywhere near the Indian coast for such a mishap to have taken place,endangering flora and fauna and the coastal populace(being extensively covered by the media.).The CS,other than getting his feed -back from the POMMD,Kolkata , should have promptly dispatched one of the senior surveyors or the deputy chiefs to coordinate,assess and supervise the exigency and find-out how come a ship like that was at all allowed on the coast.There is nothing extra ordinary about that,as for last twenty years,any ship attaining fifteen years of age,is just not allowed on the U.K.coast.What is stopping our administration from doing so?The office of the DG Shipping has been created for such requirements to be looked after.And the Office of the Chief Surveyor is to assist the DGS in these matters.But Surveyors and Deputy Chiefs are more interested in examining the engineers,a job we were told in revalidation classes , meant for the MMD under POMMD.Under secs. 76,78 and 79 of the M.S.Act,it is only the CS,who occupies the ornamental post of the Chief Surveyor,since the times of the British.But the rules made vide the Meta Manual have created ample scope of cushy cum bossy jobs in the headquarters of the DG Shipping and the MMD is virtually bereft of it,thanks may be mainly due to Dr. Mishra as I was told by a GM of the SCI. One does’nt know whether this needs a ratification and amendment in the Act.But the rule itself does need a looking- into for its efficacy in the above light of neglect of the problem on the Orissa coast,by the CS,in the aftermath of the tragedy.
2 I recall sailing on Tankers and of the SOPEP drills conducted there,regularly,using primitive devices for containg Oil-spreading technology with large encircling Oil-booms with oil absorbing saw-dust and mats or oil dispersants(which was on the verge of being banned) and eventually the oily water to be sucked-out of sea if a pump could be made available from shore-side with a vessel for collection of the same like in the case of the Orissa muck-up,presently. A report from a deputy chief Surveyor is the call of the day and high alert for the Chief Surveyor and battery of his able Surveyors to stop such ships from entering their territorial –jurisdictions on the long Indian coast of nearly 7500kms-plus.
Thanking you.
Yours Truly
Suresh Pratap Singh
Marine Chief Engineer
Ph.:022-27745804
Mob.09935398306
Email:singhsp65@yahoo.com
Singh.suresh99@gmail.com
To,Joint Secretary(ports),Ministry of Shipping,G oI,,New Delhi.
Kind Attention:Sri Rakesh Srivastava.
About Orissa Coastline Mess –up.
Sinking of Mongolian Ship M.V.Black Rose,with 900tons of fuel oil,on 09.09.09.
Why no representative of the Chief Surveyor from the DGShipping sent/gone there,other than the N.A.& POMMD Kolkata,Capt. Panda,both deck-officers?(as reported by TOI.).
On panic stations from Paradip port,the DGS sent the Nautical Advisor but no Engineer Surveyor,to see for himself the lackadaisical attitude of the engineering Surveyor,in charge,locally to have allowed such a rotten ship to come anywhere near the Indian coast for such a mishap to have taken place,endangering flora and fauna and the coastal populace(being extensively covered by the media.).The CS,other than getting his feed -back from the POMMD,Kolkata , should have promptly dispatched one of the senior surveyors or the deputy chiefs to coordinate,assess and supervise the exigency and find-out how come a ship like that was at all allowed on the coast.There is nothing extra ordinary about that,as for last twenty years,any ship attaining fifteen years of age,is just not allowed on the U.K.coast.What is stopping our administration from doing so?The office of the DG Shipping has been created for such requirements to be looked after.And the Office of the Chief Surveyor is to assist the DGS in these matters.But Surveyors and Deputy Chiefs are more interested in examining the engineers,a job we were told in revalidation classes , meant for the MMD under POMMD.Under secs. 76,78 and 79 of the M.S.Act,it is only the CS,who occupies the ornamental post of the Chief Surveyor,since the times of the British.But the rules made vide the Meta Manual have created ample scope of cushy cum bossy jobs in the headquarters of the DG Shipping and the MMD is virtually bereft of it,thanks may be mainly due to Dr. Mishra as I was told by a GM of the SCI. One does’nt know whether this needs a ratification and amendment in the Act.But the rule itself does need a looking- into for its efficacy in the above light of neglect of the problem on the Orissa coast,by the CS,in the aftermath of the tragedy.
2 I recall sailing on Tankers and of the SOPEP drills conducted there,regularly,using primitive devices for containg Oil-spreading technology with large encircling Oil-booms with oil absorbing saw-dust and mats or oil dispersants(which was on the verge of being banned) and eventually the oily water to be sucked-out of sea if a pump could be made available from shore-side with a vessel for collection of the same like in the case of the Orissa muck-up,presently. A report from a deputy chief Surveyor is the call of the day and high alert for the Chief Surveyor and battery of his able Surveyors to stop such ships from entering their territorial –jurisdictions on the long Indian coast of nearly 7500kms-plus.
Thanking you.
Yours Truly
Suresh Pratap Singh
Marine Chief Engineer
Ph.:022-27745804
Mob.09935398306
Email:singhsp65@yahoo.com
Singh.suresh99@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
impugned circular(044) sent by Dy.CS for easing out.
Dated-20.08.09
To
Sri Pratap Bhosle
At DGShipping,Mumbai-400001
Sub.:Revalidation & upgrading of MEO class certificate Reg.
My dear Sri Bhosleji,
Your letter ENG/EXAM-17(6)/08 dated 10/07/09has been recd.on 19.08.09.
My reply as follows,after being thankful to you for your kind letter and concern.
1.The Circular No.44 dtd.29.07.2002 may have been drawn by a Dy.CS during the days of virtual commotion and administrative turmoil of a major change taking place from STCW ’78 to STCW ’95,and everybody was at a loss to visualize the final picture, when the department was only too willing to dump the STCW ’78,wholesale as the picture was not very clear and seamen were warned to prepare for the change from 1978 onwards,in being made to, forcibly, do the courses like the PSSR(four years in advance) or else.The SCI refused to follow suit and Mr. Ravichandran let it pass.Even till june’2004,Dy.Chief Surveyors actually must have found the STCW ’78 certificates(COCs) as “an old piece of useless paper , worth nothing in the future and/or of any use, even in the near future” in the Directorate and the MMD , so in fact,he must have drafted the said impugned circular as his personalized effort to some how, perhaps, help the old foggies,rendered out of job.
So ,one has to take such circulars with a pinch of salt.It may have served the purpose of doling-out a favour, to those whose COC was to be revalidated and upgraded,without the person having to go to sea.I have given one such example in my various representations.
2.What we were told and taught in our early careers of marine engineering,about the COCs of the G.o.I. is the fact as “Whereas it has been duly reported that you have been found qualified to fulfill the duties of First Class Engineer of a steamship(or a Motor Ship) in the Merchant service ,the President of India does hereby,in pursuance of the Act grant you this Certificate of Competency.”
And that
“This Certificate is liable to be cancelled or suspended by the appropriate Court or Tribunal or by the Central Govt.”
It would show,therefore,and amply clearly that the circular in question(044) has taken too much onus upon itself so as to carry-out an imaginary onerous task and that without any authorization or any specific order to that effect,from the Central Govt.(on behalf of the President of India), so as to impose it’s suggestion and will of wanting to “REEXAMINE A COC HOLDER OF THE PAST GENERATION WITH THE DATED CODING OF THOSE DAYS’
Rules can be made and implemented so as to meet the requirements of the progress and I proceeded to sea,on being told and only orally, at that, by the Chief,without a murmur,as it was only proper to remove the rustiness of twenty years,and in preparation to sail again as a Chief Engineer.on the high seas with confidence and ease.
Quite ingeniously,the then Dy.CS has not used the word “examination” with viva or with orals.It was to be a viva and an oral chit chat.
But one can not challenge the fundamental rights of someone in this country,now a days,after the brits have gone.Something amounting to that is supercilious and obnoxious and pray it would not persist.
3. The said circular has provided some insight to me in my unfortunate case.Where as you had ordered me on the 2nd & 3rd of Feb.’09 that I should proceed on a coastal vessel of propulsion power”more than 3000Kws for a period of..etc.,etc..But this phrase of more than 3000Kw is not to be located in the circular sent by you.
Do you know as to why so? You may recall that I went to all the places mentioned by you and no where I could find a coastal vessel sailing with engines with 3000 or above Kw power,and I requested that if you allowed me to sail away from the coast I could request HMS etc. to take me on as a second engineer for couple of months.I wanted only some money for retirement and I would be satisfied with those wages for a few months.But you said you wanted to keep an eye on me(as if I would run away,leaving my wife and children,as your responsibility)You are thirteen years my junior in the shipping industry and you want to keep an eye on me. So very kind of you and thank you ,indeed.
4.Even in the Meta Manual Vol.I,from pages 25 to 28 it always speaks of “750 Kw to 3000Kw propulsion power operating in near coastal voyages.So they already know,what took me two months,on your insistence,to find out that on a near coastal voyage the vessels operating would be in the range of 750 to 3000 Kw in power for propulsion,but rarely in excess of 3000Kws.So I was on a wild goose chase for two months of my precious sailing days remaining at my disposal.
5.I have faced only aggressive and uncooperative civil servants,apart from some special ones,who are even harsh,derogatory and demeaning,plus full of vengeance and spite and ready to ruin a career full of hope of a very senior marine engineer>Sometimes it is the ex-DMET vs. the non DMET feeling taking the upper hand of even a mature officer ‘s mind.I am proud that Sri D. Mehrotra made rule only for myself ,thereby cutting the life of my COC by half,while yours (and mine also),batchmate Mr.Mankoo and one Mr. Kulkarni have flouted it in my knowledge and have proceeded to sea after the culmination of revalidation course on 26.02.09,instead of upgrading their COCs,meaning that they had no such restriction as was placed on mine.How unfair,on the part of not only Mr. Mehrotra,but on the entire department?
6. I am not sure,whether you are trying to help me or trying to block me?Notwithstanding that let me feel happy on the spirit of comraderie amongst the fellow marine engineers,in the Directorate of Shipping.Jolly good luck to you all.
Yours sincerely
Suresh Pratap Singh
Ph.:022-27745804
Mob.:09935398306
Email:singhsp65@yahoo.com
Singh.suresh99@gmail.com
To
Sri Pratap Bhosle
At DGShipping,Mumbai-400001
Sub.:Revalidation & upgrading of MEO class certificate Reg.
My dear Sri Bhosleji,
Your letter ENG/EXAM-17(6)/08 dated 10/07/09has been recd.on 19.08.09.
My reply as follows,after being thankful to you for your kind letter and concern.
1.The Circular No.44 dtd.29.07.2002 may have been drawn by a Dy.CS during the days of virtual commotion and administrative turmoil of a major change taking place from STCW ’78 to STCW ’95,and everybody was at a loss to visualize the final picture, when the department was only too willing to dump the STCW ’78,wholesale as the picture was not very clear and seamen were warned to prepare for the change from 1978 onwards,in being made to, forcibly, do the courses like the PSSR(four years in advance) or else.The SCI refused to follow suit and Mr. Ravichandran let it pass.Even till june’2004,Dy.Chief Surveyors actually must have found the STCW ’78 certificates(COCs) as “an old piece of useless paper , worth nothing in the future and/or of any use, even in the near future” in the Directorate and the MMD , so in fact,he must have drafted the said impugned circular as his personalized effort to some how, perhaps, help the old foggies,rendered out of job.
So ,one has to take such circulars with a pinch of salt.It may have served the purpose of doling-out a favour, to those whose COC was to be revalidated and upgraded,without the person having to go to sea.I have given one such example in my various representations.
2.What we were told and taught in our early careers of marine engineering,about the COCs of the G.o.I. is the fact as “Whereas it has been duly reported that you have been found qualified to fulfill the duties of First Class Engineer of a steamship(or a Motor Ship) in the Merchant service ,the President of India does hereby,in pursuance of the Act grant you this Certificate of Competency.”
And that
“This Certificate is liable to be cancelled or suspended by the appropriate Court or Tribunal or by the Central Govt.”
It would show,therefore,and amply clearly that the circular in question(044) has taken too much onus upon itself so as to carry-out an imaginary onerous task and that without any authorization or any specific order to that effect,from the Central Govt.(on behalf of the President of India), so as to impose it’s suggestion and will of wanting to “REEXAMINE A COC HOLDER OF THE PAST GENERATION WITH THE DATED CODING OF THOSE DAYS’
Rules can be made and implemented so as to meet the requirements of the progress and I proceeded to sea,on being told and only orally, at that, by the Chief,without a murmur,as it was only proper to remove the rustiness of twenty years,and in preparation to sail again as a Chief Engineer.on the high seas with confidence and ease.
Quite ingeniously,the then Dy.CS has not used the word “examination” with viva or with orals.It was to be a viva and an oral chit chat.
But one can not challenge the fundamental rights of someone in this country,now a days,after the brits have gone.Something amounting to that is supercilious and obnoxious and pray it would not persist.
3. The said circular has provided some insight to me in my unfortunate case.Where as you had ordered me on the 2nd & 3rd of Feb.’09 that I should proceed on a coastal vessel of propulsion power”more than 3000Kws for a period of..etc.,etc..But this phrase of more than 3000Kw is not to be located in the circular sent by you.
Do you know as to why so? You may recall that I went to all the places mentioned by you and no where I could find a coastal vessel sailing with engines with 3000 or above Kw power,and I requested that if you allowed me to sail away from the coast I could request HMS etc. to take me on as a second engineer for couple of months.I wanted only some money for retirement and I would be satisfied with those wages for a few months.But you said you wanted to keep an eye on me(as if I would run away,leaving my wife and children,as your responsibility)You are thirteen years my junior in the shipping industry and you want to keep an eye on me. So very kind of you and thank you ,indeed.
4.Even in the Meta Manual Vol.I,from pages 25 to 28 it always speaks of “750 Kw to 3000Kw propulsion power operating in near coastal voyages.So they already know,what took me two months,on your insistence,to find out that on a near coastal voyage the vessels operating would be in the range of 750 to 3000 Kw in power for propulsion,but rarely in excess of 3000Kws.So I was on a wild goose chase for two months of my precious sailing days remaining at my disposal.
5.I have faced only aggressive and uncooperative civil servants,apart from some special ones,who are even harsh,derogatory and demeaning,plus full of vengeance and spite and ready to ruin a career full of hope of a very senior marine engineer>Sometimes it is the ex-DMET vs. the non DMET feeling taking the upper hand of even a mature officer ‘s mind.I am proud that Sri D. Mehrotra made rule only for myself ,thereby cutting the life of my COC by half,while yours (and mine also),batchmate Mr.Mankoo and one Mr. Kulkarni have flouted it in my knowledge and have proceeded to sea after the culmination of revalidation course on 26.02.09,instead of upgrading their COCs,meaning that they had no such restriction as was placed on mine.How unfair,on the part of not only Mr. Mehrotra,but on the entire department?
6. I am not sure,whether you are trying to help me or trying to block me?Notwithstanding that let me feel happy on the spirit of comraderie amongst the fellow marine engineers,in the Directorate of Shipping.Jolly good luck to you all.
Yours sincerely
Suresh Pratap Singh
Ph.:022-27745804
Mob.:09935398306
Email:singhsp65@yahoo.com
Singh.suresh99@gmail.com
wrong direction from Dy.CS for a 3000Kw powered Ship on the coast
Thank you Sir, for your consideration of acknowledging my pleadings.I am doing exactly as per your instructions and orders and am running from post to pillar from 4th of February onwards seeking to sail in the next lower rank as a second engineer for three months on a 3000 Kwhr vessel around the coastal belt .Many owners are apprehensive about the delay and rigmarole of obtaining not only one but two dispensations from the DGS.Some even do not like to pay the fat fee involved. I have also registered with Jobship.com and have replied to some offers.But they are reluctant in taking a 69 year old man as a second engineer and on the net my good health is not reflected to them,clearly.May I humbly suggest some practicable solution to the writ of Meta Manual,in this aspect?
2.Sir,who am I to play tricks? I am,but a lowly seaman and you are all Gods incarnate. There was a time when a seaman could be debarred from sailing for all his life by the Master of the Vessel and the brits ashore as Govt. servants upheld the Sea-out of the seaman thus penalized. Now it’s more sophisticated. In my case truth to tell I am tricked good and proper into supplication, humiliation, repeated demotions resulting in abject penury of late. All this is done by playing with the life -line of my COC. It has been tampered, meddled and sabotaged in advance, by a rule to be framed seven months later. And uptodate the said rule vide Circular 105 0f 29th January,2007 is not enforced as I have reported of two cases, to your goodselves involving two chief engineers doing their revalidation on 26.02.2009,said that their COC was in no immediate need of revalidation, after the revalidation course. One COC was valid till July of this year and another till August. May I at least wonder to myself why did only mine expire with the expiry of the revalidation course on 26.02.09,enjoying only a little more than two and a half years of life-line or validity, revalidated when the new rule was no where in sight ./
3.May I dare say that I do know the reason? Yes it was a back-lash over trivials of rejuvenating the teaching of Steam-engineering in the LBS CAMSAR and some other small talk about roti-dal provided for trainees of AIIMT in one lakh for six months to be raised to nine months and my ’78 STCW COC being good for nothing piece of paper, etc.May I add it was a malafide intention and pre-meditated action.So how can it be held as tricks?It should be resolved gracefully, amicably and judiciously for God’s sake.
Yours truly and obediently.
Suresh Pratap Singh
Marine Chief Engineer
Seeking redressal in shortened validation of
COC No.:95W-5067(1st class combine)
14.04.09 at Navi-Mumbai-410210
2.Sir,who am I to play tricks? I am,but a lowly seaman and you are all Gods incarnate. There was a time when a seaman could be debarred from sailing for all his life by the Master of the Vessel and the brits ashore as Govt. servants upheld the Sea-out of the seaman thus penalized. Now it’s more sophisticated. In my case truth to tell I am tricked good and proper into supplication, humiliation, repeated demotions resulting in abject penury of late. All this is done by playing with the life -line of my COC. It has been tampered, meddled and sabotaged in advance, by a rule to be framed seven months later. And uptodate the said rule vide Circular 105 0f 29th January,2007 is not enforced as I have reported of two cases, to your goodselves involving two chief engineers doing their revalidation on 26.02.2009,said that their COC was in no immediate need of revalidation, after the revalidation course. One COC was valid till July of this year and another till August. May I at least wonder to myself why did only mine expire with the expiry of the revalidation course on 26.02.09,enjoying only a little more than two and a half years of life-line or validity, revalidated when the new rule was no where in sight ./
3.May I dare say that I do know the reason? Yes it was a back-lash over trivials of rejuvenating the teaching of Steam-engineering in the LBS CAMSAR and some other small talk about roti-dal provided for trainees of AIIMT in one lakh for six months to be raised to nine months and my ’78 STCW COC being good for nothing piece of paper, etc.May I add it was a malafide intention and pre-meditated action.So how can it be held as tricks?It should be resolved gracefully, amicably and judiciously for God’s sake.
Yours truly and obediently.
Suresh Pratap Singh
Marine Chief Engineer
Seeking redressal in shortened validation of
COC No.:95W-5067(1st class combine)
14.04.09 at Navi-Mumbai-410210
Friday, June 19, 2009
a request to Hon'ble Shipping Minister for an appointment
Dated:17th of june,2009
Respected Minister,Sir,
Re.:Seeking an appointment to represent case of harassment.
Between the 29th of june and before Parliament’s session,in july.
I have submitted my representation,in the above matter,after failing with the top bureaucrats of the ministry,for last six months,which has crippled me from earning,before retiring in six months time,to your goodselves on the 31st of May,while welcoming your appointment,on the internet and later by registered post on the 12th of june,from Mumbai.
2.However,I feel I am not able to express myself well in writing,to be so overwhelmingly ignored by so many officials,during the last six months,that I should try to speak-out of my woes,in person,before your goodselves.Hence my request to see you,personally.
3.I hope your good office will kindly permit me to see you,on one of the four working days,before the session of the Parliament or even on the 6th of july,when I plan to return to Mumbai ,for which I shall be much grateful to them.
Thanking You.
Yours Obediently
Suresh Pratap Singh
Charterd Engineer(London)
Marine Chief Engineer,1st class,combine.
At E-4,6/23,Spaghetti,Sector-15
Kharghar,New-Mumbai-410210
Ph.:022-27745804
Mob.:09935398306
Email:singh.suresh99@gmail.com
Singhsp65@yahoo.com
Attached:a copy of the representation.
Respected Minister,Sir,
Re.:Seeking an appointment to represent case of harassment.
Between the 29th of june and before Parliament’s session,in july.
I have submitted my representation,in the above matter,after failing with the top bureaucrats of the ministry,for last six months,which has crippled me from earning,before retiring in six months time,to your goodselves on the 31st of May,while welcoming your appointment,on the internet and later by registered post on the 12th of june,from Mumbai.
2.However,I feel I am not able to express myself well in writing,to be so overwhelmingly ignored by so many officials,during the last six months,that I should try to speak-out of my woes,in person,before your goodselves.Hence my request to see you,personally.
3.I hope your good office will kindly permit me to see you,on one of the four working days,before the session of the Parliament or even on the 6th of july,when I plan to return to Mumbai ,for which I shall be much grateful to them.
Thanking You.
Yours Obediently
Suresh Pratap Singh
Charterd Engineer(London)
Marine Chief Engineer,1st class,combine.
At E-4,6/23,Spaghetti,Sector-15
Kharghar,New-Mumbai-410210
Ph.:022-27745804
Mob.:09935398306
Email:singh.suresh99@gmail.com
Singhsp65@yahoo.com
Attached:a copy of the representation.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
the ways of Executive Ship Mgmt.in paying seamen or not paying at all.
Dated:10th of june,2009.
To
The Shipping Master,
Govt. Shipping Office,Mumbai.
Kind Attn.:Sri Mukul Dutta
Deputy Shipping Master
Sir,
On seeing the reply of M/S. Executive Ship Management’s reply to your reminder of 22nd April’09,in my case,only briefly,it looked like a bundle of lies to me,for the following reasons of non-confirmation of any of their assertions,there-in.
1.That as I have been persuing,assiduously,for the realization of my due wages from them.since,1999 and have been reporting to you,to the DG,to the Govt.,and afterwards the Police and the Home Secy. GOI,the IMO and the ITF,upto replying their defamation notice on me for five crores in the Bombay High Court,right till 2006.Only when I was too busy in my second daughters marriage in 2007,that I was unable to be after them.
(b) may be they have shifted their file on me to their Advocate in the High Court,Sri Dharmendra Rohra and can have it back from him.
2. That their statement that the money was returned to the principles is a blatant lie is demonstrated by the Xerox I am submitting showing a transfer of US$14661.50 to them towards the wages of te four Chief Engineers,including myself.That is a different matter that they misused it,individually or as a company on bad habits ex-seamen are accustomed to or on bribing for some people to keep their mouths shut,like the police of Cuff Parade police station.
3. Removing me from Meridian Mira became necessary as they could not obtain a work Permit from the Director General,beyond 25th of December,1998.Xerox enclosed.
4. As regards my misdemeanour, please see their Executive Chairman Dato Halim’s Fax(enclosed)as he says that I was only interested in phoning my wife and opening a marine academy(indeed I was permitted to do so on 13.10 1998 copy enclosed).Dato calls me a retired C/E at 59 and here I am begging the CS & the DGS to allow me to sail at 69,by kindly refurbishing my mislaid COC.
5. My clash with a tyrannical master Ashraf Kader was only natural as he had become extra ruthless and ill-mannered,in order to placate his former bosses in Prima Shipping Co.,from where he was removed.He sent away the Electrician from the Ship and would want me personally to change the fused bulb from his toilet,and keep playing deliberate tricks on the Bridge with electrical switches and put the blame on me,to humiliate me in order to bring me under his thumb.
(b)worst he would never permit me to go down to the engine room,to hear the bsound of machinery(I had to be extra cautious as their two ships crank-shafts had cracked).He would have me manoeuvring on the Bridge,instead,to which I was not used to.
(c)He would’nt allow me to go ashore(see my protest note of 17th Dec.1998)saying Indians are not allowed to go ashore.I have Complained to the ITF &IMO under ISPS and ChapterXI(enclosed).
6. That I may kindly add that their Contract on which I have signed(enclosed) has no Clause 13,as mentioned by Devare inhis letters of 22nd May’1999 and in his letter of 11.07.2000(enclosed for your reminder).
PRAYER
It was for this reason that the In/charge Shipping Master,very kindly, issued the letter of 5th Nov.2001,and gave me a copy.But ever so busy in my activities in the Farm and in the town of Varanasi,I could not persue it to it’s logical conclusion at your office and I gave much credence to police action,specially after being told that the company is in cahoots with terrorists organization and I should rather forgo the money than risk their ire,It was on the 5th of Nov.(2001),it self,that I was warned.
However,it was an unfound fear and I left visiting the Shipping Office.
Now if there is anyway of realizing the long forgotten US$2861.00 as my dues for 35 days service on Meridian Mira,it may kindly be resorted to and oblige the undersigned
Thanking You.
Yours Obediently.
Suresh Pratap Singh
Marine Chief Engineer
COC No.:95W-5067
1st Class Combine Chief
At E-4,6/23,Spaghetti
Sector-15,Kharghar node
Navi Mumbai-410210
Ph.:022-27745804
Mob.:09935398306
To
The Shipping Master,
Govt. Shipping Office,Mumbai.
Kind Attn.:Sri Mukul Dutta
Deputy Shipping Master
Sir,
On seeing the reply of M/S. Executive Ship Management’s reply to your reminder of 22nd April’09,in my case,only briefly,it looked like a bundle of lies to me,for the following reasons of non-confirmation of any of their assertions,there-in.
1.That as I have been persuing,assiduously,for the realization of my due wages from them.since,1999 and have been reporting to you,to the DG,to the Govt.,and afterwards the Police and the Home Secy. GOI,the IMO and the ITF,upto replying their defamation notice on me for five crores in the Bombay High Court,right till 2006.Only when I was too busy in my second daughters marriage in 2007,that I was unable to be after them.
(b) may be they have shifted their file on me to their Advocate in the High Court,Sri Dharmendra Rohra and can have it back from him.
2. That their statement that the money was returned to the principles is a blatant lie is demonstrated by the Xerox I am submitting showing a transfer of US$14661.50 to them towards the wages of te four Chief Engineers,including myself.That is a different matter that they misused it,individually or as a company on bad habits ex-seamen are accustomed to or on bribing for some people to keep their mouths shut,like the police of Cuff Parade police station.
3. Removing me from Meridian Mira became necessary as they could not obtain a work Permit from the Director General,beyond 25th of December,1998.Xerox enclosed.
4. As regards my misdemeanour, please see their Executive Chairman Dato Halim’s Fax(enclosed)as he says that I was only interested in phoning my wife and opening a marine academy(indeed I was permitted to do so on 13.10 1998 copy enclosed).Dato calls me a retired C/E at 59 and here I am begging the CS & the DGS to allow me to sail at 69,by kindly refurbishing my mislaid COC.
5. My clash with a tyrannical master Ashraf Kader was only natural as he had become extra ruthless and ill-mannered,in order to placate his former bosses in Prima Shipping Co.,from where he was removed.He sent away the Electrician from the Ship and would want me personally to change the fused bulb from his toilet,and keep playing deliberate tricks on the Bridge with electrical switches and put the blame on me,to humiliate me in order to bring me under his thumb.
(b)worst he would never permit me to go down to the engine room,to hear the bsound of machinery(I had to be extra cautious as their two ships crank-shafts had cracked).He would have me manoeuvring on the Bridge,instead,to which I was not used to.
(c)He would’nt allow me to go ashore(see my protest note of 17th Dec.1998)saying Indians are not allowed to go ashore.I have Complained to the ITF &IMO under ISPS and ChapterXI(enclosed).
6. That I may kindly add that their Contract on which I have signed(enclosed) has no Clause 13,as mentioned by Devare inhis letters of 22nd May’1999 and in his letter of 11.07.2000(enclosed for your reminder).
PRAYER
It was for this reason that the In/charge Shipping Master,very kindly, issued the letter of 5th Nov.2001,and gave me a copy.But ever so busy in my activities in the Farm and in the town of Varanasi,I could not persue it to it’s logical conclusion at your office and I gave much credence to police action,specially after being told that the company is in cahoots with terrorists organization and I should rather forgo the money than risk their ire,It was on the 5th of Nov.(2001),it self,that I was warned.
However,it was an unfound fear and I left visiting the Shipping Office.
Now if there is anyway of realizing the long forgotten US$2861.00 as my dues for 35 days service on Meridian Mira,it may kindly be resorted to and oblige the undersigned
Thanking You.
Yours Obediently.
Suresh Pratap Singh
Marine Chief Engineer
COC No.:95W-5067
1st Class Combine Chief
At E-4,6/23,Spaghetti
Sector-15,Kharghar node
Navi Mumbai-410210
Ph.:022-27745804
Mob.:09935398306
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