Editor: K.V.

SRIDHARAN

Vol. 38 JANUARY-2009 No.1

Editorial

Monthly Journal of All India Postal Employees Union Group 'C',(CHQ)

Dada Ghosh Bhawan, 2151/1, New Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110008
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 Editorial
INTO THE FUTURE WITH REPOSED CONFIDENCE
The 27th All India Conference of our
organisation held at Guntur has set a new
dimension to our image, function and our future.
The manner the AIC itself was organised and
conducted has no parallel in our history of All India
Conferences. The best atmosphere and ambience
made available for the thousands of delegates and
visitors at Guntur enabled them to concentrate
maximum with full attention over discussion on the
issues at hand. The leaders of various organisations
who were our special guests presented eloquent
and exemplary speeches that added new
understanding to our strategy.
The issues that engaged our concentration
are the complex problems of Group C. Since we
met in the immediate background of implementation
of 6th CPC recommendations, the issues involved
several aspects of pay commission. The just
submitted Nataraja Murti Committee
recommendations loaded with innumerable
negative recommendations was casting its dark
shadow. The serious issues of postal employees
like Screening Committee, shortage of staff and
many other issues as well as the specific issues
of Postal Group C like Cadre Restructuring, TBOP,
System Administrators, Marketing Executives,
PO&RMS Accountants etc have also making an
impact on the discussions in the AIC.
The battle lines should be drawn and proper
strategy shall have to be finalised if one has to
surmount the difficulties and succeed in all the
above issues. The AIC in the immediate background
of NFPE Convention held in the same venue has
drawn the policy and programme and strategy to
unite all the postal employees behind a common
Sectional Charter of Demands of Postal Employees
including GDS as well as behind a common Charter
of Demands of all CG Employees.
The Conference debated at length and
arrived the understanding that a united struggle of
all sections of postal employees alone can ensure
further growth and progress. The Conference
witnessed a special night session of System
Administrators that consolidated the demands of
this section of employees. The AIC has paved way
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to explore the possibility of merging the cadre of
PO&RMS Accountants with the organised
accounts to end the discrimination continuing over
decades and also for ensuring better promotional
avenues to them. The AIC endorsed the cadre
restructuring proposals of the CHQ to be taken
forward to ensure better promotional aspects in
addition to 3 ACP. The exemption of Screening
Committee and filling up of all vacant posts will
continue to be our major issue to be tackled with
top most priority.
The AIC decided the strategy that we as
part of NFPE and Confederation will strive to forge
stronger links with the entirety of CG Employees
organisations to carry forward the struggle for
improvement of recommendations of 6th CPC in
the immediate future. Our strategy also includes
that we establish larger unity of postal employees
under the banner of Postal JCA for realising the
issues of Postal Employees and forge ahead in
the path of united action. The AIC also made it
clear that through these united action we have to
ensure that no adverse recommendations of
Nataraja Murti Committee could be implemented
by the Government but the recommendations are
improved and modified.
Comrades! We the Postal Group C is the
largest organisation of NFPE and our role therefore
are paramount in playing the role of leadership in
uniting and leading the joint movement of Postal
and CG Employees. The AIC has set the agenda
for building a stronger organisation to play this
due role. The outcome of the AIC including the
over all appreciation of the delegates towards the
effective functioning of CHQ and the unanimous
adoption of all resolutions and Biennial Report and
Accounts and the election of office bearers that
witnessed unanimous return of the outgoing team
once again - all show the enormous confidence
reposed in the leadership of our organisation by
our rank and file.
The elected team of office bearers of the
CHQ will keep the stupendous task before us and
will continue its function best to keep the
confidence reposed on them.
 General Secretary’s Desk
THE HISTORICAL 27TH ALL INDIA CONFERENCE HELD AT GUNTUR
FROM 30.11.08 to 03.12.08.
The historic 27th All India conference of our
union was held from 30.11.08 to 3.12.08 at Guntur in
Andhra Pradesh under the president ship of Com. M.
Krishnan, President, CHQ. The reception committee
headed by Com R. Sivannarayana, Asst General
Secretary and his team has made excellent
arrangements for the conference, catering and the
accommodation for the delegates. This is the first time
in the history of the All India conference that more
than 2000 visitors attended the conference besides
the entitled delegates around 875.The whole
conference was held in a big auditorium which is fully
air-conditioned that provided very comfortable
atmosphere to the delegates for the deliberations in
the conference. We have never seen in the past such
kind of arrangements for the AIC and the reception
committee deserves all appreciations.
The AIC commenced its proceedings with the
Flag hoisting at 10.45 hours on 30.11.08. The national
flag was hoisted by Com. B. G. Tamhankar, Ex
President, NFPE and CHQ. Com D. K. Rahate,
President NFPE and Com M. Krishnan, President,
CHQ hoisted the NFPE and the AIPEU Group C flags
respectively amidst slogans renting the air. Floral
tributes were paid to the martyr column before
commencing the house. The cultural group performed
programmes in an admirable way.
The inaugural session and the open session
was held at 1100 hours on 30.11.08 and Com M.
Krishnan, president presided the meeting. Sri Raavi
Venkataramana, MLA, Prathipadu and also the
Chairman of the Reception committee presented the
welcome address. Com Nilotpal Basu, Ex M.P
delivered the inaugural address and dealt all the issues
confronting the working class and role of the Postal
workers in the continuous fight against the onslaughts
of Globalization policies practiced by the Government.
Prof. Haragopal Reddy, Vice Chancellor of the
Acharya Nagarjuna University delivered his oration in
a magnificent manner detailing the problems of the
workers and their responsibilities. Com K. K. N. Kutty,
Secretary General, Confederation of Central
Government employees and workers elaborated in
detail about the denial of minimum wage by the Sixth
CPC and the need to launch serious programmes
seeking the modification of the recommendations and
ensure better service condition to the CG employees.
Com K. Ragavendran, Secretary General,
NFPE dealt all issues confronting the Postal
employees and explained the need for a united
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indefinite strike from 6.1.2009 in order to safeguard
the interest of the GDS employees and also to achieve
the Cadre review and three promotions. Com S. S.
Mahadevaiah, General Secretary, AIPEDE union, Com
P. Suresh, General Secretary, R4 addressed the open
session. Com R. Sivannarayana, General Secretary,
Reception committee and AGS delivered vote of
thanks.
Com Ishwar Singh Dabas, General Secretary,
P4, Com Giriraj Singh, General Secretary, R3, Com.
B. G. Tamhankar, Ex President NFPE & P3, Com S.
P. Mukherjee, General Secretary, Postal Admn,
Com.P. Rajanayagam, General Secretary, Postal
Accounts, Com Asit Das, General Secretary, All India
SBCO employees association addressed during the
subject committee and greeted the conference.
Com K. Venugopal, General Secretary , All
India Insurance employees association orated on the
subject of THE CASCADING EFFECTS OF GLOBAL
FINANCIAL CRISIS on 1.12.08 evening which is the
masterpiece of the deliberation in the conference. He
dealt in detail about the globalization, liberalization,
privatization and the present serious global financial
crisis. His lecture is really exemplary and educative
one to budding unionists.
In the AIC, all Circle Secretaries and 46
Delegates from all the circles participated in the lively
discussions on the topic of Organizational Review.
There was an all-round appreciation from the delegates
on the functioning of the CHQ and assured their
unstinted cooperation for the future better functioning
of the CHQ. The following resolutions printed in the
biennial report were placed and approved in the august
conference.
1. Policy and Programme.
2. Shortage of staff and allied problems like filling of
vacant posts, scrapping of screening committee
and augmentation of adequate posts for new
services.
3. Po & RMS Accountants.
4. Promotional issues.
5. Systems Administrators & problems.
6. One time absorption of approved RRR candidates.
7. Counting of past services as RTP for promotion.
8. Monetary recovery and disciplinary action on
contributory negligence factors.
9. Marketing Executives.
10. Upward revision of MPCM allowance.
11. Upward revision of Cash handling allowances to
Treasurers of post offices.
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12. Problems of women employees.
13. Foreign Post.
14. Postal Stores Depot.
15. Amendment to India Post office Act 1898.
16. Outsourcing and Franchising of postal services.
17. On Bureaucratic excesses
18. Grant of Naxalist Threat Area Allowance to the
employees working in naxalist threat areas.
19. Waiving of outstanding dues of recoveries like HBA
etc from the family pensioners of deceased
employees.
20. Productivity linked bonus.
21. Scrapping of new pension scheme.
22. Treatment in authorized medical hospitals in non
CGHS areas.
23. Various arbitration awards.
24. SB and Savings certificates.
25. Unjust activities in the name of Business post.
Apart from the above, several resolutions proposed by
the delegates were resolved on various issues. The
General Secretary assured appropriate action on all
these resolutions. The redrafting of the Constitution
exercised by the committee was placed before the
house and it was approved after some corrections and
modifications. The subscriptions from membership
have been raised from Rs.10 to Rs.30 per month. The
details of the draft constitution will be printed on its
approval by the department.
Comrade D. Sivagurunathan the victimized
former P4 divisional secretary of Chennai City North
Division was felicitated by the CHQ President and
General Secretary in the Conference. He was donated
1000/- by the P3 divisional union of Warangal.
The biennial report and audited accounts were
unanimously approved by the delegates and thereafter
the election of office bearers were held unanimously.
The following office bearers were elected for the ensuing
term.
The AIC places its appreciations on records
of the outgoing office bearers Com. Subhash Sharma,
Com. Sumitra Goswami, Com. Pannerselvam & Com.
L.P. Saikia.
We record our appreciations to the reception
committee of the 27th AIC headed by com R.
Sivannarayana, AGS for the excellent arrangements
that made the conference a historical and successful
one. Everyone admired the arrangements and
hospitality of the reception committee and this
conference had its place in the milestone in the history
of our movement. We thank again all the comrades of
the reception committee and record our sincere and
abundant thanks.
The future is full of struggles for the betterment
of postal employees in general and the Postal Group
C in particular. The CHQ is fully confident that with the
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total cooperation of all circles, divisions and branches,
the huge task will be carried out to the satisfaction of
all members. We assure that we shall strive hard to
live up to the expectation s our comrades in the rank
and file at grass root level and march ahead.
A SAD DEMISE
COM. JASWANT, DELEGATE, SOLAN DIED WHILE
RETURNING FROM AIC
Com. Jaswant Sharma, Delegate from Solan
Division in Himachal Pradesh Circle died while
returning from Guntur after attending the AIC due to
heart attack. He was admitted at Nagpur but could
not be saved. Himachal Comrades took much pain
to take the mortal to Solan from Nagpur. Com.
Jaswant was only 25 years old. He was survived with
his parent and brothers. We pay our respectful
homage to the departed Comrade. We dip our banner
in the memory of the young departed leader of
Himachal Circle.
INDEFINITE STRIKE CALL BY GDS UNION FROM
17.12.08 EXTEND ALL SOLIDARITY ACTION BY
PARTICIPATING STRIKE
The General Secretary, AIPEDE Union has
given notice to the Department for the indefinite strike
to be commenced from 17.12.2008 on ten charters of
demands particularly seeking modifications in the
retrograde recommendations of the Natarajamurthy
committee report.
There is no second opinion about the need
for a united struggle against the GDS Committee's
negative and most in human recommendations. Both
the Federations and All India Unions including the GDS
unions which met twice during the first week of
November'08 decided to launch indefinite action
demanding the modification of retrograde
recommendations of the GDS report, along with regular
departmental employees demands like Exempting the
Postal department from the purview of screening
committee, Cadre review, Grant of three ACP without
restrictions and other sectional demands.
Accordingly a convention was organized by
the NFPE inviting all the Circle Secretaries and CHQ
office bearers of all the affiliated unions and also the
GDS union at Guntur on 29.11.08 and it was decided
unanimously to issue Strike notice on 19.12.08 for
the indefinite strike from 06.01.08 in case if the
demands are not settled through negotiations. It was
decided to give utmost important in resolving the GDS
demands in the strike charter.
But to our shock and surprise, Com. S. S.
Mahadevaiah during his oration informed the AIC of
our union held at Guntur from 30.11.08 to 03.12.08
that he has decided to issue strike notice alone and
seeking the cooperation of others for solidarity actions.
Accordingly he issued strike notice on 02.12.08. All
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the General Secretaries of other unions of NFPE who
were attending our AIC could not issue any strike notice
since every one decides to launch the indefinite strike
programme from 06.01.09 as decided in the NFPE
convention held on 29.11.08.
We do not want to say anything about the
decision of General Secretary AIPEDE Union. Being
the General Secretary of that Union, he is having all
prerogative rights to decide his own programme &
action. We have no right to insist him to join the
programme decided by all the unions under NFPE
which is also assured to be endorsed by the FNPO
and its affiliates.
The General Secretary, GDS union did not
hear the requests of any one to postpone the strike to
Jan 08 for a united programme under the banner of
JCA with FNPO. He decided to carry out his programme
as he notified but requesting all the unions to extend
solidarity programme. Therefore the Federal secretariat
met on 9.12.08 has decided to extend solidarity
programme with GDS union by direct participation in
the proposed strike from 17.12.08. The NFPE and all
affiliates exhibited their commitments towards the
problems of the GDS knowing very well that it will be
very difficult for them to focus the departmental
employees' issues in the present juncture while
participating in the strike from 17.12.08 launched by
the GDS union without any strike notice and not placing
their demands therein in the charter of demands.
As a responsible affiliate of NFPE and also
having close association and fraternity with GDS for a
long, we took this decision. When the GDS union is
not ready for postponement of strike for a united and
grand struggle up to 6.1.09 by organizing the rank
and file for a strong action, We have no other alternate
except to endorse the GDS struggle since we don't
want to remain as spectator or onlooker of the
developments.
Let us also jump into action extending
solidarity action by participating the strike. We cannot
allow the GDS employees are isolated on any account
and subjected for any victimization. The joint circular
of NFPE and its affiliated unions and also the letter
addressed to department are enclosed along with the
circular .Even though the time before us is very short,
We fervently appeal all Division/Branch secretaries to
rise up to the occasion and ensure full participation of
our comrades in the strike from 17.12.08 in their
branches and extend solidarity support to the striking
GDS comrades.
Dated : 9.1.2008 K.V. Sridharan
General Secretary

LIST OF OFFICE BEARERS

President : Shri M. Krishnan, BCR Postal Assistant, Thycaud P.O, Thiruvananthapuram – 695014,
(Kerala) - 09447068215
Working Presidents : Shri. K. Ragavendran, Sub Postmaster, High Court Building P.O., Chennai – 600104,
(Tamilnadu) 09868819295, 09444919295
Shri. K. B. Barot, Sub Postmaster (HSG-I), Paldi, Ahmedabad - 380007 (Gujarat) -
09824050909
Vice Presidents : Shri. R. C. Misra, Deputy Manager PSD Bhubaneswar, 751007 (Orissa) - 09853332489
Smt. C. P. Shobana, PA (BCR) Pallikkunnu S.O, Kannur – 670004, (Kerala) -
09446721330
General Secretary : Shri K. V. Sridharan, HSG- I Supervisor, Anna Road HPO, Chennai – 600002,
(Tamilnadu) - 09868545552
Dy. Gen. Secretary : Shri Somenath Mukherjee, Postal Assistant, TBOP, L. R. Sarani P.O, Kolkata – 700020
(West Bengal) - 09868769082, 09433703923
Assistant General
Secretaries : Shri. R. Sivannarayana, PRI (P), Guntur - 522002 (Andhra Pradesh) - 09885404840
: Shri. Subhash Mishra, TBOP P.A, Kanpur H.O, 208001 (Uttar Pradesh) - 09839303311
: Shri. Mangesh Parab, TBOP P.A, Mumbai GPO - 400001 (Maharastra) - 09869476944
Financial Secretary : Shri Balwinder Singh, PRI (P), Patel Nagar P.O. New Delhi – 110008 - 09868853970
Assistant Financial
Secretary : Shri. Hari Prasad Diwakar, Sub Postmaster, Naya Bazar P.O., Ajmer - 305001 (Rajasthan) -
09414281457
Organizing General
Secretaries : Shri. Ramani Kanta Bhattacharya, SPM, Meghalya Secretariat P.O, Shilong – 793001
(North East) - 09862205298
: Shri. U. K. Tiwari, TBOP P.A, Patna GPO - 800001 (Bihar) - 09431646096
: Shri. S. K. Nema, Sub Postmaster, Dixitpura P.O., Jabalpur-482002 (Madhya Pradesh)
- 09300101799

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 Resolution on policy and programme
Adopted In the 27th All India Conference
1. The world capitalist economy is gripped in a
severe crisis. The allround recession that engulfed the
Americian economy has badly effected not only the
Americans but has spread across the world affecting
the employment and economic conditions of millions
of people. The US- sponsored and IMF-World Bank-
WTO dictated globalisation policies have proved to be
an utter failure through out the world. The gap between
the haves and have-nots, unemployment and poverty
has increased manifold and has reached an alarming
situation. Privatisation of the Government departments
and public sector undertakings, removal of all barriers
for facilitating free movement of finance capital and
deregulation of market, drastic cut in the subsidies
and other welfare measures has resulted in the
complete collapse of the industrial and agricultural
sectors. The life of the down-drodden, oppressed and
working class have become miserable.
The struggle against the imperialist
globalisation policies and the military aggression of
the US on the sovereign nations are intensifying day
by day not only in the third world countries but also in
the developed capitalist countries. Majority of the Latin
American countries have discarded the US-hegemony
and the imperialist globalisation policies. The socialist
countries are pursuing their own different path of
development. Socialism has emerged as the only
alternative to the imperialist globalisation. The
advocates of globalisation who has opposed the control
of Governments over the economy and finance capital
are now declaring bail-out packages by pumping more
and more government money to the financial sector to
save it from total collapse. Those who have preached
the thesis of "minimum government" now want "more
government' control over economy and are resorting
to nationalisation instead of privatisation.
This 27th AIC of AIPEU Grop-C strongly condemn,
the imperialialist globalisation policies and extend its
whole hearted support and solidarity to the working
class and the millions of people who are organising
militant struggle throughout the world against the US-
sponsored globalisation policies.
2. The former NDA Government and the present
UPA Government are vigourously pursuing the policy
of liberatisation, globalisation and privatisation. The
working class of India have put up strong resistance
against these policies. It is because of the intensive
struggle conducted by the Trade Unions and service
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organisations in each sector and also jointly under
the banner of National platform of Mass organisations,
the Government could not push through its reforms in
the banking, insurance, pension and other sectors.
When compared to the developed capitalist countries,
the impact of worldwide recession that originated from
the US is less in India, only because of the fact that
struggle of the Indian working class has saved the
public sector undertakings including Finacial sector
by preventing the Government from whole-sale
privatisation. Instead of learning lessons from the
failure of the imperialist globalisation policies, UPA
Government is still pursuing the same policies. The
working class of India has to further intensify the
resitance against the anti-people and anti-working
class policies of the Government.
This AIC of AIPEU Group-C extends its full
support to the struggle of the working class and declare
that it shall join all the struggle programmes of the
National Platform of Mass organisations including
strike. This AIC further appreciates the alternative
policies pursued by the left front Governments of Kerala,
West Bengal and Tripura and extends its solidary with
these Governments in implementing the pro-people
and pro-working class policies.
3. The activities of the communal and divisive
forces have become a threat to the independence and
integrity of the country. The religious Fundamentalist
elements are resorting to terrorism and are engaging
in most cruel and heinous act to divide the people on
caste and communal lines. This AIC of the AIPEU
Group-C strongly condemn all the communal and
divisive acts and declare in one voice that the unity
and integrity of the country shall be preserved at any
cost.
4. The much awaited report of the Sixth Pay
Commission headed by Justice Sreekrishna was
submitted to the Government and the Government has
implemented its decisions on the recommendations
with slight modifications. The demand of the JCM staff
side and the Confederation of Central Government
Employees and workers regarding Minimum wage,
fitment formula, financial benifits on promotions,
increment rate, Pension Commutation, date of effect
to the revised allowances from 1-1-2006, has not been
accepted by the Government. Regarding
contractorisation of Group-D functions, Performance
Related Incentive Scheme, Outsourcing and
privatisation etc Government has accepted the
retrograde recommendations of the Commission. The
demand to scrap the Contributory Pension Scheme
is also rejected. Many departmental specific issues
remains unsettled. The Confederation of Central
Government Employees and Workers have decided
to conduct phased programme of action and campaign
for realisation of the just demands and also for rejection
of the retrograde recommendations. This 27th AIC of
AIPEU Group-C calls upon the Postal Employees
to continue its struggle for realisation of the
pending demands of the CG Employees and also
for rejection of the retrograde recommendation
of the Sixth CPC some of which are already
accepted by the Government and some still under
active consideration. This AIC feels that
prolonged campaign programme is to be
undertaken for rallying the entire CG Employees
before embarking upon an idefinite strike.
5. The GDS Committee headed by Retired
Postal Board Member Sri. Nataraja Murthy has
submitted its report on 29.10.08 . As expected the
bureaucratic committee has rejected all the major
demands of the Gramin Dak Sevaks. Civil Sevant
status, pro-rata wages and pension stands rejected.
The increase in the TRCA is megre varying from Rs.
640/- to 960/- monthly increase. Norms for calculation
of workload is tightened. Minimum TRCA is reduced
to 3 hours. The benefit of 5% increase in TRCA in lieu
of DA merger will be absorbed in future increments.
DA formula is to be changed. Bonus will be reduced
to half. House Rent Allowance, Transport Allowance,
counting of service for pension in the departmental
promotional Post, GPF, Assured Carrier Progression
(ACP) - all stands rejected. The proposed service
Discharge Benifit Scheme fails to meet the minimum
pension requirement. Retirement age will be reduced
to 62 from 65. No substitute for paid leave. Conditions
for compassionate appointment and Transfer tightened.
Thousands of Branch Post Offices are to be closed.
Trade Union rights curtailed. GDSSV, GDSMP and
GDSMM posts are to be abolished. Almost all the
recommendations are most retrograde and inhuman.
If Government is not ready to modify the
rcommendations in favour of the GDS, the only way
out is to fight it out. This AIC demand the Central
Government to modify the recommendations of the
GDS Committee and reject the retrograde
recommendations.
This AIC of AIPEU Group-C urge upon the
NEPE to take the lead to rally all the Postal
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organisations under the banner of Joint Council of
Action (JCA) and organise a joint action programme
culminating in indefenite strike. Thus AIC further
resolves that AIPEU Group-C shall be in the forefront
of all the agitational programmes to be conducted for
realisation of the demands of the Gramin Dak Sevaks.
6. The Sixth CPC has not considered the
Departmental specific issues of the various cadres in
the Postal department. The Committee has left such
issues to be dealt with by the concerned departments
at the time of cadre restructuring. In Postal department
no cadre restructuring has taken place for the Group
C cadre so far.. The demands of the Accountants,
System Administrators, Business Executives, Public
Relations Inspectors, Postmasters who are in charge
of Post Offices, Supervisors, Treasurers etc remains
unsettled. However, the Department of Posts has now
agreed for cadre restructuring.
This AIC while appreciating the positive
approach of the Postal Board urges upon the authorities
to speed up the process of cadre restructuring and
come to a mutually agreed settlement on the issues
pertaining to each cadres.
7. The ban on creation of new posts imposed by
the Central Government from 1984 onwards is still
continuing. In 2000, the NDA Government has issued
an executive order for abolition of 2/3 direct recruitment
vacancies. Screening Committee constituted for this
purpose has recommended abolition of about 50,000
posts in the Postal Department. 2/3 posts upto 2005
has already been abolished. Abolition of posts for the
year 2006, 2007 and 2008 is pending. The
indiscriminate abolition of justified posts has resulted
in deterioration of the efficiency of the Postal services.
Due to shortage of PAs even counter duties are
combined. Postmen beats are also combined. RMS
sorting work is adversely affected and unsorted letters
are accumulated. Employees are striving hard to
extend atleast minimum services to the customers. A
stage has come wherein it has become humanly
impossible to run the Post Offices with the existing
staff strength.
This 27th AIC of AIPEU Group-C urges the
Government of India and Postal Board to fill up
all the vacant posts in the Postal Department on
top priority basis, by exempting the Department
of Posts from the purview of Ban on recruitment.
This Conference further resolves that in case the
Government rejects our demand for exemption
of Department of Posts from the purview of Ban,
(Contd. on page 34)
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 LETTER OF ULTIMATUM BY NFPE TO DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
ON POSTAL CHARTER OF DEMANDS
PF-12(d)/2008 Dated 10th December 2008
To
The Secretary
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan
New Delhi - 110001
Sub: Request for discussion and settlement of
vital issues of Postal Employees - Decision of All
India Convention of NFPE Unions - reg.
Sir,
This Federation is constrained to bring to your
kind notice that the All India Convention of all Circle
Secretaries and CHQ Office Bearers of all affiliates of
this Federation held at Guntur on 29.11.2008 has
resolved to submit the enclosed Charter of Demands
to the Department for settlement and to launch an
Indefinite Strike in the event of non-negotiated
settlement.
It can be seen that almost all the demands
were taken up with the department for long. Many
issues were submitted to the department through
unions wise Charter of Demands in the month of
February 2008 [15.02.2008]. Unfortunately no attempt
to convene any meaningful negotiation with the Staff
Side is forthcoming causing grave concern and
disillusion amongst the entirety of postal employees.
It is in this background that the All India
Convention of NFPE unions and associations took the
decision to submit the enclosed Charter of Demands
and request for a negotiated settlement. It is also decided
by the above all India Convention that in the event of a
non-negotiation by the department for a negotiated
settlement before 18th December 2008, the entire postal
employees shall have to embark on an Indefinite Strike
in the first week of January for which a formal Notice
shall have to be served on 19th December 2008.
This Federation is confident that you will
personally intervene in this matter and cause serious
discussions with the Staff Side on the long pending
vital issues of the employees' to restore peace in the
minds of the employees and to avert any unpleasant
development that may disturb the tranquillity in our
services.
We therefore request for your kind and
immediate action that may be appropriate to bring about
a negotiated settlement.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Encl: Charter of Demands. Sd/-
[K.Ragavendran]
Secretary General
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CHARTER OF DEMANDS
1. Modify and improve the recommendations of
Nataraja Murti Committee and reject the retrograde
recommendations [list of modifications / rejections
endorsed separately].
2. Re-fix the wages all Paid Substitutes - RRR
Candidates - Part Time / Contingent w.e.f.
1.1.2006 on the basis of 6th CPC Revised Pay
Scales.
3. Exempt Postal Department from the purview of
Screening Committee and fill up all vacant posts
in all cadres immediately.
4. Hold Periodical Meeting and JCM Departmental
Council / RJCM Regional Council meetings as
per the schedule.
5. Implement all issues of April 2007 Strike
Settlement.
6. Negotiate and settle the sectional charter of
demands submitted by Federations and unions
on 15.02.2008.
7. Finalise Cadre Review for all cadres - creation of
a separate establishment for System
Administrators and redressing their current
problems.
8. Improve the ACP and make it applicable to Postal
Employees.
9. Remove all trade union victimisation in all Circles
and end irrational application of Contributory
Negligence orders.
10. Do not introduce new schemes without
consultations with the Staff Side.
11. Withdraw the SLP against the RRR Candidates
and absorb them immediately.
12. Grant immediate fixation of higher scale as per
6th CPC to TBOP/BCR Postmen / Mailguards.
13. Grant higher pay scales to Head Mail Peons at
par with Postman / Mailguard.
14. Grant Notional fixation for Artisan Grade I in MMS
w.e.f. 1.1.1996 at par with the Railways and
Defence.
15. Redistribute the LSG / HSG II / HSG I posts for
Circle Offices including DPLI Kolkata.
16. Withdraw decentralisation of PLI/RPLI functions
of Circle Offices.
17. Stipulate periodicity of deputationists to Circle
Offices and recruit new incumbents.
18. Ensure integration of all Accounting streams in
DOP under PA Wing and stop the proposed move
to decentralise Postal Accounts.
19. Restore the 3 year periodicity for promotion to
Senior Accountant cadre.
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 LETTERS TO DEPARTMENT
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated - 11.12.2008 addressed to
the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New
Delhi - 110001
l Grant of immunity from Transfer to the
Chairman & Secretary of Postal co-op societies.
It is brought to our notice that the elected
Chairman & Secretaries of the postal co op societies are
experiencing difficulties to discharge their responsibilities
in the cases if they are working out side the head quarters
of the societies. Several members could not avail their
benefits then and there due to the absence of Secretary /
Presidents in the societies for approval of loan and other
demands.
It is therefore requested to kindly consider to
grant immunity from transfer to the elected Chairman or
Secretaries of Postal co op societies to enable them to
discharge their responsibilities after the close of their
official work in the head quarters post office.
Letter No.: P/4-5/SB Dated - 11.12.2008 addressed to the
Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New Delhi
- 110001
l Payment through cheques in SB transactions - reg.
The payment of all transaction under SB/SC
schemes other than SB withdrawal through cheques for
the amount exceeding Rs. 20000/- has been introduced
during 1989. This requires revision.
Almost all savings payments are now exceeding
Rs. 20000/-, it causes untold sufferings to the staff to
collect cheques from HOs for all those transactions and
in many times payment to the customer is delayed.
The present ceiling of Rs.20000/- may be
enhanced at least to Rs. 50000/- considering the present
problems prevailing in the post offices.
Letter No.: P/4-5/PLI Dated - 11.12.2008 addressed to
the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New
Delhi - 110001
l More Bonus in respect of PLI policies to the
Departmental employees - reg.
It is pertinent to mention that the LIC is offering
low premium to its employees while comparing the tariff
collected from the public for the policies taken by the staff.
Similarly the Bank employees working in some
nationalized banks & others are being offered more
interest for their investment made in their banks than the
general public for their investments.
As such, similar concession may also be
extended to the postal employees either by reduced
premium or by granting more bonuses for the policies
taken by them in PLI/RPLI. It will motivate them further
and will have the satisfaction about the concern of the
Department in the welfare of the staff.
May I seek your response sir?
Letter No.: P/2-12/Kerala Dated - 11.12.2008 addressed
to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New
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Delhi - 110001
l Drawal of Peripheral HRA to the staff working
at Chottanikkara in Ernakulam Division.
It is brought to our notice that the proposal sent
by the Circle office for grant of peripheral HRA to other
staff working at Chottanikkara is still pending at Directorate
for approval.
It is requested to expedite the approval and
accord sanction for the drawal of HRA to the staff working
therein at the earliest.
Soliciting response,
Letter No.: P/2-19/Vellore Dated - 11.12.2008 addressed
to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New
Delhi - 110001
l Authorizing CMC Hospital Vellore for taking
treatment for all ailments.
At present, CMC Hospital, Vellore, in Tamilnadu
has been authorized for specific treatment resulted the
C. G. Employees could not avail treatment for other
diseases.
The CMC Hospital Vellore is one of the
specialized hospitals for treatment of all diseases and if
this hospital is declared for treating any ailment, it will
felicitate the C. G. Employees for having take treatment in
this specialized Hospital for all medical problems.
It is requested to consider the same and take
appropriate proposal with the concerned ministry.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
solicited.
Letter No.: P/4-3/Recruitment Dated - 11.12.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Postal Assistant Recruitment Rules 2002 -
request change in the recruitment condition - reg.
According to the existing recruitment rules for
Postal Assistants, the candidates who are possessing
plus Two Qualification in the state language shall alone
be eligible for the recruitment of P.A. Posts in the
department.
Many candidates studied in Kendriya Vidhyalaya
possessing higher marks & other qualifications and also
knowing very well of the regional language are deprived
and denied of their dues due to the condition stated in
Para Supra. This is discriminative, unjust and against to
the canon of natural justice.
This recruitment condition should be removed
and the candidates possessing higher marks should be
considered for the posting so that several creamy
candidates may get their due chances.
It is therefore requested to consider the same
and accord appropriate changes in the recruitment rules.
Letter No.: P/2-3/Muzaffarpur Dated - 11.12.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
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l Delay in filling up the post of DPS Northern
region, Muzaffarpur in Bihar Circle.
Due to non filling of the post of DPS, Muzaffarpur,
the appeals preferred by the officials and review cases
are pending over one year. The post is being kept vacant
for more than one year.
Several staff representations are indisposed
and it causes a concern.
It is requested to cause action to fill up the DPS
Post at the earliest and dispose the pending appeals,
review cases and representations of the officials.
Letter No.: P/2-7/Haryana Dated - 11.12.2008 addressed
to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New
Delhi - 110001
l Non Supply of leather cash Bags for
remittances - case of Haryana Circle.
It is brought to our notice that supply of LCB has
been stopped in Haryana Circle and there is no
replacement to the worn out ones.
The cash are being remitted in loose in bags
and in Hissar division, the problem is so acute in
remittances in the absence of leather cash bag.
It is requested to cause suitable instructions to
the Circle head to provide LCBS and also to replace the
old worn out LCBs immediately in all the divisions of
Haryana Circle.
Letter No.: P/2-6/Ahmedabad GPO Dated - 11.12.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Arbitrary and irregular transfer under Rule 37
from Ahmedabad GPO to Patan Division - case of Sri M.
K. Chauhan, Divisional Secretary, AIPEU Group 'C'
Ahmedabad GPO - request intervention
Ref: - (i) This Union letter of even No. dt. 19.06.08
(ii) Yr. letter no. 16/59/2008-SR dt. 08.07.08
addressed to Chief PMG, Gujarat Circle.
Apropos reference, it is constrained to note that
the said official has not been transferred back to his
division despite his repeated representations.
The CAT,Ahmedabad branch also directed the
Department vide its order dt. 17.09.08 to consider his
representation since he has joined the new station as
ordered earlier. The transfer has uprooted his family
caused irreparable harm to the family.
Moreover, his transfer is nothing but an act of
vendetta for his trade union activities as Divisional
Secretary in GPO in complaining about the irregularities
and non observation of by laws of the Society by Sri P.C.
Bhatt, who is the ADPS (Staff & vig) and also the vice
chairman of the Society. The provision of Rule 37 has
been misused in his case.
The copy of official's representation which is self
explanatory and exhaustive is enclosed herewith for your
kind consideration.
It is requested to intervene and cause orders to
retransfer the official to the old station and render justice
to the aggrieved official.
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Letter No.: P/2-14/Chhindwara Dated - 17.12.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Unjust and absolute favoritism extended to
unrecognized union by the SPOs, Chhindwara in M.P.
Circle.
It is brought to our notice that the SPOs & ASPOs
of Chhindwara Division are extending undue favoritism
to the BPEU office bearers and denying the rights to
ordinary employees.
The following are the few examples: -
(i) One Sri D. K. Verma, LSG officials having PO &
RMS Accounts Qualification has not been posted as APM
Accounts. Whereas an unqualified LSG official Sri F. A.
Ansari has been favoured with the posting of APM
Accounts. Thereafter one Sri. M. S. Chandel, the BPEU
Circle Secretary has been ordered to replace Sri F. A.
Ansari and posted as APM Accounts who is neither a LSG
official not possessing the requisite Accounts
qualification.
(ii) The SB Aptitude Qualified officials belonging to
that union are favored with posting in Divisional office
and Accounts branches. The unqualified officials are
posted in SB branch.
(iii) Despite clear orders that no BCR official should
be posted in Treasury branch, one BCR official has been
posted forcibly while several time scale PAs are awaiting
for their turns.
There are several complaints against the SPOs
about the undue favoritism extended to the unrecognized
unions and harassing the official belonging to other
unions. There are many transfers issued against the
interest of officials. The SPOs is functioning in an
unbridled horse style.
It is therefore requested to cause necessary
instructions to rein in the SPOs and ensure peace
atmosphere in the division.
Letter No.: P/2-3/Madhubani Dated - 17.12.2008
addressed to the DDG (P), Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Non Payment of the officiating pay in HSG I -
Case of Sri Kamal Kant Jha, Postmaster, Madhubani
HO in Bihar Circle.
The above said official has officiated as HSG I
postmaster at Madhubani HO from 01.02.07 to 21.11.07
in the regular vacancy and thereafter he was regularly
appointed on the same post on his due promotion.
However, the officiating pay for the period from
01.025.07 to 21.11.07 in HSG I scale has not been paid
so far due to want of orders from the Muzzafarpur (North)
region. Similarly his whole officiating period should be
construed as HSG I regular service for the purpose of
future increments etc.
Despite repeated representation, the issue
remains unsettled. The delay causes unnecessary
tension to the senior official.
Suitable instruction may please be issued to
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the concerned to settle the issue at the earliest.
Soliciting immediate action
Letter No.: P/2-3/Madhubani Dated - 17.12.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Non finanlisation of appeal - case of Sri Vijay
Narayan Dutta, Ex-SPM Sakri in Madhubani division of
Bihar Circle.
The above said official has been awarded with
an in operative punishment of debarring his promotion
for six months in the month of April 2008 and he was due
on retirement on 31.08.08. The punishment awarded by
the SPOs is nothing but to prevent the senior official to
get his due promotion before his retirement.
The official has preferred an appeal seven months
before and also retired from service on superannuation in
Aug 2008. However the appeal is still indisposed at the
regional office. There are many such appeals are pending
in the Muzafferpur North region due to non posting of regular
DPS to the region. This causes a concern.
It is requested to cause immediate action to dispose
the appeal at the earliest and a time frame may please be
finalized in case of disposal of appeal/petition cases.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
solicited.
Letter No.: P/2-13/Nasik Dated - 16.12.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Grant of Tribal Area Allowance to the
employees serving in Tribal area of Igadpuri and other
places of Nasik District.
The payment of Tribal area allowance to the
officials working in Nashik District was stopped from
31.03.02 due to the Maharashtra State Governments order
in replacing the allowance by a revised scheme by its
notification dated 06.08.2002.
The state Government has declared that its
employees working in such areas which are declared as
Naxalite Threat areas and where the special
compensatory allowance was paid earlier are entitled for
the new allowance which was fixed at the rate of 15% of
Pay subject to the Minimum of Rs. 200/- and Maximum of
Rs. 1500/-
The same allowance has not been extended to
the Postal employees working in the areas where the
Tribal area allowance was drawn earlier. The
nomenclature of the allowance has alone been revised
by the State Government but the areas are still covered
under the Tribal areas as notified earlier by the State
Government.
The Chief PMG, Maharastra Circle vide his letter
no. Estt/4-1 (2)/HRA -CCA/2008 dt. 12-09085 has sought
clarifications about extension of such allowances to our
postal employees as per the state government
notifications changing the nomenclature of the allowance
and continue the payment of Tribal Area Allowance.
It is requested to expedite the case and accord
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sanction at the earliest.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
appreciated.
Letter No.: P/2-17/Ludhiana City Dated - 16.12.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Non according recognition to the elected
representatives - case of Ludhiana City Division.
The office bearers elected in the General body
meeting of AIPEU Group 'C' held on 21.08.08 at Ludhiana
City Division have not been recognized so far by the
Divisional administration for the reasons known to them
only and no monthly meeting is held so far with the elected
representatives.
The Circle Secretary has taken up the case with
the Circle administration and no action has been taken
so far. The Circle administration do not care any
references received from the Directorate and even dared
to cause orders derecognizing the circle Union even
though the 27 months have not been lapsed since last
conference in spite of crystal clear instructions from the
Directorate on this issue and created a stalemate in the
circle. The Chief PMG is running amuck in denying the
trade union rights provided by the department and refusing
the legitimate right of the Trade Unions in the circle and
divisions. This causes a serious concern.
It is requested to intervene and cause appropriate
orders to settle the present unpleasantness' prevailing in
the Circle by restoring the Trade Union facilities to the
elected representatives of the Divisions/Circles.
Soliciting immediate response,
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated - 17.12.2008 addressed to
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Shortage of Staff and Allied problems- reg.
The resolution adopted in the 27th All India
Conference held at Guntur from 31.11.08 to 03.12.08 with
regard to the existing shortage of staff and the problems
faced due to non removal of screening committee under
AOR Plan and non creation of adequate posts as per the
requirements due to expansion of business activities etc
is enclosed herewith for your kind consideration and
action.
The 27the AIC has unanimously resolved, that
in the absence of no action in settlement of this foremost
burning issue by the Department, it is decided to launch
series of Trade Union programmes culminating to
indefinite strike.
It is requested to expedite action to settle the
issues mentioned in the resolution at the earliest.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
appreciated.
With Kind regards,
DA: as above
RESOLUTION ON SHORTAGE & ALLIED PROBLEMS
This 27th All India Conference strongly feels that
the problems arising out of more than 30% vacancies on
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all the divisions throughout the country has grown into
mammoth proportions. This heavy shortage of staff is
taking a heavy toll of the well being of the employees on
one hand and the effective functioning of the department
on the other. The camaraderie and cordial relationship
existing between the head of the office and his
subordinates and even among colleagues is fast
disappearing and animosity is slowly creeping into its
place owing to the unmanageable proportion of this
menace of shortage of hands. The administration is
making tall claims about the need for effective functioning
to tide over the blown-out-of-proportion crisis of financial
loss by competing through business post in the market
with others. But the basic necessity of providing sufficient
man power for efficient implementation of new schemes
introduced in addition to the spiralling work-load is
conveniently sidelined and forgotten. Hence, the efforts
and claims for toning up our prestigious department will
not yield desired results. Before the citable of this strong
fort of Dept-of posts starts crumbling without viable
foundation of manpower, needy and speedy action needs
to be taken to strengthen the base and then to take efforts
to go in for added strengthening of fort itself. This will
ensure longevity and viability of our department. Towards
marching in this direction, the following efforts need to be
addressed at once.
(i) FILLING UP OF VACANT POSTS EXISTING BEFORE
FORMATION OF SCREENING COMMITTEE.
The Screening Committee has been formed in
2001 and the posts to be filled up among the available
vacancies were identified after scrutiny since then. But to
our dismay, it is shockingly noted that even the vacant
posts of various cadres available prior to the formation of
this committee are deliberately kept in the cold storage
without being filled. This not only defies logic but also
defeats the very purpose of such committees. The irony
is even after formation of screening committee 1/3rd of
the vacancies is allowed to be filled up whereas the prior
vacancies in its entirety are kept as vacant. The
conference requests the Department to evince all efforts
to fill up the vacant posts existing prior to implementation
of screening committee immediately.
(ii) SCRAPPING OF SCREENING COMMITTEE & FILLING
UP ALL VACANT POSTS.
This conference wholeheartedly appreciate and
thank our secretary, DOP for taking up with the Department
of Per & Trg. Vide his letter No.25-35/2001-PE -1
dt.4.4.2005 to exclude our DOP from the purview of
screening committee as we have reached the saturation
point of abolition of vacant posts. The DOP&T letter dt
11.5.2001 envisaged an annual cut of 2% of vacancies
aiming for a total of 10% of vacancies abolished in 5
years period. But our department has already reached
9.5% of abolition of posts in the year 2003-04 itself. Further,
it is pertinent to note that apart from 26.328 posts
abolished under 2% annual cut since 2000, the work
force further dwindled by 19,000 posts owing to various
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factors like non-filling of existing posts, matching savings
for HSG II & HSG I (1622 posts), irregular combination of
duties etc.
Further, unlike in administrative offices the work
cannot be kept pending in operative sector like postal
department. To rub salt in the wounds, new schemes,
premium or otherwise, introduced in the name of
business posts aggravate the situation by increasing the
work-load to manifolds. It is pertinent to mention that the
Railway was exempted from the purview of this committee
from 2002 itself. The only operative department which is
still under this purview is the Department of Post. This is
a sorry state of affairs.
The Sixth Pay Commission, in its Para 06.03.10,
has recommended to revise the Annual Direct
Recruitment Plan (ADRP) in terms of which only one third
of the vacancies can be filled up. It further commented as
interalia: -
"This instruction (ADR) has resulted in aging
bureaucracy, which does not easily adapt itself to
technology. An active and younger profile in Government
employment is the need of the hour. Further, strengthening
of the cutting edge for efficient delivery is required. New
guidelines, where reduction in manpower and levels of
fresh manpower intake would be assessed and
prioritised by the individual Ministry or Department
keeping its work processes, service delivery and
functional requirements and budgetary savings at centre
stage should, therefore, be issued."
Accordingly, the Government should accept the
recommendations and cause orders to leave the issue
to the concerned Department/Ministry and lift the ban on
recruitment prevailing since 1983.
Under the circumstances, the 27th AIC of AIPEU
Group 'C' held at Guntur from 30.11.08 to 02.12.08 fervently
appeals the Directorate to initiate action based on the
Sixth CPC recommendations. The AIC further appeals
the NFPE to exert pressure to Government through
policitical sources also and see the Department is granted
exemption from the purview of the screening Committee
and all the vacancies get filled up to ensure the survival of
the department and to maintain efficiency of the
department in meeting requirement of customers.
The 27th AIC further appeals the NFPE that if the
issue is not sorted out an All India agitation may be
organised under the banner of JCA culminating to
indefinite strike during Feb' 2009.
(iii) AUGMENTATION OF ADEQUATE POSTS FOR NEW
SERVICES.
It is everyone's knowledge now the face of the
DOP is fast changing with ever so many new services
and schemes introduced on every day basis. Starting from
speculation and sales of debentures, Gold coins, ICIC
bonds, UTI, Oriental insurance, shares etc. Western
Union money transfer upto sales of weeklies, milk
coupons, X'mas cakes, books, prasadams of Temples
etc, we are doing all-in-all business. The preparation of
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electoral rolls, scrutiny of passport application, selling
recharge cards for cell -phones, etc are being performed.
Many new agency services are regularly introduced at
selected offices without any respite. V-SAT MO, AMPC
logistic mails are the ones introduced with fanfare but
proved to be damp-squib heavily telling upon our finances
with losses.
The list of such new services is long and
unending .If this being so, the clerical staff are put into
much inconvenience without supplementing the
resources of manpower. The work-load of all post offices
in Savings Bank, Accounts Branch and other counters
are already heavy owing to acute shortage of hands.
These new services only prove to be the last straw on the
camel's back. Leaving out the traditional Postal work, for
the new services alone adequate number of employees
may be provided by augmenting the establishment. For
this purpose the qualified employees among GDS cadre
may also be utilized by suitably compensating them
financially. This requires very serious consideration and
immediate implementation.
This 27th All India Conference of AIPEU Group
'C' requests the Department to view this issue seriously
and see the required augmentation be made
immediately.
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated - 17.12.2008 addressed to
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l 27th AIC - Resolution on promotion avenues -
Request actions
The resolution adopted in the 27th All India
Conference held at Guntur from 30.11.08 to 03.12.08 on
the issue of promotion avenues to postal Group C cadre
is enclosed herewith for kind consideration.
We have already submitted a proposal for cadre
restructuring in Group C cadre and also submitted our
demands on modification of Pay Commission
recommendations. It was also assured in the formal
meeting held on 16.09.08 by the Member (P) to have a
full-fledged meeting soon on the issue of cadre review
with the union.
However, no meeting was convened then. The
27th AIC after discussing the issues threadbare has
resolved to request the Directorate to expedite the
proposal and settle the issue at the earliest.
It is requested to consider the resolution and
convene a meeting for discussion on the subject.
With kind regards,
Soliciting response,
DA: as above
RESOLUTION ON PROMOTIONAL AVENUES
Promotional avenues in PA Cadre are not as
attractive as in the case of other Central Government
departments like Railways, Central Excise & Customs,
Income Tax etc. At the best, the P.A. who begins his career
is getting two financial up gradations in the name of TBOP
& BCR which were declared as not regular promotions
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during1999 even though it was achieved by surrendering
20% supervisory & 6% operative posts. The Sixth Pay
Commission has also not considered the case of TBOP/
BCR.
As such, we have no other alternate except to
embrace the ACP promotions as if in the case of other
Central Government employees. To off shoot the
matching savings we offered earlier, a proposal for cadre
review has been submitted by the CHQ to the Department,
which the conference approves. The proposal in Toto
should be implemented without any further matching
savings. This 27th AIC resolves to demand:
(i) The 1974 position in LSG (i.e) 20% posts
upgraded for LSG should be revived and all single
handed and double handed offices should be declared
as LSG posts.
(ii) The 'A' Class & LSG offices should be declared
to the status equal to the present HSG II.
(iii) All the HSG II & HSG I posts should be
amalgamated and equated to the present status of HSG
I.
(iv) The nomenclature of LSG, HSG II & HSG I should
be revised as Supervisor, Senior Supervisor and Chief
Supervisor.
(v) The Posts of Senior Postmasters & Chief
Postmasters should be allotted to General line and
declared as hierarchical promotional posts.
(vi) All Postmasters posts should be declared for
General line and there should be no share to inspector
cadres.
(vii) The posts of Systems Administrators &
Marketing Executives should be created and declared as
promotional cadres to the Postal Assts. The existing
systems Administrators should be observed in the
promotional posts by conducting a simple Trade Test in
token of recognising their effective and efficient role in the
computerisation of postal services.
(viii) The PO & RMS Accountants posts should be
declared as an organised accounts cadre and it should
be declared as promotional cadre to the Postal Assistants.
(ix) After creating more number of supervisory posts,
20% can be allotted as promotional cadre for those
appearing in competitive examination.
(x) The other proposals contained in the CHQ
proposal on cadre review should also be considered.
This conference further resolves that the officials
having 20 years of PA service should be allowed to appear
the PSS Group B Examination. Similarly the physically
challenged candidates should also be allotted some
reservation in the IPO Exam so that the aspirants may
have a fair chance.
While granting higher pay scale to IPOs/ ASPOs
one third of IP posts were earmarked for direct recruitment
with educational qualification of graduate. This in effect
took away the existing promotional avenues available to
PA cadre by 1/3rd. To compensate this loss, proposals
like increased quota in PSS Group B should be
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considered and finalised by the Department. This should
be considered immediately.
LSG Notional Promotion
This August Conference of AIPEU Group 'C' held
at Guntur from 30.11.08 to 02.12.08 further resolved to
request the Postal Administration to set right the following
anomalies arisen after scrapping the Fast Track
Promotion Scheme.
(i) Prior to 1986, the LSG was the Circle Cadre and
the same position is revived in 2006. In between, it was
called as divisional cadre. While granting notional
promotional since 1986, several seniors could not get
their due LSG promotion due to Rule 38 transfers and
also in dearth of LSG posts.
(ii) In some circles, due to application of seniority
based on confirmation, several seniors were left out while
granting notional promotions.
As per column 11 of the revised recruitment
rules 2006, the seniors can modify their LSG promotion
at par with the date of promotion of their juniors.
This AIC urges the Department to cause orders
for 'Modification of LSG' as one time measure by creating
supernumerary or non functional LSG posts and accord
promotion to the seniors as per circle Gradation list who
have left earlier due to frequent change of recruitment
rules.
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated - 17.12.2008 addressed to
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l 27th AIC - Resolution on PO & RMS Accountants
- Request immediate settlements.
The resolution adopted in the 27th All India
conference of this union held at Guntur from 30.11.08 to
03.12.08 with regard to the problem of PO & RMS
Accountants is appended herewith for immediate action
and settlement.
It is further requested to convene a meeting with
this union to discuss the issue thread bare and find out
solution to this age old problem causing alarming tension
amidst the qualified officials.
The AIC reviewed the issue and its pending at
Directorate level and decided to launch programmes if
the issue has not been resolved within a time frame.
It is requested to redress the issue at the earliest
and intimate decision.
Soliciting response
D.A: as above
RESOLUTION ON PO & RMS ACCOUNTANTS
The PO and RMS Accountants are discharging
the duties of higher responsibility and greater importance.
The importance of accounts work has been recognized
in every establishment of Govt. But it is an unfortunate
situation in the Dept. of posts that the importance of the
Accountants has not been recognized. This union has
been raising the demand to grant higher pay scale to the
PO and RMS Accountants, which was partially accepted
and a scale lower than L.S.G was prescribed. However
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the PO & RMS Accountants are being forced to opt back to
PA cadre to avail the benefit of TBOP/BCR
After implementation of recommendation of the
fifth pay commission , due to change of nomenclature of
special pay as special allowance, the quantum of special
allowance is not being counted towards fixation of pay on
promotion. The conditions prescribed for grant of special
pay in F.R has not been changed. Thus there is a great
injustice to PO and RMS accountants in not counting the
special allowance for pay fixation on promotion.
The posts of LSG and HSG in accounts
branches in Head Post offices have been manned by
officials having qualification of PO and RMS Accountants.
On upgradation of 1622 posts into HSG-I, most of the
posts of LSG Accountants have been upgraded to HSG II
resulting in dearth of LSG in feeder cadre.
Various changes in the rules & procedures had
taken place in the case of LSG Accountants causing many
confusions at field level. To overcome all these anomalies
this 27th All India conference resolves to urge upon the
postal directorate to:
1. The PO and RMS Accountants may be granted a
higher pay scale of LSG.
2. The special allowance granted to PO and RMS
accountant may be counted towards fixation of pay on
promotion.
3. As per the directorate instructions vide its letter
No.6/15/60- SPB II dt 16.7.60 read with letter No.6/1/59-
SPB. dt 8.5.59, the option prematurely taken from officials
may be withdrawn and the officials concerned may be
allowed to exercise an option only when their turn for
promotion to either lines comes in future.
4. Since the Dept. has declared the APM accounts
as Circle cadre, divisional cadre & now as circle cadre,
and also stated that the TBOP, BCR are only financial
upgradations and not LSG & HSG II respectively, fresh
option should be obtained from the PO & RMS
accountants qualified officials whether they continue to
remain in General / or opt to Accounts line.
5. Based on the 1972 Directorate orders, the date
of qualifying the PO & RMS Accountant Exam shall be
taken as criteria for LSG APM accounts promotion and
the erstwhile Accountant gradation list be revived with
updated entries. The provisions laid down in Rule 276 of
Postal Volume IV should be adhered in right spirit.
6. The LSG / APM Accountants may be allotted the
share of 20% as before which was in the recruitment
rules in the HSG II promotion.
The 27th AIC further resolves to declare the PO
& RMS Accountant as Promotional Cadre to Postal
Assistant with higher pay and a separate Channel of
Promotion to the Accounts line may be considered in order
to overcome the present anomalies in promotion.
The Sixth CPC has rejected higher pay scale to
PO & RMS Accountants as if there is no functional
justification exists for the same to treat them as organised
Accounts cadre. This is nothing but a farce since the 6th
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CPC did not consider the merits of their demand.
The 27th AIC after having in depth discussions,
has decided to opt the PO & RMS Accountant cadre for
organised Accountant cadres and they may be treated at
par with Postal Accounts cadres by granting all
promotional avenues as if available to them.
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated - 17.12.2008 addressed to
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l 27th AIC Resolutions on the System
Administrators - Request consideration and immediate
action.
The resolution adopted in the 27th All India
Conference held at Guntur from 30.11.08 to 03.12.08 on
the issue of System Administrators is enclosed herewith
for immediate consideration.
The resolution itself is self explanatory and
exhaustive. The assurances already given to form a separate
establishment of systems Administrators have not been
implemented so far. Similarly the problems countered by
these cadres which have been brought to your notice by
various references have not been mitigated so far.
If a separate meeting is fixed to discuss the
problem with staff side, the issue could be resolved
peacefully and by mutual acceptance.
It is requested to consider the same and settle
the issues of systems Administrators as resolved in the
27th AIC which is annexed along with this letter.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
solicited.
DA: as above
RESOLUTION ON THE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS
The responsibilities and the nature of work of
the Systems Administrators are higher than the Postal
Assistants. They are working in many dimensions like
hardware engineer, Data base administrators, net work
administrator, installation engineer etc. They are also in
charge of imparting training in computers as well as in
the departmental software's. They have to clear all the
doubts of the officials then & there. They also need to
engage themselves in the so called ergonomics of the
working environment such as installation of modular
counters, fixing UPS and other electrical points for
computers etc.
The System Administrators need to accompany
the inspecting authorities and assist investigation of
frauds and malfunctioning in the computerised offices to
fetch the required data in the required format from the
server; they are in charge of maintaining security of the
network in the office. They are maintaining stock of
computers, history sheets etc. They are working without
minding the working hours. They have to travel to attend
problems in the systems in other offices crisscrossing
the division.
However, the Postal department did not
recognise their service so far. The Sixth pay Commission
has not dealt the issues in the proper perspective despite
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we plead through our memorandum and in oral evidence.
The cadre become the symbol of exploitation at this
juncture and this AIC is seriously taking note for concern.
This All India Conference held at Guntur from
20.11.08 to 02.12.08 after threadbare discussions
unanimously resolved to request the department to
consider: -
(i) Augment a new establishment with a
nomenclature of 'System Engineer'.
(ii) The newly created posts should be filled up with
the existing Systems Administrators by conducting a trade
test as a token of appreciation of their excellent
performance in the computer arena since the introduction
without any extra remuneration of shouldering this
herculean task with heavy responsibilities.
Further, there are no uniform guidelines issued
so far on the role and responsibilities of the Systems
administrators. Each Circle has prescribed the duties on
its own contradicting with each others. This should be
finalised.
Since the Systems Administrators have to attend
fault then & there, they should be granted with Road
mileage allowance with out any ceiling. They should be
provided with cell phone with minimum talk value of
Rs.500/- per month. They should be treated as out door
staff like PRI (P) without insisting attendance or attached
with any other operative work. Additional remuneration in
the shape of OTA/incentive may be granted for the excess
work or retention in the office beyond their office duty hours.
There is a need no keep panel of Systems
Administrators and they should not be disturbed on flimsy
reasons. Trainers Allowance may be granted to them in
case of imparting training to others.
The letter No.P/4-1/Systems Administrators dt
16.05.08 & 25.06.08 of the CHQ should be given proper
note and the issues should be resolved at the earliest.
This AIC further resolves to request the
Department not to protract the settlement on the issues
of Systems Administrators and request to settle the same
at the earliest possible to avert major action in the future.
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated - 17.12.2008 addressed to
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Resolution on one time absorption to RRR
candidates adopted in the 27th AIC - request action.
The resolution adopted in the 27th All India
Conference held at Guntur from 30.11.08 to 03.12.08 on
one time absorption of approved RRR candidates
working in Tamilnadu Circle and other circles is enclosed
herewith for favour of kind consideration and necessary
action.
Since the issue is unique and also the High
Court has pronounced orders in favour of absorption of
approved RRR candidates, it is requested to reconsider
the issue on humanitarian grounds to the wards of the
deceased / Ex-employees.
It is requested to kindly consider the case
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sympathetically and absorb all the approved candidates'
as one time measure in the existing vacancies of the
respective circles.
Soliciting early consideration and orders
With Kind regards,
DA: as above
RESOLUTION ON ONE-TIME ABSORPTION OF RRR
CANDIDATES
This All India Conference of AIPEU Group 'C' held
at Guntur from 30.11.08 to 02.12.08 wishes to draw the
kind attention of the Hon'ble Minister for Communications
to the fact of many candidates working as Postal
assistants since 1994 on daily wages selected and
recruited under compassionate grounds in relaxation of
recruitment rules (RRR). They are the wards of erstwhile
departmental employees who either expired in harness
or retired on invalidation. Their applications were duly
processed, scrutinized in DPC and they were selected
for the Postal Assistants. For want of vacancies, they were
asked to perform clerical duties as Reserved Trained
Pool candidates (RTP) on daily wages subsequently in
the vacancies. But they could not be absorbed owing to
the axing of posts under screening committee. Then
suddenly the DOP had caused orders that the waiting list
of such candidates maintained to regularize as and when
vacancies arise is untenable and to scrap the same. The
aggrieved candidate were forced to move court and
obtained favourable verdict. Unfortunately the Department
of Posts opted to go on appeal to Higher Court. But the
absorption still remains an elusive dream. The lives of
these candidates who are working for more than 7 to 8
years are delicately poised and over their heads the
proverbial 'Damocles' sword is precariously hanging
forever. The Department has filed a SLP in Supreme Court
against the favourable verdict pronounced in favour of
RRR Candidates approved earlier. This is nothing but
blatant violation of agreement reached on 19.04.07 to
absorb all the approved candidates as one time measure.
This 27th All India Conference held at Guntur
from 30.11.08 to 02.12.08 requests the Hon'ble Minister
of Communications to consider their case sympathetically
and on humanitarian grounds and to accord absorption
as one time measure of all the approved candidates
forthwith.
The vacancies earmarked for RRR have not
been filled up in many circles since 1999 due to court
cases on one plea or the other. The candidates could be
absorbed as one time measure in the residual vacancies
which are kept unfilled is many all circles.
As per the recent orders of the DOP & T, the
quota for compassionate appointment is raised to 5% of
the total vacancies; and even if this provision is applied
and the waitlisted candidates approved against
vacancies since 1999, large number of waitlisted people
will get absorption and the remaining hands may be
absorbed as one time measure in other vacancies.
This 27th All India Conference fervently requests
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the Hon'ble Minister of Communication to kindly show
mercy on the wards of the postal staff by extending one
time absorption and withdrawing the SLP filed by the Dept
from the Supreme Court against the favourable verdict
delivered by CAT also confirmed by High Court Chennai.
Further this AIC appeal the Government to
remove the 5% ceiling fixed for the consideration to
appointments under relaxation of recruitment rules and
left the discretion to the concerned ministries in
considering such cases on humanitarian grounds.
This AIC further resolves to request NFPE to
include the demand of 'one time absorption of approved
RRR candidates' as the prime demand and organise
programmes to win over at the earliest possible.
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated - 17.12.2008 addressed to
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l 27th AIC - Resolution on monetary recovery
and disciplinary action on contributory negligence
factors.
The resolution adopted in the 27th All India
Conference of this union on the subject of monetary
recovery and disciplinary actions against innocent officials
under contributory negligence factors is enclosed
herewith for favour of kind consideration.
The resolution itself is self explanatory and
exhaustive. Despite clear provisions in the volume III &
Disciplinary rules, the innocents are being punished
under contributory factors under one pretext or the other.
In several cases, the proceedings are ordered without
quoting any statutory rules or manual and just fixed
responsibilities on the shoulder of the innocent officials
under the contributory factors and made them as scape
goats.
It is requested to cause detailed instructions to
all concerned in order to protect the innocents from the
contributory factors and guard them from the clutches of
misuse of the provisions by leaving the main offender
scat free.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
solicited,
DA: as above
RESOLUTION ON MONETARY RECOVERY AND
DISCIPLINARY ACTION ON CONTRIBUTORY
NEGLIGENCE FACTOR
Several courts of law in our country pronounced
various judgments opposing monetary recovery ordered
from innocent officials for the SB fraud cases on
contributory negligence factor. The judgments quoted that
monetary recovery should not be ordered for those who
were not directly responsible for the loss sustained to
the Department.
Similarly the Disc authorities are straight away
imposing punishments duly ordering for monetary
recovery on the SPMs/Signallers in case of burglaries.
Postal employees cannot be held responsible for
burglary cases on any count. Police authorities should
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apprehend the real culprits and recover the amount from
them. If the local police authorities do not evince interest,
the matter should be reported to the Police higher
authorities for further action by the Divisional Heads. If
the amount could not be recovered from the culprit, based
on police report the loss amount has to be written off with
the approval of the Government of India.
The Rule 58 (Appendix) of the P & T FHB Vol - I
stipulates that in deciding the degree of an officers
pecuniary liability, it will be necessary to look not only to
the circumstances of the case but also to the financial
circumstances of the officer, since it should be recognised
that the penalty should not be such so as impair his future
efficiency'. However, the Postal Department has violated
its own statutory rules while ordering to recover the
overpayment due to fixation of pay to postmen during Fifth
CPC from the Accountants and officials forgetting either
to note the circumstance of pay fixation or impairing the
efficiency of the Postal officials due to that unwarranted
recovery.
The Golden words in the FHB Rule 58 that "every
endeavour should be made to recover the whole amount
lost from the guilty persons" is not being adhered to. In
many cases, no effort is being taken to recover the amount
from those the over payment was made. The innocent
Postal Assistants and supervisors are being made as
scapegoats and the entire amount is being recovered.
The recovery on excess paid interest on TPF account in
Bhimavaram division is one of the testimony for the blatant
violation of the Statutory rules.
The Rules 11 A of CCS (CCA) Rules stating that
recovery should made only if the official is directly
responsible or the rules 107&108 of volume III about the
consideration of extenuating nature while imposing
recovery were merely on the books and volumes and not
being applied in any case. Even the Rule 204 A (i) of
volume III to condone the honest errors if the official has
acted in good faith and done his best up to the limits of
his ability & experience become invisible to the jaundiced
eyes of the many disciplinary authorities.
In General, the charges are usually framed that
the employees did not adhere this rule or that and all
these are quoted only when a loss occurs. The other
rules like providing adequate man power as per the
standards or the basic working condition provided to
observe the rules etc do not come in their mind while
ordering such in human recoveries.
Above all there is unwarranted delay in
disposing the disciplinary cases, which causes tension
and mental agony to the charged officials who are
completely helpless to fight out the delay. The disciplinary
authority is fully armed to cut short any delay he wants.
He is fully authorised to decide a case ex parte when the
reply from the official is not received in time. They can
misuse the Rule 3 (i) to punish any one.
The Supreme Court in Historical judgment in
the C.A. No. 2168 of 2006 dt. 21.04.2006 that "When an
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officer who exercised judicial or quasi judicial power acting
negligently or recklessly could be proceeded against by
way of disciplinary action should be brought as a rule to
arrest the menace and put check to the in human officers
misusing the disciplinary rules and punishing the
innocents on flimply reasons under the unbecoming of
the Government servants and on contributory factor.
Under these circumstances the 27th All India
conference of AIPEU Group 'C' held at Guntur from
30.11.08 to 02.12.08 resolves to oppose any action
against postal employees on contributory negligence
factor. Further this 27th AIC further appeal to the
department to halt such practices of resorting to Disc
action/monetary recovery against innocent officials.
This conference further resolves that the primary
offender shall alone be penalized and the defrauded /
misappropriated amount should be recovered from him
only leaving the innocent officials from the contributory
factors and resorting recovery on them.
This AIC further demands for necessary changes
in the disciplinary rules providing the appointment of
appellate committee consisting of one or two members
from staff side in each circles to review the decisions of
the disciplinary authority if appealed by the charged official
which will pave way to arrest the undue punishment now
awarded and uphold in appeals.
This conference further resolves to request the
Dept that the maximum cash & stamp balance of all HOs
/ SOs may be brought under insurance coverage.
Similarly the remittance between the POs may also be
brought into insurance coverage so that the interest of
the officials will be protected.
Letter No.: P/1-1/AIC Dated - 17.12.2008 addressed to
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Resolution on counting of Past services as RTP
for Promotion benefits adopted in the 27th AIC Held at
Guntur from 30.11.08 to 03.12.08 - reg.
The Copy of the resolution on the above subject
adopted in the 27th All India Conference held at Guntur
from 30.11.08 to 03.12.08 is enclosed for favour of kind
consideration.
Since the Apex Court has directed the
Department to count the past services for promotion in
respect of APS officials who were erstwhile RTPS, the
same analogy may be applied for the remaining officials.
It is requested to kindly consider the case most
sympathetically and accord orders which will sort out the
long pending grievance of the erstwhile RTP officials.
Yours early response is highly solicited.
With kind regards,
DA: as above
RESOLUTION ON COUNTING OF PAST SERVICES AS
R.T.P. FOR PROMOTION
This 27th All India Conference of AIPEU Group
'C' held at Guntur from 30.11.08 to 02.12.08 wishes to
firmly urge the Government of India to favourably consider
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the demand to include the past services rendered as
RTP candidate for Promotional benefits.
With a view to meeting the shortage of staff due
to absenteeism and other causes and also to manage
the increased flow of traffic and also to curtail expenditure
on overtime, the P&T Department has introduced the RTP
(Reserved Trained Pool) scheme vide its No.60-36/80-
SPB dt.30.10.1980.
"At the time of recruitment every time, after select
list is drawn up, an additional list of candidates known as
Part "B" or Part II is prepared for each Recruiting Units.
The Part 'B' or Part II list is meant for filling the dropouts in
the main selection list". In addition, a further list of
candidates up to 50% of the no. of candidates in the main
list, is to be drawn up which is called Reserved Pool.
Their permanent absorption could be made only in Jan'90
due to TBOP promotion & Ban on recruitment.
In the meeting held with the Minister on 23.10.01,
Member (P) informed that the demand for taking their
past services could not be accepted since the RTP
Recruitment was made outside the Recruitment Rules.
The Directorate in its letter No.10-7/2003/SR, Dt.
4.11.03, while Communicating the stage of progress of
various demands, it is formed that the demand of the
union being contrary to the judgment of the Apex Court
(S.C Judgment dt.1.8.97 in OA Nos. 80-123 of 1996) is
not acceptable and the case closed.
Again in the Periodical meeting of JCM
(Departmental Council) held on 18.11.03, while
discussing this issue under item No.9, the similar reply
citing S.C. Judgment was given to the Staff side.
The Dept has closed its minds in this issue
without minding various developments taken place after
the issue of Supreme Court judgment on 1.8.97.
The Supreme Court judgment pertains mainly
to the absorption of all erstwhile RTPs and against various
pronouncements in CATs in favour to RTP Personnel.
In the said judgment the remark passed on the
counting of past services is restricted to appear in the
departmental examination only. There was no mention
about Promotion & Pension benefits. The extract portion
is furnished interalia.
"In C.A. Nos. 127-130 of 1996, the RTPs who
have been regularly absorbed in the year 1988 have been
given the benefit of counting their service as RTPs for the
purpose of their eligibility to appear for the departmental
examination. The relevant rules provide that the
candidates must have put in at least 5 years continuous
satisfactory service in one or more eligible cadre before
they can appear for the examination. The eligibility is
related to five years service either cadre. Any service,
which was, rendered prior to regular appointment in the
cadre, cannot count for the purpose of this rule because
it cannot consider as service in the eligible cadre. The
Tribunal was therefore wrong in granting RTPs the benefit
of service by them prior to their regular appointment, for
the purpose of their eligibility to appear for the
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departmental promotion examination".
Under Article 368 of CSRs (Rule 14 of CCS
(Pension) Rules 1972), periods of service paid from
contingencies do not count as qualifying service for
pension. In some cases, employees paid from
contingencies are employed in types of work requiring
services of whole time worker and paid on monthly rates
of pay or daily rates computed and paid on monthly basis
and on being found fit, brought on to regular
establishment. In pursuance of the recommendations of
the council, it has been decided that half the service paid
from contingencies will be allowed to count towards
pension at the time of absorption in regular employment.
Such being the case for contingent staff, the
RTPs utilized as 'SDC' performed all the duties and
responsibilities as PAs/ SAs, with their duty period
restricted to 8 hours per day and wages on prorate to PA
cadre for the period of duty computed and paid on monthly
basis, are therefore, on a much worse footing than the
contingent staff, and extending the benefit of the period
spent by them as 'SDC' to count for 'Qualifying Service'
would be fair, reasonable and justified.
On the analogy of
i. Rule 22 of CCS (Pen) Rules 1972 - Period spent on
Training - 3 months
ii. Rule 48-B of CCS (Pen) Rule 1972 -On voluntary
retirement -Up to 5 years.
iii. Rule 21 of CCS (Pen) Rules 1972 -EOL on MC - Max.
at a time 5 Years.
Applying the norms applied for learners in 1960 also
RTPs would be benefited too. RTP service could be
considered for retrial benefits.
Various Supreme Court judgment pronounced in
similar cases confirm that the benefits should also
to be extended to RTPs.
Further, the Government misinterpreted the
judgment of Supreme Court while disposing the SLP
(Civil) 80-123Of 1996 filed by Government of India and
rejected the entire demands of RTPs. This particular
judgment pertains to only the eligibility criteria for
department promotion and does not relate to counting of
past RTP service for retirement benefits.
The services rendered in private establishments
by the P&T Canteen employees are now being taken into
account for pensionary benefits as per DO P&T orders
based on the Supreme Court pronouncement made in
1999. Such being the case, there is every justification for
taking the past services of the RTP for promotional
aspects.
The Apex court has uphold the decision of the
Chennai High Court in granting service benefits of RTPs
for TBOP promotion to those deputed form the Post offices
to Army Postal Service during their Period on RTP. Non-
application of similar concession in treating the services
of RTP as qualifying services for promotion is tantamount
to denial of justice to the similarly situated persons.
(Contd. on page 21)
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 The story of "Hare and Tortoise" and India Post
While I witness the rising trend in
modernization and rapid computerization in the
Department of Posts through LAN, WAN and MAN
and identification of more and more aam admi Post
Offices day by day under Project Arrow incurring huge
expenditure in the name of "Look and Feel Good"
without any pre-check and proper assessment of its
own economic standard, ground realities of the Post
Offices, shortage of man power due to ban on new
creation and imposition of the arbitrary Screening
Committee, the story of "Hare and Tortoise" strikes in
my mind in a different way. With a purpose of teaching
us the central idea - "Slow and steady wins the race"
- we have been told the story of "Hare and Tortoise"
several times during our primary school education. We
all know that the Tortoise won the race due to his
constant persistence and the Hare did not for his
laziness and overconfidence. Let me extend the story
to suit the present attitude of our Department to win
the race of computerization / modernization.
Being ashamed of his defeat, the Hare
challenged the Tortoise. Realizing his fault of sleeping
under the banyan tree in the middle of the race, he
became very cautious in the second round and ran
continuously without any break and finally won in the
second round. But the cunning Tortoise invited the Hare
for the third round race with condition of changing the
point of destination. The tortoise suggested to touch
the peepal tree across the river. Being confident of his
winning, the Hare agreed and the race started. But
when the river came, the Hare just stopped and the
Tortoise without facing any hurdle dived and swam
across to touch the point of destination. The hare was
again defeated and felt ashamed for entering into the
agreement without accessing his capability of
swimming with that of the Tortoise. Now he
compromised with the Tortoise and suggested to have
an agreement that both would work in tandem without
giving any challenge to each other. On land, where
the hare can run swiftly, the Tortoise will sit on the
hare's back and on water where the Tortoise can swim,
the position would be reverse. Thus, they agreed to
work with a team spirit to conquer both land and water.
And this is called the secrecy of success with team
spirit. Both proved "Union is strength". Comrades!
Don't you think that if the Official Side works in tandem
with the Staff Side with proper understanding of each
others capability, the Department can achieve any
success it desires? But Alas! if any such thing
happens at all !
Now let me continue the story. Days passed
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Bruhaspati Samal
Divisional Secretary, AIPEU, Gr.-C
on. Subsequently, the next generation of the Hare in
the age of Information Technology considered the defeat
of their ancestor from a mere Tortoise as a serious
offence. Referring to Darwin's theory of evolution, they
opined that since there had been no change in the
physical structure of the hare and the Tortoise, the
hare would certainly be the swiftly running animal and
history had recorded it wrongly favouring the Tortoise.
They demanded to change the earlier decision in favour
of the Hare. The Tortoise now felt humiliated and
considered such opinion of the hares of IT generation
as an attack on his self-conceit, modesty, nobility and
humbleness. The Tortoise tired his best to make these
hares understand the reality about his earlier victory
and agreement with the Hare. But a group of hares of
this IT generation accompanied with some sycophants
challenged the Tortoise to prove his efficiency once
again. Due to their possession of IT tools, advanced
technology and being imparted with various trainings
in the mean time, these hares of IT generation became
very confident of their win. The overconfident hares
also extended the goal point beyond the peepal tree
which was fixed in the last round and re-fixed it to be
the horizon where the sky touches the earth. Now to
retain his self respect and to struggle for existence,
the Tortoise had no other alternative but to agree with
such a proposal. The race started once again. The
Hare ran and ran crossing the banyan tree, the river
bank, the peepal tree, the hills and forests across the
river without looking back with the only intention of
touching the horizon and to prove his efficiency better.
But on the contrary, the Tortoise went slowly in his
normal speed and rested under the banyan tree. When
asked, the Tortoise simply replied that he might start
when the hare would be nearer to the horizon. The
Hare was running and running ahead. The spectators
and judges waited for the Hare to come back with a
new record. But he did not return. Where is the horizon?
History repeated - "Too much cunningness undoes.
The Hare is not only foolish but less intelligent than
the Tortoise."
The narration of this old story in such a manner
keeps quite relevance to the rising trend of
computerization and modernization in the Department
of Posts. as if, the Department is trying to touch the
horizon. As we experience, it is entering into any
agreement anywhere with anybody and introducing
several new products and services starting from e-Post
to e-MO blindly without proper assessment of its own
financial viability, business strategies, income-cost
analysis and similar other factors. Illustratively, the
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PO-SHG-NABARD Linkage Scheme for disbursal of
micro credit to women Self Help Groups, agreement
with Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd for sale of insurance
products, agreements with SBI, UTI, Franklin
Templeton and others for mutual fund business,
Memorandum of Understanding between the
Department of Posts and the Ministry of Railways to
book railway reservation tickets through Post Offices,
SBI's tie-up with India Post for sourcing the former's
assets, liability and investment products , introduction
of Logistics Post Air , Instant Money Order (iMO)
service , Electronic Money Order ( e-MO ) Service,
launching of International Express Delivery Service in
partnership with Deutsche Post Worldnet (DPWN)
etc. are worth mentioning here. In addition, with a
purpose to create a faster response mechanism to
meet the emerging challenge of modern Information
and Communication Technology, the Department of
Posts has now launched "Project Arrow" as "windows
to the world for the common man" ( Aam Admi ). 500
post offices have been identified for this pilot project
with a view to cover 50 POs by 15th August, 2008 and
rest 400 P Os by 31st December, 2008. To suit the
new design necessary construction / reconstruction
work of the identified PO buildings is rapidly going on
demolishing the existing counters / public places which
were even built a few months ago. Crores of rupees
are being spent in this regard. Recently, another 4500
POs have been identified under the project. Further
another pilot project effecting mobile payment system
utilizing ICT(Information Communication Technology)
based on payment of wages through Mobile handsets
to be used by BPMs of selected Branch Post Offices
is proposed to be implemented for NREGS wage
earners. This apart, in the name of introducing a
corporate logo, the Department, incurring huge
expenditure beyond imagination changed our
prestigious logo which had been the pride and glory of
the Department of Posts through out years occupying
a special space not only in the blood and soul of its
employees but in the hearts of crores of Indian citizens
creating a separate status and identity of the
Department. One can easily guess the probable
expenditure that would incur in changing the name /
sign boards with repainting of the new logo on one
hand and the type of gain the Department would
achieve with such logo change on the other.
While we welcome any project that is
aimed at improving the postal services
accompanied with technological advancement,
we should not forget that we have already been warned
by the Planning Commission to attain self sufficiency
and at present we are striving for the same. In such a
period, a layman can treat such unnecessary wastage
of money as a blunder only. While the administration
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fails to supply timely the daily requirements of less
costly items like carbon papers and pins etc., while
the administrations expresses its inability to cane /
repair a torn/broken chair and staff are compelled to
work in an unhealthy atmosphere, while the rates of
OTA / FSC / sweeping / gardening / water carrying
allowance are not being revised for years together, such
extravagance is highly unappreciable and need to be
protested at any cost.
The Department is overconfident of its vast
network. But what is the human resource within? The
arbitrary Screening Committee has taken away more
than 50000 posts in the mean time. The ego of being
the oldest and largest may not count. Who will
implement the policies? How a single handed SPM
with as many as 15 to 20 BOs will handle thousands
of NREGS Accounts? Without additional staff, without
creation of new posts even after justification, without
sanction of justified OTA in the plea of paucity of funds,
without proper scale of pay and even without grant of
officiating pay, we are forced to work. Hanging the
banners of the oriental Insurance Company, we have
been given to achieve the targets for Postal Life
insurance, distributing the leaflets of SBI, we have been
ordered to open fixed numbers of S B and R D
Accounts. How disgusting! We have experienced the
failure of VSAT. The required forms and pass books
are not available in the PSDs. Bar code stickers are
not being supplied to S Os for booking of Speed Post
articles. No AMC is being signed for timely
maintenance of computers. The Department fails to
replace a damaged pillar letter box due to want of
stock. How the policies will run effectively where there
is no vision? The Department is introducing such
products and services unilaterally without taking the
Staff Side into confidence and trying to pluck where it
has not planted. To achieve their vested interest, the
bureaucrats are making the innocent employees of
the Department the cat's paw. Will such policies ever
sustain? Let's think deeply on these issues and guide
the Department properly for its existence?
A danger foreseen is half avoided. Can we be
able to forecast, Comrades?
(Contd. from page 19)
Therefore the 27th All India Conference of AIPEU
Group 'C' held of Guntur from 30.11.08 to 02.12.08
unanimously resolves
i) To request the Govt once again to view sympathetically
to grant the promotional benefits to erstwhile RTPs
duly counting their RTP service also.
ii) To request the Federation to take all out efforts
organizationally to win this just demand.
iii) To authorise the General Secretary to proceed legally
if need be.
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 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
1st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi - 110001
PF-1(e)/13/2008 Dated 11th December 2008.
To
All NFPE Office Bearers / All General
Secretaries / Circle Secretaries.
All Divisional / Branch Secretaries through
respective Circle Secretaries.
Dear Comrades!
TOTAL SOLIDARITY TO GDS
INDEFINITE STRIKE
NFPE Federal Secretariat that met on 9.12.2008
thoroughly discussed the entire developments taken place
since our earlier Federal Secretariat Meeting held on
8.11.2008. The submission of Nataraja Murti Committee
recommendations; the need for united struggle to get the
negative recommendations rejected and necessary
modifications accepted by the Government; the decision
of the all India Convention of NFPE held at Guntur for
launching a united Indefinite Strike from 6.1.2009 on a
common Postal Charter of Demands and on a common
CG Employees Charter of Demands; the submission of
Indefinite Strike notice for strike from 17.12.2008 by the
GDS Union undermining the decisions of the NFPE
Unions for a joint strike with preparations during
December etc have all been considered by the Federal
Secretariat.
Though the NFPE Federal Secretariat was of
unanimous view that the GDS Union should have fallen
in line with the decision of the NFPE for a joint Indefinite
Strike from 6.1.2009 for which Notice should be served
on 19.12.2008 and hectic strike tour from 21.12.2008 to
4.1.2009 to ensure total participation of postal employees
on a Postal Charter of Demands of both GDS and regular
employees for ensuring better victorious results, the
Secretariat has assessed that the GDS Union is not likely
to withdraw the strike notice served by it and therefore the
situation emerged is very crucial in the interests of three
lakhs of GDS and to our movement.
The NFPE Secretariat was of the considered
opinion that irrespective of the stand taken by the GDS
Union, the movement cannot allow the GDS to be isolated
at the time of their struggle for modification of the
recommendations of Nataraja Murti Committee that is
loaded with many anti-GDS recommendations. The
Secretariat considered that any failure would result in
losing the gains registered by the NFPTE - NFPE
movement during the past four decades for GDS and
therefore the Federation and all the affiliated Unions /
Associations cannot but take a firm stand to render total
solidarity to the GDS by joining the Indefinite Strike from
17.12.2008. It was in this background the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:
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RESOLUTION OF FEDERAL SECRETARIAT
The Federal Secretariat of NFPE which met at
the office of the NFPE on the afternoon of 9.12.2008 on
analysing the entire development of events taken place
including the situation arising out of submission of
Indefinite Strike notice by the GDS Union, has unanimously
resolved to call upon the entirety of postal regular
employees to extend total solidarity to the striking GDS by
joining the Indefinite Strike from 17.12.2008 and make
the strike programme of GDS a grand success.
This Secretariat also resolves unanimously
to call upon the Postal Board to hold meaningful
negotiations immediately with the Staff Side and reject
the negative recommendations of the GDS Committee
as well as to modify them as demanded by the unions
/ federations and avert the Indefinite Strike in the larger
interest of three lakhs of Gramin Dak Sewaks and
also to protect tranquillity and peace in Department of
Posts.
NFPE AND AFFILIATES SERVE
NOTICE TO DEPARTMENT
NFPE and all Affiliated Unions have submitted
a joint letter dated 9.12.2008 to the Secretary [P]
expressing the above decision of the Federal
Secretariat and intimating that this letter may be treated
as a Strike Notice. The Department was requested to
immediately hold negotiations with the Staff Side for
modifying the recommendations of Nataraja Murti
Committee as demanded by the unions / federations
in order to avert a strike and to maintain peace. Please
download the copy of this letter from our websites.
NFPE SERVES ULTIMATUM ON POSTAL CHARTER OF
DEMANDS
In accordance with the decisions of the All India
Convention of NFPE at Guntur, a letter of ultimatum
containing the Postal Charter of Demands as formulated
by the Convention was submitted to the Secretary [P] on
10.12.2008. It is a 19 points Charter of Demands as
furnished below. But the full text of the Charter of
Demands including the Sectional Charter of Demands
submitted on 15.02.2008, which forms part of the present
Charter of Demands also, can be downloaded from our
websites.
The Department is requested to hold meaningful
negotiations and settlement on all these vital issues of
postal employees before 18.12.2008. It was also intimated
that as per the decision of the All India Convention, failure
to negotiate and settle will result in an Indefinite Strike
during the first week of January. The copy of this letter also
can be downloaded from our websites.
(Contd. on page 31)
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 LETTERS FROM DEPARTMENT TO CHQ
u Grant of HRA to the postal staff working
at Mangadu under Tambaram Division in Tamil
Nadu Circle.
Kindly find enclosed photocopy of a letter
dated 07-11-2008, received from the General Secretary
AIPEU, Group 'C' New Delhi on the subject noted
above. It seems, that the proposal on the above subject
has not been received in this office. You are, therefore,
requested to submit the same, complete in every
respect. The proposal should be accompanied with
latest establishment review report, duly examined/
concurred by Circle IFA and approved by Head of the
Circle. A certificate to the effect that all efforts for
rationalizing of staff of this post office have been made
may also be submitted alongwith the establishment
review.
(No.4-59/2008-PAP dated 25-11-2008 addressed to
Chief PMG Tamil Nadu)
u Request for LSG promotion -C/o FTP
qualified of Mumbai GPO-reg.
I am directed to refer to your letter no. P/2-
13/Mumbai GPO, dated 2.8.2006 addressed to
Member (P) (received on 20.11.2008) regarding the
appeals dated 18.04.2006 submitted by Smt. V.V.
Vaskar and Smt. D.S. Apte, PAs, Mumbai GPO
addressed to Secretary, Department of Posts for
withdrawal of their declination to LSG (NB) and to say
that the Maharashtra Circle has already been informed
of the decision taken in the matter vide this Office
letter of even number dated 29.01.2008.
(DG No. 44-9/2006-SPB.II dated 03-12-2008)
u Financial Assistance/Natural Calamity
Advance to the Flood Victims of Orissa Circle-
reg.
I am directed to enclose a copy of letter no.
P/2-16/Orissa dated 10.11.2008 received from the
General Secretary, All India Postal Employees Union,
Group 'C' on the above mentioned subject.
2. It is requested to look into the matter and
furnish a detailed report to this office at the earliest.
(DG No. 16/100/2008-SR dated 01-12-2008 addressed
to Chief PMG, Orissa Circle)
u Alleged unhelpful and anti worker
activities of the SPOs, Dharamshala-request to
rein in-reg.
I am directed to enclose a copy of letter no.
P/2-8/HP Circle dated 15.11.2008 received from the
General Secretary, All India Postal Employees Union,
Group 'C' on the above mentioned subject.
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2. It is requested to look into the matter and
furnish a detailed report to this office at the earliest.
(D(SR & Legal) No. 16/99/2008-SR dated 01-12-2008
addressed to Chief PMG, H.P. Circle)
u Alleged alarming Service condition &
sufferings to the staff working in Dr. Mukerjee
Nagar PO in New Delhi North Division-reg.
I am directed to enclose a copy of letter no.
P/2-5/Delhi North dated 17.10.2008 received from the
General Secretary, All India Postal Employees Union,
Group 'C' on the above mentioned subject.
2. It is requested to look into the matter and
furnish a detailed report to this office at the earliest.
(No. 16/97/2008-SR dated 01-12-2008 addressed to
Chief PMG, Delhi Circle)
u Continued grant of HRA to the postal staff
working at Kannankurichi Post Office near Salem
in Tamil Nadu Circle.
I am directed to refer to this office letter of
even number dated 16.09.2008, on the subject noted
above. Reply has not been received from your office
till date. You are, therefore, requested to expedite the
same, as the General Secretary, AIPEU class III is
pressing hard for early settlement of the case.
(DG(P) No. 4-33/A/2007-PAP dated 25-11-2008
addressed to PMG, Western Region Coimbatore)
u High handed attitude of the SSPOs,
Jalandhar causing strike action by all unions from
12.11.2008-reg.
I am directed to refer to the Department's letter
of even No. dated 21.11.2008 on the above mentioned
subject and to state that the requisite information is
still to be received. Meanwhile, a representation vide
letter No. P/2-17/Jalandhar dated 14.11.2008 has also
been received from General Secretary, All India Postal
Employees Union Group 'C', a copy of which is
enclosed.
It is requested to look into the matter and
furnish a detailed report to this office at the earliest.
(No. 16/98/2008-SR dated 04-12-2008 addressed to
Chief PMG, Punjab Circle)
u Alleged atrocities and mal-administration
of SSPOs, Meerut Division in UP Circle-reg.
I am directed to refer to your letter No. P/2-
20/Meerut dated 28.12.2007 on the above mentioned
subject.
2. The matter has been examined in consultation
with the Circle Office. The position is as indicated
below:
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i&ii) No irregularity was noticed in transfer orders
issued by the SSPOs. No complaint/
representation has been received from any of the
official except Shri Kailash Yadav, Divisional
Secretary, AIPEU Group 'C' who is facing Rule-14
Charge sheet on charges of payment of forged
commission on RD deposits which was deposited
directly at counter by the Account holder. It was
also seen that no specific instance has been
referred by the union.
iii) No favour in transfer/punishment was noticed. The
reviewing authority in Regional office reviews the
punishment awarded to the officials regularly.
iv) As no specific instance were given, no comments
can be offered.
v) No LSG official has been posted in single/double
handed office after they were promoted in LSG
cadre. The orders of transfer of Shri Sheesh Pal
Singh was issued by Regional office after
considering his representation vide RO letter No.
RPB/STA/Rep-19/2007 dated 27.06.07
vi) Sardhana PO is LSG sub Post office and hence,
there is no restriction to post an official again in
the same office if he had completed his tenure in
any other office. The restrictions are applicable in
single/double handed offices only.
i) It is fact that the officer has worked as SPOs
Etawah, Bulandshahar and as SSPOs Jhansi
& Aligarh in Agra Region. The officer joined
as SPO Etawah after transfer from Kheri
Division. He was transferred to the post of
SPOs Bulandshahar at his own request and
cost, and as ADPS, RO Agra against vacant
post. Further, he was transferred to the post
of Manager BD Lucknow GPO. After
promotion the officer was allotted to Agra
Region and posted as SSPOs Aligarh and
subsequently on request and cost he was
posted as SSPOs Jhansi. As far as transfer
of the officer from one Division to another in
Agra Region is concerned, it was in public
interest and not on administrative ground.
ii) The allegation that appointments of BPMS
made by Shri H.P. Singh while holding the
charge of SPOs Bulandshahar were cancelled
is not correct. In fact, no appointment of BPM
made by Shri H.P. Singh in Bulandshahar
Division was cancelled.
iii) The expenditure was made by Shri Singh after
seeking AA/ES from RO Agra.
iv) The allegation that the officer was involved in
the bogus cash conveyance and charged Rs
1000/- per day for cash conveyance is
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baseless. It is correct that Shri Singh
dismissed Shri Pooran Lal Raikwar, the then
Divisional secretary. But it is not established
that the officer misused disciplinary powers
as alleged.
v) No complaint about misbehaviour or using
unparliamentarily language by the officer
have been received. It is correct that certain
FIRs were made against the officer in
Bulandshahar, Aligarh Division.
vi) It is correct that Shri Pooran Lal Raikwar, the
then Divisional Secretary, AIPEU, P-III Jhansi
Division was dismissed on 28.10.2005 by Shri
H.P. Singh on account of his involvement in
case of misappropriation of Rs. 36,000/- at
Sippri Bazar SO Jhansi. As such the
allegation that the officer took revenge and
dismissed the Divisional Secretary due to
report about his corrupt activities is baseless.
vii) Shri H.P. Singh while working as SSPOs
Azamgarh transferred Shri Ram Chandgra
Prasad, AP to Mahul PO Azamgarh. The
official lodged FIR under Section 352/304, 506
and 3(1)(10) SC ST Act at Kotwali Azamgarh.
Police has submitted final report but the court
has not accepted and the case is pending.
(No. 16-117/2007-SR dated 05-12-2008)
u Issue of Duplicate RPLI Pass Book-
Verification of credits-reg.
I am directed to refer to your letter No. P/4-5/
Operations dated 10.11.2008 on the above subject.
Duplicate PR book are required to be issued after
proper verification of the Ledger Card of the Insurant.
Since Ledger Cards for PLI/RPLI are not maintained
at Sub Office, it is not proper to ask the Sub offices to
furnish the Credit details and certificates.
(No. 30-2/2008-LI dated 04-12.2008)
u Atrocities and High handedness of Ex-
SSPOs Kovilpatti, request removal of
victimization - case of Shri S. Subramanian, TBOP,
Postal Assistant, Sankarankail, Kovilpatti, Tamil
Nadu Circle.
I am directed to refer to your letter No. P/2-
19/Sankarankail dated 12.06.2008 on the above
mentioned subject. The Tamil Nadu Circle has reported
that all the unauthorized absence of Shri S.
Subramanian, TBOP, Postal Assistant, period has
been regularized by granting leave due to him and the
leave salary has since been paid to official. The Pay
and Allowances for the period from 29.11.2007 to
13.12.2007 originally ordered to be withheld have also
been released on 28.08.2008.
(DG(P) No. 51-2/2008-SPB-II dated 18-12-2008)
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 ANOTHER IMPORTANT JUDGEMENT
REVISED SENIORITY - NOT FROM THE DATE OF EARLIER CONFIRMATION
- ONLY FROM THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT
Central Administrative Tribunal Bangalore Bench
Bangalore original application No. 446/2007 dated this
the first day of September, 2008 Hon'ble Shri G.
Shanthappa Member (J) Hon'ble Shri Gautam Ray
Member (A)
Shri D. Srinivasa Rao,
S/o D. Satyararayana Rao,
Aged 57 years, working as
Sub-Post Master,
Siddarth Nagar P.O.
Mysore-570011.
Applicant
(By Shri A.R. Holla, Advocate)
VS
1. Union of India,
By Secretary
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhavan,
New Delhi-110002.
2. Chief Post Master General,
Karnataka Circle,
3. Senior Superintendent of Post Office,
Mysore Division,
Mysore-57020.
& Others
Respondents
(By Shri V.N. Holla, learned Additional Central
Government Standing Counsel for Respondents-1 to3)
O R D E R (ORAL)
SHRI G.SHANTHAPPA, MEMBER (J):
We heard the learned Counsel Shri A.R. Holla,
appearing for the applicant and Shri V.N. Holla,
Additional Central Government Standing Counsel
appearing for the respondents.
2. The above application has been filed under
section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
seeking for the following reliefs:
"(i) To quash the (a) Order No.BI/LSG/Dlgs dated
@ Mysore 570020 the 03.04.2007, issued by
the respondent No.3, Annexure-A4, so far it
relates to the promotion of the respondents
No.4 to 8 is concerned and (b) Order No. BI/
LSG/Dlgs dated as Mysore-20 the
23.08.2007, issued by the respondent No.3,
Annexure-A6 in so far as the applicant is
concerned.
(ii) Direct the respondents No. 1 to 3 to consider
the applicant to the post of LSG in accordance
with the rules, Annexure A1 and extend
consequential benefits and
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(iii) Grant such other relief deemed fit, having regard
to the lacto and circumstances of the case"
3. We pursued the pleadings and considered the
submission made by learned connil for the
respondents.
4 After service of notice on the respondents,
have filed reply statement taking various grounds
including Rule-39 of P&T manual Vol-4. The learned
Counsel for the applicant has relied on the judgment
of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Chief
Commissioner of Income Tax and Others vs. V.Subba
Rao and Others reported in 2004 SCC (L&S) 201 in
which while determining the seniority the date of
appointment has been considered. In the instant case
the respondents have considered the case of the
applicants from the date of confirmation in the service.
The learned Counsel for the respondents has produced
Government instructions dated 04.11.1992, the
instructions was referred by the Hon'ble Supreme Court
in the case of Direct Recruit Class II Engineering
Officers Association vs. State of Maharashtra, para
47 (a) of the said judgment, it was declared, the
seniority of a person regularly appointed to a post
according to rule would be determined by the order of
merit indicated at the time of initial appointment and
not according to the date of his confirmation. The
learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the O.M.
dated 04.11.1992 has already been considered while
deciding the case by the Hon'ble Supreme Court which
is reported in 2004 SCC L&S 201 in the case of Chief
Commissioner of Income Tax and Others vs. V. Subba
Rao and others.
5 We have carefully examined the submissions
made from either side, without going to the merits of
the case, since the respondents have not considered
the case of the applicant as held by the Hon'ble
Supreme Court supra, we direct the respondents to
consider the present OA as the representation and to
take decision in accordance with Rules and the
judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court supra. If the
department of Post wants and clarification, they are
at a liberty to obtain instructions from the DoP&T. The
respondents are directed to consider the case of the
applicant as mentioned above within a period of 3
months from the date of receipt of the copy of this
Order.
6 O.A. is disposed of accordingly. No costs
Sd/- Sd/-
(GAUTAM RAY) (G.SHANTHAPPA)
MEMBER (A) MEMBER (J)
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 GOVERNMENT ORDERS
l Uniform for Postmen and Group 'D'
As you are aware, India Post introduced Blue
Uniform for the Postmen and Group 'D' in the year
2004 during the celebrations of 150 years of the Post
Office in India. Representations from the staff general
as well as some of the Staff Unions, in particular, have
been received in the last four years about their
unhappiness over this decision. Some sections of our
staff have demanded that India Post should revert to
the Khaki uniform with improved fabric which would
meet the requirements of creating a positive brand
image of the Department in the eyes of the public and
also make our officials comfortable while wearing the
new uniform. Secretary (P) has desired that this issue
needs broad consultations with the Heads of Circles
as well all the Staff Unions. Accordingly, I request you
to kindly consult the Staff Unions in your Circle and
offer your valuable suggestions on this proposal.
2. There is also a demand about improving the
quality of chappals/umbrellas or simply make cash
payment in lieu of chappals and umbrellas. I request
your to kindly offer your valuable suggestions on this
proposal as well.
3. Further, I request you to kindly send your
views to this office latest by 22 October, 2008
(DG(P) No.2-4/2006-UPE dated 3-10-2008)
l Revision of Special Allowance and Cash
Handling Allowance-Recommendations of the
Sixth Central Pay Commission.
Consequent upon the decision taken by the
Government on the recommendations made by the
Sixth Pay Commission and in supersession of this
Department's O.M. No. 4/4/97-Estt. (Pay II) dated
22.4.98 and OM. No. 4/5/97-Estt. (Pay II) dated 5.5.98
on the subject of Special Allowance and Cash Handling
Allowance respectively, the President is pleased to
double the existing rates of these Allowances. The
rates of these allowances will be increased by 25%
every time the Dearness Allowance payable on revised
pay scales goes up by 50%.
2. These orders shall be effective from 1st
September, 2008.
3. Insofar as persons serving in the Indian Audit
& Accounts Department are concerned, these orders
issue after consultation with the Computroller & Auditor
General of India.
(DoP & T OM No. 4/6/2008-Estt. (Pay-II) dated 1.10.08)
l Redeployment of the posts of Indian
Postal Officer Service-Reg.
Approval of competent authority is hereby
accorded to the temporary redeployment of following
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SAG/JAG Level Group "A" IPOS posts in the same
scale of pay with immediate effect or till further orders.
i) Redeployment of the post PMG, Bihar(BD,
Tech. & Mktg.) post from Bihar Circle to West
Bengal Circle.
ii) Redeployment of the post of Director (BD,
Tech, & Mktg.) Karnataka Circle to Bihar
Circle.
iii) Redeployment of the post of Director ((BD,
Tech, & Mktg,) Kerala Circle as Director
(Technology Operations), Postal Directorate,
New Delhi.
2. The competent authority has further decided
that Director (MB) in West Bengal Circle be a part of
the Circle Office and Airport Sorting Office will be
headed by a PSS Group "B" Officer.
3. This issues with the approval of Secretary (Posts).
(DG(P) No.43-32/2008-PE.II Dated: 14-11-2008)
l Additional duties for Postman/Delivery
Staff.
On account of changes in work scenario of the
Post Offices brought about due to the Induction of
technology and primacy of business products, the
duties and responsibilities of the postman have
undergone a vast change. In order to incorporate these
changes, the following duties are prescribed in addition
to the duties already prescribed for Postman/Delivery
Staff in the Postal Manual Volume VI/ Chapter III:-
Additional Duties of Postman/Delivery Staff
(i) Data entry in various modules (Postman,
Speednet) of Meghdoot software of all mail articles
given to them for delivery. This duty will be performed
during the 80 minutes period (60 minutes before the
hours of delivery and 20 minutes after return from the
beat) on each working day within the overall duty hours.
(ii) Assistance to Sorting Postman/Head
Postman in beat sorting, wherever available. Where
there are no posts of Sorting Postman/Head Postman,
the Postman will attend to beat sorting.
w Delivery of any pamphlets or Brochures
presented under Direct Post.
w Collection of surplus cash from sub Post
offices lying in the beat and remitting cash to the main
post office to which they are attached, whenever
ordered by the Postmaster.
w Assisting in Table sorting, Segregation of
missent articles, misdirected articles and Beat sorting.
w Preparation of special delivery slips for bulk
addressees by data entry in the postman module.
w Sorting of accountable articles and Money
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orders beat wise and their entry in the computer
system for printing the delivery slips.
w Entry of undelivered accountable articles/
Money orders in the postman module.
w To act as an agent for promoting PLI/RPLI
and Business Development Products.
w Assistance to the treasurers in sorting of the
currency notes and making bundles denomination wise
and also escort the treasurer while drawing and
remittance of cash to Bank/Treasury.
w Drawal of revenue stamps from treasury/sub
treasury if ordered by the Postmaster.
w Utilizing the services for data entry of RPLI/
PLI proposals and generating acceptance momos for
policies on payment of some Incentive.
w Preparing the beat list and the beat map of
the beat and updating the same on a regular basis.
w Any other duty assigned by the Department/
Head of the Office.
2. This has the approval of Secretary (Posts).
(DG(P) No.25-20/2008-PE.I Dated : 25.11.2008)
l Constitution of a Cell for implementation
of the recommendations of the Gramin Dak Sevak
Committee- Reg.
Approval of competent authority is hereby
accorded to the constitution of Implementation Cell to
examine the implementation of the recommendations
of GDS Committee under a nodal officer. ADG (Estt.)
will be the Nodal Officer for processing the
recommendations and will be provided the assistance
of following staff:
1. ASPO/Inspector,
2. Assistant,
3. LDC
4. Independent Personal Assistant.
2. Approval of competent authority also conveyed
to the temporarily redeployment of the post of Inspector
(Posts) attached to GDS Committee as Inspector
Impementation Cell.
(DG(P) No.6-2/2008-PE-II Dated: 19-11-2008)
l Child Care Leave in respect of Central
Government employees as a result Sixth Central
Pay Commission - clarification retgarding-
The order regarding introduction of Child Care
leave (CCL) in respect of Central Government
employees were issued vide this Department's O.M.
of even number dated 11th September, 2008.
Subsequently, clarification in this regard were also
issued vide O.M. dated 29th september, 2008.
2. Consequent upon the implementation of orders
relating to Child Care Leave, references has been
received from various sections regarding the procedure
for grant of this leave etc. In this connection, it is
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mentioned that the intention of the Pay Commission
in recommending Child Care Leave for women
employees was facilitate women employees to take
cre of their childreen at the time of need. However,
this does not mean that CCL should disrupt the
functioning of Central Government offices. The nature
of this leave was envisaged to be the same as that of
earned leave. Accordingly, while maintaining the spirit
of Pay Commission's recommendations intact and
also harmonizing the smooth functioning of the offices,
the following clarifications are issued in consultation
with the Department of Expenditure (Implementation
Cell) with regard to Child Care Leave for Central
Government employees:-
i) CCL cannot be demanded as a matter of right.
Uner no circumstances can any employee
proceed on CCL without prior proper approval of
the leave by the leave sanctioning authority.
ii) The leave is to be treated like the Earned Leave
and sanctioned as ssuch.
iii) Consequently, Saturdays, Sundays, Gazetted
holidays etc. falling during the period of leave
would also count for CCL, as in the case of
Earned Leave.
iv) CCL can be availed only if the employee
concerned has no Earned Leave at her credit.
(DoP & T OM No. 13018/2/2008-Estt.(L) Dated: 18-
11-2008)
l Sixth Central Pay Commission
Recommendation-Special dispensation in the
form of Special Casual Leave to Central
Government Employees with disabilities.
The undersigned os directed to say that the
Sixth Central Pay Commission had recommended that
the number of Casual Leave available for employees
with disabilities should be 12 days as against 8 days
for other employees and it has been decided that the
additional benefit of 4 days leave shall be granted in
the form of Special Casual Leave. The undersigned is
accordingly directed to convey the sanction of the
Government that Central Government employees with
disabilities as defmed in the Persons with
Disabilites (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights
and Full Participation) Act, 1995 may be granted Special
Casual Leave for 4 (four) days in a calendar year for
specific requirements relating to the disabilitiy of the
officcial.
2. These Order take effect from 1st September 2008.
(DoP & T OM No.25011/1/2008-Estt.(A) Dated:- 19-
11-2008)
l Constitution of Project Management Unit
It has been dicided to establish a Project
Management Unit as an independent office for the
JANUARY, 2009
exclusive purpose of managing the implementation of
the 11th Plan Scheme to modernize and computerize
the entire postal network. The responsibilities of the
Project Management Unit (PMU) will include:
a. Conceptualization, planning, execution and
management of the Plan scheme on a project
mode from inception to end
b. Preparation of a comprehensive need based plan
for induction IT in the department
c. Enablement of the selection of project
consultants and other technology partners to
realize the plan
d. Oversight of the project implementation, Change
Management and Human Resource
Development
e. Coordinating different aspects of the project with
concerned divisions in the Directorate as well
as with the Circles
f. Maintaining liaison with all other interfacing
agencies and stakeholders
g. Entering into contracts with partners/vendors
etc., as per specific authorization and managing
the same and
h. Carrying out all other project related functions
that may be assigned to it from time to time
2. The Project Management Unit will be
comprised of one SAG level officer, on JAG level officer,
one STS level officer, one PSS group 'B' officer and
support staff.
3. The following orders are issued after approval
of the competent authority:
i. Redesignation of the post of DDG (Technology
Planning) as DDG (Project Management Unit),
Postal Directorate.
ii. Redesignation of post of Director (Technology
Operations) as Director (PMU), Postal
Directorate.
iii. Temporary diversion of one post of ADG (SCT),
which was earlier utilized as ADG, GDS
Committee as ADG (PMU)
iv. Temporary diversion of one post of PSS Group
"B" SPG Section will identify a suitable
surplus/vacant post.
v. The required posts of PA'S $ Peons may be
filed by outsourcing the same.
4. The DDG (Technology Operations) will be
redesignated as DDG (Technology) and will look after
both Technology and Planning.
(DG(P) No. 43-46/2008-PE-II Dated : 03.12.2008)
l Expenditure Management - Economy
Measures and Rationalization of Expenditure-
Guidelines related to LTC.
Referance is invited to the guidelines on
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austerity measures issued vide O.M of even number
dated 5th June, 2008 and DoPT O.M. No. 31011/4/
2008-Estt (A) dated 23th September, 2008 regarding
acceptance of Sixth Pay Commission's
recommendations related to LTC. Vide the O.M. of
DoPT, it has been stipulated that travel entitlements
for the purpose of official tour/transfer or LTC will be
the same but no daily allowance will be admissible for
travel on LTC. In order to meet the objective of
expenditure management in view of the current
Economy Measures, it is further stipulated that in sofar
as travel on LTC is concerned for those entitled to
travel by air, the cheapest economy fare ticket will be
alowed irrespective of entitlement of such officers to
travel while on tour.
These orders come into effect from the date of
issue.
(MOF, DOE OMF. No.7(1)/E.Coord./2008 Dated : 10-
11-2008)
l Expenditure Management - Economy
Measures and Rationalization of Expenditure -
Guidelines related to LTC- Clarifications - reg.
1.1 The undersigned is directed to refer to OM of
even number dated 10 November 2008 regarding
expenditure management and guidelines for LTC. In
view of the references received in regard to the
difficulties in determination of 'cheapest' economy fare,
it is clarified that officers and/or their families may
choose to travel on LTC by any airline provided that
the fare does not exceed the fares offered by NACIL
(Air India) under their LTC 80 scheme effective from 1
December, 2008 for sectors covered under the scheme,
details of which are available on the website http://
w w w. i n d i a n a i r l i n e s . i n / s c r i p t /
leavetravelconcession.aspx. For sectors not covered
by the LTC 80 scheme of NACIL, officers should
ensure that cheapest economy tickets are purchased
by their booking through internet/airlines directly/
authorized travel agents.
1.2 It may also be certified by each officer while
submitting his/her LTC claim that no other benefit, other
than air travel, has been availed of as a part of any
package offered by any airline.
2. These orders will be applicable in the case of
tickets booked on or after the date of issue. In respect
of tickets booked between 10 November 2008 and the
date of issue of these orders, LTC claims may be
processed for clearance provided full fare economy
tickets have not been purchased and no other benefits,
except air travel, have been availed of.
(MOF, DOE OM F.No.7(1)/E.Coord./2008 Dated : 04-
12-2008)
l Financial assistance in cases of death.
28 JANUARY, 2009
 The existing instructions dealing with grant of
financial assistance in cases of death are contained
in the Department's letter No. 1-3/99-Wel & Sports
dated 1.06.2000.
2. An item enhancement of financial assistance
in such cases was placed before the Postal Services
Staff Welfare Board in its meeting held on 14.05.08 and
the Board desired detailed examination of the matter.
3. The matter has been examined and as a result
thereof it has been decided to enhance the limit of
financial assistance in cases of death due to riots,
attack by the robbers and terrorists while not on duty
from the existing Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 12,000/-. The
limits of financial assistance in all other categories of
death remain unchanged.
4. It is clarified that the financial relief granted
as per the decision of the board would be effective
from 2008-2009 and no past case will be re-opened.
(DG(P) No. 1-3/2008-Wel & Sports dated : 27-10-2008)
l Financial assistance to the Postal Welfare
organizations for running Crèches and tailoring
Schools.
As per existing instructions issued vide letter
No. 19-4/99-Wel & Sports dated 01.06.2000, the Deptt.
grants financial assistance to Central Postal Ladies
Organization and Circle Postal Ladies Organization
to the tune of Rs. 25,000/- per annum and Rs,. 15,000/
- per annum respectively.
2. An item to increase the above limit was placed
before the Postal Services Staff Welfare Board in its
meeting held on 14.05.2008 and the Board desired detailed
examination of the matter before taking a final view.
3. The matter was further examined and it has
been decided to enhance the grant of financial
assistance to Central Postal Ladies Organization from
existing Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 35,000/- and in regard to
Circle Postal Ladies Organization from existing Rs.
15,000/- to 25,000/-
DG(P) No. 1-6/2008-Wel & Sports dated 27-10-2008)
l Financial assistance to T.B. Patients.
As per existing instructions of the Department
RESOLUTION ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY IN THE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT
MEETING HELD ON 09.12.2008.
The Federal Secretariat of NFPE which met at the
office of the NFPE on the afternoon of 9.12.2008 on
analysing the entire development of events taken
place including the situation arising out of submission
of Indefinite Strike notice by the GDS Union, has
unanimously resolved to call upon the entirety of postal
regular employees to extend total solidarity to the
striking GDS by joining the Indefinite Strike from
17.12.2008 and make the strike programme of GDS
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issued vide letter No. 15-43/92-WL & Sports dated
02.09.1992, financial assistance is payable to the TB
patients who remain on E.O.L. and HPL due to ailment
@ Rs.1500/- per month and Rs.750/- per month
respectively.
2. An item-proposing enhancement to the limits
was placed before the Postal Services Staff Welfare
Board in its meeting held on 14.05.08. However, the
Board desired detailed examination of the matter.
3. In the process of examination and on scrutiny
of the information received from all the Circles, it has
been noticed hat there are negligible number of cases
falling in this category. Therefore, it has been decided
to do away with this category of financial assistance
with immediate effect.
(DG(P) No. 1-7/2008-Wel & Sports dated 27-10-2008)
l Enhancing the grant-in-aid to Postal
Recreation Clubs.
The recreation clubs in the Department of
Posts are being given additional grant-in-aid @ Rs.5/
- per head per year in accordance with the instructions
of DOP&T issued vide No. 1-4/86-Welfare dated
01.09.87. Subsequently the DOP&T had revised its
instructions vide their letter No. 1-3/98-Wefare dated
14.10.1999 enhancing the additional grant -in-aid from
Rs. 5/- to 15/-, but these instruction were not to the
knowledge of the Department of Posts.
An item to enhance the rate of additional
grant-in-aid was placed before the Postal Services Staff
Welfare Board in its meeting held on 14.05.08. The
Board desired detailed examination of the matter,
before taking a final view in this regard.
The matter was examined particularly in the light
of the instructions dated 14.10.1999 issued by the
DOP&T and it has been decided to increase the
additional grant-in-aid from the existing Rs.5/- per head
to Rs. 15/- per head, with the matching funding from the
members of the club. Suitable instructions to this effect
may be issued to all concerned under intimation to this
office. The provision of matching funding must be ensured.
(DG(P) No. 9-2/2008-Wel & Sports dated 27-10-2008)
a grand success.
This Secretariat also resolves unanimously to
call upon the Postal Board to hold meaningful
negotiations immediately with the Staff Side and reject
the negative recommendations of the GDS Committee
as well as to modify them as demanded by the unions
/ federations and avert the Indefinite Strike in the larger
interest of three lakhs of Gramin Dak Sewaks and also
to protect tranquillity and peace in Department of Posts.
JANUARY, 2009
 LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION SCHEME (LTC-08)
(With effect from 1st December, 2008 until further Notice)
S. Sector Fares PSF Fuel Total 51. Chennai-Hyderabad 1100 225 1950 3275
No. All Sectors v.v. Surcharges Fare 52. Chennai-Kochi 1100 225 1950 3275
(Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) 53. Chennai-Kolkata 3700 225 2700 6625
1. Agartala-Guwahati 1100 225 1950 3275 54. Chennai-Kozhikode 1100 225 1950 3275
2. Agartala-Kolkata 1100 225 1950 3275 55. Chennai-Madurai 1100 225 1950 3275
3. Agartala-Silchar 415 225 1950 2590 56. Chennai-Mumbai 3300 225 2700 6225
4. Agatti-Kochi 3415 225 1950 5590 57. Chennai-Port Blair 3500 225 2700 6425
5. Ahmedabad-Bangalore 3500 225 2700 6425 58. Chennai-Raipur 3300 225 2700 6225
6. Ahmedabad-Delhi 2475 225 2700 5400 59. Chennai-Tiruchirapalli 1100 225 1950 3275
7. Ahmedabad-Hyderabad 2475 225 2700 5400 60. Chennai-
8. Ahmedabad-Jaipur 2295 225 1950 4470 Thiruvananthapuram 1200 225 1950 3375
9. Ahmedabad-Kolkata 3300 225 2700 6225 61. Chennai-Visakhapatnam 1500 225 1950 3675
10. Ahmedabad-Mimbai 1100 225 1950 3275 62. Coimbatore-Delhi 4080 225 2700 7005
11. Ahmedabad-Vadodara 1400 225 1950 3575 63. Coimbatore-Kochi 1100 225 1950 3275
12. Aizawl-Guwahati 1330 225 1950 3505 64. Coimbatore-Kozikode 1100 225 1950 3275
13. Aizawl-Imphal 1100 225 1950 3275 65. Coimbatore-Mumbai 3300 225 2700 6225
14. Aizawl-Kolkata 1100 225 1950 3275 66. Delhi-Goa 3700 225 2700 6625
15. Allahabad-Delhi 2340 225 1950 4515 67. Delhi-Guwahati 3700 225 2700 6625
16. Allahabad-Kanpur 1200 225 1950 3375 68. Delhi-Hyderabad 3300 225 2700 6225
17. Amritsar-Delhi 1100 225 1950 3275 69. Delhi-Gwalior 1590 225 1950 3765
18. Aurangabad-Delhi 2500 225 2700 5425 70. Delhi-Imphal 4280 225 2700 7205
19. Aurangabad-Mumbai 2300 225 1950 4475 71. Delhi-Indore 2280 225 1950 4455
20. Bagdogra-Delhi 3300 225 2700 6225 72. Delhi-Jaipur 1100 225 1950 3275
21. Bagdogra-Guwahati 1100 225 1950 3275 73. Delhi-Jabalpur 2650 225 1950 4825
22. Bagdogra-Kolkata 1100 225 1950 3275 74. Delhi-Jammu # 1100 225 1950 3275
23. Bangalore- 75. Delhi-Jodhpur 2000 225 1950 4175
Bhubaneshwar 3300 225 2700 6225 76. Delhi-Kanpur 1900 225 1950 4075
24. Bangalore- Chennai 1400 225 1950 3575 77. Delhi-Khajuraho 2180 225 1950 4355
25. Bangalore- Coimbatore 1530 225 1950 3705 78. Delhi-Kochi 4075 225 2700 7000
26. Bangalore- Delhi 3700 225 2700 6625 79. Delhi-Kolkata 3300 225 2700 6225
27. Bangalore- Goa 1350 225 1950 3525 80. Delhi-Kozhikode 5235 225 2700 8160
28. Bangalore- Hyderabad 1100 225 1950 3275 81. Delhi-Kullu 1650 225 1950 3825
29. Bangalore- Kochi 1100 225 1950 3275 82. Delhi-Leh # 1300 225 1950 3475
30. Bangalore- Kolkata 3700 225 2700 6625 83. Delhi-Lucknow 1100 225 1950 3275
31. Bangalore- Mumbai 2475 225 2700 5400 84. Delhi-Mumbai 3300 225 2700 6225
32. Bangalore- Pune 1100 225 1950 3275 85. Delhi-Nagpur 2475 225 2700 5400
33. Bangalore- 86. Delhi-Pathankot 1600 225 1950 3775
Thiruvananthapuram 1525 225 1950 3700 87. Delhi-Patna 2475 225 2700 5400
34. Bhopal- Delhi 2180 225 1950 4355 88. Delhi-Pune 3300 225 2700 6225
35. Bhopal- Gwalior 1520 225 1950 3695 89. Delhi-Raipur 2475 225 2700 5400
36. Bhopal- Indore 1400 225 1950 3575 90. Delhi-Ranchi 3480 225 2700 6405
37. Bhopal- Mumbai 2380 225 1950 4555 91. Delhi-Srinagar # 1900 225 1950 4075
38. Bhubaneshwar-Chennai 3680 225 2700 6605 92. Delhi-Surat 3300 225 2700 6225
39. Bhubaneshwar- Delhi 4180 225 2700 7105 93. Delhi-Tirupati 4515 225 2700 7440
40. Bhubaneshwar- 94. Delhi-
Hyderabad 3280 225 2700 6205 Thiruvananthapuram 4580 225 2700 7505
41. Bhubaneshwar-Kolkata 1100 225 1950 3275 95. Delhi-Udaipur 2180 225 1950 4355
42. Bhubaneshwar- Mumbai 3300 225 2700 6225 96. Delhi-Vadodara 2475 225 2700 5400
43. Bhubaneshwar- Raipur 2280 225 1950 4455 97. Delhi-Varanasi 1100 225 1950 3275
44. Bhubaneshwar-Ranchi 1300 225 1950 3475 98. Delhi-Visakhapatnam 3500 225 2700 6425
45. Chandigarh- Delhi 1100 225 1950 3275 99. Dibrugarh-Guwahati 500 225 1950 2675
46. Chandigarh- Mumbai 3700 225 2700 6625 100. Dibrugarh-Jorhat 415 225 1950 2590
47. Chandigarh- Leh# 2180 225 1950 4355 101. Dibrugarh-Kolkata 2475 225 2700 5400
48. Chennai-Coimbatore 1100 225 1950 3275 102. Dibrugarh-Lilabari 415 225 1950 2590
49. Chennai-Delhi 3700 225 2700 6625 103. Dimapur-Imphal 500 225 1950 2675
50. Chennai-Goa 2475 225 2700 5400 104. Dimapur-Jorhat 1680 225 1950 3855

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 105. Dimapur-Guwahati 1025 225 1950 3200 144. Khajuraho-Mumbai 3380 225 2700 6305
106. Dimapur-Kolkata 2180 225 1950 4355 145. Khajuraho-Varanasi 1400 225 1950 3575
107. Dimapur-Tezpur 1380 225 1950 3555 146. Kochi-Kozhikode 1100 225 1950 3275
108. Gaya-Guwahati 800 222 2700 3725 147. Kochi-Mumbai 3300 225 2700 6225
109. Goya-Kolkata 1100 225 1950 3275 148. Kochi-
110. Goa-Kochi 2180 225 1950 4355 Thiruvananthapuram 1100 225 1950 3275
111. Goa-Kozhikode 1100 225 1950 3275 149. Kolkata-Mumbai 3700 225 2700 6625
112. Goa-Mumbai 1100 225 1950 3275 150. Kolkata-Nagpur 3380 225 2700 6305
113. Goa-Pune 1325 225 1950 3500 151. Kolkata-Port Blair 4280 225 2700 7205
114. Guwahati-Imphal 1100 225 1950 3275 152. Kolkata-Shillong 1580 225 1950 3755
115. Guwahati-Jorhat 500 225 1950 2675 153. Kolkata-Silchar 1100 225 1950 3275
116. Guwahati-Kolkata 1100 225 1950 3275 154. Kolkata-Tezpur 1880 225 1950 4055
117. Guwahati-Lilabari 500 225 1950 2675 155. Kozhikode-Mumbai 2475 225 2700 5400
118. Guwahati-Silchar 500 225 1950 2675 156. Kozhikode-Tiruchirapalli 1100 225 1950 3275
119. Gwalior-Jabalpur 1700 225 1950 3875 157. Kullu-Pathankot 500 225 1950 2675
120. Hyderabad-Kolkata 3300 225 2700 6225 158. Leh-Srinagar 2180 200 1950 4330
121. Hyderabad-Mumbai 1100 225 1950 3275 159. Lacknow-Varanasi 1100 225 1950 3275
122. Hyderabad-Nagpur 1100 225 1950 3275 160. Mumbai-Lacknow 3880 225 2700 6805
123. Hyderabad-Pune 1325 225 1950 3500 161. Madurai-Mumbai 4225 225 2700 7150
124. Hyderabad-Tirupati 1100 225 1950 3275 162. Mangalore-Mumbai 1100 225 1950 3275
125. Hyderabad- 163. Mumbai-Nagpur 1100 225 1950 3275
Visakha patnam 1100 225 1950 3275 164. Mumbai-Patna 4500 225 2700 7425
126. Imphal-Jorhat 1680 225 1950 3855 165. Mumbai-Pune 1200 225 1950 3375
127. Imphal-Kolkata 1280 225 1950 3455 166. Mumbai-Rajkot 2500 225 1950 4675
128. Imphal-Silchar 500 225 1950 2675 167. Mumbai-Raipur 2475 225 2700 5400
129. Indore-Mumbai 1800 225 1950 3975 168. Mumbai-Ranchi 4540 225 2700 7465
130. Jaipur-Jodhpur 1500 255 1950 3675 169. Mumbai-
131. Jaipur-Kolkata 3385 225 2700 6310 Thiruvananthapuram 3880 225 2700 6805
132. Jaipur-Mumbai 2475 225 2700 5400 170. Mumbai-Udaipur 2775 225 1950 4950
133. Jaipur-Udaipur 1500 225 1950 3675 171. Mumbai-Vadodara 1100 225 1950 3275
134. Jammu-Srinagar # 1100 200 1950 3250 172. Mumbai-Varanasi 4380 225 2700 7305
135. Jammu-Leh # 1380 200 1950 3530 173. Mumbai-Visakhapatnam 4300 225 2700 7225
136. Jamnagar-Mumbai 2280 225 1950 4455 174. Nagpur-Raipur 1600 225 1950 3775
137. Jabalpur-Raipur 1510 225 1950 3685 175. Patna-Ranchi 1200 225 1950 3375
138. Jodhpur-Mumbai 2475 225 2700 5400 176. Raipur-Visakhapatnam 1680 225 1950 3855
139. Jodhpur-Udaipur 1400 225 1950 3575 177. Shillong-Tezpur 1300 225 1950 3475
140. Jorhat-Kolkata 1650 225 1950 3825 178. Tiruchirapalli-
141. Jorhat-Lilabari 500 225 1950 2675 Thiruvananthapuram 1100 225 1950 3275
142. Jorhat-Shillong 415 225 1950 2590 # The levy of Passenger Serive Fee (WO) for passenger embarking
143. Jorhat-Tezpur 1680 225 1950 3855 in the State of J&K is INR-200 for tickets sold in India

(Contd. from page 22)
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE OF CONFEDERATION
ON 13.12.2008
The National Executive of Confederation of
Central Government Employees will meet on 13.12.2008
in New Delhi. This meeting is expected to review the action
taken on the decisions of the extended National Executive
and resolve future course of action to be taken including
organizing an Indefinite Strike.
BUILD UNITY FOR STRUGGLE
NFPE will take every effort to unite the entire
organizations for the struggles in line. We are discussing
with FNPO leaders for forging struggle unity. We are
discussing with the leaders of Confederation for
synchronizing the struggle of all in a comprehensive
manner to ensure total unity during struggle. NFPE
Secretariat is aware of time constraint on all of us in
general and on the rank and file leadership in particular in
organizing struggles. Let us take things on its priority. Let
us first concentrate on our first task of winning the GDS
demands through 17.12.2008 Indefinite Strike or through
negotiations prior to that. The other struggles shall take its
importance after the first phase is over. The task is
stupendous and the decision of GDS Union to go ahead
without waiting for others has made the task more complex
and complicated. Still we have our historical responsibility
and role to play in the larger interest of three lakhs of GDS
and the whole movement itself. Let us play our united role.
Let us commence the preparations with war footing.
With revolutionary greetings,
Comradely Yours,
Sd/-
[K.Ragavendran]
Secretary General

BHARTIYA POST 31 JANUARY, 2009

 DONATION RECEIVED BY THE CHQ
(From 19.11.2008 to 16.12.2008)
The following Branches have responded further and remitted donations to CHQ @ Rs.20/-
per membership & more than the prescribed amount. Our Sincere thanks to all of them.
1. Chikmangalur (Karnataka) 6000 49. Sankarnkoil (Tamilnadu) 500
2. Delhi GPO (Delhi) 2000 50. Pollachi (Tamilnadu) 1500
3. PSD Kolkata (West Bengal) 780 51. Nagpur City (Maharastra) 500
4. Kolkata GPO (West Bengal) 8400 52. Coonoor (Tamilnadu) 300
5. Bara Bazar (West Bengal) 2500 53. Nilgiris (Tamilandu) 300
6. Kolkata Central (West Bengal) 5000 54. Tuticorin (Tamilnadu) 325
7. Kolkata Foreign Post (West Bengal) 1300 55. Krishnagiri (Tamilnadu) 300
8. RLO Kolkata (West Bengal) 1000 56. Begusarai (Bihar) 1000
9. North Presidency (West Bengal) 5240 57. Ramanathapuram (Tamilnadu) 1000
10. South Hoogly (West Bengal) 3600 58. Tiruvarur (Tamilnadu) 1000
11. North Kolkata (West Bengal) 2000 59. Mayiladuthurai (Tamilnadu) 200
12. Nadia South (West Bengal) 2240 60. Palamau (Jharkhand) 500
13. Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) 2000 61. Sirkali (Tamilnadu) 200
14. Dimapore (North East) 500 62. Kanyakumari (Tamilandu) 200
15. Kohima/Nagaland (North East) 1300 63. PSD Madurai (Tamilnadu) 100
16. Aluva (Kerala) 3000 64. Tiruvanamalai (Tamilnadu) 315
17. Ernakulam (Kerala) 4000 65. Chengalpattu (Tamilnadu) 235
18. Ranchi (Jharkhand) 1000 66. Kasargod (Kerala) 175
19. Satara (Maharastra) 5900 67. Virudhachalam (Tamilnadu) 500
20. Calicut (Kerala) 4600 68. Mumbai City West (Maharastra) 3000
21. Theni (Tamilnadu) 500 69. Dindigul (Tamilnadu) 200
22. Ambala (Haryana) 500 70. Srivaikuntam (Tamilnadu) 300
23. Srirangam (Tamilnadu) 501 71. Madurai (Tamilnadu) 515
24. Rohtak (Haryana) 100 72. Tirupur (Tamilnadu) 534
25. Osmanabad (Maharastra) 1000 73. Mumbai North East (Maharastra) 1000
26. Chandrapur (Mahrastra) 1000 74. Jodhpur (Rajasthan) 2200
27. Giridih (Jharkhand) 1000 75. Valsad (Gujarat) 2005
28. Nanded (Maharastra) 500 76. Chennai City South 300
29. Beawar (Rajasthan) 287 77. Coimbatore 1050
30. Wardha (Maharastra) 504 78. Tirur (Kerala) 1087
31. Madanganj (Rajasthan) 500 79. Contai (West Bengal) 1000
32. Nagpur Mfl (Maharastra) 500 80. South Kolkata (West Bengal) 8000
33. Hubli (Karnataka) 2000 81. Howrah (West Bengal) 500
34. Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) 1000 82. Alipore (West Bengal) 1760
35. Shimoga (Karnataka) 4000 83. Changacherry (Karnataka) 1000
36. Mannargudi (Tamilnadu) 100 84. Dhanbad (Jharkhand) 500
37. Faridabad (Haryana) 200 85. Bokaro Steel City (Jharkhand) 100
38. Kollam (Kerala) 5000 86. Almora (Uttarakhand) 5000
39. Mavellikara (Kerala) 1000 87. Ranikhet (Uttarakhand) 1340
40. Chennapatna (Karnataka) 1700 88. Atur (Tamilnadu) 500
41. Shivganga (Assam) 500 89. Santhal Parganna/Dumka (Jharkhand) 500
42. Ratnagiri (Maharastra) 2000 90. Thiruvanthapuram GPO (Kerala) 500
43. Dhule (Maharastra) 500 91. Kalbadevi (Maharastra) 500
44. Sivakasi (Tamilnadu) 300 92. Mumbai City East (Maharastra) 587
45. Aruppukkottai (Tamilnadu) 200 93. Kottayam (Kerala) 3025
46. Tambaram (Tamilnadu) 300 94. Thiruvanthapuram South (Kerala) 2000
47. Dibrugarh (Assam) 585 95. Vadagara (Kerala) 1600
48. Kumbakonam (Tamilnadu) 200 96. Pune Mfl. (Maharastra) 500

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97. Baidynath Deoghar (Jharkhand) 300 133. South Presidency (West Bengal) 2000
98. Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) 1000 134. Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) 400
99. Chaibasa (Jharkhand) 200 135. Nadia North (West Bengal) 1200
100. Singhbhum (Jharkhand) 500 136. Gazipur (Uttar Pradesh) 2000
101. Amreli (Gujarat) 1000 137. Bhojpur (Bihar) 500
102. Jaipur City (Rajasthan) 500 138. Bhagalpur (Bihar) 500
103. Ottapalam (Kerala) 2700 139. Pune City East (Maharastra) 2775
104. Gumla (Jharkhand) 100 140. Khammam (Andhra Pradesh) 400
105. Chennai City Central (Tamilnadu) 500 141. Chattarpur (Madhya Pradesh) 300
106. Chennai GPO (Tamilnadu) 300 142. Tenali (Andhra Pradesh) 500
107. Haveri (Karnataka) 500 143. Dharwad (Karnataka) 1200
108. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) 3000 144. Raibrailey (Uttar Pradesh) 500
109. Pattukottai (Tamilnadu) 100 145. Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) 1000
110. Pune City West (Maharastra) 2085 146. Patna GPO (Bihar) 235
111. Navi Mumbai (Maharastra) 500 147. PSD Bangalore (Karnataka) 200
112. Karwar (Karnataka) 2100 148. Avadi Camp (Tamilnadu) 500
113. Kohlapur (Maharastra) 1000 149. Sikar (Rajasthan) 1200
114. Ranipet (Tamilnadu) 500 150. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) 500
115. Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) 500 151. Sundargarh (Orissa) 1000
116. Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) 500 152. Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) 2000
117. Gobichettipalayam (Tamilnadu) 300 153. Kutchh (Gujarat) 2000
118. Udupi (Karnataka) 500 154. Satna (Madhya Pradesh) 500
119. Etah (Uttar Pradesh) 500 155. Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) 1000
120. Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) 1000 156. Cuddapah (Andhra Pradesh) 1000
121. Nalanda (Bihar) 200 157. Mehsana (Gujarat) 3000
122. Cuttuck City (Orissa) 1000 158. Barpeta (Assam) 800
123. Thane Central (Maharastra) 2000 159. SPM, Vijay Nagar (Bangalore) 300
124. Churu (Rajasthan) 500 160. Parbani (Maharastra) 1800
125. Gaya (Bihar) 500 161. Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) 1000
126. Kathihar (Bihar) 1200 162. Pauri (Uttarakhand) 3000
127. Purnea (Bihar) 500 163. Kanchipuram (Tamilnadu) 1300
128. Bhusaval (Maharastra) 1200 164. Pondicherry (Tamilnadu) 500
129. Balassore (Orissa) 1000 165. Rohtas (Bihar) 200
130. Muzzafarpur (Bihar) 500 Kudos to the office bearers & members who
131. Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) 3000 contributed to CHQ. All other branches re also
132. Chitradurga (Karnataka) 235 requested to remit the donation at the earliest.

SHORT OF FUNDS, GOVT FOR PENSION-PF MERGER

The finance ministry has sought comments of the
Pension Funds Regulatory & Development Authority
(PFRDA) to merge its employees Contributory
Provident Funds (CPF) with the New Pension System
(NPS) to unburden its underfunded or, in some cases,
unfunded liability. The move is seen as an important
step where the government is gradually delinking itself
from various pension and provident fund schemes and
letting employees opt for best income opportunities
available in the market by investing with a choice of
funds managers. The NPS is currently available for
government employees, both state and central, who
joined after January 1, 2004. In this new scheme,
employees and employers contribution is deposited
in the New Pension System fund and the regulator
invests the money in debts and equities through its
selected fund managers. At the time of
superannuation, an employee receives 60% of the
total amount earned through investments and the rest
40% is deposited with an insurance fund manager of
the beneficiary's choice from where he receives a
monthly pension.
The NPS fund already has Rs. 4,000 crore
while the government's decision to merge the CPF
with it will bring in an additional Rs. 10,000 to Rs.
12,000 crore. The merger of CPF with NPS may
happen in the next two months with the PFRDA
supporting the government's proposal, finance
ministry sources said.
-Source : The Times of India-06.09.08

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 ORGANIZATIONAL NOTES
u The National convention on Global Financial
crisis and the need to protect the Banking,
Insurance and pension sectors was held at New
Delhi on 12.12.85. The convention was
Cosponsored by All India State Government
Employees Federation, Bank Employees
Federation of India, All India Insurance Employees
Association and the Confederation of Central
Government Employees and Workers. Secretary
General NFPE and all other General Secretaries
attended the convention. The convention has
resolved to canalize all efforts to educate the
masses and co ordinate the working class to
register protest against the proposed reforms in
Banking, Insurance and Pension sectors by the
UPA Government.
u The All India Convention comprising of all Circle
Secretaries and CHQ office bearers of all affiliated
unions of NFPE was held at Guntur on 29.11.08. It
was unanimously decided to go on indefinite strike
from 06.01.2009 on postal charter of demands and
also decided to request the Confederation to
synchronize its indefinite strike on all Pay Commission
demands.
u The National Executive of the Confederation
(Contd. from page 8)
serious action programme culminating in
indefinite strike shall be organised under the
banner of NFPE and if possible under the banner
of JCA.
8. This 27th AIC of AIPEU Group-C views
with grave concern the decision of the
Government to open about 20,000 franchise
outlets (Private Post offices) during the current
five year plan. The GDS Committee has
recommended opening of more and more
Panchayath Sanchar Seva Kendra (PSSK).
Further there is a move to grant Licence to
Private Couriers by amending the Indian Post
Office Act. This AIC urges upon the Government
to drop the move to open franchise outlets and
PSSKs. This AIC further resolves that any move
to Privatise Postal services by outsourcing its
functions will be opposed tooth and nail by the
entireity of Postal Employees.
9. The prices of essential commodities are sky-
rocketting day by day. The Government of India is not
taking any effective measures to bring down the prices
or to prevent the price rise. The life of common man
has become miserable. The rise in prices of essential
BHARTIYA POST
met on 13.12.08 at New Delhi and took decision to
organize an indefinite strike on 20 point Charter of
Demands from 20.01.2009 and conduct State level
convention between 06.01.09 to 09.01.09 in which
National level leaders will participate.
u A grand meeting was organized at Ajmer
GPO by the Divisional Union and Com. K. V.
Sridharan, General Secretary orated. More than 200
comrades participated. Com. H. P. Diwakar OGS &
Divisional Secretary had made elaborate
arrangements for the special meeting. The CHQ
appreciates his commitment and well conduct of the
meeting.
u Based on the approach of the Department in
not taking any decision on GDS committee report with
out consulting the Staff side and the positive approach
of the Senior Officers Committee headed by Sri P. K.
Gopinath, Chief PMG, Delhi Circle and also the letter
of the Department, the NFPE Federal Secretariat
decided to call off the indefinite strike from 19.12.08
(after 2 days) and extend solidarity support to striking
GDS union. The GDS union has called off the strike
on 19.12.08 evening after meeting the secretary,
Department of posts. Our Red salutes to all the
comrades who participated in the Strike. Lal Salam
commodities is mainly due to the liberalisation and
privatisation policies pursued by the UPA Government.
The subsidies to the farmers are either curtailed or
stopped. The Government has withdrawn from the
procurement of foodgrains and the floor-price fixed is
far below the expected level. The FCI godowns are
leased out to private agencies such as Reliance etc.
The fair price shops, ration shops and Public
distribution systems have been demolished to favour
multi-national companies to have a free play in the
market. The poor and the middle class employees
and workers are worst-affected by the price rise which
results in erosion of their real wages. Inspite of the
fall in prices of petroleum products in the global
market the UPA Government is not ready to reduce
its prices to give some relief to farmers and other
industrial sectors.
This 27th AIC of AIPEU Group-C strongly
protest aganist the indifferent attitude of the
Government in preventing the rise in prices of
the essential commodities and calls upon the
Postal employees to join the working class
movement in the fight aganist the price rise which
is the aftermath of the wrong policies pursued by
the Government.
34 JANUARY, 2009
 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION - GROUP 'C'
ALL INDIA POSTA EMPLOYEES UNION - POSTMEN & GROUP 'D'
ALL INDIA RMS & MMS EMPLOYEES UNION - GROUP 'C'
ALL INDIA RMS & MMS EMPLOYEES UNION - MAILGUARD & GR.'D'
ALL INDIA POSTAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES EMPLOYEES UNION - GROUP 'C' & 'D'
ALL INDIA POSTAL ACCOUNTS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
1st floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi - 110001
PF-15/2008 Dated 09.12.2008 is also engaged the attention of the Federal
To Secretariat.
The Secretary The All India Postal Extra Departmental
Department of Posts Employees Union has served a Notice for Indefinite
Dak Bhawan Strike from 17.12.2008. In this background the Federal
New Delhi - 110001 Secretariat after a thorough discussion on 9.12.2008
Sub: Request for negotiations with the Staff Side has resolved to request the Postal Board to commence
for effecting modifications in the GDS Committee meaningful negotiations with the Staff Side to modify
Report - Resolution of the NFPE Federal the Nataraja Murti Committee recommendations and
Secretariat - reg. settle the demands to avert the Indefinite Strike for
Sir, preservation of tranquillity and peace in the services.
The Federal Secretariat of NFPE that met on The resolution adopted in the Federal
9.12.2008 has considered the submitted report of Secretariat requesting negotiations and also
Nataraja Murti Committee and the constitution of a expressing solidarity by the regular employees to the
Senior Officers Committee for considering the strike action of GDS is enclosed for favour of your
implementation thereof. It has also considered the Note kind information and necessary action. This letter may
submitted by the NFPE as well as by the different please be treated as Strike Notice.
GDS Unions / Federations seeking modification in the Thanking you,
report. The fact that no discussion over the Encl: Resolution adopted in the Federal
modifications requested by the staff side is forthcoming Secretariat.
Yours faithfully,
[K.Ragavendran]
Secretary General

K.V. Sridharan Ishwar Singh Dabas Giriraj Singh

General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary
AIPEU GROUP ‘C’ AIPEU Postmen & Gr.D AI RMS & MMS EU Gr.C
P. Suresh S.P.Mukherjee P. Rajanayagam
General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary
AI RMS & MMS EU – MG & Gr.D AIPAOEU Gr. ‘C’ & ‘D’ AIPAEA

BHARTIYA POST 35 JANUARY, 2009

 SOME RECENT JUDICIAL VERDICTS
SUPREME COURT
r Burden of Proof - 240 days continuous
service-Relief to Workers
Of work for 240 days in one year-Burden is
on workman-Employer withholding best evidence in
its possession-Workmen bringing on record
documentary evidence to prove their service for 240
days in one year - Award of Labour Court in Workmen's
favour upheld as proper, except regarding relief of
reinstatement, in place of which compensation of
rupees one lakh to each workman was directed
to be paid [Sita Ram v Motilal Nehru Farmers Trng.
Institute]
Grounds of decision
"Burden of proof of 240 days work in one year
is on workman and relief of compensation is lieu of
reinstatement would in circumstances of a case
subserve the ends of justice.
(S.B. Sinha, J),
2008-II-LLJ(SC)
MADRAS HIGH COURT
r "Promotion based on seniority"- upheld
Absorption of employees and rendering
seniority Settlement arrived under Section 12 (3) of
the Industrial Disputes Act- petitioner union not a party
to setlement-Absence of petitioner in the concilliation
proceedings vitiates Settlement-Writ jurisdiction
invoked is proper-Promotion of confimation of junior
will have demoralizing effect in service Also Contrary
to Article 16 (1) of Constitution- Legitimate expectation
Length of Service to be considered while determining
senoirity -Settlement not binding on the petitioner- No
interference called for [Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Limited v N.L. CISTU Sangam]
Grounds of decision
"The right to seek seniority is not a vested
right, but an acquired right which connot be taken
away by operation of valid law.
"If the seniors are not eligible, then the
management may promote juniors, but if the
caliber of senior workman was not at all considered
and the management proceeds to promote or
regularize the junior members, then it is a classic
violation of the provision of law"
In the absence of any specific provision to
determine seniority by a corporation, then the long
continuous service by workman should be considered
in accordance with valid labour legislation to fix up
seniority.
(S.PALANIVELU, J)
2008-II-LLJ-897(Mad)
BHARTIYA POST
CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
r "Supplying of Enquiry Report"-a must
Supplying copy of enquiry report to employee
and giving him opportunity to submit his case before
disciplinary authority, issue of second show cause
notice proposing punishment, essential-As this
condition not fulfilled in this case, second show cause
notice set aside [Probal Gupta v Burdwan Central Co-
op. Bank Ltd.]
Ground of decision
"Before issuing a second show cause notice,
disciplinary authority has to supply to employee copy
of enquiry report and to give him opportunity to make
his submission."
(JAYANTA KUMAR BISWAS, J)
2008-II-LLJ-(Call)
SUPREME COURT
r Absence of reasons-Dismissal set aside
Absence of reasons in rendering order by High Court -
Right to reason is an indispensable part of sound judicial
system- Order of Labour Court challenged- Writ Petition
dismissed- Absence of reasons has rendered the High
Court unsustainable- Set aside and remitted back
[State of Uttaranchal v sunil Kumar Singh Negi]
Grounds of decision
"Right to reason is an indispensable part of a
sound judicial system; reasons at least sufficient to
indicate an application of mind to the matter before
Court. Another rationale is that the affected party can
know why the decision has gone against him. One of
the statutory requirements of natural justice is spelling
out reasons for the order made."
"The absence of reasons in rendering the
order by High Court, makes the order unsustainable."
(P SATHASIVAM, J),
2008-II-LLJ-(SC)
r Non-absorpation of canteen employee-
unfair Labour practice
Compliant, under -workman engaged in
canteen maintained as per Section 46 of Factories
Act - Company (employer) held to have committed
unfair practice under item 9 of Schedule IV of Act-
Direction of Industrial Court to absorb them as
permanent employees of company upheld as proper
[Hindalco Industries v Assn. of Engg. Workers]
Grounds of decision
"On facts it was held the employer-company
had committed unfair labour practice in not treating
employees of the canteen as its own regular employees.
(P SATHASIVAM,J),
2008-II-LLJ-(SC)
(Contd. on page 8)
36 JANUARY, 2009
(Contd. from page 30)
DELHI HIGH COURT
r Non payment of higher rate of interest for
delayed Payment of Gratuity incorrect
Interest payable on delayed payment of
gratuity- Circular issued by bank relied upon - Rate of
interest enhanced from 6% to 10% - Appeal allowed
to that extent. [Chandna K L v Punjab National Bank]
Grounds of decision
"As per the relevant guidelines regarding
terminal benefits issued by the Punjab National Bank,
the appellant was entitled to 10% simple interest in the
payment of gratuity to be paid from the date on which it
becomes payable to the date on which it is paid."
(Dr. MUKUNDAMAM SHARMA, CJ)
2008-II-LLJ-834(Del)
LETTERS TO CONFEDERATION
Letter No.: P/4-1/Advances Dated - 12.12.2008
addressed to Com. K. K. N. Kutty, Secretary General
Confederation of C. G. Employees & Workers, New
Delhi
Sub.: Interest Bearing Advances - Anomalies in
the orders.
The MOF, vide its letter no. F. No. 12 (1)/E II-
A/2008 dt. 24.10.08 under dt. 24.10.08 para 4 declared
that Advances for purchase of Bicycle and warm
clothing are to be treated as interest free advances in
terms of OM of even no. dt. 07.10.08.
Subsequently while communicating the rate
of interest on advances up to 31.03.09, vide its OM
No. F 5 (2) - B )PD)/2008 dt. 30.10.08, the rate of
interest per annum for Advance for purchase of Bicycle
has been fixed as 5.5 % perhaps, the rate would have
been fixed for the earlier advances granted to the
officials.
It is requested to take up the case and write
off the interest even for advances received earlier for
BHARTIYA POST 37
r Termination under Probation, any period
without enquiry- Not sustainable
Termination of Service during probation - if
foundation , as different from motive, for such
termination was misconduct, opportunity of hearing
to employee imperative- On facts, termination, not
sustainable. [Nehru yuva kendra Sangathan v M A
Laskar]
Grounds of decision
"Termination of emplyee's service during
his probation period, if founded on misconduct, is
not valid, unless opportunity of hearing given to the
employee."
(S B SINHA, J)
2008-II-LLJ-(SC)
[Courtesy : Trade Union Record]
purchase of Bicycle which will be appropriate and avoid
complications in calculating the interest rates for the
current period.
Soliciting response.
Letter No.: P/4-4/Holidays Dated - 11.12.2008
addressed to Com. K. K. N. Kutty, Secretary General,
Confederation of C. G. Employees & Workers
New Delhi
Sub: - Declaration of 'MAY DAY' as holiday.
There was a discussion in the All India
Conference of this Union held from 30.11.08 to 03.12.08
that 'MAY DAY' should be declared as a closed holiday
to C. G. Employees in order to organize rallies gate
meetings and other movements on the worker's day.
In most of the countries in the world, May
Day was declared as a holiday. In our nation, even it
is not incorporated in the list of restricted holidays.
It is requested to take appropriate action for
declaring 'MAY DAY' as a closed holiday to all C. G.
Offices.
JANUARY, 2009
 READER'S FORUM
v Implementation of Govts. Decision on the
recommendations of the sixth pay conmmission-
Revision of pension of Pre-2006 pensioners/family
pensioners etc.
Kindly refer to the office memorandum F.No.
38/37/08-P&PW(A) of GOI Dated September 1st, 2008
on the subject cited above.
As per paragraph no. 4.1 of the said
resolution, the pension/family pension will be
consolidated w.e.f. 01.01.2006 by adding together:-
i. The existing pension (Basic pension only)
ii. Dearness pension
iii. Dearness relief upto AICPI(IW) average index 536
i.e. @ 24% of pension.
iv. Fitment weightage @ 40% of the existing pension
i.e. Basic pension only.
As per sub paragraph iv above the fitment
weightage @ 40% of existing pension has only been
Illustration.
Consolidation of Pension of Pre-2006 Pensioner w.e.f. 01.01.2006
01 02
i. Existing Pension
ii. Dearness pension
iii. Dearness relief 24% upto AICPI(IW) average index 536
iv. Fitment weightage 40% on existing pension.
v. Total
vi. DA w.e.f. July 2008 @30% on Basic Pension + Dearness
pension (Rs. 7500) (Shown under col.03)
vii. DA w.e.f. July 2008 @ 16% on revised pension of Rs.
11300/-(shown under col.04)
viii. Total
Total benefit on Pension per month = 13108-
11550=Rs. 1558/-
Assumed DA as per pre-revised formula:-
After 7 year @ 12% per year i.e. 84%
On pre-revised pension Rs. 7500/- Rs. 6300/-
Calculation of DA (assumed) as per revised
formula:-
After 7 year @ 6% per year i.e. 42%
(half of 84%) on revised pension Rs. 11300/- Rs.4746/
Loss of DA per month (6300-4746) Rs.1554/-
It is very much clear from the above illustration
that the benefit of fitment weightage @ 40% amounting
to Rs.1558/- will lose with in a period of 07 years due
BHARTIYA POST 38
granted. The DA admissible on 01.01.2006 has been
reduced from 30% to 16% under the revised DA
formula.
In the case of regular employees, the fixation
of pay in the revised pay bands will be calculated by
multiplying the basic pay drawn as on 01.01.2006 on
the existing V CPC pay scales by a factor of 1.86. In
Addition to it annual increment @3% of pay bands,
plus DA thereon will also be payable. As such the
reduction of DA from 30% to 16% will be compensated
to some extent in their cases. In addition to it, their
transport allowance and HRA have also been
increased.
But the Basic Pension of the pensioners will
remain un-changed till the commencement of VII Central
Pay Ccommission.(If any) Accordingly the benefit of
40% fitment weightage on basic pension will lose after
07 years due to the reduction of DA. The below detailed
illustration is self explanatory in this regard.
Pre-Revised Revised
03 04
5000 5000
2500 2500
1800 1800
- 2000
9330 11300
2250 -
- 1808
1155 13108
to the loss of Rs.1554/- being reduction in DA.
In view of the preceding paragraph, the benefit
of revised pension will be ZERO after a laps of a period
of 07 years.
II. The increase in the quantum granted by the
government vide paragraph no. 4.5 from 80,85,90,95
and 100 years of pensioners age is appreciable but it
should start from 70 years of age because in the current
scenario it shall not be viable due to increased cost of
medical attendance. The proposed increase in
quantum of pension needs to be doubled at the age of
85 years because the grant of said privilege at the age
of 100 years is a cheap joke with the pensioners.
JANUARY, 2009
III. The medical allowance of Rs.100/- per month being
paid to the pensioners was very meager and has been
withrawn. It should be restored and increased to
Rs.650/- per month as in the case of BSNL employees
due to ever increasing cost of medical attendance.
Moreover free indoor treatment in Hospitals should be
allowed to the pensioners keeping in view their limited
re-sources.
The LTC facility/encashment should also be allowed
to the pensioners as in the case of pensioners of state Govt.
It is worth mentioning here that the Hon'ble
BHARTIYA POST 39
Defence Minister Sh. A.K.Antony has also
recommended to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India
to revise the pension formula of VI CPC in respect of
pensioners of Defence services immediately.
You are, therefore, requested to take up
the matter with the concerned authorities of Govt.
of India to grant the 40% fitment weightage on
the total pension (Basic Pension plus Dearness
Pension)
-C.L. Varma, Ex-ATR (CHQ) Ludhiana-141001
JANUARY, 2009
 CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
Manishinath Bhawan A/2-95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi.l 110 027
D/11/20/2008 Dated:13th December, 2008 as part of campaign Programme at the
Dear Comrade, respective State Capitals between 6th to 9th
January, 2009. The National leaders of the
The National Executive of the Confederation
Confederation and of the affiliates will participate
met today as per the notice issued. The meeting was
in such conventions. The meeting decided to
presided over by Com. S.K.Vyas. The meeting
have the following dates for the conventions.
reviewed the implementation of the decision taken at
the meeting held at New Delhi on 26th August, 2008. 14.12.2008-Jaipur
Taking into account that most of the affiliates have 25.12.2008-New Jalpaiguri-West Bengal
endorsed the decision taken to organize an indefinite 03.01.2009-Delhi.
strike action in pursuance of the 20 point charter of
06.01.2009-Bhopal, Allahabad, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi,
demands. The meeting took the following decision.
Trivandrum.
a) To delete point No. 10 (in part I of the charter of
07.01.2009-Lucknow, Nagpur, Ahmedabad Dehradun,
demands) i.e. SDA to employees in NE Region.
Bangalore, Patna
b) To amend point No.4 in part II of the charter of
08.01.2009-Shimla, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Raipur.
demands as under:
09.01.2009-Chennai, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Shillong.
"Replace adhoc bonus with PLB and remove
the 60 days ceiling. Implement the decision of
raising the Bonus computation ceiling (Rs h) Campaign material will be sent in a week's time.
3500) to all persons employed by Govt. of India. Strike notice proforma alongwith the amended
c) To serve the strike notice on 2.1.2009 by all Charter of demands will be circulated alongwith
affiliates and the Confederation CHQ at Delhi the next circular. The comrades from the CHQ.
to the respective Heads of Department and who will be attending the state level conventions
Cabinet Secretary respectively. by holding a will be intimated in the next communication. All
massive demonstration on that day. Comrades affiliates will draw out their campaign Programme
from Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, UP separately for the strike action.
and selected comrades from all other states The meeting appealed all comrades, affiliates
will participate in the rally. The number of and COCs to take every step for the successful
Comrades each state should deploy to conduct of the Strike action, which will commence on
participate will be intimated in our next circular 20th January, 2009.
letter. The meeting desired that atleast ten With greeting
thousand comrades should assemble at Jantar
Yours fraternally
Mantar for the rally in order to manifest our unity
and determination in organizing the indefinite KKN. Kutty
strike. Secretary General
d) Such Demonstrations will be held on 6th Jan.
2009 in all State capitals with massive
mobilization of members and will serve the copy
of the strike notice on each heads of Offices.
e) The indefinite strike will commence from 20th
January, 2009.
f) Besides the 20 point common charter of
demands the affiliates may add the sectional
demands as is decided upon by the respective
organizational fora.
g) The State COCs will hold state level conventions
BHARTIYA POST 40 JANUARY, 2009
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 PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY
Table 4 : Stage-wise linkages of pay to performance for postal operations (circle-level)

Name of the Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 1

Post/
Designation

Maximum of 15% of basic/ Maximum of 25% of basic/ Maximum of 30% of basic/

Fixed pay Fixed pay Fixed pay
APMR: up to 4% APMR: up to 5% APMR: up to 5%
Superintendent/ Exceeding Division Exceeding Division Exceeding Division
Senior Targets : up to 6% Targets : up to 8% Targets : up to 10%
Superintendent Reducing Absenteeism : Region : up to 4% Region : up to 5%
up to 1% Circle : up to 3% Circle : up to 3%
Increasing Employees Reducing Absenteeism : Reducing Absenteeism :
Productivity: up to 1% up to 1% up to 1%
Business Development: Increasing Employees Increasing Employees
up to 3% Productivity: up to 1% Productivity: up to 1%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%) Business Development: Business Development:
Complaints: up to (-5%) up to 3% up to 5%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%) Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-5%) Complaints: up to (-5%)

Maximum of 15% of basic/ Maximum of 25% of basic/ Maximum of 30% of basic/

Superintendent Fixed pay Fixed pay Fixed pay
(RMS APMR: up to 4% APMR: up to 5% APMR: up to 5%
Division) Exceeding Operational Exceeding Operational Exceeding Operational
Targets of RMS Division : Targets of RMS Division: Targets of RMS Division:
up to 6% up to 8% up to 10%
Tangible Improvements in Tangible Improvements in Tangible Improvements in
RMS Business RMS Business RMS Business
Processes : up to 3% Processes: up to 3% Processes: up to 5%
Reducing Absenteeism: Region : up to 4% Region : up to 5%
up to 1% Circle : up to 3% Circle : up to 3%
Increasing Employees Reducing Absenteeism: Reducing Absenteeism:
Productivity : up to 1% up to 1% Increasing up to 1% Increasing
Absenteeism: up to (-2%) Employeess Productivity: Employeess Productivity:
Complaints: up to (-5%) up to 1% up to 1%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%) Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-5%) Complaints: up to (-5%)

Maximum of 15% of basic/ Maximum of 25% of basic/ Maximum of 30% of basic/

Fixed pay Fixed pay
HSF-I/ HSG-II/ APMR: up to 5% APMR: up to 5%
LSG Post Office : up to 8% Post Office: up to 9%
Reducing Division: up to 4%
Absenteeism : up to 1% Circle: up to 2%
Increasing Employees Reducing Absenteeism:
Productivity: up to 1% up to 1%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%) Increasing Employee
Complaints: up to (-5%) Productivity: up to 1%
Business Development
Measures : up to 3%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-5%)
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 5%
Post Office: up to 10%
Division: up to 5%
Circle: up to 3%
Reducing Absenteeism:
up to 1%
Increasing Employee
Productivity: up to 1%
Business Development
Measures : up to 5%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-5%)

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Name of the Stage 1
Post/
Designation
Maximum of 10% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 5%
Postal Exceeding Work Norms:
Assistant On a per mail article basis
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 10% of basic/
Fixed pay
Sorting APMR: up to 5%
Assistant Exceeding Work Norms:
On the basis of sorting
team's work
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 10% of basic/
Fixed pay
Counter Clerk
APMR: up to 5%
Total Business per Day
from Counter: up to 5%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 10% of basic/
Postman Fixed pay
APMR: up to 5%
Exceeding Work Norms:
On a per mail article basis
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 10% of basic/
Sorter Fixed pay
APMR: up to 5%
Exceeding Work Norms:
(for a team of sorters)
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
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Stage 1
Maximum of 20% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 7%
Post Office: up to 4%
Division: up to 3%
Exceeding Work Norms
on a per mail article basis
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 20% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 7%
Post Office: up to 4%
Division: up to 3%
Exceeding Work Norms:
On the basis of sorting
team's work
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 20% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 7%
Total Business per Day
from Counter: up to 8%
Post Office: up to 4%
Division: up to 3%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 20% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 7%
Post Office: up to 4%
Division: up to 3%
Exceeding Work Norms:
On a per mail article basis
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 20% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 7%
Post Office: up to 4%
Division: up to 3%
Exceeding Work Norms:
(for a team of sorters)
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
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Stage 1
Maximum of 30% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 10%
Post Office: up to 8%
Division: up to 4%
Exceeding Work Norms
on a per mail article basis
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 30% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 10%
Post Office: up to 8%
Division: up to 4%
Exceeding Work Norms:
On the basis of sorting
team's work
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 30% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 8%
Total Business per Day
from Counter: up to 12%
Post Office: up to 6%
Division: up to 4%
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 30% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 10%
Post Office: up to 8%
Division: up to 4%
Exceeding Work Norms:
On a per mail article basis
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
Maximum of 30% of basic/
Fixed pay
APMR: up to 10%
Post Office: up to 8%
Division: up to 4%
Exceeding Work Norms:
(for a team of sorters)
Absenteeism: up to (-2%)
Complaints: up to (-2%)
JANUARY, 2009
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