NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
CHQ: 1st Floor, North Avenue
Post Office
Building
FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL
ORGANISATIONS
CHQ: T- 24, Atul Grove Road , New
Delhi
No.PF/GENL/2014
Dated
- 02-07-2014
To
Ms. Kaveri Banerjee,
Secretary,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhavan, New Delhi
Madam,
Sub: - Sub :- Protest against arbitrary grant of Trade
Union facilities to Bharathiya Postal Employees Federation (BPEF) and all its
affiliated unions.
We are shocked to note that the
Department has granted all Trade Union facilities to BPEF and all its
affiliated unions vide your office order dated 24-06-2014. We vehemently
protest and condemn this illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory orders of the
Department due to reasons stated below:
1. In spite of the protest from recognised Postal Federations Department
implemented CCS (RSA) Rules 1993 and as per the said Rules only the two
Federations/Unions which secure 35% and 15% minimum membership alone will be
granted recognition and trade union facilities. Except one union, all
other affiliates of BPEF secured only less than 5% membership in the last
membership verification under Check-off system. As such grant of Trade
Union facilities to BPEF and all its affiliated Unions is contrary to the
provisions of CCS (RSA) Rules 1993.
2.
All affiliated unions of NFPE/FNPO participated in the last membership
verification held during the year 2010. Some of the affiliates (including
NUGDS of FNPO) of the above federations could not secure 15% minimum membership
required for recognition. Till this day, those unions are not granted
trade union facilities. Then how, all on a sudden, all the affiliates of
BPEF with less than 5% membership is accorded trade union facilities?
This is nothing but naked discrimination. Similarly the application for
grant of Trade Union facilities to the newly formed GDS Union
of NFPE is also long pending in the Directorate.
3. During the last membership verification, BPEF has challenged the provisions of
CCS (RSA) Rules 1993 and filed a case in the Chennai High Court praying for
recognition to BPEF and all its affiliated unions. Chennai High Court has
rejected the arguments of BPEF and the case was dismissed. Subsequently
Department conducted membership verification and granted Recognition to NFPE
and FNPO and also to its affiliated unions which secured minimum 35% / 15%
membership.
This being the position, the present
orders issued by the Department is against the spirit of all the existing rules
on the subject and also highly discriminatory. We request you to review
the order forthwith and take action to withdraw the arbitrary orders and
restore status-quo-ante.
Awaiting immediate action,
Yours faithfully,
D.
THEAGARAJAN, M.
KRISHNAN
Secretary
General,
FNPO. Secretary
General, NFPE
Email:
theagarajannachi@hotmail.com Email:
mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
Mob:
09444841440
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09447068125
