Secretary Department of Posts, informed that
discussion with Secretary Generals and General Secretaries NFPE/FNPO will be
held at 11AM on 21.05.2012 at Dak Bhawan to take concrete decision on remaining
items of the Charter of Demands. More orders issued after the announcement of
Hunger Fast programme. Remaining items will be clinched in the 21st meeting. In view of the above, THE CENTRAL JCA UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED TO DEFER THE HUNGER FAST PROGRAMME
IN FRONT OF DAK BHAWAN AND CPMG OFFICES
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Departmentalization of GDS – Viable
Com. P. Pandurangarao, General
Secretary, AIPEU GDS (NFPE) presented a Memorandum to Hon’ble Minster of
Communications Sri. Sachin Pilot, on 16.05.2012, demanding Departmentalization
of GDS
MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO HON’BLE STATE
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
With due respects and regards, We the All
India Postal Employees Union – GDS (NFPE) is submitting the following issues
for your kind and sympathetic consideration and favourable decision in
mitigating the genuine demands the downtrodden and poor GDS employees working
in the Department of Posts.
1. DEPARTMENTALISATION OF RURAL POST OFFICES AND ALSO GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS:
The Supreme Court in its judgement delivered on 22.07.1977 held that
the ED employee is not an agent, not a casual labourer, and not a part time
worker but he is the holder of civil post outside the regular civil service and
therefore declared that Article 311(2) of the constitution of India is
attracted.Except conduct and service and application of disciplinary
provisions, no other benefits available to the Departmental employees are
extended to the ED employees. The question of departmentalisation of ED agents remains
pending for long and is denied continuously on one pretext or the other.
In the present set up of the social - economic structure of rural
areas, the daily wage for an agricultural labourer has been fixed much above
the daily rate of an ED agent. Resultantly, the ED employees are not able to
meet the family expenses and have one square meal a day.
The declaration of Justice Talwar that
“95.70% joined the Postal Department as ED agents hoping to get full time
absorption and only 4.08% took it as a side occupation is the real fact still
prevailing and they are solely depending upon their wages for their livelihood”.
In rural areas, still many of them are underpaid and lesser in the standard of
living while comparing the NREGS beneficiaries.
With the hope of departmentalization at
one day, they are prolonging their life with more expectation of their future.
Their hopes can be considered by introducing various new services in the rural
areas with the cooperation's of the Human resource ministry and other developmental
activities.
The Post office alone has such a vast
network and infrastructure and it can be fully utilized by providing various
new services to rural public through post offices by its own saving bank scheme
to distribute the Govt welfare measures as if we are doing under the NREGIS
Scheme.
We may attempt with the following to
provide more services to public as well as departmentalise all the existing
BOs.
1. The
works like pension payment, sale of certificates, direct booking of money
orders, SB operations with maintenance of independent ledgers may be assigned
to the departmentalized branch office so that the existing branch postmasters
will be with entrusted more work.
2.
If the proposal of full computerization of BOs is materialised in the ensuing
year as proposed, there is every possibility for introducing all kinds of bill works like
acceptance of Electricity bills, land revenue, panchayat taxes etc., under the
business activities of the Postal department or tie up with such governmental
organizations.
3. Large
scale expansion of telecom can be explored through the branch offices and
acceptance of all telephone bills, mobile bills may be entrusted. The
Department of Posts may also consider in taking licences for running telecom
services in rural areas with subsidiary rates to cater the requirement of rural
public as if in vogue in many foreign countries.
4. Since
all the BOs are proposed to be provided with computers and decided to introduce
various new services, it is possible to maintain the following works also in
the BOs very efficiently with the manpower available in abundance.
a) Collection, maintenance and
modifications of any of the work related to census in rural areas.
b) Maintenance, Verification and
preservation of records pertaining to the Citizens identity card issued by the
Govt of India directly by the Dept of post.
c) Extension of MG NREGS work through
post offices by providing work norms for the work instead of incentive as at
present extended.
d) Enhance the working hours for eight
hours and introduce various new works at village level with the cooperation of
other Govt and public sector organizations.
e) Ensuring that all various new schemes
introduced by the Govt as policies will be reached to the village level through
our network spread over the nation.
It is pertinent to mention that there are
more than 10% of the existing BOS having the work load for more than five
hours. In accordance with Marathe time test under para 93 (iv) and para 114 (i)
if a single handed post office is having 11 hours’ workload, the second PA can
be augmented. On the similar analogy such BOs having more than five hours workload
can be straight away departmentalized. Further whenever any vacancy arises in
the GDS cadre, the duties can be merged for making the office as a departmental
office. The recommendations of the Justice Talwar Committee to freeze the GDS
system in order to departmentalize all the existing GDS should be given a due
consideration.
In order to departmentalize the GDS, the
department should consider for fixing the norms for the following works
immediately.
1. Work related to NREGIS payment.
2. Work related to verification of
Electrol& Election work.
3. Work related to collecting statistics
for census etc.
4. Work related to verification of mobile
phone connections of BSNL & others.
5. Work related to acceptance of
Electricity bills, water bills & telephone bills.
6. Work related to business activities,
social security schemes introduced in various circles.
If time factors for all the work
performed by the GDS is formulated, certainly it will pave way for the
regularization of many GDS who are actually working for more than six hours but
not availed the benefits of departmentalization. We don't want any incentives
or perks denying our regularization.
The Honble Minister of Communications & IT Sri Kapil Sibil has
sought the department about the feasibility of regularization of all the GDS and
to departmentalise all the BOs for which the department has furnished that it
will cost some exorbitant amount. We sincerely place our abundant thanks and
respects on record to the Minister's desire to departmentalize the GDS and his
initiatives but as usual the blocks were placed without really considering the
realities and the position existed at field level.
If all the GDS are departmentalized by scrapping the existing GDS
system with eight hours work and each official is assigned with various new
works to improve the functioning of rural post offices in order to make it more
remunerative, that will overcome the financial problem. This vast
infrastructure will really be an invaluable asset to the department in this era
of e-commerce and e-governance and not at all a liability. If post offices are
kept open for more hours by introducing more new items of work, there is every
possibility of increasing the workload.
We further express our sincere gratitude to the Hon’ble Minister for
the positive steps being initiated by the department with regard to (i) full
protection of TRCA (ii) revising the cash handling norms (iii) with drawl of
25% outside recruitment condition in Postman cadre (iv) relaxing the conditions
for compassionate appointment (v) parity in bonus ceiling. We hope that
positive orders will be issued in all the issues raised by us earlier.
It is humbly requested to kindly consider the above and cause action
to departmentalise the rural post offices and improve the rural postal network.
Dated – 16.05.2012
Place – New Delhi
(P.PANDURANGARAO)
GENERAL SECRETARYThursday, May 10, 2012
POSTAL SERVICES STAFF WELFARE BOARD MEETING-16-05-2012
The 11th meeting of the PSSWB (Postal Services Staff Welfare Board) is scheduled to be held on 16-05-2012 under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister of State (Communications & IT) in G.P.Roy Committee Room of Dak Bhawan, New Delhi.
It is learnt that for the first time, an opportunity given to one GDS representative to attend the meeting. Actually the said meeting was scheduled during last year and postponed and now taking place on the date said above.
The option is given to Andhra Pradesh Circle to nominate one GDS representative for the said meeting.
P.PANDURANGARAO, BPM, AKKAGARIPET, PELLAKUR SO, GUDUR(NL) DIVISION (General Secretary, AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) has been nominated as a GDS representative from A.P Circle to attend the meeting on 16-05-2012.
Some important items with regard to GDS has been placed in the Agenda to discuss on various welfare measures viz., Enhancement of Financial Assistance to GDS, Death relief to the family of GDS, Provision and enhancement of Scholarships, Enhancement of Immediate death relief etc.,
Let us hope for the best and favoured proposals decided in a positive way to the extent possible.
ON GDS DEMANDS - INFORMATION BY P3 CHQ BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY
GDS
Demands
(i) A
D.O. letter has been written by our Secretary to Secretary MOF for
consideration of revising Bonus ceiling of Rs. 3500/- to GDS by citing the
Cabinet Secretary’s assurance during the strike period and Minister’s
assurance. The expected additional expenses have been workout to 52 crores.
(ii) The Committee
constituted for consideration of GDS demands has recommended cash handling as
Rs. 10000/- per point instead of Rs. 20000/-. One of the Finance Ministry
official was also the member and visited Assam to know the ground level
realities. The file has been put up for approval.
(iii) The Committee has further
recommended to include the cash remittance transactions for commutation of
workload. The file has been put up to DG for approval.
(iv) Protection of TRCA –
in case of reduction of workload, the BPM will be issued notice to improve the
work within one year. In case if not improved, then only the reduction will be
effected. Thus, protection of the same TRCA drawn earlier will be provided up
to one year. The file has been put up to DG for approval.
(v) At the time
of initial appointment the minimum of TRCA shall be fixed as per the workload
existing in the BO and not the minimum slab of TRCA. This was agreed and the
file is placed to DG for approval.
(vi) 25% outside
recruitment in postman cadre has been dropped. The revised recruitment rules
for Postman is under issue.
It
is pertinent to note that all the above six items were properly focused and
effectively presented and convinced the administration during the conciliation
talks held in June 2011 & Jan 2012 by Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General
and Com. K. V. Sridharan, Leader staff side.
EXTRACTED FROM : P3 CHQ- GENERAL SECRETARY'S DESK.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT MEETING - NFPE
No.
PF-01(c)/2012
Dated
09th May, 2012
NOTICE
It is
hereby notified that the Federal Secretariat of NFPE will be held at NFPE
Office, 1st Floor North Avenue
Post Office
Building, New Delhi 110001 on 21.05.2012 at 05.00 P.M.
All
General Secretaries and All India Office Bearers of NFPE available at Delhi HQ
are requested to attend the same as per schedule.
The Agenda of
the Federal Secretariat is mentioned below:
AGENDA
1.
Implementation of Confederation decisions.-26th July, 2012 Parliament March
2. Consideration of the application for the
grant of Associate membership to newly
formed GDS Union.-AIPEU GDS(NFPE).
3. Review of JCA agitation – regarding.
4. Any other item with the permission of Chair.
Yours Comradely,
Sd/-
{M. Krishnan}
Secretary General
//COPY//
HUNGER FAST PROGRAM BY JCA ON 21-05-2012
NFPE CIRCULAR
No.
PF-1(e)/02/2012
Dated: 09th May 2012
To
All General Secretaries/NFPE Office Bearers.
All Circle Secretaries of NFPE Unions.
Sub:
ONE DAY HUNGER FAST ON 21st MAY, 2012.
Dear Comrades,
It has been decided by
the JCA of NFPE and FNPO that all the General Secretaries and available All
India Office Bearers of both the Federations will sit on hunger fast in front
of Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
on 21st May 2012. (Monday) from 10.00 A.M. to 05.00 P.M. against
non-settlement of agreed items of strike charter of demands.
Similarly all the Circle Secretaries will sit on hunger fast on the same day
i.e. 21.05.2012 in front of all Chief PMG Offices. (Copies of both the letters
addressed to Secretary Department of Posts in this regard are enclosed.)
With revolutionary greetings.
Yours Comradely,
{M. Krishnan}
Secretary General
Sunday, May 6, 2012
NFPE & FNPO STRUGGLE PROGRAM ON CHARTER OF DEMANDS
NFPE & FNPO DECIDES
TO CONDUCT ONE DAY FAST
IN FRONT OF DAK BHAWAN
AND
ALL CHIEF PMG OFFICES ON 21.05.2012
DAMANDING ORDERS ON PENDING AGREED ITEMS OF CHARTER OF DEMANDS
MAKE THE PROGRAMME A GRAND SUCCESS
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEW DELHI
RefJCA/AGTN/2012 Dated 02.05.2012
To
Mrs. Manjula Prashar
Secretary
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Madam,
Sub: - Undue delay in settlement of agreed items of the strike charter of Demands.
Ref: - Our letter even no. dated 22.03.2012
Kindly refer to our letter dated 22.03.2012 on the above subject (copy enclosed for ready reference) where in we have brought to your notice the undue delay taking place in settling the already agreed items of the charter of Demands. It is regretted to inform you that evenafter a lapse of one month no remarkable improvement has taken place and more or less the position remains almost the same.
In view of the above, notice is hereby given that the secretary Generals of NFPE & FNPO and also all other General Secretaries shall be sitting on one day hunger fast in front of the Dak Bhawan and also in front of all Chief PMG offices on 21st May 2012, Monday from 10.00 AM to 05.00 PM demanding settlement of the agreed items without any further delay. We hope that the administration shall come forward to settle the issues amicably as we do no intent to precipitate the issues further to a stage of confrontation and direct action.
Awaiting favourable response,
Yours faithfully,
(M. Krishnan) D. Theagarajan
Secretary General, NFPE Secretary General, FNPO
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS
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Ref:JCA/AGTN/2012 Dated – 22.03.2012
To
Mrs. Manjula Prashar
Secretary,
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Madam,
Sub: - Undue delay in settlement of agreed items on the Charter of Demands.
A kind attention is invited to the discussions we had during strike Charter of demands and also further assurances to us that unlike in the past whatever assured during discussions will be implemented without any delay.
But to our dismay, many of the assured items are still not disposed of favourably and even the clarifications assured to be issued are still pending. Further it is learnt that the Internal Finance is rejecting the assurances given by Minister for state for communication and also the Secretary, Department of Posts. which causes a serious concern. The following are the few items in which categorical assurance had been ensured in the minutes of the meeting and also during discussions.
1. Separate orders communicating the decision that no mail office will be closed for next three years and no dislocation of staff to places outside headquarters.
2. Orders communicating the decisions about no closure/merger of Post offices if no simultaneous relocation is possible.
3. Revision of wages to casual labourers & absorption.
4. Revised recruitment Rules for Group D & Postman as agreed and syllabus for Group ‘D’ examination (25% from GDS) & Postmen/Mailguard.
5. Revision of cash handling norms to GDS & ensuring no reduction of TRCA under any circumstances and enhancing the Bonus ceiling to 3500/- & revise the cash allowance to BPM at the rate of Rs.50/- per trip instead of month.
6. Orders revising the instructions liberalizing the powers to the divisional heads instead of circle heads in case of tenure posting to C and B Class offices.
7. Reiteration of earlier instructions on the Grant of Special pay to unqualified Accountants & Counting of Special Allowance for pay fixation without filling SLP against Bangalore High Court judgment.
8. Circulation of clarification given to Punjab circle to the remaining circles also in respect of protection of pay of defunct PO & RMS Accountants.
9. Orders on forcible allotment of staff quarters to the town SOs SPMs as post attached quarters.
10. Non supply of balance statement of NPS to the official as on 31.03.2011.
11. Enhancement of financial powers to LSG, HSG II & HSG I.
12. Enhancing the honorarium for invigilators engaged in departmental examinations.
13. Allowing the physically handicapped candidates for appearing IPO examinations.
14. Orders on drawal of Cash handling allowance to Treasurers, Accountants irrespective of their position in MACP.
15. Finalisation of cadre review proposals before 31.3.2012.
16. Payment of incentive instead of honorarium for attending the PLI/RPLI work at divisional offices after decentralization.
17. Orders for repatriation of officials deputed for PLI/RPLI work to CO/RO to their home divisions.
18. Allowing the Postmaster’s cadre officials to appear for IPO/PSS Group B examination.
19. Orders permitting the Postmaster Cadre officials to officiate in HSG I vacancies.
20. DO letter from Member (P) to all circle heads to fill up all posts of Sorting Postmen, Mail overseer, cash overseer & Head Postmen.
21. Allowing MTS to decline promotion to postmen cadre under seniority quota without loosing MACP promotion.
22. Reiteration of instructions for rotational transfer for SBCO staff by notifying cluster of divisions.
23. Issue instructions to all for ensuring filling up of all sanctioned LR posts.
24. Prompt grant of child care leave – Issue of instructions.
25. Clarifications to be issued on MACP as agreed upon on the following:
(i) MACP will not be deferred on the ground at contemplated disciplinary/vigilance proceedings.
(ii) Instructions on review of ACRs/APARs by scruitiny committees.
(iii) Recovery orders by DAP in the matter of pay fixation on MACP in case of MTS
(iv) Cases relating to declining promotion prior to issue of MACP order (Prior to 2009)
26. Issuing clear instructions to all Chief PMGs that in the city areas where RO/Cos are situated decentralisation of RPLI/PLI should not be done to city Postal Divisions, instead the work will be done by RO/CO staff as done before.
27. Issuing orders on the items finalized by the Postmen committee and also follow up action on certain items to be referred to work study unit.
28. Cadre-restructuring and settlement of Group D and sorter anomaly issues relating to Postal Accounts.
29. Follow up action on civil wing employees issues.
30. Examination of CRC & EPP norms.
Apart from the above, the minutes of the standing committee (JCM) and also the reply to the items already discussed in the strike charter but included on JCM items are yet to be issued.
It is constrained to inform that in the event of non settlement of the above items within one month we have decided to observe one day token fast in front of Directorate by all the General Secretaries.
We trust that your will effectively intervene and maintain tranquility in service.
With profound regards,
D. Theagarajan M. Krishnan
Secretary General Secretary General
FNPO NFPE
Saturday, May 5, 2012
CONGRATULATIONS.....!!!!!
WE FEEL
PROUD - OUR GDS BPM BECOMES an IAS Officer
One Selvi S.ARUNADEVI,
GDS BPM, Uralpatti BO a/w Komaralingam SO, Udamalapet HPO, Tamil Nadu has come
out successful in all forms of IAS (Indian Administrative Service) examination
(Preliminary, Main & Interview) in one attempt.
She did her school
studies in a rural school and college studies in a private college at
Udamalapet. She brought up from a poor family background. She prepared for the
IAS on her own without any coaching. A very poor GDS from a rural background,
studied not in any reputed corporate institutions and without any
coaching, coming out successful in IAS, is a great achievement.
Please congratulate her
and convey your greetings....
cell No.09659
490913
Thursday, May 3, 2012
March to Parliament on 26.07.2012
Intensive nationwide campaign
programme in June and July 2012 demanding immediate constitution of next pay
body, removal of MACP anomalies etc.
The confederation circular can be
downloaded from the following link.
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