NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
1st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi 110001
PF- 14 /2008 Dated 17th April 2008
To
The Secretary
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan
New Delhi – 110001
Sub: Views of NFPE on certain recommendations of 6th CPC and request for modification / improvements sought thereon – reg.
Sir,
As a follow up to the informal discussions the Staff Side had with the DDG [Estt] on 4.4.2008, we place the following views of our Federation with a request for modification or improvement on certain recommendations of the Pay Commission with regard to Department of Posts.
Upgradation of Group ‘D’: All the non-matriculate Group ‘D’ officials including non-test category officials should be imparted with the proposed retraining and placed without any restriction in upgraded PB-1 w.e.f. 1.1.2006. We also request the department of posts to consider upgradation to the pre-revised 3050-4590 scale since 2750-4400 is not in existence in our department.
Ensuring promotional avenues of GDS and Casual labourers: We request that the present system of promotional avenues available to Gramin Dak Sevaks to Group D and C posts shall continue in the present format of seniority as well as examinations and all vacant posts of Group ‘D’ also to be upgraded and allotted for GDS on seniority basis, who should also be imparted with the same retraining like Group ‘D’ and placed in PB-1.
TBOP / LSG, BCR / HSG-II: The recommendation placing TBOP PAs/SAs as well as the LSG Supervisors in the same pay band of PB-1 along with the upgraded Group D has caused a lot of resentment. This will de-motivate the entire PA/SA and TBOP/LSG work force. The Department may consider the fact that the TBOP / BCR introduced for both Postal and Telecom under the same orders but subsequently after the recommendations of V CPC implemented, the Telecom Department [before conversion as BSNL itself] got these two scales upgraded into 5000-8000 for TBOP and 5500-9000 for BCR. Thus there exists discrimination between the two wings of the same Ministry of Communications. If the Department of Posts could consider this and TBOP and BCR are upgraded in the Department of Posts also to the same level, then by virtue of that the TBOP / LSG Supervisors also would be placed in the pay band of PB-2. This may be considered.
Supervisory Allowance: The stand of the Department is that LSG and HSG are norm based supervisor posts and TBOP / BCR are non-functional posts. The recommendations of the pay commission have not made any distinction between the supervisors and the supervised. It is a fact that supervisors are holding higher responsibilities and therefore it is suggested that element of supervisory allowance may be reintroduced. The matching savings element is now no more valid since the TBOP and BCR are no more considered as promotions but only financial upgradations. Re-introduction of graded supervisory allowance for LSG, HSG-II and HSG-I to match the supervisory responsibilities are therefore most justified to motivate the officials who shoulder extra responsibilities and needs to be considered by the Department afresh in the background of distinction now being made as supervisors and non-functional officials. The Pay Commission has failed to consider this aspect altogether. The same may be considered now and 10% Pay + Grade Pay may be fixed as Supervisory Allowance as in the case of the recommendation to the Caretakers vide Para 3.8.8 of 6th CPC Report.
Supervisory Allowance to Selection Grade Postmen: The Selection Grade Postmen like Sorting Postmen, Head Postmen, Mail Overseer, Cash Overseer and allied cadres like Head Mail Guard / Head Mail Peon etc are ignored by the Pay Commission. We request the Department to consider reintroduction of Supervisory Allowance at the rate of 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as recommended to the Caretakers by the Pay Commission.
System Administrators: The technical knowledge acquired by the System Administrators and the role being played by them in computerizing the offices all over the country as well as ensuring the smooth running of the net work is unfortunately overlooked by the Pay commission. In no other department such a massive computerization could have taken place without employing outside knowledge. It is known that these category of staff work beyond 8 Hours daily as well as called to assist by field offices at odd hours also. We request the department may consider grant of 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as recommended in the case of caretakers vide Para 3.8.8 of CPC Report to distinguish them from the other operative staff as an interim measure. We also request to consider the issue of formation of a separate technology wing like civil wing and make the System Administrators a separate establishment.
Marketing Executives: The Pay Commission has not considered the issue of marketing executive also. These are the staff that actually performs by procuring mails for the department with their higher skill and knowledge. In order to compete the couriers it is essential that such category of staff are properly recognised with financial package. The Department may consider grant of 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as recommended in the case of caretakers vide Para 3.8.8 of CPC Report to distinguish them from the other operative staff as an interim measure pending consideration for a separate establishment.
PO & RMS Accountants: Unfortunately the 6th CPC has not considered granting higher scale favourably. It has recommended only doubling of Special Allowance for this category. This will take away the charm in aspiring Accountants who had to undergo a tuff examination. This issue is pending from the time of V CPC itself. We request the Department to reconsider and grant higher scale to Accountants. We request the Department to consider that at least this Special Allowance may be taken for pay fixation benefit similar to that of the JAO qualified hands in Postal Accountants granted vide DG Posts Order No.8 (1) 2004/PA-Admn/501 dated 29.10.2006.
Cash Handling Allowance to PO Treasurers: The Pay Commission has unfortunately not considered the case of Treasurers properly. In most cases the PO Treasurers are handling more cash than the RMS Cashiers. The Department may consider the parity between the PO Treasurer and RMS Cashier in the matter of Allowance by changing the nomenclature of Treasurer into Cashier since the nature of job is identical. This will end the age-old disparity between the two.
Charge Hand in MMS: The bringing together of both Charge Hand and the Artisan Grade I in the same pay band PB-1 by the Pay Commission is causing much resentment. Earlier the Charge Hand was in higher scale than Artisan Grade I. The recommendation of the Commission has upset this relativity. We request that the Department may consider upgrading Charge Hand to PB-2 scale of pay.
Despatch Rider: The 6th CPC has unfortunately ignored this cadre altogether. Recruitment Rules and minimum qualification for Despatch Rider is the same like Drivers. We request the Department may consider merging this cadre with the Driver.
Sorters: Sorters who are an isolated cadre remained on par with Postmen by IV CPC recommendation. That parity got disturbed after V CPC and further disturbed now. We request at least the Sorter cadre be merged with the LDC and upgraded to pre-revised 3050-4590 scale.
Development Officers: The PLI Development Officers are to be considered by the Department for upgradation of scale.
The above suggestions are not exhaustive. We are holding our Federal Executive on 28th and 29th April 2008 and any further views will be submitted to your consideration in the first week of May 2008.
The Staff Side was assured that there would be more interactions with us and that before the Department sends its final report to the Ministry of Finance, the Staff Side would be fully consulted. We thank the Department for this stand and we look forward to sorting out the anomalies and other problems by the Department.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully,
Sd/[
[K.Ragavendran]
Secretary General
1st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi 110001
PF- 14 /2008 Dated 17th April 2008
To
The Secretary
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan
New Delhi – 110001
Sub: Views of NFPE on certain recommendations of 6th CPC and request for modification / improvements sought thereon – reg.
Sir,
As a follow up to the informal discussions the Staff Side had with the DDG [Estt] on 4.4.2008, we place the following views of our Federation with a request for modification or improvement on certain recommendations of the Pay Commission with regard to Department of Posts.
Upgradation of Group ‘D’: All the non-matriculate Group ‘D’ officials including non-test category officials should be imparted with the proposed retraining and placed without any restriction in upgraded PB-1 w.e.f. 1.1.2006. We also request the department of posts to consider upgradation to the pre-revised 3050-4590 scale since 2750-4400 is not in existence in our department.
Ensuring promotional avenues of GDS and Casual labourers: We request that the present system of promotional avenues available to Gramin Dak Sevaks to Group D and C posts shall continue in the present format of seniority as well as examinations and all vacant posts of Group ‘D’ also to be upgraded and allotted for GDS on seniority basis, who should also be imparted with the same retraining like Group ‘D’ and placed in PB-1.
TBOP / LSG, BCR / HSG-II: The recommendation placing TBOP PAs/SAs as well as the LSG Supervisors in the same pay band of PB-1 along with the upgraded Group D has caused a lot of resentment. This will de-motivate the entire PA/SA and TBOP/LSG work force. The Department may consider the fact that the TBOP / BCR introduced for both Postal and Telecom under the same orders but subsequently after the recommendations of V CPC implemented, the Telecom Department [before conversion as BSNL itself] got these two scales upgraded into 5000-8000 for TBOP and 5500-9000 for BCR. Thus there exists discrimination between the two wings of the same Ministry of Communications. If the Department of Posts could consider this and TBOP and BCR are upgraded in the Department of Posts also to the same level, then by virtue of that the TBOP / LSG Supervisors also would be placed in the pay band of PB-2. This may be considered.
Supervisory Allowance: The stand of the Department is that LSG and HSG are norm based supervisor posts and TBOP / BCR are non-functional posts. The recommendations of the pay commission have not made any distinction between the supervisors and the supervised. It is a fact that supervisors are holding higher responsibilities and therefore it is suggested that element of supervisory allowance may be reintroduced. The matching savings element is now no more valid since the TBOP and BCR are no more considered as promotions but only financial upgradations. Re-introduction of graded supervisory allowance for LSG, HSG-II and HSG-I to match the supervisory responsibilities are therefore most justified to motivate the officials who shoulder extra responsibilities and needs to be considered by the Department afresh in the background of distinction now being made as supervisors and non-functional officials. The Pay Commission has failed to consider this aspect altogether. The same may be considered now and 10% Pay + Grade Pay may be fixed as Supervisory Allowance as in the case of the recommendation to the Caretakers vide Para 3.8.8 of 6th CPC Report.
Supervisory Allowance to Selection Grade Postmen: The Selection Grade Postmen like Sorting Postmen, Head Postmen, Mail Overseer, Cash Overseer and allied cadres like Head Mail Guard / Head Mail Peon etc are ignored by the Pay Commission. We request the Department to consider reintroduction of Supervisory Allowance at the rate of 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as recommended to the Caretakers by the Pay Commission.
System Administrators: The technical knowledge acquired by the System Administrators and the role being played by them in computerizing the offices all over the country as well as ensuring the smooth running of the net work is unfortunately overlooked by the Pay commission. In no other department such a massive computerization could have taken place without employing outside knowledge. It is known that these category of staff work beyond 8 Hours daily as well as called to assist by field offices at odd hours also. We request the department may consider grant of 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as recommended in the case of caretakers vide Para 3.8.8 of CPC Report to distinguish them from the other operative staff as an interim measure. We also request to consider the issue of formation of a separate technology wing like civil wing and make the System Administrators a separate establishment.
Marketing Executives: The Pay Commission has not considered the issue of marketing executive also. These are the staff that actually performs by procuring mails for the department with their higher skill and knowledge. In order to compete the couriers it is essential that such category of staff are properly recognised with financial package. The Department may consider grant of 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as recommended in the case of caretakers vide Para 3.8.8 of CPC Report to distinguish them from the other operative staff as an interim measure pending consideration for a separate establishment.
PO & RMS Accountants: Unfortunately the 6th CPC has not considered granting higher scale favourably. It has recommended only doubling of Special Allowance for this category. This will take away the charm in aspiring Accountants who had to undergo a tuff examination. This issue is pending from the time of V CPC itself. We request the Department to reconsider and grant higher scale to Accountants. We request the Department to consider that at least this Special Allowance may be taken for pay fixation benefit similar to that of the JAO qualified hands in Postal Accountants granted vide DG Posts Order No.8 (1) 2004/PA-Admn/501 dated 29.10.2006.
Cash Handling Allowance to PO Treasurers: The Pay Commission has unfortunately not considered the case of Treasurers properly. In most cases the PO Treasurers are handling more cash than the RMS Cashiers. The Department may consider the parity between the PO Treasurer and RMS Cashier in the matter of Allowance by changing the nomenclature of Treasurer into Cashier since the nature of job is identical. This will end the age-old disparity between the two.
Charge Hand in MMS: The bringing together of both Charge Hand and the Artisan Grade I in the same pay band PB-1 by the Pay Commission is causing much resentment. Earlier the Charge Hand was in higher scale than Artisan Grade I. The recommendation of the Commission has upset this relativity. We request that the Department may consider upgrading Charge Hand to PB-2 scale of pay.
Despatch Rider: The 6th CPC has unfortunately ignored this cadre altogether. Recruitment Rules and minimum qualification for Despatch Rider is the same like Drivers. We request the Department may consider merging this cadre with the Driver.
Sorters: Sorters who are an isolated cadre remained on par with Postmen by IV CPC recommendation. That parity got disturbed after V CPC and further disturbed now. We request at least the Sorter cadre be merged with the LDC and upgraded to pre-revised 3050-4590 scale.
Development Officers: The PLI Development Officers are to be considered by the Department for upgradation of scale.
The above suggestions are not exhaustive. We are holding our Federal Executive on 28th and 29th April 2008 and any further views will be submitted to your consideration in the first week of May 2008.
The Staff Side was assured that there would be more interactions with us and that before the Department sends its final report to the Ministry of Finance, the Staff Side would be fully consulted. We thank the Department for this stand and we look forward to sorting out the anomalies and other problems by the Department.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully,
Sd/[
[K.Ragavendran]
Secretary General
9 comments:
respected comrade
k raghavendran
thank u for publishing the issue of system administrator and also to send the grivences of system administrator infront of the departmend of post.
thank u again.
DEAR COMRADES,
PO & RMS ACCOUNTANTS CADRE IS A DYING CADRE. IN FUTURE NO BODY WILL BE INTERESTED TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION. THEREFORE PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR SEPARATE HIGHER SCALE TO THEM.
EVERY TIME THEY ARE BEING INSULTED. FIRST ASKING FOR A HIGHER SCALE. AS THE DAYS GO ON THIS DEMAND WILL BE DILUTED. IN V CPC ALSO SEPARATE HIGHER SCALE WAS DEMANDED FIRST. THEN AT LEAST 3THEREE ADVANCE INCREMENTS WERE DEMANDED. THEN IT WAS REDUCED TO TWO INCREMENTS. BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED OTHER THATN NOMECLATING SPECIAL PAY AS SPECIAL ALLOWANCE & DEBARRING IT FROM COUNTING TOWARDS FIXATION OF PAY ON PROMOTION. LET THE DEPARTMENT TO ENJOY TAKING AWAY THE BENEFIT OF SPECIAL PAY. PLEASE DO NOT INSULT THE ACCOUNTANTS. APIPEU P3 IS SERIOUS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. BUT NFPE IS NOT SERIOUS ABOUT IT. NO DOUBT NFPE AS A WHOLE IS WORKING AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF ACCOUNTANTS.
regarding the demand of TBOP/BCR scale as par with BSNL is not relavant because we already demanded the higher pay scale 5500/6500 at par with the IPOS/ASPOs because from the very begininig of the department both scales were same now VIth pay commission recmended the pay scale of ipo is 6500 and aspos 7500 there is huge difference between the TBOP/BCR Pa scale with IPO/ASPOS our demand 5000 for TBOP PA and 5500 for BCR PA is not justified
comrade
As per our demand charter we demanded the pay scale for the Pa Rs.5000/- pre revised. The sixth pay commission recmended 4000-100-6000 for PA/SA. We should fight for the scale of PA/SA as it is comparetively hard work against TBOP Postman/mailgaurd staff.
Thanking you
1. Six days week for postoffice (operative ) staff. 6pc recommends for five days week. Six day staff are working 52 additional days in ayear. Taken into account our unique Status atleast 15 to 20 percentage of additional pay may please be demanded.
2. All SPMs may be given 10% additional pay for in-charge duties
3. LSG/ HSG II/ are to be recognised parwith other subappointing authorities viz IPs and ASPs as LSG/HSG officials are the disciplinary authorities for GDS ,GR D & POSTMAN.
4. Share in the Gr ‘B’ posts may be raised from 6% to atleast 25% to the General line offcial
5. General line offcials should be provided quota in ASP posts
===========BY N.SUBRAMANIAN
PRESIDENT P3
TIRUPUR
Sir,
Many of the rural POs have to be converted as " No quarters office" due to:
01. Most of them are unfit for occupation.
02. Nobody will be ready to loose higher rate of HRA & Transport aloowance for un occupied quarters.
03. Nobody wants double punishment. Apart from financial loss, most of CLASS II offices are manned by single official. thereby he is doing the work of two men. Therefore He will have more work and less pay.
kindly take necessary action at all India level.
Velusamy. r, Namakkal, TN
email ID: kanivel2004@rediffmail.com
Sir
I kindly request NFPE and all unions to expedite the final recommendations of the Screening committee. The newspapers say that it will be finalised by september,2008. I feel that this time is too much for us to handle.This is April end. If the final outcome can be realised by June,2008, then it would be much better.If it takes a long time, there may be many adverse impacts on the employees, not to elaborate further.
Sir
A Technical Wing as like Postal Civil and Postal Electrical Wing is need of the hour. Though Department of Posts has taken up the project of Computerization of its Post Offices since last 20 years but it has not given proper thought on its implementation neither it has given due weitage to the human resource development. Whatever the Department has gained in the field of Computerization its because of the Hard work being given by the System Administrators from the PA cadre. As the Department is going towards full computerization including the Branch Offices through Online transactions i.e. Any time banking the duties and responsibilites of the System Administrators will increase manifold. Hence without a separate Technical Wing this huge work cannot be implementate properly neither our justified demands will get proper attention. We strongly demand a separate Technical Wing with due status to the System Administrators.
Prodip Dutta,
System Administrator,
Midnapore Division,
West Bengal Circle
Repceted Comrades.
Uions have to think of issue of upgraded pay scale to PAs/SAs on selection with graduation only in recruitment as most of the PAs/SAs are now graduates only i.e 99%, This is the base to demand upgrated pay scles with IPOs(direct recruitment) as they are coming from Staff Selection Commission with the qualification of Graduation only. Hence, the highest union leaders have to think of this sugestion for benefit of future comrades in the postal departmet of inida.
your sincealy,
B.Satyanarayana Goud,
Karimnagar Dn. 505001.
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