Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Department of Posts issued orders to keep in abeyance the orders on abolition of posts for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008.
The All India Unions of AIPEU Postman & MSE/Gr.D, AIPEU GDS (NFPE) & NUPE P-IV filed a case in Principle CAT, Delhi (during May 2012) praying not to abolish the vacant posts (DR) of Postman & Gr.D (MTS) of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008. The Pr. CAT issued stay orders (in OA No.1736/2013) on the issue and now the Department of Posts issued orders to all Chief Postmasters General to keep the orders in abeyance on abolition of posts in the circles.
Copy of order of Department of Posts:
Monday, December 30, 2013
EDITORIAL- POSTAL CRUSADER
NEW YEAR,
NEW HOPES.
WE ARE ON THE STRUGGLE PATH
By
the time this issue of “Postal Crusader” reaches your hand, an eventful year
2013 will be over and a new year 2014 is born.
From our experience in the past, especially during the last year, we can
definitely say that the year 2014 shall be an year of struggle for betterment
of the living conditions of the common people of our country and the toiling
masses including the Central Government Employees & Postal employees.
General election to the Parliament is scheduled to be held in the year
2014. The ruling class and also the
corporate media have started their campaign, well in advance, in support of
those who are ready to carry forward the rigorous implementation of neo-liberal
globalisation policies. We have
witnessed that when it comes to policy of liberalisation, privatisation and
globalisation, both UPA and NDA Government are two sides of the same coin. Concerted efforts are being made by the
corporate media to relegate the issues raised by the working class in February
20,21 All India Joint Strike and 2013 December 12th massive Parliament March to
the background. We should identify our
friends and foes from our own experience and shall frontload the working class
issues and conduct intensive campaign against those who are in favour of
neo-liberal policies and also in support of those who are opposing the
anti-people, anti-labour policies of the ruling class. Remember, in democracy ballot is more
powerful than bullet. Let us use this
weapon prudently and discreetly and move forward in our struggle by further
strengthening those forces who are continuously fighting against this
neo-liberal policies and for the cause of working class.
Even
though the Government has announced constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission
(CPC), the terms of reference and appointment of chairperson etc. are yet to be
finalised. The unanimous proposal on
terms of reference submitted by the staff side includes date of effect from
01-01-2014, DA merger, Interim relief, inclusion of GDS, statutory pension to
those employed after 01-01-2004, minimum wage as per 15th ILC formula,
settlement of anomalies and cashless, hassle free medical facilities. Now the ball is in the court of
Government. In case the Government
deliberately delay the appointment of CPC or reject the terms of reference
submitted by the staff side, confrontation shall become inevitable.
Postal employees have put up stiffest resistance to the Government’s
policy, to privatise the Postal services by amending Indian Post office Act
1898 for granting licence to private couriers, to close down 9797 departmental
post offices, to merge about 300 RMS sorting offices and also to continue the
ban on recruitment. Postal department is
the only department where mass-scale recruitment and promotion through
departmental examinations has taken place.
The united struggle under the banner of JCA has prevented the Government
to a great extent from implementing the neo-liberal policies in the Postal
Sector.
Regarding 7th CPC, Postal employees have every right to get a better
deal from Pay Commission and Government.
The pay scales of each category of Postal and RMS employees including
Gramin Dak Sevaks should be upgraded taking into consideration the fact that
the cadre of PA, SA, Postmen, Mail guard, MTS exchanging mails and clearing
letter boxes, Gramin Dak Sevaks are all unique to the Postal Department. Further IT modernisation project will be
rolled out in full swing in 2014 and the skill of the postal employees
including GDS in dealing with high technology will be further enhanced. Due to non-creation of additional posts in
commensurate with the increase in workload due to introduction of new schemes
and procedures and also due to abnormal delay in filling up of vacant posts, the
workload of the Postal and RMS employees have increased manifold and this
factor of extra-productivity should be taken into account while deciding the
pay scales of postal and RMS employees including GDS.
Three
lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks and Casual, Part-time, Contingent employees are the
worst sufferers of the Postal department.
NFPE & FNPO has already decided to go for indefinite strike, if the
Government rejects our demand for inclusion of GDS in the ambit of 7th CPC and
revision of wages and regularisation of casual labourers.
NFPE
& AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) had filed a writ petition in the Hon’ble Supreme Court
of India praying for implementation of the 1977 Supreme Court judgement
declaring GDS as civil servants and grant of all benefits of departmental
employees to GDS. The Hon’ble Supreme
Court has ordered the Delhi High Court to consider and decide the case and the
writ petition is accordingly transferred to Delhi High Court. Thus the final legal battle for
departmentalisation of GDS has begun and 2014 will be a turning point in the
history of GDS
In short,
2014 is going to be an year of struggle and advancement of the working class of
India and also the Central Government employees including Postal, RMS & GDS
employees. Let us welcome the new year
with a pledge to continue our fight for a better tomorrow.
SILVER JUBILEE ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF NFPE P4 UNION AT CUTTACK
ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION -
POSTMAN & MSE / GROUP 'D'
HOLDS ITS 25th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE
AT CUTTACK [ODISHA]
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Hand Book 2014
Hand Book 2014
RUSH YOUR INDENT
CHQ has compiled Hand Book 2014 with more important orders. It crosses more than 260 pages. The price
will be fixed Rs. 75/- .This Hand Book is a must to all the office bearers and
members of our union. All are requested to indent more copies and distribute to
all members.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Revised Delivery Norms for Speed Post
D.G. Posts No. 13-45/2008-D dated
10/11/.12.2013
The norms for
delivery of Speed Post articles have in the past been revised from time to time
and are also contained in the Citizen’s Charter of the Department. The existing
delivery norms for Speed Post are follows:
(a) Local (within municipal limits) : 2 days
(b) Between one to another metro city
(included the six metro cities i.e. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore
and Hyderabad) and limited to Municipal limits of these cities: 2 days
(c) Rest of the country: 4 to 6 days.
2. The norms mentioned above are further
qualified by stating that they exclude the day of posting, Sundays and Holidays
that they denote maximum time and apply only to the articles booked before the
cut-off time.
3. The matter relating to revision of the
existing norms for delivery of Speed Post articles was under consideration of
this Directorate, and the following has been decided in this regard:
(a) New delivery (transit) norms have been
worked out on a city-to-city basis for 87 cities where Speed Post Sorting Hubs are
located (excluding 1 CBPO &
2 CBPO). The new delivery norms are being circulated to all concerned by e-mail
along with this O.M. The same may be downloaded.
(b) The new norms for a pair of cities have
been prescribed in terms of a range. For example,
the delivery norms between Mumbai and Pune is
“1 to 2 days, i.e. D+1 to D+2 where “D”
is the day of booking.
(c) The new norms would be restricted to the
municipal limits of a city (covering
only TD PIN codes) under reference.
4. The new delivery norms for Speed Post
would be subject to the conditions that:
* They are limited to 87 cities, and
municipal limit within these cities,
* They do not apply to the articles
booked after the cut-off time on a day(normally) taken as 3 or 4 pm for booking
counters at post offices or as decided by
the Circle concerned) and an extra day may be added in such cases,
* The delivery norms do not include
Sundays and holidays,
* Delay occurring due to curfew, bandh or
strike in a particular city mayadversely affect delivery norms,
* Delay occurring due to cancellation of
flights/trains/buses/other means of transport for carriage of mail or off-load / non-carriage of mail by the carriers due to any reason is beyond the control
of the Department, and therefore, the same may adversely affect delivery norms.
* Beyond
the cities mentioned under the delivery norms document, extra days may be
required which would vary from place to place..
5. Circles may give wide publicity to the
new norms among the public and display the norms in the shape of a matrix of
prominent/frequently-used destinations at the post office as display of entire
matrix perhaps may not be possible.
6. The new delivery norms would also be
placed on India Post website in a user-friendly format so that a user could
easily find delivery/transit norms between a pair of cities. In the interim, a
PDF version of the document is being uploaded on the Departmental website.
7. This O.M. supercedes all previous instructions
on Speed Post Delivery Norms issued by this Directorate/Business Development
Directorate.
CAT CHENNAI quashes fresh proceedings against retired employee
THE
TIMES OF INDIA
PRESS NEWS
CHENNAI: 27.12.2013. Can an employee be punished twice for the same offence? No,
said the Chennai bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Wednesday quashing an order of the ministry of
communications and IT to initiate fresh proceedings against a retired assistant
postmaster who had undergone punishment for his supervisory lapses.
The matter pertains to V Muthukannu,
sub-postmaster in Karur division, who was accused of irregular closure of a
recurring deposit and non-account of deposits. In his submissions to the
tribunal, Muthukannu said in March 2010, the superintendent of post offices
ordered recovery of Rs 8,000 per month from his salary for the loss caused to
the postal department. After seven months, it was increased to Rs 12,000. For
his contributory negligence, he paid Rs 5.07 lakh to the department. Also, for
a year, his salary was reduced and no increments were provided, said
Muthukannu.
However, in April 2012, a month before his
retirement, the member (personnel), department of posts, dropped the earlier
concluded proceedings and initiated a fresh proceeding for the same lapses. He
was also issued a memo stating his retirement benefits had been withheld. He
asked the CAT to set aside the order for fresh proceedings.
In the counter, the department of post
denied the averments and said Muthukannu was involved in a fraud to the tune of
Rs 17.46 lakh at the Karur head post office. Fresh proceedings were initiated
according to the rules and there was no question of "double
jeopardy." Further, it was an exceptional case and had to be dealt with
accordingly.
The bench comprising judicial member B
Venkateshwara Rao and administrative member P Prabhakaran said, "Once the
punishment imposed is undergone, no one can direct a fresh inquiry in the same
set of charges."
The bench quashed the order for fresh
proceedings and directed the department to pay all retrial benefits to
Muthukannu.
Number of Posts Sanctioned, Filled and Vacant of Regular Civilian Employees in Central Government
THE BELOW DETAIL WAS SUBMITTED IN A WRITTEN REPLY IN THE ARLIAMENT BY THE MINISTER OF DOPT SHRI V.NARAYANASAMY ON 12TH DECEMBER 2013 TO A QUESTION REGARDING THE NUMBER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IS CONSTANTLY DECREASING DUE TO NON-FILLING UP OF VACANCIES FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS...
The Minister said that the details of the number of posts sanctioned, filled and vacant of Regular Civilian Employees in Central Government & Union Territory Administrations as per the ‘Brochure on Pay and Allowances of Central Government Civilian Employees for 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-12 brought out by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure), as on 1st March of the relevant year are as under:
| As on | Number of sanctioned posts | Number of incumbents in position | Number of vacant posts |
| 1.3.2010 | 3602295 | 3068359 | 533936 |
| 1.3.2011 | 3663529 | 3081938 | 581591 |
| 1.3.2012 | 3684543 | 3084530 | 600013 |
The Ministries/Departments are required to fill the vacancies as per Recruitment Rules and extant guidelines. This Department issues instructions from time to time to all Ministries/Departments to fill up the vacant posts on timely basis. The data in this regard is not centrally maintained.
Number of Posts Sanctioned, Filled and Vacant of Regular Civilian Employees in Central Government
The below detail was submitted in a written reply in the Parliament by the Minister of DOPT Shri V.Narayanasamy on 12th December 2013 to a question regarding the number of Central Government employees is constantly decreasing due to non-filling up of vacancies for the last several years...
The Minister said that the details of the number of posts sanctioned, filled and vacant of Regular Civilian Employees in Central Government & Union Territory Administrations as per the ‘Brochure on Pay and Allowances of Central Government Civilian Employees for 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-12 brought out by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure), as on 1st March of the relevant year are as under:
| As on | Number of sanctioned posts | Number of incumbents in position | Number of vacant posts |
| 1.3.2010 | 3602295 | 3068359 | 533936 |
| 1.3.2011 | 3663529 | 3081938 | 581591 |
| 1.3.2012 | 3684543 | 3084530 | 600013 |
The Ministries/Departments are required to fill the vacancies as per Recruitment Rules and extant guidelines. This Department issues instructions from time to time to all Ministries/Departments to fill up the vacant posts on timely basis. The data in this regard is not centrally maintained.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
REVISION PENSION OF PRE-2006 PENSIONERS FROM 01.01.2006 – SLP FILED BY UNION OF INDIA IS PENDING – MINISTER REPLIED IN RAJYA SABHA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-846
ANSWERED ON-12.12.2013
Benefits of Sixth Pay Commission to retirees
846 . Shri BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDAR
(a) whether the Supreme Court
has upheld the decision of High Court and CAT for providing the benefit of
Sixth Pay Commission to Government employees who retired before Ist January,
2006;
(b) whether it is a fact that Supreme Court in its judgement has given
benefit w.e.f. January, 2006;
(c) whether the Ministry has implemented the judgement of Supreme Court
in totality while giving benefit to those retirees w.e.f. January, 2006; and
(d) if so, details thereof and
if not, reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND
PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V.
NARAYANASAMY)
The orders for implementation of the decision taken by the Government
on the recommendations of 6th CPC for revision for pension of past pensioners
were issued vide this Department’s Office Memorandum(OM) dated 1.9.2008. The
provisions of Para 4.2 of this OM were clarified vide this Department’s letter
dated 3.10.2008.
The Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in its
order dated 1.11.2011 observed that by the OM dated 3.10.2008 the original
orders of 1.9.2008 have been modified. Hon’ble CAT directed that the past
pensioners may be granted, w.e.f. 1.1.2006, a minimum pension @ 50% of the
minimum pay corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale with reference to the
fitment table applicable for revision of pay of serving employees.
Writ Petitions were filed in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi
challenging the above mentioned order.
In its order dated 29.4.2013, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court has upheld
the order dated 1.11.2011. After considering the order of Hon’ble High Court of
Delhi and various representations received in this regard, Special Leave
Petition was filed by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare in the
Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare filed an SLP in the
Hon’ble Supreme Court against this order. This SLP came up for hearing on
29.7.2013 and was dismissed and the Review Petition was also dismissed.
Union of India has also filed SLP against the order dated 29.4.2013 in
Writ Petitions No.2348/2012, 2349/2012 and 2350/2012 in the Hon’ble Supreme
Court which came up for hearing on 19.11.2013. The Hon’ble Supreme Court
directed to list the SLP alongwith CA No.8875-8876 of 2011 filed by Ministry of
Defence and is now listed for hearing on 4.2.2014. The matter is therefore
sub-judice.
Central government employees will soon communicate through email ID - Minister of State for Communications Milind Deora
All Central government
employees will soon be expected to communicate through the National Informatics
Centre (NIC) email ID, a union minister said on Monday adding that the
government was chalking out a plan in this regard.
“After this, the issue
of cyber security can be addressed on a single platform as NIC is taking care
of e-governance programmes of the Centre,” said Deora.
All Central government
employees will soon be expected to communicate through the National Informatics
Centre (NIC) email ID, a union minister said on Monday adding that the
government was chalking out a plan in this regard.
Minister of State for
Communications Milind Deora told reporters here that his department is working
on a new email policy which will address this issue, among others.“Once this is
ready, then all government officials will have to communicate only through NIC
email id,” he said.
“After this, the issue
of cyber security can be addressed on a single platform as NIC is taking care
of e-governance programmes of the Centre,” said Deora.
Casual, Part Time, Contingent employees wage revision and Regularization- HUNGER FAST in front of Directorate
Casual, Part
Time, Contingent employees wage revision and Regularization —
HUNGER
FAST in front of
Directorate
Postal JCA decided to conduct HUNGER FAST in front of
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi on 5th February 2014.
Secretary Generals of NFPE and FNPO and
all General Secretaries of affiliated Associations/Unions will sit on HUNGER FAST in front of
Directorate protesting against the abnormal delay and demanding immediate wage
revision w.e.f. 01.01.2006 and also regularization.
M. Krishnan D.
Theagarajan
Secretary General Secretary General
NFPE
FNPO
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