Continuation of ad-hoc promotion

No. 4-16-2002-SPB-II

Government of India

Ministry of Communication & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110001

Dated, 3^rd January, 2011

To,

All Chief Postmaster General

All Postmaster General

Controller, Foreign Mails Mumbai

Subject: Continuation of ad-hoc promotion made in the cadre of HSG.I

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to refer to this Department’s letter of even number dated 29^th October 2010 on the above mentioned subject and to say that it has been decided with the approval of Department of Personnel & Training to further continue the ad-hoc arrangements for a period of six more months i.e. upto 19^th May 2011 or till the Recruitment Rules are finalized and regular arrangements are made in accordance with that, whichever is earlier. It has also been decided to continue the ad-hoc arrangement made as per Sub-para 3 (ii) of this Directorate letter dated 01^st May 2009 for a period of six months or till the Recruitment Rules are finalized and regular arrangements are made in accordance with that, whichever is earlier.

2. It is therefore, requested to that the ad-hoc promotion initially made in HSG.I as per instructions contained in this Department’s letter of even number dated 20^th November 2006 and as per Sub para 3 (ii) of the letter dated 01^st May 2009, may be further continued accordingly.

3. This issue with the approval of DDG (P).

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Suraj Bhan)

Assistant Director General (Staff)

28th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF AIPEU GROUP ‘C’ – AN HISTORIC SUCCESS

The 28^th All India conference of AIPEU Group C was held from 09.01.2011 to 12.01.2011 at Alandi, Pune (Maharashtra) under president ship of Com. M. Krishnan CHQ President. It is first time in the history of the AIPEU Group C movement, more than 2500 comrades participated as delegates and visitors. The hall having seating arrangements for 1600 was always full and flooded during the entire session of the conference. The open session had a huge participation of more than 3500 comrades and even the Minister of State for Communication & IT and the other chief guest Com. Sitaram Yechuri were very much pleased to see such a mass gathering.

The AIC commenced its proceedings with the flag hoisting at 10.45 hours on 09.01.2011. The National flag was hoisted by B. G. Tamhankar, Ex- President, NFPE and also the General Secretary of the Reception Committee. The NFPE and AIPEU Group ‘C’ Flags were hoisted. The inaugural as well as open session was commenced at 11.00 hours on 09.01.2011. This is the first time that the Minister of communication & IT participated in our conference after many decades and graced the conference with his oration.Com B.G.Tamhankar, General Secretary, Reception Committee welcomed all the participants, guests and guests of honour.

The Hon’ble Minister of Communication & IT Shri Gurdas Kamat while delivering his speech has affirmed that the memorandum presented by the CHQ on eight demands is receiving attention and assured his unstinted and abundant cooperation in the settlement of staff grievances. He further asserted that he will use all his good offices to sort out the issues of postal employees. The Minister remained in the conference for more than one hour.

It is our opportunity that in our midst, Com. Sitaram Yechury, Member of Parliament and also the veteran left front leader was present and inaugurated the open session with his precious oration for about an hour. He narrated the role and importance of the working class in protecting the interest of all the downtrodden people at lower level. The need to curb corruption and scams at all levels has been elaborated in his speech. Had the huge amount swindled in 2G spectrum have been utilized through Public Distribution Systems for the welfare of state and the people and also for the education, it would have made India prosperous in which the present Govt has failed, he mentioned. This is the first conference that two outstanding and distinguished public personalities having different ideologies and practice attended and orated in the All India Conference. We are very much proud for bringing both the leaders in one platform of our All India conference.

The another mile stone of the AIC is that the compilation of various orders relating to Gramin Dak Sewak titled as ‘Crusader to Gramin Dak Sewak’ published as a joint venture by the National Federation of Postal Employees and All India Postal Employees Union Group C has been launched in the open session and the first copy was presented to Com. M. Krishnan, CHQ President and also the Secretary General, NFPE by Com. Sitaram Yechury. The book was compiled by the CHQ for the benefit of GDS comrades for whom the NFPE and CHQ is always committed and launched in the AIC to mark the occasion.

Shri Vilasrao Gopalrao Kurhade Patil, Mayor Nagar Paraishad and also the Chairman Reception committee, Shri Shivaji Adhalrao Patil MP, Shri Nagesh Nalawde, Chairman Pune P&T Cooperative Society greeted the conference with their valuable oration.

Com K.K.N.Kutty, Secretary General, Confederation of Central Govt employees and workers has dealt all the issues confronting the central government employees and the need for formation of wage review body to get justice and also to remove the anomalies. His speech was rather an inspiring to all the comrades assembled in the conference .Com C.C.Pillai, Ex Secretary General NFPE has covered all the points in the national atmosphere and also in the working class movement in his deliberation and hailed the functioning of the CHQ. Com R.L.Bhattacharjee, Ex Deputy Secretary General, NFPE, Com Shankar Kaduskar, Ex Vice President CHQ, Com G.S.Asiwal, Ex AGS CHQ, Com G.P.Diwakar,Ex AGS, Rajasthan and Com T.P.Mishra, Leader U.P.Circle greeted the conference with their orations.

Com D.K.Rahate, President, NFPE, Com. Ishwar Singh Dabas,General Secretary, P4, Com Giriraj Singh, General Secretary, R3, Com P.Suresh, General Secretary, R4, Com Pranab Bhattacharjee, General Secretary, AIPAOEU, Com Santhosh Kumar President, AIPAEA, Com Appanraj, General Secretary AISBCOEA, Com SP.Kulkarni, president AISBCOEA and Com S.S.Mahadevaiah, General Secretary, GDS addressed and greeted the conference.com. Mangesh Parab, Asst General Secretary and also the Circle Secretary of Maharashtra Circle delivered vote of thanks.

Com K.Ragavendran, Ex Secretary General and also the Working President of our union delivered his speech on 10.1.2011 forenoon covering all the issues confronting the working class, CG employees and postal in particular and stressed the need for organizing all the workers for a united struggle to arrest the onslaughts and protect the working class.Com K.Ragavendran has been honoured by the AIC remembering his precious dedicated service to the federation and the CHQ.

In the AIC, all the circle secretaries and a record number of 72 delegates representing from all circles participated in the lively discussions on the agenda of organizational issues and others. There was on all round appreciations about the functioning of the CHQ which exhibited their confidence and faith on the leadership of CHQ. This is the first conference that there was discussion only on issues confronting the employees and there was no unwarranted criticism or comments on any one. It is our pride to record that this is the first conference that during the entire subject committee, the hall was fully packed and there was total concentration while the delegates delivered their views. General Secretary summed up all the issues for about 90 minutes.

The resolution on policy and programme was unanimously adopted in the conference. The resolutions presented by the delegates to the Resolution committee were read out by Com R.N.Parasha, Convener, Resolution committee and also the Assistant Secretary General, NFPE and they were adopted. The full details of the resolutions will be published in the Bhartiya post. Amendments to the Constitutions were unanimously adopted and the details will be published in the Bhartiya Post.

The biennial report and audited accounts were unanimously approved and adopted by the delegates and thereafter the election of office bearers were held unanimously. The following office bearers were elected unanimously for the ensuring term.

List of office-bearers elected in the 28th All India Conference of AIPEU Group ‘C’ held at Alandi,

Pune (Maharashtra) from 9.1.2011 to 12.1.2011

President	Com. M. Krishnan, BCR Postal Assistant, Thycaud P.O. Thiruvanathapuram-695014.(Kerala)
Working President	Com. Mangesh Parab, P. A., Mumbai G.P.O. (Maharastra)
	Com. N. Gopalakrishnan, A.P.M., T. Nagar H.P.O. (Tamilnadu)
Vice Presidents	Com. R. C. Mishra, Deputy Manager, PSD, Bhubaneswar-751007(Orissa) Com. C. P. Shobana, PA (BCR), Pallikkunnu S.O.(Kerala)
General Secretary	Com. K. V. Sridharan, HSG-I Supervisor, Anna Road H.P.O.(Tamilnadu)
Dy. Gen. Secretary	Com. R. Sivannararayana, PRI(P),Guntur-522002(Andhra Pradesh)
Asst. Gen. Secretaries	Com. Gaurang Dev Maity, SPM, Mayna, S.O., Tamluk (West Bengal) Com. Subhash Mishra, P.A., Kanpur H.O.208001 (Uttar Pradesh) Com. A. Veeramani, P.A., Anna Road H.P.O.600002 (Tamilnadu)
Financial Secretary	Com. Balwinder Singh, P.A., Rajinder Nagar P.O.,New Delhi-110060
Asst. Fin. Secretary	Com. Hari Prasad Diwakar, SPM, Dargah Sharif P.O. Ajmer(Rajasthan)
Org. Gen. Secretaries	Com. S. A. Hamith, SPM, R. S. University, Raipur – 492010 (Chattishgarh) Com. U. K. Tiwari, TBOP PA, Patna GPO-800001(Bihar) Com. L. P. Saikia, Postmaster, Nagaon H.O. (Assam)

MAHILA SUB COMMITTEE

The All India conference has unanimously resolved to form a Mahila committee at All India level for the coordination of women employees. The Mahila committee will be invited for all the central working committees. The committee which consist the following comrades has been unanimously formed.

Chairperson	Com. Nanda Sen, Postal Assistant, Siliguri, West Bengal
Convener	Com C.P.Shobana, Vice President CHQ
Sub Convener	Com K.Pushpeswari Devi, SPM, HAL, Hyderabad 500042, Andhra
Members	Com R.Manimegalai, Postal Asst, Annaroad HPO, Chennai 600002 Tamilnadu Com Mausumi Mazumdar, Divl Secretary, Dibrugarh, Assam Com P.Rema, Postal asst, Calicut HO Kerala Com Padmavati Limaye, Accountant, Ratnagiri HO 415612 Maharashtra Com Roopa Bathma, SPM, Old Secretariat, Bhopal 462001 M.P.

This is the first time, an affiliate of National federation of Postal Employees is forming a mahila sub committee for encouraging the women employees in organizational activities.

The reception committee headed by Com B.G.Tamhankar has made all arrangements excellently for the AIC. The reception committee deserves all appreciations and in particular to Com Mangesh Parab, AGS and Circle Secretary, Maharashtra circle, Com Ved pathack, ACS, Com Sunil Kurve, Com Ragul, Divl Secretary, Pune Mofussil division and Com Sushil Shinde, Divisional Financial Secretary Com Ashok who worked like bees in the proceedings of the conference.

The AIC places its appreciations on record of the outgoing office bearers Com K.Ragavendran, Working President, Com K.B.Barot, Working President, Com Somenath Mukherjee, Deputy General Secretary, Com Ramanikanth Bhattacharya, Organising General Secretary, and Com S.K.Nema, Organising General Secretary.

The 28^th AIC has given the CHQ more confidence by the unprecedented presence and participation of delegates and visitors sharing with the CHQ in all its activities, reviewing with the requirements for the future etc. The CHQ is fully confident that with the total cooperation of all circles, divisions and members, the huge task and the challenges posed on us will be met with the utmost satisfaction of all. We assure that we will strive hard to live up to the expectations of all our comrades in the rank and file at the grass root level and march ahead.

With fraternal greetings,

M.Krishnan K.V.Sridharan

President General Secretary

28TH AIC, PUNE

28th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE

09 01 2011 to 11 01 2011

ALANDI, PUNE MAHARASHTRA

Children Education Allowance Scheme – Clarification

No. 12011/08/2010-Estt (AL)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, P. G. and Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the 30^th December, 2010

Office Memorandum

Sub: - Children Education Allowance Scheme – Clarification

Subsequent of issue of this Department OM No. 12011/3/2008-Estt (Allowance) dated 02.09.2008 and clarificatory OMs dated 11.11.2008, 23.11.2009 and OM No. 12011/16/2009-(Allowance) dated 13/11/2009 on the Children Education Allowance (CEA) Scheme, this Department has been receiving references from various Departments, seeking further clarifications. The doubts raised are clarified as under: -

(i) Whether CEA is admissible to a Government Servant who ceases to be in service due to retirement, discharge, dismissal or removal from service in the course of an academic year?	CEA/hostel subsidy shall be admissible till the end of the academic year in which the Government Servant ceases to be in service due to retirement, discharge, dismissal or removal from service in the course of an academic year. The payment shall be made by the office in which the Govt. servant worked prior to these events and will be regulated by the other conditions laid down under CEA scheme
(ii) Whether Children of a Government servant who dies while in service are still eligible for reimbursement under the new CEA scheme?	If a Govt. servant dies while in service, the Children Education Allowance or hostel subsidy shall be admissible in respect of his/her children subject to observance of other conditions for its grant provided the wife/husband of the deceased is not employed in service of the Central Govt., State Government, Autonomous Body PSU, Semi-Government Organization such as Municipality. Port Trust Authority or any other organization partly or fully funded by the Central Govt./State Governments. In such cases the CEA/Hostel Subsidy shall be payable to the children till such time the employee would have actually received the same, subject to the condition that other terms and other conditions are fulfilled. The payment shall be made by the office in which the Govt. servant was working prior to this death and will be regulated by the other conditions laid down under CEA scheme.
(iii) Whether any upper age limit of the children has been prescribed for claiming CEA? Whether CEA can be allowed in case of children studying through “Correspondence or Distance Learning”? If so the age limit prescribed for the same.	The upper age limit for disabled children has been set at the age of 22 years. In the case of other children the age limit will now be 20 years or till the time of passing 12th class whichever is earlier. Cases where reimbursement have been already made, in respect of children above this age may not be reopened. It has also been decided that CEA may henceforth be allowed in case of children studying through “Correspondence or Distance Learning’ subject to other condition prescribed.
(iv) What is the definition of the terms two sets of uniform’ which occur in para 1(e) of our O.M. dated 02.09.08. What is the definition of ‘one set of shoes”?	It is clarified that “one set of shoes’ would mean one pair of shoes and ‘two sets of uniform’ would mean two sets of uniform prescribed by the school in which the child is studying. A set of uniform will include all items of clothing prescribed for a day, as uniform by the school Reimbursement may be allowed for two sets of such uniform irrespective of the colours/winter/summer/PT uniform.
(v) What is the definition of ‘station’ for the purpose of hostel subsidy?	It is clarified that for the purpose of hostel subsidy. Station would be demarcated by the first three digits of the PIN Code of the area where the Government Servant is posted and/or residing’. The first three digits of the PIN Code indicate a Revenue District.
(vi) Whether fee paid to organization / institutions other than the school or fee paid to the private tutors for purposes mentioned in para 1(e) of the OM dated 2.9.2008 is reimbursable	No. it is clarified that the term ‘fee’ contained in the para 1 (e) of the OM dated 2.9.2008 would mean the fee charged by the school directly from the student

Sd/-

(Smmi R. Nakra)

Director (P&A)

Department released orders on stepping up of pay & benefiting the promoted officials

No. 1-9/2010-PCC

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Pay Commission Cell

Dated – 05.01.2011

To,

All Heads of the Circles

Subject: - Stepping up of pay of the promotee senior with direct recruited junior appointed on or after 01.01.2006

This is regarding stepping of pay of promote senior with reference to direct recruit junior appointed after 01.01.2006.

2. The issue was examined in this office and referred to Ministry of Finance for clarification. Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure Legal Cell vide U.O. No. 18/28/2010-Legal dated 29.12.2010 has calrified that the stepping up of pay of the promote senior with direct recruited junior appointed on or after 01.01.2006 may be agreed to subject to fulfillment of the following conditions: -

(a) Stepping up of the basic pay of seniors can be claimed only in the case of those cadres which have an element of direct recruitment and in cases where a directly recruited junior is actually drawing more basic pay than the seniors. In such cases, the basic pay of the seniors will be stepped up with reference to the basic pay of the directly recruited junior provided they belong to the same seniority list for all purposes.

(b) Further, government servants cannot claim stepping up of their revised basic pay with reference to entry pay in the revised pay structure for direct recruits appointed on or after 01.01.2006 as laid down in Section II of part A of First Schedule to the CCS (RP) Rules, 2008, if their cadre does not have an element of direct recruitment or in cases where no junior is drawing basic pay higher than them.

(c) Stepping up of pay of the seniors in accordance with the present advice of this Department shall not be applicable in cases where direct recruits have been granted advance increment at the time of recruitment.

3. The issues prevailing in the Circle may be decided as per above clarifications.

Sd/-

(Surender Kumr)

Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)

CHILD CARE LEAVE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

No. 13018 /1/2010-Estt. (Leave)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the 30 the December 2010

Office Memorandum

Sub: Child Care Leave to Central Government employees - regarding

The undersigned is directed to say that subsequent to issue of this Department OM of even number dated 07/09/2010, this Department has been receiving references from various Departments, seeking clarifications. The doubts raised are clarified as under:-

1. Whether Earned Leave availed for any purpose can be converted into Child Care Leave? How should applications where the purpose of availing leave has been indicated as 'Urgent Work' but the applicant claims to have utilized the leave for taking care of the needs of the child, be treated?

Child Care Leave is sanctioned to women employees having minor children, for rearing or for looking after their needs like examination, sickness etc. Hence Earned Leave availed specifically for this purpose only should be converted.

2. Whether all Earned Leave availed irrespective of number of days i.e. less than 15 days, and number of spells can be converted? In cases where the CCL spills over to the next year (for example 30 days CCL from 27^th December), whether the Leave should be treated as one spell or two spells'?

No. As the instructions contained in the OM dated 7.9.2010 has been given retrospective effect, all the conditions specified in the OM would have to be fulfilled for conversion of the Earned Leave into Child Care Leave. In cases where the leave spills over to the next year, it may be treated as one spell against the year in which the leave commences.

3. Whether those who have availed Child Care Leave for more than 3 spells with less than 15 days can avail further Child Care Leave for the remaining period of the current year'?

No. As per the OM of even number dated 7.9.2010, Child Care Leave may not be granted in more than 3 spells. Hence CCL may not be allowed more than 3 times irrespective of the number of days or times Child Care Leave has been availed earlier. Past cases may not be reopened.

4. Whether LTC can be availed during Child Care Leave?

LTC cannot be availed during Child Care Leave as Child Care Leave is granted for the specific purpose of taking care of a minor child for rearing or for looking after any other needs of the child during examination, sickness etc.

Sd/-

(Simmi R. Nakra

Director

Interest bearing advances/Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendation on House Building Advance-enhancement in past cases-regarding

No.I-17011/2(1)/2009-H.III
Government of India
Ministry of Urban Development
(Housing -III section)
*****

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.

Dated:- the 14th July, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Interest bearing advances/Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendation on House Building Advance-enhancement in past cases-regarding.

The undersigned is directed to invite attention to this Ministry's O.M. No.I-17011/2(1)/2009-H.III dated 27th November, 2008 on the above subject and to say that it has been decided in consultations with Ministry of Finance to make the afore-said orders applicable with effect from 1st January, 2006. Accordingly, an enhancement of House Building Advance, if applied for, may be granted for an amount equivalent to the difference between the previously sanctioned amount and the new amount determined on the basis of pay in the pay band, in past cases, where HBA was sanctioned on or after 1-1-2006 but before 27-11-2008 subject to complying following conditions:-

(a) The Government servant should not have drawn the entire amount of HBA sanctioned under earlier orders and /or where construction is not completed/full cost towards acquisition of house/flat is yet to be paid.

(b) There will be no deviation from the approved plan of construction on the basis of which the original sanction of House Building Advance was accorded. The revised cost of the original plan can, however, be considered for determining the additional amount, subject to the prescribed maximum limits.

(c) Supplementary Mortgage Deed, Personal Bond and Sureties will be drawn and executed at the expense of the loanee.

(d) The actual entitlement will be restricted to the repaying capacity computed on the basis of the formula laid down in this Ministry's O.M. No.I-17015/16/92-H.III dated 17.10.2000. It should be ensured that the entire amount of advance with interest is recovered before retirement of the Government servant.

(e) Rate of Interest: The rate of interest chargeable in such cases would be as per the slab applicable to the total sanctioned amount i.e. amount already sanctioned on or after 1-1-2006 but before 27.11.2008 plus the enhanced sanction. However, the new rate of interest would be chargeable only on collective amount that would remain outstanding on grant of enhancement so granted. Thus, the amount of HBA that has already been re-paid on old rates will not attract the fresh interest charges.

2. However, the existing limit of maximum admissible amount of Rs.7.50 lakh for the purpose of construction/purchase of new house/flat and Rs.1.80 lakh would remain unchanged. In other words, the sum total of previously sanctioned HBA and the enhancement granted under these orders cannot exceed the aforesaid limits. In any case, not more than one enhancement is admissible to a Govt. employee.

3. The applications for enhanced HBA should be submitted within six months from the date of issue of this order.

4. Ministries/Departments whose branch offices are situated in the far flung areas like in case of Ministry of Defence, etc., are advised to give wider publicity to these orders through modern communication mean like facsimile e-mail, web-sites etc. so that there is no occasion for any representation for extending the time limits of six months on the grounds of receiving these orders late.

s/d

(V.K. Gupta)

Deputy Financial Adviser

FLASH NEWS

Dear Comrades,

Today Directorate is releasing two important staff welfare orders.

1. Stepping up of pay with junior direct recruit in the case of promoted officials prior to 01.01.2006.

2. Detailed clarification about not to misuse the contributory negligence provisions.

It is pertinent to mention that both the issues have been brought to the notice of Hon’ble Minister of State of Communications & IT through our memorandum

LAUNCHING DISCUSSION FORUM

A DISCUSSION FORUM has been created and launched today for the benefit of branch / divisional secretary to offer their comments, suggestions on all issues and also to bring the problems of their division directly to the notice of the circle union and also CHQ. All are requested to REGISTER FIRST their names and create a USER ID for becoming a authorized member of the discussion forum. This will facilitates quick and transparent dealing of all issues pertain to our service between CHQ, circles and grass root. All are requested to record their post in their respective circle column. Let us make this FORUM a fruitful and a successful one.

The link for the forum

http://aipeup3chq.freesmfhosting.com/index.php

WE WISH A VERY HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2011

TO

ALL OUR COMRADES & VIEWERS