Copy of the letter sent to chairman Postal Services Board. PDF.
Copy of the letter to be submitted to CPMG by circle secretaries. PDF.
Copy of the letter to be submitted to CPMG by circle secretaries. PDF.
FEDERATIONOFNATIONALPOSTALORGANISATIONS.
T-24,Atul
Grove Road, New Delhi - 110 001. Phone : 011-23321378
Ref:
Strike/02/2018 18/01/2018
To
To
Shri A. N. Nanda,
Chairman,
Postal Services Board,
Dak Bhavan
New Delhi 110 001.
Respected Sir,
Sub:-
Pending demands of my federation – Reg
Ref:
My federation letter dated 15/01/2018.
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Our federation decided to go on
strike during the month of September 2017, demanding your office to consider 10
point charter of demands. Directorate appealed our federation to withdraw the
agitation programme vide letter No.08-12/2017-SR dated 01/08/17(copy enclosed). On request from the Directorate, our
federation postponed the strike call.
Now, nearly 7 months have lapsed,
expect Demand No.7 all other demands are still pending.
Hence my federation Secretariat
decided to go to on lunch hour demonstration in front of circle office across
the country on 08/02/2018. Further, my federal secretariat met
on 11/02/18 to decide further course of action on the subject.
This is for your information and
requests your office to take necessary action on our enclosed demands.
Yours sincerely,
D.Theagarajan.
Secretary General.
CHARTER OF
DEMANDS
1) Implementation of positive
recommendations of GDS Committee Report. Grant of civil servant status to GDS.
Request for ‘Removal of 3-A(I) of GDS Conduct & Engagement Rules, 2011Grant
pension to all GDS without absorption as regular Group D – As per Principle
CAT, New Delhi Judgement.
2) Granting the benefits of MACPs
w.e.f 01/01/ 2006 as per 6th CPC based on the judgement of the Honourable
Supreme Court.
3) Implement cadre restructuring for
left out categories, i.e. RMS, MMS, P
ACO, Postmaster CadrePostal Civil
wing, etc. and the demands of the National Union of Postal Civil Wing Employees
4) Implement CSI, and RICT only
after providing all required infrastructure including bandwidth
5) Filling up of all vacant posts in
all cadres of Department of Posts i.e. PA,SA, Postmen, Mailguard,Mailmen,
Drivers, and Artisans in MMS, MTS, PACO and GDS.
6) Request to grant of a new scale
to the temporary status MTS on par with 7th CPC.
7) Stop all types of harassment and
victimization in the name of new schemes and technology induction and under
contributory negligence factor and Trade Union victimization
8) Payment of revised wages and
arrears to the casual, part-time, contingent employees and daily rated mazdoors
as per 6th & 7th CPC and settle the other issues of casual labourers.
9) Restore OTA, OSA& Special
allowance of PO & RMS Accountants.
10) One-time relaxation to the
Central Government employees who have availed L
TC-80 and travelled by air, by
purchasing tickets from authorities other than authorised agents.
11)Removal of ambiguity in the
fixation of pay of re-employed ex-servicemen and grant of the benefit extended
to commissioned officers to personnel below officer rank also
12)Withdraw NPS (Contributory Pension
Scheme). Guaranteeing 50% of last pay drawn as the minimum pension.
13)Implement five days week working
for operative staff in the Postal Department.
14)Stop Privatization,
Contractorization and outsourcing&Stop move of diversion of business of P.O
SB Schemes to Banks (Nationalized and Private)
15)Finalization
of Recruitment Rules of AAOS IN Postal Accounts and consider the modifications suggested
by NAPE-C before finalization.
No. 08-12/2017-SR
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(SR Section)
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: 01st August 2017
To,
The Secretary General,
Federation of National Postal Organisations,
T-24, Atul Grove Road,
New Delhi- 110001.
Subject Trade Union action call was
given by Federation of National Postal Organisations (FNPO) in support of their
demands.
Sir,
I am directed to refer to your letter No.
Strike/2017 dated 20.06.2017 on the above mentioned subject. The charter of
demands has been examined by the concerned Divisions and replies to each item
of demands showing the present status are enclosed herewith.
2.
As many of your demands have been settled and few are under active
consideration of the Department, it is requested that the proposed agitation
may be called off.
Yours faithfully,
Encl:
As Above
-sd/-
(P. S. Verma)
Director (SR & Legal)
Charter of demands submitted
by FNPO vide letter dated 20.06.2017:
Sl. No.
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Demands
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Reply
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1.
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Filling
up of all vacant posts in all cadres of Department of Posts i.e. PA, SA,
Postmen, Mailguard, Mailmen, Drivers, and Artisans in MMS, MTS, PACO
and GDS.
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GDS: Process of online engagement of GDS has already
been started to fill up vacant post of GDS in 17 Circles. Due to technical
snags in the online engagement software, process in remaining Circles will be
started only after process in 17 Circles will finalize.
PA/SA: Result of PA/SA for the year 2015 is kept in
abeyance as the matter is subjudice. Vacancies of PA/SA for the year 2016
have already been intimated to SSC.
LGO exam for promotion to the cadre of PA/SA for deputation to APS has been
conducted on 04.06.2017.
LGOs exam for promotion to Assistants in MMS, Foreign Post, RLO, Stores Depot
and CO/RO has been held on 16.07.2017.
In r/o other exams, viz. IP Exam 2016-17, PM Grade I and PS Group B 2017-18,
LGOs to PAs/SAs 2016-17 and 2017-18, engagement of new approved Agency is in
the pipeline. MoU between Department and Agency is to be signed.
For the Postman/Mail Guard and MTS cadre exams, instructions have been issued
to all the Circles to fill up the vacancies by giving top priority.
Calendar of departmental Examinations scheduled to be held in the year
2017-18 has already been issued to all the Circles by giving tentative
schedule for filling up the vacancies of decentralized examination i.e. PO
& RMS Accountant Examination, LDCs to Junior Accountants in PAOs (Exam
has been conducted by respective Circles), LGOs examination for promotion to
Assistants of other wings i.e. MMS, Foreign Post, RLO, Stores Depot and CO/RO
and other exams.
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2.
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Implementation
of positive recommendations of GDS Committee Report. Grant of civil servant
status to GDS. Request to ‘Removal of 3-A (I) of GDS Conduct & Engagement
Rules, 2011, Grant pension to all GDS without absorption as regular Group D –
As per Principle CAT, New Delhi Judgement, Request to count service to all
erstwhile GDS service to who have been absorbed as Group D/Postman – As per
Principle CAT, New Delhi Judgement.
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The
recommendations of the Kamlesh Chandra Committee have been considered by the
Department of Posts and mandatory approval is being obtained in this regard.
As far as grant of civil servant status to GDS is concerned, it is stated
that according to Rule 3-A (v) of GDS Conduct Rules 2011, a Sevak shall be
outside the Civil Service of the Union. Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the
matter of Superintendent of Post Offices Vs PK Rajamma (1977) (3) SCC held
that the Extra Departmental Agents {now called Gramin Dak Sevaks} are holders
of the civil post outside the regular civil services. Moreover, they are part
time employees being engaged for maximum of 5 hrs a day. In the light of
above legal position demand of the union cannot be acceded to.
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3.
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Request
to grant of a new scale to the temporary status MTS on par with 7th CPC.
Conversion of temporary status casual labourers into permanent as per the
Directorate letter No. 25-07/2017-PE-I dated 16.05.2017.
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In
pursuance of the instructions issued by the Department of Expenditure, vide
its O.M. No. A-11012/11-EG dated 19.12.2016, all the HoCs have been
instructed, vide this office letter dated 16.05.2017, to convert the
temporary posts into permanent ones up to the level of Dy. Secretary (i.e.
having Grade Pay of Rs. 7600/- or less in the pre-revised scale excluding GDS
posts), subject to the condition that these posts have functional
justification and are in existence for more than three years. Thus, Casual
labourers don’t come under the purview of this order.
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4.
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Stop
all types of harassment and victimization in the name of new schemes and
technology induction and under contributory negligence factor and Trade Union
victimization.
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FS
Division has informed that no new schemes are launched by that Division on
behalf of DoP. The DoP is operating Small Savings Schemes on behalf of MoF.
PLI
Directorate has informed that they have completed roll out of Core Insurance
Solution (CIS) as on 25.01.2016 to 808 HOs and 24598 Sub Post Offices as per
the information provided by Circles. Roll out of RICT has not been initiated
so far. They have also informed that at no point of time any case of
harassment & victimization of staff has come to their notice.
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5.
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Payment
of revised wages and arrears to the casual, part-time, contingent employees
and daily rated mazdoors as per 6th & 7thCPC
and settle the other issues of casual labourers.
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The
orders in respect of minimum pay for calculation of pay of casual labourers
(without temporary status) has already been issued vide this office letter
no. 7-10/2016-PCC dated 31.03.2017.
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6.
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Implement
cadre restructuring for left out categories i.e. RMS, MMS, PACO, Postmaster
Cadre Postal Civil wing etc. and accept the modifications suggested by NAPE-C
before implementation of cadre restructuring in Postal Group ‘C’ &
demands of National Union of Postal Civil Wing Employees.
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The
cadre restructuring of left out cadres, i.e. RMS, PACO and PASBCO is
currently under examination in consultation with the Department of
Expenditure. The matter of cadre restructuring of Postmaster Cadre will be
examined thereafter.
A Committee has been constituted, vide this office letter no. 25-04/2012-PE-I
dated 09.06.2017, under the chairmanship of Shri Charles Lobo, CPMG Karnataka
Circle, to examine the issues arising out of implementation of Cadre
Restructuring of Group C employees.
Cadre review of MMS is under active consultation with Ministry of Finance,
DoE.
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7.
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Provision
of CGHS facilities to Postal Pensioners also as recommended by 7th CPC.
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The
CGHS facilities have been extended to the pensioners of Post and Telegraph
Department by the M/o Health & Family Welfare vide O.M. No.
S-11016/2/2015-CGHS(P)/EHS dated 19.07.2017 and the same has been circulated
by the Dte. To all the Circles vide letter no. 2-3/2009-Medical dated
25.07.2017.
The
issue of merger of 33 Postal Dispensaries is under consideration with the
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
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8.
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Withdraw
NPS (Contributory Pension Scheme). Guarantee 50% of last pay drawn as minimum
pension.
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The
demand for withdrawal of NPS (Contributory Pension Scheme) is outside the
purview of this Department. As regards guarantee of 50% last pay drawn as
minimum pension, it is mentioned that govt. has already enhanced minimum
pension to Rs. 9000/- w.e.f. 01.01.2016. The pension of retiring employees is
fixed at 50% of emoluments or average emoluments, whichever is more
beneficial under Rule 49(2) of CCS (Pension) Rules.
Government has also decided to revise pension of pre-2016 pensioners to 50%
of notional pay in pay matrix of 7th CPC by fixing pay on
notional basis during each intervening Pay Commission.
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9.
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Implement
five days week working for operative staff in the Postal Department.
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Since
the Department of Posts is a service oriented Department, the decision of 5
days week lead to public inconvenience and further, to public complaints.
This decision will also result in revenue loss to the Department as customer
will go for other alternatives when Post Offices are closed on Saturday.
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10.
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Stop
Privatization, Contractorization and outsourcing.
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There
is no proposal of corporatization/privatization at this juncture. The
Department is making efforts to give better and competitive services to the
customers specifically in the areas of insurance, banking and parcels.
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FEDERATIONOFNATIONALPOSTALORGANISATIONS.
T-24,Atul
Grove Road, New Delhi - 110 001. Phone : 011-23321378
E-mail:
theagarajannachi@hotmail.com
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Circular/01/2018 18/01/2018
To
All General Secretaries, FWC members
and all circle secretaries of FNPO affiliated unions.
Dear colleagues,
You are aware that we proposed to
issue strike notice in the month of September 2017 based on the appeal by the
Department our federation decided to postpone the strike programme. Now 7
months have lapsed, no issue is settled by the Directorate as assured vide
their letter No.
08-12/2017-SR dated 01/08/2017.
Therefore, our federation has decided
to organize a lunch hour demonstration on 08/02/2018 in front of all
circle offices. I appeal all our affiliated union circle secretaries to
organize a lunch hour demonstration on 08/02/2018. After the demonstration
submit our letter to the Chairman, Postal Board through their respective Chief
Postmaster General.
A copy of the letter to be submitted
to CPMG is enclosed for your information.
Yours fraternally,
D.Thegarajan
FEDERATIONOFNATIONALPOSTALORGANISATIONS.
************** Circle.
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Ref: Demo/01/2018
08/02/2018.
To,
The Chief Postmaster General,
Circle,
Sir/Madam,
Sub: Request to forward our federation letter.
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We the Circle Secretaries of FNPO affiliated unions are
submitting this letter with a charter of demands to you requesting to forward
the same to the Chairman Postal Board.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Circle Secretary
P3
Circle Secretary P4
Circle Secretary R3,
Circle Secretary R4
Circle secretary
NUGDS. Circle Secretary (ADMN)
Circle Secretary NUCW.
