Copy of the letter sent to chairman Postal Services Board. Along with charter of demands 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
