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IN OUR WB CIRCLE:-

Responding the FNPO Programme, all the Circle Secretaries (Except Circle Secretary, Postmen & MTS) of FNPO affiliates in West Bengal Circle met yesterday on 14/08/2013 at 4 pm at Yogayog Bhawan and decided that:-

(1) All the Divisional Union of FNPO affiliates in North Bengal & South Bengal Region will organize Lunch Hour Demonstration and will submit the 7 Points Charter of Demands addressed to The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to the Divisional Head for onward forwarding the said Memorandum to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, India through The Chief Post Master General West Bengal Circle.

(2) Divisional Union of FNPO affiliates in Kolkata & Nearby Division will attend in the Chief PMG office (Yogayog Bhawan) at 12 noon where Mass Demonstration will be organized by all the Circle Secretaries and will submit the Memorandum to the Chief Postmaster General West Bengal Circle and Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal requesting to forward the Same to The Hon’ble PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA.

(3) All C/S & D/S will meet Member of Parliament in their area from 9th  to 13th September 2013 and Hunger Fast at Circle/Directorate Level from 17th to 20th September 2013. 

All the Divisional Secretaries of WB Circle are requested to take effective steps to make the programme a grand success.

Meeting of the General Secretaries of FNPO affiliated unions held on 24/07/2013 and it reviewed the GDS issues and action taken by the Department thereof. The General Secretaries meeting has come to unanimous conclusion that Postal Board has failed to implement the assurance given by Hon’ble   MOS and than Secretary Posts on agreed demands.  Therefore FNPO affiliated unions decided to go the following progammes

1) Demonstration in front of Circle office on 23/08/2013.

2) March to Raj Bhawan and submit the Memorandum to the Hon’ble Prime Minister through Governor on 23/08/2013

3) Meet the members Parliament from 09/09/2013 to 13/09/2013

4) Rely hunger fast programme before Circle / Directorate from 17/09/2013 to 20/09/2013.

MODEL COPY OF MEMORANDUM IS ENCLOSED.

This may please be copied with necessary Changes and submit through Divisional Superintendent of respective division.

To

Dr. Manmohan Singh,

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,

New Delhi 110 001.

Sub: Memorandum submitted to the Hon’ble Prima Minister of India by the National Union of Gramin Dak Sevak affiliated with the Federation of National Postal Organization and INTUC.

Respected Sir,

We, the National Union of Gramin Dak Sevak affiliated with Federation of National Postal organizations and INTUC, submit this Memorandum which expresses our deep concern and request your kind intervention to settle our long pending issues. We request the Hon’ble Prime Minister to look into the following for your kind intervention for immediate action.

1.      Enhancement of Bonus ceiling from Rs. 2500 to Rs. 3500

The Hon’ble Prime Minister is aware that the Government have sanctioned Rs. 3500/- to all Central Government employees irrespective of their emoluments. But in the case of Gramin Dak Sevak it was restricted to Rs. 2500 only. We have taken up the issue with the Department of Posts. The Department appointed a committee to review this. The committee recommended Rs. 3500 pay ceiling for GDS employees. Based on that, Department of Posts also sent a favourable note on this issue. But till date the Ministry of Finance has not given concurrence to our request.

2.      Revision of Cash handling norms

This issue was discussed with Hon’ble MOS, Shri Sachin Pilot on 25-1-2012 by the staff side. After the meeting a committee was constituted. The committee recommended to revise the cash handling norms. But is not implemented by the Department till date.

3.      Ensuring non-reduction of TRCA under any circumstances

The issue was discussed with Hon’ble Minister of State on 25-1-2012 by the staff side. During the Meeting all the Departmental officers were present. The Hon’ble Minister of State categorically announced in the meeting that the UPA2 Government is interested to protect the employees of rural and tribal areas. Therefore he had issued instructions to the Departmental officers that, under any circumstances, no reduction of TRCA for GDS employees should be made. But the instruction of the Minister of State was not carried out by the Department of Posts. Then the Staff side met the Minister during the Welfare Board Meeting to know the action taken on his assurance, once again the Minister has given instructions to the then Secretary Department of Posts to consider the issue sympathetically. In turn the Secretary informed the Minister that a committee is appointed to review the issue afresh. The committee appointed by the Department, visited many post offices and recommended that TRCA for Gramin Dak Sevak should not be reduced. The committee’s report was not implemented by the Department. The Department issued orders to all Heads of Circles that TRCA will be protected for one year only. My Union humbly submit to the Hon’ble Prime Minister that 1000-1500 post offices were situated at hilly and in tribal areas where the work load is reduced for various reasons for which GDS are not responsible based on work load, reducing the salary of GDS employees is not fair because the GDS Employees are rendering service on those places with many hardships considering all the facts only, the Hon’ble Minister of state given instructions to the Postal Board but the postal Board did not honour the Commitment of Hon’ble Minister of State.

4.      Removal of minimum 50 points and conditions for GDS compassionate appointment.

Earlier all the wards of GDS were assured compassionate appointment while GDS died in harness because the GDS family is not getting Family pension as in the case of other Central Government employees. Now the Department fixed a minimum of 50 points to decide the indigent circumstances of the family of GDS this (50 points) procedure causes much inconvenience to the poor paid deceased family of GDS therefore we request that it may be dropped and the Government should take lenient view in the case of GDS compassionate appointments in future.

5.      Limited transfer policy to the GDS

At present the power of transfer of GDS, with Heads of Postal Circles. This has resulted in more inconvenience to the GDS as well as to the Administration. Our union requests that this power may be delegated to Divisional Heads in the case of transfer within the Division, Regional PMGs in the case of transfer with the region and to the CPMG in the case of transfer from region to region. My union put forth this demand only to protect the TRCA of GDS while opts for transfer within Division/Region or within Circle.

6.      Request to refer the GDS wage revision to the consideration of 7th Pay commission.

GDS wage revision was done only by the committees headed by the retired Postal Officers so far except by Justice Talwar Committee, formed during the 5th Pay Commission. While deciding the formation of 7th Pay Commission to Central Govt. Employees, it is requested that the GDS wage revision may also be referred to the 7th CPC instead of appointing separate departmental committees of ex-postal officers.

7.      Grant of recognition to NUGDS :

Shri R.S. Nataraja Murthy committee has recommended that the Department may consider amendment to existing Rule 4(d) (i) of EDAS (RSA) Rules, 1995 for the purpose of recognizing second association. The existing 15% Membership may be revised to 30,000. But this recommendation was not implemented citing reasons one or other, according to the convenience of the Department, to the Hon’ble MPs wherever they wrote letters to the Department.

My union benignly submits the above issues for kind consideration of the Hon’ble Prime Minister and hope for favourable response.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

(                             )

Divisional Secretary

NATIONAL UNION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

GROUP- C/ POSTMEN & MTS/ N.U.G.D.S.

……………………… DIVISION

Ref: ………………………….                                                              DATE. 23.08.2013

MODEL COPY OF THE LETTERS TO THE HON'BLE M.P.

Sri/Smt.

The Hon'ble Member of the Parliament

Name of the Constituency Name of the State.

Sir/Madam,

        We the Divisional Secretaries of FNPO affiliated Union submit the enclosed Memorandum

addressed to Hon'ble Prime Minister of India with our humble request to forward the same to the Hon'ble Prime Minister. The Memorandum is to voice our grave concern and to request for immediate redressal.

We also request that you may kindly use your influence to impress upon GDS employees about the

issues mentioned in the Memorandum.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

Sd /-

Division Secretary NUGDS

Division Secretary NAPE 'C'   Division Secretary NUPM & MTS