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
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