JCM Departmental Council Subjects

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JOINT CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY

Postal Departmental council

Staff Side

D-2 Telegraph Place, Bangla sahib Marg, New Delhi –110001

K.V.Sridharan GirirajSingh

Leader Secretary

No. JCM/DC/2010 Dated 27

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January 2010To

The Chairman

Postal Departmental Council JCMDak BhawanNew Delhi – 110001

Sub: Subjects for discussion from the Staff Side in the meeting of DepartmentalCouncil JCM.Ref: Your letter No. 6-2/2002-SR (Vol II) dt. 18.12.2009

Madam,Kindly find the list of new subjects in triplicate submitted for discussion in the ensuingmeeting of Postal Departmental Council Meeting of the Joint Consultative Machinery.Thanking you,Yours faithfully,Sd/-[Giriraj Singh]Secretary - Staff Side

Encl:

List of subjects in triplicate.

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SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSIONS IN THE ENSUING DC(JCM) MEETING

1.Cadre Restructuring for all Non-Gazetted Group B & C cadres:

The change of postal operations from merely the traditional mailhandling and delivery to a modern commercial orient ted withmultifarious operations including a lot of diversified non-traditionaloperations in both Postal and RMS justifies a cadre restructuring andcadre training to be placed in better scales of pay. More over no suchcadre restructuring exercise was undertaken for a very long time eventhough such exercises were periodically undertaken and implementedfor Group A and Gazetted Group B. Other Departments have takenaction for restructuring their cadres after the 6

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CPC. This issue wasdiscussed in the meeting held by Secretary [P] on 13/01/2009 and wasdecided that the department would go into the whole issue onsubmission of full restructuring proposals from the Staff Side. The samewere submitted by the Staff Side also but no further progress wasmade. The Staff Side urges for immediate finalisation of cadre review.

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Creation of System Administrators Cadre.

The computerization of several postal operations has been carried outwith the help of System Administrators without creation of such a cadrein the Department of Posts. The whole infrastructure of computerizednetwork in the department has been laid in place by these SystemAdministrators thus saving crores of rupees of expenditure. The role of Mysore PTC technology wing System Administrators in developing ourown softwares for different operations of the department is also amarvel. The work of System Administrators is equal to ComputerEngineers who attend to system faults; software installation; impartingtraining to staff supervisory and operative; attending to troubleshooting of all nature; installation of computers in offices; ensuring backup of all data; attending to networking in offices and several otheroperations for the smooth functioning of the system etc. The Staff Sideurges for creation of a separate cadre ‘System Administrators’ with thenomenclature of “Computer System Assistant” in Pay Band 2 withGrade Pay of 4200/- and allow a walk over for the existing SystemAdministrators into the new cadre as one-time measure. It can bereferred that the All India Council for Technical Education which is astatutory body of Government of India has notified seeking volunteerson deputation basis to work as Computer System Assistants with theabove Pay Band and Grade Pay.

3.Computation of proper norms for work allotment to existingSystem Administrators and grant of certain essential amenities.

The System Administrators are at present working without any standardwork norms and work hours. There are no fixed responsibilities assignedto them. They have not been provided with several essential amenitiesand allowances commensurate to their work. Taking these into

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consideration the Staff Side proposes for introduction of the undermentioned facilities to System Administrators:

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Special Allowance: -

Notwithstanding with our demand of formation of separate cadre of Systems Administrators in the Department of Postswith separate pay scale till the augmentation, the existing incumbentsmay be granted special allowance to the extent of 10% Pay plus Gradepay as it is granted to care takers.

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Issue of uniform duties & responsibilities: -

There is no uniformityin the duties and responsibilities. This varies from circle to circle evenregions with in the circle. A uniform viable duties & responsibilities maybe circulated from the Directorate. Identify adequate number of systems Administrator’s post in each division/circles.

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Providing Laptops: -

The Systems Administrators find it difficult todownload and test the given patches and software with the nonavailability of systems. One laptop may be provided for smoothfacilitation of the process and for mobility purposes in attendingcomputer related works in other stations.

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Incentive for installation/upgradation: -

Many software could beinstalled only after the closing hours and will end in the midnight.Incentive for installation/upgradation may be fixed and paid.

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Training Allowance/honorarium: -

For imparting training at WCTCSand for MSE, the Systems Administrators may be granted TrainingAllowance/honorarium.

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Accidental insurance:

- For travelling extensively through twowheelers to attend the technical problems, an accidental insurancecoverage may be provided.

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Grant of Special disability leave: -

The S. A. of Delhi West Divisionmet with a road accident after installing software in the night. Nospecial disability leave was granted to the official. Provision of specialdisability leave on such happening should be ensured.

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Grant of Excess Duty Allowance:

- For keeping beyond 8 hours onany day for any work, they should be granted with ‘Excess DutyAllowance’ or OTA.

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Provide cash imprest: -

To meet out the immediate requirementswhile attending problems in computers, a separate cash imprest maybe provided.

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Grant of TA & Road Mileage Allowance:

- Within urban cities,the road mileage allowance and out stations, TA may be granted forthe journey performed for attending computers.

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Mobile Phone & Recharge coupons:

- Mobile phones may besupplied to the system administrators & a minimum of Rs.500/- may beallowed per month for recharging the coupon for the Mobileconnection.

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Providing kit box: