HIGHLIGHTS OF SIXTH PAY COMMISSION

1. Revised Pay Bands

Pre-Revised Revised
Pay Scale Pay Scale Pay Band Corresponding Grade Pay Total
Pay Bands
S-1* 2550-55-2660-60-3200 -1S 4440-7440 1300 5740
S-2* 2610-60-3150-65-3540 -1S 4440-7440 1400 5840
S-2A* 2610-60-2910-65-3300
-70-4000 -1S 4440-7440 1600 6040
S-3* 2650-65-3300-70-4000 -1S 4440-7440 1650 6090
S-4 2750-70-3800-75-4400 PB-1 4860-20200 1800 6660
S-5 3050-75-3950-80-4590 PB-1 4860-20200 1900 6760
S-6 3200-85-4900 PB-1 4860-20200 2000 6860
S-7 4000-100-6000 PB-1 4860-20200 2400 7260
S-8 4500-125-7000 PB-1 4860-20200 2800 7660
S-9 5000-150-8000 PB-2 8700-34800 4200 12900
S-10 5500-175-9000 PB-2 8700-34800 4200 12900
S-11 6500-200-6900 PB-2 8700-34800 4200 12900
S-11 6500-200-6900 PB-2 8700-34800 4200 12900
S-12 6500-200-10500 PB-2 8700-34800 4200 12900
S-13 7450-225-11500 PB-2 8700-34800 4600 13300
S-14 7500-250-12000 PB-2 8700-34800 4800 13500
S-15 8000-275-13500 PB-2 8700-34800 5400
*Employees in these scales to be eventually placed in pay band PB-1
Pre-Revised Revised
Pay Scale Pay Scale Pay Band Corresponding Grade Pay
Pay Bands
New Scale 8000-275-13500
(Group A Entry) PB-3 15600-39100 5400
S-16 9000 PB-3 15600-39100 5400
S-17 9000-275-9550 PB-3 15600-39100 5400
S-18 10325-325-10975 PB-3 15600-39100 6100
S-19 10000-325-15200 PB-3 15600-39100 6100
S-20 10650-325-15850 PB-3 15600-39100 6500
S-21 12000-375-16500 PB-3 15600-39100 6600
S-22 12750-375-16500 PB-3 15600-39100 7500
S-23 12000-375-18000 PB-3 15600-39100 7600
S-24 14300-400-18300 PB-3 15600-39100 7600
S-25 15100-400-18300 PB-3 15600-39100 8300
S-26 16400-450-20000 PB-3 15600-39100 8400
S-27 16400-450-20900 PB-3 15600-39100 8400
S-28 14300-450-22400 PB-4 39200-67000 9000
S-29 18400-500-22400 PB-4 39200-67000 9000
S-30 22400-525-24500 PB-4 39200-67000 11000
S-31 22400-600-26000 PB-4 39200-67000 13000
S-32 24050-650-26000 PB-4 39200-67000 13000
S-33 26000 (Fixed) Apex Scale 80000 (Fixed) Nil
S-34 30000 (Fixed) Cab. Sec/Equ. 90000 (Fixed) Nil

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(i) Introduction of running Pay bands will remove percent of the total pay + Grade pay.
stagnation. 2. The date of annual increments, in all cases will
(ii) 1-S Scale is not for any purpose as no future be First July.
recruitment is to be made in this grade. 3. Employees completing six months and above
(iii) Group 'D' employees possessing matriculation in the scale as on July 1 be eligible.
Qualification will be straight away placed in PB 4. Fixation on Promotion
1 pay band. (i) The grade Pay attached to posts in different
(iv) All Group 'D' not possessing matriculate levels with in the same running band will be
Qualification will be placed in Group C running granted in addition to increase in form of one
Pay band PB 1 after they are suitably trained. increment.
(v) Appropriate designations can be devised for 5. In case of stagnation, if any
erstwhile Group 'D' is placed in PB 1 pay band (i) If stagnated at the maximum of any pay band
like skilled work Assistant etc. for more than one year continuously, it will be
(vi) Minimum salary at the entry level of PB I pay placed in the immediate next higher Pay band
band will be 6660 (Rs 4860 as pay + 1800 without any change in the grade pay.
Grade Pay). The Minimum : Maximum ratio is 6. Performance Related Incentive Scheme
1 : 12. 6 PRIS may be introduced under which
(vii) Total number of grades reduced to 20 spread employees are eligible for pecuniary
across four distinct running Pay bands. remuneration over and above the pay.
(viii) The Grade pay for the merged scale so derived 7 This will replace adhoc and PLB Bonus
has been computed with reference to the scheme.
maximum of the highest scale. Grade Pay will 8 This will be budget neutral.
determine the status of a post. 9 The adoption of PRIS is voluntary.
(ix) DA and all allowances, facilities, pension etc 10 In the event of Depts. deciding not to adopt
shall be payable on the sum of grade pay and PRIS, the employees will continue to receive
pay band. normal salary and compensation.
(x) An employee in the higher grade pay will be 7. Dearness Allowance
senior to an employee in a lower grade pay. In 7 Base year of the consumer price Index (CPI)
case of employees drawing same grade pay, be revised as frequently as feasible.
priority shall be governed by the total 8 Formation of separate CPI for CG employees
emoluments drawn. by National Statistical Commission is
2. Date of Effect suggested.
1. Revised pay scales will be given effect from 9 Meanwhile, the AICPI (IW) base year 2001 may
01.01.2006. be used for calculation of D.A.
2. Allowances with prospective effect. 10 D.A will continue to be sanctioned from 1st Jan
3. Increments & 1st July every year.
1. Annual increments will be paid in form of 2 ½ 8. House Rent Allowance
Revised classification of Revised Classification of Rates of HRA as a percentage
Cities & Towns on Cities/Towns of Pay in the Pay band + Grade
Population Criteria pay + MSP* + NPA*
50 Lakhs & above X
(Earlier classified As A-1) 30
50-50 Lakhs Y
(Earlier classified as A, B-1 & B-2) 20
Below 5 Lakhs Z
(Earlier classified as C and Unclassified) 10
9. CCA & Transport Allowance year on the basis of the D.A increase.
(i) No CCA hereafter and it will be subsumed in 10. Other Allowances
Transport Allowance.
(ii) The present rate of Transport Allowance is (i) Special Compensatory (Hill Area)
increased by Four times. Allowance/Bad Climate Allowance/Tribal
(iii) Transport Allowance will be increased every Area Allowance.
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 Category Bad climate/Tribal Area Special Compensatory (Hill
allowance Area) Allowance
For posts in the grade pay of Rs.400 p.m. Rs.600 p.m.
Rs.5400 and above
For other posts Rs. 240 p.m. Rs.480 p.m.

(ii) Remote Locality Allowance

Category Part A Part B Part C Part D
(Rs. P.m.) (Rs. P.m.) (Rs. P.m.) (Rs. P.m.)
For posts I the grade pay of 2600 2100 1500 400
Rs.5400 and above
For posts in the grade pay of 2000 1600 1200 320
less than Rs,5400

(iii) Project Allowance

Category Project allowance
For posts in the grade pay of Rs.5400 and above Rs. 1500 p.m.
For posts in the grade pay of less than Rs.5400 Rs. 1000 p.m.

 The rates of all the above allowances shall
automatically increase by 25% whenever the
Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay
bands goes up by 50%.
 The Special Compensatory Allowance for
Gandhi nagar and Special Compensatory
(Border Area) Allowance be abolished.
(iv) Special (Duty) Allowance
(a) For postings to North East Regions, the
Pay Range
For posts in the grade pay of Rs.9000 and above
For posts carrying grade pay from Rs.6600 to Rs.8400
For posts carrying grade pay from Rs.5400 to Rs.6500
For Posts carrying grade pay from Rs.4200 to Rs.4800
For Posts carrying grade pay of less than Rs.4200
allowance at the existing rates should be paid
on posting on transfer to any North East Region
irrespective of whether the transfer is from
outside the North East Region or from another
area of that region. The condition that the
employees have all India transfer liability be
dispensed with.
(b) It will be extended to the Govt. employees
posted in Ladakh.
(v) Travelling Allowance
Travel entitlements
J Class by air/AC First Class by train.
Y Class by air/AC First Class by train.
Y Class by air/AC II Tier Class by train.
AC II Tier Class by train.
First Class/AC III Tier/AC Chair Car by train.

 In case of road travel between places by AC II tier and above in train and by Deluxe/
connected by rail, travel by any means of public Ordinary bus for those who are entitled to travel
transport may be allowed provided the total fare by First Class/AC III Tier/AC Chair Car/Sleeper
does not exceed the train fare by the entitled Class in train is recommended.
class. In case of places not connected by train, (vi) Daily Allowance
travel by AC bus for all those entitled to travel
Grade Pay Daily Allowance
Rs.9000 and above Reimbursement for Hotel accommodation of up-to Rs.5000 per day; reimbursement
of AC taxi charges of up-to 50 Kms. for travel within the city and reimbursement
of food bills not exceeding Rs.500 per day.
Rs.6600 to Rs.8400 Reimbursement for Hotel accommodation of up-to Rs. 3000 per day;
reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up-to 50 Kms. per diem for travel within

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Rs.5400 to Rs.6500
Rs.4200 to Rs.4800
Below Rs.4200
the city and reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.300 per day.
Reimbursement for Hotel accommodation of up-to Rs.1500 per day;
reimbursement of taxi charges of up-to Rs. 150 per diem for travel within
the city and reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.200 per day.
Reimbursement for Hotel accommodation of up-to Rs.500 per day;
reimbursement of travel charges of up-to Rs.100 per diem for travel within
the city and reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.1500 per day.
Reimbursement for Hotel accommodation of up-to Rs.300 per day;
reimbursement of travel charges of up-to Rs.50 per diem for travel within the
city and reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.100 per day.

 The rates of all the components of Daily
Allowance shall automatically increase by 25%
whenever the Dearness allowance payable on the
revised pay bands goes up by 50%.
 The above rates do away with all distinction
between hotel and ordinary rates because all
reasonable expenditure incurred by an employee while
on official tour has been made reimbursable.
(vii) TA on Transfer

Grade Pay By Train/Steamer Rate per Km for transport

by road (Rs. per. Km.)
Rs.6600 and above 6000 Kgs. by Goods Train/4 wheeler 18.00(Rs.0.3 per kg. Per k.m)
wagon/1 double container
Rs.4200 to Rs.6500 6000 Kgs. by Goods Train/4 wheeler 18.00(Rs.0.3per kg. Per km.)
wagon/1 single container
Rs.2800 3000 Kgs. 9.00
(Rs. 0.31 per kg. Per km.)
Below Rs. 2800 1500 kgs. 4.60
(Rs.0.31 per kg. Per km.)
(viii) Transport Allowance
Employees drawing grade pay of (Rs.) Rate of Transport Allowance per month
A-1/A Class City (Rs.) Other Places
5400 & above and posts in the apex Rs.3200 + DA thereon Rs. 1600+DA thereon
scale and Cabinet Secy/equivalent
4200 to 4800 RS.1600 + DA thereon Rs.800 + DA thereon
Below 4200 RS. 400 + DA thereon Rs.300 + DA thereon
 The existing condition prohibits T.A. for those PB I, Rs.7 lakhs for PB II, Rs. 10 lakhs for PB
having accommodation with in one year be III will be introduced.
removed. (xii) The entire expenditure of paying premium will
 Physically disabled employees shall continue be borne by the Government.
to draw this allowance at double the normal (xiii) The amount insured will be paid in case of
rates. serious injury/death.
(ix) Education Allowance (xiv) Mandatory health check up in every Quarter
(i) CEA + Reimbursement of Tution Fee will be should be provided.
enhanced to Rs. 1000/- per child per month (xi) Kit Maintenance Allowance
subject to maximum of two children. (i) The existing rates will be doubled.
(ii) Hostel subsidy enhanced to Rs. 3000/- per (xii) Miscellaneous Allowance
months. (i) The existing rate of Cycle Allowance, Washing
(x) Risk Allowance Allowance, Cash handling Allowance, Special
(x) This is withdrawn. Allowance, Night duty Allowance, & Splity duty
(xi) A new insurance scheme with free medical and Allowance is doubled.
life insurance of Rs. 5 lakhs for employees in (ii) Machine Allowance should be withdrawn.
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11. Medical Scheme
(i) A new Medical Insurance scheme is
recommended. Employees in Group 'C' should
pay 20% of the annual premium and the
remaining will be paid by the Govt.
(ii) The new scheme is optional for the existing
employees and pensioners.
(iii) It will be compulsory for new Govt. employees
and new pensioners.
12. Encashment of Leave
(i) Encashment up to 300 days at the time of
retirement will continue.
(ii) The encashment availed up to 60 days during
LTC need not be reduced from the 300 days
maximum at the time of retirement.
(iii) HPL will be encashable at the rate equal to half
the amount of leave salary with out any reduction
being made on account of pension payable.
13. Advances
(i) Interest free Advances will be continued. The
Quantam of Festival Advance and Natural
Calamity Advance will be doubled.
(ii) The advances in respect of warm clothing &
cycle will be doubled.
(iii) In respect of other interest bearing Advances,
Avail advance from an approved bank and Govt
will give an interest subsidy equal to two
percentage points on the rate of interest
charged by the Banks. The interest subsidy for
disabled employees will be 4 percent.
(iv) Existing limits of various advances are increased
and provisions made for their automatic revision
periodically.
14. Holidays
(i) Govt offices will remain closed only on three
national holidays. All other Gazetted holidays
are abolished.
(ii) The present Restricted Holiday of 2 days will
be raised to eight days in a year.
15. Fitment Benefit
(i) Basic Pay, 74% DA as on 01.01.06 have been
totalled and then rounded off to next multiple of
10. This has been taken as the pay in the
revised running band.
(ii) The grade pay has been computed at the rate
of 40% of the maximum of basic pay in each of
the pre-revised pay scale, where two or more
pre-revised scales merged, the maximum of the
highest pay scale has taken.
(iii) The interest of seniors is protected by the new
structure of pay Band.
(iv) The Fixation Table is furnished. (Annexure I)
16. Career progression
(i) The existing ACP scheme has been retained
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in a modified manner.
17. L. T. C
(i) In one block, the employees can avail three
Home Town & one All India LTC.
(ii) The existing blocks will remain the same but
the entitlement of new recruits will be different
in the first eight years of service.
(iii) The Parents/Step parents shall be included in
the definition of family.
(iv) Dependency definition will be determined on the
basis of minimum pension plus relief granted
to Govt. employees.
(v) days encashment of leave during LTC will
continue and 60 days may be availed. This
period should be deducted from the maximum
of earned leave encashment at the time of
retirement.
18. Overtime Allowance
(i) Only in operational and industrial area, the OTA
may be continued.
19. PLB Bonus for Postal
(i) The Bonus formula be examined and revised.
20. Women Employees
(i) The concept of staggered working hours need
to be introduced for women employees as it
would give flexibility to employees to work either
early or late depending on their requirements
at the home front. Under this scheme, 11 AM
to 4 PM will be core hours during which all
women employees will necessarily need to be
present in the office. They will, however, have
the option of either coming upto one and a half
hour earlier or leaving upto two hours late
depending upon the actual time they have
clocked in. The time may be adjusted in case
the office follow different work hours. For this
arrangement to succeed, biometric entry/exit
would be required.
(ii) All women employees having minor children
may be allowed total leave of upto two years
(i.e. 730 days) for taking care of upto 2 children
whether for rearing the children or looking after
any of their needs like examination, sickness,
etc, Child care leave should also be allowed for
the third year as leave not due. However, no
child care leave shall be given for a child who is
eighteen years of age or older.
(iii) Setting up of crèches should be made
mandatory in offices where the employees,
male and female, have pre-school or primary
school going children.
(iv) Maternity leave should be increased from 135
days at present to 180 days. Further, the period
of leave which can be availed of in continuation
 of maternity leave should be increased to 2 years
instead of one year at present.
(v) Government should build or lease working
women's hostels so that the initial years of
service are smooth.
(vi) Fifty percent of the transfer grant on transfer
should be allowed to the spouse transferred later
in case the transfer takes place within six
months but after 60 days of the transfer of the
spouse transferred earlier.
21. Persons with disabilities
(i) Number of casual leave shall be 12 days.
(ii) Aid and appliances like Dictaphones, Braille
writing equipments, CD player/tape recorder,
low vision aids etc shall be provided free of
charge.
(iii) The office environment should be made user
friendly.
(iv) A higher interest subsidy of 4% for loans
recommended.
(v) Flexi hours should be allowed.
(vi) An extra allowance of Rs. 1000/- PM called as
Specail Allowance for Child care will be paid to
women with disabilities. The allowance will be
payable till the child attains two years and
restricted to two children.
(vii) Higher Transport Allowance at doubled the rates
subject to a minimum of Rs.1000/- P.M.
22. Group insurance Scheme
The rate of monthly subscription and the amount of
insurance cover under the Central Government
Employees Group Insurance Scheme should
be enhanced as under: -
23. G. P. F
The minimum prescribed will be removed and
the GPF can be credited as per the wish of
employees.
24. Pension & Retirement benefits
(i) Quantum of pension available to the old
pensioners should be increased as follows: -
On attaining age of Additional quantum
of pension
80years - 20% of basic pension
85years - 30% of basic pension
90years - 40% of basic pension
95years - 50% of basic pension
100years - 100% of basic pension
(ii) Linkage of full pension with 33 years of
Qualifying service should be dispensed with.
(iii) Once an employee renders the minimum
pensionable service of 20 years, pension should
be paid at 50% of the average emoluments
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received during the past 10 months or the last
pay drawn which ever is more beneficial to the
retiring employee.
(iv) The maximum pecuniary limit of Rs. 3.5 lakhs
on payment of Gratuity should be raised to 10
lakhs.
(v) Family pension may be paid at enhanced rates
for a period of 10 years in case of Govt
employees dying in harness.
(vi) Quantum of pension available to the family
pensioners should also be increased at par with
that recommended for pensioners as under: -
On attaining age of Additional quantum
of family pension
80years - 20% of basic family pension
85years - 30% of basic family pension
90years - 40% of basic family pension
95years - 50% of basic family pension
100years - 100% of basic family pension
(vii) The childless widow of a deceased Government
employee should continue to be paid family
pension even after her remarriage subject to
the condition that the family pension shall cease
once her independent income from all sources
becomes equal to or higher than the minimum
prescribed family pension.
(viii) Central Government employees seeking
voluntary retirement on completion of qualifying
service equal to or more than 15 years but less
than 20 years should be paid on time, lum-sum,
retirement benefit equal to 80 months' salary
last drawn or average salary, whichever is more
beneficial to the retiring employee inclusive of
benefits like service gratuity and death cum-
retirement gratuity that shall stand subsumed.
(ix) 50% of the overage emoluments/last pay drawn
without any reference to the Qualifying service
of 33 years for full Pension.
(x) Simplified the procedure for computation of
pension. Revised Commutation factor has been
suggested.
Com. Sumitra Goswami on
Foreign Delegation
Com. Sumitra Goswami, the Vice president
of CHQ and also the president of the coordination
committee of CG Employees & workers, West
Bengal is participating the world peace council to
be held in Caracas, Venezula from 08.04.08 to
13.04.08 as delegate of the council.
We wish 'Bon Voyage' and let her
participation be a grand success and become a pride
of our Postal movement.
6 MAY, 2008
 National Federation of Postal Employees
1ST Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi - 110001
PF-01(e)/3/2008 Dated 29.03.2008
To
All Circle / Regional / Divisional / Branch Secretaries
NFPE Unions.
REJECT RETROGRADE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF 6th CPC
Dear Comrades,
The 6th Central Pay Commission has submitted
a bunch of most retrograde and disappointing
recommendations to the lower level Group D and Group
C employees. The Pay Commission paid just lip
sympathy on rendering justice but in effect had
cunningly and cleverly applied only cosmetic effect to
cover up its attempt of denial of justice to the workers,
while it recommended maximum benefits to the higher
up in the bureaucracy. NFPE and Confederation will
take every effort to stand with the entirety of Central
Government Employees including Railways and
Defence and oppose with our total might at disposal
to throw the retrograde recommendations to the
dustbin.
COMMON ISSUES
The most blatant injustice is done to the Group
D employees. In the name of elevating all Group D to
the level of Group C, the Pay Commission has
recommended to abolish the very Group D category
itself from the Central Services. It wants all the existing
1,10,000 vacant Group D posts in different departments
to be abolished and no recruitment to Group D should
ever take place except on compassionate grounds with
conditions. If the Government accepts this
recommendation then the future of the entire three
lakhs GDS in Postal Department will be totally
doomed. The recommendation of the CPC for total
outsourcing of Group D work through contractualisaion
only mirrors its real face of liberalisation and
globalisation.
Depressed Minimum Wage:The minimum level
of salary at the entry level of Group D is kept very low
as 5740/- including the quantum of 'Grade Pay' [a
retrograde invention of the 6th CPC] and not Rs.6660/
- as being published in the press and media. Only the
matriculates who in future going to be recruited not as
Group D but as Group C will alone start their career
with Rs.6660/- as their basic pay. This is most
despicable. The Staff Side demand for a need-based
minimum wage based on 15th ILC norms viz.,
Rs.10,000/- is denied by mutilating the 15th ILC Norms
by the Pay Commission only to deny any real wage
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hike to Group D at the bottom and all the other Group
C employees above.
Even the application of the V CPC formula of
NNP [Net National Product] would have ensured a
minimum of Rs.7450/- at the entry level of Group D.
To deny this the Pay Commission has invented the
grade pay and abolition of Group D totally.
Irrational Grade Pay: The invention of Grade Pay
by the CPC is a dangerous recommendation as it is
aimed at introducing 'PRIS' [Performance Related
Incentive Scheme] based wages in future.
Illogical Pay Band: The minimum of every scale
right from 2550-3200 to 4500-7000 has not been
evaluated rationally. As a result the existing gap
between the minimum of different scales gets narrowed
down. Vertical and horizontal relativities have been
thus disturbed.
Rate of increment: The rate of increment is only
2.5% of the basic pay as against our demand for a
minimum 5%. Despite the recommendation that the
next increment will be on the cumulative amount of
the earlier increment and basic pay, the gain is only
very less. However arbitrarily fixing of July 1 as the
increment date for all will result in denial of increment
causing perennial loss including retirement benefit for
many whose increment date falls between January to
June 30.
Minimum Maximum Ratio: The minimum
maximum ratio after the V CPC was 1:13. Now the
6th CPC has made it 1: 15.68 and thus further widened
the gap between the Group D and the Cabinet
Secretary.
Illusionary 40% Hike: Though the bunching of
seniors and juniors is prevented and a kind of point-to-
point fixation is ensured the declared net increase of
40% wages is only a delusion. The benefits derived
out of 50% merger of DA from 1.4.2004 have been
taken out while fixing the new scales by the 6th CPC.
Thus reducing the real hike in wages to 28%. In
addition, as the new scales are kept depressed, the
real increase to many lower level officials is very
meager.
End of Bonus, OTA etc: The Performance
Related Incentive Scheme is recommended as a
replacement to the existing Adhoc bonus, Productivity
Linked Bonus, Over Time Allowance and Honorarium
schemes.
New Index for DA: The 6th CPC further
recommended to construct a separate cost of living
index for Central Government Employees for payment
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of DA in future instead of the existing AICPI (IW) [All
India Consumer Price Index (industrial Workers)]. In
the meanwhile it has recommended continuing the
existing formula with the base year 2001 till it is
changed.
Lower level employees suffer most: The other
lower level employees like Sorters, the LDCs, the
Clerks, the Postal Assistants / Sorting Assistants,
the TBOP PA/SA etc are awarded with most depressed
scales. For example at the level of the TBOP PAs/
SAs scale of pay in all Departments it can be seen
that only a sum of Rs. 360/- has been added to the
pre-revised scale of pay of 4500-125-7000 and the new
scale is fixed as 4860-20200 with annual increment at
the rate of 2.5%. The Staff Side demand for this
category was a minimum of Rs.20,000/- as basic pay
with Rs.1000/- as annual increment.
As far as the lower level Group C staff like Sorter,
LDCs, the PA/SAs are concerned, these are all placed
under the same pay scale of 4860-20200 with only a
marginal difference of Grade Pay quantum @ Rs.1800/
- for Sorters; 1900/- for LDCs; 2000/- for Clerks and
Postmen/Mailguard; 2400/- for the PA/SAs and 2800/
- for the TBOP PAs/SAs. Due to this the starting pay
of these categories in future will be only Rs.6790/- for
Sorters; 7210/- for LDCs; 7570/- for Postmen/Mailguard
/ Clerks; and 9360/- for PA/SAs.
Abolition of CCA: The abolition of CCA is
another retrograde step. Though the Pay Commission
says that by increasing the Traveling Allowance by 4
times it has compensated the loss on abolition of CCA,
the reality is otherwise. Except for those above 5000-
8000 scale for whom the Transport Allowance is fixed
as 1600/- + DA on it the benefit is nil for others. For
example the lower level employees those who are
below the scale of pay of 5000-8000 in the pre-revised
scale of pay would draw only Rs.400/- + DA on that
amount in A1 and A Class cities and Rs.300/- + DA
on that amount in other places. There is no justification
to abolish the CCA in this background.
Reduction of Holidays: The CPC had further
slashed the number of holidays from 17 to 3 by
recommending that only three national holidays shall
be closed holidays. But it has only increased the RH
from 2 to 8 and no matching increase of CL and RH.
The net loss is 8 days. It speaks about 5 days week
to continue but did not take into account that the
operative departments are functioning for 6 days in a
week.
End of Advances: The Pay Commission wants
the end of grant of interest bearing advances like HBA,
Scooter Advance etc by the Government and
recommended for grant of advances through Banks
by Government subsidizing the rate of interest. This
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may cause problems in getting the loans for many
staff.
No recommendation on ACP/Promotions: The
CPC has not made any recommendation on the
demand of the Staff side for three ACPs / Promotions
at 10, 20 and 25 years of service for all cadres. Even
the embargo in granting ACP in each cadre instead of
individual employee [Promotees] has not been
removed.
As usual Allowances doubled: Various
compensatory allowances are as usual doubled. In
the case of North East CG Employees are concerned
the SDA would given if they are transferred to some
other station in the North East from their present
station. The Children Education Allowance and the
Reimbursement of Tuition Fees are merged together
and a sum of Rs.1000/- per month per child upto 2
children is recommended. Though the date of effect of
revision of pay is recommended as 1.1.2006 the date
of effect of all allowances is left to the discretion of the
Government. As in the past the Government may take
advantage of this and go for some prospective date of
effect instead of 1.1.2006 to deny arrears on these
allowances.
Women and Disabled:¨The Pay Commission
gives some recognition for women and Disabled
persons. The increase of maternity leave upto 180 days
and recommendation for staggered working hours,
special leave for child care, better accommodation like
working women hostels etc for women provided. As
far as staff with disabilities benefits like enhanced
Casual Leave, special aids and appliances for
facilitating office work, higher interest subsidy for
automobile loans. Liberal flexi hours, higher rate of
transport allowance for disabled women workers to
take care of child till the age of two etc are
recommended.
Commutation depressed: The conversion factor
in granting commutation has been tightened resulting
erosion of commuted value to the retiring employees.
CPC against improvement or modification: There
is a catch in the whole that the pay commission stated
that all the recommendations are to be treated as an
organic whole as partial implementation will bring
several anomalies and inconsistencies. This is to
prevent any improved modification by the Government.
Prepare industrial action: NFPE shall explore
all possibilities including industrial action under the
banner of Confederation unitedly with the entirety of
CG Employees to get these retrograde
recommendations dropped or suitable modified.
POSTAL ISSUES:
1. The recommendations for abolition of the Group
D would cause a serious blow to the promotional
8 MAY, 2008
avenue of GDS. Moreover the job of Group D in Postal
Department is very responsible one and therefore
outsourcing or contractualisaion of this job would be
dangerous. This cannot be accepted.
2. The Group D minimum scale of pay is very
unjust and depressed.
3. The Postmen and Mailguard scale of pay is
elevated to 3200-85-4900 scales. This is welcome and
advancement as far as our demand is concerned.
However the Pay Commission has depressed the
replacement scale of 3200-4900 by fixing it at only
4860-20200 + 2000 Grade Pay.
4. The replacement scale for PA / SA cadre is
amalgamated with all lower scales and kept depressed
at 4860-20200 + 2400 Grade Pay. Only
5. The TBOP PA/SA scale of pay, which was 4500-
7000, is also amalgamated with the scale of pay of
PA and Postmen and LDC etc at the same level of
4860-20200 but with slightly higher Grade of Pay of
Rs.2800 only in PB-1 Scale. However another 4500-
7000 scale holders Junior Accountants in Postal A/
cs appears to have been elevated to PB-2 scale of
pay because of parity recommended between
Secretariat and non-Secretariat organizations.
6. Though Pay Commission had unjustifiably
denied existence of any anomalies in LSG and HSG-
II pay scales, the long pending demand of higher scale
of HSG-I and BCR/HSG-II is however stands addressed
by its recommendations wherein the demand for 7450-
11500 scale of pay for HSG-I has been recommended
and the demand for grant of 6500-10500 to BCR/HSG-
II though not directly granted also stands addressed
to some extent by the amalgamated scale of pay of
8700-34800 + 4200 Grade Pay. Due to this the BCR/
HSG-II officials get highest fixation benefit of 38.71%
at the entry level and 21.77% at the maximum level.
This 38.71% fixation benefit is highest amongst all
PB-1 and PB-2 Pay Band categories. However in the
general manner the Pay Commission keeps
replacement scales for all those in the 7450-11500
and 6500-10500 depressed for the entire CG
Employees.
7. The demand for higher scale of pay for PO &
RMS Accountants is rejected in an unjustified manner.
Their Special Allowance of 180/- is doubled as 360/-
but not in converted into Special Pay even.
8. There is no mention about the key role played
by the Supervisors of LSG, HSG-II and HSG-I in field
offices like Post Offices, RMS offices, Administrative
offices etc and no recognition by way of grant of
supervisory allowances etc recommended. There is
absolutely no difference between the officials who
shoulder additional responsibilities by way of
supervisory duties and the rest. The Pay Commission's
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approach to the whole issue is most disappointing.
9. As far as the Artisans of MMS is concerned
the Technical Supervisors in the scale of pay of 4500-
7000 are upgraded to 5000-8000 scale of pay and they
are placed in the PB-2 new scale of pay of 8700-34800
+4200 Grade Pay corresponding with the pre-revised
pay scale of 6500-10500. Artisans Grade I will be
upgraded to the scale of pay of 4500-7000 and placed
in revised scale of 4860-20200 + 2800/- Grade Pay.
The Chargehand presently in 4500-7000 shall be
merged with Artisan Grade I and placed in the same
pay scale of 4860-20200 + 2800/- Grade Pay. This
revised structure is advancement to Artisans of MMS
as part of common category of staff in the central
services.
10. The Drivers who are common category of staff
will be placed in the corresponding pay scales for 3050-
4590; 4000-6000; 4500-7000 only. However for the
selection grade drivers in the scale of pay of 5000-
8000, the merged pay scale of 5000-8000, 5500-9000
and 6500-10500 viz., the 8700-34800 + 4200 Grade
Pay.
11. The MPCM Machine Allowance of Rs.100/-
stands abolished by the Pay Commission.
12. The System Administrators who play a very vital
role in the field of handling the technology and the
Marketing Executives who play a crucial role in bringing
more postal traffic are given a raw deal. No recognition
at all of their services by the pay commission.
13. The Postal Dispensaries shall be merged with
CGHS and all staff and Pensioners are to be allowed
the CGHS benefit.
FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION
Comrades,
There have been spontaneous demonstrations
all over the country at the call of the Confederation
immediately after the submission of pay commission's
recommendations.
The retrograde recommendations are to be
modified. The Staff Side shall demand a bilateral
discussion and settlement on all these issues. There
is no question of allowing abolition of Group D or
accepting the low minimum wages for them. There
shall be proper elevation to every hierarchical cadre
from the Group D onwards. If the Government is
reluctant to modify then there is no course before us
except to launch industrial action.
The Confederation leadership is undertaking
interaction with the entire leaders of JCM National
Council including Railways and Defence for mutual
exchange of opinion for forging a common approach
and a common united platform of struggle;
National Executive of the Confederation of
Central Government Employees will meet on
27.04.2008 in New Delhi to analyse the entire scenario
arising out of its interaction with the Staff Side JCM
and also with the Government Authorities and the
course of action to be undertaken by the Confederation
The All India Executives of all Federations
including NFPE will sit along with the National
Executive of the Confederation on 28.04.2008 in New
Delhi to finalise our common approach and the
agitational programmes
The Federal Executive of NFPE will meet on
29.04.2008 to endorse the decisions of Confederation
on the common approach and also to finalise our
approach on all Postal Issues in connection with the
Pay Commission Recommendations and the
Programme of action to be launched in consultation
with the Postal JCA;
The All India Central Working Committees of NFPE
Affiliates will be meeting immediately thereafter in April -
May 2008 to plan the implementation of agitational
programme of action. The AIPEU Group 'C' Union has
notified its CWC in New Delhi on April 30 - May 1, 2008.
The AIPEU Postmen and Group D will conduct its CWC
in Patna in the first fortnight of May 2008.
Dear Comrades,
The National Federation of Postal Employees
and all its affiliated Unions and Associations calls upon
the entirety of our rank and file leadership to prepare
for the dogged battles ahead. The Circle Secretaries
are also requested to translate the contents of this
Circular in their regional languages and circulate among
all the members through the Divisional / Branch Unions
and endorse a copy to their respective CHQs.
With greetings,
Yours Comradely,

[K.Ragavendran]
Secretary General
Sd/- Sd/- Sd/-
K.V.Sridharan Ishwar Singh Dabas Giriraj Singh
General Secretary - P III General Secretary - P IV General Secretary - R III
Sd/- Sd/- Sd/-
P.Suresh S.P.Mukherjee P.Rajanayagam
General Secretary - R IV General Secretary - Admn General Secretary - Postal A/Cs
(i) Filling up the posts of LSG / HSG-II/HSG-I.
NOTICE (ii) Shortage of staff & Allied Problems;
Reference: P/1-2/CWC Delhi Date: 31.March 2008 (iii) Filling up of Residual vacancies.
Under the provision contained in article 25 of (iv) PO & RMS Accountants & Filling up of APM
the Constitution of All India Postal Employees Union Accounts Posts;
Group 'C', notice is hereby given to all concerned (v) Systems Administrators & Marketing
that a meeting of the Central Working Committee Executives.
of All India Postal Employees' Union Group 'C' 5. Ensuing All India Conference.
will be held from 30th April 2008 to 1st May 2008 6. Dispute in Tamilnadu Circle union.
at Agarwal Dharmshala, D-13 A/31 Model Town,
7. Review of postal activities and our
New Delhi - 110009.
position on
The meeting of the Central Working Committee
(i) Business Directorate & Activities;
will commence at 10:00 hours on 30.04.2008 sharp.
(ii) 11th Plan & Proposals of Dept;
All members of Central Working Committee are
requested to attend the meeting in time. The following (iii) Amendment in PO Act 1898;
shall be the items of Agenda for the Central Working 8. Redrafting of constitution of the union;
Committee: - 9. Bhartiya Post;
AGENDA 10. Any other item with the permission of the
1. Organisational Review. Chair.
2. Sixth Pay Commission Report -- Our task.
3. Reverification of Membership.
4. Sectional Demands & Preparation of K.V. Sridharan
Charter of demands. General Secretary

BHARTIYA POST 10 MAY, 2008

 GENERAL SECRETARY'S DESK-I
Membership Verification
Please refer NFPE's circular dt. 29.03.08 which
was forwarded by the CHQ recently. Please note the
important points and act swiftly.
1. The authorisation form bearing the signature of
the Director (SR) should alone be used while
obtaining declaration from the members
2. There is a separate form prescribed for GDS
employees in which alone the declarations shall
be obtained from GDS. The form used for
departmental employees should not be used for
GDS comrades.
3. The last date for submitting application is 10.06.08.
Need not wait till last date. Enrol more membership
as early as possible.
4. The membership list should be submitted in
triplicate and in each page the Divisional/Branch
secretary should sign.
5. If any official has signed more than one declaration
form, he can not be allowed to become member
of any association till another five years. Therefore,
this should be explained to all members and
ensure that they have not signed in more than
one application to different unions.
6. If any fake or fabricated or in genuine authorisation
is proved, the concerned divisional Secretary shall
not continue as office bearer in the union for
another five years.
7. The D.D.O should display the list from 11.06.08
to 20.06.08. Have a close watch and see our
membership intact.
8. As per the revised practice, the Circle Unions can
obtain a statement from the circle office on 25.7.08
on the verification process and it is more
transparent. Percentage should be arrived based
on the real working strength only.
9. One senor officer will be entrusted at Circle office
for attending complaints and settlement of disputes
in the verification process. This may also be
properly utilised in case of any problems arisen
at the time of obtaining declarations from
members.
10. If any irregularity is noticed on part of DDOs,
disciplinary action shall be taken against him.
This is the time; Act : Prove your mite
Comrades, This time we should prove that there
is second none by enrolling more membership in our
fold. The only requirement that we should work hard
and effectively. We are having sufficient time. The Circle
Secretary should depute his office bearers to all
divisions/Branches duly allocating responsibilities of
three to four branches each to them. Let them work
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hard in mobilising the cadres and members by
explaining our commitment for the cause of Group C
Comrades and other comrades of Postal. Organise
more area meeting in each division and invite circle
office bearers for effective campaigning. During the
entire months of April & May'08.
We should take a lead in mobilising the GDS
comrades this time too. All assistances should be
extended to their divisional secretaries in collecting
more declaration forms to their unions
We can do it.
I request all of you to act, advance and proove
your mite in enrolling more membership to our
organisation and other affiliates of NFPE. Shall I seek
your response comrade?
A Stupendous Task
Because of the categorisation of SBCO as a
distinct category, the NFPE Secretariate has decided
to form a separate union for SBCO under the name of
All India Postal SBCO Employees Union and
accordingly office bearers have been nominated and
applied for the verification.
Comrades, SBCO Comrades are our Comrades
and earlier they were the leaders of our organisation.
It is our duty to strengthen the 'All India Postal SBCO
Employees Union' with more new members. The
following comrades have been nominated as Circle
Secretaries to submit decleration in respect of their
circles.
Andhra Pradesh - Com. L. Prakashrao, PA, SBCO,
Bobilli Parvatipuram (A.P)
Assam - Com. Pramod Borah, PA,
SBCO, Tezpur HO-784001
(Assam)
Bihar - Com. Nirmal Kumar Pandey,
PA, SBCO, Rai Bareli (U.P)
Gujarat - Com. R.B. Chauhan, BCR, PA,
SBCO, Gandhinagar HO-382010
Haryana - Com. Rajiv, PA, SBCO, Ambala
City HPO
Karnataka - Com. S. Gurumurthy, BCR PA,
SBCO, Bhadravati HO-577301
Kerala - Com. M. Krishnadas,
Supervisor, SBCO, kaxhikode
HO-630001
Maharastra - Com. Manohar Kashiram Parab,
BCR PA, SBCO, Mumbari GPO
400001.
North East - Com. Swarup Chakraborty,
Supervisor SBCO Dharmanagar,
Tripura.
Orissa - Com. Kapileswar Singh, TBOP,
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 PA, SBCO, Keonjhargarh HO
Punjab - Com. Baldev Raj Sharma, BCR,
PA, SBCO, Moga HPO (Ferozpur
Division)
Tamilnadu - Com. S. Appanraj, BCR PA, ICO
(SB) O/o PMG, Southern region
Madurai-625002
Uttar Pradesh - Com. Kamla Shankar Mishra, PA
SBCO, Allahabad HO
West Bengal - Com. Asit Das, PA SBCO,
Alipore HO, Kolkate - 700027
In respect of the following circles, the Circle
Secretaries are requested to identify a leader in SBCO
to lead the Circle Union and intimate the name to CHQ/
NFPE within a week so that we can authorise him to
sign the declaration forms obtained from the SBCO
members of their circles for submission to D.D.Os
(i) Chattisgarh (ii) Delhi (iii) Himachal (iv) J & K (v)
Jharkhand (vi) M.P. (vii) Rajasthan
(viii) Uttarakhand.
The success out come of SBCO union under
NFPE is now only on the hands of Circle/Divisional
Secretaries of our P3 Union and we are confident that
they will rise up to the occasion and render all
assistances to SBCO association to come out
colourfully in the verification process.
Recognition & Revival of RJCM
The Department of Posts accorded recognition
to NFPE & FNPO Federations vide its letter No. 17/9/
2007-SR. dt. 27.03.08. Accordingly all negotiations
forums will be revived and reactivated early.
All Circle Secretaries are requested to consult
each others with other affiliated unions of NFPE Viz-
P4, P3, R4, Admn. & Postal Accounts and select
and intimate five members for the RJCM of their circle
immediately to the Federatin and our CHQ. The revival
of RJCM at Circle level is the first task we should carry
out for the interest of grass root levels. NFPE will issue
a circular separately. All are requested to send the
selected list to NFPE/CHQ within a fortnight and assist
us.
NFPE Conventions
The state level conventions of all unions affiliated
to NFPE Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand Circles were
held at Bhubaneswar, Patna & Ranchi on 24.03.07,
26.03.07 & 27.03.08 respectively. All General
Secretaris & Secretary General NFPE attended the
Conventions and galvanised the organisational net.
Further convetions at Ambala (Hariyana) & Chandigarh
(Punjab) will be held on 03.04.08 & 04.04.08
respectively. In respect of other Circles, the
programmes will be finalised in next month.
GDS Commitee
The delegation from NFPE & General Secretary
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GDS Unon will tender oral evidence before Nataraja
Murthi Committee on 04.04.08. Details will be
published after the meeting
News & Notes
 Postal Employees on training as on 01.01.04
are entitled for pension under CCS Pension Rules
1972.
(DG (P) No. 4-3/08 - Pension dt. 27.03.08)
(This issue was taken by the CHQ through
confederation)
 Compulsory posting of FTP officials has been
relaxed. Requests if any against the transfer be
considered and transfer deferred.
(DG (P) No. 6-19/2007-SPB II dt. 31.03.08)
Meeting with Secretary, Department of Posts, on
01.04.2008
A delegation of NFPE consisting of its Secretary
General and the General Secretaries of P3, P4, R3,
Admn and Postal Accounts met Shri.I.M.G.Khan, the
Secretary Department of Posts informally on 1.4.2008.
The Delegation thanked the Secretary [P] for granting
the recognition to the Federation. The issues raised
and the response of the DG Posts are as follows:
1. Reconstitution of Postal Departmental
Council JCM in the wake of recognition to
Federations and holding of Periodical Meeting
with the Federation and All India Unions:
Secretary [P] agreed to the above.
2. Anomaly in pay for TBOP and injustice to
System Administrators etc:
We pointed out that consequent on placing the
TBOP / LSG Supervisors in the same PB-1 pay
band along with Sorters, LDCs, Postmen, PA/SA
and some of these cadres who are to be
supervised by the LSG also reaching the same
Grade Pay of the Supervisor, the LSG /TBOP are
much downgraded. The issue of Pay Commission
neglecting the services of System Administrators
also was pointed out. The DG mentioned that a
Committee has been constituted in the Directorate
to look into the issues arising out of Pay
Commission's Report and suggested that the Staff
Side can communicate such issues to the
Committee after mutual consultations amongst
the staff side.
3. Promotions to JAO qualified Hands.
We tried to find out whether any progress had
been achieved in the matter with the Department
of Telecommunications. It was told that the
Honourable Minister of State for Communications
& IT with both the Secretaries is beckoning a
meeting and the issue might be sorted out there.
However he assured that if necessary pending a
final decision on the matter of merger, the
12 MAY, 2008
qualified JAOs might be given promotion adhoc
/ temporary basis and therefore on this issue we
may prefer a discussion with the Member [P].
4. Modification of Member [P] orders to post
FTP officials as SPMs in Delivery offices.
Secretary [P] told us that this has been done. Later
the modified order has been made available to
us. The order is modified to the effect that those
officials who have genuine problems in getting
disturbed from their present posts could be
permitted to stay on etc. [Now affected officials
should be guided to submit representations citing
their difficulties and the latest DG instructions and
get the transfer orders cancelled]
5. Non-grant of notional promotions to LSG in
Orissa circle.
The attempt to convene the DPC to fill up the
posts of HSG-II without sorting out the notional
promotions in Orissa Circle was raised by us.
Secretary [P] assured that the Director would
shortly pay a visit to Orissa to sort out the issue.
6. Attempt to form Mumbai City Region.
Secretary [P] categorically stated that no such
proposal had been cleared by the Honourable
Minister and the Directorate and therefore no new
region could be formed as such.
7. Atrocities of SSP Meerut Division.
Secretary [P] assured that necessary action would
be taken.
8. Changing the nomenclature of RMS in
Kerala.
We pointed out the change of
nomenclature of RMS in Kerala Circle while the
issue is being discussed at the all India level
between the official and staff sides. The Secretary
[P] assured us that he would sort it as he is going
to Kerala soon.
9. Exemption of Screening Committee.
Secretary [P] informed us that a meeting of
Secretaries was held and a decision with regard
to those departments where already 10%
establishment had been downsized, stopping
further application of Screening Committee is
likely to be accepted soon.
10. Curtailment of Delivery by Circle
Administration.
The curtailment of delivery resorted in
places like Lucknow GPO, Patna GPO etc was
brought to his notice and Secretary [P]
immediately issued strong instructions for
restoration at least 2 deliveries.
ORAL EVIDENCE BEFORE GDS
COMMITTEE
On 4.4.2008, NFPE and GDS Union will jointly
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tender oral evidence before the Nataraja Murti
GDS Committee on the issues of three lakhs of
Gramin Dak Sevaks. The Delegation would
consist of the Secretary General NFPE, General
Secretaries P3, P4, R4 and GDS. In the
background of 6th Central Pay Commission
already submitted its recommendations, our
delegation would place the issues of GDS before
the Committee in a comprehensive manner.
TBOP/BCR Court Case
The case relating to higher pay scale to TBOP/
BCR did not came up for nearing on 13.03.08 due to
more number of stages. It may come up for hearing at
any time and final hearings will be held continuously.
If the parity of Pay scales of TBOP and BCR is equated
with Telecom. The TBOP will also the brought in to
the Pay Band 2 of the Sixth Pay Commission which
will mitigate the unjustice caused to TBOP. We are
following the case.
Let us meet in our next
Comradely yours,
(K V Sridharan)
General Secretary
PAY COMMISSION ON
ALLOWANCE
The Commission is of the view that grant of
special allowance for performing the assigned duties
in respect of any organization is not justified because
the same is taken care of by the salary attached to
the posts. The Government has, in the past,
extended special allowances in various forms to
certain posts in different organizations which, in their
opinion, deserved to be paid such an allowance. The
commission is maintaining status quo in respect of
these allowances extended by the Government in
the past. Insofar as further extension of any allowance
on this account is concerned, the principle which
should be followed is that more onerous duties should
result in a relatively higher pay scale being attached
to the post rather than any special allowance. A
mechanism exists for evaluating the duties attached
to different posts in an organization which should
be used to assess the appropriateness of the
existing, pay scale (proposed to be substituted by
grade pay and pay band) rather than granting special
allowance for performing the normal duties.
Performance of duties beyond the normal call should,
in the revised scheme of things, result in a higher
performance related incentive.
MAY, 2008
 GENERAL SECRETARY'S DESK-II
The CHQ is in receipt of number of E-Mails,
Suggestions by Post etc since ten days on Pay
commission recommendations. We are very much
thankful to them and considering all their opinions and
suggestions. However, we could not reply to each
individual separately. Please bear with us.
We are having hectic discussions and debates
to finalise the demands to improve the
recommendations of the Sixth CPC to the best
possible. The staff side (JCM) has finalised the
modifications required to be made in the Sixth Pay
Commission and communicated to Cabinet Secretary
on 08.04.08. The following are the important
modifications, the staff side sought for.
1. Minimum wage need to be worked out afresh
and it should not be lesser than Rs. 7400/- arrived by
application of NNP as per Fifth Pay Commission
formula.
2. Fitment formula may be as suggested by the
Sixth Pay Commission but subject to the condition
that' the Pay and grade Pay so fixed is not lesser
than 2.625 times of the pre-revised basic pay.
(N.B: the Group A officers Pay scale has been revised
from Rs.8000/- to 21000/- The Similar minimum benefit
(2.625 times) should be given to other Group 'C' also.
If so, all will get the increase of 41% of the pay
irrespective of the cadre)
3. The rate of increment be raised to 3.5%.
4. The condition prescribed to have a minimum
six months for applying the uniform date of increment
(i.e) 1st July must be done away with.
5. Transport Allowance be revised as follows:
Employees A1/A Class Others
drawing Grade Pay Cities
Rs.5400 and above Rs.3200 + DA Rs.2400 + DA
Rs.4200-4800 Rs.2400 + DA Rs.1800 + DA
Below Rs.4200 Rs.1600 + DA Rs.1200 + DA
6. Fixation of Promotion will be' the Pay plus grade
pay so fixed on Promotion shall not be less than 10%
of Pay plus grade pay the individual was drawing in
the feeder cadre.
7. Old scheme of allowances and benefits should
continue till discussions/agreements made in the
National/Departmental Council.
8. Clarification be issued for the applicability of
SDA to all officials working in North Eastern region.
9. DA on Tour:-
Rs.4200 to Rs.4800:- Reimbursement of (i) Hotel rent
Rs.1000/- per day
(ii) Travel charges upto Rs.150/- per diem within
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the city
(iii) Reimbursement of food not exceeding Rs.200/
- per day
Below Rs.4200:- Reimbursement of (i) Hotel
rent Rs.700/- Per day
(ii) Travel Charges upto Rs.150/- per diem within
the city &
(iii) Reimbursement of food not exceeding Rs.200/
- per day.
10. A.C.P. Promotion:- Three promotions be
provided at the intervals of ten, twenty and twenty-five
year of service.
11. Pay Scales of S 9 to S 12 - Grievances must
be addressed by appropriate decisions.
12. Pension : (i) Minimum pension to 75% (i.e)
Rs.4995/-
(ii) Refix Pension on the basis of notional Pay as
on 01.01.96.
(iii) New commutation table to be applied only
prospectively.
(iv) Restoration of commutation after 12 years.
13. GDS:- (i) Pay, Allowance, Pension & all
other benefits proportionate to regular
employees.
(ii) GDS may be promoted/absorbed directly in
Group 'C' after the Group 'D' category abolished.
14. Anomalies: - Constitute anomalies Committee
at National & Departmental level to discuss
about the anomalies arising out from the
disturbance of vertical & horizontal relativities
etc.
15. Fast Track committee: - Some Pay scales have
been reduced to a lower scale. To consider
these types of cases, a fast track committee
may be set up.
(This is not exhaustive. It will be improved by
the staff side further based on the requirements,
discussions, decision etc.)
The meeting of the staff side, standing
committee is slated to be held on 25.04.08
In respect of our Postal Problems, we had
discussions with DDG (Establishment) on 04.04.08
and thereafter further discussed with Sri
Balasubramanian, Director, Specially nominated for
the purpose on 10.04.08. we insisted the following.
1. TBOP/LSG: - (i) TBOP/BCR are unique only to
Postal & Telecom. In Telecom, the TBOP official
is drawing in Rs.5000/- Pay Scale. This
anomaly be rectified and the TBOP/LSG be
brought to pay band 2 with the upgraded Pre-
revised pay scale of Rs.5000-8000.
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(ii) After the introduction of ACP, the officials on
promotion to ACP can exercise option to avail
FR 22(c) benefits or under FR 23. They can
avail next pay scale to ACP on regular
promotions (i.e) and may be fitted in Rs.5000/
- Pay scale.
(iii) Since we have not shifted yet to ACP but
termed the TBOP/BCR as Financial
upgradations, the benefits of Rs.5000/- (pre
revised pay scale) be extended to TBOP/LSG.
2. Charge Allowance to Postmasters &
Supervisors
(i) Now the Supervisors & Supervised are put in
the same 1 Pay Band. This caused resentment.
(ii) Reintroduction of graded supervisory allowance
for LSG, HSG II & HSG I to match the
supervisory responsibilities be considered.
3. System Administrators
(i) May be granted atleast three advance
increments or 10% of the Pay plus grade pay
as if recommended by Sixth CPC to Caretakers
of the Department.
(ii) A separate technology wing be constituted and
other grievances may be sorted out.
(iii) They may be made as a distinct establishment.
4. Marketing Executives
(i) May be granted advance increments or atleast
10% of Pay & grade pay.
(ii) Separate establishment be created.
5. PO & RMS Accountants
Though we could not swallow the summary
rejection of our demand merely by citing that
they are not organised accountants, we placed
the demand to consider the Special allowance
for Pay fixation similar to that of the JAO
Qualified hands in Postal Accounts.
6. Cash handling Allowance to Treasurer
The discrimination between the PO Treasurer
& RMS Cashier should be ended.
7. Group D
(i) There will be no abolition of Present Group D
Posts but up graded to Group 'C'.
(ii) All Group 'D' Posts can be upgraded to Group
C with nomenclature of Packer/Mail Assistants
etc.
(iii) GDS shall continue to be promoted in the
upgraded Group D Posts in Group C cadre.
Though the Sixth Pay Commission denied the
existence of anomalies in LSG and HSG pay scale
arbitarily and unjustifiably, the long pending demand
of higher Pay scale of HSG I and HSG II/BCR is
however resolved by its recommendations where in
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the demand for Rs.7450-11500 scale of Pay for HSG
I and Rs.6500-10500 to BCR/HSG II (due to
amalgamation of scale of Pay from 5000 to 6500 pay
scale with same graded pay). Due to this BCR/HSG II
officials get the highest fixation benefits.
We are taking all sincere efforts to resolve the
above said issues and assure to leave no stone
unturned in our efforts. The CHQ is convening its
executive on 30th April & 1st May 2008 to discuss at
length & decide further action on all these issues.
The National Executive of the Confederation will
meet on 27.04.08 in New Delhi and All India executive
of all Federations including NFPE will meet on 28.04.08
to finalise the common approach.
The Federal Executive of NFPE will meet on
29.04.08 to decide our common demands, approach
and future action.
All Branch/Divisional/Circle Secretaries are
requested to send their suggestions/Views positively
on or before 26.04.08 to CHQ so that we can
consolidate and place them in the ensuing Working
Committee Meeting on 30.04.08 & also in the NFPE's
executive.
Expected Revised D.A. Rates as per the 6th CPC
DA Percentage
01.01.2006 NIL
01.07.2006 4%
01.01.2007 6%
01.07.2007 10%
01.01.2008 14%
(Note: - This is approximate calculation only)
G.S. On Tour
As I am to attend the Joint, Circle Conference
of Kerala Circle Unions from 17.04.08 to 19.04.08, I
am leaving the Head Quarters on 14.04.08 and will be
back on 22..04.08 Morning. Com. Somenath
Mukherjee, Deputy General Secretary will be joining
the CHQ On 14.04.08.
Let us Meet in our next
With warm greetings
Comradely yours,
Dated- 12.04.2008 (K V Sridharan)
General Secretary
PAY COMMISSION ON GROUP D
UPGRADATION
Dear Comrades! After submission of its
recommendations, the Pay Commission has now
clarified in its official web site that the upgradation
of non-matriculate Group D to PB-1 scale should
also be given effect to from 1.1.2006 after completion
of training within 6 months.
MAY, 2008
 National Federation of Postal Employees
1ST Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi - 110001
PF-01(e)/3/2008 Dated 6.4.2008
To
All General / Circle Secretaries
NFPE Unions.
Dear Comrades,
This is to keep all comrades updated with the
latest developments taken place on the Pay
Commission front and organisational matters. Our
Circle Secretaries are once again requested to circulate
the same to all divisional / branch secretaries of their
respective circles.
Pay Commission related issues
1. The Confederation leaders were in contact with
the leaders of JCM National Council Organisations and
discussions were being held to evolve a consensus
on issues to be taken up with the Government for
modification by the Staff Side as such. There were
informal meetings of Confederation leaders to decide
which are all the common issues to be taken up with
the Government through Staff Side JCM, in which the
Secretary General NFPE and General Secretaries P3,
P4, R3, Admn and Postal Accounts also participated.
It was decided to request the Staff Side leadership to
take up with the Government for bilateral negotiations
to modify many adverse recommendations. The final
note submitted to the government by the Staff Side
Secretary of JCM National Council is enclosed.
2. The Government has constituted an Empowered
Committee consisting of Secretaries of various
departments to study the recommendations.
3. The Secretary [P] has constituted a Committee for
pay commission related issues of postal. On invitation
from DDG [Estt], the Staff side attended an informal
meeting on 4.4.2008. Various issues were discussed.
The Federations have to submit a Note and there will
be more interactions. A final Report would be sent to
the Finance Ministry after consultations with the staff
side. Further on the suggestion of Member [P], the
Secretary General and the General Secretaries of P3
and GDS met Shri. Balasubramanian the Director of
Postal Services and Special Officer on deputation to
study the recommendations of Pay Commission and
discussed the issues of TBOP/LSG; System
Administrators/Marketing Executives; PO & RMS
Accountants; Charge Hand in MMS; Supervisory
Allowance; and Promotional avenues of GDS for
effecting appropriate modifications in the
recommendations of pay commission.
Comrades are requested to analyse the
following suggestions and give their feed back to the
NFPE and their respective CHQs:
BHARTIYA POST
1. NFPE submitted memorandum to Pay Commission
demanding upgradation of pay scale of Group 'D' along
with enhancing qualification to Matric. This has been
accepted and entire Group 'D' is upgraded to Group
'C'. Now the Pay Commission has clarified that the
upgraded pay will be given to all non-matriculate Group
D also with effect from 1.1.2006 including arrears on
completion of training within 6 months. The minimum
wages suggested by the pay commission is being
however disputed by the Staff Side JCM National
Council and that therefore the minimum wages may
become a matter for bilateral negotiations with the
Government. However abolition of Group D posts would
cause serious repercussions in the Department of
Posts as the work would be outsourced and no
recruitment would take place that would adversely
affect the GDS.
2. There is the question of promotional avenue to
GDS against these upgraded posts. The Department
has to continue the present promotional avenue of GDS
on seniority basis to become the Group C in the
upgraded Scale of PB-1 in addition to their promotion
as Postman / Mailguard as at present.
3. The Pay Commission has not conceded the
upgradation of pay scale of TBOP / LSG. This is
unjustified. In Telecom the TBOP pay scale was
upgraded to 5000-8000 w.e.f. 1.1.1996. Therefore the
parity that had existed long ago had been disturbed
very badly. We should therefore to demand the
upgradation of pay scale of TBOP /LSG and BCR /
HSG-II to pre-revised 5000-8000 and 5500-9000 so that
the TBOP / LSG also goes to PB-2. More over we can
site the difference with ACP under which the option to
avail next upgradation with FR 22(c) benefits or FR 23
is available and in case of their due promotions they
are granted the pay scale next above the ACP. This is
not available to us under TBOP / BCR Scheme and
therefore the scales should be at least in the pre-revised
5000-8000 and 5500-9000.
4. The Pay commission has not given any
recognition to the supervisory staff. We have to demand
supervisory allowance for norm-based supervisors to
distinguish them from non-functional staff?
5. In the absence of any recommendation for
System Administrators / Marketing Executives, we
suggest for three advance increments or 10% of Pay
as an interim measure and formation of a separate
establishment for these categories. We also want to
demand formation of a separate technology wing as
like civil wing. Please suggest.
6. The higher pay to PO & RMS Accountants has
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been denied. What can be our demand at present?
7. The Charge hand is placed in the same scale
along with Artisan Grade I. We may demand elevation
to PB-2 for Charge hand at the level of 5000-8000 or
5500-9000.
8. Any other suggestions on any other issue - please
communicate.
FEDERAL EXECUTIVE
The NFPE Federal Executive will be held in New
Delhi on 28th and 29th April 2008. There shall be a
joint session of national executives of all affiliates of
Confederation on 28th April 2008. These meetings are
very important, as by that time the efforts to unify the
entirety of CG Employees on the issues to be taken
up for negotiation and future course of action would
have reached more clarity. As far as the postal issues
related to pay commission are concerned, we will
discuss in our Federal Executive and the CWC
meetings of some NFPE affiliates.
ORAL EVIDENCE FOR GDS
NFPE Secretary General and all General
Secretaries of affiliated unions including the General
Secretary, CHQ President and Office Bearers of GDS
CHQ tendered oral evidence before the GDS
Committee headed by Shri. Nataraja Murti. All issues
contained in our memorandum were placed before the
Committee for its consideration. The following issues
were prominently placed for the consideration of the
GDS Committee:
a. The Departmentalisation of GDS and the method
for Departmentalisation;
b. Nomenclature as Gramin Dak Karmachari or Rural
Postal Employees;
c. Replacement of TRCA by elongated running scale
with protection of seniority;
d. Ensuring two career progression in GDS Service;
e. Counting of 50% GDS service as qualifying service
on regularization;
f. Protection of promotion to Group D on seniority
basis even if the Group D posts are upgraded to
Group C as per VI CPC recommendations;
g. Grant of Social Security including Pension,
h. Gratuity as per Gratuity Act 1972;
i. Enhancement of Group Insurance quantum to
1,50,000/-;
j. Introduction of a system for Medical treatment;
k. Changing the entire GDS Conduct and Recruitment
Rules to end the discrimination in conduct and
disciplinary matters between the GDS and the regular
employees in line with the Supreme Court Judgment
as well as making these rules statutory one;
l. Facility for transfer to a vacant post;
m. Free Insurance covering accident, natural calamity etc;
n. Rationalization of leave with the facility to carry
forward unutilized leave; Grant of 180 Days of
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Maternity leave for women GDS and special
disability leave;
o. Protection of wages by application of foot beat formula;
p. Grant of Advances like Fan, Festival, Moped, HBA
etc; Facilitating formation of cooperative societies
for GDS;
q. GDS Mailmen in RMS larger platformed railway
stations to be regularised as Group D;
r. Supply of uniforms to RMS GDS and outdoor GDS;
s. Work standards for GDS in RMS or straightaway
departmentalizing RMS GDS as Group D since
they work for 5 hours and more;
t. Ending the discrimination between the RMS and
Postal GDS to ensure RMS GDS also can become
Mailguard through seniority basis in ½ vacancies
like Postal GDS becoming Postman - etc.
VERIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP
There shall be an all out effort to increase our
membership in all unions / associations. We are
confident that Circle Unions leaders would be taking
all necessary steps in this matter. NFPE requests
our entire Circle / Divisional / Branch Secretaries to
take special efforts to enroll membership of SBCO
and Civil Wing as these are the two newly formed
associations that require our help and assistance. All
regular employees unions should render full help for
GDS union also. Do not forget that the letter of
authorization form is different for GDS. It is time to
forget internal differences if any and work shoulder to
shoulder with all NFPE unions and associations.
Postal Crusader Special Issue
As already focused in the NFPE Circular dated
29.03.2008 a special issue of Postal Crusader will be
released. However due to less time at our disposal
instead of May the special issue will be brought out
for the month of June 2008 in memory of 5th Anniversary
of the demise of our great leader and former Secretary
General Comrade Adinarayana. Tariff for securing
advertisement would be dispatched to all Circle /
Divisional / Branch Secretaries shortly. 'One Branch
One Advertisement' at least will make the Federation
very strong financially. Circle Secretaries and our
leaders running the societies can play a major role to
ensure advertisements from all our cooperative
societies and banks.
OPENING OF NEGOTIATING FORUMS
NFPE delegation met the Secretary [P] on 1st
April and thanked him for recognizing the Federation
and requested him for early opening of all negotiating
forums of JCM as well as the Periodical Meetings. He
assured early action. As soon as the JCM
Departmental Council is reconstituted, the Federation
will nominate new members to R-JCM in all Circles
with the incumbent Circle Secretaries.
Comradely yours
MAY, 2008
 LETTERS TO DEPARTMENT
Letter No.: P/2-4/Chattisgarh Dated- 01.04.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Sorting work entrusted to post offices-case
of Chattisgarh Circle.
It is brought to our notice that in entire
Chattisgarh circle, the work related to sorting and
despatch of speed post centres is entrusted to the
concerned post offices instead of sorting offices
situated in the same stations.
If the sorting and despatch of speed post articles
is made at RMS office, it will avoid missorting and
delay since the sorting work needs geographical
knowledge of the entire country and the RMS staff
expertise this area.
It is therefore requested to cause necessary
instructions to the Chief PMG, Chattisgarh Circle to
transfer the sorting of speed post articles to Mail/Sorting
offices situated in the same stations.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
solicited.
Letter No.: P/2-19/Anna Road APO Dated- 01.04.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Adhoc promotion to JAO at GM (Postal
Accounts) office Chennai - reg.
Ref: This union letter of even number dt. 30.10.07
Apropos reference, it is learnt that the
Directorate has caused orders to cancel the irregular
adhoc postings in JAO cadre made in the DAP office,
Chennai.
However, the same has not been implemented
so far resulting in denial of fair chances to the qualified
JAO candidates awaiting for chances over twelve years.
It is requested to cause immediate orders to
terminate the irregular adhoc arrangements and fill up
the posts in accordance with the qualified list.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
solicited.
Letter No.: P/2-19/Pudukottai Dated-01.04.2008
addressed to the Ms. Radhika Doraisamy, Member
(P) Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi -
110001
l Harassment on women employees-case of
Smt. S. Kalamani, SPM. Kolathur in Pudukottai
Division, Tamilnadu Circle by the SPOs
Pudukottai.
The above said official has preferred a complaint
against Sri Paramasivam, SPOs Pudukottai who is
causing continuous sexual harassment either in person
or cell phone over six months on 28.02.08 to all the
BHARTIYA POST
forums.
The activities of the above said officer should
be arrested forthwith besides taking appropriate action
against his misbehaviour.
It is learnt that the Circle office is also initiating
action to enquire the case and if it is expedited and
ensured full safety, the official can work peacefully.
It is requested to cause necessary instructions
to the Circle Head to expedite his case and take
appropriate action against the erring officer.
Solicting response,
Letter No. : P/2-21/Tehri Dated- 02.04.2008 addressed
to the Ms. Radhika Doraisamy, Member (P)
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New Delhi - 110001
l Unjust reversion to Accountant from the
LSG cadre C/o Sri Sushel Chandra Bhatt, APM
Accounts, Tehri in Uttarakhand Circle.
Ref: This union letter of even no dt. 02.04.07 &
Subsequent reminders.
Apropos reference, the copy of the
representation submitted by the official which is self
explanatory and exhaustive on the subject is enclosed
herewith for your kind consideration.
The official has been regularly promoted as APM
Accounts on 05.06.99 and he has been reverted as
Accountant on 28.12.06 (reverting him to a lower post)
white granting notional LSG Promotion to others with
out any notice.
The official is knocking the door for justice since
Dec'06 and the case has not been considered and
settled so far.
It is requested to consider his case based on
the merits and restore his LSG position at the earliest.
Letter No.: P/4-5/BD Scheme Dated- 02.04.2008
addressed to the The Secretary, Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Preservation of records for the work
relating to acceptance of Electricity Bills in Post
offices under BD scheme.
In many circles, the Department is collecting
electricity bills in rural areas under the BD scheme
over three years and the records pertain to collection
of bills have been dumped in post offices with out any
clearance due to non fixing of preservation period so
far under Business activities.
It is therefore requested to fix the preservation
period and intimate early in order to wipe out the
unwanted records in post offices.
Soliciting response.
Letter No.: P/2-8/Hamirpur Dated- 02.04.2008
addressed to the Sri. Kamlesh Chandra, DDG (P)
18 MAY, 2008
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New Delhi - 110001
l Promotion to HSG I& II - Problems
prevailing in Himachal Pradesh Circle.
It is brought to our notice that the due DPC for
LSG, HSG II & HSG I has not been held in the Circle
causing vacant of many promotional posts.
Even the provisions available in the rules to
prepare a panel of senior most officials in respective
cadres to fill up the short tem vacancies exceeding 45
days has not been adhered to provide officiating
arrangements to the senior most officials.
The present incumbents who are officiating in
HSG II & HSG I vacancies exceeding fifteen days have
not been paid with any due officiating pay which is
against rule GOI (9), FR 22. The Gradation list of LSG,
HSG II has also not been circulated so far.
It is requested to address the above said
problems of the circle at the earliest and a line in reply
may please be sent about the action taken in this
regard.
Letter No.: P/2-19/Tiruchengodu Dated- 02.04.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Grant of peripheral HRA to the officials
working in Sankar Durg & Sankari R S in
Namakkal Division, Tamilnadu Circle.
The essentiality certificates issued by the
District collector, Salem for the period from 01.08.01
to 31.07.04 and 01.08.04 to 31.07.07 have been
forwarded long back for the grant of peripheral HRA to
the officials working in the above said offices.
The Postmaster General, Western region
Coimbatore has also sent another proposal vide his
letter No. EST/82-127/07 dt 23.11.07 to the ADG (Estt)
afresh for approval.
It is requested to expedite the sanction and
accord early and mitigate the long pending grievances
of the officials of that station.
Soliciting response,
Letter No.: P/4-4/Honorarium Dated- 09.04.2008
addressed to the Chief General Manager, (B.D & MO)
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New Delhi - 110001
l Non Payment of Compensation for the work
done by staff in connection with enrolment of
new voters and selection in the voters list -reg.
Ref: This Union letter of even no. dt. 24.7.07 &
02.01.08.
It is rather dismayed to note that despite
repeated reminders, the issue has not been resolved
so far. No standing orders has so far been issued
linking the Payment of incentive for the said work
performed by the Postal Officials from the amount
received from the Election commission. The receipt of
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amount from Election commission may be dealt
separately.
Having extracted the work by utilising the staff
overburdenly, the dues shall be paid to the staff in
time. This issue in pending over two years.
It is therefore requested to cause necessary
order to all the Circle Heads to release the payment of
incentive immediately and without any loss of time.
Soliciting response.
Letter No.: P/2-22/Foreign Post Dated- 09.04.2008
addressed to the Chief General Manager, B.D.
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New Delhi - 110001
l Suggestion for more revenue from articles
handled at Foreign Post Offices.
Ref: This Union letter of even no. dt. 29.01.08
Apropos reference, this Union has not received
any communication with regard to consideration of our
suggestions generating more revenue from the articles
handled at Foreign Post offices.
A line in reply about the consideration of the
suggestions is highly appreciated.
Letter No.: P/2-17/Bhatinda Dated- 09.04.2008
addressed to the Chief General Manager, (B.D. & M.O)
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New Delhi - 110001
l Sale of Punjab State Mahalaxmi Bumper
Lotttery Tickets through Post offices - case of
Punjab circle.
Ref: - This Union letter of even no. dt. 20.11.07
Apropos reference, it is constrained to note that
neither this Union letter is acknowledged nor replied
so far.
The sale of lottery tickets through Post Offices
has a concern. In many states, the lottery tickets have
been banned as it deceives the gullible public. It is
still termed as authorised gambling in many parts of
our country. The sale of lottery tickets in Post Offices
will mar the morale and ethics on our functioning.
It is requested to withdraw the scheme atonce
and cause instructions to all circle heads to desist
such kind of business work in the Post Offices.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
appreciated.
Letter No.: P/2-1/Ongole Dated- 09.04.2008 addressed
to the DDG (PAF), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan
New Delhi - 110001
l Inadequate allotment of funds under TA
Head C/o Ongole Division in A.P. Circle.
Ref: This Union letter of even no. dt. 05.07.07 &
subsequent reminders.
Apropos references, due to paucity of funds
allotment, still the TA Bills to the tune of Rs. 12/- lakhs
are pending undisbursed since 2002. Similar is the
position in many circles.
MAY, 2008
 As the allotted funds have been distributed and
ordered to utilise proportionately through out the year
by the divisional heads, they are not furnishing the
exact information to Circle/Directorate about the
pendency of personal claim bills but stating that they
are having funds.
If the complete particulars about the pendency
of bills are invited from the divisions, it will prove the
reality at divisional level on the pending bills.
It is requested to provide sufficient funds to all
the divisions to wipe out all the pending bills early.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
appreciated.
Letter No.: P/4-4/Computersation Dated- 09.04.2008
addressed to the DDG (Tech) Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Arrangement of Broad Band Connection in
all Computerised offices.
Ref: This Union letter of even no. dt. 09.05.07 &
02.01.2008
It is rather dismayed to note that neither our
earlier references have been acknowledged nor replied
so far. The problem prevailing in handling internet at
Post Offices with the obsolete system is causing
serious problems resulting wastage of time.
The problem of internal connectivity through
modem is at rise and in many occasions the data
could not be sent to the site. Due to slow functioning
of modem, the transfer of data takes more time.
It is requested to provide Broad Band
connection to all the computerised offices immediately.
Letter No.: P/2-22/TamlukDated- 09.04.2008
addressed to the DDG (Tech), Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Fixing of Uniform rate of incentive for
computerized work in POs.
Ref: - This Union letter of even no. dt. 22.11.07.
Apropos reference, it is constrained to note that
neither the reference is acknowledged nor replied so
far.
The Chief PMG, West Bengal Circle has fixed
Rs. 0.50 per S.B data entry work for creation of
Accounts and Rs. 0.15 for the subsequent posting of
deposit/withdrawal for the computerised work. This
order did not contain the quantum of incentive to the
supervisors. This arrangement is causing some relief
to manage the acute shortage of staff in the circle.
If similar kind of orders is issued by the
Directorate for uniform application of the same to all
divisions, this will be purposeful to manage the shortage
and also to avoid pendency of work in S.B. branch.
It is therefore requested to consider the same
and cause orders at the earliest.
BHARTIYA POST
Letter No.: P/2-22/Midnapore Dated - 09.04.2008
addressed to the Sri. Prannoy Sharma, ADG (PO)
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New Delhi - 110001
l Conveyance of Cash with Police Escort -
Problems there on.
Ref: (1) This Union letter of even no. dt. 22.11.07.
(2) Yr. letter no. 24-9/2007 - PO dt. 15.02.08.
Apropos your letter cited above in the reference,
It is requested to intimate the further process in this
regard and the decisions taken thereon.
A line in reply is highly appreciated.
Letter No.: P/4-5/Security Dated- 09.04.2008
addressed to the Director, (PO & I), Department of
Posts, New Delhi - 110001
l Practice of obtaining Fidelity/Security bond
from employees handling cash - request for
discontinuance -reg.
Ref: - (1) This Union letter of even no. dt. 02.04.07
(2) Director, SB letter No. 363/SR/07 dt.
09.04.07.
Apropos reference, it is constrained to note that
no reply has so far been received about the
consideration of our request to discontinue the practice
of obtaining Fidelity/Security bond from employees
handling cash.
The Fifth Central Pay commission, in its report
vide Para 62-13 recommended that the present
practice of obtaining fidelity/Security bond from
employees handling cash should be discontinued.
A study of the amounts claimed from guarantors
will reveal that only in very few cases the guarantee
money is received. This causes a lot of work in
Accounts branch. Besides the officials have to incur
more than 150 to 200 rupees every year for obtaining
such fidelity bonds.
It is therefore requested to consider the same
on the lines of Fifth Pay Commissions
recommendations and accord orders early.
Soliciting response.
Letter No.: P/2-22/CSD Dated- 09.04.2008 addressed
to the DDG (Estt), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan
New Delhi - 110001
l Fixing Norms/Time Factors to Circle Stamp
Depot.
Ref: - This Union of even no. - dt. 17.11.07
Apropos reference, It is constrained to note that
neither the above reference is acknowledged nor
replied so far.
Since the creation of Circle Stamp Depots during
1979, no norms have been fixed so far to justify the
workload and staff strength. Merely the staff from
neighbouring divisions are deployed and the posts are
maintained without any justified augmentation.
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 It is requested to fix work norms to C.S. D. and
augment adequate posts at the earliest.
Soliciting response.
Letter No.: P/2-19/Tamilnadu Circle Dated- 09.04.2008
addressed to the Director, PO & I, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Preparation of HV MO lists of post & RMS
offices - Revision of value - reg.
Ref: - This Union letter of even no. dt. 03.11.06 &
01.02.07.
Please refer to our earlier references and it is
pertinent to mention that after the State Govt,
Tamilnadu had enhanced the old age pension value to
Rs. 400/-, the Preparation for HVMO lists become a
big task and consumes more time as lakhs and lakhs
of money orders under that scheme are being booked
every month.
Further, there is every justification to enhance
to high value money orders from the existing of Rs.400/
- to Rs.1000/- per money order due to the inflated
money values.
It is requested to consider the same and cause
appropriate orders at the earliest.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
solicited.
Letter No.: P/2-14/Guna Dated- 09.04.2008 addressed
to the Director, SR & Legal, Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Non grant of immunity from transfer to the
Divisional Secretary, Guna in M.P. Circle - reg.
Ref: - (1) This Union letter of even No. dt. 05.07.07.
(2) Yr. letter No. 16-66/2007 - SR. dt. 07.08.07
addressed to Chief PMG. M.P. Circle.
A kind attention is invited to various discussions
we had on the subject and your continues reference
to M.P. Circle.
The Divisional Secretary, Guna Division has
been elected on 12.03.06 and he has not even been
granted immunity from the transfer for the first two
years. He has been disturbed from the head quarters
and posted as SPM, Kumbhraj, a far away place
resulting difficult to perform his activities as divisional
Secretary.
The Circle & regional administration are
reluctant and not considered his request based on
the orders of the Directorate on this subject.
Your kind and effective intervention is highly
solicited.
Letter No.: P/2-16/Bhubaneswar Dated- 09.04.2008
addressed to Sri. I.M.G. Khan, Secretary, Department
of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Provision of construction of 228 numbers
of Cycle/Scooter shed at P&T Colony, Unit IV,
BHARTIYA POST 21
Bhubaneswar in Orissa Circle.
The adequate funds and sanction have not been
accorded so far to the Chief PMG, Orissa Circle for
the proportionate share to Telecom to the tune of Rs.
32,55,417/- for the proposed construction of Cycle/
Scooter shed at P&T Colony.
The issue has earlier been taken service and
letters have been addressed on 21.09.07 & 02.01.08.
Due to non allotment, the residents of the colony suffer
a lot to keep their vehicles safe.
It is requested to expedite the approval and allot
funds at the earliest.
May I request your response Sir,
Letter No.: P/2-19/Rourkela Dated- 10.04.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Discontinuance of Medical facilities availed
from Ispat General Hospital (IGH) Rourkela in
Orissa Circle.
It is brought to our notice that the Rourkela steel
plant authorities had suddenly stopped the treatment
facilities in IGH to the Postal staff and family members
in Dec' 07.
After the intervention of the Circle
administration, the indoor facilites have been extended
to our staff despite the requests for both indoor &
outdoor treatments. It is also stated that the indoor
facilities have been facilitated after they have accepted
adhoc advance of one lakh rupees from the department.
The SSPOs, Sundargarh division has not yet
carried out the decision arrived with Rourkela steel
plant authorities for extension of both the medical
facilities to the staff by issuing authorisation cards.
The staff are being compelled to deposit money
to avail medical facilities from the hospital at the time
at urgency and due to no tangible action has so for
been taken, there is a total resentment amidst staff
who have no other medical facilities in that place.
It is therefore requested to intervene immediately
and ensure appropriate immediate action to issue
identify/authorisation cards to each postal employees
on due consultation with IGH authorities for availing
both indoor & outdoor treatment by the staff.
Immediate action is highly solicited.
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated- 10.04.2008 addressed
to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan
New Delhi - 110001
l Fixation of the pay for officials on promotion
in HSG I (adhoc basis) who are drawing maximum
of pay in HSG II (NB) in the pay scale of Rs.5000-
8000 clarification regarding.
The officials who were drawing maximum of Pay
in the Pay scale of Rs.5000-8000 have been denied
MAY, 2008
Pay fixation benefits under FR 22 (1) a (1) on the plea
that their promotions were on adhoc basis and not on
regular basis.
We are of the firm opinion that as per the
instructions contained in G.I.O (3) below FR 22 & 35,
the fixation should be done at par with regular basis
promotions.
When the issue was taken by the Circle Union,
Rajasthan Circle, the same was refered to Directorate
to accord clarification vide its letter dt. 07.11.07.
Further more, the adhoc promotions in HSG I
accorded earlier as per the Directorate orders may
also be regularised at once in anticipation of finalisation
of the revised recruitment rules for HSG I. The officials
retiring during the period have been denied of their due
pensionary benefits.
It is therefore requested to cause appropriate
orders at the earliest.
Letter No.: P/2-5/Foreign Post Delhi Dated-10.04.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Arbitary compulsion of holding bank
accounts & ATM cards for disbursement of salary
Case of Foreign post Delhi.
Despite crystal clear orders from the Ministry
of Finance vide its letter no. 1 (1)/2005/TA/42-45 dt.
24.01.06 that salaries of the Govt. employees be
allowed to be drawn and paid in cash, if demanded,
irrespective, of their scale or grade, the Foreign Post
administration of Delhi circle is insisting all the staff to
produce bank accounts and also to take ATM cards
for disbursement of salary.
This will tantamount to the denial of rights to
the employees as envisaged in the MOF orders cited
in para supra and against to the orders of the Govt.
It is therefore requested to cause appropriate
instructions to Foreign Post administration to drop the
move and allow the officials to draw their salary as per
their decision.
A line in reply about the action taken is highly
solicited.
Letter No.: P/2-5/Foreign Post Delhi Dated- 10.04.2008
addressed to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Complaint against HSG I supervisor,
Foreign Post Delhi - reg.
The copy of the representation signed by eighty
nine officials working in Foreign Post, Delhi requesting
to take appropriate action against the HSG I Supervisor
who is misbehaving with all the staff regularly since
his joining is enclosed herewith for appropriate enquiry
and action.
The representation itself is self explanatory and
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exhaustive. It is further told that there are many
malpractices existing in window delivery of Foreign
articles which is actually prohibited in Foreign Post.
This has to be enquired and curbed.
It is requested to cause enquiry and set right
matters at the earliest.
Letter No.: P/216/Bhubaneswar Dated- 10.04.2008
addressed to the Sri I.M.G. Khan, Secretary,
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi -
110001
l Alleged Misbehaviour of Dr. Bijaya
Prasannna Panda, Medical officer, Postal
Dispensary, Bhabaneswar & Cuttack - request
immediate action.
The joint memorandum submitted by the
coordination committee of Postal employees,
Bhubaneswar alleging about the misbehaviour of the
Medial Officer, Postal Dispensary, Bhubaneswar is
enclosed herewith for appropriate action.
The memorandum itself is exhaustive. The entire
staff of Bhubaneswar and all the associations are
agitating and demanding to take appropriate action
against the Medical Officer who is misbehaving with
all the patients.
It is requested to take appropriate action and
ensure peace and amity at Bhubaneswar.
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated- 10.04.2008 addressed
to the Sri. Kamalesh Chandra, DDG (P), Department
of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
l Filling up of HSG I Posts on adhoc basis
with the officials regularly promoted to HSG II-
reg.
It is brought to our notice that the Chief PMG,
Tamilnadu circle has informed the Circle Union that
HSG I promotion on adhoc basis was ordered to eligible
HSG II officials as per Directorate orders dt. 20.11.06
as a one time measure only and the Directorate has
further clarified that the vacancies arisen after the issue
of instructions dated 20.11.06 cannot be filled up as
per the said instructions.
In fact, there are many vacant HSG I Posts and
also HSG II officials without required minimum service
of three years are available in Tamilnadu Circle.
If the spirit of 20.11.06 orders is extended
further, several HSG II officials will get their chance to
work in HSG I before their retirement.
It is requested to consider the same and accord
orders early.
Letter No.: P/2-17/Punjab Circle Dated- 11.04.2008
addressed to the Chief PMG, Punjab Circle,
Chandigarh.
l Recognition of Circle Union C/o Punjab
Circle - regarding.
22 MAY, 2008
 It is brought to our notice that the election of
Sri Gurnam Singh as Circle Secretary in the Circle
Council meeting held on 24.02.07 at Chandigarh has
not been approved so far by the Circle administration
and the Trade Union facilities have been with held for
the Circle Union.
According to our Union constitution, under
Article 33 (i), the president shall nominate one of the
Asst. circle Secretaries to officiate as Circle
Secretary in the event of any vacancy arisen in
between two circle conferences. Accordingly Sri
Gurnam Singh has been nominated and he held the
Circle council for filling up the vacancy of Circle
Secretary on 24.02.08 in which he has been elected
as Circle Secretary.
The Central Head Quarter has also deputed our
Asst. Treasurer to the Circle Council as observer and
the election was held democratically.
Placement of Group D in PB-1
As mentioned in para 3.7.9(i) of the Report, all Group
D employees possessing prescribed qualifications
shall be placed in the PB-I pay band of Rs. 4860-
20,200 along with grade pay of Rs. 1800 with effect
from 1.1.2006. Other Group D employees not
possessing prescribed qualifications shall be retrained
and after retraining they shall also be placed in the
PB-I pay band along with grade pay of Rs. 1800 with
effect from 1.1.2006. Arrears shall be payable in both
the cases with effect from 1.1.2006. Further, retraining
should preferably be completed with in a short period,
say 6 months also, so that fixation in pay band PB-I
and payment arrears of salary is not unduly delayed.
K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE
IDEAL OR IDOL
To keep the staff requirement at minimum, only
multi-skilled functionaries were taken and no Group D
staff employed. The Members and the officials of the
Commission were not provided individual secretarial
assistance or peons. Although 48 posts were
sanctioned, the Commission filled only 17 posts. This
has to be viewed Vis-à-vis the strength of earlier Pay
Commissions where the Fifth CPC had a total
sanctioned strength of 141 posts(out of which 135 post
were filled) AND THE fourth CPC had 209 posts. The
Commission was able to achieve its target with a very
small staff complement because the work processes
in the Commission were reoriented to have a result-
oriented approach with emphasis on output rather than
processes. Due to these work practices, the
Commission was able to complete its work utilizing
less than 60% of the allocated budget. In the
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It is therefore requested to accord recognition
to the Circle Union and restore trade Union facilities
immediate.
Letter No.: P/4-1/Staff Dated- 11.04.2008 addressed
to the Ms. Radhika Doraisamy, Member (P),
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi -
110001
l Filling up of vacant Posts of Inspector Post
Offices with surplus qualified candidates.
After this declaration of result of Inspector Post
Office for the year 2007, some One hundred twenty
two posts of Inspector Posts are lying vacant at
Present. These posts are requested to be filled up
immediately from the surplus qualified IPO candidates
available.
It is requested to expedite the process and
accord IPO promotions to the qualified officials at the
earliest.
commission's opinion, a similar policy needs to be
adopted in all Government offices, which would
increase efficiency and improve the end user
satisfaction.
HOLISTIC OR WHOLE SICK?
By incorporating systemic changes in the
existing procedure of appointments, efforts have
been made to ensure a young and dynamic
bureaucracy, with a result oriented approach,
where the best persons available are selected for
bolding specific posts. While proposing these
changes, the Commission has also kept in view
the capacity of the Government to pay and the
principle that every rupee pent on allowances,
facilities and salaries of Government employees
has to translate into a specific measure for public
good. The Commission, at the very outset, would
like to underline the fact that this Report is a holistic
document and has to be treated as an organic
whole since all the major recommendations
contained therein are inextricably inter-twined.
Accordingly, any modification in the scheme of
recommendation can severely affect the outcome
this Report sets out to achieve. The Government,
therefore, Would recommendations contained in
the Report as a package.
We Share your grief Com. Ramani
Com. Amiya, Brother of Com. Ramnikanth
Bhattacharya, Vice President CHQ and Circle
Secretary, North East met with road accident and
died on 27.03.08 at Guwahati. We pay our heartfelt
condolences to the braved family and Com. Ramani.
MAY, 2008
 MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Introduction
7.6.1 Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology has three departments under its control,
namely,
i) Department of Telecommunications
ii) Department of Posts
iii) Department of Information Technology
7.6.2 Each of the three departments is headed by a
Secretary. Department of Telecommunication has
Telecom Commission headed by Secretary,
Telecommunication at its apex. Department of
Posts has Postal Services Board comprising
Secretary (Post) as its Chairman and three Members
in the grade of Rs.24050-26000.
Organizational structure
7.6.3 Number of posts in various grades in the Ministry
is as under:-
Group Sactioned Strength In Postion
A 4840 4201
B 10637 8121
C 220652 185281
D 50742 42485
Total 286871 240088
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
Assistant Superintendent Post Office (ASPOs)
7.6.7 Upgradation for the post of Assistant
Superintendent Post Office (ASPOs) on par with
Assistant Director (Marketing), who is in the pay scale
of Rs.7500-12000, has been demanded. The
Commission has addressed this demand in para
7.6.14.
Artisans
7.6.8 Restructuring of the category of Artisans in Mail
Motor Service has been demanded. It is observed that
Technical Supervisors are diploma holders in
automobiles and are in the pay scale of Rs.4500-7000.
Their entry post of Artisan Grade II is in the pay scale
of Rs.4000-6000 which is identical to that of Artisan
Grade I eventhough the latter is a feeder post for
promotion to the former. Technical Supervisors being
diploma holders need to be extended the higher scale
of Rs.5000-8000. On account of restructuring of pay
structure, the post will be placed in the revised pay
band PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of
Rs.4200 corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale
of Rs.6500-10500. Artisans Grade I will then be
upgraded to the pay scale of Rs.4500-7000
corresponding to the revised pay band PB-1 of
Rs.4860-20200 along with grade pay of Rs.2800. This
revised structure will remove all the present problems
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in the hierarchical structure. The post of Charge hand
that is presently in the pay scale of Rs.4500-7000
shall be merged with that of Artisan Grade I in the
same pay scale corresponding to revised pay band
PB-1 of Rs.4860-20200 along with grade pay of
Rs.2800.
Assistant Director (Recruitment)
7.6.9 Higher pay scale has been demanded for the
post of Assistant Director (Recruitment). The post is
presently in the pay scale of Rs.6500-10500. The pay
scales of Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500 are being
merged in the restructuring of pay scales being
recommended by the Commission. The post shall,
accordingly, be placed in the next higher pay band
PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with a grade pay of
Rs.4600 that corresponds to the existing pay scale of
Rs.7450-11500.
Medical store keepers and Laboratory
Technicians
7.6.10 Higher pay scales have been sought for the
categories of Medical Store Keepers and Laboratory
Technicians in Postal Dispensaries. The Commission
has considered these categories in
Chapter 3.8. The recommendations made therein shall
be extended to these categories as well.
Statistical Assistant
7.6.11 Higher pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 has been
sought for one post of Statistical Assistant. The scales
of Rs. 5000-8000, Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500
are being merged. No further upgradation is functionally
justified. The post shall, accordingly, be placed in the
corresponding revised pay band and grade pay.
Indian Postal Service Group A
7.6.12 Various demands have been raised by officers
belonging to Indian Postal Service Group A and Postal
Service Group B. Issues relating to officers of organized
Group A service are discussed in Chapter 3.3 of the
Report. No separate recommendations are necessary
in this Chapter.
Indian Postal Service Group B
7.6.13 Better promotional prospects have been
demanded by Postal Officers Group B. An integrated
pay structure for the posts in JTS and STS has also
been sought. The Commission has recommended
running pay bands and percentage increments. This
will ensure continued progression as well as an
increase in the amount of increment available every
year. This, along with the Modified Assured Career
Progression being recommended by the Commission,
will effectively alleviate all stagnation. In the scheme
of running pay bands, one single pay band PB-3 of
24 MAY, 2008
Rs.15600-39100 has been proposed for the posts from
Junior Time Scale to the Senior Administrative Grade
which will also include the posts in Senior Time Scale.
Postal officers of Accounts Division have demanded
higher pay bands on par with Central Secretariat
Service. The issues relating to organized accounts
cadre are discussed in Chapter 7.56 of the Report
concerning Indian Audit and Account Department.
Recommendations made therein shall apply to the all
organized accounts cadres including the one existing
in Department of Posts. No separate recommendations
are, therefore, necessary.
Inspector (Posts)
7.6.14 Postal Inspectors in Department of Posts have
demanded a higher pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 on
par with Inspectors and analogous posts in CBDT/
CBEC as well as Assistants of Central Secretariat
Service (CSS) on the ground that they are recruited
through the same examination. The Commission is
recommending the merger of pre-revised pay scales
of Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500- 10500 which will
automatically bring Inspector (Posts) on par with
Assistants in CSS/Inspectors and analogous posts
in CBDT and CBEC. With this upgradation, Inspector
(Posts) shall come to lie in an identical pay scale as
that of their promotion post of Assistant Superintendent
(Posts) [ASPOs]. ASPOs shall, accordingly, be
placed in the next higher pay scale of Rs.7450-11500
corresponding to the revised pay band PB-2 of
Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4600. The
next higher post in the hierarchy, that of Superintendent
(Post), which is also a promotion post for ASPOs,
shall be placed in the pay scale of Rs.7500-12000
corresponding to the revised pay band PB-2 of
Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4800. Parity
exists between the posts of Inspector (Posts) and
Inspectors in Mail Motor Service (MMS). This parity
would need to be maintained and Assistant Manager,
Mail Motor Service shall be placed in the higher grade
of Rs.7450-11500 whose corresponding replacement
pay band and grade pay is PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800
along with a grade pay of Rs.4600. Similarly, Manager,
Mail Motor Service shall be placed in PB-2 pay band
of Rs.8700-34800 along with a grade pay of Rs.4800
which corresponds to the pre-revised pay scale of
Rs.7500-12000.
Lower Selection Grade, Higher Selection Grade
II & I
7.6.15 Higher pay scales have been sought for LSG
(Lower Selection Grade), HSG-II (Higher Selection
Grade) and HSG-I officers. No anomaly exists in the
present pay structure of these posts. However, on
account of the proposed restructuring of pay bands, a
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higher grade would need to be extended to HSG-I.
The post of HSG-I should, therefore, be placed in the
revised pay band PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with
grade pay of Rs.4600 corresponding to the pre-revised
pay scale of Rs.7450-11500. The other posts shall be
extended only the corresponding replacement
pay band and grade pay.
Dispensaries in Department of Posts
7.6.16 Department of Posts presently runs
departmental Dispensaries in some cities and towns.
The employees of postal department posted in these
cities are not eligible for CGHS facilities. Demands
have been received that these employees should also
be given the option for being covered under the CGHS,
particularly after they have retired. The issue was
discussed with Department of Posts which has stated
that a proposal was sent to Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare for merging these Dispensaries with
CGHS, but no action has been taken so far. There is
strong merit in the proposal made by the Department.
The Commission, therefore, recommends that all the
Dispensaries presently being run in Department of
Posts should immediately be merged with CGHS and
all postal employees be covered under the CGHS
scheme, wherever available. This facility should also
be extended to the retired postal employees.
Postman and Mail Guard
7.6.17 Historical parity has existed between the post
of Constable in CPOs and the analogous post of Mail
Guard in Railway Mail Service and Postman in
Department of Posts. The Commission has
recommended that all the Constable in CPOs shall
be placed in the revised PB - I of Rs.4860-20200 along
with grade pay of Rs.2000. The in Department of Posts
and the analogous post of Mail Guard in Railway Mail
Service should also be similarly upgraded and placed
in the pay scale of Rs.3200-4900 corresponding to
the revised pay band PB-1 of Rs.4860-20200 along
with grade pay of Rs.2000.
Translation officer (French)
7.6.18 Post of Translation Officer (French) exists in
the scale of Rs.6500-10500. It is an isolated post.
Higher scale of Rs.8000-13500 has been demanded
for the post. The minimum qualification, prescribed for
the post includes a Post Graduate degree. The post
is, therefore, similar to that of PGTs, who are proposed
to the upgraded to Rs.7500-12000. A similar
dispensation may be needed in this case also. It is,
therefore, recommended that the post be placed in
the scale of Rs.7500-1200 Corresponding to the revised
pay band PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade
pay of Rs.4800.
(Contd. on page 29)
MAY, 2008
 Consolidated Statement of Income & Expenditure w.e.f. 01-10-2007 to 31-03-2008
(Subject to Audit)
Balances on 30-09-2007 = 4973833.51 Conveyance 13960
Receipts TA/DA 82666
Oct-07 = 93834.00 HQ Allowance 12500
Nov-07 = 66767.00 Bonus 4523
Dec-07 = 88743.00 2. Pay & allowance - Dy.GS = 7438.00
Jan-08 = 111115.00 Pay NIL
Feb-08 = 88697.00 Conveyance NIL
Mar-08 = 197206.00 TA/DA 3941
Total = 646362.00 + = 646362.00 Bonus 3497
Interest of SB Accounts (as per pass books) 3. TA/DA - Office bearers = 20423.00
= 18055.74 4. Federal Council Expenses = 114539.00
GrossTotal = 5638251.25 5. Pay - Staff = 95920.00
Less Expenditure Office Asstt. 32504
Oct-07 = 256058.30 Record Clerk 27357
Nov-07 = 110807.00 Peon 23941
Dec-07 = 131060.00 Sweeper 1500
Jan-08 = 122334.00 Bonus 10618
Feb-08 = 111836.00 6. Bhartiya Post = 161979.00
Mar-08 = 111033.50 7. Office maintenance = 8142.00
Total = 843128.80 - 843128.80 8. Phone bills = 10682.00
Balances on 31-03-2008 4795122.45 9. Mobile phone bills = 36446.00
Details of Balances as on 31-03-2008 10. Elec/Water Charges = 9671.00
SB A/C Syndicate Bank = 948393.20 11. Conveyance - ATR = 9000.00
FD A/C Syndicate Bank = 3800000.00 12. Conveyance - Staff = 3846.00
Cash in Hand = 11652.25 13. Postage Charges = 42523.00
Cheque in Transit = 48641.00 14. Stationary Charges = 3135.50
Total Balance = 4808686.45 15. Sumptuary = 12005.00
Issues changes to be cleared -13564.00 16. Photostat = 13915.00
NET BALANCE 4795122.45 17. Newspaper = 1362.00
Balace: Forty seven lakh ninty five thousand one 18. MR Claim - GS = 14365.30
hundred twenty two and paisa forty five only 19. Fax Charges = 524.00
Sd/- Sd/ 20. Court Expenses = 410.00
Treasurer General Secretary 21. Gifts = 3577.00
Headwise details of Income 22. Agitation Expenses = 280.00
w.e.f. 01-10-2007 to 31-03-2008 23. Computer Expenses = 4660.00
(Subject to Audit) 24. Strike Tour - TA /DA to
Quota to CHQ = 483375 CHQ Office Bearers = 8439.00
Quota to NFPE = 12322 25. Ticket Cancellation = 785.00
B.Post = 83380 26. Social Security
Donations = 693 Contribution to Staff = 3500.00
NFPE Reception committee = 9978 27. Tarapada Bhawan Renavocation = 12597.00
Publication Sale = 46614 28. Transferred to BSNL Union = 500.00
Advt.Charges Recd. = 10000 29. Refund of quota to NFPE = 18485.00
Total Receipts 646362 30. Office Renovation = 1856.00
Rupees Six lakh forty six thousand three hundred 31. D. D Charges = 137.00
sixty two only 32. Advance paid to Choultry
Headwise details of Expenditure for CWC = 8200.00
w.e.f. 01-10-2007 to 31-03-2008 33. Cost of Reference Books = 1091.00
(Subject to Audit) Total = 843128.80
1. Pay & allowance - G/Secy = 212696.00 Sd/- Sd/
Pay 99047 Treasurer General Secretary
BHARTIYA POST 26 MAY, 2008
 POST OFFICE SCHEMES LOSE SHEEN
Common investors seem to be fast discarding
the traditional post office savings schemes - which
once were the popular mode of parking funds,
especially for the middle class.
A whopping Rs. 113505 crore has been
withdrawn from the schemes as on January 2008.
The small savings schemes have seen a negative
growth, with Rs. 10,230.06 crore more withdrawals
over deposits into such schemes in the last year.
Though the figures of February and march are yet to
be compiled, it is expected that the downfall will
continue and the deficit may widen. These figures
exclude the collections in public provident fund (PPF)
and senior citizen schemes through banks. These
two schemes are available through banks apart from
post offices. Collections from banks may show the
same trend too, feel experts.
A negative growth in these schemes will lead
to a corresponding deficit in the national social
security fund (NSSF), a corpus of over Rs. 600000
crore. The NSSF is used to lend long-term loans to
state governments, which use the money for
development projects.
The post office schemes, which in includes
savings plans such as national savings schemes,
post office recurring deposits, monthly investment
NFPE RECOGNISED
Sub.: Recognition of National Federation of
Postal Employees and Federation of National
Postal Organisations in the Department of Posts.
The undersigned is directed to convey the
approval of the Compentent Authority to the
recognition of federations namely : (i) National
Federation of Postal Employees; and (ii) Federation
ofNational Postal Orgtanisations, in the Department
of Posts, in terms of instructions contained in
O.M.No.2/14/98-JCA dated 3rd July 2002 of the
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pension, Department of Personnel and Training. The
recognition so granted to the both the federations is
on provisional basis subject to review after June 2008,
when the results of the next verification process,
necessary action for which has already been initiated,
become available. Further, the recognition of NFPE
will eb subject to the final outcome of the W.P. No.
3299/07 pending before High court of judicature at
Jodhpur.
2. The federations granted recognition vide this
Office Order will please note that it is subject to
BHARTIYA POST 27
scheme and so on, are managed through the Nagpur
headquartered National Savings Institute (NSI).
It is for the first time in the recent post that
withdrawals are more than the deposits, leading to a
negative growth, say sources. The last time it
happened was just before the Harshad Mehta
securites scam in 1992, when the stock market was
at its zenith.
Though the collections have been falling
since 2006, a negative growth was seen only in
2007. The gross collections as on January 2008
stand at Rs 103275 crore as against RS. 125557.41
crore during the same period last year, registering
a negative growth of 17.75 per cent. There is a
withdrawal of at least Rs. 1000 crore in each month,
say sources.
The negative growth is being attributed to a
host of factors - low interest returns being the
foremost. It is for this reason that the tax sops offered
in post office term deposits and senior citizen
schemes do not help attract fresh investment. The
average returns on the scheme range from 7.5 to 8%,
whereas banks offer around 10 per cent. With inflation
at around 6.68%, real returns are always more in bank
schemes.
Times of India Dated- 11.04.2008
furlfillment of all terms and conditions contained in O.M.
dated 3.7.2002 ibid and the observations of the
Department of Personnel & Training conveyed vide
Department's letter No.6-2/2002-SR (Vol-II) dated 24-
04-2007, liable to be withdrawn any time if the above
guidelines are not satisfied.
This issues with app[roval of Secretary (Posts).
Sd/-
(Subhash Chander)
Director (SR & Legal)
Measurement The Quantum Rise
The Commission is the first Central Pay
Commission to be constituted in this century of rapid
technological advances and after coming into force
of the Right To Information (RTI) and Fiscal
Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM)
Acts. The Government machinery has to learn to
adapt to these changes and to leverage knowledge
and technology for better performance under stricter
fiscal discipline and better delivery mechanisms. The
Terms of Reference of the Commission suitably reflect
this changed imperative.
MAY, 2008
 FIXATION OF GROUP 'C' EMPLOYEES IN THE REVISED PAY BAND
AS RECOMMENEDED BY 6TH PAY COMMISSION
Pre-revised scale (S - 7) Revised Pay Band PB-1 + 6625 11530 2800 14330
Rs.4000-100-6000 Grade Pay 6750 11750 2800 14550
Rs.4860-20200 + Rs.2400 6875 11970 2800 14770
Basic Pay Revised pay Grade Pay Total Pay 7000 12180 2800 14980
in the Pre- in the Pre-revised scale (S - 9) Revised Pay band PB-2 +
revised running Rs.5000-150-8000 Grade Pay
Scale pay band Rs. 8700-34800 + Rs. 4200
4000 6960 2400 9360 Basic Pay Revised pay Grade Pay Total Pay
4100 7140 2400 9540 in the Pre- in the
4200 7310 2400 9710 revised running
4300 7490 2400 9890 Scale pay band
4400 7660 2400 10060 5000 8700 4200 12900
4500 7830 2400 10230 5150 8970 4200 13170
4600 8010 2400 10410 5300 9230 4200 13430
4700 8180 2400 10580 5450 9490 4200 13690
4800 8360 2400 10760 5600 9750 4200 13950
4900 8530 2400 10930 5750 10010 4200 14210
5000 8700 2400 11100 5900 10270 4200 14470
5100 8880 2400 11280 6050 10530 4200 14730
5200 9050 2400 11450 6200 10790 4200 14990
5300 9230 2400 11630 6350 11050 4200 15250
5400 9400 2400 11800 6500 11310 4200 15510
5500 9570 2400 11970 6650 11580 4200 15780
5600 9750 2400 12150 6800 11840 4200 16040
5700 9920 2400 12320 6950 12100 4200 16300
5800 10100 2400 12500 7100 12360 4200 16560
5900 10270 2400 12670 7250 12620 4200 16820
6000 10440 2400 12840 7400 12880 4200 17080
Pre-revised scale (S-8) Revised Pay Band PB-1 + 7550 13140 4200 17340
Rs. 4500-125-7000 Grade Pay 7700 13400 4200 17600
Rs. 4860-20200 + 2800 7850 13660 4200 17860
8000 13920 4200 18120
Basic Pay Revised pay Grade Pay Total Pay
in the Pre- in the Pre-revised Scale (S - 10) Revised Pay Band PB-2 +
revised running Rs. 5500-175-9000 Grade Pay
Scale pay band Rs.8700-34800 + Rs.4200
4500 7830 2800 10630 Basic Pay Revised pay Grade Pay Total Pay
4625 8050 2800 10850 in the Pre- in the
4750 8270 2800 11070 revised running
4875 8490 2800 11290 Scale pay band
5000 8700 2800 11500 5500 9570 4200 13770
5125 8920 2800 11720 5675 9880 4200 14080
5250 9140 2800 11940 5850 10180 4200 14380
5375 9360 2800 12160 6025 10490 4200 14690
5500 9570 2800 12370 6200 10790 4200 14990
5625 9790 2800 12590 6375 11100 4200 15300
5750 10010 2800 12810 6550 11400 4200 15600
5875 10230 2800 13030 6725 11710 4200 15910
6000 10440 2800 13240 6900 12010 4200 16210
6125 10660 2800 13460 7075 12320 4200 16520
6250 10880 2800 13680 7250 12620 4200 16820
6375 11100 2800 13900 7425 12920 4200 17120
6500 11310 2800 14110 7600 13230 4200 17430

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 7775 13530 4200 17730 8125 14140 4600 18740
7950 13840 4200 18040 8350 14530 4600 19130
8125 14140 4200 18340 8575 14930 4600 19530
8300 14450 4200 18650 8800 15320 4600 19920
8475 14750 4200 18950 9025 15710 4600 20310
8650 15060 4200 19260 9250 16100 4600 20700
8825 15360 4200 19560 9475 16490 4600 21090
9000 15660 4200 19860 9700 16880 4600 21480
Pre-revised Scale (S - 11) Revised Pay Band PB-2 + 9925 17270 4600 21870
Rs.6500-200-6900 Grade Pay 10150 17670 4600 22270
Rs.8700-34800 + Rs.4200 10375 18060 4600 22660
Basic Pay Revised pay Grade Pay Total Pay 10600 18450 4600 23050
in the Pre- in the 10825 18840 4600 23440
revised running 11050 19230 4600 23830
Scale pay band 11275 19620 4600 24220
6500 11310 4200 15510 11500 20010 4600 24610
6700 11660 4200 15860
6900 12010 4200 16210
Pre-revised scale (S - 12) Revised Pay Band PB-2 +
Rs.6500-200-10500 Grade Pay
Rs.8700-34800 + Rs.4200 (K.V.Sridharan)
Basic Pay Revised pay Grade Pay Total Pay General Secretary
in the Pre- in the
(Contd. from page 25)
revised running
Scale pay band Post Office & Railway Motor Service (PO & RMS)
6500 11310 4200 15510 Accountants Cadre
6700 11660 4200 15860 7.6.19 Accountants of this cadre have demanded parity
6900 12010 4200 16210 with organised Accounts cadres. No functional
7100 12360 4200 16560 justification exists for the same. The parity with
7300 12710 4200 16910
organized Accounts cadres is, therefore, not
7500 13050 4200 17250
recommended. The special allowance of Rs.180
7700 13400 4200 17600
7900 13750 4200 17950
presently given to them may be doubled.
8100 14100 4200 18300 Sports Inspectors
8300 14450 4200 18650 7.6.20 Post of Sports Inspectors exists in the scale of
8500 14790 4200 18990 Rs.4500-7000. They have demanded parity with
8700 15140 4200 19340 Inspectors of Post Offices and RMS who have been
8900 15490 4200 19690 given the scale of Rs.5500-9000. No anomaly exists in
9100 15840 4200 20040 their pay scales. Their cadre is not similar to that of
9300 16190 4200 20390 Inspectors of Post Office & RMS, either functionally or
9500 16530 4200 20730 as per the hierarchical structure. Only replacement pay
9700 16880 4200 21080 band and grde pay may, therefore, be extended in their
9900 17230 4200 21430 case. Further, Department of Posts should look into
10100 17580 4200 21780 the continued necessity of continuing with these posts.
10300 17930 4200 22130
System Administrators & Marketing Executives
10500 18270 4200 22470
7.6.21 Postal Assistants assigned the jobs of System
Pre-revised Scale (S - 13) Revised Pay Band PB-2 +
Administrators & Marketing Executives have
Rs.7450-225-11500 Grade Pay
demanded creation of a new cadre with higher pay
Rs.8700-34800 + Rs.4600
Basic Pay Revised pay Grade Pay Total Pay
scales. Creation of a new cadre I their case is not
in the Pre- in the functionally justified. The Commission, in any case,
revised running is not looking into demands relating to individual cadre
Scale pay band reviews. Status-quo may, therefore, need to be
7450 12970 4600 17570 maintained especially because the existing scenario
7675 13360 4600 17960 allows usage of available manpower for need based
7900 13750 4600 18350 multifarious functions.
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 LETTERS FROM DEPARTMENT TO CHQ
u Grant of honorarium for calculation of
interest for RD premature closure.
Ref.: Your letter no. P/4-4/Honorarium dated
02.01.2008 addressed to DDG(FS)
The undersigned is directed to say that in single
handed offices since there is no separate supervgisor,
rate of honorarium prescribed for PA. As regards
revision of rate of honorarium, this is not under
consideration at present and will be considered in due
course.
This issues with the approval of DDG(FS)
(Letter No.113-1/2004-SB Dated 18-03-2008)
u Alleged burglary at Hingoli MDG PO-
Murdering Night Watchman Sri B.G. Mathapathi
- non settlement of dues-reg.
I am directed to refer to your letter No. P/2-13/
Parabhani dated 29-12-2007 on the above mentioned
subject.
2. The matter has been exdamined in consultation
with Circle Office. As reported, the proposal for grant
of Ex-gratia lum sum compensation has already been
approved by the CPMG and concurred in by the Circle
IFA. As regards grant of financial Assistance, in
accordance with the instructions contained in
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Department's Orders No. 1-3/99-WL/SPT dated
1.6.2000 from Welfare, the case has been approved
by Chief PMG and sanctions will be issued.
3. The question of grant of extra ordinary pension
to the family of he deceased is under examination.
(Letter No.16-40/2007-SR Dated 27-03-2008)
u Alleged arbitrary closure of post offices in
Punjab Circle-regarding.
I am directed to refer to your letter No.P/2-17/
Cle dated 31.07.2007 on the above mentioned subject.
2. The matter has been examined in consulation
with the Circle Office. As reported, the merger/
relocation of post offices has been undertaken in
accordance with the policy which prescribes that the
post offices which are either loss making or even
running in profit, can be closed down in one area and
relocated to outlying urban areas/conglomerations/
labour settlements. This exercise is not only about
relocating of post offices but also about consolidation
of post offices. The PMG Punjab Region has merged
the post office with the nearest post offices as per
prescribed norms as indicated norms as indicated in
the annexure.
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 GOVERNMENT ORDERS
 EDA(RA) Rules-1995-Re-verification of
membership for recognition of Associations-
Procedure regarding.
DG Post No. 13/01/2008-SR Dated 26.03.2008
I am directed to refer to the Department's letter
of even number dated 28.02.2008 on the above
mentioned subject and to say that following applicant
associations of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDSs) have been
found provisionally eligible for participation in the
process of re-verification.
1. All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees
Union.
2. National Union of Gramin Dak Sewaks.
3. Bharatiya Extra Departmental Employees Union.
2. The dates, forms and procedure regarding
vericfication of membership interralia including revovery
of subscription from the pay rolls of the members in
favour of the above mentioned associations will be
same as prescribed for Service Associations of
departmental employees and circulated vide
Department's letter No.13/04/2007-SR Dated
26.03.2008. However, in case of GDSs, separate letter
of authourization(Annexure II) will be used, a copy of
which is enciosed.
3. The compilation of information and submission
of reports regarding re-verification of GDS's
Associations will be done and communicated buy
DDO to Circle Office and by the Circle Office to the
Directorate separately on the pattern of Annexure-IV
of letter No.13/04/2007-SR Dated 26.03.2008.
Review of conditions imposed on filling up of GDS
posts.
DG Posts. No.17-103/2007-GDS Dated 24.12.2007
Establishment Division and Planning Division of the
Directorate had issued some instructions in the years
2002/2003/2001 where by certain conditions were
imposed in making recruitment in the GDS cadre. The
references of these orders which are under review are
as follows:
(a) Letters No. 40-35/Xth Plan-Planning dated
14.8.2003, 23..10.2003-and 17.2.2004
(b) Letter No.25-3/2003-PE-I DATED 1.4.2003
(c) Letter No. 17-115/2001-GDS dated
21.10.2002
2. The orders issued from the Planning Division
were mainly intended to identify surplus staff in the
GDS cadre based on income/cost calculation and
thereafter redeploy them while creating new Branch
Offices. Orders issued from PE-I Section was with
the intention of making a consolidated review of al
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Branch Offices whereby on work load calculation,
manpower found surplus somewhere would be
redeployed to Branch Offices where work load wise
more staff was required.
3. A review of these orders has revealed that
implementation of these orders has resulted in
inordinate delay in filling up of vacant posts in GDS
category even where they are genuinely required to
be filled up. In fact, due to paucity of time, it has been
imp[ossible to simultaneously review all the BOs under
a Sub Office, because the only person to do the review
is the Sub-Divisional Inspector, who has other urgent
work relating to business development, investigation
of fraud cases etc. to attend to, which cannot be
postponed. Information was collected from all the
Circles about the number of GDS posts which have
remained unfilled as a result of these orders and it
has been found that as on date around 22,212 posts
are lying vacant on account of these orders. The
resultant impact on services in rural areas has led to
strong and repeated protests from the peoples
representatives etc.
4. It is therefore, decided with the approval of the
competent authority to rescind these orders issued
from Planning Section and PE-I Section of the
Directorate as referred to in (a) & (b) of the first para.
However, the order issued vide No. 17-115/2001-GDS
dated 21.10.2002, which discourages engagement of
substitutes for a long period and stipulates managing
the work of GDS vacancies by combination of posts
till such time GDS recruitment is finalized will continue
to be in force, because these orders are basically
intended to discourage the practice of managing the
posts with the help of substitutes/outsiders for a long
time thereby giving them scope to go to the Courts for
regularization.
Postal Employees on Training as on 1.1.07
are entitled for Persion under C.C.S Persion
Rules 1972
 Applicability of CCS ( Pension) Rules, 1972
in respect of those put on induction training prior
to 1.1.04 and were in receipt of stipend.
I am directed to forward herewith a copy OM
No. 38/58/06-P&PW(A) dated 5.3.08 regarding the
above mentioned subject received from Ministry of
personnel, PG & pensions, Deptt. Of Pension and
pensioners' Welfare, New Delhi for Information
guidance and necessary action.
(No.4-3/08-Pensic Dated: 27-3-2008)
OFFICE MEMORANDIUM
Applicability of CCS (pension) Rules, 1972 in
32 MAY, 2008
respect of those put on induction training prior to 1.1.04
and were in receipt of stipend.
The undersigned is directed to state that the
existing CCS (pension) Rules, 1972 are applicable to
Government Servants appointed on or before 31st
December 2003 Vide this Deportment's OM of even
NO. dated 11th October 2006, it was clarified that the
employees who were put on induction training prior to
1.1.2004 and were paid salary from that date would
be covered under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.
2. The staff side of the National Council (JCM) has
sought further clarification whether the cases of
persons who are put on induction training prior to
1.1.2004 but were in receipt of stipend would be covered
under the CCS (pension) Rules. 1972.
3. The matter has been further examined and it
now clarified that the employees who were required to
undergo departmental training relating to jobs prior to
1.1.04 before they were put on regular employment
and were in receipt of stipend during such training
would also be covered under the CCS (Pension) Rules,
1972 provided the period spent on such training was
eligible for being counted as qualifying service under
the CCs (Pension) Rules, 1972.
(No.38/58/06-P&PW(A) Dated 5th March, 2008)
 Compulsory Posting of FTP- Modified
Orders
Kindly refer to Member (personnel)'s d.o. letter
No. 6-19/2007-SPB-ll dated 07.12.2007 regarding
posting of such persons as Postmasters in LSG
delivery offices who have qualified in the Fast Track
examination in the years 2003and 2004.
2. It is gathered that the Circles have taken
necessary action in the said direction. It is, however,
understood that due to personal reasons some officials
are not in a position to move to the new place of
posting/transfer immediately. It has been decided that
the CPMsG may consider such requests received if
any, and defer the transfer on purely temporary basis
in most deserving cases only without losing sight of
the purpose for which transfers have been ordered.
(D.O.No.6-19/2007-SPB-ll Dated : 31-4- 2008)
 CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993- Re-verfication of
membership for recognition of Service
Association-Procedure regarding.
I am directed to refer to the Department's letter
of even number dated the 28th Feb, 2008 on the above
subject and to enclose a list of applicant Service
Associations provisionally eligible for participation in
the process of reverification (Annexure-l).
2. The following procedure regarding re-verfication
of membership and recovery of subscriptions for the
Associations from the Pay rolls will followed:-
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(1) a) Every employee desiring to be a member of
a service Association will give a letter of authorization
in writing, addressed to the DDO in the prescribed
Proforma (Annexure-ll) bearing the signature of Director
(SR & Legal) for deduction of subscription from his
pay. The little of authorization is to be sent through
the applicant Service Association to which the
membership is sought, so as to reach the Drawing
and Disbursing Officer concerned on or before 10th
June, 2008. Any authorization given through a non-
applicant association will be ignored. The Associations
will also submit a list of members in triplicate duly
signed by the authorized office bearer on each page
of the list.
(b) Drawing & Disbursing Officers will receive letters
of authorization along with list f members in triplicate
from the authorized office bearer referred to in (a) above
and return one list to the authorized office bearer duly
acknowledging the receipt of lists in duplicate and also
the authorization letters .Drawing &Disbursing Officers
will display one copy of each set of lists on the not ce
board from 11.06.2008 to 20.06.2008.
© In case an employee has given authorization in
favour of more than one applicant Association, it will
be treated as invalid and will not be counted for any
Association.
(c) An individual employee, whose name has been
included in more than one Associations' List exhibited
on the Notice Board, may, if he so desires, submit a
representation, to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer
by 21.06.2008. The employee concerned must
specifically indicate in the representation with
supporting material, if any, that he has given the
authorization in favour of a specific Association (name
must be given) is fake one. The drawing & Disbursing
Officer on his part will scrutinize the authorization given
by the employee and in case he finds that the
authorization was noyt genuine, he may delete his
name form the concerned list under intimation to the
concerned Association and allow it to be included in
the list the employee genulnely chooses. Trade union
facilities of such authorized office bearer who signed
the fake/fabricated/nongenuine Authorization would be
withdrawn till the next verification process. However, if
on scrutiny by the DDO both the authorizations are
found to be authentic given by the employee, both the
authorizations would be treated as invalid and the
employees concerned ould not be allowed to become
member of any Association till the next verification
process. No. representation received after 21.06.2008
will be entertained.
(2) The letters of authorization received thorough
Service Associations be grouped category/
MAY, 2008
Designation-wise and filed securely in guard files by
Drawing & Disbursing Officers. The Drawing &
Disbursing officer will note down the details of the
authorizations in a register, the formatof which is
indicated in Annexure - ll. The serial number in
Annexure lll should also be marked on the
authorization lettler placed in the guard file, duly
authenticated by the DDO concerned.
(3) (a) All the Drawing & Disbursing
Officers will start making monthly recovery from
employees who authorize such recovery out of their
pay, from the salary for the month of June 2008 payable
on 30.06.2008.
(b) Recovery of subscriptions being made in respect
of Service Associations on the basis of old
authorization will stop after May, 2008 salary (payable
on 30/31.052008) except for All India Association of
Postal Supervisors (General Line ) as in their case,
as per the directions of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court,
New Delhi in CWP No. 1827/97, status-qua is to be
maintained till the case is heard.
(3) Drawing & Disbursing Officer shall make
recovery of monthly subscription from pay in favour of
a particular Association every month.
(4) An extract from the register in duplicate will be
handed over to the Cashier for making necessary
entries in the acquittance roll (ACG 24) of the month
concerned. A suitable column in the acquittance roll
viz. "Membership/Subscription to Service Association"
may be opened to record the deductions separately.
The deduction made by the Cashier through acquittance
roll will be "Out-of -account" transactions of the
Government account.
(5) Drawing & Disbursing Officer after making the
deductions will remit the amount to the Divisional
Secretary of the concerned Association who, in turn,
will remit this amount to the All India, Circle etc. as
per the quota fixed in their respective constitutions.
There is no objection if the membership subscription
is remitted to the Circle/central body of the Association
for further distribution, provided such a provision is made
in the amount remitted should also be specified.
7) Remittance to the Association should on no
account be made by means of Service Money Orders.
(8) The amount collected by Sub/Branch Offices
at the time of disbursement of Pay & Allowances to
the staff employed in those offices and kept out-of -
account shall be sent to the head Post office in the
daily account duly entered on the back with the remarks
'List of out of account' attached. The amount should
be put in a separate cover.
(9) Drawing & Disbursing Officer shall complete the
work relating to verification and its compilation by 10th
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July, 2008 and report to the Heads of Circles with
details of the total number of persons belonging to
each of the Service Associations in the Proforma as
per Annexure-lV and display one copy of Annexure lV
on the notice board on 10th July, 2008.
(10) Drawing & Disbursing Officers will ensure that
while counting total strength in respect of a particular
category, total employees actually working and eligible
for being included in that category may be taken into
account. They should not report the total number of
sanctioned posts.
(11) The heads of Circles will send the consolidated
statement to SR Section, Department of Posts in the
Proforma at Annexure-lV by 25th July, 2008 and
display its one copy on Notice board on the same
day. The Circles will ensure that the informations in
respect of all Drawing & Disbursing Officers has been
included in the statement. The concerned Service
Associations will also be endorsed the statement
referred to above.
(12) Generally the Service Associations have a
grievance that the Drawing & Disbursing Officers
Maintain a soft comer for the Association to which
they belong (ed). The Heads of Circles will see to it
that absolute Transparency is observed in carrying out
the reverification process and it is conducted in a free
and fair manner. In case any irregularity is noticed on
the part of DDOs. A serious view in the matter be
taken and prompt action may be intitated by the
competent Disciplinary/Administrative Authorities.
Further, all Heads of JAG or above), who will be
responsible for attending to complaints and settlement
of disputes arising in carrying out the verification
process.
3. The term 'Drawing & Disbursing Officer' as
mentioned above, means only such authority in charge
of the work of drawing Pay and allowances for an
employee.
 Temporary deputation to Consulate4
General of India, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as
Assistant Haj Officer and Haj Assistant for Haj-2008/
I am directed to forward here with a copy of
Ministry of External Affairs (Haj Cell), Office
Memorandum No.M (Haj)/ 1183 dated 11.2.2008 on
the above mentioned subject and to request that the
applications of the eligible and willing officials under
your Circle complete in all respects may be sent
directly to Haj Cell, Ministry of External Affairs, Panch
Mahal, Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-
110021 after following Memorandum can also be down
loaded from Ministry of External Affairs web site.
(No.86-1/2008-SPB-ll Dated : 14-03-2008)
34 MAY, 2008