Tuesday, February 25, 2014
CADRE RESTRUCTURING OF
GROUP ‘C’ EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF
POSTS
We are exhibiting below the proposal of
the Department, regarding Cadre Restructuring along with the letter submitted by
staff side to the Department, for modification of the proposal. As on date, the
Department is not ready for any favourable modifications. We are continuing our
effort to get it modified. Meanwhile all the Circle/Divisional Secretaries and
office bearers are requested to intimate their view points on the proposal of
the Department and also regarding the modifications suggested by the staff side.
Department is ready to sign the agreement without any modification. In that case
what should be our stand?
CADRE RESTRUCTURING –
DEAPRTMENT’S PROPOSALS
The Committee constituted by the
Department on cadre restructuring of Group ‘C’ employees vide No. 25-04/2012-PE
I dated 23rd Oct 2013 held its discussions on 04th Feb
2014 at 1500 hours & on 05th Feb 2014 at 1430 hours under the
Chairmanship of Shri V. P. Singh, DDG (Personnel). The following were present:
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OFFICIAL
SIDE
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STAFF
SIDE
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1. Shri V. P. Singh, DDG (P) –
Chairman
2. Shri Alok Saxena, Secretary PSB –
Member
3. Ms. Trishaljit Sethi, DDG (E) –
Member
4. Sh. Surender Kumar, ADG (PCC) –
Member Secretary
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1. General Secretary, AIPEU Group
‘C’
2. General Secretary, NAPE Group
‘C’
3. General Secretary, AIRMS &
MMS
4. General Secretary, NU RMS & MMS
Group ‘C’
5. General Secretary, AIPEU, Postman
& MTS
6. General Secretary, NUPE, Postman
& Multi Tasking Employees
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2. The Committee had earlier met on
27th Nov.
3. The representatives of the Staff
side informed that Postal Assistant cadre officials are getting promotions in
promotional hierarchy to Grade Pay of Rs. 2800/- (PB-1) in Lower Selection Grade
at a time when they are already placed in the Grade Pays’ of Rs. 4200/- (PB-2)
or Rs. 4600/- (PB-2) on award of financial upgradation(s) under MACPS. At this,
the official side asked Staff side to furnish copies of the orders on above
lines from few Circles to corroborate the above claim. The Committee recommends
that before processing these recommendations, Establishment Division may obtain
the same from Staff Side. After discussions, the following recommendations in
respect to the cadre restructuring of Group ‘C’ employees were agreed to by the
Department.
(a) The post of SPMs in Single Handed Post Offices
and Double Handed Post Offices will be placed in the Grade Pay of Rs. 2800/- in
the Pay Band PB-I.
(b) The Post of Sub Postmasters in Triple Handed
Post offices and LSG Post Offices will be placed in the Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/-
in the Pay Band PB-II.
(c) The post of HSG-II Head Postmasters and
Sub-Postmasters will be placed in the Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- in the Pay Band
PB-II.
(d) After the implementation of the above
restructuring, the officials in the Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/-, who have completed
4 years of regular service, will be granted the Grade Pay of Rs. 4800/- in the
Pay Band-II on non-functional basis after following the usual procedure of
non-functional upgradation(s)
(e) Cadre ratio as per the agreed position
mentioned at (a) to (d) above, will be worked out and the ratio so worked out
will be replicated to the SA cadre of RMS, PA cadre of Circle &
Administrative offices as also to the PA cadre of SBCO.
(f) In the light of peculiar situation of
Postman/mail Guard cadre where the work for bulk of the cadre continues to
remain the same; as a special case the Committee recommends the ratios as worked
out in pursuance of (e) above may be considered for implementation for these
cadres as well and that the cadre so restructured may concurrently get the
benefit of MACP also. The Committee further recommends that a proposal may be
considered for submission to the 7th CPC to have a percentage based
promotion scheme for this cadre akin to the scheme of Staff Car
Drivers.
CADRE RESTRUCTURING – STAFF
SIDE
LETTER SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT
ON 05.02.2014
CADRE RESTRUCTURING
COMMITTEE
STAFF SIDE JCM DEPARTMENTAL
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT OF
POSTS
NEW DELHI –
110001
N. JCM (DC)/Cadre
Review/Staff
Side/2014 Dated -
05.02.2014
To,
Shri. V. P. Singh
DDG (P) & Chairman
Cadre Restructuring Committee for Group
‘C’
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi –
110001
Sir,
Sub: - Cadre Review of Group ‘C’
employees of Department of Posts.
Kindly recall the discussions we had
with you in the Cadre Restructuring Committee meeting held on 27.11.2013,
04.02.2014 and 05.02.2014.
While appreciating the positive
attitude taken on some of our proposals submitted to the Cadre Restructuring
Committee, we are totally disappointed and feel let down by the way in which
certain valid points raised by us has been simply brushed aside and rejected by
the Administration side in a pre-decided manner, even without examining the
merits or demerits of our suggestions. Outright and summary rejection seems
embarrassing.
We are once again constrained to submit
the following proposals and modifications for your judicious and dispassionate
consideration and acceptance, with a fervent hope that the same will receive due
consideration.
1. GENERAL LINE
POSTS:
While upgrading the existing LSG posts
(GP 2800) to HSG-II posts (GP 4200) only the LSG posts of Sub Postmasters is
taken into account. All the other posts in the LSG grade such as Asst.
Postmasters in Head Post offices and above, Asst. Sub Postmasters in certain
major sub post offices, etc. are avoided. This will result only in marginal
increase in the number of HSG II post (GP 4200) as below:
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(a)
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Total number of triple handed
Postmaster’s post to be upgraded
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3732
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(b)
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Total number of LSG posts including
Asst. Postmasters Posts
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6989
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(c)
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Total
Posts
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10721
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(d)
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Out of this LSG posts carved out for
creation of Postmasters Grade-I to be deducted
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2097
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(e)
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Remaining Posts for upgradation to HSG
II
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8624
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(f)
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Out of this LSG Asst. Postmasters and
ASPMs posts are to be deducted
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4000 (Correct figure not available with staff side, it will
be more than 4000)
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(g)
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Net posts remaining for upgradation to
HSG II (GP 4200)
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4624
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Now we are having 4892 LSG Posts in
General line (6989-2097 PM Cadre). Even after upgrading ‘A’ class Postmasters as
HSG-II (GP 4200) the number of Posts available for upgradation to HSG-II will be
less than the number available now and employees are not going to be benefited,
if only those posts are upgraded. Hence our request for upgradation of all
existing LSG posts (not only Postmasters posts) to GP 4200 along with Postmaster
posts of ‘A’ Class offices. Similarly all posts in HSG-II (other than Postmaster
Posts also) may be upgraded to 4600/-.
2. PROMOTION
CHANCES OF ACCOUNTANT QUALIFIED OFFICIALS:
At present PO & RMS exam qualified
officials are posted as Accountants. Officials working as Asst. Postmaster
(Accounts) should posses Accountant qualification. There is no separate channel
of promotion for qualified Accountants above the post of APM (Accounts). As per
the proposal of the Administration side those Asst. Postmaster posts will remain
as LSG (GP 2800) only and further those APM (Accounts) posts which are now in
HSG-II (GP 4200) will remain as HSG-II (GP 4200) without any further upgradaion.
In fact there is no upgrdation for Accounts line posts and the qualified
officials have to move out of their Accountant/Asst. Postmaster (Accounts) posts
if they want promotional upgradation, thereby the Department will be loosing the
services of qualified officials to work in Accounts Branches. Nobody will be
willing to work as Accountants and Asst. Postmaster (Accounts).
Hence it is once again requested to
upgrade all the posts of PO & RMS Accountants to LSG (GP 2800) and LSG APM
Accounts posts to HSG II (GP 4200) and at least 20% of the posts in upgraded GP
4200 may be further upgraded to HSG-I APM Accounts (GP 4600). Thus Accountant
qualified officials will have their own channel of promotion. Regarding
promotion to GP 4800/- the conditions applicable to General line officials may
be made applicable to them also.
3. POSTMASTER
CADRE:
At present norm based LSG Postmasters
posts are upgraded as Postmaster Grade-I. When LSG Postmaster posts are upgraded
to 4200 GP (HSG-II), the Postmaster Grade-I posts shall also be automatically
upgraded to the Grade Pay of 4200/-. Otherwise a glaring anomaly will arise.
Their counter parts working in general line LSG post offices will be in GP 4200
where as they will remain in GP 2800. The benefit of upgradation should be made
equally applicable to Postmaster Grade-I, Grade-II and Grade-III officials also
by suitably upgrading the posts in Postmaster Cadre.
4. SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATORS:
In the JCM Departmental Council meeting
held on 27.08.2010, JCM (DC) standing Committee dated 18.12.2012 and 23.08.2013
it was decided that the demand for creation of a separate cadre for system
Administrators will be considered by the Cadre Restructuring
Committee.
But to our dismay, surprisingly the
Department informed in the JCM Departmental Council meeting held 23.08.2013 that
creation of separate cadre is not feasible.
We are totally in disagreement with the
above stand taken by the Department. it seems that the Department has already
made up its mind not to create a separate Cadre. We are not repeating the
unstinted yeomen service done by the existing System Administrators since the
inception of computers in Postal Department by converting it from a wholly
computer illiterate department to the present fully computerised status. We have
already explained in detail all the points which justified a better treatment
for system Administrators and also for creation of a separate cadre as a
promotional cadre of qualified PA/SAs. Inspite of all our best efforts, it is
quite unfortunate that the Department is taking a totally unreasonable and
negative attitude towards the SAs and their claim for better treatment has been
mercilessly rejected.
The role of existing System
Administrators in total computerization and also in core banking Solutions must
be recognised. They are very much frustrated and the discontentment is mounting
due to the continuous exploitation of these category of officials for the last
more than ten years..
Notwithstanding our claim for creation
of a separate cadre of System Administrators (System Assistant) with GP 4200, we
request the Administration side to consider the following proposal of the staff
side:
(a) At present there is no sanctioned posts of
System Administrators and services of officials working in sanctioned posts of
Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant (PA/SA) in various offices are utilized as
System Administrators, keeping the PA/SA post vacant. The PA/SA posts already
kept vacant due to deputation as System Administrators may be redeployed and
converted as Posts for accommodating System Administrators (in the PA cadre
itself). This is suggested as matching savings. An amount of 15% special
allowance may be sanctioned to the officials who are performing the duties of
System Administrators in those redeployed post.
(b) The official working as SA may be granted
eligible promotions in the general line as and when due.
5. MARKETING
EXECUTIVES:
Notwithstanding our demand for creation
of separate posts for marketing Executives in GP 4200 we request to create
separate PA Posts for marketing Executives on redeployment and grant special
allowance to the officials working in those posts. (this is suggested as
matching savings).
6. CHANGE OF
NOMENCLATURE:
As already explained by us the present
nomenclature for supervisory post viz: - LSG, HSG-II, HSG-I does not exhibit the
nature of status of the officials holding the posts to the customers and public
and it require change.
7. SBCO
STAFF:
In the case
of SBCO Staff the following proposal is submitted.
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Present
Designation
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Proposed
Designation
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MACPs
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Proposed Scale of
Pay
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PA (SBCO)
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Auditor
(Entry Level)
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5200-20200
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GP-2800
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MACPS-I
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9300-34800
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GP-4200
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MACPS-II
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9300-34800
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GP-4600
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MACPS-III
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9300-34800
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GP-4800
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LSG (Supervisor
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Sr.
Auditor
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9300-34800
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GP-4200
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HSG-II (Sr.
Supervisor)
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Chief
Auditor
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9300-34800
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GP-4600
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HSG-I (Chief
Supervisor)
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Executive
Auditor
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9300-3480
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GP-4800
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Chief
Executive Auditor
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9300-34800
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GP-5400
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8. POSTMEN
STAFF/MAIL GUARD:
In the case of Postmen/Mail Guard Staff
as already suggested by us percentage promotion may be granted and the same may
run concurrently with MACP as in the case of staff car drivers of
MMS.
9. MULTI TASKING
STAFF:
As the nature of duties of MTS Staff in
Post offices/RMS offices is entirely different from their counterparts in other
departments of Government of India, we reiterate our request for bringing MTS
Staff also under the purview of Cadre Review.
10. MATCHING
SAVINGS:
(a) Even after the above cadre review proposals are
implemented none of the existing officials will be benefited-financially as more
number of officials are available under MACP in the Grade pay of 2800, 4200 and
4600 to work against the upgraded posts of 2800, 4200 & 4600 because of
MACP-I, II & III. At present there are 26000 MACP II officials and 12000
MACP III officials in the Department of Posts. Even after upgradation as above,
more number of officials will be getting MACP-I, II and III, much earlier than
their normal promotion to grade pay 2800, 4200 & 4600 (LSG, HSG II and
HSG-I). Hence the question of matching savings does not arise at
all.
(b) 6% posts in operative cadre and 20% posts in
supervisory cadre was reduced as a matching savings when TBOP, BCR scheme was in
force. The TBOP/BCR scheme has been scrapped on introduction of MACP scheme.
Directorate has issued orders for restoration of justified posts without 6% and
20% cut. But no posts are sanctioned or restored. The cut still remains. If at
all any matching savings is required, the above fact may be taken into account
and the posts yet to be restored may be adjusted as matching
savings.
Once again request you to consider the
above points favourably.
Yours
faithfully,
(M.
Krishnan) (Giri Raj
Singh) (R. Seethalakshmi)
General
Secretary General
Secretary General Secretary
AIPEU
Group ‘C’ AI RMS & MMS EU Gr’ ‘C’
AIPEU, Postmen & Gr ‘D’/MTS
(D.
Theagarajan) (T. N.
Rahate) (D. Kishan Rao)
General
Secretary General
Secretary General Secretary
NU RMS & MMS, Group
‘C’ NUPE, Postmen & Gr’ ‘D’/MTS NUPE, Group
‘C’
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