2013 February 20, 21 – all india two days strike

Postal joint council of action

National federation of postal employees

Federation of national postal organizations

All india postal employees union gds (nfpe)

National union of gramin dak sevaks (fnpo)

Combined campaign tour programme of all india leaders NFPE/FNPO

Sl. No.	Circle	Place & Date	Leaders attending (Comrades)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	11.02.2013 Hyderabad	NFPE	N. Gopalkrishnan Working President P-3 S.K. Humayun P-4 C.H. Koleshwa AGS R-3 A.N. Srinivas AGS-R-4 T Satyanarayana GS P/A K. Ramachandran, AGS(CHQ)- Admn. Kishan Singh , SBCO P. Pandurangarao, G/S,GDS (NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO & Sri D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO
2.	Assam	11.02.2013 Guwahati	NFPE	L.P. Saikia- Org. G/S-P-3 Ramani Bhattacharjee P-3 Moinul Huqe P-4 G. Talukdar AGS R-3 Ajit Ch. Das VP R-4 Biswajit Das C/S P/A B.C. Deka , AGS(CHQ) – Admn. Ramesh Sharma C/S (GDS) G. Acharya V/P , GDS(NFPE) G. Gohain, AG/COC
			FNPO	Sri Deepak Mukherjee, Working President, NUR ’C’
3.	Bihar	13.02.2013 Patna	NFPE	U.K. Tiwari Org. G/S P-3 S.K. Humayun P-4 S.K. Bardhan President R-3 Rajesh Kapoor AGS R-4 Gopal Krishna Sharma AGS-P/A Sohan Prasad, AGS (CHQ), Admn. N.K. Bajpai, SBCO Chandra Narayan Chaudhary, C/S –GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Kumar, Circle Secretary, P-IV
4.	Chattisgarh	14.02.2013 Raipur	NFPE	S.A. Hameed Org. G/S P-3 B.R. Kumbhkar P-4 B.P. Ganak V/P R-3 P. Suresh G/S R-4 K. Krishna Rao, Org. Secy. P/A
			FNPO	Sri Sunilkumar Pandey, Circle Secretary,NUR ’C’
5.	Delhi	15.02.2013 New Delhi	NFPE	R. Sivannarayana G/S P-3 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 P. Suresh G/S R-4 D.S. Chauhan, AGS, P/A
			FNPO	Sri O.P. Khanna, General Secretary, AIPAOA
6.	Gujarat	14.02.2013 Ahamedabad	NFPE	Mangesh Parab Working President P-3 S.T.Terryia P-4 M.P. John AGS R-3 K.L. Thadvi AGS R-4 S.K. Brahmania Asst. Fin. Secy. , P/A R.S. Dhali, AGS (CHQ) Admn. V.K. Valand, SBCO Smt. Ashaben V. Joshi, GSD(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri C.P. Nayi, President, NUPE PM & MTS
7.	Haryana	08.02.2013 Ambala	NFPE	R. Sivannarayana G/S P-3 Mahabir Singh Treasurer P-4 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 Jasbir Singh C/S , P/A Manjit Singh , Ex-GS (Admn) Rajiv , SBCO Akshaya Kumar, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
8.	Himachal Pradesh	11.02.2013 Shimla	NFPE	R. Sivannarayana G/S P-3 Jagdish Prasad Treasurer R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 K.S. Rana Sin. Secy. , P/A T.P . Sharma OS,(CHQ) Admn.
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Sharma, Circle Secretary, NUPE PM & MTS
9.	Jammu & Kashmir	06.02.2013 Jammu	NFPE	Balwinder Sings Financial Secy. P-3 Jagdish Prasad Treasurer R-3
			FNPO	Sri O.P. Khanna, General Secretary, AIPAOA
10.	Jharkhand	14.02.2013 Ranchi	NFPE	U.K. Tiwari Org. S/G P-3 B.R. Kumbhkar P-4 Anuj Kumar ATS R-3 Manoj Kumar R-4
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Singh, Circle Secretary, NUR ’C’
11.	Karnataka	08.02.2013 Bangalore	NFPE	K.V. Sridharan Ex. G/S P-3 R. Seethalaxmi P-4 P.V. Rajendran V/P R-3 K. Lakshmi Pathi VP R-4 D.K. Shivanna Woring President, P/A T. Satyanarayana, G/S P/A M.D/. Narayanmuthy OS (CHQ) Admn. B.R. Jagdeesh, AGS, GDS(NFPE) K. Kalpesh C/S GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Shivakumar, Asst Secretary General, FNPO
12.	Kerala	06.02.2013 Trivandrum	NFPE	C. P. Shobana Vice President P-3 T.K. Sivadasan P-4 P.V. Rajendran V/P R-3 P Sugesh AGS R-4 T.P. Ravindran, AGS , P/A P. Satheesh Kumar, OS(CHQ), Admn. V. Murukan, Fin. Secy. GSD(NFPE) Mohanan, SBCO Abhilesh Babu, SBCO
			FNPO	Sri P.U. Muralidharan, General Secretary, NUGDS
13.	Madhya Pradesh	13.02.2013 Bhopal	NFPE	S.A. Hameed Org. G/S P-3 R.K. Yadav P-4 B.P. Ganak V/P R-3 N R Malivya VP R-4 J.S. Rajput, V/P. , P/A S.K. Jaiswal, SBCO Vijay Kumar4 Sharma , GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Jaiswal, Circle Secretary, NAPEC
14.	Maharashtra	13.02.2013 Mumbai	NFPE	Mangesh Parab Working President P-3 I.S. Dabas G/S P-4 H.M. Gedam AGS R-3 D.M. Sonwane President R-4 B.M. Kishore, V /P..P/A U.S. Chakraborty (Admn) S.P. Kulkarni, President, SBCO
			FNPO	B.S. Kashid, Dy Secretary General, FNPO
15.	North East	12.02.2013 Shillong	NFPE	L.P. Saikia- Org. G/S-P-3 Ramani Bhattacharjee P-3 Moinul Huqe P-4 G. Talukdar AGS R-3 Ajit Ch. Das VP R-4 Biswajit Das C/S P/A B.C. Deka AGS (CHQ), Admn. G. Acharjee , GDS(NFPE) Smt. Supravapal, AGS (GDS) NFPE G. Gohain, AG/COC
			FNPO	Sri Doling, Asst Circle Secretary, NAPEC
16.	Orissa	15.02.2013 Bhubaneswar	NFPE	R.C. Mishra P-3 D.B. Mohanti P-4 R.N. Dhal AGS R-3 Dipenkar Dey AGS R-4 Nanda Kishore Das , Org. Secy. P/A S.S. Samant, OS (CHQ), Admn. Nirmal Ch. SinghWorking President, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
17.	Punjab	07.02.2013 Chandigarh	NFPE	Balwinder Sings Financial Secy. P-3 Mahabir Singh Treasurer P-4 K.P. Singh AGS R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 K.S. Deepa , C.S. , P/A Manjit Singh , Ex. GS (Admn) Baldev Raj Sharma, SBCO Avtar Singh, C/S GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
18.	Rajasthan	16.02.2013 Jaipur	NFPE	H.P. Diwakar ,P-3 Manohar Lal Sen ,P-4 Giri Raj Singh, G/S R-3 Tirath Prakash, AGS R-4 R.S. Gujar, V/P , P/A V.K. Jain, SBCO
			FNPO	Sri Muthu, Circle Secretary, AIPAOA, FNPO
19.	Tamil Nadu	09.02.2013 Chennai	NFPE	A. Veeramani AGS P:-3 Gopugovindrajan ,P-4 M.B. Sukumar ,AGS R-3 K. Rajendran , AGS R-4 Santosh Kumar, President, P/A Com. T.N. Nagrajan (Admn) S. Appanraj, SBCO R. Dhanraj Dy. GS, GDS(NFPE) KC Ramachandran AGS, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO
20.	Uttar Pradesh	14.02.2013 Lucknow	NFPE	Subhash Mishra AGS P-3 Vikram Shah P-4 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 Dinesh Chand Goutam AGS R-4 S.B. Yadav, Dy. G/S. , P/A Virendra Tewary, SBCO Promod Kumar Singh, Working President,GSD(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri. A.H. Siddiqui, General Secretary, R-IV
21.	Uttarakhand	12.02.2013	NFPE	Subhash Mishra AGS P-3 Vikram Shah P-4 R.K. Gupta R-3
			FNPO	Sri. N.K. Tyagi, Asst General Secretary, NUR ‘C’
22.	West Bengal	14.02.2013 Kolkata	NFPE	G.D. Maity AGS P-3 Subroto Banarjee P-4 S.K. Bardhan President R-3 Dipenkar Dey AGS R-4 P.K. Das Gupta, AGS, P/A S.P. Mukherjee, V.P. (NFPE) (Admn) Asit Das, SBCO Bijoy Gopal Sur, President, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Sekar Mukherji, Asst Secretary General, FNPO

Instructions:

< !--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->All General Secretaries are requested to suggest the name of their leaders for each circle and also any change in dates. Name of the same leader should not be given for the same date in another circle.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Leaders whose names are given should compulsorily attend the meeting.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->Change of dates (once finalized by Central JCA) will be allowed only if there are convincing reasons.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->Circle Secretaries of NFPE & FNPO should take initiative to arrange the joint meeting. They should consult each other and finalise the programme.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->Maximum publicity should be given to campaign programme and maximum participation of employees should be ensured.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->6. <!--[endif]-->Circle Unions / Divisional Unions should make maximum effort to make the strike a grand success. Joint campaign programmes by Circle / Divisional Union Leaders may be organized in all Circles / Divisions.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->7. <!--[endif]-->Joint Strike notice will be served on 22.01.2013 to Secretary, Department of Posts. Copy may be served to all Circle / Divisional heads also. Copy of the strike notice may be down loaded from websites of NFPE / FNPO & affiliated Unions.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->8. <!--[endif]-->All the Unions and Federations of Postal Department are participating in the 2 days strike, make the strike cent per cent.

M.Krishnan D.Theagarajan

Secretary General, NFPE Secretary General, FNPO

Name of Circle Office Bearers of AIPEU, Group C, Assam Circle

 

 

1.      President:-                                L.P.Saikia, PM,Nagaon HO

                                                Ph no. 94351 80490 / 92071 3252

2.      Vice-President:-                       Mazidur Rahman,PM, Jorhat HO

                                                            Ph no.98542 79804

3.      Vice-President:-                       Tiken Kalita, Gr-I PM, Rangia MDG

Ph no.94355 12958

4.      Vice-President:-                       Dr. Nilima Dutta Choudhury, Rehabari SO

                                                Ph no.94350  49812

5.      Circle Secretary:-                     Saifur Zaman, SPM, Gopinathnagar SO

                                                Ph no.95088 84511

6.      Asstt. C/S:-                              Mausumi Mazumder, Dibrugarh

Ph no.94353 30808

7.      Asst. C/S:-                               Bipul Kr Nath, Gr-I PM, Rehabari SO

Ph no.98545 31329

8.      Financial Secy.:-                       Bishnu Ram Rabha, SPM, Silpukhuri SO

Ph no.98549 44636

9.      Asstt. Financial Secy.:- Putul Deka, SPM Satgaon SO

Ph no.94351 98612

10.  Organising Secy.:-                    Mustaq Ahmed, Sibsagar HO

Ph no.99545 50221

11.  Organising Secy.:-                    Amarendra Roy, Dhubri HO

Ph no.94353 27707

12.  Organising Secy.:-                    Narayan Saikia, Tezpur

Ph no. 94351 85445

13.  Councilor:-                               Rantu Sarma, Sibsagar

 

14.  Councilor:-                               Joysing Das, Nagaon

Ph no. 94355 61762

 

 

 

 

VIIth Central Pay Commission

Impact of 12.12.12 strike

central trade unions also demanded

appointment of seventh pay commission

in the 2013 February budget itself

let us join the 2013 February 20, 21 two days strike and make it a grand success to compel the central govt. to announce the 7th cpc in this year budget itself

                   Central Trade Unions including BMS, intuc, aituc, hms, citu, aiutuc, tucc, aicctu, utuc, lpf & sewa has demanded the Central Govt. to appoint 7th Central Pay Commission and also to raise the income tax exemption ceiling for salaried workers to five lakhs per annum and fringe benefits like housing, medical and educational facilities should be exempted from the income tax net in totality.  The demand is raised in the joint memorandum submitted by the leaders of the above Central Trade Unions to Sri. P.Chidambaram, Hon’ble Minister of Finance Govt. of India on 03.01.2013, when they attended a meeting called by Finance Minister for pre-budget consultations.

          Relevant portion of the memorandum is reproduced below:

          “The revision of wages and various service conditions of the Government employees is already due.  Constitution of the VIIth Pay Commission be announced in this Budget”

          “Income tax exemption ceiling for the salaried persons should be raised to Rs.5 lakhs per annum and fringe benefits like housing, medical and educational facilities should be exempted from the income tax net is totality”

          

CENTRAL ZONE STUDY CAMP-VIDISHA (M.P.)

NFPE NATIONAL  FEDERATION  OF  POSTAL  EMPLOYEES CENTRAL ZONE STUDY CAMP - VIDISHA (MP) 2013 JANUARY 19, 20 (Saturday, Sunday) Venue :  JALORI GARDEN, NH-86, CIVIL LINE, VIDISHA - 46001 (MP) PROGRAMME 19-01-2013 (SATURDAY) 10.00 AM        Inauguration &      Com. S.K. Vyas Class - I                       National President, Confederation of                                                             Central Govt. Employees & Workers Subject                        “Role of Confederation in the Central Govt.                                                            Employees Movement” 2.00 PM          Class II                        Prof. K.K. Thekkedath (Mumbai)                                                            Chief Editor, “Teachers of the World” &                                                             Ex. All India   President, All India Federation                                                           of College &University Teachers                                                           Organizations (AIFUCTO) Subject :                     “Present Economic Crisis and the Role of                                                            Working Class” 5.00 PM                                              SEMINAR Subject                     “Future of India post” Inauguration               Com. M.Krishnan                                                           Secretary General, NFPE Chief Guest                Shri. Ashutosh Tripathi                                                           Chief Postmaster General, Madhya Pradesh                                                           Circle. Speeches                   Shri. D.K.S. Chauhan                                                           Postmaster General (BD) MP Circle                                                                         Com. R.N.Parashar,                                                          Asst. Secretary General, NFPE 20-01-2013 (SUNDAY) 9.00 AM         Class III                     Com. K.V.Sridharan                                                          Ex. General Secretary AIPEU, Group-C & Leader,                                                            JCM (DC) Staffside Subject                    “Service Rules & the Role of Unionists”

2.00 PM                                                   OPEN SESSION (Members other than Delegates can also participate) Subject                                               “Policy offensives and the role of                                   Postal Trad Union movement” Speeches by                                             Com. M.Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE :           Com.R. Sivannarayana, General Secretary, AIPEU Group - C (CHQ) :           Com. Ishwar Singh Dabas General Secretary, AIPEU Postmen, MSEs/Group D (CHQ) :           Com. Giriraj Singh, General Secretary,AIRMS & MMS EU Group - C,(CHQ) :           Com. P. Suresh, General Secretary, AIRMS & MMSEU MG & MTS/Gr. D (CHQ) :           Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee, General Secretary, All India Administrative Offices Employees Union (CHQ) :           Com. T. Satyanarayana, General Secretary, All India Postal Accounts Employees Association (CHQ) :           Com. P. Panduranga Rao, General Secretary, AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) CHQ. :           Com. S. Appan Raj General Secretary, AIPSBCOEA (CHQ). :           Com. S.A.Rahim, General Secretary, AICWEA (CHQ) :           Com. G. Mohan, General Secretary, All India Casual, Part-time, Contingent and Contract Workers Federation (CHQ). 5.00 PM                                               :        END

Kerela Strike

Wednesday 9 January 2013

KERALA STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS ARE ON INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 8th JANUARY 2013 AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME WITH EFFECT FROM 1st APRIL, 2013. NFPE CONGRATULATE AND SALUTE THE FIGHTING COMRADES OF KERALA. = M. KRISHNAN, SECRETARY GENERAL, NFPE.

Tuesday 8 January 2013

MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO SHRI KAPIL SIBAL, HON`BLE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS &IT BY NFPE ON 08 th JANUARY, 2013

No. NFPE/GENL/2013                                                                        Dated  07 -01-2013

To

Sri. Kapil Sibal,

Hon’ble Minister for Communications & IT,

Government of India,

New Delhi - 110 001.

Respected Sir,

Sub: Submission of memorandum - Request for grant of time for a meeting with   Hon’ble Minister (C).

This memorandum is submitted with the most fervent hope that your goodself will be condescend to intercede on our behalf to settle the following problems of the Postal and RMS employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS).

1.         (a) Grant of Civil Servant status to the Gramin Dak Sevaks and extending all  

           benefits of the departmental employees to GDS.

(b) Enhancement of Bonus ceiling to 3,500/-, Revision of cash handling norms, Full protection of monthly wages (TRCA), Introduction of Health Scheme, Removal of 50 points condition for compassionate appointments, Filling up of GDS Mailman posts.

2.         Stop abolition of about 17093 posts for the year 2005 to 2008 ordered as per Department of Posts OM No.25-12/2008-PE-1 dated 19-11-2012 and restoration of all abolished posts.

3.         Revision of wages of Casual, Part-time and contingent employees with effect from 01-01-2006.

4.         Remove the restriction of 5% imposed on compassionate appointments and grant of compassionate appointments in all eligible cases as being done in Railways.

5.         Cadre restructuring of Group-C, Postmen, Mailguard and MTS employees of Department of Posts.

6.         Revision of Overtime Allowance rates.

7.         Abnormal delay in grant of HSG-I promotion to eligible officials. An explanatory note on each issues mentioned above is also enclosed herewith as Annexure-I.

We most humbly request the Hon’ble Minister to be kind enough to grant us time for a meeting to present our views on the above items before the

Hon’ble  Minister.

Awaiting favourable response,

Yours faithfully,

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M. Krishnan,

Secretary General, NFPE.

Next Case posted on 12.03.2013

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

ERNAKULAM BENCH

TUESDAY THE 1^STDAY OF JANUARY, 2013

PRESENT

Hon’ble Dr. K. B. S. Rajan : Judicial Member

ORIGINAL APPLICATION NO. 862/2011

Postal Casual, Part-time, Contingent Workers Union : Applicants

Represented by General Secy. N. Sreekantan

Versus

Union of India, Represented by Secy. Ministry of Communication, : Respndent

Department of Posts, New Delhi & Others

Mr. Muraleedharan for Mr. TC Govindaswamy : Counsel for Applicant

Mr. A. D. Raveendra Prasad, ACGSC : Counsel for Respondent

ORDER

For redressal of the grievance of the applicant, a committee was constituted as early as 27 September 2011 and as such, this has been got adjourned on several occasions. Today, the counsel for the respondents seeks three months more time as the Committee is to be reconstituted in view of the retirement of one of the members. It is not exactly known to the Tribunal as to the stage up to which the committee has reached. As sufficient time has already expired, it is appropriate that two months and no more time is granted for the Committee to arrive at a decision and communicate the same to the applicant. Reply to the OA shall also be filed immediately after arriving at a decision, so that this can be considered accordingly.

In view of the above, the following directions are issued.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->(a) <!--[endif]-->The Committee shall decide the issue within two months from today.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->(b) <!--[endif]-->Reply shall be filed within a week thereafter on the basis of the decision of the committee.

List this case for further consideration on 12.03.2013.

A copy of this order be made available to the counsel for the parties.

Sd/-

K. B. S. Rajan

Judicial Member

Monday 7 January 2013

With profound grief it is intimated that Com. O.P. Gupta, veteran leader of P&T Trade Union movement, Ex-Secretary General, NFPTE & Ex.-General Secretary R-4 passed away on 6th January at 5 P.M. NFPE conveys its respectful homage and heartfelt condolences. RED SALUTE TO COM. O.P. GUPTA. = L.P.Saikia,President,P-lll,Assam Circle

NFPE HAS GIVEN THE CORRECT NEWS ON GDS BONUS

GDS BONUS

NFPE HAS GIVEN THE CORRECT NEWS

 

MAHADEVAIAH GROUP FLASHED THE FALSE NEWS DELIBERATELY ON 10^TH DECEMBER 2012 TO SABOTAGE THE 12^THDECEMBER 2012 STRIKE

 

MAHADEVAIAH GROUP GDS UNION HAS NOT GIVEN STRIKE NOTICE FOR 12^TH DECEMBER 2012 STRIKE

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->On 10^th December 2012 when all are actively campaigning for the success of the 12^thDecember 2012 joint strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union flashed the following news in their website -

 

“FLASH AND GLAD NEWS –BONUS FILE CLEARED BY FINANCE TODAY”

They deliberately gave publicity to this false news just to create confusion among the GDS and to sabotage the 12^th December strike.

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->After 12^th December strike NFPE put the following news in its website.

“Regarding GDS Bonus the propaganda made by Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union is totally false. Finance Ministry has not approved the proposal for raising the GDS Bonus ceiling to Rs. 3500/- but returned the file without approval.”

(This news item is still in the NFPE website and anybody can verify it.)

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->Now, after the 12^th December strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS union openly admitted that the Bonus File is not cleared by Finance, but the File was returned to Postal Directorate without approval. Now in the website of Mahadevaiah group the following lines are written.

“FINANCE MINISTRY HAS SENT THE FILE BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS FOR SOME CLARIFICATION”

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->Now let the readers and employees judge, who is right and who is wrong. Who is giving correct news and who is spreading false news. NFPE has given the correct news and Mahadevaiah group has published false news and subsequently corrected it after NFPE putting the correct news. They have lost their credibility and they are trying to cover up their ill motivated false propaganda by putting the blame on NFPE.

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->It is an admitted fact that Mahadevaiah group GDS Union has not given strike notice for the 12^th December strike. They tried their best to sabotage the 12^th December strike. Their leaders have demanded the administration to take disciplinary action against those employees who participated in the 12^th December strike. NFPE has already published one such letter in its website and anybody can read it.

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->6. <!--[endif]-->Can Mahadevaiah group GDS Union prove that they have given strike notice to the Secretary, Department of Posts, for the 12^th December strike? Can Mahadevaiah group GDS Union deny that their leaders have not written any letter to the administration to take disciplinary action against those participated in the 12^th December strike? Can Mahadevaiah group deny that the letter written to the administration by their leader published in NFPE website is a false one? No, they cannot.

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->7. <!--[endif]-->The issue of raising Bonus ceiling of GDS from 2500/- to 3500/- was an important item in the memorandum submitted by Confederation to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Finance Minister and Cabinet Secretary during the Parliament march and also in the strike charter of demands of the 12^th December 2012 strike served to the Cabinet Secretary and the Secretary, Department of Posts. Many MPs irrespective of political affiliation and also Union Cabinet Ministers have written letters to Hon’ble Prime Minister to consider the demand of the Confederation. Further both NFPE and FNPO has jointly demanded the Government to raise the bonus ceiling of GDS. The Minister of States for Communications and the Secretary, Department of Posts, has assured the JCA leaders that the case will again be forwarded to the Finance Ministry with favourable recommendations. The Secretary, Department of Posts has informed the JCA leaders that Cabinet Secretary was also appraised of the matter. The efforts made by NFPE, FNPO and Confederation and the mass-scale participation of the employees (Departmental as well as Gramin Dak Sewaks) in the 12^th December Strike has its own impact.

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->8. <!--[endif]-->The attempt of the Mahadevaiah group to project themselves as the only union for the GDS was thoroughly exposed in the 12^th December strike and more than 80% of the GDS joined the strike call given by NFPE & Confederation, inspite of the fact that Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union has not given the strike notice and has not conducted any campaign programme to make the 12^th December strike a success. More and more GDS leaders from Mahadevaiah group including All India office bearers are joining the newly formed AIPEU GDS (NFPE). In the 12^th December strike, the unity of the Departmental employees and Gramin Dak Sewaks was restored and those who are trying to divide the GDS and Departmental employees cannot continue their nefarious game any more.

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->9. <!--[endif]-->ACTUAL POSITION OF GDS BONUS

 

As already exhibited by NFPE in its website, the GDS Bonus file was not clearedby Finance Ministry but returned to Department of Posts without approval. The reason stated by Finance Ministry is as follows -

 

Up to 2006 GDS were also paid equal Bonus on pro-rata basis along with regular employees. The One-man Committee (Nataraja Murthy Committee) appointed by Government has recommended that GDS are not eligible for equal bonus with regular employees and the payment made up to 2006 was unjustified as per the commission’s recommendations. This recommendation of the Nataraja Murthy Committee was accepted by the Government and Postal Board. Accordingly it was decided not to raise the Bonus ceiling from 2500 to 3500. After that the Department of Posts has not undertaken any fresh study to justify the payment of equal Bonus (3500) to GDS. Postal Department should conduct a fresh study by another committee and submit revised proposal justifying the payment of equal bonus to GDS. Such revised proposal, if any, submitted after fresh study will be examined by the Finance Ministry and if found justified will be considered for implementation from the next financial year i.e., 2013-2014. Regarding this financial year’s Bonus Finance Ministry is not ready to reconsider it. That means the Bonus for the current financial year (2012-2013) stands rejected. This is the stand of the Finance Ministry.

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->10. <!--[endif]-->Now the Department of Posts has constituted a Committee of officers to make fresh study of the case and submit fresh proposal to the Finance Ministry for consideration and approval. The Postal Board has assured the JCA (NFPE + FNPO) that the study will be completed quickly and fresh proposal will be submitted to Ministry of Finance. Definitely the JCA will take necessary follow up action.

 

< !--[if !supportLists]-->11. <!--[endif]-->The anti-NFPE minded leaders of the Mahadevaiah group GDS Union should clearly understand that their repeated attempt to divide GDS employees and Departmental employees is not going to work any-more. GDS will stand with NFPE. NFPE will never misguide the employees, but will always stand by the truth. Please remember that

 

“You can fool all people for some time and

You can fool some people for all time,

But you can never fool all people for all time”

 

- M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE

 

OBITUARY

Pomi Kalita Patowary, W/O Com.Diganta Patowary, Secretary, P-III, local branch, Guwahati expired suddenly due to Hepatitis "A" on 01-01-2013 at 1500 hours. AIPEU, Group-C, Assam Circle conveys heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.
-  L.P.Saikia