MERGER OF POSTMASTER CADRE
SUGGESTIONS REGARDING
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
1st Floor North Avenue Post
Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
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Ref:
PF/NFPE/Postmaster Cadre Dated
– 28.02.2019
To
The Secretary
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Sub: - Merger
of Postmaster cadre – suggestions regarding.
Ref: - Your
email dated 25.02.2019.
Sir,
Apropos reference, we wish to place on record
our thanks for considering our proposal for the merger of postmaster cadre with
the general line. We wish to point out the following for your kind
consideration before issuing the orders.
1.
Before merger of postmaster cadre with the
general line a time frame may be fixed to accord promotions in the PM Grade II,
Grade III as per the relaxed service conditions to the cadre recently
circulated. In many circles, this has not been implemented.
2.
While fixing the interse seniority of the LSG
cadre, the plight of the senior officials who have passed the FTP examination
during 2003 & 2004 may be declared enbloc senior to the Postmaster cadre
officials and their seniority can be fixed considering their qualifying in the
LDCE as if postmaster cadre and the issue is pending since the abolition of the
FTP LSG scheme. If it is considered the seniors LDCE qualified will be
benefited. Since the date of qualifying the postmaster Grade I exam has been
taken for the fixation of inter se seniority, the same and similar analogy may
be applied in the case of FTP qualified officials also.
3.
It was the commitment at the time of
introduction of the Postmaster cadre that senior HSG I officials will be
provided the post of 29 Senior Postmaster after fulfilling the required service
in HSG I on the basis of seniority cum fitness. Simply brushing aside the
commitment and coming out from the scheme is arbitrary. Furthermore the
suggestion of the staff side to enhance the percentage of reservation in Group
B examination to the general line officials to the extent of 19% as assured
after the Fifth pay commission as well as at the time of introduction of 1/3rd
direct recruitment in the IPOs cadre as the part of their cadre review in the
department. At least as a onetime measure, the promotion to senior postmaster
may be accorded to the eligible candidates in HSG I as on the date of merger of
postmaster cadre with general line officials.
4.
The recommendation of the committee to
introduce LDCE examination for all the cadres of LSG, HSG II and HSG I is
unacceptable. The existing method of seniority cum fitness promotion from LSG
to HSG I should not be disturbed. In order to provide earlier promotional
opportunities to the younger generation, we suggest to reintroduce the 20% LSG
by conducting LDCE examination and thereafter all other promotions shall be
based on the seniority cum fitness.
5.
Even though the merger is taking place, the
relaxation in the recruitment rules in case of HSG II & HSG I has not been
accorded most of the higher posts will remain unfilled up. Therefore it is
absolutely necessary to approach the nodal ministry to get the relaxation to
the recruitment rules as one time measure and also the minimum residual period
prescribed from LSG to HSG II and HSG II to HSG I should be fixed as three
years as was in existence earlier.
6.
In short we welcome the decision of the merger
of postmaster cadre with general line and request to consider the above and in
particular the grievances of the FTP qualified LSG officials who are deprived
of their promotion since long which will be disturbed further after granting
the inter se seniority as mentioned in the report .
A line in reply about the consideration is
highly solicited
Yours
faithfully,
(R.
N. Parashar)
Secretary
General
