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Friday, July 31, 2020
RELAXATION OF RULE 80-A FOR PAYMENT OF
PROVISIONAL FAMILY PENSION ON DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT SERVANT DURING SERVICE.
(DATED 29/07/2020)
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GRANT OF DISABILITY PENSION, COMPRISING
SERVICE ELEMENT AND DISABILITY ELEMENT TO PRE-2006 DISABILITY PENSIONERS, WHO
WERE BOARDED OUT FROM SERVICE, WITH LESS THAN 10 YEARS OF QUALIFYING SERVICE,
DUE TO AN INJURY/DISABILITY, ATTRIBUTABLE TO GOVT. SERVICE. (DATED 28/07/2020) Click
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RELAXATION OF RULE 80-A FOR PAYMENT OF
PROVISIONAL FAMILY PENSION ON DEATH OF A GOVERNMENT SERVANT DURING SERVICE.
(DATED 29/07/2020)
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GRANT OF DISABILITY PENSION, COMPRISING
SERVICE ELEMENT AND DISABILITY ELEMENT TO PRE-2006 DISABILITY PENSIONERS, WHO
WERE BOARDED OUT FROM SERVICE, WITH LESS THAN 10 YEARS OF QUALIFYING SERVICE,
DUE TO AN INJURY/DISABILITY, ATTRIBUTABLE TO GOVT. SERVICE. (DATED 28/07/2020) Click
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No. PF/NFPE/Verification of Membership Dated – 31.07.2020
To
Sri P. K. Bisoi
Secretary,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
Sir,
Sub: - Verification of Membership - 2020 -- Irregular and illegal
acceptance of Application submitted by "All India Association of
Supervisors Cadre (Group B)" -- regarding.
Ref: - Director (SR & Legal) letter No. T - 15/2/2020 - SR dated 24th
July 2020 (copy enclosed for ready reference).
Your kind attention is drawn
towards the above mentioned letter of Director (SR & Legal) addressed to
all Applicant Associations in connection with the scrutiny of
constitution/bye-laws of service Association in accordance with CCS(RSA) Rules
1993 for Verification process to be held in the year 2020.
In para -2 of the letter, the list of
Associations whose applications are provisionally accepted, subject to certain
amendments to be made in their constitution, is listed. Against item - 5 of
para - 2 of the letter, the name of "All India Supervisors Association
(Group B)" is given as one of the Applicant Association. In this regard,
we would like to submit the following objections for your judicious
consideration and dispassionate decision.
Clause - 5(c) of Central Civil
Services (Recognition of Service Association) Rules 1993 stipulates as follows
:
"Membership of a Service Association
has been restricted to a distinct category of Government servants having common
interest, all such Government servants being eligible for membership of Service
Association".
Subsequently Department of Personnel and
Training in its OM No.2/2/94 - JCA dated 22nd April 1994 clarified the common
points of doubts, referred to it by various Ministries/Departments, as follows
:
Point of doubt
3. Whether the term "distinct
category" used in Rule - 5(c) means group wise categorisation i.e; Group
A, B, C or D or cadre wise categorisation".
Clarification:
By a “distinct category" is
meant an Association whose members have a commonality of interest and function
as a homogenous group".
It is based on the above Rules
and clarifications issued by DOP&T under CCS (RSA) Rules 1993, the
Department of Posts has categorised and published the "distinct categories
having commonality of interest and function as homogenous group" , during
the first verification process itself with the due approval of the DOP&T.
As per the categorisation made by the Department of Posts, the Postal Assistant
and all its allied cadres like LSG, HSG - 2, HSG - 1" is categorised as
one homogenous group with commonality of interest. Similarly in RMS side, "Sorting
Assistant and all its allied cadres" are grouped as one distinct category.
Same is the case with Administrative Union also.
During all the previous
Membership Verification process, this position is maintained without any
deviation from codal provisions. This is because, in the Department of
Posts LSG, HSG - 2, HSG - 1 and NFHSG -
1 are the supervisory cadres (Group B Non-Gazetted) in general line of Postal
Assistant/Sorting Assistant / PA(CO) cadre and hence belongs to a homogenous
group with commonality of interest. It may be noted that against this
categorisation of Department, many cadre Unions/Associations including the
Supervisors Association had filed cases in various High Courts, but they could
not win as the courts upheld the categorisation made by Department of Posts.
This being the well settled legal
position, acceptance of Application submitted by an Association of Supervisors
Cadre (Group B) is against the intention and spirit of CCS (RSA) Rules 1993 and
also against the guidelines and clarifications issued by DOP&T. It also
violates the earlier categorisation made by the Department of Posts during
previous Membership Verification processes. If the Department go on permitting
categorisation of each cadre as "distinct category" , then in future
officials belonging to LSG, HSG -2, HSG - 1 and NFHSG-1 will start forming separate,
separate Associations for each cadre and submit application for participating
in Membership Verification process. This not the intention and spirit of CCS (RSA)
Rules 1993 and subsequent DOP&T orders.
In view of the above, it is
requested that Secretary (Posts) may review judiciously the new categorisation
made by Department of Posts, so that the Application submitted by the "All
India Association of Supervisors (Group B)" will be summararily rejected.
We like to place on record our strong protest against the new categorisation made
by the Department of Posts, deviating from its earlier categorisation and also
in violation of CCS (RSA) Rules 1993 and subsequent DOP&T orders.
Awaiting early action,
Yours Faithfully,
(R. N. Parashar)
Secretary General
Copy to: -
1. Director General, Department
of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
2. Member (P), Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
3. DDG (SR & Legal),
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
4. Director (SR & Legal),
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
5. SR Section, Department of
Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
Thursday, July 30, 2020
SCRUTINY OF CONSTITUTION/BYE-LAWS OF SERVICE
ASSOCIATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CCS(RSA) RULES 1993 FOR VERIFICATION PROCESS TO
BE HELD IN THE YEAR 2020 -
REQUEST FOR ARRANGING A MEETING BY SECRETARY, POSTS, WITH STAFF SIDE – REG
NFPE WRITES TO THE DEPARTMENT
No. PF-03(b)/2020 Date: 30.07.2020
To
Shri
P.K. Bisoi,
Secretary
Department
of Posts
Dak
Bhavan
New
Delhi - 110001
Sub:
Scrutiny of Constitution/Bye-laws of
Service Association in accordance
with CCS(RSA) Rules 1993 for verification
process to be held in the year
2020 - Request for arranging a
meeting by Secretary, Posts, with
Staff side – reg
Ref:
Director (SR & Legal) letter No.T-15/2/2020 - SR dated 24th July 2020 (copy
enclosed for ready reference)
With
reference to the above cited letter received from Director (SR & Legal)
regarding the process of membership verification, Iam to inform you that the Federal
Executive Committee Meeting of NFPE was held on 27.07.2020 through Video-Conference,
in which All General Secretaries of affiliated Unions and NFPE CHQ Office
Bearers participated and held detailed deliberations on the contents of the
letter and like to place the following request before you.
As
you may be aware , after the promulgation of the CCS(RSA) Rules 1993 , three or
four membership verification process had been completed and recognition was
granted to our all affiliated unions,
During the earlier verification process also All Unions have submitted copy of
constitution along with the Application.
In the first verification process itself, constitutions were scrutinized by the
Department and after vetting by Department of Personnel & Training; the
same have been approved, as complied with all the requirements of the Department
and DOP&T. After the first verification process, recognition was accorded
to our Unions. Subsequently, in all Verification process we have submitted the
same copy of the constitution which is approved by Department and DOP&T. During
the first verification process, no objections or discrepancies were raised by
the Department and the constitution submitted by unions was accepted without
any further modifications and recognition was also granted after the
verification process conducted earlier.
This being the fact, we
are at a loss to understand why the Department is raising objections and
discrepancies in various clauses of the same constitution now. It is also felt
that some of the modifications and discrepancies raised, like deletion of all
references to Federation, viz ; NFPE from the constitution , replacing the word
"union" with "association" in the text of the constitution
etc , will change the basic character and fundamental principles laid down in
the union constitution.
Further, once a
constitution is approved by the Department and also by our All India Conference
of the union which is the highest policy decision making body, any amendment to
the constitution can be made only with the approval of the next All India
Conference of the union as per the
clauses of "department - approved" and "All India
conference approved" constitution of union. Amending the clauses of
the constitution in violation of the provisions of the constitution can be
challenged by any of bonafide member in
the court of law , and will be put to an embarrassing position.
In additions to the above , we have certain apprehensions regarding the
amendments sought by the department in Director (SR & Legal) letter cited
above , for which we need some clarifications from the department to enable us
to take our decision on the amendments / discrepancies raised by the
Department.
In view of the above, it is requested that a
meeting with the staff side may be arranged by the respected Secretary, Department
of Posts at the earliest , to put the records straight and to clarify our
genuine apprehensions and doubts.
Awaiting positive decision,
Yours Sincerely,
(R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General
Copy to :
1.
Director General , Department of Posts , Dak Bhavan , New
Delhi -- 110001
2.
The Member (P) , Department of Posts , Dak Bhawan, New
Delhi.
3.
The DDG(SR) , Department of Posts Dak Bhawan New
Delhi-1100014..
The Director (SR & Legal) , Department of
Posts , Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-
5. The Section Officer, SR Section, Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi
MODEL DRAFT LETTER
No ........... Date ...............
To
Shri P.K. Bisoi,
Secretary
Department of Posts
Dak Bhavan
New Delhi - 110001
Sub : Scrutiny of Constitution/Bye-laws of Service Association in
accordance
with CCS(RSA) Rules
1993 for verification process to be held in the year
2020 - Request for
arranging a meeting by Secretary, Posts, with
Staff side – reg
Ref : Director (SR & Legal) letter No.T - 15/2/2020 - SR
dated 24th July 2020 ( copy enclosed for ready reference)
With reference to the above cited letter received from Director
(SR & Legal) regarding the process of membership verification, Iam to
inform you that the Managing Body of our union, viz -----------------------------------------------,
held detailed deliberations on the contents of the letter and like to place the
following request before you.
As you may be aware , after the promulgation of the CCS(RSA) Rules
1993 , three or four membership verification process had been completed and
recognition was granted to our Union every time . During the earlier
verification process also we have submitted copy of our constitution along with
the Application. In the first verification process itself, our constitution was
scrutinized by the Department and after vetting by Department of Personnel
& Training , the same has been approved , as we have complied with all the
requirements of the Department and DOP&T. After the first verification process,
recognition was accorded to our Union. Subsequently, in all Verification
process we have submitted the same copy of the constitution which is approved
by Department and DOP&T during the first verification process. No
objections or discrepancies were raised by the Department and the constitution
submitted by our union was accepted without any further modifications and
recognition was also granted after the verification process conducted earlier.
This
being the fact , we are at a loss to understand why the Department is raising
objections and discrepancies in various clauses of the same constitution now.
It is also felt that some of the modifications and discrepancies raised, like
deletion of all references to our affiliated Federation, viz ; NFPE from the
constitution , replacing the word "union" with
"association" in the text of the constitution etc , will change the
basic character and fundamental principles laid down in the union constitution.
Further
, once a constitution is approved by the Department and also by our All India
Conference which is the highest policy decision making body , any amendment to
the constitution can be made only with the approval of the next All India
Conference as per the clauses of "department - approved" and
"All India conference approved" constitution of our union.
Amending the clauses of the constitution in violation of the provisions of the
constitution can be challenged by any of our bonafide member in the court of
law , and we will be put to an embarrassing position.
In additions to the above , we have certain apprehensions
regarding the amendments sought by the department in Director (SR & Legal)
letter cited above , for which we need some clarifications from the department
to enable us to take our decision on the amendments / discrepancies raised by
the Department.
In view of the above, it is
requested that a meeting with the staffside may be arranged by the respected Secretary,
Department of Posts at the earliest , to put the records straight and to
clarify our genuine apprehensions and doubts.
Awaiting
positive decision ,
Yours Sincerely
Copy to :
1.
Director General , Department of Posts , Dak
Bhavan , New Delhi -- 110001
2.
The Member (P) , Department of Posts , Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi.
3.
The DDG(SR) , Department of Posts Dak Bhawan
New Delhi-110001
4.. The Director (SR
& Legal) , Department of Posts , Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-
5. The Section Officer,
SR Section, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
PROVISIONAL
RELEASE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS AS PER RULE 64 OF CCS (PENSION) RULES, 1972
DURING COVID PANDEMIC TIME
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GENERAL PROVIDENT FUND (GPF)
INTEREST RATE FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2020
(TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART I SECTION 1 OF GAZETTE OF INDIA)
F. NO. 5(2)-B(PD)/2020
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs
(Budget Division)
New Delhi, the 13th July, 2020
RESOLUTION
It is announced for general information that during the year 2020-2021, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.1% (Seven point one percent) w.e.f. 1st July, 2020 to 30th September, 2020. This rate will be in force w.e.f. 1st July, 2020. The funds concerned are:
1. The General Provident Fund (Central Services).
2. The Contributory Provident Fund (India).
3. The All India Services Provident Fund.
4. The State Railway Provident Fund.
5. The General Provident Fund (Defence Services).
6. The Indian Ordnance Department Provident Fund.
7. The Indian Ordnance Factories Workmen’s Provident Fund.
8. The Indian Naval Dockyard Workmen’s Provident Fund.
9. The Defence Services Officers Provident Fund.
10. The Armed Forces Personnel Provident Fund.
2. Ordered that the Resolution be published in Gazette of India.
(Anjana Vashishtha)
Director (Budget)
REVISION OF 'SCHEDULE OF ENGAGING AUTHORITY, DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY AND APPELLATE AUTHORITY FOR BPMS AND ABPMS DAK SEVAKS UNDER RULE 31 OF GDS (CONDUCT AND ENGAGEMENT) RULES, 2020
No.17-31/2016-GDS
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi - 110001
Dated: 28.07.2020
Office Memorandum
Subject : Revision of 'Schedule of Engaging Authority, Disciplinary Authority and Appellate Authority for BPMs and ABPMs Dak Sevaks under Rule 31 of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020 for all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS).
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Directorate O.M. of even number dated 10.06.2019 and Rule 31 of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) rules, 2020 wherein the 'Schedule of Engaging Authority, Disciplinary Authority and Appellate Authority for all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) were circulated.
2. The Competent Authority has now approved the substitution in Rule -31 of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020 containing the revised 'Schedule of Engaging Authority'. Disciplinary Authority and Appellate Authority for all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) as per Annexure attached.
3. The above instructions will come into effect from the date of issue of this G.M.
4. Hindi version will follow.
(Dr. Vincent Barla) Director
(GI)SIPCC)
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