ORDER OF ROTATIONAL TRANSFER OF P.A. CADRE OFFICIALS OF GPO & INDEPENDENT CLASS-I H.O. WITH THE DIVISIONS KEPT IN ABEYANCE

     In a remarkable order today, the department has ordered to keep the provision of intertransferability of the P.A. cadre officials of GPO and all other independent Class-I H.O.s with the divisions where they are geographically located, in abeyance.

            The order of such intertransferability was issued by the Postal Directorate on 17.11.2021. As the order was in contradiction of several establishment norms, disciplinary norms etc., our Federation instantly issued a letter to the Dte. and raised relevant points of objection and demanded to drop the order. An organisational program was called throughout the country and resolution was adopted in protest from that program. Different Circles also came up with their protests, wrote letters to the Circle Heads and staged organisational programs. In West Bengal Circle, our branch union of Kolkata GPO has moved to Central Administrative Tribunal, Kolkata Bench, with a strong petition, also enclosing the letter of our Federation as an annexure. The CAT has issued a Stay Order on 19.04.2022, on the very first date of hearing.Apart from CAT Kolkata, so far our knowledge goes, some other petitions have also been filed in different Circles.

We are happy that the Postal Dte has realised if this rotational transfer order gets implemented it would bring about a lot of complications. However, the department has only kept the order in abeyance, while we demanded dropping of the order. So, the Federation will further pursue for dropping of the order in full. Comrades are requested to remain in unified fight. The achievement has become possible only through the way of determined fight against this irregular and unjust order. The Federation congratulates all comrades for this development.