MODIFIED ACP - BASIC CHANGES BY DOPT AS WELL AS CORRECTIONS IN THE MACP ORDERS OF DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

NFPE HAS SOUGHT BASIC CHANGES IN MACP SYSTEM THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH GOVERNMENT THROUGH STAFF SIDE JCM NATIONAL COUNCIL

 

COPY OF LETTER OF NFPE TO SECRETARY STAFF SIDE JCM AND COPIES TO CONFEDERATION LEADERS PUBLISHED ALREADY IN POSTAL CRUSADER - BUT AGAIN FURNISHED BELOW FOR INFORMATION OF ALL MEMBERS.

 

NFPE - FNPO JOINTLY WROTE TO DEPARTMENT FOR INCLUSION OF DRIVERS IN THE MACP SCHEME - THE LETTER IS PUBLISHED BELOW FOR INFORMATION OF ALL.

 

NFPE HAS TODAY SOUGHT CERTAIN CORRECTIONS IN THE MACP ORDERS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THIS LETTER ALSO IS FURNISHED BELOW

 

ALL COMRADES ARE REQUESTED TO STUDY THESE LETTERS AND IF THEY FEEL ANY MORE ISSUES ARE TO BE TAKEN UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR CORRECTIONS IN THE ORDERS MAY PLEASE SEND EMAILS TO HEADQUARTERS  

1. LETTER OF NFPE TO SECRETARY STAFF SIDE JCM NATIONAL COUNCIL

 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

1^st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi - 110001

 

PF-31/2009                                                                             Dated 21^st August 2009

 

To

Com. Umraomal Purohit

Secretary Staff Side

National Council JCM

New Delhi – 110001

 

Sub: Required modifications in the Modified ACP Scheme – reg.

 

Dear Comrade,

 

The Postal Employees were hitherto covered under TBOP / BCR system of promotions / financial upgradation. Now after the 6^th CPC we have also opted for the Modified ACP Scheme in lieu of TBOP/BCR Scheme. In our opinion there are certain issues in Modified ACP Scheme that require improvement. Therefore, we wish the Staff Side JCM may kindly take up the following modifications to be incorporated in the Modified ACP Scheme:

 

1. Grant of ACP for officials promoted under departmental  examination:

 

There are various departmental examinations that facilitate officials in one cadre to get promotion to another cadre. Such promotions taken under departmental examinations also are counted against the ACP. We feel this is not justified. Regular promotions in the same cadre can alone be counted against ACP and any promotion by examination that promotes the officials from his cadre to totally another cadre should not be counted against ACP. The individuals' efforts put in by officials for career prospects are now going against their own interests under ACP. This will dilute the spirit of officials to undertake efforts of career prospects. It will be ideal if ACP is granted from the date of such promotions obtained through departmental examinations in a new cadre instead of entire career of an official.

 

2. Date of Effect:

 

The Modified ACP is given effect from 1.9.2008. It would be ideal if the Scheme is given effect from 1.1.2006.

 

3. Stepping up of pay under ACP:

 

The Modified ACP is in force w.e.f. 1.9.2008. The existing financial upgradation schemes either ACP or otherwise are to be applied up to 31.08.2008. This causes certain anomalies like seniors who got financial upgradation before 1.9.2008 are drawing less salary than their juniors obtained financial upgradation under Modified ACP after 1.9.2008. This salary gap cannot be stepped up because of the condition that no stepping up in pay band or grade pay would be permissible with regard to juniors getting more pay on account of pay fixation under MACP Scheme. It is also stipulated that no past cases would be re-opened. It would be therefore ideal if the Seniors under ACP/Other Financial Schemes are permitted stepping up of pay to the level of their Juniors under Modified ACP Scheme.

                                                           

4. Benchmark:

 

The Modified ACP Scheme stipulates that the officials should have earned the benchmark 'Good' for their entitlement to ACP financial upgradations up to Grade Pay 6600/- in PB-3 and 'Very Good' bench mark to the Grade Pay of 7600/- and above. This needs a change and it will be ideal if the officials with no adverse remarks in their CRs should be granted ACP upgradations without any other benchmark conditions.

 

5. Parity between Modified ACP and Regular Promotion:

 

The Modified ACP Scheme is altered adversely in comparison to the existing ACP Scheme on the matter of grant of pay scale or the present Grade Pay. Under the existing ACP Scheme the promotional ladder in the hierarchical promotion and the ACP financial upgradation are one and the same in granting the higher scale of pay. This has been adversely altered by the 6^th CPC and accepted by the Government to the effect that under the Modified ACP Scheme the upgradation is limited to the next higher Grade Pay only and not the higher Grade Pay that may be available on regular promotion. It would be ideal if the status-quo under ACP Scheme is maintained and same Grade Pay as available under Regular Promotion is extended under Modified ACP Scheme also.

 

 

            We request that the above issues may be considered by the Staff Side for taking up with the Government for appropriate remedial action.

 

With Regards, 

Comradely Yours,

 

 

 

[K.Ragavendran]

Secretary General

 

 

 

Copy to:

 

1. Comrade S.K.Vyas, President, Confederation.
2. Comrade K.K.N.Kutty, Secretary General, Confederation.

 

2. NFPE - FNPO JOINT LETTER ON INCLUSION OF DRIVERS IN MACP ORDERS:

 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

1^st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi – 110001

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS

T-24, Atul Grove Road, New Delhi - 110001

 

 

 

MACP/2009                                                                                       Dated 22.09.2009

 

 

To

The Secretary

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan

New Delhi – 110001

 

 

Sub: Orders on Modified ACP Scheme – Exclusion of Drivers – regarding.

Ref: Modified ACP Orders No.4-7/(MACPS)/2009-PCC Dated 18.09.2009.

 

Sir,

 

Kindly refer to Paragraph No.5 of the Department's Orders No.4-7/(MACPS)/2009-PCC Dated 18.09.2009 on Modified ACP wherein it has been stated that the Postal Federations have requested to retain the existing structured scheme and it has been decided to continue the existing structured promotion scheme for drivers.

 

You are requested to refer the letters of our Federations vide Number PF-31/2009 Dated 29.08.2009 of NFPE and vide Number MACP/102/09 Dated 11.08.2009 of FNPO, wherein we have actually written seeking extension of the Scheme of Modified ACP to Drivers also on the grounds that the existing promotional system of MMS Drivers is not time bound and therefore it can run concurrently with the Modified ACP Scheme. Therefore the contention of the Para 5 of the DOP Order is not correct. Both our Federations have only desired extension of MACP Scheme in addition to the continuation of the existing regular promotion scheme to Drivers. 

 

In addition to the above, we wish to point out that the regular promotions available to the Drivers are akin to the regular promotions available to Stenographers. The Stenographers are extended the benefit of Modified ACP Scheme in addition to their existing structured promotion scheme of 40:40:20. The present promotions available to Drivers are like the regular promotions available to other cadres only and not a time bound one. Therefore the Modified ACP Scheme may be made applicable to the Drivers also without taking a position that structured promotion and MACP Scheme cannot run concurrently.      

 

Both the Federations would like to request that the issue may kindly be taken up if necessary with the DOPT for getting necessary orders for grant of Modified ACP to Drivers in addition to their regular promotions as like any other cadre under the MACP Scheme.

 

The exclusion of Drivers from the MACP Scheme and the non-availability of promotion on completion of 9, 15 and 20 years for want of vacancies at present have made the Drivers most disillusioned and discontent. Both our Federations therefore request you to intervene and cause action to ensure application of MACP Scheme in addition to their present regular promotions to Drivers in Department of Posts at the earliest.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

[D.Theagarajan]                                                      [K.Ragavendran]

Secretary General FNPO                                      Secretary General NFPE

 

3. NFPE LETTER TO SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS SEEKING CORRECTIONS IN THE MACP ORDERS:

 

PF-31/2009                                                                 Dated 24^th September 2009

 

To

 

The Secretary

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan

New Delhi – 110001

 

 

Sub: Request for effecting corrections in the MACP Order – regarding

Ref: DOP Order No.4-7/(MACPS)/2009-PCC Dated 18.09.2009.

 

Sir,

 

In continuation of NFPE – FNPO joint letter Number MACP/2009 Dated 22.09.2009 addressed to you on inclusion of Drivers from the purview of MACP Scheme, this Federation seeks the following further corrections and modifications in the Modified ACP Orders issued by the Department of Posts referred to above:

 

1. In the Caption in Page Number 11 - The Statement showing Grade Pay admissible to different categories of staff in the Modified ACP Scheme w.e.f. 1.9.2009 should be actually w.e.f. 1.9.2008, since the Modified ACP Scheme has been given effect to from 1.9.2008.

 

2. Page Number 11 – In the statement Serial Number 4: Postmen / Mail Guard – last column " 5200-20200 Pay Band-1 and 4200 Grade Pay" should be actually "9300-34800 Pay Band-2 and 4200 Grade Pay" since there is no Grade Pay of 4200 under PB-1.

 

3. Similarly in Page Number 12 – In the statement Serial Number 5 – the Postal Assistant and allied cadres :  In the last two columns the Pay Band 5200-20200 and Grade Pay 4200 and the Grade Pay 4600 should be actually " 9300-34800 Pay Band-2 and Grade Pay 4200 in Column No.7 and "9300-34800 Pay Band-2 and Grade Pay 4600 in Column No.8" since both the Grade Pay of 4200/- and 4600/- are related to PB-2 only.

 

4. Similarly in Page Number 12 – In the Statement Serial Number 6  – the Junior Accountant cadre - Column Number 6, 7 and 8 the mention of Pay Band 5200-20200 should be actually "9300-34800 with Grade Pay 4200, 4600 and 4800 respectively, since all these three Grade pay are related to PB-2 only.
5. In the same Page Number 12 – In the Statement Serial Number 7 – the Caretaker - In the last two columns the Pay Band 5200-20200 and Grade Pay 4200 and the Grade Pay 4600 should be actually "9300-34800 Pay Band-2 and Grade Pay 4200 in Column No.7 and "9300-34800 Pay Band-2 and Grade Pay 4600 in Column No.8" since both the Grade Pay of 4200/- and 4600/- are related to PB-2 only.  

 

6. It can be seen from the Illustration – 4 under Page Number 18, wherein the Cadre of Inspectors recruited in the PB-2 Pay Band goes to PB-3 Pay Band for its 3^rd MACP. Similarly the Illustration – 2B under Page Number 16, wherein a Postal Assistant recruited in PB-1 and promoted to AAO Cadre in PB-2 is allowed to go over to PB-3 under his 3^rd MACP. All these examples show clearly that all other cadres go from one Pay Band to next Pay Band too along with the change in Grade Pay to 4200/- or 4600/- or 5400/- accordingly. However in the case of Postal Assistants, Postmen / Mail Guards, Care Takers and all Allied Cadres etc, even when they earn the financial upgradation to 4200/- and still higher Grade Pay through 2^nd or 3^rd MACP, they are continue to be shown as under PB-1 Pay Scale only. This requires to be corrected. 

 

This Federation requests you to cause to make the above corrections in the MACP Order at the earliest.

 

Thanking you,

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

[K.Ragavendran]

Secretary General

 

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K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE