OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO STRIKE CALL

CONGRATULAIONS TO ALL FOR THE

OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO STRIKE CALL

 

Dear Comrades! NFPE Headquarters Congratulates the rank and file postal workers for their overwhelming response to the strike call issued by the Confederation of CG Employees and the Postal JCA of NFPE and FNPO.  According to preliminary reports reaching us the strike is between 90% and 100% in many circles. NFPE greets all those comrades who ensured that we better our earlier performences. The tremondous response of the Central Government Employees, State Government Employees and Teachers to the One-Day token strike is a clear warning to the UPA Government that the policies of liberalisation like privatisation of pension, Downsizing and also denial of interim relief, non-constitution of Judicial Commission for three lakhs of GDS Employees etc would not be tolerated. The strike is also an eye opener to those CG Employees Organisations who think that strike on these justified issues is unnecessary. Let us forge larger unity to strengthen the forces of struggle for advancement. With struggle Greetings !
--
K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE

RAISE BONUS CEILING TO 3500/-

CONFEDERATION MOVING MOF

 

FOR RAISING BONUS CEILING

 

Dear Comrades! We have information that the Railway Board has issued orders for payment of PLB @ 3500/- pending the declaration of Ordnance by the Government of India for enhancing the ceiling from 2500/- to 3500/-. The Confederation of CG Employees is immediately approaching the Ministry of Finance for issue of similar orders for payment of arrears of bonus @ 3500/- as in the case of Railways.

--
K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE

IRREPARABLE LOSS

COMRADE AJOY DA NO MORE

WITH DEEP SORROW WE CONVEY THE SAD DEMISE OF COM AJOY BHOWMIK FORMER PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF THE WEST BENGAL STATE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. HE DIED AT ABOUT 2.00 PM ON 19.10.2007. THIS IS AN IRREPARABLE LOSS TO THE ENTIRETY OF CGE MOVEMENT. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES MOURNS THE SUDDEN AND SAD DEMSE OF COMRADE AJOY BHOWMIK AND CONVEY OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.

 

P3 PUNJAB CIRCLE SECRETARY PASSED AWAY

NFPE MOURNS THE SAD DEMISE OF COMRADE R.N.SHARMA THE CIRCLE SECRETARY AIPEU GROUP C PUNJAB CIRCLE AND HIS WIFE CAUSED BY A MAJOR ROAD ACCIDENT ON 19.10.2007. IT IS AN IRREPARABLE LOSS NOT ONLY TO POSTAL GROUP C BUT ALSO TO THE ENTIRE POSTAL EMPLOYEES MOVEMENT. NFPE DIPS ITS BANNER IN MEMORY OF COMRADE SHARMA AND HIS WIFE AND CONVEYS ITS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE

FEDERAL COUNCIL NFPE

Dear Comrades! Greetings. Please find the first circular of NFPE issued after the Federal Council as well as the Postal JCA Circlular and JCA leaders tour programme hereunder:

 

 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

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

 

No. PF/01/2007  Dated 12.10.2007

 

To,

 

All Office Bearers of NFPE,

All General Secretaries,

All Circle / Divisional / Branch Secretaries

of NFPE affiliates,

VII FEDERAL COUNCIL

Dear Comrades,

 

The 7th Federal Council session of the National Federation of Postal Employees was held at Moulali, Yuva Kendra, Kolkata [WB] from 7th to 9th October 2007 under the presidentship of comrade S. P.Mukherjee the Vice President of NFPE. Federal Councilors of all the affiliates of the federation and ex-officio members including the federal councillors of GDS Union as per the direction of the Honourable Delhi High Court participated in full. The Reception Committee under the Chairmanship of Honourable Mayor of Kolkata Com. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya and with Comrade Milan Bhattacharya the Circle Secretary P-IV West Bengal as its General Secretary made a very fine arrangement for the successful conduct of the Federal Council.

 

Grand inaugural session:

 

The 7th Federal Council was officially started with the flag hoisting and homage to martyrs column on 7.10.2007. The National Flag was hoisted by Com. S. K. Vyas, Chairman of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers and the flag of NFPE was hoisted by the Vice President of NFPE Comrade P.Suresh amidst resounding slogans renting the air. The leaders paid floral tributes to the martyr column before commencing the inaugural session. The Kolkata University Centenary Hall auditorium in which the inaugural session was held was jam packed with more than 2000 comrades. The inaugural session was chaired by the Vice President of NFPE Comrade S. P.Mukherjee. Honourable Mayor of Kolkata delivered the welcome address. Our Chief Guest and the Honourable Chief Minister of West Bengal Comrade Budhadeb Bhattacharyya; Comrade K.K.N.Kutty the Secretary General Confederation; Com. S. K. Vyas the Chairman Confederation; Com.C.C.Pillai the Ex-Secretary General NFPE; Com. M.S.Raja the Secretary General Audit Association; Com. VAN Namboodiri the General Secretary of BSNL Employees Union; Com. Des Raj Sharma the Ex-Dy Secretary General NFPE addressed the session. All the speakers including the Special Guest exposed the anti worker polices of the UPA Government emanating from its policies of liberalisation and globalisation and the problems faced by the postal and CG Employees. The inaugural session witnessed a galaxy of most senior veteran trade union leaders of the CG and P&T TU movement belonging to West Bengal grace the occasion.

 

 

 

Deliberations:

 

The Council deliberated in detail on all issues under the item of agenda of Organisational issue. Almost half the total number of Federal Councillors and ex-officio out of the total attendance of 102 took part in the discussion. The Council resolved to mobilise the entirety of postal workers for the successful mobilisation of 30th October Strike on the 12 point charter of demands. The Council also decided to observe the whole month of November of 2007 in a very pompous manner the centenary celebrations of Calcutta Postal Club that was founded by the father of the postal trade union movement comrade Babu Tarapada Mukherjee in 1907. The Council had adopted appropriate resolutions on various issues of agenda items, which will be published in the Postal Crusader. The Council decided with the support of more than two-thirds majority of the house in a secret ballot to amend the various Articles of NFPE Constitution in accordance with the requirement of CCS [RSA] Rules 1993.

 

Champion of GDS:

 

The Federal Council discussed in depth about the importance of keeping the unity of GDS and regular employees of the postal department. The Council noted that the organisational structure of the NFPE could not include the GDS Union as an affiliate because of the Government of India Recognition Rules but decided to keep the unity of GDS and regular employees through building a strong unity between the federation, federated unions and the GDS Union for defending the class interests of GDS employees. The Council resolved to carry forward the tradition of NFPE to champion the cause of more than 2.75 lakhs of GDS through united struggels and ensure that the entirety of regular employees stand behind the GDS and protect them from any kind of attack by the policies of Government.

 

New Office Bearers:

 

The election of office bearers to the federation was unanimous. The following comrades were elected as the office bearers for the ensuing term:

 

President:               Com. D.K.Rahate [R-3 - Maharashtra]

 

Working President: Com. M.Krishnan [P-3 - Kerala]

 

Vice Presidents:      Com. S.P.Mukherjee [Admn - W.B]

                              Com.  K. K.Sharma [R-4 - Delhi]

                              Com. P.Rajanayagam [Postal A/Cs Kerala]

 

Secretary General:  Com. K. Ragavendran [P-3 - Tamilnadu]

 

Dy.Secretary General:  Com. Ishwar Singh Dabas [P4 - Delhi]

 

Secretaries:          Com. R. N. Parashar [P3 - U.P]

                            Com. C.Chandrasekar [P-3 - Tamilnadu]

                           Com. R.Seethalakshmi [P-4 - Karnataka]

 

Treasurer:             Com. Rajkumar [P-4 - Delhi]

 

 

Submission of list of office bearers:

 

The list of newly elected office bearers has been submitted to the Secretary [P] and Member [P]. A delegation comprising of the newly elected Secretary General Comrade K.Ragavendran, Com. C.C.Pillai the Ex-Secretary General, Com. Des Raj Sharma the Ex-Dy.Secretary General and Com.K.V.Sridharan the General Secretary of P3 met the Member [P] on 11.10.2007 afternoon and submitted the list of office bearers and discussed the issue of RRR Candidates of Tamilnadu as well as the PLB bonus to postal employees. Member [P] assured to immediately take action for getting the file on bonus from the finance ministry for effecting payment. On RRR candidates issue we have to continue our efforts politically also in order to make the department withdraw the SLP from the Supreme Court.

 

Finance of NFPE:

 

The financial position of NFPE is on minus balance. Whatever strength the NFPE could muster financially after the last federal council at Thiruvananthapuram in 2004 have gone because of various court cases filed against the NFPE by the GDS Union. Even the day-to-day functioning of the federation has become very difficult without any funds. There is no funds left even to pay the salary to staff working in the federation and to the Secretary General and other office bearers who come on Foreign Service to work at the headquarters. The days to come are hard and require a very effective functioning in order to strengthen the headquarters of federation. The Affiliates at all levels are only reminded once again the earlier decision of the Federal Secretariat to collect from all the members of NFPE a sum of Rs.10/- towards NFPE Fund during the bonus payment and remit it immediately to NFPE. It is the responsibility of the rank and file now to pull the federation out of its present financial crisis and we are confident that the membership will not disappoint.  

 

30th October, 2007 General Strike:

 

Comrades! The Confederation of CG Employees and the All India State Government Employees Federation as well as the organizations of Teachers have already served the strike notice for launching the nationwide one-day strike on 30th October 2007. The Government is playing games by leaking out some information about future pay scales etc as though the 6th CPC has submitted some recommendations. The membership is cautioned that this may be an attempt to confuse us at the time of launching of our strike. Even the leaked information as available in the media shows that the minimum demand of pay parity with public sector or a need-based minimum wage is not going to be accepted. There appears to be a serious attack on the DA formula to delay the compensation against price rise. We cannot forget the looming danger of recommendation of pay commission for privatisation of pension, for which a sub-committee had already been constituted by the 6th CPC itself. Therefore as a prelude to the future struggles to defend the interests of the entirety of CG Employees, the 30th October 2007 token strike is to be treated as the forerunner. The NFPE calls upon the rank and file to take the call very seriously and organise a total strike on that day by forging strong unity with the FNPO organisations, which have also served strike notice jointly with NFPE.   The success of the strike alone will make the Pay Commission and the Government rethink about their present course of attacking the interests of the central government workers and employees.

 

Campaign Tour Programme of JCA Leaders:

 

The Office bearers of the Federations and All India Unions of both NFPE and FNPO will launch a nationwide campaign Tour programme. The Circle Secretaries will join the All India leaders during the campaign programme to these centres. The campaign at all other centres in the circles will be organised by the Circle Secretaries   and  Circle Office  Bearers of both NFPE and   FNPO     unions including CHQ office bearers of all Unions belonging to both Federations. The all India campaign tour programme is enclosed also.  All CHQ office bearers of all the affiliates of NFPE & FNPO those are not included in tour programme will take the responsibility of organizing   campaign programme in their respective Circles along with the Circle Secretaries of both the Federations. They will make separate tour programme covering important Centres in their respective Circles.

 

Let us rise up to the task:

 

Comrades! The team of outgoing office bearers under the leadership of Comrade C.C. Pillai has discharged their due role in keeping the banner of NFPE high amidst the entirety of CG Employees and other working class. Now the task is transferred on to the shoulders of the new team of office bearers. We assure that with the cooperation of our rank and file at all level we shall rise up to the task at this critical hour.

 

With warm greetings,

Yours fraternally,

      Sd/-

[K. Ragavendran]

Secretary General

Mobile No. 09444919295

 

 

 

 

 

POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

I Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi 110001

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS

T-24, Atul Grove, New Delhi 110001

 

JCA/1/10/2007                                                                           Dated 12 ^th .10.2007

 

To,

 

All Office Bearers of NFPE/FNPO

All General Secretaries,

All Circle / Divisional / Branch Secretaries

of NFPE /FNPO affiliates,

 

Strike Tour of Postal JCA Leaders

 

Dear Comrades/Colleagues,

           

            The tour programme of NFPE and FNPO Federation Office Bearers and General Secretaries of affiliated Unions of both the federations is enclosed. The Circle Secretaries of both the Federations are requested to contact leaders of C-O-C Confederation and Circle Secretaries of other affiliates of Confederation to hold the under mentioned campaign meetings unitedly as a common programme of all C. G. Employees. The Confederation headquarters will also instruct the Confederation Office Bearers and leaders of others affiliates in this regard to coordinate with our postal union circle secretaries.

           

            The Office Bearers of the Federation and the CHQ Office Bearers of affiliates of both the Federations whose name are not mentioned in the under mentioned campaign will take the responsibility of organizing campaign tour programme in their respective circles, in co-ordination with the Circle Secretaries of both the federations. They will make separate tour programme covering important centers in their respective circles.

 

Comrades/Colleagues Organising the strike on 30 ^th October 2007 most effectively rests on us. The Postal JCA is confident that we shall be definitely able to accomplish the task with our total unity and determination. The success of the strike is the prelude to our making a strong impression on the Sixth Pay Commission and the Government that the CG employees immediately defer the anti worker policies and force the Govt. to concede the genuine demands of the Govt. employees

 

With warm greetings,

 

Yours fraternally,

 

 

  (D.Theagarajan)          [K. Ragavendran]    

Secretary General         Secretary General

        FNPO                                  NFPE

 

Tour Programme

 

ANDHRA

 

Hyderabad        18-10-2007

1. Com. P. Suresh  G.S. R-IV (NFPE)                         

2. Com. D. Kishan Rao G.S. P-III (NFPE)

 

BIHAR / Jharkhand

 

Patna    23-10-2007

Ranchi 24-10-2007

1.  Com. S.P. Mukharjee G.S. Admin (NFPE)

2. Com. S. K. Mishra AGS NUP Gr. 'C' (FNPO)

 

CHHATTISGARH

 

Raipur   24-10-2007

1. Com. S.K. Nema Working President P-III (NFPE)

2. Com. K. C. Srivastava     FNPO

 

GUJARAT

 

Ahmedabad     26-10-2007

1. Com. K.V. Sridharan   G.S. P-III (NFPE)

2. Com.C. P. Nayi  Vice President NUP-IV (FNPO)

 

HIMACHAL PRADESH

 

Shimla 26-10-2007

1. Com. Giri Raj Singh   G.S. R-III (NFPE)

2. Com. G. M. Vani Vice President , NUP Gr. 'C' FNPO

 

HARYANA

 

Ambala 23-10-2007

 

1. Com. I. S. Dabas G.S. P-IV NFPE          

2. Com. N. Mohinder Singh C/S NUP Gr. 'C' FNPO

 

J & K

 

Jammu 24-10-2007    

1.Com. P. Rajanayagam GS Postal Accounts NFPE

2. Com. G. M. Vani Vice President   NUP Gr. 'C' FNPO

 

KARNATAKA

 

Bangalore   24.10.2007

1. Com. K.V. Sridhran GS P-III NFPE

2. Com. B. Shivkumar AGS NUP Gr. 'C' FNPO

 

MADHYA PRADESH

 

Bhopal    23-10-2007

1. Com. Giri Raj singh GS R- III NFPE

2. Com. Prahlad Jaiswal FNPO Gr. 'C' NUP

 

 

MAHARASHTRA

 

Mumbai 18-10-2007

1. Com. D. K. Rahate,   President NFPE

2. Com.T. N. Rahate ,GS NU P-IV FNPO

 

ORISSA

 

Bhubneswar    24.10.2007

 

1. Com. Milan Bhattacharya President   P-IV NFPE

2. Com. B.C. Parida Vice President NUP Gr. 'C' FNPO

 

PUNJAB

 

Chandigarh    25-10-2007

 

1.Com. Giri Raj Singh GS R-III NFPE

2.Com. Dharam Singh AGS NUR-III FNPO

 

RAJASTHAN

 

Jaipur 26-10-2007

 

1. Com. I.S. Dabas GS P-IV NFPE  

2. Com. Mansoor Ahmed Vice President NUPE (FNPO)

 

TAMILNADU

 

Chennai 18-10-2007

 

1. Com. K. Ragavendran Secretary General, NFPE

2. Com. D Theagarajan Secretary General, FNPO

 

U.P.

 

Lucknow   26-10-2007

 

1. Com. R.N. Parashar Secretary NFPE

2. Com.  Shakeel Ahmed Varni President FNPO  

 

UTTARAKHAND

 

DEHRADUN    24.10.2007

 

1. Com. I.S. Dabas GS P-IV NFPE

2.Com. S.A. Ansari , AGS, NUP Gr. 'C' FNPO      

 

DELHI

 

All General Secretaries according to tour programme of Delhi Circle.

        

 

--
K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE

Nationwide protest by Postal JCA

Dear Comrades! Postal JCA has called upon the postal workers to lodge nationwide protest on 5.10.2007 in defense of RRR Candidates. The call is as under: 

 

POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

I Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi 110001

 

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS

T-24, Atul Grove, New Delhi 110001

No JCA/12(e)/07                                                                            Dated 28.9.2007

 

To,

     

       1.  All General Secretaries of NFPE & FNPO

       2.   All Circle / Divisional /Branch Secretaries

           of NFPE / FNPO Unions

  

NATIONWIDE PROTEST DAY – 05.10.07

 

HOLD PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS AND SEND TELEGRAMS / SAVINGRAMS/ E-POSTS TO SECRETARY POSTS AND MINISTER COMMUNICATIONS

Dear Comrades / Colleagues,

 

The Department of Posts has filed SLP in the Supreme Court of India against the judgment of Madras High Court upholding the earlier CAT Chennai Judgment which directed the Department to absorb all the RRR Candidates recruited under Compassionate Appointment Rules to Group C and D posts. This move of filing SLP is in blatant violation of the commitment held out to the leaders of the Postal Joint Council of Action by the DG Posts during the negotiations on the eve of April 2007 Indefinite Strike.

 

This anti worker action of the Department of Posts will smash all confidence and faith in any negotiations with the Postal Board for all times to come. It was the solemn word of the Director General of Posts during the talks that the issue of absorption of RRR Candidates will be settled irrespective of the verdict of the Honourable Madras High Court whether it is in favour of the department or staff side. The Judgment that had followed the negotiations went in favour of the RRR Candidates. The Honourable Madras High Court dismissed the appeal of the Department and pronounced a judgment upholding the CAT judgment to absorb all the RRR Candidates in the Department. The Department, in utter violation of the assurance held out during the strike negotiations, has now preferred an SLP in the Apex Court to further delay the absorption of the wards of poor deceased postal employees who were recruited and imparted training and engaged regularly for more than 10 to 12 years.

 

The Postal Joint Council of Action strongly protests the action of the Department of Posts and calls upon the entirety of the postal workers to come out in strong protest against the treachery of the Postal Board to violate its own assurance during strike negotiations. The Postal Joint Council of Action calls upon the postal employees to hold massive protest demonstrations on 05.10.2007 at the level of all branches / divisions / regional offices / and Circle offices to demand immediate withdrawal of the SLP filed in the Supreme Court and to absorb all RRR Candidates against regular posts of Group C and D without further delay as assured during the talks in April 2007.

 

The Postal JCA also calls upon the rank and file workers to send protest Telegrams / Savingrams / e-posts to the Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi 110001 and to the Honourable Minister of Communications and IT, Electronic Niketan, C.G.O. Complex,  New Delhi 110003 as follows.

 

 

TEXT OF E-POSTS / TELEGRAMS / SAVINGRAMS

 

We strongly condemn the anti-labour move of the Postal Board to file SLP in the Supreme Court against absorption of all RRR Candidates recruited by the department under the Relaxation of Recruitment Rules to Group C and D posts AAA This is gross violation of assurance held out during strike negotiations in April 2007 AAA We demand withdrawal of SLP and absorption of RRR Candidates immediately and avert future Course of Trade Union Action.

 

 

Comradely Yours

          R.N.Parashar  

Offg.Secretary General

NFPE

 

D.Theagarajan

Secretary General

FNPO

 

Note: All Circle Secretaries of both the Federations are requested to circulate this circular in their respective Circle.

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--
C.C.Pillai
Secretary General NFPE

NFPE - FNPO JOINT PROTEST ACTION AGAINST THE UNILATERAL MOVE OF THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT IN CONSTITUTING OFFICER HEADED GDS COMMITTEE

Dear Comrades! The Department of Posts has unilaterally and in violation of the Strike Agreement with the Postal Joint Council of Action constituted an Officer headed GDS Committee. The demand that was agreed upon was to dismantle the proposal to set up officer headed committee. Now without even discussing with the Postal Federations, the Department had constituted such a Committee in the name of consusltations with the GDS Union. This is unacceptable to us. The Officer Committee has to be scrapped and a Commission headed by a Judge should be Constituted. The move of the Department of Posts would bring a major set back to the GDS interests. The NFPE and FNPO Federations have jointly called upon the postal workers to agitate. The following is the joint call:

 

 

POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

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

 

No. PF-12 (c) / Postal JCA/2007                     Dated   27^th July, 2007

 

CIRCULAR

To,

 

1.         All General Secretaries of NFPE & FNPO

2.         All Office Bearers of NFPE & FNPO

3.         All Circle Secretaries of NFPE & FNPO

4.         All Branch / Divisional Secretaries of NFPE & FNPO

     through respective Circle Secretaries

 

Dear Comrades and Friends .

 

VIOLATION OF INDEFINITE POSTAL STRIKE

 SETTLEMENT OF APRIL, 2007

 

We recall your attention to the assurances and settlements made by the Secretary Department of Posts on the ten point charter of demands of Postal Employees, for which an indefinite strike notice was served to commence the strike from 24^th April, 2007.

 

The Secretary Posts held discussions with the JCA on 19^th and 20^th April 2007 on ten point charter of demands.

 

  On the setting up of Judicial Commission for GDS we stood firm on the demand. Secretary Posts sought second option on it. The staff side proposed for inclusion of GDS in the preview of 6 ^th CPC. They agreed to pursue the matter with the Govt. for inclusion of GDS into the 6^th CPC. If they turned down the inclusion in CPC setting up of Judicial Commission the only option left was the stand. All other demands in the Charter was also satisfactorily addressed. The JCA reviewed the assurances and settlements and unanimously decided to defer the indefinite strike.

 

The Department of Posts has now set up GDS Committee with a retired officer of the Dept. of Posts. Contrary to the agreement reached with the staff side during 1993 Strike Shri R.S Nataraja Murti , Retired Member Post has been appointed as Chairman GDS Committee.

 

A unilateral action of the Dept. of Posts violating the agreements has to be strongly protested. The Dept. did not discuss the matter with the Federations. We were told that the ED Unions have been consulted in this regard.

                                                                                                               

The National Postal Joint Council of action has decided to organize following action programme through out the country demanding implementation of strike demands:

 

3rdAugust, 2007

 

Hold protest demonstration jointly at all work places and

send Telegram/Savingram To,

 

1.   Hon'ble Minister(C) & IT                        

      Govt. of India ,                                                

      New Delhi-110001                                   

                                                                             

2         Shri IMG Khan

Secretary

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan

New Delhi 110001                                                                  

 

Text of Telegram / Savingram    We strongly protest against setting up of GDS Committee headed by Retired Officer of Dept of Posts instead of Judicial Commission / 6 th CPC as demand by the staff side .Implement all other demands in charter.                                                                   Signature -----------------

 

8th August , 2007

 

Hold Dharna before office of the Divisional Heads /Regional PMGs    and CPMGs .

 

Further course of action would be chalked out by the JCA which will be convened very soon.

 

With Fraternal greetings.

 

 

Yours Comradely,

 

 

     (Des Raj Sharma)                    (D.Theagarajan)

Offg. Secretary General               Secretary General

            NFPE                                      FNPO

 

 

 

Resolution of Department of Posts On the formation of GDS Committee dated 23rd July 2007

No. 6-1/2006-PE.II --- The question of examining the conditions of service and emoluments and other facilities available to the Gramin Dak Sevaks has been under the consideration of the Government of India for some time. The Government has now decided to set up a one-man committee for the purpose.

2. Shri R.S. Nataraja Murti, Retired Member of the Postal Services Board will constitute  the Committee.

3. The Committee will go into the service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks and suggest changes as considered necessary. The terms of reference of the Committee will, inter allia, include the following:-

(a) To examine the system of extra departmental post offices, conditions of employment, wage structure of the Gramin Dak Sevaks and recommend suitable changes considered necessary.
(b) To examine the reasonableness of introducing a social security scheme for providing provident fund and retirement benefits to Gramin Dak Sevaks.
(c) To examine and suggest any change in the method of recruitment, minimum qualifications for appointment as Gramin Dak Sevaks and conduct & disciplinary rules.
(d) To review the facilities provided to the public at different classes of extra departmental post offices.
(e) To examine desirability and need to sanction any interim relief till the time of recommendations of the Committee are made and accepted by the Government.

4. The committee will function for a period of one year, extendable at the discretion of the Government.

5. The Chairman of the Committee will be assisted by Shri A.K. Sharma, a Senior Administrative Grade Officer of the Department who will act as Secretary to the GDS Committee. Adequate staff support will be provided to the committee by the Department of Post. The committee will keep the 6th Central Pay Commission informed of the progress of its work from time to time.

6. The Committee will devise its own procedure and may call for such information an take such evidence, as considered necessary.

7. The headquarters of the Committee will be at New Delhi.

Sanction of the competent authority is accorded for setting up of the Secretariat of the proposed GDS Committee with the following establishment:

Sl. No.          Name of Post                                  No. of Post (s)*
1.                Secretary, GDS Committee                            1
2.                 Senior Time Scale / Junior Time Scale            1
3.                 Assistant Supdt Posts                                    2
4.                Postal Assistant / LSG                                    3
5.                 Private Secretary                                          2
6.                 Group D                                                        1
7.                Chowkidar                                                     1

2.   Following posts are developed for GDS Committee:

(i) PMG Sambalpur as Secretary, GDS Committee.
(ii) ADG (Establishment) as ADG, GDS Committee.

Delhi Circle

will provide posts and staff mentioned at Sl. No. 3 to 7.

3. The Secretariat of the Committee will be located at Malcha Marg PO Complex, Chankya Puri, New Delhi 110021. Necessary requirements for the Secretariat will be made in the usual manner by the CPMG, Delhi Circle with the approval of IFA of the Circle. Any correspondence in this regard may be made with the Secretary of the Committee.

4. The expenditure on the Secretariat would be made out of the Budget of the Delhi circle. If any additional funds are needed, that may be indicated in the RE 2007-08. The pay and allowances of the officers indicated at Sl. 1 & 2 above will be drawn and disbursed by the Postal Directorate till further orders.

5. The resolution for constitution of the Committee will be issued separately.

--
C.C.Pillai
Secretary General NFPE