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Ref: PF/NFPE/Resolution Dated – 26.06.2020
To
The
Secretary
Department
of Posts
Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Sub: - Resolution
on bifurcation of DAP office into Hyderabad & Vijayawada and staff
management regarding.
Sir,
The below
mentioned Resolution passed unanimously by the Federal Executive held on
19.06.2020 is sent herewith for taking necessary action.
RESOLUTION
“This Federal Executive Committee of National
Federation of Postal Employees, in its meeting held on 19.06.2020, unanimously
resolved to express its anguish, displeasure and disappointment over the
unilateral Bifurcation of the combined Postal Accounts Office Hyderabad in to
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana PAOs at Vijayawada and Hyderabad respectively
causing irreparable damage to the lives of officials without considering the
submissions and suggestions put forth by the staff side. It is highly
disappointing to mention that the empowered Committee of CPMsG of both states
have not considered/adopted the Bifurcation procedure/methods that were adopted
at the time of formation of other Postal Accounts Offices in India or Circle
Office or any other Office of Central Government in the state.
It is pertinent to mention here few relevant things,
that the Bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh has necessitated the
Bifurcation of Postal Circle and then the Postal Accounts Office. From the
beginning, the staff side is holding that they would welcome the formation of a
new Postal Accounts Office for residual Andhra Pradesh. They also reiterated
that the staff of Postal Accounts Office Hyderabad would support their best for
smooth running and gradual establishment of the Postal Accounts Office at Andhra
Pradesh. It is also a fact that some of the staff members have already given
their willingness for Vijayawada PAO and joined there for rendering their
services permanently there and another team of thirty two officials have moved
there for rendering their services for one year as per PA Wing’s letter dated
15.11.2019. Additionally, till date, around thirty new recruits have joined in
new PAO at Vijayawada and fifty JA/LDCs are going to join in coupe of days. A
part of work of PAO, Vijayawada is being dealt there and the remaining work is
being handled at Hyderabad.
Notwithstanding this, the empowered Committee has done
permanent Bifurcation which causes irreparable damage to the lives and families
of staff of PAO Hyderabad which has to be reviewed and revamped in the interest
of justice.
·
Postal Accounts Offices are centralized
offices. One Postal Accounts Office is located in every Postal Circle. Before
bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the Postal Accounts Office was working from
Hyderabad.
·
Officials who have joined in this office
did not expect any transfer in their life time as inter - state or any type of
transfer is not provided as per the Service Conditions.
·
Bifurcation of State of Andhra Pradesh
necessitated the Bifurcation of combined PAO Hyderabad.
·
Officials have given their OPTION to
Telangana as almost all of them have put up more than twenty years of service.
They have established their families in Hyderabad with a hope of no transfer
until their retirement.
·
Many Postal Accounts Offices in India have
been bifurcated in the past. But nowhere the officials of parent office were
sent forcibly to newly formed office against their willingness but,
unfortunately, in case of bifurcation of PAO Hyderabad, the officials are
forcibly allotted/sent to Vijayawada.
·
The Postal Directorate is contemplating
several alternatives so as to avoid permanent physical deployment of officials
of parent office. As a part of this course 32 officials were sent to Vijayawada
for one year in the month of December 2019 clearly mentioning the condition;
after completing one year they would be repatriated to their parent office i.e.
Hyderabad. They have also put another provision that even before completion of
one year, if new officials would join through direct recruitment, the process
of repatriation shall start.
·
Some more number of staff would also go on
the same lines if required and this process may continue till required strength
is recruited at Vijayawada.
·
Now the Directorate has allotted 67 new
Junior Accountants and 15 LDCs to Vijayawada additionally providing 56 Junior
Accountants as a course of implementing above alternatives, out of which 32
have already joined till date.
·
But the local authorities, without considering
to our requests, without studying the procedure undertaken while bifurcating the
other offices, without considering the alternative provisions made by the
Directorate has issued a Bifurcation Order on 6.03.2020 and permanently
allotted officials to Vijayawada.
·
It is disheartening that the provision of
one year deployment made during December 2019 had been ruthlessly cancelled through
the Bifurcation Order of March 6th.
·
It is pertinent that the present PAO at
Hyderabad is functioning with half of the sanction strength and many
retirements are going to take place in coming years. In this situation it would
be a good and humanitarian decision to continue the posting of officials for
one year at Vijayawada on rotational basis, till the required staff strength is
recruited in Vijayawada.
·
Humanitarian and sympathetic view of the
issues is required in this regard rather than the technical persuasion. The
same humanitarian and sympathetic view can be seen in the previous cases of
bifurcation of PAOs of other Circles and also while issuing the order of
15.11.2019 for sending 32 SAs for a period of one year.
·
It is reiterated that the staff of PAO
Hyderabad are ready to go to PAO Vijayawada for some more terms on Temporary
Transfer/Deputation.”
Hence in this background the Federal Executive
Committee of National Federation of Postal Employees urges upon the Authorities
to review the entire process of Bifurcation and to cause justice to the
officials by setting aside the Bifurcation Order dated 06.03.2020. It is
further requested to kindly consider the bifurcation of staff, based on
humanitarian approach rather than on the technical aspects, and save the staff
from distress, agony and uncertainty. It is also urged to have a comprehensive
dialogue with Staff side.
-Sd/-
(President)
With
regards,
Yours
sincerely,
(R. N.
Parashar)
Secretary
General
