Friday, January 25, 2013

AGENDA FOR NEXT FOUR MONTHLY MEETING AT CIRCLE OFFICE AHMEDABAD


ALL INDIA P0STAL EMPLOYEES UNION GROUP 'C'
GUJARAT CIRCLE

No.CO/FourMonthly/Agenda/2012.13                                                                   Dated January 23, 2013

To,
The Chief Postmaster General
Gujarat Circle Ahmedabad 380 001

Subject:               Agenda for the next four monthly meeting.
Respected sir,
After a long break, now there is a hope for a due four monthly meeting at an early date. We would informally discuss on most important concerns as and when opportunity occurs. However few items, to be taken on agenda, are furnished below:

Item No.1
Non supply of Computer Stationary to divisions.
There is a hue and cry about non availability of computer stationary from all corners of the Gujarat Circle. PSDs are issuing non availability certificates to divisions but local purchase cannot be made due to non availability of funds! When the department moves ahead with 100% computerization with the allotment of Rs.4909 Crores, the uproar for non availability of stationary appears farce. It is requested to take suitable action to ensure supply of sufficient stationary.

Item No.2
Appeal for prompt and concrete action into cases of complaint against corruption and misuse of administrative powers.-case of Kachchh division.
Since a long period passed, no visible action has been taken into case of complaint against corruption and misuse of administrative powers by SPO Kachchh division. So many letters written by staff side has not been acknowledged even. There are video/audio/written evidences, but no one records statement of the officer! And the CDs are referred to FSL. The case file will speak about real scenario. Our demand is for prompt and visible action in the matter.

Item No.3
Request for issuing instructions to Regions/Divisions, for adhering to directions of the Directorate, for not calling staff on duty on Sunday and Holidays as a routine.
Particularly in Vadodara region, staff is forced to attend on each and every Sunday/Holiday for one or other work. Staff side is quite positive and sincere about need of the day for doing various work within time schedule and we have also advised staff for voluntarily contribute additional work for one or two hours where pendency of discrepant accounts is more but the administration side in the region forces the staff each and every Sunday/Holiday with threatening language. Therefore, it is requested to instruct all divisions to adhere to the direction of the Directorate in Letter No.16/56/2011-SR dtd 08.07.11 and two instructions issued by the directorate on this issue after the settlement on strike charter. It is also suggested to avoid sending staff in various trainings from divisions where arrears of work is very heavy and require early wiping out.

        

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Item No.4
Review of quality of food provided at PTC Vadodara.
Recently there was food poisoning to so many trainees after consuming breakfast. There has been always complaint about poor quality of food. It is the time for review of the situation. My earlier letter in the matter is exhaustive in the matter.

Item No.5
Allotment of office premise for office of Circle Union of AIPE Union Group ‘C’.
Circle union needs an office. Space is available at Paldi PO, Allis bridge PO and may be somewhere else. Allotment of any Quarter in the Colony would be more suitable to us. It is requested to consider.

Item No.6
Review of staff position of Bardoli division.
There is very heavy shortage of staff at Bardoli division. It may be because of false calculation of vacancies in the previous year. It is requested to review, determine actual vacancies of the division and take suitable action in the matter.

Considering long gap in the meeting, number of items may not be restricted to three only.

Following office bearers will attend the meeting.

1.       Rashmin Purohit               Circle Secretary                 OA PSD Ahmedabad
2.       S.K.Vaishnav                   Circle President                 PA Gondal HO


With regards,

Yours Sincerely

RASHMIN PUROHIT
Circle Secretary

Wednesday, January 16, 2013


HAND BOOK - 2013
"An Updated & Latest Hand Book - 2013 is now available"

Pages: 300/-
Price: - Rs.75/- (Subsidiary Price)+ Postage Extra

DIVISIONS ARE NOT SENDING THEIR INDENT WELL IN TIME. THE HAND BOOK 2013 MUST BE IN HANDS OF ALL OFFICE BEARERS OF EACH DIVISION.

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE IT WITH YOUNG ENTRANTS TO SHOW THEM REAL FACE OF OUR UNION.

IT WILL BE VERY USEFUL FOR ALL MEMBERS. I REQUEST TO PLACE INDENT ATLEAST FOR 50 HAND BOOKS BY EACH DIVISION. MEMBERS CAN BEAR EXPENDITURE OF THIS SMALL AMOUNT FOR USEFUL INFORMATION.

IN THE MEAN TIME, WE HAVE REQUESTED CHQ TO SEND 15 HAND BOOKS TO EACH DIVISION WITHOUT ANY INDENT, BY VP.

PLEASE ACCEPT THE VP AND PLACE YOUR FURTHER ORDER.

Friday, January 4, 2013

DIVISIONAL CONFERENCE OF VALSAD DIVISION ON 6TH JANUARY 2013

Divisional Conference of Valsad division will be held at Valsad on 6th January, 2013, Sunday.

Circle Secretary and Com.S.K.Vaishnav Circle President, Com.M.G.Dulera Circle Finance Secretary and Com.N.D.Patel Asst. Circle Secretary will attend the conference. It is expected that most of the Divisional Secretaries and Circle Office bearers of Vadodarea region will attend the conference.

There are so many issues concerning to employees of Vadodara region, particularly pertaining to suppression and compulsion for attending on Sundays/Holidays constantly on each off days, without any remuneration or off. There are also cases of extra ordinary pressure for imposing recoveries in case of minus balance. There are also cases of Charge sheets in the region intended to enforce recoveries from innocent employees. Few  cases for promotion under MACP are also pending in Valsad division. There are so many cases for dequarterisation of SPM's quarters pending in respect of Valsad, Navsari and Bardoli division.

I request all Divisional Secretaries and Circle office bearers of Vadodara region to remain present at Valsad from morning time on 6th Jan. Sunday. We will seat together, discuss problems of each division and take some important decision including agitation program.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

CHQ TAKES UP ISSUE OF NON SUPPLY OF COMPUTER STATIONARY IN RAJKOT REGION


ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GROUP ‘C’
   CHQ: Dada Ghosh Bhawan, 2151/1, New Patel Road, New Delhi 

President:  M. Krishnan                                                          General Secretary: R. Sivannarayana

Ref: P/2-6/Bhavnagar 

To 
The Secretary 
Department of Posts 
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001

Sub: -  Non Supply of Computer Stationary

Dear Sir,
It is brought to our notice that due to non supply of Computer stationary by the PSD Rajkot, the 
staff working in all the divisions under its Jurisdiction and in particularly in Bhavnagar Division are suffering allot and even purchasing on their own to complete the office work.
The PSD Rajkot has issued non availability certificate to all divisions to local purchase and 
heads are not evencing  any interest to purchase and supply to all offices but instructed SPMs to purchase stationary locally and submit the bill for sanction as per approved note by the
Regional office. It is further dismay to note that bill submitted by the staff for the local purchase 
have not been released due to non availability of funds as stated in Bhavnagar division. The 
Divisional head replied that the financial power vested with him to  extent of Rs. 50000/
exhausted already and he could not sanction any bills till the Regional office cleared the proposal. 
This is highly deplorable. 
When the Department is moving ahead with hundred percentage computerization with allotment 
of Rs. 4909 Crores, the existence of non supply is nothing but farce and ridiculous. 

It is therefore requested to intervene effectively  and ensure immediate supply of stationary and 
ensure no such instance shall takes place

May I request your response, 

With regards, 

Yours faithfully 
(R. Sivannarayana) 
General Secretary 

Copy to: - 
Divisional Secretary, Bhavnagar 
Divisional Secretary, Rajkot 
Circle Secretary, Gujarat 
Press 

Monday, December 31, 2012


NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
CENTRAL ZONE STUDY CAMP
2013 JANUARY 19TH & 20TH (SATURDAY, SUNDAY)
VENUE: SANCHI, VIDISHA DIVISION
(MADHYA PRADESH)
New Delhi,
20-11-2012
To
1. All General Secretaries.
2. All Circle Secretaries of NFPE affiliated unions - Maharashtra, Gujarat,
    Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand Circles.

Dear Comrade,
As you are aware the South Zone Study Camp of NFPE was held successfully at Chennai. The next camp for Central Zone will be organised at Sanchi, Vidisha Division (Madhya Pradesh) on 19th and 20th January 2013. Delegates from all affiliates of NFPE from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand Circles shall participate in the Central Zone Study Camp. The number of delegates allotted to each Circle Union is furnished below.

Circle
P3
P4
R3
R4
GDS
Admn.
Postal
A/C
SCBO
Civil
Casual
Labour
Total
Maharashtra
20
10
8
4
5
1
1
1
1
1
52
Gujarat
15
8
6
4
5
1
1
1
-
1
42
Madhya Pradesh
30
12
10
5
10
1
1
1
-
1
71
Chattisgarh
10
5
2
1
4
1
1
1
-
1
26
Bihar
15
6
5
3
5
1
1
1
-
1
38
Jharkhand
10
4
2
2
4
1
1
1

2
27
Total
100
45
33
19
33
6
6
6
1
7
256

In addition all General Secretaries of the above unions shall attend the camp
compulsorily.
Circle Secretaries are requested to select the delegates of their union
immediately and instruct them to book the up and down tickets without any further delay. They should reach the camp (Sanchi) before 8.30 AM on 19-01-2013. They can leave the camp only after 6 PM on 20-01-2013. Maximum lady comrades may also be included as delegates.
The names of the delegates attending the camp should be intimated to the
respective General Secretaries before 31-12-2012. Delegate fee per head is Rs.600/- (Rs. Six hundred only).
Programme notice will be sent separately.
All General Secretaries are requested to instruct their Circle Secretaries suitably to take immediate follow up action.
Fraternally yours,

M. KRISHNAN,
Secretary General.
ATTENTION: ALL D/S GUJARAT CIRCLE

ALL DIVISIONAL SECRETARIES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO  INTIMATE  NAMES OF WILLING DELEGATES FROM THEIR DIVISIONS. IT IS PREFERRED THAT THOSE WHO PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED STUDY CAMPS MAY GIVE CHANCE TO OTHERS IF ANY WILLING IN THE DIVISION. YOUNG COMRADES WOULD LEARN MUCH FROM THE STUDY CAMP. NAMES RECEIVED FROM DIVISIONAL SECRETARIES WILL BE SCRUTINIZED AND ONLY THOSE DELEGATES WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE WHOSE NAMES ARE APPROVED BY THE CIRCLE UNION. IT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION TO HIRE SPECIAL VEHICLE FROM AHMEDABAD FOR DELEGATES OF OUR CIRCLE. THE EXPENDITURE SHOULD BE BORNE BY RESPECTIVE DELEGATES. PLEASE SEND FINAL NAMES WITHIN NEXT TWO DAYS BY MESSAGE ON MOBILE NUMBER 9427208408
-RASHMIN PUROHIT
HAPPY NEW YEAR

Dear Comrades,
Circle Union conveys best wishes for 
a Very Happy New Year - 2013.

-Rashmin Purohit
 Circle Secretary

FLASH NEWS
GDS AIC DATE CHANGED
PREPONED TO 2013 MARCH 21st & 22nd
As the Festival “HOLI” is on 27th March 2013, the dates of the 1st All India Conference of AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) has been preponed to 2013 March 21st and 22nd.
VENUE :                          
DHARMAPRAKASH KALYANA                                                                             MANDAPAM, CHENNAI - 600084
(Chennai City)
All concerned are requested to note the change in dates.  Book your up and down tickets immediately

                                     =                   P. PANDURANGA RAO
                                                    General Secretary, AIPEU-GDS (NFPE)
                                                    Central Head Quarters, New Delhi.


JCM Departmental Council

The JCM Departmental Council Meeting was held on 28.12.2012. As reported by  Com. K. V. Sridharan, Leader Staff Side, the gist of certain decisions on the subjects are furnished hereunder.

(1)   At the outset, the Staff Side declared that in the event of non finalization of cadre review proposals immediately and if linked it with the modernization, the Staff Side will not cooperate the project of modernization and its implementation. Then it was assured to finalise the proposals shortly after a convening a Staff Side meeting early.
(2)   The linking of fresh establishment review for the proposal of peripheral HRA will be dropped. Whenever State Government declares merger of urban areas, proposals for the enhancement of HRA will be undertaken.
(3)   Proposal to recruit the PA through Staff Selection Commission will be taken for consideration after some time.
(4)   PA Recruitment (Open Quota) will be completed in three phases from 27.01.2013 to 3.3.2013. The candidates will be made under three groups in each circle and exam will be conducted in three batches in between Jan to March 2013. After the exam, computer test will be made among the shortlisted candidates and the recruitment process will be over in the month of June 2013.
(5)   The conditions imposed in the last IP exam that ‘no disciplinary action is pending or contemplated and no adverse entry in last two years’ etc. will be withdrawan.
(6)   Grant of Flexi working hours not possible for POs.
(7)   As the soil is not fit for construction of two storied buildings at Kodialkol Mangalore, alternate building will be finalized shortly.
(8)   Construction work will commence within 15 days in respect of the Itanagar HPO building.
(9)   Chief PMG NE intimated that there is no request or requirement for construction of staff quarters in Imphal.
(10)  Replacing kerosene generators will be ordered.
(11)  The fixing uniform incentive for MTS work will be considered.
(12)  As the verification of withdrawal will not be necessary after 30.06.2013, the expected date of core banking introduction, the enhancement of limit for verification need not be insisted.
(13)  RBI has directed SBI to recover the amount irregularly paid to the depositor in the PPF account in the case of Mysore HO.
(14)  Non counting of the APS service for MACP – not agreed.
(15)  An appeal filed in the High court Jodhpur against the CAT orders on MACP in respect of promotees.
(16)  Fixation of Pay of MTS & irregular Audit objection by DAP Kolkata – will be referred to DOPT.
(17)  A reference will be made to DOPT about our demand on Dies non period shall also be taken as continuous service for MACP.
(18)  Recovery of postage in case of foreign articles returned due to non availability service – will be considered favourably.
(19)  Clarification will be issued to fix the minimum pay of Rs. 5200 + 1800 to canteen employees.
(20)  Payment of the difference in encashment of EL for LTC – Not agreed and stated the clarification is issued as per the DOPT orders.
(21)  Carving out of Postmaster Grade III will be carried out shortly. HSG-I posts will be filled up as per the old Recruitment Rules. The DOPT has been approached for approval. Assured to cause orders within a month and immediately the PM Grade III will be carved out.
(22)  Abolition of skeleton vacancies for 2006 to 2008 is based on the refusal of our demand by MOF & Nodel Ministries. We insisted that the vacancies abolished earlier inadvertently shall be adjusted. The DDG replied that all the circle heads replied that there was no such abolition earlier. We pointed out the case of the West Bengal circle in PA & Postmen vacancies. No decision was emerged.
(23)  Orders have been issued to constitute DPC at once for promotion of LSG & HSG II Promotions.
(24)  Relaxed standard to GDS in PA appointment for SC/ST candidates. This is under examination.
(25)  All the vacant postmen, Sorting Postmen Posts will be filled up before May 2013.
(26)  Grant of higher Out station Allowance for RMS staff will be considered on the basis of Grade Pay instead of Designation.
(27)  Amendment will be made in the recruitment rules of Sorting Asstt. in the constitution of DPC for confirmation.
(28)  Recruitment Rules for PA (Circle office) is pending with Ministry of Law.
(29)  Group B exam related issues – will be discussed in a separate committee.
(30)  Clarifications will be issued on drawal of Grade pay to pharmacists of P&T Dispensary.
(31)  Amendment is expected on the eligibility of family pension to married physically handicapped wards. It will be expedited.
(32)  Orders will be issued to step the case of promotee seniors up to the issue of Pay Commission orders from 1.1.2006.
(33)  One time option will be provided to the officials whose increment falls between Feb 2006 to June 2006.
(34)  Instructions will be issued not to make any recovery from those retired from 1.1.2006 to 31.08.2008 in respect of excess payment of commutation amount.
(35)  Reference will be made for the grant of Grade pay of Rs. 1800/- to MTS who retired/expired from service after 31.08.2008 without having been imparted training.
(36)  Orders on agreed items discussed in the postmen committee will be expedited.
(37)  Irregular commutation of LR strength – It was agreed to verify the old files of 1964 & 1975 and ascertain the correct position on LRs and will initiate action.
(38)  All PTCs will be instructed not to insist Dress code, Uniform etc. A common standard will be circulated. In respect of PTC Madurai, the successful 14 candidates will be provided promotion.
(39)  Orders will be issued shortly for upgradation of pay to the erstwhile Group ‘D’ selected under blind quota who are still remaining in IS scale.
(40)  Provisions will be made to get information about the GPF through Internet shortly.
(41)  Discrimination in the service condition in LGO - DOPT not agreed for any further relaxation.
(42)  All the sections have been instructed to update all Postal Manual, Volumes and reference books before 15.02.2013.
(43)  Bifurcation of Baster and Raigarh divisions will be considered.
(44)  It was agreed to revise commission for Aadhar Card related works.
(45)  The transfer of staff from L2 against the willingness will be stopped.
(46)  Clarification will be issued for stepping up of pay to Postman and Group ‘D’ as per Divisional gradation List.
(47)  The restriction on the second posting in single handed post offices. Orders exhibited in the website.

The above are only the important subjects discussed among the 88 items. The items which were earlier discussed in the Standing Committee meeting were not discussed again. The Leader staff Side stated that the decision on certain items in the stating committee meeting required reconsideration to avoid disagreement to be recorded for referring the case to the Board of Arbitration. The meeting ended with thanks to the chairman who had convened two JCM meetings and two standing committee meetings in one year.

Attention of Divisional/Branch Secretaries
(i)     Please clear Quota, Outstanding dues and also the quota to Federation and Confederation well in advance.
(ii)   Please indent ‘Hand Book 2013’, if not placed earlier immediately and distribute as New Year Gift to all members.
(iii) Please convey your requirement on ‘Venture’ so then we can restrict the no. of copies to be printed. Com. K. V. Sridharan is exerting all strains and special care to bring the proposed book as the most valuable reference book for all Postal Trade Union activists.