Undue delay in settlement of agreed items on the Charter of
Demands.
NFPE & FNPO DECIDES TO CONDUCT ONE DAY FAST IN FRONT OF
DAK BHAWAN AND ALL CHIEF PMG OFFICES ON 21.05.2012
DEMANDING ORDERS ON PENDING AGREED ITEMS OF CHARTER OF
DEMANDS
MAKE THE PROGRAMME A GRAND SUCCESS
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Ref: JCA/AGTN/2012 Dated 02.05.2012
To,
Mrs. Manjula Prashar
Secretary
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Madam,
Sub: - Undue delay
in settlement of agreed items of the strike charter of Demands.
Ref: - Our letter
even no. dated 22.03.2012
Kindly refer to our letter dated 22.03.2012 on the above
subject (copy enclosed for ready reference) where in we have brought to your notice
the undue delay taking place in settling the already agreed items of the
charter of Demands. It is regretted to inform you that evenafter a lapse of one
month no remarkable improvement has taken place and more or less the position
remains almost the same.
In view of the above, notice is hereby given that the
secretary Generals of NFPE & FNPO and also all other General Secretaries
shall be sitting on one day hunger fast in front of the Dak Bhawan and also in
front of all Chief PMG offices on 21st May 2012, Monday from 10.00 AM to 05.00
PM demanding settlement of the agreed items without any further delay. We hope
that the administration shall come forward to settle the issues amicably as we
do no intent to precipitate the issues further to a stage of confrontation and
direct action.
Awaiting favourable response,
Yours faithfully,
(M. Krishnan) D. Theagaraj
Secretary General, NFPE Secretary General, FNPO
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL
EMPLOYEES
FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS
Ref: JCA/AGTN/2012 Dated – 22.03.2012
To,
Mrs. Manjula Prashar
Secretary,
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Madam,
Sub: - Undue delay in settlement of agreed items on the
Charter of Demands.
A kind attention is invited to the discussions we had during
strike Charter of demands and also further assurances to us that unlike in the
past whatever assured during discussions will be implemented without any delay.
But to our dismay, many of the assured items are still not
disposed of favourably and even the clarifications assured to be issued are
still pending. Further it is learnt that the Internal Finance is rejecting the
assurances given by Minister for state for communication and also the
Secretary, Department of Posts. which causes a serious concern. The following are the few items in which
categorical assurance had been ensured in the minutes of the meeting and also
during discussions.
1. Separate
orders communicating the decision that no mail office will be closed for next
three years and no dislocation of staff to places outside headquarters.
2. Orders
communicating the decisions about no closure/merger of Post offices if no
simultaneous relocation is possible.
3. Revision of
wages to casual labourers & absorption.
4. Revised
recruitment Rules for Group D & Postman as agreed and syllabus for Group
‘D’ examination (25% from GDS) & Postmen/Mailguard.
5. Revision of
cash handling norms to GDS & ensuring no reduction of TRCA under any
circumstances and enhancing the Bonus ceiling to 3500/- & revise the cash
allowance to BPM at the rate of Rs.50/- per trip instead of month.
6. Orders
revising the instructions liberalizing the powers to the divisional heads
instead of circle heads in case of tenure posting to C and B Class offices.
7. Reiteration
of earlier instructions on the Grant of Special pay to unqualified Accountants
& Counting of Special Allowance for pay fixation without filling SLP
against Bangalore High Court judgment.
8. Circulation
of clarification given to Punjab circle to the remaining circles also in
respect of protection of pay of defunct PO & RMS Accountants.
9. Orders on
forcible allotment of staff quarters to the town SOs SPMs as post attached
quarters.
10. Non supply of
balance statement of NPS to the official as on 31.03.2011.
11. Enhancement of
financial powers to LSG, HSG II & HSG I.
12. Enhancing the
honorarium for invigilators engaged in departmental examinations.
13. Allowing the
physically handicapped candidates for appearing IPO examinations.
14. Orders on drawal
of Cash handling allowance to Treasurers, Accountants irrespective of their
position in MACP.
15. Finalisation of
cadre review proposals before 31.3.2012.
16. Payment of
incentive instead of honorarium for attending the PLI/RPLI work at divisional
offices after decentralization.
17. Orders for
repatriation of officials deputed for PLI/RPLI work to CO/RO to their home
divisions.
18. Allowing the
Postmaster’s cadre officials to appear for IPO/PSS Group B examination.
19. Orders
permitting the Postmaster Cadre officials to officiate in HSG I vacancies.
20. DO letter from
Member (P) to all circle heads to fill up all posts of Sorting Postmen, Mail
overseer, cash overseer & Head Postmen.
21. Allowing MTS to
decline promotion to postmen cadre under seniority quota without loosing MACP
promotion.
22. Reiteration of
instructions for rotational transfer for SBCO staff by notifying cluster of
divisions.
23. Issue
instructions to all for ensuring filling up of all sanctioned LR posts.
24. Prompt grant of
child care leave – Issue of instructions.
25. Clarifications
to be issued on MACP as agreed upon on the following:
(i) MACP will not
be deferred on the ground at contemplated disciplinary/vigilance proceedings.
(ii) Instructions
on review of ACRs/APARs by scruitiny committees.
(iii) Recovery orders by DAP in the matter of pay fixation
on MACP in case of MTS
(iv) Cases relating
to declining promotion prior to issue of MACP order (Prior to 2009)
26. Issuing clear
instructions to all Chief PMGs that in the city areas where RO/Cos are situated
decentralisation of RPLI/PLI should not be done to city Postal Divisions,
instead the work will be done by RO/CO staff as done before.
27. Issuing orders
on the items finalized by the Postmen committee and also follow up action on
certain items to be referred to work study unit.
28.
Cadre-restructuring and settlement of Group D and sorter anomaly issues
relating to Postal Accounts.
29. Follow up action
on civil wing employees issues.
30. Examination of
CRC & EPP norms.
Apart from the above, the minutes of the standing committee
(JCM) and also the reply to the items already discussed in the strike charter
but included on JCM items are yet to be issued.
It is constrained to inform that in the event of non
settlement of the above items within one month we have decided to observe one
day token fast in front of Directorate by all the General Secretaries.
We trust that your will effectively intervene and maintain
tranquility in service.
With profound regards,
D. Theagarajan
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Secretary General
FNPO NFPE
