Group "B" promotion.

Sri K.Prakasa Rao ASP Nizamabad division has been promoted to group "B" cadre on regular basis  and posted as Supdt. Circle Stamps Depot Hyderabad, vide CPMG office memo no. ST/12-1/2015/II dated 29.02.2016.The officer is retiring on the day of promotion. Association conveys best wishes to the officer on his promotion as well as retirement. 

Preservation of records.

It is happy to bring to the notice of all the members and viewers that RAKNPA Ghaziabad has published book on "Compendium on preservation and disposal of records" on 18.02.2016 covering on all the subjects like BO,SO,HO records pertaining to SB/RD/MO/Sub-accounts etc.. all are requested to down load it from India post web site to keep our self updated while inspecting offices.

Sudden demise of Shymalarao.

Sri Rentala. Shyamala Rao ASP Tanuku was died on 28th feb-2016 at KIMS Hospital Hyderabad. Body taken to Tanuku for funeral for conduct of last rites on 1st March. Family members are awaiting arrival of daughter & son in law and second son from New Jersey.  The officer has opted for VRS from 1st april-2016. contact number-9989836300 & 9849696984.  Let us all pray for the departed soul. we convey deepest condolence to the bereaved family.

Seventh Pay Commission: Good News! 'Review report' to be submitted likely by April-end

 Pay Commission recommends 3% annual increment and 24% hike in pension for central government staffers. Recently, the Defence Ministry also sought a fresh analysis of the concerns raised by the Army, Navy and the Air force- over the recommendations of the seventh pay commission. 

The government has studied representations from the armed forces vis-a-vis the 7th Pay Commission and their concerns will be addressed "in the near future", Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said.

Source : http://www.oneindia.com/

Adhoc group "B" promotion

Sri Ch.suryanarayana ASP Samalkot sub division has been promoted temporarily to group "B" cadre for 180 days and allotted to Hyderabad region vice incumbent of SP Sangareddy division promoted to Group "A" cadre on adhoc basis vide memo no. ST/12-1/Adhoc/2015/I dated 25.02.2016.

Association conveys best wishes to the officer on his adhoc promotion.

Minutes of the Meeting of Joint Secretary (IC) with the Members of the Staff-Side of the Standing Committee (National Council-JCM) held on 19.02.2016 .

1. A Meeting was held under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary (Implementation Cell), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, with the Members of the Staff Side of the Standing Committee (National Council-JCM) on 19.2.2016 to discuss the issues raised by the National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) {Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM)} in their letter No. NJC/2015/7th CPC dt. 10.12.2015, addressed to the Cabinet Secretary, regarding their Charter of Demands on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission. The Secretary, Staff-Side of the Standing Committee (National Council- JCM), who is the convener of the NJCA, along with other office bearers attended the meeting. The list of the participants from the Staff-Side is attached at Annexure.

2. Welcoming the members of the Staff-Side, JS(IC) mentioned that the meeting has been convened to enable the Staff-Side to bring out their concerns on the recommendations of the 7th CPC in the light of the Charter of Demands made by them in the aforesaid letter of NJCA so that same could be examined in the Implementation Cell and submitted for consideration of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries. He informed the office bearers that before arriving at a decision, the ECoS would also hold separate discussions with the Staff Side.

3. Commencing the discussions from the Side of the Members of the Staff-Side, Secretary, Staff-Side, Standing Committee (National Council-JCM), explained that they have already placed their Charter of Demands as per the letter of NJCA dated 10.12.2015. He mentioned that the reasons based on which these demands have been made have also been explained therein. He, however, highlighted that the Staff-Side is not at all happy with the recommendations of the 7th CPC and, in fact, no section of the employees is satisfied, as the Commission has recommended a minimal pay increase as compared to the previous Pay Commissions. He mentioned that the Staff-Side does not agree with the minimum pay of Rs. 18000 and the reason as to why the methodology adopted by the 7th CPC to arrive at this figure is not correct has been explained in their letter dated 10.12.2015. He stated that Staff-Side demands enhancement of the minimum pay to Rs. 26000 and the reasons in support of this have been given in their aforesaid letter. He further stated that an amicable and mutually negotiated settlement of these demands is necessary as non-acceptance would further cause resentment in the employees. He informed that Staff-Side has already made their stand clear to go on strike from 11th April, 2016 if their demands are not considered and no amicable settlement happens.

4. Thereafter, the other members of the Staff-Side also expressed their arguments for acceptance of these demands and all of them emphasized that the minimum pay needs to be revised. Consequently, the fitment multiple of 2.57 would also need commensurate change. The leader of the Staff-Side explained that the office bearers who were present in the meeting represent various sections of Central Government employees including railways, defence civilians, postal employees etc., the number of which is around Rs. 32 lakhs.

5 The Staff-Side brought out their concerns on all the 26 demands included in the Charter of Demands and all the points brought out by them in the letter of the NJAC dt. 10.12.2015 was reiterated. However, following issues in support of their demands were highlighted:

 (i) Minimum Pay needs to be revised to Rs. 26000 p.m. and the minimum pay of Rs. 18000 p.m. as recommended by 7th CPC is not acceptable. This would require upward revision in the fitment multiple of 2.57 and change in the Pay Matrix. It was argued that if the 10% of the pay for NPS contribution and the recommended increase in the CGEIS contribution are taken into account, there would be a drop in the take-home salary of the employees at the minimum pay of Rs.18000.

(ii) Central Government employees need to be excluded from the National Pension Scheme (NPS), which has been a long pending demand of the StaffSide. The Staff-Side stated that the Pension Fund which has been created under NPS to generate annuity for employees, would not ensure reasonable pension. Rather it is quite likely that it may generate negative returns because of the dismal performance of the financial market to which the fund is invested, leaving the employees without any reasonable social security benefit.

(iii) The 7th CPC has recommended abolition of 52 allowances without properly appreciating the justification of these allowances. The example of break-down allowance in case of Railway employees was given, stating that this allowances is given so that the concerned employees take up the necessary follow up action in the case of breakdown on an urgent basis and therefore its withdrawal is not justified in operational interests of Railways.

(iv) The withdrawal of advances, especially LTC, TA, Medical, National Calamity Advance, was not justified. It was argued that these advances are recovered from the employees and, therefore, the same should be retained.

(v) In regard to enhancement of contribution under Group Insurance Scheme, it was argued that increase in the contribution from the employees was not justified and if the same is to be raised, the Government should bear the insurance premium.

(vi) The post of LDC should be upgraded to UDC and as part of delivering; Grade Pays of Rs. 1900, Rs. 2400 and Rs. 4600 should be abolished and merged with the next higher Grades.

(vii) The rate of increment needs to be raised from 3% to 5% because pay is revised in the Central Government after 10 years. It was mentioned that in the PSUs the pay is revised after 5 years and the rate of increment is also higher.

 (viii) Two increments in the feeder post may be granted as promotion benefit.

(ix) Fixed medical allowance for pensioners who are not covered by CGHS and REHS needs to be increased from Rs. 500 p.m. to Rs. 2000 p.m.

(x) The recommendation regarding grant of only 80% of salary for the second year of Child Care Leave need not be accepted and the existing provisions may be retained .

(xi) It was also demanded that though the D/o Expenditure has sought the comments of the Ministries/Department on the issues pertaining to them after consulting the Staff Associations, administrative Departments are not inviting the Staff associations for discussions. 
6. After detailed explanation by the Staff-Side on all the demands included in the Charter of Demands, JS(IC), while concluding the discussions, assured the Staff-Side that the concerns and demands made by them would be placed before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries for consideration after examining the same in the light of the recommendations of the Commission. He also mentioned that in cases where the comments of the administrative Ministries/ Departments would be necessary, e.g., the case of break-down allowance pertaining to Ministry of Railways, the same would be considered before the issues are placed before the E-CoS. As regards the issue raised that the administrative Departments are not inviting staff associations for discussions, JS(IC) mentioned that the Departments have to formulate the views keeping in view the representations made by the Staff Associations. 6. Thereafter, the meeting ended with thanks to the chair. 

New set of CHQ office bearers for 2016-18

To,

The Director General,  

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001.

Subject : Election of new office bearers of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts elected at its 39^th All India Conference held at Jaipur (Rajasthan) on 13^th and 14^th February 2016.

Respected Madam,         

          In pursuance of the notification issued under letter No. GS/AIAIASP/39^th-AIC-Jaipur/2015-16 dated 18/12/2015, the 39^th All India Biennial Conference of Association was held at Jaipur (Rajasthan) on 13^th and 14^th February, 2016.

     The following members have been elected unanimously as CHQ office bearers and CWC members for the next two years term.

Sl. No.	Post	Name	Designation  & Office	Circle
01	President	Shri Nirmalya Mitra	ADPS (FS) % CPMG, West Bengal Circle, Kolkata 700012	West Bengal
02	Vice President-I	Shri Satya Ranjan	ASP, East Sub Division, Patna 800004	Bihar
03	Vice President-II	Shri Vinod  Shah	ASP, Odhav Sub Div, Ahmedabad 380009	Gujarat
04	General Secretary	Shri Vilas  S. Ingale	Senior Postmaster, Thane HO, Thane 400601	Maharashtra
05	Asst. General Secretary-I	Shri P. Ajit Kumar	ASP (RB) % DG, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001	Postal Directorate
06	Asst. General Secretary-II	Shri Bibhudatta Behra	IP (PG) % CPMG, Odisha Circle, Bhubaneshwar  751001	Odisha
07	Asst. General Secretary-III	Shri Sukhtej Singh	ASP, North South Sub Division, Ludhiana	Punjab
08	Asst. General Secretary-IV	Shri B. Srinivas	ASP (HQ) % SPOs, Medak Division, Medak 502110	Andhra Pradesh
09	Org. General Secretary-I	Shri Joseph Rodrigous	ASP (HQ) % SSPOs, Mangalore Division, Mangalore 575002	Karnataka
10	Org. General Secretary-II	Shri Bhupendra Parashar	ASP (HQ) % SPOs, Jaipur MFL Division, Jaipur 302016	Rajasthan
11	Org. General Secretary-III	Shri Ajith Kurian	Manager, NSH, Trivandrum 695001	Kerala
12	Org. General Secretary-IV	Shri M. Vedrajan	ASP, South Sub Div, Madurai 625001	Tamil Nadu
13	Org. General Secretary-V	Shri R. P. Jaiswal	Sr. Postmaster, Bhopal GPO 465001	Madhya Pradesh
14	Treasurer	Shri Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli	ASP (Tour) % SSPOs, Mumbai East Division, Mumbai 400014	Maharashtra
15	Treasurer-I	Shri Sandeep Dharmani	ASP, Bilaspur Sub Div, Bilaspur 174001	Himachal Pradesh

Auditors :

Sl. No.	Post	Name	Designation  & Office	Circle
1	Auditor	Shri Anup Kumar	ASP (BD) % DG, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi 110001	Postal Directorate
2	Àsst. Auditor-I	Shri N. K. Rajpal	SAS % CPMG, Chhattisgarh Circle, Raipur 492001	Chhattisgarh
3	Asst. Auditor-II	Shri N.  K. Dubey	ASP, Pilibhit Sub Div, Pilibhit 262001	Uttar Pradesh
4	Asst.Auditor-III	Shri S. S. Shekhawat	ASP (RB) % CPMG, Rajasthan Circle, Jaipur 302007	Rajasthan
5.	Asst.Auditor-IV	Shri K. S. Jhajholia	ASP (BD) % CPMG, Haryana Circle, Ambala 133001	Haryana

          The above list of office bearers may please be approved and circulated to all circles. Necessary trade union facilities may also please be extended.

         

          Thanking you,

          Yours faithfully,

Sd/- 

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary 

Posted by IPO/ASPOs Association Rajasthan.

Centre To Hike DA To 125% From Existing 119%

New Delhi: The Centre is likely to hike dearness allowance (DA) to 125 per cent from existing 119 per cent, which would benefit its over 10 million employees and pensioners.

“Average rate of Consumer Price Index-Industrial Labour from January to December, 2015 was 6.73 per cent. Thus, the Centre will increase dearness allowance by six percentage points to 125 per cent from existing 119 per cent as per accepted formula for calculation,” Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers President K K N Kutty told PTI.

The new rate of DA will be implemented from January 1, 2016, which will be applicable for 4.8 million central government employees and 5.5 million pensioners.

DA is paid as a proportion of basic pay of employees.

The proposal to hike DA is moved by the Finance Ministry on the basis of accepted formula for calculation. The Union Cabinet approves the DA hike for its employees.

However, dissatisfied over the meagre hike in DA in the backdrop of high cost of living, Kutty said, “The real inflation ranges between 220-240 per cent, but we will get only 125 per cent.”

The Centre revised DA twice in a year on the basis of one year average of retail inflation for industrial workers as per the accepted formula.

Source: NDTV & Eendadu daily dated 20th Feb-2016.

Reminer to Directorate for holding of review / supplementary DPC

General secretary has addressed directorate on the promotion of 4 senior ASPs to group "B" cadre.

To,

Shri Rajkumar,

Director (Staff),

Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110 001.

Subject : Promotion and postings of Postal Service Gr. B cadre.

Ref.        : Directorate No. 9-02/2015-SPG dated 10-11-2015

Respected Sir,

IP/ASP Association would like to invite your kind attention to its letter of even number dated 16/11/2015 followed by reminder dated 11/1/2016 regarding non consideration of PS Gr. B promotion to the following officer’s during the year 2015-16. This issue was also discussed with you in person on 8/12/2015 and also over phone.  

1.   Shri K. Prakasa Rao (Andhra Pradesh) : Officer belongs to IP-1993 batch. His Junior Shri M. P. Parmar (Gujarat) selected vide above cited memo and promoted to PS Gr. B cadre. While calling the nominations for promotion in connection to PS Gr. B cadre for the year 2015-16, two disciplinary cases were pending against the officer. Both the disciplinary cases were already settled in the month of July 2015 itself by awarding punishment as ‘Censure’ and report to that effect was also sent by AP Circle to Directorate on time.The officer is retiring on 29/2/2016.

2.   Shri M. Chandrasekhar (Andhra Pradesh) : This Association already referred officers case to Directorate under letter of even number dated 1/10/2014 and 14/7/2015. The officer is promoted to PS Gr. B cadre in supplementary DPC held under memo No. 9-25/2014-SPG dated 14/7/2015 and allotted to PTC Mysore. Officer has several times approached to AP circle for his relief, but till date he has not relieved and told that matter referred to Directorate. As on date neither disc/vig. Case is pending against the officer. 

3.   Shri V. V. Raman (Kerala) : Officer is belongs to IP-1992 batch. His juniors promoted to PS Gr. B cadre vide above captioned memo. There was a complaint against the officer about sexual harassment and same was enquired by the circle level committee and officer was exonerated from the charges by issuing only warning.  As on date there is neither disciplinary nor vigilance case pending against the officer. The required reports have already been sent by Circle Office Chennai.

4.   Shri V. Mariappan (Tamil Nadu) : Officer has passed IP examination in 1993 in SC category. At the time of holding of DPC, Rule 16 case was pending against the officer. Punishment awarded by disciplinary authority (i.e. DPS Southern Region Madurai has been set aside by appellate authority (i.e. PMG Southern Region Madurai) vide memo No. VIG/14-07/15-16 dated 14/12/2015. Officer has already made representation to Directorate for issue of promotion order, as his juniors have been selected in PS Gr. B cadre through above said memo.

The above cases are badly delayed at Directorate. Therefore it is once again earnestly requested to kindly look in to this vital issue personally and arrange to hold review / supplementary DPC and also open the sealed covers if any at the earliest to promote these officers to PS Gr. B cadre.

With warm regards,

Yours sincerely,

Sd/- 

 (Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

A.P Circle team returned from Jaipur conference.

The following 9 member team attended the AIC Jaipur conference held on 13/14 th February have returned on 18.02.2016. Association conveys thanks for participation in the meeting from our circle and making the AIC a grand success. Thanks to Rajasthan Circle for making excellent arrangements for comfortable stay and nice food in star hotel.

1.S.Prasad Rao ASP(H) Hyd Stg Dn.C/S,
2. V.Venkateswarlu ASP Kazipet, OGS,
3. SVLN Rao ASP Mancherial,
4. B.Srinivasu ASP(H) Medak (New AGS-4),
5. Varaprasad ASP(R) Adilabad,
6. R.satyanarayana ASP Jadcharla,
7.AVRV Kumar ASP Hyd.stg dn,
8. GV Rao ASP Hyd. SE Dn,
9. Syed. Imam ASP(H) Hyd. City Dn. 

Amendments suggested in the Constitution of IP/ASP

No. CHQ/AIAIASP/AIC-Jaipur/Amendment/2016                  Dated :   18/2/2016

To,

The Director General,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001.

Subject :  Amendment in the Constitution of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents, Posts.

Respected Madam,

          39^th Biennial Conference of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts was held on 13^th and 14^th February 2016 at Jaipur. The following amendments in the Constitution of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents, Posts are approved by the august house.   

Existing Article No. 5 : (Membership)

(i)                  All officials in the cadre of Inspectors Posts, Assistant Superintendent     Posts, Postmasters, Deputy Postmasters, Sub Post Masters in HSG I (Inspector Posts line), all the officials  (Inspector Posts line) officiating in Postal Services Group ‘B’ on ad-hoc basis.

(ii)                  The members of the Circle Association shall be Ex- officio members of the Central Association also.

(iii)          No duel membership shall be allowed (except as Honorary office bearers of their Unions / Associations) as allowed by Director General, Posts from time to time.

(iv)              The membership of the Government servant shall be automatically discontinued on his ceasing to belong to such distinct category.

Revised Article No. 5 : (Membership)

(i)                  All officials in the cadre of Inspectors Posts, Assistant Superintendent Posts, Postmasters, Deputy Postmasters, Sub Post Masters in HSG I (Inspector Posts line), all the officials (Inspector Posts line) officiating in Postal Services Group ‘B’ on ad-hoc basis and Assistant Managers working in MMS.

(ii)                  The members of the Circle Association shall be Ex- officio members of the Central Association also.

(iii)          No duel membership shall be allowed (except as Honorary office bearers of their Unions / Associations) as allowed by Director General, Posts from time to time.

(iv)               The membership of the Government servant shall be automatically discontinued on his ceasing to belong to such distinct category.

Existing Article No. 38 :  (Subscription)

The monthly subscription shall be Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty only)  per member, payable monthly through check off system by deductions from the salaries by Drawing & Disbursing Officers (DDOs) @ Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty only) per month. However, in case of new members, they can exercise their option in the month of April and deduction of subscription @Rs.50/- (Rupees Fifty only) per month will be made by the DDO concerned from 1^stJuly of that year. Entire deducted subscription will be remitted to the Circle Branch.  40% of the subscription will be allocated to CHQ and the remaining 60% to Circle Branch (by Circle Secretary).

Revised Article No. 38 : (Subscription)

The monthly subscription shall be Rs. 70/- (Rupees Seventy only) per member, payable monthly through check off system by deductions from the salaries by Drawing & Disbursing Officers (DDOs) @ Rs. 70/- (Rupees Seventy only) per month. However, in case of new members, they can exercise their option in the month of April and deduction of subscription @Rs.70/- (Rupees seventy only) per month will be made by the DDO concerned from 1^st July of that year. Entire deducted subscription will be remitted to the Circle Branch.  40% of the subscription will be allocated to CHQ and the remaining 60% to Circle Branch (by Circle Secretary).

          It is therefore requested to kindly approve the amendments in Article 5 and 38 of the Constitution of our Association and circulate to all concerned at the earliest.

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary