Clarification on treating the investment by Guardian on behalf of minor and his own investment in PO MIS -Regarding

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CIRCLE DONATIONS………

In response to our appeal for voluntary  contribution to circle, the following are credited  voluntarily to the circle fund on 20.09.2016.

Sl. No	Name and designation	Amount	Name of the office
1	Sri. Y. Venkateswarlu ASRM, Kazipet RMS	Rs.1000	GPO, Hyderabad
2	Sri. T. Ramaiah, IRM Z 1st sub Division	Rs.1000	GPO, Hyderabad
3	Sri. Sagar Dandappa, IRM 2nd Sub Division	Rs.1000	GPO, Hyderabad
4	Smt. Savithri Kulakarni, O.S O/o SRM “Z”Dn.	Rs.1000	GPO, Hyderabad

Many thanks on behalf of Association

All the members are once again requested to contribute to circle for further remit to CHQ to strengthen the CHQ financially towards legal expenses in c/w Contempt case and etc., 

Ernakulam CAT case : Contempt Petition filed regarding up gradation of Grade Pay of Inspector Posts w.e.f 01.01.2006

The Contempt Petition regarding up gradation of Grade Pay of Inspector Posts w.e.f 01.01.2006, has been filed yesterday before Hon'ble CAT, Ernakulam Bench in OA No. 289/2013. The case is expected to be listed in one or two days. The draft of the contempt petition is placed herewith for information to all members. 

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Before The Honourable Central Administrative Tribunal,

Ernakulam Bench

(Application under Section 17 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 read with Section 12 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971)

CP/180/00                    289 /2016

in

OA No.289 of 2013 on the file of this Hon'ble Tribunal (Order dated 16-10-2015)

1.  Details of the petitioners:

1.       All India Association of Inspector Posts &

          Assistant Superintendent of Posts,

          represented by Vilas S Ingale, S/o the late Sri. Sopan Ingale, aged 56 years,

          Senior Postmaster (adhoc) Thane HO, Thane 400601,

          residing at 203/A, Shri Sai Shraddha Co-Op Housing Society Ltd.,

          Kalyan-Ambernath Road, Shanti Nagar, Ulhasnagar-421 003.

2.       Permanand Kumar, S/o. the late Yugal Kishore Prasad,

          aged 38 years, Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices,

          Kerala Circle, Office of the Postmaster General, Northern Region, Calicut

          presently working on deputation as Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices,

          Project Managment Unit (PMU), 5th Floor, Dak Bhavan, New Delhi,

          residing at House No. 341, Block No. B-14, Himagiri Apartments,

          Sector-34, NOIDA 201 301.

3.       Niranjan Kumar, S/o. Sri. Suresh Prasad Sah,

          aged 34 years, Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices,

          Kerala Circle (presently working on deputation as Deputy Manager, Centre for           Excellance in Postal Technology, Mysore)

          residing at Quarter No. III/3, PTC Campus Staff Quarters,

          PTC Mysore, Karnataka-570 010.

2.  Details of the Respondents:

          Sri. Ashok Lavasa,

          Fathers name and age not known to the petitioners,

          Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure

          New Delhi 110 001.

       

           

3.  Nature of Contempt Petition Alleged And Material Facts:

The petitioners herein are the Applicants in OA No. 289 of 2013 on the file of this Hon’ble Tribunal. The petitioners herein filed the above OA seeking to declare that the Inspectors (Posts) under the Department of Posts are legally eligible and entitled to grant of the revised pay structure of Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- in the Pay Band PB-2 with effect from 01-01-2006 in terms of Annexure A-8 Office Memorandum dated 13-11-2009 and Annexure A-10 OM dated 16-11-2009 and denial of it to the Inspector (Posts) is arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 16(1) of the Constitution of India and to set aside Annexure A-22 and A-23. The petitioners also sought to direct the respondents to grant the Inspector (Posts) the revised pay structure of Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- in the Pay Band PB-2 as has been granted to Inspectors in CBDT/CBEC and Assistants in Central Secretariat Service recruited through Combined Graduate Level Examination-Scheme A by the Staff Selection Commission with effect from their date of entitlement with consequential benefits including arrears of pay and allowances and for other consequential reliefs.

The above Original Application was finally heard on 09-09-2015 and disposed by Order dated 16-10-2015 directing the respondent No.1 (respondent herein) to send Annexure A-19 Order along with the representation made by the 1st Applicant Association, the recommendations made by the Department of Posts thereon along with copies of the relevant portion of the 4th, 5th and 6th Central Pay Commission recommendations regarding the pay of Inspector (Posts) to the Member-Secretary of the 7th CPC requesting to making appropriate recommendations. Respondent No.1 shall also submit an explanation before the 7th CPC as to why despite the Cabinet Resolution accepting the recommendations in paragraph 7.6.14 of the report of the 6th CPC, the officials in the Finance Ministry took a different view and also under what authority the said official made such notings in Annexure A-22 file Note. In the event the 7th Pay Commission has reached the final stage of its proceedings and is not in a position to include this matter in its report, then the Finance Secretary/ 1st respondent shall at his level consider the matter as directed by this Tribunal in OA No. 381/2010 keeping in view the detailed proposal with justification submitted by the Department of Posts, the detailed observations made by the Tribunal in the earlier O.A and also the present order and shall pass a detailed and speaking order addressing all these points within 30 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the Order. A photocopy of the above Order dated 16-10-2015 in O.A No. 289 of 2013 is produced herewith and marked as Annexure P-1

1. The Department of Posts forwarded the judgment along with File No. 2-12/2013-PCC on 25-04-2016 as evidenced from the reply given under the Right to Information Act. A photocopy of the above reply dated 11-07-2016 along with File Note in File No. 2-12/2013-PCC is produced herewith and marked as Annexure P-2

2.   The 1st respondent received the copy of the Order in OA No. 289 of 2013 on 02-05-2016. However, the respondent failed and deliberately failed to implement Annexure P-1 without any lawful excuse and justifiable ground till date.

The respondents are duty bound to implement Annexure P-1 Order within the time limit stipulated by this Hon'ble Tribunal in Annexure P-1. However, no steps have been taken by the respondents to implement Annexure P-1 Order even after the lapse of more than 10 months. There is a wilful and conscious refusal to implement the lawful Orders of this Honourable Tribunal on the part of the respondents as is exhibited by their studied indifference in complying with Annexure P-1 Order.  Te conduct of the respondent is calculated to interfere with the administration of justice and brings it into disrespect and exhibits a desire to harass the petitioners. It amounts to an abuse of the process of the Court. It constitutes contempt of Court (Civil) punishable under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. 

The respondents cannot refuse to implement, the directions and orders contained in Annexure P-1 Order of this Honourable Tribunal within the stipulated time limit. The non-implementation of Annexure P-1 Order by the respondents is a deliberate and wilful disobedience to Annexure P-1 Order of this Honourable Tribunal and defiance to the authority of this Hon'ble Tribunal. Therefore, the respondents have rendered themselves liable to be proceeded against under the Contempt of Court Act, 1971.

It is submitted that Contempt proceeding against a person who has failed to comply with the Court's Order serves a dual purpose! (1) Vindication of the public interest by punishment of contemptuous conduct and (2) coercion to compel the contemner to do what the law requires of him.  It has been so held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the decision in Aligarh Municipal Board Vs. Ekka Tonga Mazdoor Union reported in AIR 1970 SC - 1767.  The respondent cannot offer any valid or good reason for not complying with the order or defer the implementation in disregard of the specific time-limit set in the Order of this Hon'ble Tribunal.

It is submitted that in the light of the facts and circumstances, the respondents are guilty of wilful and deliberate disobedience to the lawful directions and orders issued by this Hon'ble Tribunal in Annexure P-1 Order dated 16-10-2015 in OA No.289 of 2013.  The respondents are guilty of committing civil contempt and they are liable to be dealt with for the above contumacious conduct under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 read with Section 17 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.

Relief

In the circumstances adumbrated above, it is respectfully submitted that this Hon'ble Tribunal may be pleased to proceed against the respondents for committing Civil Contempt of this Hon'ble Tribunal under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 read with Section 17 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 for securing enforcement of Annexure P-1 Order to meet the ends of justice.

                                               

Verification

 We, All India Association of Inspector Posts & Assistant Superintendent of Posts, represented by Vilas S Ingale, S/o the late Sri. Sopan Ingale, aged 56 years, Senior Postmaster (adhoc) Thane HO, Thane 400601, residing at 203/A, Shri Sai Shraddha Co-Op Housing Society Ltd., Kalyan-Ambernath Road, Shanti Nagar, Ulhasnagar-421 003,  2) Permanand Kumar, S/o. the late Yugal Kishore Prasad, aged 38 years, Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices, Kerala Circle, Office of the Postmaster General, Northern Region, Calicut presently working on deputation as Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices, Project Managment Unit (PMU), 5th Floor, Dak Bhavan, New Delhi, residing at House No. 341, Block No. B-14, Himagiri Apartments, Sector-34, NOIDA 201 301, 3) Niranjan Kumar, S/o. Sri. Suresh Prasad Sah, aged 34 years, Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices, Kerala Circle (presently working on deputation as Deputy Manager, Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology, Mysore) residing at Quarter No. III/3, PTC Campus Staff Quarters,     PTC Mysore, Karnataka-570 010 do hereby verify that the contents of above paragraphs are true to our personal knowledge and that we have not suppressed any material facts.

                   Dated this the    19th  day of September, 2016 at Ernakulam

1.      Shri Vilas Sopan Ingale

2.           Shri Permanand Kumar

3.       Shri Niranjan Kumar

Counsel for the Petitioners   

source: CHQ 

   

Honourable Secretary (Posts) Visit

Shri, B. V. Sudhakar, Secretary(Posts) visited GPO on 16.09.2016. The Staff took this opportunity to felicitate sir, photos of Honourable  Secretary visit of GPO.

Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation to travel by air to visit NER, J&K and A&N.

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Standard Operating Procedure for Internet/Mobile/SMS Banking

1.  Any Post Office Savings Account customer may apply for Internet/Mobile/SMS Banking facility. Savings Account must be standing at any CBS Post Office but not in Extra Departmental Branch Post Office in account with CBS Post Office.

2.Account Holder has to apply for Internet and/or Mobile and/or SMS Banking by filling ATM/eBanking/Mobile Banking Form. If Account holder has opened savings account after migration to CBS with proper KYC documents, there is no need for taking fresh KYC documents. If Account holder has opened Savings Account before migration, fresh Identity and Address proof as well as photograph has to be taken in Annexure-II of Account Opening Form(AOF) alongwith ATM/e-Banking/Mobile Banking Request Form.

3. This form has to be submitted only in the CBS Post Office where account was opened or where account is currently being operated after transfer. If a depositor of any account standing at any CBS post office wants to apply for E/M/SMS Banking at any other CBS Office, he/she has to first get his/her account transferred to the same CBS Post Office by following the already laid down procedure. In such cases CPA/SU should check the current SOL ID of the account which was transferred either in HACCDET or HACLI menu to confirm the same before enabling Internet/Mobile/SMS Banking.

4.Once Form alongwith required documents is submitted, Counter PA will go to IES menu of Finacle to verify signature of the applicant. If account is a Joint Account ‘B’ type, both the account holders have to sign the form and Joint Account ’A’ type of account holders cannot apply for these facilities.

5.Once customer’s signatures and other documents are verified, Counter PA has to see that all the required fields in the request form have been properly filled. Counter PA will go to CMRC menu and click on modify option. In CIF Modification menu, Counter PA has to click on Enable Internet banking and/or Enable Mobile Banking and/or enable SMS banking based on the options ticked by the applicant in request form. E Mail ID and Mobile Phone number are to be mandatorily filled by the Counter PA. See below screen shot:-

6.Supervisor has to verify the CIF modification in CMRC. After verification, Supervisor will make entry in a Register to be maintained in manuscript in CBS SO/HO showing following information:-

Date of apply- Date of delivery of PIN--Savings Account No.- Customer name-Mobile Number-E Mail ID- Signature of depositor- Initials of Supervisor

Depositor should be told to attend same CBS Post Office after 10 working days to get Internet Banking PIN. In case only Mobile banking facilities are applied, customer should be told to wait for 24 working hours and thereafter M PIN can be generated by the customer through the registered mobile number by downloading Mobile App. CIF ID will be the Login ID, both for Interest and Mobile Banking. In case of SMS banking, within 48 hours of applying, customer will get 4 digit PIN through SMS.

7. CPC Bangalore will print Internet banking PIN numbers and sent PINs to the respective CBS Post Office by service Insured Post. CPC Bangalore should keep sufficient stationary for PIN printing and dispatch. When any customer attend post office for getting PIN, Supervisor will enter date of delivery in the register and get deliver PIN mailer under signature in the register against the entry made on the day of accepting request form. Supervisor will initial against each entry. Customer should be told that CIF ID will be the Login ID and Login Password as well as Transaction Password should be changed after first login and should not be shared with anyone.

8.Facilities which can be availed by these account holders in Internet Banking, Mobile Banking and SMS Banking are attached. SMS Short Codes to be used by SMS Banking Account holders are also attached.

9.Every CBS Post Office has to paste this list of facilities and List Of Short Codes on the Public Notice Board.

10.LOTs and Consolidation of SB,RD,TD and PPF have been changed. A new selection criteria "Delivery Channel ID" has been added with default value as "BRN". When click on searcher, it shows following channels:-

BRN-Branch Transactions

BWY- E-Banking -M-Banking Chanel ID

SWT-ATM Channel ID

In BRN, all counter/system transactions done for a SOL will be shown. In BWY, all transactions done through Internet/Mobile Banking by Savings Account holders of a SOL will be shown. In SWT, all transactions done through ATM attached with the SOL will be shown. By default, BRN will be displayed in these LOTs and consolidation. Any CBS SO/HO should not account for transactions listed in BWY and SWT channel IDs. These offices can only see these reports in case of any complaint/grievance/inquiry.

11.Only Bangalore GPO will generate SB,RD,TD and PPF Consolidation by selecting BWY as channel ID and putting ALL as Set ID in the MIS server for the previous working day and account for total amount shown under different heads in the cash book showing amount as (Through E&M Banking). One deposit and one withdrawal voucher for the total amount (scheme-wise) has to be prepared by Bangalore GPO and transferred to SBCO alongwith printed copy of consolidation.

12.For any complaint regarding Internet/Mobile/SMS banking, customer has to either dial toll free number 1800-425-2440 or send an e-mail to postatm@indiapost.gov.in. If customer complains at any CBS Post Office, his/her complaint may be accepted and forwarded to this e-mail ID. CPC Bangalore will handle such complaints till further orders.

source: sapost

Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation to travel by air to visit NER, J&K and A&N.

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Clerk Grade (for Multi Tasking Staff) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination 2016-intimation of vacancies

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Allocation of candidates, nominated by Staff Selection Commission for appointment as Inspector Posts on the basis of Combined Graduate Level Examination 2015, to Postal Circles,

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Anomaly Committee of the National Council (JCM) to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commissions recommendations.

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GUIDELINES FOR TOLL FREE CENTRE AT DAK BHAWAN, NEW DELHI FOR HANDLING OF PUBLIC GRIEVANCES.

1.   The toll free helpline number ‘1924’ would be available for customers from all over India from landline/mobile phone of any service providers.

2.   The name of centre would be “India Post Help Centre” and it would be located in Dak Bhawan, New Delhi.

3.   The toll free helpline service would be available on all days from 8:00 A.M. to    8:00 P.M. (excluding declared holidays & Sundays).

4.   The complaints received from the complainant on toll free number ‘1924’ would be registered in Computerized Customer Centre (CCC) Portal by the operators at the Dak Bhawan and the 11 digits number would be provided to the complainants.

5.   If the complaint already registered, the complainant would be informed the status as viewed in CCC Portal.

6.   As soon as the complaint is generated on CCC Portal, the concerned post office will take immediate necessary action to resolve it and would upload the status.

7.   All the Postal Circles would establish a Control Room and depute suitable competent or Senior Officers/Team of Officers for monitoring and redressal of complaints.

8.   The Nodal Officer in each Circle will open the CCC Portal every day and check all the complaints beginning with “100030 - …… the Toll Free Complaints” and will examine for quick disposal.

9.   The Circle Heads would direct to all the Post Offices to ensure that they log in CCC Portal at the beginning of day and at the end of the day compulsorily.

10.                The case disposal time is one working day subject to policy matters. The complainant would be informed, if it involves policy matter.

11. The reasonable reply should be uploaded in the CCC Portal.

12. Circle will update the status of each such cases every 24 hrs. through email onadgpg@indiapost.gov.in.

13. The name of Officers with email address and mobile number in each Circle who will be Nodal Officer, should be sent on emailadgpg@indiapost.gov.in

14. CPMG should review the ‘1924’ pending cases every day and in case of pendency going beyond 24 hours would give full details and convey his/her observation to PG Cell of Directorate which will provide weekly report to the Secretary (Posts).

15. Circles would provide utmost priority and quick disposal of the complaints received through Toll Free Centre.

16. All the Circles would propagate and give wide publicity of “Toll Free Number 1924” within their jurisdiction through appropriate medium within budgetary limit after inauguration of India Post Help Centre  by Hon’ble Minister of Communications

Prevention of Sexual Harassment of working women at workplace - Seniority of the Chairperson of the Complaint Committee - regarding.

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7th Central Pay Commission : Committee to Submit Report this Week

7th Pay Commission: Govt employees to get revised allowances from Oct 1; committee to submit report this week

Government employees will have a real festive bonanza this year. As per media reports, central government employees will get the revised allowances as per recommendations made by 7th Pay Commission from October 1.

The Committee on Allowances under the chairmanship of Union Secretary, Finance (Expenditure) had on September 1 met with representatives of the Central government unions.

The committe is expected to give its reports on revised allowance to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley this week.

On July 22, the Committee on Allowances was set up to decide on revision of allowance as Justice A K Mathur panel had earlier recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others.

“The 7th Pay Commission examined a total of 196 existing allowances and, by way of rationalization, recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances. Given the significant changes in the existing provisions for allowances which may have wide ranging implications, the Cabinet decided to constitute a Committee headed by Finance Secretary for further examination of the recommendations of 7th CPC on allowances,” a press release issued by the government after the Cabinet approval to Pay Commission recommendations had said.

The government has notified a 2.57-time hike in basic salary for 1 crore government employees and pensioners as per the 7th Pay Commission recommendations. The pay hike has been made effective January 1, 2016.

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Revised Schedule for Inspector Posts Examination 2015-16......

On the Way to Ujjain......

From Left to Right.... Mr B. Srinivasu AGS (CHQ), Mr. P Varaprasad ACS and Mr. Y.Venkateshwarlu Circle Secretary.

APPEAL TO MEMBERS...

All the members are requested to donate amount to Circle Branch, so that the amount will be remitted to CHQ on behalf of our Branch to meet expenditure for CAT Cases/Legal expenses , and in c/w implementation of up gradation of Grade Pay from 4200/- to 4600/- from 01.01.2006.

 Kindly credit the amount in the following account and send photocopy of pay-in-slip on whatsApp to Treasurer with name, designation and office address to enable him to publish on this blog. 

Account Details
Name of Account Holder : 1) H.Sharath Kumar
                                    2) Y.Venkateshwarlu

POSB Account No         :  3367102288
Name of the PO              :  Hyderabad GPO

Filling of contempt in Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench in OA 289/2013

It is to intimate to all members that,  today, two petitioners signed contempt petition and forwarded to 3rd petitioner for signature and submission in Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench. It will be filed very soon. 

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Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration Certificates can now be accessed through Mobile App

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping and Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice jointly launched a new service - integration of DigiLocker with Driving Licenses (DL) & Vehicle Registration Certificates (RC) in New Delhi today. With this integration people will no longer need to carry around physical copies of their RCs and Driving Licences. They can instead access digital copies of the same on their mobile phones via the DigiLocker mobile app. Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration documents can now be issued directly to the DigiLockers of individuals in digital formats. These digital copies can be shared with other departments as identity and address proof. They will also be used for on the spot verification through the cittizen’s mobile, by various law enforcement authorities like the Traffic Police. Besides being convenient for people, this will also result in assured authenticity of such documents and reduction of administrative overhead.

Speaking on the occasion Shri Nitin Gadkari said that this platform is a major step forward towards ensuring greater transparency and cutting down corruption and red-tapism. He said the move will benefit a large number of people by facilitating ease of access to the documents.

Launching the service Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the integration will bring a paradigm shift in the vision of paperless governance. It will serve to bring agility and efficiency to the entire process of issuance of driving licenses and vehicle registration certificates through IT enablement.

DigiLocker, launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in July last year, aims at transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. It is a platform for issuance and verification of documents and certificates digitally. When a person signs up for a DigiLocker he gets access to a dedicated cloud storage space for his important documents. DigiLocker currently has 21,26,332 registered users with 24,11,702 uploaded documents and has issued over 4,26,73,232 documents as on 01 September 2016. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is actively digitizing driving licences and registration certificates and maintaining a National Register System. With today’s launch this National Register System has got integrated with DigiLocker, making over 19 crore Vehicle Registration Certificates and over 9 crore driving licenses available in the citizens’ lockers. Once the data from the remaining RTO’s is updated in the National Register Systems, the digital copies of those driving licenses and vehicle registration certificates will also be available via DigiLocker.

In order to access the digital RC and DL a person needs to first sign up for a DigiLocker. He then needs to download the DigiLocker Android App from Google PlayStore. In the Mobile App he will have to select the Issued Documents section and then the DL/RC. Field staff like the Traffic Police can do offline verification of RC/DL using QR Code. Apart from the mobile view version, digitally signed documents can also be accessed electronically, and these will be at par with the physical issued documents as per IT Act 2000.

Shri Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY informed that with today’s integration, MoRTH becomes the 17th issuer to issue its documents to DigiLocker. He also informed that this is the largest such integration since DigiLocker was launched last July.

Shri Abhay Damle, Joint Secretary, MoRTH said that the Ministry is working towards intergrating even documents like vehicle insurance and fitness certificates to DigiLocker .

The integration is the result of continuous coordination between MoRTH and MeitY with technical support from National Informatics Centre and National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Secretary MeitY and senior officials of NIC were also present on the occasion.

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Recommendations of the 7th Pay commission-bunching of stages in the revised pay structure under CCS (revised Pay)Rules,2016

On 06.09.2016  Postal Officers Association(India) AP & T Circle Branch, Hyderabad credited  Rs.18000/- towards donation  to All India Association of IP and ASP(CHQ). On behalf of our Association We Thanks to Officers Association.