GS visited Postal Directorate,
New Delhi from 8/6/2015 to 11/6/2015. Shri Amrindra Kumar, CHQ President, Shri
Nirmala Mitra, CHQ Vice President, Shri Roop Chand Ex-GS, Shri P. Ajith Kumar
AGS-I, Shri Arup Seal, Circle Secretary, WB Circle, and Shri Manjunatha
Hubballi, Circle Secretary, Karnataka Circle accompanied GS during visit. GS
and his team met Member (P) and other officers and during the course of visit,
following issues were discussed.
Cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts
cadre.
It was told that IFW has returned the file in the last week with few
observations. Some of the major observations are said to be as under:
a.351 ASP posts are proposed to be upgraded to PS Gr B cadre. Number
of posts for up-gradation need to be included in the proposal as per GOI MF OM No.
F. No. 07-18-E(CO-ORD)-71 dated 16-09-91, up-gradation of posts in effect
amount to creation of a higher posts and needs to be supported by matching
saving by abolition of live posts including post lying vacant less than one
year.
b. For calculation of the expenditure after restructuring, grade pay
of Rs. 4200/- has been taken instead of Rs.4600/-. With the pay of Rs. 4600/-
for a total number of 2102 posts of IPs after restructuring, there would not be
any savings and the financial implication to the tune of Rs. 96,72,000/- would
have to be adjusted.
c.Many IP / ASPs are drawing grade pay of Rs. 4800/- due to MACP,
which is equivalent to GP of PS Group B and hence, there will not be any
financial implication. No statistical data supporting the above is available.
d.Action required to be taken for initiating separate proposal for
abolition of posts in the present ASP cadre, redeployment of the staff now
working against such abolished ASP posts and if not redeployed creation of
supernumerary posts of to accommodate the surplus staff as the cadre of ASP is
proposed to be abolished and also creation of Inspector Posts to the extent
required.
e.Need for up-gradation of posts to provide promotional opportunities
to the members of the staff need to be taken into account.
f.Details of the manner in which the instructions relating to
imposition of a 10% cut on posts have been implemented by the department in
terms of DoP&T, OM No 2/8/2001-PIC dated 16.05.2001 also needs to be
indicated.
g.No suggestion/s is mentioned for full functional justification for
up-gradation.
h.Matching savings may be provided from within the cadre and financial
implications of the proposal (which should be budget neutral) should be
amplified.
It was requested by the
Association to speed up the movement of the file by resolving all the
observations raised by IFW and file be sent to the Nodal Ministry at the
earliest, as cadre restructuring files of other cadres in the department have
already been sent to Nodal Ministry for approval. GS and his team collectively
suggested for abolition of few IP (C&PG) posts as matching saving against
the financial implications and also to avoid further observations / queries
etc. from DoP&T and DoE in MOF. It was told that Directorate will take
proper care while resolving the observations raised by IFW and file will be
submitted to Nodal Ministry at the earliest.
2. Non holding of Review DPC and
Supplementary DPC 2014-15
It was told that the work is in process & both these DPCs will be
completed by the end of this month. But reports from few circles are still awaited
for holding of supplementary DPC.
3. Timely convening of DPC for the
promotion to the JTS Gr. A cadre and PS Gr. B cadre for the year 2015-16.
Directorate has already allotted slots to each circle to hand over
copies of ACRs/APARs and reports in person by officer who is attending this
work at CO. As on date, 13 circles (Rajasthan, Punjab, HP, APS, UP,
Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Assam, Uttarakhand, MP, Kerala, Gujarat, AP and Haryana) have submitted their papers / documents. The
submission of papers and documents process is likely to be completed by
15/6/2015. Jharkhand circle was asked to submit their papers and documents on
9/6/2015, but nobody turned till 10th June 2015. It was told that no
officer from Uttarakhand circle is in the ZoC either for promotion to JTS Gr. A
cadre or PS Gr. B cadre, hence they submitted report accordingly.
Following circles are remaining to submit their papers and documents.
They are called on dates shown against them.
11/6/2015 : Karnataka/North East and J& K.
12/6/2015 : Maharashtra/Bihar/Tamil Nadu
15/6/2015 : Odisha / West Bengal
It is therefore requested to all members working in CO/RO to ensure
submission of papers/documents by their circles on the allotted date/s. JTS Gr.
A DPC will be convened first and thereafter regular DPC for PS Gr. B cadre will
be convened.
4. Issue of seniority list of Inspector Posts cadre
since 2001 onwards.
It was told that
some information will be called for from circles to get the accuracy in
preparation of pending seniority lists. Association requested to issue combined
seniority list in phased manner, as done earlier, but this time it is likely to
prepare and circulate the lists for 10 years. It is therefore requested to all
members that whenever any kind of information is called on this issue, a care
should be taken to supply the same immediately.
5. Reduction of quota of General Line in PS Gr. B
Examination from 6% to 3%.
This will be
finalized after receipt of approval for revised Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B
cadre from Nodal Ministry & UPSC.
6. Issue of revised Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B
cadre.
Draft of revised
Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre is being sent to UPSC for final approval.
7. Issue of revised Recruitment Rules for the post of
Assistant Manager in MMS.
Issue is said to be
delayed for want of details of feeder cadre of the AMM & old RR’s thereof,
as Inspector in MMS has already merged into Asst. Manager cadre. The feeder
cadre of Inspector in MMS was earlier having number of hierarchy posts in the
cadre. It is expected few changes in the eligibility for appearing in the
examination. The work of preparation of RRs is said to be at final stage.
8. Non holding of PS Gr. B Examination for the year
2013 and 2014.
Holding of
examination work is likely to be entrusted to Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
It was told that Notification/s for holding of examination/s will be issued by
SSC only. It will take some time. By that time, there will be no examination.
All are well aware
that this request was submitted by GS to Directorate under letter No. CHQ/IPASP/IP-Exam-12 /2012
dated 29/4/2013. See the copy of said letter on CHQ blog under label ‘GS Desk’.
9. Vigilance enquiry in the death case of Ms Mohini
Gupta Ex-ASP Ajmer
Reminder will be
issued to Rajasthan Circle to speed up the enquiry.
10. Inter circle Rule-38 transfer cases of Inspector
Posts cadre
As per the
directions of Hon’ble Member (P), a fresh list containing the names of Inspector
Posts whose transferred cases are not resolved by Circles was prepared on the
spot by contacting each CS’s through WhatsApp/phone etc and submitted on
10/6/2015. It was told that circles will be reminded soon.
11. Holding of periodical meeting with Hon’ble
Secretary (Posts)
Date of meeting is
likely to be communicated after confirmation from Secretary (Posts).
