No. 25-35/2011-PE-I
Government of India
Ministry of Communications and IT
Department of Posts
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Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110001
Date : 19th May 2014
To,
The
General Secretary,
All
India Association of Inspectors and
Assistant
Superintendents, Posts,
CHQ
Qtr. No. 12, P&T Colony,
Khurshid
Square, Civil Lines, Delhi – 110 054.
Subject : Merger of
ASP cadre in to PS Gr. B cadre – Proposal regarding.
Sir,
Kindly refer to your letter No.
GS/AIAIASP/Merger ASP/2013 dated 20.11.2013 and 21.04.2014 on the subject
mentioned above.
2. In this regard, this is to inform that
the proposal submitted by your Association has been examined in detail with the
following observations:
(i)
It
was intimated in the proposal that there is a matching saving for the proposal
as there would be an additional expenditure of Rs. 66,86,100/- per annum against
the saving of Rs. 69,25,100/- per annum. This means a net saving of Rs. 2,39,700/-
per annum. However, while this may be true in the long run, at present there
would be no matching saving, as pay will have to be protected for the 679 ASPs
till they get promoted to PS Gr. B Grade, while additional expenditure of Rs.
66,86,100/- would start immediately Savings will start accruing only after the
679 ASPs working on the ASP posts downgraded to IPs get promoted to PS Gr. B Grade
which will take a very long time. Thus, it is not correct to say that the case
has matching savings.
(ii)
The
proposed down gradation of 679 ASPs (Sub Division) to IP (Sub Division) would
create technical problems as ASPs cannot be posted on IPs Posts. Otherwise,
they would have to be reverted which is not permissible. The proposal, thus,
would only be beneficial for the senior 1311 ASPs and at the same time
detrimental to the remaining 679 ASPs who may suffer reversion. Further, on
upgradation of the ASPs Posts to PS Gr. B there would be two or more Gr. B
officers in Gr. B Divisions. Then, there would be a problem / issue of
reporting and also that who amongst them would head the Division. This would ultimately create complicated
situation and may not, thus, be administratively viable.
(Note
:- the number of ASP Sub Divisions has been ascertained from the Circles and
the matching savings have been re-calculated on the basis of information
received from the Circles)
3.
Therefore, it is requested to
furnish your comments / clarifications on the above mentioned observations for
further examination of the proposal at the earliest.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(Tarun Mittal)
Assistant Director General (PE-I)
PS : All Circle Secretaries / CHQ office bearers and members are requested to submit their comments in detailed to GS by email
