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Charter of Demands
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Decision taken
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1.
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Discussions
on the recommendations of the Task Force.
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Secretary
(Posts) assured the staff side that there is no contemplation of
corporatization or privatization at this juncture. Further, before any structural changes are
contemplated in the organization, the staff side will be consulted.
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2.
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Inclusion of
Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the terms of reference of 7th Central
Pay Commission.
Grant of
civil servant status to GDS and grant of all benefits of departmental
employees on pro-rata basis without any discrimination.
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It was
decided that the proposal will be strongly recommended and referred to D/o
Expenditure for reconsideration.
DDG (Estt)
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3.
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Revision of
wages of Casual, Part time, Contingent employees w.e.f 01.01.2006 consequent
on revision of wages of regular employees by 6th Pay Commission
and regularization of services.
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The services
of Casual Labourers get regularized as per the Recruitment Rules (RRs) of
Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS). The
eligibility cut-off date i.e. 01/09/1993 cannot be removed from the RRs as
Causal Labourers engaged upto this date are only to be regularized and there
was total ban on engagement of Casual Labourer after 01/09/1993. Further, Department has also issued Policy
on regularization of Casual Labourer in pursuance of Supreme Court judgement
in Uma Devi case of 2006 and if any Casual Labourer is covered by this
policy, he will be regularized.
Item closed
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4.
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Grant of
merger of 100% DA with pay w.e.f 01.01.2014 for all purposes, including GDS.
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The item does
not relate to Department of Posts alone and a decision on the same has to be
taken by D/o Expenditure , Ministry of Finance for all Central Government
employees.
DDG(Estt)
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5.
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Grant of 25%
pay as Interim Relief (IR) w.e.f 01.01.2014 to all employees including GDS.
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The item does
not relate to Department of Posts alone and a decision on the same has to be
taken by D/o Expenditure, Ministry of Finance for all Central Government
employees.
DDG(Estt)
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6.
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Scrap the New
Pension Scheme (NPS) and include all employees recruited on or after
01.01.2004 under the old statutory pension scheme.
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The item does
not relate to Department of Posts alone and a decision on the same has to be
taken by D/o Expenditure, Ministry of Finance for all Central Government employees.
DDG(Estt)
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7.
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Remove 5%
condition for compassionate appointment and grant appointment in all
deserving cases as in the case of railways. Remove the minimum 50 points
condition for GDS compassionate appointment.
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Regular Employees:-
It is
emphasized that this Department follows the rules/instructions issued by the
Nodal Department i.e., DOP&T.
Condition of 5% of direct
recruitment quota for Compassionate Appointment has been fixed by the
DOP&T. Department is not concerned with the rules / instructions of
Railways or any other Department.
Gramin Dak Sevaks:-
The
Department has constituted a Committee for revisiting the 50 Point Criteria
for compassionate appointment of GDS.
Report of the Committee is awaited.
Staff side has suggested that the point system be discontinued, and
this can be referred to the Committee.
DDG(P)
DDG(Estt)
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8.
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Fill up all
vacant posts in all cadres including MMS & GDS.
(a) By direct
recruitment.
(b) By
holding DPC and granting promotions.
(c) By
conducting departmental promotional examination.
(d) Replace
all condemned vehicles in MMS.
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Recruitment
Rules of Manager / Sr. Manager have been notified recently and further action
is being taken to fill up all such DR / promotion quota vacancy.
Recruitment
Rules of Dy. Manager and Asstt. Manager in MMS will be submitted to DOP&T
next week for their approval.
RRs of Diver
Spl. Grade have been approved by the DOP&T and now, these are being sent
to UPSC for their approval. As regards
RRs of Driver Gr. I, II & III, file is being resubmitted to M/o Law after
doing the needful as required by them.
RRs of
Artisan are being prepared
On
notification of these RRs, further action will be taken to fill up the
vacancies in these cadres.
DDG(P)
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9.
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Implement
cadre restructuring in postal, RMS, MMS and Postal Accounts as per the
proposal signed with the JCM (DC) staff side.
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The proposal
for cadre restructuring of Gr. ‘C’ employees, will be sent to DOP&T next
week. The proposal for MMS and DAP
will be sent to DOP&T within a period of two months.
DDG (Estt) / DDG(PAF)
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10.
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Settle issues
relating to Postmaster Cadre officials.
(a) Allow to
write IP and PS Group ‘B’ examinations.
(b)
Relaxation in service conditions for promotion from one grade to another, at par
with general line promotions to identical posts.
(c) Filling
up of all PS Group ‘B’, PM Grade III and Grade II posts by eligible officials
and till that time adhoc- promotion may be granted.
(d) Other
related issues such as filling up of 100% senior Postmaster/Chief Postmaster
posts earmarked for PM cadre by PM cadre officials alone and maintenance of
circle gradation list etc.
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(a)This will
be examined.
(b) The proposal for relaxing the RRs of
Postmaster Grade II & III was sent to DOP&T, which has returned the
proposal seeking certain information / clarification. Accordingly, information called for from
Circles and examined. After analysis,
it is observed that Circles have not done DPCs for HSG-II & HSG-I, which
may be taken adversely by the DOP&T for instant relaxation proposal. Therefore, Circles have been asked to
conduct HSG-II & HSG-I DPCs on priority so that proposal could be resubmitted
to DOP&T with better facts.
(c) As above.
As regards PS Group B, DPC for 2014-15 was conducted recently and
order issued. Letter has already been
issued to Circles for PS Group B DPC for 2015 -16 for keeping the required
documents ready. Ad hoc appointment
can only be made from eligible officers, whose regular promotion has been
delayed. For relaxing any condition of
RRs, even for ad hoc promotion, DOP&T approval is required. A proposal is already moving for relaxation
as indicated above.
(d)Due to an OA filed before
Hon’ble CAT, Chandigarh Bench, the matter has become sub-judice and as such
action to fill up posts in Sr. Postmaster cadre cannot be taken till the OA
is disposed off.
DDG(P)
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11.
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Reimburse
full mileage allowance to system Administrators and fix duty hours and responsibilities
of SAs. Create separate cadre for system administrators.
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Instructions regarding provision of
Conveyance Allowance issued by PAP Division letter No.1-02/2011-PAP dated
17/01/2012 already exist. The rates
for Conveyance Allowance (within 16 kms) are already provided under the
FRSR. Regarding reimbursement of full
mileage, the Circle Heads are empowered to sanction reimbursement of Travel
Allowance as per rules.
The issue of creation of separate cadre for
System Administrators has been examined and not found feasible.
Item closed.
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12.
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Grant of cash
handling allowance to Treasures in Post Offices at par with cashiers in RMS
& Administrative offices.
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The matter
was taken up with DOE, Ministry of Finance earlier also. It was not agreed to by DOE. On the request of Union, the matter is
being reexamined. Comments from the
Circles have been called for.
DDG(Estt)
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13.
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Counting of
Special Allowance granted to PO & RMS Accountants for pay fixation on
promotions as the promotional post involves higher responsibilities.
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Post Offices
and RMS Accountants are not granted any special pay which can be included for
their pay fixation / promotion. They
are only granted a special allowance which cannot be included as pay for
their promotion.
DDG(Estt)
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14.
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Settle all
issues related to IT Modernization Project- computerization, Core Banking
Solution, Core Insurance Solution etc.
(a)
Replace out dated computers
and peripherals with new ones.
(b) Increase
network capabilities and Bandwidth.
(c) Set right the users credentials problems in
leave arrangements etc.
(d) Stop
hasty “Go Live” of CBS, CIS till cleansing of data pucca.
(e) Provide
all assistance and stop harassment in the implementation of CBS & CIS.
(f) Grant
enhanced financial powers to Head Postmasters.
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(a) The proposal for an
outlay of Rs.493.88 crores for supply of computer hardware and peripherals
has been sent to D/o Expenditure, M/o Finance for principle approval.
(b) Bandwidth of 1032
locations has been increased.
Circlewise details of the locations where bandwidth has been increased
is given under:-
No. of locations where Bandwidth increased
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Andhra
Pradesh
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120
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Assam
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25
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Bihar
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34
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Chhatisgarh
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15
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Delhi
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16
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Gujarat
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49
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Haryana
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20
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H P
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22
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J&K
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11
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Jharkhand
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16
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Karnataka
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92
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Kerala
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61
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M.P.
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63
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Maharashtra
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73
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North East
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15
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Orissa
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37
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Punjab
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29
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Rajasthan
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53
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Tamil Nadu
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108
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U.P.
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94
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Uttarakhand
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18
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West Bengal
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61
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Total
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1032
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DDG (Tech)
(c)Necessary
process for creation of users is already in place and is attended by CEPT team. However, this will be reviewed.
(d) The CBS
rollout is planned in a phased manner and post office are migrated to CBS
platform only after completion of all pre-migration activities including Data
Cleansing.
(e) The implementation
of CBS is being carried out in planned manner at Directorate level as per
Project Governance Structure. Some of
the issues like EOD, CPC workflow etc., have been reviewed and suitable
modifications in the processes have been made to ease the functioning. There is no harassment in implementation of
CBS.
The staff
side had informed that there is some difficulty in single handed
offices. It was decided that this will
be discussed separately by the staff side with DDG (FS).
DDG(FS)
(f) The proposal for giving financial powers
to Postmaster of all categories is under examination and comments from all
Circles have been called for.
DDG(P)
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Prompt and
regular holding of JCM, Departmental Council Meeting, Periodical meeting with
Secretary Department of Posts, Sports Board meeting and Welfare Board
meeting. Ensure representation of recognized Federations in Sports Board and
Welfare Board by calling for nominations.
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Action has
been taken regarding holding JCM / Periodical meetings regularly.
Postal Sports
Board meeting was held on 11/02/2015.
Postal Staff Services Welfare Board meeting is going to be held
shortly.
Members of
Federations are nominated members in the Postal Services Staff Welfare
Board. As regards the Postal Sports Board,
the present constitution does not include any Federation / Unions as
members. However, nominees of
federations may be co-opted by Chairman, Postal Service Board.
DDG (Trg).
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16.
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Ensure full
protection of existing allowance (TRCA) of GDS employees and introduce
Medical Reimbursement scheme to GDS.
Existing monthly emoluments (TRCA) drawn by GDS should not be reduced
under any circumstances. Revision of
cash handling norms.
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Provisions
already exist for protection of TRCA as personal pay in respect of all
categories of GDS to the extent of maximum of the lower TRCA slab (in case
workload is found reduced to a lower slab in the Establishment Review as
compared to the previous Establishment Review).
The suggestion of the staff side was to protect the TRCA on
permanent basis. DDG(Estt)
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(a) All
Circle offices/ Regional offices/DPLI office, Kolkata must be allowed to
function as Circle Processing Centres (CPCs) while implementing Core
Insurance Solutions (CIS) through McCamish for steady growth of PLI/RPLI
Business.
(b) Stop
diversion of 615 posts (576 posts of Pas from C.O.s and 39 posts of Pas from
APS PLI CELL) ordered vide Department of Posts, Establishment Division No.
43-47/2013-PE-II dated the 9th June, 2014.
(c) Stop
harassment and victimization of staff of Circle Administrative offices in the
name of decentralization of PLI/RPLI.
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The proposal
will be examined after the roll out of the project is completed.
No such order has been issued. The nitty-gritty of issue of manning CPCs
is still under examination.
Specific concerns will be examined.
CGM (PLI)
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18.
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Allot
sufficient funds to circles for carrying out constructions, repairs and
maintenance of Departmental buildings/Postal Staff Quarters and RMS Rest
Houses.
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Sufficient
funds are allotted to the Circles for carrying out constructions/
repairs. The instructions will be
issued to all CPMsG to utilize the allotted funds as far as possible.
DDG (Estates & MM)
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19.
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Make
substitute arrangement in all vacant Postmen and MTS Posts. Wherever GDS are
not available, outsiders should be allowed to work as substitutes.
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The
Establishment Division has issued instruction to the Circles to fill up all
vacancies of GDS BPM & justified posts of all other approved categories. Guidelines regulating substitute
arrangements to be made in place of regular GDS already stand issued vide
letter No.17-115/2001-GDS dated 21/10/2002, in case it is not possible to
manage the work with combination of duties.
Substitute
arrangements against vacant Postman and MTS posts are made at the local level
as and when required.
Powers have been delegated to Heads of
Circles for outsourcing of work.
DDG(P)
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20.
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Modify the
orders dated 22/5/1979 regarding existing time factor given for delivery of articles
taking into account the actual time required for door to door delivery.
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The proposal
has been referred to the Work Study Division for further necessary action.
Staff side was suggested to meet DDG(WS) in this regard.
DDG (WS) /
Staff side.
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21.
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Open more L1
offices as recommended by CPMsG. Eg.- Guntakal RMS in A.P. Circle.
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The proposal for upgradation of Guntakul RMS
as L-1 Mail Office was not found justified.
Item closed.
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22.
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Powers for
writing APARs of SBCO staff may be delegated to AO (SBCO) instead of
Divisional heads and stop imposing the work of SB Branch on SBCO.
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After roll out of CBS, the role and
responsibility of SBCO is to be re-designed and fixed. The issue will be examined in detail
thereafter.
DDG(FS)
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23.
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Prompt supply
of good quality uniform and kit items and change of old specification.
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Instructions
are regularly issued to Heads of Circles for prompt supply of good quality
uniforms. The Directorate has also
called for suggestions from all Circles for improvement in the specifications
of different items of uniform for further taking up with BIS in the
matter. Staff side was also requested
to send their suggestions with regard to improvement of specifications.
DDG (Estates & MM)/
Staff side.
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24.
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Stop
vindictive actions of GM (Finance) Postal Accounts Chennai. More than hundred
Postal Accounts employees are charge sheeted. GM (Finance) even refused to
heed the instructions of DDG (PAF).
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The Member (Finance), Telecom Commission has
been apprised of the whole situation and CPMG, Tamil Nadu Circle has also
been requested to resolve the matter.
The staff side informed that no action has been taken at the ground
level.
The case is
subjudice and in respect of the officials charge sheeted, 72 Senior/ Junior
Accountants have already filed a case in the Hon’ble CAT Madras Bench. Madras Bench OA No.310/01062/2014. As per the current position, the case is
listed for 03/06/2015.
DDG (PAF)
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25.
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Review of
marks of JAO (P) Part-II examination held in December 2012 in r/o SC/ST
candidates. As the exam was conducted on the basis of old recruitment Rules
i.e. JAO and the said posts are Group ‘B’ (Non- Gazetted) review may be held.
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Opinion of
the Law Ministry will be obtained.
DDG (PAF)
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26.
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Revise Postmen / Mail Guard / MTS Recruitment
Rules. Stop open market
recruitment. Restore seniority quota
promotion:-
This item was
earlier discussed in the JCM (DC) and it is assured by Secretary (Posts) that
the Recruitment Rules will be reviewed after one or two Recruitment /
Promotional exam are over, as DOP&T may not approve immediate revision of
Recruitment Rules already approved by it.
Now more than two Postmen/MG/ MTS recruitment / examination is over and
hence it is requested to take action to revise the Recruitment Rules and stop
open quota recruitment. Entire
vacancies may be earmarked for GDS and Casual Labourers as existed in the
pre-revised Recruitment Rules.
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As decided in earlier JCM, the said RRs are
to be relooked after seeing the outcome of one or two exams. The process is
still going on. Most of the Circles have completed one round of recruitment
process for direct recruitment quota, and others on their way to completing
the same. Subsequently, pre-appointment formalities, trainings etc. would
require to be completed in case of newly recruited officials. Therefore,
Circles need time to judge the capabilities and skills of these officials and
furnish proper and accurate feedback thereto to this Directorate for further
consideration in the matter. Hence, time is not ripe to revisit the said RRs.
As regards RRs of Postman, open market
quota of 25% has already been given to GDS. Now, as per the existing RRs, only the
unfilled vacancies, which could not be filled by the MTS/GDS, go to open
market for filling up.
DDG(P)
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