Central Working Committee Meeting

As intimated by Sh. Rajdeo Prasad, Circle Secretary, Bihar Circle, venue of the CWC will be Patna. CHQ will issue notice shortly for holding of the same on 23.09.2011 & 24.09.2011.Exact venue will be mentioned in the notice.
All Circle Secretaries and CHQ Office Bearers are requested to kindly get their tickets booked for inward/outward journey immediately.

Roop Chand
G. S.

Transfer /postings in JAG of IPoS, Group "A"

Postal Directorate has issued following transfer/posting in the JAG of IPoS Group 'A' vide No. 2-8/2011-SPG Dated 05-08-2011


S No.

Name of Officer(Mr./Ms.)

Presently Posted

Posting on Transfer

Remarks
1.

B. Sarangi(1989)

AGM,PLI Dte.
( Designate)

DPS, Dharwad

Post restored
2.

M. Venkateswarulu(1992)

DPS ,Allahabad (Designate)

AGM,PLI Dte.


Vice Sh B. Sarangi tfd
3.

Swati M. Pandey(1997)

DPS, Bhopal(Designate)

DPS Ajmer

Vice Sh R. P. Gupta tfd
4.

Prannoy Sharma(1998)

Director (MB) Postal Dte.

Director (PO) Postal Dte.

Vice Sh Neeraj Kr.proceeding on deputation
5.

R. P. Gupta(1999)

DPS Ajmer

DPS, Bhopal

Vice Ms Swati M Pandey tfd
6.

T. Nirmala Devi(2000)

Director, PTC, Madurai

DPS(SP&Mails) Chennai

Vice Sh Parimal Sinha tfd
7.

Parimal Sinha(2001)

DPS(SP&Mails) Chennai

Director (MB) Postal Dte.

Vice Sh Prannoy Sharma tfd
8.

Sumitha Ayodhya(2002)

DPS (BD&Mktg) Orissa Circle(Designate)

DPS, Chennai City Region

Vice Ms J. Charukeshi proceeded on CCL

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Transfer/posting in the SAG of IPoS, Group "A"
Postal Directorate has issued following transfer/posting in the SAG of IPoS Group 'A' vide No. 1-2/2009-SPG Dated 05-08-2011


S No.

Name of Officer(Mr./Ms.)

Presently Posted

Posting on Transfer

Remarks
1.

B.V.Sudhakar(IPoS-1981)

PMG,SB Region,WB Circle(Designate)

PMG(BD,Tech&Mkg) WB Circle

Vice Sh. M. Sampath tfd
2.

Meera Handa(IPoS-1982)

DDG(CP&PO)

DDG(Phil)

Vice Ms. Devika Kumar tfd
3.

Aindri Anurag(IPoS-1988)

On Study Leave

DDG(CP&PO)

Vice Ms. Meera Handa tfd
4.

M. Sampath(IPoS-1988)

PMG(BD,Tech&Mkg) WB Circle

PMG,SB Region,WB Circle

Vice Sh. B.V.Sudhakar tfd
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Meeting of Secretary (P) with All India Association of Inpsectors and Assistant Superintedents Posts to Discuss its charter of demands.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Copy of Postal Directorate letter No. 01/01/2011-SR dated 03.08.20011 addressed to the General Secretary is reproduced below for information.

Subject:- Meeting of Secretary (P) with All India Association of Inpsectors and Assistant Superintedents Posts to Discuss its charter of demands.

Secretary(P) will take a Meeting with office-bearers of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Post on 11.08.2011 at 1500 hrs to discuss the issues raised by the Association in its charter of demands,

Please make it convenient to attend the Meeting.

-sd-
(Subhash Chander)
Director(SR & Legal)
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Grant of leave to the staff working under HSG-I Postmaster

No 51-4/2011- SPB – 11
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi – 110001
Dated 01-08-2011

To,

All Chief Postmasters General
All Postmasters General


Sub: Grant of leave to the staff working under HSG I Postmaster.

Sir / Madam,
It is observed that HSG.I Postmaster is competent to grant only casual leave to the staff working under him/her. The applications for grant of other kind of leave to staff are forwarded by him/her to the Division office for approval. It has been brought to the notice of the Directorate that at times the said procedure takes time and if such officials who donot have casual leave left in their accounts want to proceed on earned leave immediately to some unforeseen circumstances, they face problems in proceeding on leave at short notice.
2. The matter has been looked into. It has been decided by the competent authority in the Directorate that in such pressing circumstances, HSG I Postmasters while recommending earned leave may relieve the official of his duties in anticipation of grant of leave by the competent authority, provided :

I. The earned leave applied for by the individual is not for more than the period of three days.
II. No substitute is required in case the official proceeds on leave.
III. The leave may be recommended by the HSG I Postmaster by recording that it is being recommended subject to the availability of leave in the credit of the applicant.
IV. The official may be relieved after duly following the procedure of handing/taking over of the charge.
V. If later on the sanctioning authority finds that the official does not have the leave applied for to his credit he should obtain the revised application from the individual for the kind of leave he/she is entitled to at the earliest.
VI. If the official needs earned leave for more than three days or wants to extend the earned leave beyond three days he should apply for same well in advance so that it is sanctioned as per the existing procedure.

Yours faithfully,
-Sd-
(B.P.Sridevi)
Director (Staff)
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CWC meeting of IP/ASP Asso. CG circle

No-C.S./Corr/2011 Raipur dtd 15.07.2011

NOTIFICATION

Under the provision of article 46 of the constitution of the association it is hereby notified thet CWC meeting of the association will be held at Raipur GPO o07.08.2011 at 11.00 Hrs.

Agenda

1. Confirmation of minutes of Genral body meeting.
2. Discussion on MNREGS cash conveyance.
3. Discussion on pressure to members for BD targets.
4. Regarding office arrangement of vacant posts of Sub Dn.
5. Adhoc promotion of ASP.
6. Discriminancy on MACP of members.
7. Sanction of road mileage.
8. Other items with approval of the chair.

(A.K.Singh)
Circle Secretary

On-line processing of Recruitment Rules - Formulation/amendment.

MOST IMMEDIATE


No. AB.14017/63/2007-Estt(RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
New Delhi
Dated the 28th July, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- On-line processing of Recruitment Rules - Formulation/amendment.

The Department of Personnel and Training in consultation with NIC has developed a software package for submitting the proposals for framing/amendment of RRs in the on-line process In the first phase, 15 Ministries/Departments had been included and proposals on RRs from these Ministries/Departments are being processed on line before considering them for final approval in the concerned file received physically. A copy of the User Manual on Recruitment Rules Formulation

Amendments Monitoring system (RRFAMS) prepared by the NIC, DOPT is enclosed

2. It is now proposed to extend the software to all the Ministries/Departments for which a Workshop is proposed to be conducted in ISTM during September, 2011 for hands-on experience of the software package. The proposals on framing/amendment of RRs from the Ministries/Departments shall require to be submitted on-line and which shall be examined by this Department on-line. Once it is approved in the on-line system, the files need to be sent along with the printout of the RRs approved for formal approval by this Department.

3. It is requested that the Ministries/Departments may identify the concerned nodal officers (not below the level of Section Officer) who shall be dealing with formulation of Recruitment Rules etc for deputing them to the Workshop alongwith the officers from NIC in the Ministry/Department. The exact dates of the workshop will be intimated soon.

sd/-
(Smita )

Director (E.I)
Source : www.persmin.nic.in

[http://persmin.gov.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/14017_63_2007-Estt-RR-2807

Engagement of GDS on compassionate grounds-Revised instructions on selection procedure

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

No. 17-17/2010-GDS
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(GDS Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg.
New Delhi-110116
Dated: 01 Aug 2011

Chief Postmaster General
Postmaster General
General Manager (Finance)
Director of Account (Postal.)

Subject: SCHEME FOR ENGAGEENT OF GDS ON COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS-MERIT POINTS AND PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION – REVISED PROVISIONS THEREOF.

Attention of all concerned is invited to this Directorate letter of even number dated 14 Dec 2010 under which the scheme for engagement of GDS on compassionate grounds with merit points & procedure for selection was circulated and made effective for all the compassionate engagement cases to be considered on or after 01.01.2011

2. The Scheme has recently been reviewed in this Directorate and in partial modification to the existing provisions contained in Para 7 of the Scheme, the following revised provisions may be substituted:-

(a) The existing ceiling of 10% is removed. All requests for compassionate engagement would be considered by the Circle Relaxation Committee on application of the relative merit points prescribed in this Directorate letter dated 14.12. 2010 in hard and deserving cases only subject to availability of the vacancy for the purpose & fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the GDS post. The term "hard and deserving cases" would mean cases over and above 50 merit points.
(b) All cases that are more than 5 years old or in which there is/are earning members(s) in the joint families hithertofare considered initially by the Circle Relaxation Committee and prescribed to be referred to this Directorate for approval would also be decided by the Circle Relaxation Committee concerned without further reference to this Directorate.
(c) All other provisions contained in the Scheme dated 14.12. 2010 shall continue to apply as already prescribed and all compassionate engagement shall be approved within the ambit of the prescribed Scheme only.

3. The revised provisions shall take effect from the date of application of the original Scheme. However, no past case decided in accordance with the original scheme prior to issue of this order shall be reopened. All cases lying undecided for whatever reasons may be decided only by the Circle Relaxation Committee without any further reference to this Directorate.



Sd/
(Surender Kumar)
Asst. Director General (GDS)

All POs to be Post Banks - MoC & IT

All POs to be Post Banks - MoC & IT

The humble post office is all set to undergo a radical change with a proposal to convert over 1.5 lakh post offices across the nation into full fledged banks on the anvil.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal wants to reach out to the masses in the rural areas with modern banking facilities through the post offices.
"We want to commercialise the department. We will seek a licence from the RBI to convert all our post offices into banks," Sibal told PTI.
The lack of modern banking facilities in rural areas and dependence of villagers on informal sector for their credit requirements has prompted the government to work on financial inclusion by way of setting up 'postal banks'.

"The State Bank of India can't build branches all over India, but there are post offices across India. The branches are already there, so infrastructure expenditure is not required. So you can actually give banking facilities at relatively lower costs, which would be extremely beneficial to people," he said.
The post offices currently offer financial services like savings bank, postal life insurance, pension payments and money transfer services. Its total corpus stood at Rs 5,82,832.9 crore as on March 31, 2011.
DoP's revenues grew 11 per cent to Rs 6,954.09 crore in 2010-2011 from Rs 6,266.70 crore in the previous fiscal.
However, negative growth rate in some circles has pushed the Department's deficit to Rs 6,625 crore in FY'11, almost equal to the annual revenue of the Department.
"I want to make the (postal) system commercialised. By corporatising over 1.5 lakh post offices across the country, the ministry is expecting to improve the quality of services, increase profitability and reduce prices," Sibal said.
Out of the 22 DoP circles, some circles like Chhattisgarh have reported a negative growth of 19 per cent, Jharkhand 18 per cent and North East 15.9 per cent, whereas Assam (23.7 per cent), Haryana (19.5 per cent), Karnataka (13.5 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (13.9 per cent), recorded positive growth.
Among other steps, the Minister has asked members of Postal Services Board (PSB) to ensure 20 per cent revenue growth on sustainable basis.
Each member of the PSB has been asked to identify, commercialise and operationalise five major schemes of the Indian government, and partner with 5 PSUs and 10 corporate houses for commercial tie-ups with India Post with revenue potential of at least Rs 50 crore each.
DoP is also believed to be working towards setting up ATMs and offer debit cards for its customers.
"My vision is that post offices must become banks, so that an ordinary man can with Rs 10 open an account. We can set-up ATM machines for the e-banking...we can do e-retail," Sibal said.
According to officials, work for setting up 1,000 India Post ATMs is at an advanced stage and DoP has already held parleys with vendors on this front.
The Department is also working on providing skill development courses to its over 4.75 lakh employees with the Human Resources Development Ministry.
"The postman should also learn e-banking so that he can actually help the consumer on the ground. So, we are developing specialised skill development courses with the HRD Ministry," Sibal said.
Source : www.deccanchronicle.com
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CWC meeting of IP/ASP Asso. CG circle

CWC meeting of IP/ASP Asso. CG circle is schedule to be held at Raipur on 07-08-2011(Sunday).All members of the Asso. are requested to kindly attend the meeting and express their valuable suggestion/problems if any.

(AK Singh)
CS CG circle

verification regarding giving option for alteration/withdrawal or inclusion of new membership of service associations/unions

verification regarding giving option for alteration/withdrawal or inclusion of new membership of service associations/unions
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Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(SR Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110 001.

No. 18/03/2011-SR Dated the 28th July, 2011
To
Heads of all Circles.

Subject: Clarification regarding giving option for alteration/withdrawal or inclusion of new membership of service associations/unions in the month of April each year to be made effective from the month of July of that year.

Sir/Madam,
I am directed to refer to the Department's letter no. 13-1/93-SR dated 25.02.1994 circulating Department of Personnel & Training's OM No. 2/10/80-JCA dated 31.01.1994 regarding procedure for verification of membership of associations for the purpose of recognition under CCS(RSA) Rules, 1993. In accordance with instructions contained in said OM, option, if any, for alteration, withdrawal or inclusion of new members is to be given in the month of April each year to DDO or any other designated authority.


2. The Department, vide letter No. 13/01/2010-SR dated 18.02.2010, modified 'letter of authorization' prescribed by the DOPT specifically in order to comply with the directions of the Hon'ble Court of Madras given in Writ Petitions No. 4704-4707 of 1999 and Contempt Petition No. 950/09. The modified 'letter of authorization' was endorsed with signature of Director (SR & Legal) with an objective to rule out the possibility of using the old forms bearing the signature of the employees, as some of the associations had complained about it.The signature of Director (SR & legal) has no relevance in regard to letters of authorization which may be used for change of option or for seeking new membership in the month of April every year.

3. All the 'letter of authorization' whether bearing Director (SR & Legal)'s signature or not, applied during the month of April may be considered as per the standing instructions and in view of the clarification in the preceding paragraph.



Sd/-
(Subhash Chander)
Director (Sr & Legal)

Source : SAPOST
Original Order

Friday, July 29, 2011
CAT case relating to Grade Pay of IPs
O.A. No. 381/2010 came up for hearing before the Tribunal on 27.07.2011. When the proxy Respondent's counsel sought adjournment on health grounds, the Tribunal adjourned the case to 08.08.2011 making it clear that no further adjournment will be permitted.
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Review of Cadre Structuring in respect of Inspector, Posts Cadre
No. CHQ/IPASP/ROC Dated 25.07.2011

To
The Director General,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001
Sub: Review of Cadre Structuring in respect of Inspector, Posts Cadre
Ref: Postal Directorate Letter No.1/4/2010-SR dated 12.07.2011
Respected Madam,

Your kind attention is invited to our letter of even no. dated 08.07.2011 (copy enclosed) on the above mentioned subject.
The Department has constituted a committee to examine the issue of cadre restructuring of Group "C" employees vide Office Order under reference. THE Committee will formulate the prpposals by 30.08.2011.
In the past, we had attended informal meeting called by Shri A. K. Sharma, the then DDG (Estt.) in January-2011 alongwith JCA leaders. Hence, it is requested that our review proposal submitted on 08.07.2011 may kindly be ordered to be considered by the Committee formed on 12.07.2011 and our association should also be nominated as amember on the staff side.
We hope that our proposal will be considered and formulated by the Committee constituted on 12.07.2011.

Yours sincerely,
(Roop Chand)
General Secretary

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New website launched and Online registration for Central Government Holiday Homes and Touring Officers Hostel

DIRECTORATE OF ESTATES,
M/o URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
IMPORTANT NOTICE

Holiday Homes and Touring Officers Hostel
(Launch Date : 01-August-2011)
This site is getting ready for use. Online registration and other services at this website will be available from 01-August-2011. Through this website, from 1st August 2011 onwards you will be able to register for new applications and see the status of applications registered in previous version.



Source: http://holidayhomes.nic.in/
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Organizing frequent meetings/melas on holidays and Sundays – denial of legitimate rights to the employees to avail Sundays etc.
Government of India
Department of Posts
SR Section
No. 16/56/2011-SR July 8, 2011
To

All Heads of Circles

Subject: - Organizing frequent meetings/melas on holidays and Sundays – denial of legitimate rights to the employees to avail Sundays etc.

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to state that the issue of organizing frequent meetings/melas on holidays and Sundays, thus depriving the employees of their legitimate right to avail the break was considered in a meeting taken by Secretary to discuss charter of Demands served with the notice of indefinite strike w.e.f. 05.07.2011 by Postal Joint Council of Action.

2. While in certain circumstances it may be unavoidable strategically beneficial for the Department to hold meetings/melas etc on holidays and Sundays, it may not be done so in a routine manner. Needless to say, the weekly break and holidays etc. have their own significance and it may be kept in view while calling the officials for duty during the break.

3. This may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(Subhash Chander)
Director (SR & Legal)
Telefax: 23096021



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Increase in the number of chances to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO Examination) to fill up the posts of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant.
No. 60-10/2011-SPB-I
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
Dak Bhavan, New Delhi – 110116
Date the 26th July, 2011
To

All Chief Postmaster General
All Postmaster General
Director, Postal Staff College, Ghaziabad, U.P
Chief General Manager, Postal Life Insurance Directorate,
Chankyapuri, New Delhi
Director, Postal Life Insurance, Kolkata
All Directors, Postal Training Centres

Subject: Increase in the number of chances to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO Examination) to fill up the posts of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant.

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to refer to the Directorates letter No. 37-63/98-SPB-I (Pt) dated 20/26.8.1999 regarding increasing the number of chances to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO Examination) to fill up the posts of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant from 5 to 6. The matter has since been reviewed and it has been decided by the competent authority to increase the number of chances for OC candidates to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO Examination) to fill up the posts of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant from 6to 8. It has also been decided to increase the chances for SC/ST candidates to appear in the said examination to 10 provided there are vacancies reserved for candidates belonging to SC/ST and in case any SC/ST candidate is appointed on the basis of his/her 9th or 10th chance he/she shall be appointed against the vacancy reserved for SC/ST, as the case may be, irrespective of his/her merit in the examination.

2. It is requested that these instructions may be given wide publicity immediately.

Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(B. P. Sridevi)
Director (Staff)
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Appointment of surplus IPs for the year 2009 allotted to different Circles
No.CHQ/IPASP/AOSC Dated 25.07.2011


To
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy
Secretary to the Govt. of India
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi-110001

Sub: Appointment of surplus IPs for the year 2009 allotted to different Circles

Ref: Memo No. A-34013/01/2009-DE (Pt.1) dated 30.06.2011

Respected Madam,

It has come to the notice of the Association that due to delay in induction training for departmental IPs and shortage of Inspectors Posts , some Circles (MP & Orissa) have given them adhoc appointment as Inspector Posts pending induction training.
2. There is no uniformity in the Circles for adhoc appointment as Inspector Posts. The department is already giving appointment to PS Group 'B' officers without induction training at PSCI Ghaziabad. Due to shortage of staff , the department is also giving appointment to direct recruited PAs/SAs without induction training.
3. You are well aware that scheme for allotment of surplus qualified candidates in IP examination was started by the department in the year 2007 due to shortage of manpower in Inspector Posts cadre and the same has since been discontiued vide Dte.O.M. No. A-34020/01/2007-DE dated 21.07.2011.
4. In view of above facts, it is requested to kindly arrange for issue of instructions to all Circles for adhoc appointment of surplus qualified IPs pending induction training due to shortage of manpower in Inspector Posts cadre.


Yours sincerely,

(Roop Chand)
General Secretary
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Promotion and postings to the Grade of Member, Postal Services Board, IPoS, Group "A"
Postal Directorate has issued following promotion and postings to the Grade of Member, Postal Services Board, IPoS, Group "A" :-
S No. Name of the officer Present post Posting on promotion
1. Ms. Suneeta Trivedi CGM (BD & M) Member (Planning)
(IPoS-1978) BD Directorate
2 Ms. Yesodhara Menon CPMG, Karnataka Member (Personnel)
(IPoS-1978)
3. Maj. Gen. A.R.A. Sah Addl. D. G. Member (PLI) and
(IPoS-1978) APS Directorate Chairman Investment Board
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MEGHDOOT AWARDS- 2009 & 2010
Postal Dte Memo No : 101-1 / 2011-SPB-II Dated 14.06.2011


The following officers/officials have been selected for Meghdoot Awards for the year 2009 & 2010.


Sl. Category Name For 2009 For 2010
01. All GDSs Sh.Ramesh Duarah,
GDS BPM,
Assam Circle Sh.Yashmel Singh
GDS BPM,
Himachal Circle
02. Gr D / MTS including
Postman/Cash Overseers
/Mail Overseers/ Mail
Guards / Mailmen etc Smt.Swarna Devi,
Postman
J & K Circle Sh.Yadati Murali
Krishna Prasad,
Postman, Andhra
Circle
03. PA / SAs Sh.Yoginder Singh
Kanwar, PA,
Himachal Circle Sh.Ranjit Baishya,
PA, Assam Circle
04. General Line
Supervisor
upto HSG-1 Smt.N.Anuradha,
SA,
Karnataka Circle Sh.Bishnupada
Dash, SPM
Orissa Circle
05. IPs / ASPs Sh.S.N.Dhoundiyal,
ASP, Delhi Circle Sh.Ravi Prakash
Dewa, ASP, Gujarat
06. Gr B & Gr A upto STS Smt.R.P.Chitra Devi
APMG BD, Chennai
Tamilnadu Circle None
07. Technology Excellence
(upto STS) Sh.Amir Kharkongor
PA, North East Sh.Korrapati Ravi
Bahu, ADG, Dte
08. Best Women Employee
(all upto Gr B) Smt.S.Jeyarubah
Ruth Ebenezer, PA
Tamilnadu Circle Smt.Chintapalli
Radhakrishna Veni,
Mail Overseer
Andhra Circle



CHQ congratulates all the awardees and wish them success in their future carrier.
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Pension can not be withheld due to criminal case: CAT
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) Pension and increments of a public servant cannot be withheld only on the basis a pending criminal case against him unless he is convicted, the apex administrative tribunal has held.
"It is amply clear that only on the basis of the case pending against the applicant (Primary School Head Master Lakhi Ram), pension cannot be withheld under Central Civil Services (CCS Pension) Rules, 1972," a two-member bench of Central Administrative Tribunal headed by Justice Meera Chhibber said.
The bench also favoured releasing gratuity during the pendency of criminal case but with an earlier judgement of the CAT ruling against it, the bench referred the question on the gratuity issue to a larger bench.
"Gratuity cannot be withheld under rules of CCS Pension Rules. Otherwise also as per the provision (of) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, gratuity cannot be withheld," it said.
"Since we have taken a different view about release of gratuity during the pendency of criminal case than what had been held by the coordinate bench in another case in 2009, the matter may be placed before the chairman on administrative side for constitution of a larger bench to determine the clear position of law on the subject," the bench said.
The judgement came on a petition filed by Lakhi Ram, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run primary school headmaster, who retired in August 2007.
He had been suspended on August 13, 2001 after his arrest in criminal case relating to a property dispute.
Though he was reinstated in May 2005 and retired in 2007, his annual increments were stopped from 2001 and were not restored even after his reinstatement in service.
The court directed Education Department of Municipal Corporation of Delhi to grant increments to him from the date of his reinstatement to his superannuation and to fix his pay as per the sixth pay revision and determine his provisional pension.
Source: Yahoo News
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Pension can not be withheld due to criminal case: CAT
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) Pension and increments of a public servant cannot be withheld only on the basis a pending criminal case against him unless he is convicted, the apex administrative tribunal has held.
"It is amply clear that only on the basis of the case pending against the applicant (Primary School Head Master Lakhi Ram), pension cannot be withheld under Central Civil Services (CCS Pension) Rules, 1972," a two-member bench of Central Administrative Tribunal headed by Justice Meera Chhibber said.
The bench also favoured releasing gratuity during the pendency of criminal case but with an earlier judgement of the CAT ruling against it, the bench referred the question on the gratuity issue to a larger bench.
"Gratuity cannot be withheld under rules of CCS Pension Rules. Otherwise also as per the provision (of) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, gratuity cannot be withheld," it said.
"Since we have taken a different view about release of gratuity during the pendency of criminal case than what had been held by the coordinate bench in another case in 2009, the matter may be placed before the chairman on administrative side for constitution of a larger bench to determine the clear position of law on the subject," the bench said.
The judgement came on a petition filed by Lakhi Ram, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run primary school headmaster, who retired in August 2007.
He had been suspended on August 13, 2001 after his arrest in criminal case relating to a property dispute.
Though he was reinstated in May 2005 and retired in 2007, his annual increments were stopped from 2001 and were not restored even after his reinstatement in service.
The court directed Education Department of Municipal Corporation of Delhi to grant increments to him from the date of his reinstatement to his superannuation and to fix his pay as per the sixth pay revision and determine his provisional pension.
Source: Yahoo News
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Charter of Demands of All India Association of Inspector, Posts & Asstt. Superintendent, Posts
i. Up-gradation of Grade Pay of Inspector, Posts from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- and merger of post of Assistant Superintendent, Posts with the post of PS Group “B” as both are having Gazetted status and difference in Grade Pay is only Rs. 200/-
ii. There are 866 posts in PS Group “B” cadre. At present 75% posts i.e., 649 are filled through DPC on the basis of seniority cum fitness. 19% posts i.e., 165 are filled through LDCE among IP line officials and 6% i.e., 52 are filled through LDCE among General Line officials. Consequent upon the introduction of Postmaster cadre, there should be no change in 75% posts i.e., 649 posts through seniority quota. 87 posts of Senior Postmaster to be filled up through LDCE of IP line officials should be adjusted in 165 posts of existing examination quota of PS Group “B”.
iii. Consequent upon the introduction of Postmaster cadre, suitable amendment may be made in Recruitment Rules of PS Group “B” cadre revising quota of General Line from 6% to 3%.
iv. Implementation of the recommendations of Second CRC and restructuring of Inspector, Posts cadre as an Inspector is getting promotion in P.S. Group “B” only after 24 to 26 years of service in Inspector, Posts cadre.
v. Revision of rates of remuneration for performing duty as Invigilators in the examinations.
vi. Supply of Laptops to all IPs/ASPs.
vii. Promotion earned through examination should be not be counted while granting MACP.
viii. 141 HSG I IP line posts may be re-designated as Assistant Superintendent Posts as it is a promotional for Inspector, Posts.
ix. Holding of periodical meetings with the Association at regular intervals. No periodical meeting has been held since long time despite submission of agenda for the same.
Charter of demands of our Association has been prepared on request from some Circle branches. All CHQ Office Bearers and Circle Secretaries are requested to go through it and submit their suggestions if any, through email/SMS/comments on the blog.

Roop Chand
General Secretary



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MEGHDOOT AWARD-2010


CHQ is happy to know that Sh. Ravi Prakash Dewa, Asstt.Supdt. Posts, Gujarat Circle has been selected for Meghdoot Award, 2010 under category V.
Function to give away the Meghdoot Awards 2009 & 2010 will be held on 27.06.2011 in Delhi at 10.00AM.
Sh. S Ravi Prakash Dewa is a direct recruit SSC candidate belonging to Inspector Posts cadre. His Bio-data is given below:-
Date of Birth 30.01.1979
Date of Entry in Service as Inspector, Posts 22.08.2005
Asstt. Supdt. Posts 29.07.2009
Presently, he is working as ASP South Sub Division in Ahmedabad City Division. He has also worked as IPO (PG) and Dy. Manager, SPC.
We are proud of him and wish him success in his future carrier.


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Sunday, June 12, 2011
MEGHDOOT AWARD-2009
CHQ is happy to know that Sh. Sukh Nandan Dhoundiyal , Asstt.Supdt. Posts, working in Delhi Circle has been selected for Meghdoot Award, 2009 under category V vide Postal Dte. No. 101-4/2011-SPB.II dated 09-06-2011.
Function to give away the Meghdoot Awards 2009 & 2010 will be held on 27-06-2011 in Delhi at 10.00AM.
Sh. S.N.Dhoundiyal is an officer belonging to Inspector Posts 1996 Batch. His Bio-data is given below :-
Date of Birth 04-12-1957
Date of Entry in service 15-04-1982
Inspector, Posts 30-11-1998
Asstt. Supdt. Posts 20-09-2003
Presently, he is working as ASP(Vig) in Circle Office. He has also worked as IPO, CSD, ASP(Plg.), ASP(D) & ASP(INV).
We are proud of him and wish him success in his future car

FLASH : Transfers in DPS cadre
Dte Memo No : 2-8 / 2011-SPG Dt. 03.06.11



Part - I
The following Transfers / Postings issued by Dte in JAG IPS Gr A with immediate effect & until further orders in the Interest of Service.



Sl. Name of the
Officer S/s Batch Present posting Posting on transfer Remarks
01. P.K.Tripathi

1981 DPS, Kanpur,
UP Circle DPS, Rajkot
Gujarat Circle Vice Sh.B.Sarangi
transferred
02. K.K.Bhagat 1984 Director PLI
Kolkatta, WB DPS, Kanpur
UP Circle Vice Shri.P.K.Tripathi
transferred
03. Sumathi D
Ravichandran 1987 Director,
Foreign Post,
Chennai, TN Director Training,
Postal Dte Against vacant post
04. R.K.B.Singh 1989 DPS, Gwalior,
MP Circle Director, PTC,
Guwahati Against vacant post
05. B.Sarangi 1989 DPS, Rajkot,
Gujarat Circle AGM PLI,
PLI Dte Against vacant post
06. Shibu M Job 1989 DPS, Kochi
Kerala Director,
PLI, Kolkatta Vice Sh K.K.Bhagat
transferred
07. Madhuri Dabral 1989 Director (Work
Study), Postal Dte DPS, Punjab
Region, Punjab Post of DPS, Pubjab
Region restored
08. S.K.Swain 1990 DPS (BD, Tech & Mktg), Orissa Circle DPS HQs,
Orissa Circle Vice Ms.Manisha
Mishra transferred
09. J.Charukeshi 1990 DPS, Kolkatta City Region, WB DPS, Chennai City Region, TN Vice Sh.M.Venkates
waralu transferred
10. Sheuli Burman 1990 DPS HQrs,
Karnataka Circle DPS, Nagpur, Maharashtra Vice Ms.Swati M Pandey transferred
11. Veena R Srinivas 1991 DPS, Goa DPS HQrs,
Karnataka Vice Ms.Sheuli
Burman transferred
12. K.Prakash 1991 Director (SP & Mails), Karnataka Director (SP & Mails), Delhi Circle Vice vacant post
13. Rakesh kumar 1992 DPS, South Bengal Region, WB DPS, Siliguri, WB Against vacant post
14. M.Venkates
waralu 1992 DPS, Chennai City Region, TN DPS, Allahabad, UP Against vacant post
15. P.Vidyasagar Reddy 1993 DPS, Hyderabad Region, AP DPS, South Bengal Region, WB Vice Sh.Rakesh kumar transferred
16. Vinod Kumar Verma 1995 DPS, Chattisgarh Circle Jt Director,
PSCI, Ghaziabad Against vacant post
17. M.Sreelatha 1996 Deputation DPS, Auragangabad, Maharashtra Against vacant post
18. Radhika Chakravathy 1996 Director (SP & Mails), AP Director (SP & Mails), Karnataka Vice Sh.K.Prakash transferred
19. Swati Madhukar Pandey 1997 DPS, Nagpur,
Maharashtra DPS, Bhopal,
MP Vice Sh.Brajesh kumar transferred
20. Manisha Mishra 1997 DPS HQ,
Orissa DPS, Hyderabad Region, AP Vice Sh.PVS.Reddy transferred
21. Brajesh Kumar 1998 DPS HQ & MM,
Bhopal
MP DPS, Jammu,
J & K Again vacant post



Part - II
The President is pleased to order the following Adhoc promotions in STS, IPS Gr A to officiate purely on temporary basis in JAG for a period of not exceeding 11 months with immediate effect from the Dt of issue of this order or until further orders whichever is earlier.


Sl. Name of the Officer S/s Batch Present posting Posting on transfer Remarks
01. Rajeev Umrao 2001 UP Circle DPS, Kolkatta
City Region, WB Vice Ms.Charukeshi
transferred
02. Sumitha Ayodhya 2002 AP Circle DPS (BD, Tech &
Mktg), Orissa Vice Sh.S.K.Swain
transferred
03. A.Suchita Joshi 2002 Maharasthra DPS, Vadodara
Region, Gujarat Against vacant post
04. Aman Sharma 2002 ADG (MO),
Postal Dte DPS, Ghaziabad,UP Against vacant post
05. Vivek Kumar Daksh 2002 UP DPS, Muzaffarpur
Bihar Against vacant post
06. Jagannath Srinivasan 2002 ADG (IM),
Postal Dte DPS, Agra, UP Against vacant post
07. N.R.Visalatchy 2002 AP Director (SP &
Mails), AP Vice Ms.Radhika
Chakravarthy
transferred



The officers should be immediately relieved and directed to report to their new places of posting. This responsibility would be that of the Controlling Officer.


Sd/
B.P.Sridevi,
Director (Staff)

Source : sahuliyat.com

posting of CPMG. CG. Circle

Honorable Shri J. Panda has joined as CPMG cg Circle on dated 23/05/2011. Association members with Circle Secratory Welcomed him heartly.

transfer and postings in senior Administrative Grade

transfer and postings in senior Administrative Grade dated 23rd May 2011


Description: Transfer and posting of Sh/MS Om Prakash, A.K.A. Joshi, Col. Lt. Tilak De, Usha Chandrasekhar, Chandra Prakash, Bahadur SIngh, S.K. Kamila, Charles Lobo, Gautam Bhattacharya, M. Sampat, Anju Nigam, Sharda Sampath, K. Balasubramanian, and B. Selva Kumar order 1-2/2009/SPG dated 23rd May 2011
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MY JOURNEY ON THE CHARIOT OF TIME

MY JOURNEY ON THE CHARIOT OF TIME
MY JOURNEY ON THE CHARIOT OF TIME
“One little book, for instance, may preserve to all generations the soul and essence of the thoughts of a most gifted mind, and of the graces of a noble heart.”-A.B.BRUCE
My Journey on the Chariot of Time is an Autobiography of a retired SSPOs who had started his career in the postal department in the year 1960. His eventful life as well as service has been a continuous struggle successfully waged against the evil forces obstructing his forward going and therefore it has the potential to inspire the new generation in all walks of life especially those who are now serving in the Department. The reader will come to know about him and his amazing book from the following lines. What the author has to say about his story?
“My story is not different from that of my contemporaries in the Department who had migrated like me, from the rustic villages but my story being my own reactions and reflections against adverse situations, has its own unique traits and hues. Here is the story of a man with humble origin, simple life, prudent actions, a string of tragedies, action stations and battles for justice and triumphant victory over the crooked- all ingredients of a melodrama in real life.”…It is not the obsessive rumination of a septuagenarian who believes that life is wheel-spin but it is a transmission of life experiences of one who believes that life is the wheel in eternity with the hope that it will make others lead a meaningful life with the wealth of truth, beauty and love planted in our hearts and minds by the Holy Spirit”…. “ It is a compendium of experiences, thoughts, ideas, faith, actions and hopes in life.”
What the book says on different topics?
“In India, majority of employees, say, 9 millions out of the 10 millions in the Central and State governments, leave the home to their work places daily to loot the public whom they have vowed to serve, in varied forms, and return with the spoils to make their family life a heaven of bliss and happiness.”… “Christianity is not an imported religion of the marauding imperialists of the west who in the beginning nestled in India in the sixteenth century and spread their tentacles thereafter over the princely states, rather, it is a faith wholeheartedly accepted first by the upper caste Hindus followed by other castes for the transformation of life for eternity.”…. “Marriage is surely a sacred temple, the foundation of which is built with love flowing between two hearts, and which is surrounded with a garden of freedom flowering into hope and dream and choice and action.”… “ It (marriage) is a bonding together of two souls to strive on in life sharing the joy and tribulations without monopolizing the credit of achievements by one and without passing the bug on the partner for failure.”… “I learnt the lesson that human behavior is merely an expression of a conditioned mind and friendship is nothing but identical feelings compressed under the pressure of common sufferings. It is an alliance of two minds longing to give a vent to the long suppressed feelings: it is merely a survival instinct for many who have no support system in life.”… “If all the administrative, operative and statutory functions of the Department of Post can be compressed in a human mould and it can be animated, we get INSPECTOR OF POST OFFICES.”…. “(I) climbed up the terrains: trudged through the ravines: traipsed along the stony-thorny paths: and forded the rivulets- all for reaching the inaccessible post offices-near the dreadful Chambal Ghat, infested with the menace of dacoits, where no Inspectors who loved life had visited for the last 25 years.”.…“In government service we have more tacticians and fewer practitioners.” … “ In his time, many a ‘stick in the mud’ with mud in the head was catapulted to hold lucrative posts in the circle and awards were conferred upon such people which earned ridicule from the staff in general.---But the fake performers got themselves palmed off on easy-going men in authority as the counterfeit coins are on unsuspecting customers.”….“If the superiors are weak, arrogant and haughty with the motive of self- aggrandizement, a string of sycophants and an all knowing man Friday come around them and worsen the situation by wielding the real power at the detriment of subordinate officers.”… “The poor are treated poorly and the rich richly! No doubt, the Department of post is educed and erected on the tears and toils of the poor who have no magic wand to brand their names upon the sands of Time.”…. “Conferring Garuda award on such an authority is like making the rooster a deity only because the sun rises after its crowing.”….. “Thoughts about old age and death make us students in the University of Spirituality to gain the knowledge of the Supreme Soul.”
What others have to say about the Book?
“ I found chapters one to five and 39 to 41 the most interesting. They gave the best glimpses of your literary style and intellectual and moral traits. Please keep it up. Let us have more such writings from you”. Vijay Chitale, Rtd. CPMG……”At last we have a long overdue book and the first attempt to its kind from an Officer who rose from the ranks and has dared to question with audacity an unfair system. …I feel this book should be read by all Officers and staff in the department as an eye opener…The book is full of poetic, lyrical expressions which capture the innocence of the times…Samuel highlights the obvious, which is known to all, but never brought to the lips, lest the sensibilities of the perpetrators are disturbed.. For postal staff and officers the book rings a familiar bell and for others not aware of postal working, an opportunity to know about its internal functioning and complexities of hierarchy….The book has set a high standard and anyone venturing to chronicle their life and times in the department will have to try their best to live up to this benchmark in order to sustain attention. Ms Madhuri Dabral, Director O/o the DG, DOP, New Delhi. ‘ My Journey on the Chariot of Time’ is as much an exposition of Mr. Samuel’s philosophy as a biography, smoothly moving backwards and forwards from events in his life to his intellectual and religious beliefs. The result is a complex but rewarding outline of one man’s view of the world…..Mr. Samuel was an upright and no-nonsense postal officer…. For him a compromise was not an acceptable option. He had his dose of hardships and frustrations. My Journey is almost a guide to the travails and tribulations of a conscientious government servant. In it he has produced a superb autobiography. I congratulate him for this splendid effort and wish him all the best”. Shri T.B. Reddy, Retired PMG. “Bhopal Gas Tragedy,----methodology of postal investigation----and a host of other soul-stirring thoughts with relevant quotations from great men make this book a sumptuous feast with variety of delicacies ready on a dining table.” G.S. Asiwal, GS, City Trade Union, Bhopal….. “This book is interesting in many respects. The words and phrases and….used in this book….point towards a profound mind and voracious reader behind them”. Rev. P.T. Koshy… “ Use of quotations of…and a number of uncommon sayings and idioms adorn this book….It is enjoyable to all with different perceptions…are written in masterly literary style displaying sublime moral and intellectual traits of the author…it is really a journey from the physical world to the spiritual realm of eternity”. Review by Vivek Trivedi in The Pioneer dated 7-12-2010. …. “In this book Samuel has written beautifully the emotional bonding of villagers with the post offices, high and low of feelings, and the habit and attitude of villagers. The book also explains the importance of relationships, happy and sad times”. Hindustan Times 05-12-2010…AND MANY MORE!
The price of the book is Rs.200/-.Discount Rs. 50/- is given to postal employees. Those who desire to have a book may remit MO for Rs. 225/- or 175/- as the case may be at the address, E. M. Samuel, 91, Snehanagar, Misrod Po, Bhopal 462047.They may place order by SMS on 9826824981 or by e-mail samuelgeevarughese@ yahoo.in if the MO- communication space is not enough to do so.
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Vacancies for PS Gr B Exam. to be held on 15.05.2011

Following vacancies have been declared by the Postal Directorate for PS Gr. B Examination scheduled to be held on 15.05.2011.


Category - OC - SC - ST - Total
IP Line - 23 - 7 - 2 - 32
General Line - 09 - 0 - 1 - 10
Total - 32 - 7 - 3 - 42


Eligibility criteria revised i.e. 5 years service is required as on 01.01.2010 for IP line and also for General line in the LSG and above officials.


Entire Examination is outsourced. Application format having magnetic layers etc. is devised and will be supplied by the vendor on or before 11.04.2011 to Department. Application is to be filled up in the said form only.

Source: IPASP CHQ Blog.

A letter from CHQ to Directorate

No. CHQ/Exam./2011 Dated 28.03.2011


To

The Director General
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, N Delhi 110001

Sub: Revised pattern and syllabus for Sr. Postmaster and PS Group “B” examination –reg.

Ref: Directorate memo No. 9-59/2010-SPG dated 8/3/2011

Respected Madam,
At the outset, we thank the Department for revising the pattern and syllabus of P.S. Group “B” examination. However, our Association would like to put the following points for clarification in the interest of members as well as the Department.
i) (a) In revised Paper I , it is not clear that whichc Acts / Departmental books should be consulted for preparation relating to Inland & Foreign Posts, Mail Operations, Money Remittances, Savings bank Schemes & Certificates, RPLI / PLI.
(b) It is also not clear which books/materials are to be consulted for preparation regarding Organization of Department, Office Procedure & Material management for optimum utilization of network, Establishment & Administrative matters.
ii) In respect of revised Paper II the syllabus is clear in respect of all items except “Accounts”. Normally accounts is covered under FRs & SRs and FHBs. In addition to FRs & SRs and FHBs, it is not understood why “ Accounts” has been mentioned separately.
iii) As per CCS (CCA) Rules 1965, an official placed under suspension is eligible to appear in Departmental examination. As such, condition as mentioned in the Directorate’s memo cited above that “No adverse entry in the APAR / ACR in the last five years” is contradictory to the instructions contained in CCS (CCA) Rules 1965.
iv) The number of vacancies identified for Sr. P.M. and PS Group" B” for the year 2011 has not been notified.
v) Since the revised pattern of the examination is new to the candidates, the Association requests the Department to circulate a model question paper in respect of Paper I & II of Sr. P.M. and PS Group “B” for the benefit of the officials.
It is therefore, requested to kindly issue necessary clarifications on the points mentioned above immediately before conduct of P.S. Group “B” examination scheduled to be held on 15.05.2011.

Yours sincerely,

(Roop Chand)
General Secretary

REWARD FOR EXCELLENT WORK IN NREGA

Shri H.R.SAHU, SDI(P), Jaspurnagar Sub Division, Raigarh was rewarded by H'ble Prime Minister of India on 02.02.2011 at New Delhi for contribution of excellent work in NREGA in Chhattisgarh State.
Our association congradulates Shri H.R.Sahu on this occassion.

Result of Gr B Exam

As per the General Secretary's saying, the result of the PS Group B Exam which was held in May 2010, is likely to be announced by 15th February 2011.

Four Monthly Meeting with Chief PMG

The four monthly meeting of our association office bearers with the Chief PMG has been scheduled to have on 11-02-2011. The agenda for the meeting is as below:

1. DPC for IP to ASP promotion
2. MACP of IPs/ASPs
3. Providing mobile recharge to IPs/ASPs of Bastar and Bilaspur Dn.
4. Posting of mail overseer for Janjgir Sub Dn.
5. RPLI incentive to IPs/ASPs who are engaged in the verification of new proposals.

By, Secretaary.

Adhoc Promotion to our members

Adhoc promotion order to the following our members has been issued.Officers have joined their respective post.

1. Shri P.L.Patel as AD(Staff), CO
2. Shri M.R.Kawatkar as AD (BD), CO

Our association congratulates the officers.

Secretary.

NEW YEAR

Our association wishes all its members and the viewers

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

by

Circle Secretary
&
All Office Bearers

NORMS FOR ASSESSMENT OF WORKLOAD OF BPMs IN POINT SYSTEM

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & IT
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
(Establishment Division)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi-110 001
File No.5-1/2007-WS-1(Pt.) Dated 16-12-2010


To
Chief Post Masters General
Postmasters General
General Managers (Finance)
Directors of Accounts (Postal)


Sub:- Revision of norms for assessment of workload of the Branch Postmasters.


Sir/Madam,


I am directed to refer to Directorate letter No.14-6/87-PAP dated 15-07-87 and 15-12-2009 on the above subject.


2. The staff representatives of Gamin Dak Sevaks have represented that many of the new items of work that have been added recently are not covered by norms for assessment of workload of the Branch Postmasters in point system. One-man committee headed by Shri R.S.Natarajamurti also recommended for conducting work study and prescribing norms for the various items of work undertaken by Branch Postmasters. Therefore, the Department has ordered a work study through Integrated Work Study Unit for recommending norms for new items of work and for revision of existing norms. The report and recommendations of the IWSU has been examined in consultation with Integrated Finance Wing and after a careful consideration, the competent Authority ordered for prescribing the norms for assessment of the workload of the Branch Postmasters in point system. These norms are furnished in the Annexure.


3. These norms will come into effect from the date of issue of this order and have to be applied for all reviews conducted thereafter.


4. The norms may be communicated to all the concerned under your control for strict compliance.


5. This issues in consultation with Integrated Finance Wing vide their Dy. No.303/FA/10/CS dated 15-12-2010.




Yours faithfully,
Sd.x.x.x.x
(K.RAMESWARA RAO)
Asst. Director General (Est.)


ANNEXURE


NORMS PRESCRIBED FOR ASSESSMENT OF WORK LOAD OF
BRANCH POST MASTERS IN POINT SYSTEM

Norms of work - Points - Standard prescribed

1. Handling of unregistered articles 1 point of work load For every 25 unregistered articles handled in a day


2. Handling of registered articles 1 point of work load For every 22 registered articles handled in month


3. Handling of Money Orders 1 point of work load For every 15 Money Orders handled in a month


4. Sale of postage stamps 1 point of work load For every Rs.900- worth of stamps sold in a month


5. Handling of cash (*) 1 point of work load For every Rs.20,000- cash handled in a month


6. Savings Bank / NSC transactions 1 point of work load For every 10 transactions in a month


7. Rural Postal Life Insurance transactions 1 point of work load For every 10 transactions in a month


8. Collection of Telephone or any other bills 1 point of work load For every 20 bills collected in a month


9. Disbursement of Old age pensions through Money Orders 1 point of work load For every 15 old age pension Money Orders disbursed in a month


10. Disbursement of Old age pension through savings bank accounts 1 point of work load For every 10 old age pension through savings bank in month
11. Accounts work and receipt and dispatch of mails in a month

--

Fixed 14 points per month

NOTE

1. The assessment of the work load of the Branch Post masters has to be done in respect of items 2 to 10 on the average of 4 quarterly months statistics. The statistics should be collected from the month following the month in which enumeration returns are collected.

2. In respect of unregistered articles handled the Branch Postmaster has to furnish 3 days figures in the middle of the month, and the inspecting officer has to collect statistics for 2 days in the middle of the week. The least of the average has to be adopted for assessment of work load.

3. Unregistered articles handled includes the No. of unregistered articles received for delivery and posted for dispatch from the Branch Post Office.

4. Registered articles handled includes Registered letters, Parcles, Speed Post articles and Value Payable articles received for delivery and Registered letters / parcels posted for dispatch.

5. Money Orders handled includes all sorts of Money Orders received for payment and MOs issued from the Branch Office.

6. Savings Bank transactions include opening, deposit and withdrawal / closure of Savings Bank, Recurring Deposit and Time Deposit accounts.

7. RPLI transactions include collection of RPLI premium for procurement of new Business and collection of renewal premium.

8 Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is not covered by the present norms and the transactions on account of disbursement of NREGA payments to the beneficiaries and the cash handled should be excluded from the statistics for assessment of workload.

9. (*) For cash handled orders have been issued already on 15-12-2009. The term "Cash handled" constitute cash handled on account of Money Orders issue / payment, deposits / withdrawals of SB/RD/TD accounts, RPLI premium collection, bills collection and bills payment other than salary paid to GDS staff working in the Branch Office. The cash received as Remittance from Account Office and Remittance sent to Account Office has to be excluded.

10. 14 points is given in lump per month for receipt of Branch office Bag, verification of contents including verification of remittance, writing of BO journal, BO account, preparation of BO Daily Account, tallying of closing balance and dispatch of BO bag including remittance of surplus cash to Account Office.
SD.x.x.x.x
K.RAMESWARARAO)
Asst. Director Genl.(Est.)

MERGER OF ASP WITH SP - LETTER WRITTEN TO DIRECTORATE BY GS

Regarding getting Rs. 4600/- grade pay for Inspector Cadre, the CHQ has taken a strong deceision in the CWC, according to this, GS has wriitten a letter to Director General, requesting a time bounded action in this issue. Copy of the letter is as below.

To
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy
Director General
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan
New Delhi 110001

No.CHQ/IPASP/SCPC dated 23-12-2010
Sub: Protest against the indifferent attitude of the Department towards upgradation of Grade Pay from Rs 4200/- to Rs 4600/- for Inspector, Posts.
Ref:- Postal Directorate No. 4-12/2009-PCC dated 22-03-2010
Respected Madam,
The Central Working Committee meeting of the Association was held at Ambaji (Gujarat) on 16th and 17th December 2010. During the meeting, the CWC registered its concern towards to the inordinate delay in processing the demand of the Association for higher grade pay to IP on par with inspector cadre in other Central Government departments/ministries. While all other Departments/Ministries show positive action towards their inspectors, the DOP is alone showing a negative approach on our cadre. All Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts are very much aggrieved and frustrated due to the inaction and indifferent attitude of the Department of Posts towards this cadre
2. The department kept on telling the phrase “maintaining parity with other inspectorial cadre” whenever we demanded justified higher grade pay for IP & ASP. Now Inspectors and analogous cadres in other departments/ministries have been granted the higher grade pay of Rs 4600/- unilaterally after implementation of VI CPC. Such type of unilateral increase in pay scale was noticed in other departments/ministries in respect of their Inspectors after implementation of the past many CPCs. When we demand parity, the department in collusion with MOF is speaking entirely a different version. During discussion with DOP on this issue, we were informed that the cadre of ASP (Which is not in existence in other departments/ministries) is an impediment to implementing higher grade to IP. If that is the case, this Association is ready to go for merger of both the posts IP and ASP. The issue of merger of posts of IP and ASP with single Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- was discussed at a length during the course of General Body meeting in the All India Conference of the Association held at New Delhi on 03.04.2010 and 04.04.2010. The Association had come out with a proposal of merger of the posts IP and ASP and detailed discussions took place between the representatives of the Association and DDG (Estt.) on 05.04.2010. The department was convinced about the justified GP of Rs 4600/- on the merged post. Reminders were given to the DOP on 24-06-2010, 09-08-2010 & 07-09-2010 but no action has been taken by the Department till now and it has become the prime grievance of the Association. We also took up this issue in the agenda for periodical meeting on 27.08.2010 but DOP has not fixed date and time for holding of the same so far.
3. Association gave its proposal in writing for merger of the posts of Inspector, Posts & Assistant Superintendent, Posts and designating the merged posts as Inspector, Posts or Assistant Superintendent, Posts as may be decided by the Department but retaining the Gazetted status to the existing incumbents in Assistant Superintendent, Posts grade till their promotion / retirement.


4. If the DOP felt problem in merger of the posts IP and ASP, the CWC was agreed unanimously and came out with an alternative proposal of merger of the post ASP with PS Group B with a Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- with effect from 01.01.2006. As both the posts are Gazetted Group B & difference of Grade Pay is only Rs.200/-. This Association urges upon the DOP to consider merger of the post of ASP with the post of PS Group B with a Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- and in that case the senior will be holding the charge of Division/Office.

5. In case no positive action is forthcoming, the CWC of the Association after a detailed deliberations and discussions has come out with the following proposal:

“It is unanimously resolved that the Department must meet out the above demand within one month time frame. The CWC with one voice decided that, if no decision is taken by the Department, the Association has no other option except to proceed on with a direct action (Trade Union action) after 31.01.2011. In such circumstances, the responsibility of any adverse effect on services will rest with the Department”An early result oriented action is requested.


Yours sincerely,
(Roop Chand)
General Secretary

200 YEAR OLD TUNNEL AT MUMBAI GPO

Mumbai: An ancient tunnel dating back 200 years was discovered on the premises of the General Post Office (GPO) at CST in Mumbai on Monday (19.10.10).

MiD DAY learnt about this slice of history and informed the GPO authorities three days ago. Initially, the authorities refused to believe that they could be sitting, in more ways than one, on such an ancient passageway.

Chief Postmaster General (Maharashtra & Goa) Faiz ur Rehman was not amused when he was first told about the tunnel. "In the last 25 years that I've been working at this building, I've never heard about any such thing," said Rehman. "We'd like to confirm any such existence before making any comments to the media."


Yesterday ie) 19.10.10, Rehman, who was in Aurangabad, told, "It's like a treasure for the GPO. We are thankful to MiD DAY for bringing this fact to our notice and want to explore it as much as we can to understand what it could have been for ages together,". "We will seek assistance from the heritage department and others concerned to unearth this mystery."

With other senior officials at the GPO, it was a similar tale of disbelief turning into surprise. "Neither have I ever heard of any such a passageway," said Postal Director Abha Singh who later said she admitted that the entire area surrounding the GPO may be steeped in history. "Truly, it's a treasure and we'd love to preserve it," said Singh. She hoped that the passage could someday be converted into a museum and thrown open to the public.

Acting on a tip-off by this correspondent, Postal Director Abha Singh and a few employees started making enquiries with liftman S S Jadhav who has been employed with the department for 26 years. Jadhav confirmed having learnt of such an underground opening. Along with Jadhav and a few other employees, MiD DAY went to a garden in front of the building. There, we came across a cement structure covered with a lid and a flowerpot placed on it. It took at least three people to open the lid.

Inside was a rusted iron ladder, leading to a muddy floor. None of the people around mustered courage to step in. There were two other openings leading below each within a few metres of the other. Postal Director Abha Singh gets the employees to open the lid in a garden in front of the GPO building.

A BMC drainage cleaning employee, who was at the spot, confirmed to MiD DAY that it could not be a drainage tank, as there was no foul stench of gas being emitted from the opening. "I know each and every underground passage in front of the GPO but I've never come across anything like this before," he said.

Finally, postal employee Devji Waghela dared to enter, armed with an emergency lamp. "The mouth of the tunnel is wide open and any person can walk inside," said Waghela. "Neither did I feel suffocated nor was the place stinking. I could see mud all over the place." Waghela said he flashed the lamp he had and he could see a walkway-like passage flanked by strong walls as far as the eye reached.

Chairman of Mumbai Heritage Committee, Dinesh Afzalpurkar, said he would ask his officials to visit the site and study if the place has any historical background.

Assistant Director of the state Archaeological Department, Balchandra Kulkarni, said, "It would truly be a great contribution by MiD DAY if this leads to a forgotten treasure from the British era."Kulkarni said the tunnel could either be a drainage line used during the British era or an escape route. Kulkarni, who has studied Mumbai's forts said the British feared an attack by Napoleon and had constructed an underground escape route stretching from Apollo Bunder to where the Bombay High Court stands and St George's Fort (covering St George Hospital to Masjid Bunder).


A 1.5-km tunnel also exists in the adjacent St George Hospital's ward number 5. "I have studied the St George fort passageway which opens inside St George Hospital but that passage connects to a dead end and nothing concrete could be concluded from there," said Kulkarni.

History check
The British who were ruling Bombay during the 18th century feared that Napoleon would attack Bombay. In order to protect themselves, they constructed an underground escape passage route called Bombay Fort. However, Napolean was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

1862 - Year the Bombay Fort was demolished by the British
1913 - Year the GPO building was erected.
Source : www.ndtv.com
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The tunnel-like structure has attracted much media interest
An ancient "tunnel-like" structure has been unearthed in the garden of the General Post Office in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay).The authorities say it is clear that the previously undiscovered structure is not a sewage or storm-water drain. It was only revealed when a local newspaper reporter asked to see it.
The post office was built 97 years ago.
Chief Postmaster General Faiz-ur-Rehman told the BBC that the discovery of the structure came as a surprise. "When we managed to open it there was no foul smell. We have called in the experts now and they will establish whether it connects anywhere else."
Source : www.bbc.co.uk - By Prachi Pinglay BBC News, Mumbai.
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For Videos,
01. Inside Tunnel Video.
02. Ms.Abha Singh, Director, Mumbai GPO - Press meet.

200 year old tunnel found in MUMBAI GPO

Mumbai: An ancient tunnel dating back 200 years was discovered on the premises of the General Post Office (GPO) at CST in Mumbai on Monday (19.10.10).

MiD DAY learnt about this slice of history and informed the GPO authorities three days ago. Initially, the authorities refused to believe that they could be sitting, in more ways than one, on such an ancient passageway.

Chief Postmaster General (Maharashtra & Goa) Faiz ur Rehman was not amused when he was first told about the tunnel. "In the last 25 years that I've been working at this building, I've never heard about any such thing," said Rehman. "We'd like to confirm any such existence before making any comments to the media."


Yesterday ie) 19.10.10, Rehman, who was in Aurangabad, told, "It's like a treasure for the GPO. We are thankful to MiD DAY for bringing this fact to our notice and want to explore it as much as we can to understand what it could have been for ages together,". "We will seek assistance from the heritage department and others concerned to unearth this mystery."

With other senior officials at the GPO, it was a similar tale of disbelief turning into surprise. "Neither have I ever heard of any such a passageway," said Postal Director Abha Singh who later said she admitted that the entire area surrounding the GPO may be steeped in history. "Truly, it's a treasure and we'd love to preserve it," said Singh. She hoped that the passage could someday be converted into a museum and thrown open to the public.

Acting on a tip-off by this correspondent, Postal Director Abha Singh and a few employees started making enquiries with liftman S S Jadhav who has been employed with the department for 26 years. Jadhav confirmed having learnt of such an underground opening. Along with Jadhav and a few other employees, MiD DAY went to a garden in front of the building. There, we came across a cement structure covered with a lid and a flowerpot placed on it. It took at least three people to open the lid.

Inside was a rusted iron ladder, leading to a muddy floor. None of the people around mustered courage to step in. There were two other openings leading below each within a few metres of the other. Postal Director Abha Singh gets the employees to open the lid in a garden in front of the GPO building.

A BMC drainage cleaning employee, who was at the spot, confirmed to MiD DAY that it could not be a drainage tank, as there was no foul stench of gas being emitted from the opening. "I know each and every underground passage in front of the GPO but I've never come across anything like this before," he said.

Finally, postal employee Devji Waghela dared to enter, armed with an emergency lamp. "The mouth of the tunnel is wide open and any person can walk inside," said Waghela. "Neither did I feel suffocated nor was the place stinking. I could see mud all over the place." Waghela said he flashed the lamp he had and he could see a walkway-like passage flanked by strong walls as far as the eye reached.

Chairman of Mumbai Heritage Committee, Dinesh Afzalpurkar, said he would ask his officials to visit the site and study if the place has any historical background.

Assistant Director of the state Archaeological Department, Balchandra Kulkarni, said, "It would truly be a great contribution by MiD DAY if this leads to a forgotten treasure from the British era."Kulkarni said the tunnel could either be a drainage line used during the British era or an escape route. Kulkarni, who has studied Mumbai's forts said the British feared an attack by Napoleon and had constructed an underground escape route stretching from Apollo Bunder to where the Bombay High Court stands and St George's Fort (covering St George Hospital to Masjid Bunder).


A 1.5-km tunnel also exists in the adjacent St George Hospital's ward number 5. "I have studied the St George fort passageway which opens inside St George Hospital but that passage connects to a dead end and nothing concrete could be concluded from there," said Kulkarni.

History check
The British who were ruling Bombay during the 18th century feared that Napoleon would attack Bombay. In order to protect themselves, they constructed an underground escape passage route called Bombay Fort. However, Napolean was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

1862 - Year the Bombay Fort was demolished by the British
1913 - Year the GPO building was erected.
Source : www.ndtv.com
********************************************************
The tunnel-like structure has attracted much media interest
An ancient "tunnel-like" structure has been unearthed in the garden of the General Post Office in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay).The authorities say it is clear that the previously undiscovered structure is not a sewage or storm-water drain. It was only revealed when a local newspaper reporter asked to see it.
The post office was built 97 years ago.
Chief Postmaster General Faiz-ur-Rehman told the BBC that the discovery of the structure came as a surprise. "When we managed to open it there was no foul smell. We have called in the experts now and they will establish whether it connects anywhere else."
Source : www.bbc.co.uk - By Prachi Pinglay BBC News, Mumbai.
******************************************************
For Videos,
01. Inside Tunnel Video.
02. Ms.Abha Singh, Director, Mumbai GPO - Press meet.

Revision in rates of remuneration for performing duty as Invigilators in the examinations

Regarding revision in rates of remuneration for performing duty as Invigilators in the examinations, our CHQ has written a letter to the directorate, to revise the remuneration at the earliest. Copy of the letter is shown below. Let us expect a facourable decision will be made soon.


To
The Director General
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001


No. CHQ/IPASP/011/2010 dated 01.11.2010


Sub-Revision in rates of remuneration for performing duty as
Invigilators in the examinations


Respected Madam,


Your goodself is well aware that Inspector, Posts cadre is having important role in each and every examination conducted by the Department either on working days or Sundays/Holidays. Generally, most of examinations are conducted on Sundays without any compensatory off to our cadre. Work related to examination is an arduous nature of duty and is assigned to one’s own duty/work. At present, IPs/ASPs engaged for examination duties are being paid honorarium of Rs.20/- for single duty and Rs.40/- for full day duty. These rates were fixed by the Department in the year 1972 and a period of more than 38 years has since been elapsed but no revision has been carried out whereas SSC/UPSC are revising these rates periodically. At present, SSC is paying Rs.250/- for single duty & Rs.300/- for full day duty and UPSC is paying Rs.350/- per day to Group B officers.

In view of above facts, it is urged that rates of remuneration may kindly be revised immediately atleast at par with the rates being paid by SSC. In the meanwhile, orders may kindly be issued for grant of compensatory off to all IPs/ASPs engaged in upcoming examination for Direct Recruitment to the cadre of PA/SA scheduled to be held on 14-11-2010 throughout India.


An early positive action along with a line in reply will be highly appreciated.

With regards,
Yours sincerely,


(Roop Chand)
General Secretary

Latest position of various issues of our Association

On 22.10.10, along with Shri. Jayanth, IP Karanataka Circle, our General secreraty visited Dak Bhawan and met with various officers to ascertain present position in respect of below mentioned issues.

1. Revision of Grade Pay for IP:

File is still pending in the Establishment Division of the Directorate. Recruitment Rules of Income Tax Officers in CBDT and Superintendents in CBEC are required for further processing the case. Members may please help the CHQ to procure the same so that it could be submitted to the Department.

2. Result of PS Group B exam :

It is likely to be announced by the end of November 2010 or first week of December 2010.

3. PS Group B DPC for the year 2010:

It is likely to be held in November 2010. Exact date of DPC is yet to be fixed.

4. Outsourcing of examinations:

It is likely to be finalized by January 2011. All examinations are likely to be conducted on objective type.

5. Revision of Honorarium of Invigilators for departmental examinations.

Case is under consideration by the department. Department is in the process of collecting information on amount being paid for invigilators by the SSC/UPSC. Information from the UPSC is awaited. Members may please help the CHQ to procure the rates being paid by SSC/UPSC so that it could be shared with the Department.

6. Revision of Fixed stationery charges for the Sub Division:

File is reported to be sent to Finance Ministry for concurrence

FIGHT FOR DEMANDS - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Finally General Secretary IP/ASP Association has taken up agenda item for discussion with Secretary Post. This includes (i) Upgradation of Grade Pay of Inspector Posts from Rs 4200/- to Rs 4600/- w.e.f 01.01.2006 (ii) Holding of DPC for regular promotion in PSS Group ‘B’ cadre for the year 2010 & 2011(iii) Non- counting of promotion earned through examination in MACP scheme. This should come much earlier without losing time. Any way, still it is better late than never. What-so-ever may be the result, in democracy every one has right to express his view point and fight for justice. In the present parliament session, all the citizens of the country have watched the highest pillar of Democracy protesting for higher pay and perks. The representative of the people who are also the law makers and run the Government of the Country, also have to fight for their demand of raising the pay of MPs from Rs 15000/ - to Rs 50000/- . The lower house was disrupted many a times by our MPs and even our Hon’ble Speaker had to adjourn the house because members of the Lok Sabha including former ministers stirred up their demand of raising the salary. Even Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav, Hon‘ble MP compared the salary of MPs with Lower Division Clerk and placed a demand of Rs 80001/- which is Rs 1/- more than the highest scale in the Govt. employees . Though other perks of these public servants are much higher as compared to Govt. servant yet their way for demand to elevate the salary was unique. The dead lock came to an end only after the assurance given by the Finance Minister to consider their demand. Now they have got what they wanted. The power is again the winner.
Where demand of revising the grade pay of inspector Posts from Rs 4200/- to Rs 4600/- stands? Is there no one in this paradise to listen helpless, poor POSTAL INSPECTORS who were once = Inspectors of CBDT & CBEC. Postal Inspectors are continuously submitting representations to the Secretary Post to bring IPs equal to Inspectors of CBDT & CBEC as has been done by Ministry of Finance in the case of other Inspectors who are recruited through the same examination as IPs and have parity recommendation by sixth pay commission. Our department should clearly write to Ministry Of Finance that Inspector Posts has entrusted more power and responsibility than any other inspector working under the control of MOF. Simultaneously our leadership should write strong representation to the DOP/MOF elaborating our roll and duties in the public life viz-a-viz Postal affairs.
Now time has come when we should gear up to act & make it clear to the Govt. that in case our genuine demands including pay scale and cadre review are not settled, we will left with no option except to resort to an agitational programme. If our MPs can adopt agitational approach to get their justified demands settled, Why can’t Postal Inspectors? Any comments.

COURTASY: PUNJAB CIRCLE

List of our association members

Sl. No. Name of the Member
Mr./Ms. Present Designation Mobile Number E Mail ID
1 A.K.SHUKLA Sr. PM, Raipur 94 252 76 262
2 B.N. VISHWAKARMA AD(S), Raipur 94 255 03 462 vishwakarmabn@yahoo.co.in

3 B.P.PANDEY ASP, CO, Raipur 98 272 73 835
4 B.R.SAHU ASP,DO,Durg 78 692 28 515
5 B.R.YADAV ASP(T), Raipur 94 255 74 589 Aspt.raipur@gmail.com

6 D.D.ANANT ASP, Ambikapur Sub Dn 99 936 24 401
7 D.P.YADAV ASRM, Raipur 94 062 48 525
8 K.K.SONI ASP(T), Jagdalpur 94 242 18 442 Khushboo52003@yahoo.co.in

9 K.P.VERMA ASP, Raipur Sub Dn. 99 265 88 456
10 N.S.PATEL ASP, Durg Sub Dn. 94 252 41 954
11 P.L.PATEL ASP, CO, Raipur 98 274 01 156
12 R.K.DUBEY ASP(HQ), Raigarh 97 546 58 353
13 R.K.SAHU ASP, Raigarh Sub Dn. 94 252 61 741
14 S.L.PATEL ASP(HQ), Bilaspur 94 061 22 600
15 SANDHYA DEOGIRIKAR Deputy PM, Raipur HO 94 067 64 025
16 T.R.DIWAN SAS, CO, Raipur 97 552 72 741
17 U.S.SINGH ASP(T), Bilaspur 94 242 18 633
18 V.K.GUPTA ASP, Rajnandgaon Sub Dn. 98 265 80 439
19 Y R SINHA ASP(T), Durg 97 525 8 8194
20 A.K.ANANT Insp.., Pathalgaon Sub Dn. 94 062 49 152
21 A.K.SINGH Insp., Baloda Bazar Sub Dn. 94 076 24 220 aksinghsdi@gmail.com

22 ALOK GUMASTA Insp. Kawardha Sub Dn. 94 258 42 613
23 D.K.PANDA Insp., Ambikapur Sub Dn. 94 060 32 840
24 D.S.KANWAR ASP, Korba Sub Dn. 97 526 27 042
25 D.S.PANDEY C.I., DO, Raipur 97 547 95 480
26 GULNAZ KHAN Insp., Janjgir Sub Dn. 93 018 06 959
27 H.K.MAHAWAR I. I., CO, Raipur 94 242 81 478 Mahawar.ipo@gmail.com

28 H.N.SHARMA Insp., Raigarh Sub Dn. 94 076 24 699
29 H.R.SAHU Insp., Jashpur Sub Dn. 94 060 27 966
30 J.S.PARDHI Insp., Dhamtari Sub Dn. 94 254 47 530 jaipardhi@gmail.com

31 K.C.ROY Insp., Jamnipali Sub Dn. 94 063 49 793
32 K.KANDASAMY Manager, NSPC, Raipur 96 301 97 440 Ks1968@ymail.com

33 K.N.RAM Insp., Baikunthpur Sub Dn. 99 776 16 433
34 K.P.SAHU Insp., Bilaspur Sub Dn. 94 242 85 751
35 K.S.SAHU Insp., Mahasamund Sub Dn. 94 062 82 662
36 KAMLESH RAM Insp., Jagadalpur Sub Dn. 94 241 66 434
37 L.N.MEHTO Insp., Gariaband Sub Dn. 94 255 08 436
38 M.P.ANSARI C.I., DO, Raigarh 94 255 67 418
39 M.PATTABIRAMAN I. I., CO, Raipur 96 304 66 327 Iptech.raman@gmail.com
40 M.R.KAWATKAR Insp., Kanker Sub Dn. 94 060 18 795
41 MANISH PRADHAN IRM, Raipur 97 520 37 718
42 N.K.RAJPAL Insp., Raipur Sub Dn. 98 261 61 456
43 POOJA TIWARI Insp., Pendra Road Sub Dn. 99 939 39 687
44 RAMPAL VERMA Insp., Bametara Sub Dn. 99 816 80 050
45 S K MAHALE IRM, MBC, Durg 94 076 58 181
46 SUBHENDRA RAJ Insp., Sukma Sub Dn. 99 261 48 187 subhendraraj@rediffmail.com

47 V.N.PADMASHALI Insp., Kondagaon Sub Dn. 94 064 75 750
48 NEERAJ KUMAR Insp., Sakti Sub Dn.

Remotely Managed Franking System is likely to be issued in our Department

India Post has decided to introduce Remotely Managed Franking Machines in place of Electronic Franking Machines with effect from 16.8.2010 based on new technology with security features like generation of 2D barcode with frank impression and elimination of human intervention for uploading the credit in franking machines.

Salient Features of the RMFS is as follows:-
(a) Only India Specific models of Franking Machines with inkjet printing technology approved by the Directorate will be used.
(b) No requirement of mechanical seals.
(c) Amount for uploading the credit is to be credited at SBI or at Post office through ePayment.
(d) The machine is to be connected to the central server three times every day for exchanging information on funds deposited, funds downloaded and uploading of reports etc.,
(e) The credit will be uploaded in Franking machine on its dialing to RMFs server for the purpose. Meters will be set/re-set automatically.
(f) Franking impression shall be in blue colour and will indicate class of article, pincode, authentication code, date of frank, mail item number, licence identified number, frank value and 2D barcode.
(g) 2D barcode will have important information and the barcode can be scanned to check the genuineness of the frank impression.
(h) Migration plan for phasing out the electronic FM is as follows:-
(i) The scheme will be introduced with effect from 16.8.2010
(ii) Licences of all FMs which are older than 5 years will not be renewed.
(iii) Licences of Electronic FM which are less than 5 years old may be renewed till completion of period of 5 years.
(iv) No Electronic FM of old models shall not be allowed to operate after 30.6.2013. Articles franked by such machines shall not be accepted after 30.6.2013.

Coutesy from "Postal Staff Corner"

EXPECTED DA FROM 1ST JULY 2010

The All India Consumer Price Index number for (Industrial Workers)
(Base 2001=100) for the month of June 2010 is 174 as announced by Statistics Department, Labour, Government of India.
Based on this index, there is an increase of 10% in the DA . Present DA rate from 1.1.2010 is 35%. Increase with effect from July 2010 is 10%.
Month All India Index % of increase

Nov 2008 148 21.44
Dec 2008 147 22.38
Jan 2009 148 23.39
Feb 2009 148 24.32
Mar 2009 148 25.12
Apr 2009 150 25.98
May 2009 151 26.84
Jun 2009 153 27.78
Jul 2009 160 29.00
Aug 2009 162 30.23
Sep 2009 163 31.45
Oct 2009 165 32.67
Nov 2009 168 34.11
Dec 2009 169 35.70
Jan 2010 172 37.43
Feb 2010 170 39.01
Mar 2010 170 40.59
Apr 2010 170 42.03
May 2010 172 43.54
Jun 2010 174 45.06

Source : POSTAL STAFF CORNER

Application under RTI

Application under RTI for information about time factor on duties of IPs
Shri K.S.Pai, Assistant Superintendent Posts Kundapura North Sub Division Kundapura 576201 in Karnatak Circle has sought information under RTI Act about time factor of IP/ASP Work. The details mentioned in the the application can be seen by visiting the following link.
http://ipaspkarnataka.blogspot.com/2010/08/copy-of-application-under-sec6-of-rti.html

Let us wait to see the details of reply.

Broad Band connection to Sub Dns

Broad Band connection to Sub Dns.

Postal Directorate has issued orders for provision of Broad Band connection to all 1914 Sub Divisions. A sum of Rs 2500 has been allotted to each Sub Dn. The connection should be given before 31.8.2010.


Induction Training to Surplus qualified IPs.

Induction training for all surplus qualified IP candidates will commence from 06.9.2010 at PTC Vadodara.