Clarification on increase in certain allowances by further 25 percent as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowances w.e.f. 1.1.2014 -

Clarification on increase in certain allowances by further 25 percent as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowances w.e.f. 1.1.2014 -

To view DoPT memo No. A-27012/1/2014-Estt (Allowance) dated 28th April 2014, please CLICK HERE. 

No.A-27012/1/2014-Estt. (Allowance)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension

Department of Personnel & Training

Block-IV, Old JNU Campus

New Delhi, 28th April, 2014.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Clarification on increase in certain allowances by further 25% as a result of enhancement of Dearness Allowances w.e.f. 1.1.2014

The undersigned is directed to refer to para 1(j) of this Department’s 0M. No.12011/03/2008-Estt. (Allowance) dated 2.9.2008. This provides that the limits ofChildren Education Allowance would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%. References are being received from various quarters with regard to the amount of Children Education Allowance admissible consequent upon enhancement of Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees @ 100% w.e.f. 1 January, 2014 announced vide Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure O.M. No.1/l/2014-E-1I (B) dated 27th March, 2014.

2. In accordance with the above, the following shall be the revised limits:

a) The annual ceiling limit for reimbursement of Children Education Allowance shall be Rs.18,000/- per child. Accordingly, the quarterly claim could be more than Rs.4500/- in one quarter. The Hostel Subsidy shall be Rs.4500/- per month per child;

b) The rates of Special Allowance for Child Care to women with disabilities stands revised to Rs. 1500/- per month; and

c) The annual ceiling for reimbursement of Children Education Allowance for disabled children of Government employees shall be treated as revised to Rs.36,000/- per annum per child and the rates of Hostel Subsidy for disabled children of Government employees shall be treated as revised to Rs.9000/- per child per month.

3. These revisions are applicable with effect from 1st January, 2014.

4. These revisions shall be subject to other terms and conditions mentioned in this Department’s O.M. No.12011/03/2008-Estt (Allowance) dated 2.9.2008, O.M. No.12011/04/2008 dated 11.9.2008 and 12011/07(i)12011-Estt.(AL) dated 21.2.2012.

sd/

(Mukul Ratra)

Director

CADRE RESTRUCTURING AGREEMENT- UNIONS SIGNED TODAY

CADRE RESTRUCTURING AGREEMENT- UNIONS SIGNED TODAY

        NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

 FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATION

                           CENTRAL HEAD QUARTERS, NEW DELHI

                                   28/04/2014

        * CADRE RESTRUCTURING AGREEMENT SIGNED *

                 At last after several round of protracted negotiations with the administration, JCM Staff side, Departmental council ( NFPE & FNPO) has signed the cadre restructuring proposal. The staff side has tried to the best of its ability to make maximum improvement in the proposal. In spite of our hard bargaining we could not achieve 100 percent success. Our demand for separate higher pay scale for PO& RMS Accountants, Creation of separate cadre for System Administrators or grant of special pay/allowance, bringing MTS also under cadre restructuring etc is not accepted by the administration. Regarding Postmaster Cadre after much bargaining, it is agreed to examine our claim for higher pay scale after the present proposal is approved by the government.

                  As Govt has already appointed 7^th CPC and the Pay Commission has already published the questionnaire, any further delay in completing the cadre restructuring will adversely affect the interest of Postal employees. We will take up the remaining issues, which are not agreed by the administration in the cadre restructuring committee with the 7^th CPC in our memorandum and make one more effort to get a favourable recommendation.

                  Taking into consideration all the above aspects and also keeping in mind the larger interest of the employees, we have decided to sign the agreement

Copy of the agreement is published below.

The Salient features of the agreement are as follows :

1. Number of LSG posts will increase from 8 % to 22 %

2. Number of HSG II  posts will increase from 2 % to 12 %

3. Number of HSG I  posts will increase from 1.5 % to 4 %

4. After completion of 2 years in HSG I the official will be promoted to 4800 GP (Non-functional Basis)

5. The above proposal will be applicable to RMS, Circle Office and SBCO in the same ratio

6. Postman/Mail guard will get the same ratio of promotion.

                      The present proposal is to be approved by Postal Board, DoPT & Finance Ministry. We will make all out effort to get the proposal implemented at an early date.

                                                                        Yours sincerely

    D.Theagarajan                                                                               M.Krishnan

  Secretary General                                                                          Secretary General

         FNPO                                                                                              NFPE

Letter to Secretary (Posts) i/c/w holding of meeting for cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts cadre

Letter to Secretary (Posts) i/c/w holding of meeting for cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts cadre

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/Cadre Restructure/2014                 dated  :     30/4/2014.

To,

Ms P. Gopinath,

Director General,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001. 

Subject :    Cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts cadre. 

Respected Madam,   

It is to bring to your kind notice that second cadre review case of Inspectors and ASPs is pending since long in the files of Directorate. The recommendation of second cadre review committee that gave its report in the year 1990 has not been executed till now. Today DOP is the only organization where career progression scheme for Inspector Posts stand relegated to back seat. 

Whereas department has taken care of the interest of all other cadres but the worst part of it is that the entire exercise was separately done for other cadres except IP/ASP, thus taking away the basic thrust for simultaneous career planning for all. Recently cadre restructuring of Group ‘C’ cadre has been finalised by Department on 28^th April 2014 under the chairmanship of Shri V. P. Singh, DDG (P). 

          IP/ASP Association many-a-times brought to the notice of the Department about the stagnation being faced in the cadre of IPs/ASPs and the long span of service running up to 24 to 25 years which IP/ASP have to put in, before getting promotion to PS Gr. B cadre. However, it was assured by the officers that this will be looked into at the time of cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts cadre.  

          Association therefore request your kind honour to kindly call immediate meetings with the members of this Association for the discussion of cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts cadre and finalisation thereof as has been done for other cadres. 

An early action is requested. 

          Yours Sincerely,

Sd/-

 (Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

LTC - Will Air Travel Continue for the Next 2 Years?

LTC - Will Air Travel Continue for the Next 2 Years?

LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION

Will Air Travel Continue for the Next 2 Years?

For a number of years, Central Government employees have been enjoying the benefits of Leave Travel Concession (LTC). When a Central Government employee is employed at a place that is not his home town, then, once every two years or twice every four years, he/she is eligible to reimburse the travel expenses incurred for travelling to and back, along with the entire family.

A BLOCK YEAR consists of four years. The current block year runs from 2010 to 2013. This is divided into two – 2010-11 and 2012-13, and concession to travel to the home town is offered twice. Instead of two trips to home town, the employee is eligible to convert one of them as ALL INDIA LTC concession. Those who haven’t availed of the concession of the 2012-13 year block can utilize it in 2014.

Depending on their designation, the employees are eligible to utilize air, ship, rail and road transportation facilities, along with the travel class. 

In the year 2010, in order to develop Jammu & Kashmir and North-East Region, it was announced that Central Government employees are eligible to travel to these regions via air from Delhi and Kolkata respectively. It was also announced that the travel expenses could be claimed in advance. Following this announcement, Central Government employees have started travelling via air, along with their families. From the HEADQUARTERS, where they are employed, they have to travel to New Delhi or Kolkata by train and go to Shri Nagar or Gauhati by airplane. 

This concession is given in two categories, on the basis of grade pay. Those with GP higher than Rs. 4200 and above are eligible to travel from the airport nearest to their work headquarters. Those with GP lesser than Rs. 4200 will have to travel to Delhi or Kolkata by train and continue only the rest of the journey by airplane. 

These concessions were initially announced for only two years and then extended to 2013. Each BLOCK YEAR can be carried forward to one year, i.e., those who haven’t utilized the facility in 2012-13 BLOCK YEAR can avail of it until December 2014.

This wonderful opportunity will draw to a close very soon. The Government has issued permission to travel by air to the NORTH-EAST REGION until 30.04.2014 and to JAMMU & KASHMIR until17.06.2014.

Question is – Will this concession be extended for the next two years?

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8th Circle conference

8 TH CIRCLE CONFERENCE OF C.G. CIRCLE.

IP/ASP ASSOCIATION  C.G. CIRCLE  ORGANIZED 8TH CIRCLE CONFERENCE
IN RAIPUR HOTAL ADITYA JAISTHABH CHOWK ON 26.04.2014.ALL MEMBER
ARE INVITED FOR CONFERENCE. NOTIFICATION HAS ISSUED . IT HAS DISPACHED TO ALL.
 CIRCLE SECRETARY C.G CIRCLE.

TRANSFER OF A.S.P

TRANSFER LIST OF IP/ASP ISSUED ON 31.03.14  AS UNDER

1.SHRI R.K.SAHU ASP RAIGADH TO ASP KORBA
2.SHRI D.S.KAWAR ASP KORBA TO ASP T  JAGADALPUR.

Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre delayed for want of creation memos.

Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre delayed for want of creation memos.

Dear Members, 

Department has created Postmaster Cadre vide memo No. 4-17/2008-SPB.II dated 22/11/2010, and 116 PS Gr. B Posts were carved for Senior Postmaster Cadre and framed RRs for Senior Postmaster Cadre vide memo No. 137-03/2009-SPB.II dated 9/9/2010.

 

This Association have severally requested Directorate to issue revised Recruitment Rules for PS Gr. B cadre to correct the anomaly of fixation of quota for PS Gr. B from IP Line Officials and General Line Officials by providing 97% vacancies to PS Gr. B from IP Line and 3% by promotion of HSG-I officials from General Line through a LDCE. But till this date neither Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre revised nor share of General Line officials reduced from PS Gr. B examination.

 

Hon'ble CAT Chandigarh Bench (In OA 1328/HP/2011 & 135/HP/2011) also directed Department to submit the progress made in revision of Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre. On the request of Learned Counsel on behalf of Department, matter has now been posted to 05.03.2014 for submission of progress report. 

 

This issue was also discussed at length in subject committee meeting held during AIC Ahmedabad. General Secretary explained the present position in detailed and requested to all delegates, visitors and Circle Secretaries who attended AIC to search/find out creation memos of PS Gr. B cadre since 1993 at their Divisional Office / Regional Office and Circle Office, as 56 creation memos of PS Gr. B posts are not readily available at Directorate and Nodal Ministry has demanded these for extending approval for amendment of  Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre. Actually 76 PS Gr. B cadre posts were created during 1993 to 1996 by downgrading some JTS/STS posts and out of these, 20 posts creation memos are available at Directorate.

 

It is once again requested to each and every member of this Association to examine the establishment register at their office (i.e.DO/RO/CO/Fgn Post/CSD/RSD/PSD) within 2 to 3 days and intimate the details of PS Gr. B post created in their unit/office since 1993 to General Secretary by email. This is very very important issue for our cadre. 

Yours sincerely, 

(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary 
 

Sr Postmaster CAT Case --- updates.

On 14.02.2014, the Department failed to place on record of Hon'ble CAT Bench Chandigarh the progress report of revision in Recruitment Rules of PS Group 'B' cadre. On the request of Learned Counsel on behalf of Department, matter has now been posted to 05.03.2014 for submission of progress report.  

Holding of supplementary DPC for the promotion to PS Gr. B cadre.

Dear CS and CHQ Office Bearers, 

Directorate vide memo No. 9-33/2013-SPG dated 10.10.2013 (Click here to view memo) convened regular DPC for the promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for 156 vacancies of 2013. Out of these 156 officers, 17 officers have declined the promotion and Directorate have already circulated the list of declined officers vide Memo No. 9-5/2013-SPG dated 29/1/2014.

 

All Circle Secretaries and CHQ Office Bearers are requested to go through Directorate memo dated 10/10/2013 and intimate whether any officer/s yet to join to his/her new assignment or otherwise.

 

CHQ have already requested Directorate to convene supplementary DPC for left out vacancies, and now it has been decided to take up the matter by writing one more reminder. 

Yours sincerely, 

(Vilas Ingale)