PSS Group B - Promotion Order

Copy of DG letter No.9-31/2008-SPG dated 26.12.2008 ORDER Sub: Promotion and posting in Postal Service Group ‘B’ grade for the year 2008-09 The Director General (Posts) is pleased to appoint the following Inspector’s line officials on regular basis in Postal Service Group ‘B’ grade in the scale of PB-2, Rs.9300-34800/- with Grade Pay 4800/- with effect from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders. 2. The officers on promotion to Postal Service Group ‘B’ grade are allotted to the Circles mentioned against each:

Sl.No.	Name of the Officer - S/Shri	SC/ST	Circle	Circle Allotted
1	Dwarika PD. Singh	-	Bihar	Bihar
2	CH.L.N.Sastri	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
3	M.Anadan	-	Tamilnadu	Tamilnadu
4	V.Ramamurthy	-	Tamilnadu	Tamilnadu
5	S.Mukherjee	-	Madhya Pradesh	Gujarat
6	Syed Muzaffar Quadri	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
7	BhairoPD Shukla	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
8	D.N. Mali	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
9	MD. Nayeemullah	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
10	P.C.G.Verghese	-	Kerala	Kerala
11	k.K.Jain	-	Madhya Pradesh	Gujarat
12	D.K.Sharma	-	Chhattisgarh	Chhattisgarh
13	T.R.K.M.M.Niranjan Rao	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
14	A.Lingaiah	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
15	Hirevenkanagoundar H.B.	-	Karnataka	Karnataka
16	P.Gopinathan	-	Kerala	Kerala
17	U.V.Satyanarayana	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
18	Mohd. Amjad Hussain	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
19	K.Ragavaiah	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
20	Attar Singh Kala	-	Delhi	Delhi
21	OM Prakash Sharma	-	Rajasthan	Rajasthan
22	T.Narasi Reddy	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
23	K.Malakonda Reddy	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
24	Prahlad Lal Sharma	-	Rajasthan	Rajasthan
25	A.Kumara Swamy	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
26	K.P.Tiwari	-	Madhya Pradesh	Gujarat
27	Shyam Singh	-	Rajasthan	Rajasthan
28	S.S.Thotange	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
29	Man Singh Rawat	-	Rajasthan	Rajasthan
30	G.S.Tiwari	-	APS	APS
31	P.Sudhakaran Pillai	-	Kerala	Kerala
32	P.Soma Shekhar	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
33	K.Ramanathaiah	-	Karnataka	Delhi
34	A.Mukundan	-	Kerala	Kerala
35	Nizamuddin Khan	-	Rajasthan	Rajasthan
36	Bihagwati Lal Ved	-	Rajasthan	Rajasthan
37	S.D.Raturi	-	Rajasthan	Rajasthan
38	Swadesh KR. Adhikary	-	West Bengal	West Bengal
39	R.P.Anigol	-	Karnataka	Delhi
40	Sita Ram Saini	-	Rajasthan	Rajasthan
41	Pranab Chakraborthy	-	North East	North East
42	Hari Prasad Sharma	-	Rajasthan	Postal Directorate
43	Bhanu Prakash Tank	-	Rajasthan	Delhi
44	D.R.Lokhande	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
45	Ali Iman Dismil	-	Bihar	Bihar
46	Dhaneshwar Dehangia	-	Assam	Assam
47	Ashok KR. Chakraborthy	-	West Bengal	West Bengal
48	Khargeswar Barman	-	Assam	Assam
49	Narayan CH.Das	-	West Bengal	West Bengal
50	R.K.Joshi	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
51	S.R.Talkeri	SC	Karnataka	Delhi
52	P.Rammohan Rao	ST	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
53	Bant Ram	-	Punjab	Punjab
54	S.V.Sadawarte	ST	Delhi	Delhi
55	K.Gunakesharan	ST	Tamilnadu	Tamilnadu
56	Krishan Gopal Kulshretha	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
57	V.K.Sudhakaran	-	Kerala	Kerala
58	B.N.Mandal	ST	Bihar	Bihar
59	N.C.Manjhi	ST	Jharkhand	Jharkhand
60	Jagdish PD.Singh-II	-	Bihar	Bihar
61	S.Arputharaj	-	Tamilnadu	Tamilnadu
62	A.Subramanyan	-	Tamilnadu	Tamilnadu
63	Bankey Lal Verma	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
64	Shatrugnna Singh	-	Bihar	Bihar
65	Subhashish Gupta	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
66	OM Prakash	-	Punjab	Postal Directorate
67	R.Swaminathan	-	Tamilnadu	Tamilnadu
68	S.Gopal Krishnan	-	Tamilnadu	Kerala
69	Riazuddin	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
70	S.N.Kimothi	-	APS	APS
71	N.T.Ashwathanarayana	-	Karnataka	Karnataka
72	Gulab Chand Khatri	-	Rajasthan	Gujarat
73	Jagdale S.V.	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
74	Krishna Kumar Mourya	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
75	Vikram Singh Kawadia	-	Rajasthan	Delhi
76	A.N.Unnikrishna	-	Kerala	Kerala
77	Jose A.J.	-	North East	North East
78	Surya Narayan Panda	-	Orissa	West Bengal
79	Ved Prakash Sharma	-	APS	APS
80	D.D.Reddy	-	Orissa	Orissa
81	Birendra PD. Singh	-	Bihar	Bihar
82	Rajendra Prasad	-	Bihar	Bihar
83	Parodhi P.R.	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
84	S.Baskaran	-	Tamilnadu	Kerala
85	Bharat Singh Bisth	-	Uttarakhand	Jammu & Kashmir
86	A.Subbaiah	-	Tamilnadu	Kerala
87	J.Paul Athisayanathan	-	Tamilnadu	Kerala
88	Ved Prakash Mishra	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
89	Jawahar Singh Kushwaha	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
90	S.Samuel	-	Tamilnadu	Maharashtra
91	P.Sadanandan	-	APS	APS
92	Pawan Kumar	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
93	Patil S.M.	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
94	T.Ramaprabhakara Rao	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
95	Kailash Chandra Mohanti	-	Orissa	West Bengal
96	Sohanlal Kapurwan	-	Uttarakhand	Delhi
97	Virendra KR. Singh	-	Bihar	Bihar
98	M.R.Kannan	-	Tamilnadu	Maharashtra
99	Shiv Nayak Singh	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
100	Krupasindhu Giri	-	Orissa	West Bengal
101	Prafull Kumar Maikap	-	Orissa	West Bengal
102	S.P.Balagali	-	Karnataka	Postal Directorate
103	V.Periasamy	-	Tamilnadu	Maharashtra
104	M.Shanmugam	-	Tamilnadu	Maharashtra
105	Brijendra Pratap Singh	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
106	A.Kumar Dixit	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
107	Chunni Lal Soni	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
108	Janardhan Lal Prajapati	-	Bihar	Bihar
109	A.Sreeramechandra Murthy	-	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
110	R.P.Srivastava	-	Bihar	Bihar
111	S.R.Mathad	-	Karnataka	West Bengal
112	Shahane R.G.	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
113	Bodakhe K.R.	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
114	Sukhsohale D.P.	-	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
115	Karan Singh Vishen	-	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
116	R.C.Gouda	-	APS	APS
117	Manohar Lal Sharma	-	J & K	Jammu & Kashmir
118	S.P.Chaurasia	-	Rajasthan	Delhi
119	Mahaveer Pradas	ST	Rajasthan	Postal Directorate
120	M.G.Bakka Prachu	ST	Karnataka	West Bengal
121	Thakur G.R.	ST	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
122	Nagendranath Sonowal	ST	Assam	Assam
123	V.M.Naidu	ST	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
124	Suklal Baskey	ST	West Bengal	West Bengal
125	M.Devidas	ST	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
126	Raj Pal Singh Meena	SC	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
127	P.P.Sutaria	SC	Gujarat	Gujarat
128	Prabhal Kumar Saha	SC	West Bengal	West Bengal
129	R.M.Solanki	SC	Gujarat	Gujarat
130	K.Balan	SC	Kerala	Kerala
131	N.P.Arse	SC	Madhya Pradesh	Gujarat
132	Phool Chandra	SC	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
133	Bimal Kumar Mondal	SC	West Bengal	West Bengal
134	Ganga Prasad	SC	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
135	B.Rajappa	SC	Karnataka	West Bengal
136	P.B.Waghmare	SC	Maharashtra	Maharashtra
137	L.Thangaraj	SC	Karnataka	West Bengal
138	Mahendra	SC	APS	APS
139	B.V.Kurlekar	SC	Karnataka	Haryana
140	Ram Dayal Kundal	SC	Himachal Pradesh	Jammu & Kashmir
141	Narayan Das	SC	North East	North East
142	J.M.Khadayata	SC	Gujarat	Gujarat
143	Parmatma Singh	SC	Uttar Pradesh	Delhi
144	Abhir Das	SC	North East	North East
145	Devilal	SC	Madhya Pradesh	Gujarat
146	Abhimanyu Bahara	SC	Orissa	West Bengal

Last OC Shri S.P.Chaurasia (Sl. 118), Rajasthan of 1982 batch.

Last SC Shri Abhimanyu Bahara (Sl. 146), Orissa of 1986 batch.

Last ST Shri M.Devidas (Sl. 125), A.P. of 1982 batch.

No. of officers still left in 1982 batch is 84.

PSS GROUP 'B' PROMOTION/POSTING ORDERS

FLASH NEWS !!!

Directorate vide Memo No 9-31/2008/SPG dated 26.12.2008 has issued orders for promotion/posting of PSS Group 'B' Officers in continuation of the DPC held during last month.

146 officers have been promoted consisting 118 OC, 21 SC and 7 ST officers. The position upto which the promotion has been issued is as follows:-

(a) Last OC promoted Shri. S.P.Chaurasia - Rajasthan (IPO Batch 1982)

(b) Last SC promoted Shri. Abhimanu Bahara - Orissa (IPO Batch 1986)

(c) Last ST promoted Shri. M. Devidas - Andhra Pradesh (IPO Batch 1982)

Shri S. Samuel, General Secretary has been promoted and posted to Maharashtra Circle. Detail list is being published shortly.

GDS STRIKE

MORE RESPONSE FROM GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

Gramin Dak Sevaks of NFPE are on indifinite strike from 17.12.2008. As per the news Kerala and West Bengal recorded total strike. There is a very good strike of GDS and regular in Andhra and Tamilnadu. In Assam entire RMS employees stood with the GDS. Good strike by GDS reported from some other circles also. For details click http://nfpe.blogspot.com/

GDS STRIKE

NO AGGREMENT REACHED On the direction of the Regional Labour Commissioner the Department of Posts held a discussion with the Staff Side consisting of the GDS Union and the NFPE with all its General Secretaries at 15.00 Hrs today. Hence, the Federal Secretariat of GDS has taken decision to go on strike from 17.12.2008. For details http://nfpe.blogspot.com/

PSS GROUP DPC

PSS Gr B Departmental Promotion Committeee was concluded on 28/11/08. Orders are expected shortly. At any time the list may released.

WE CONDEMN TERROR ATTACK

We strongly condemn the barbaric attacks on our foreign guests and fellow citizens in Mumbai. As Indians we stand together united in our resolve to frustrate the sinister intentions of these merchants of cruelty. We commiserate with those who have lost their loved ones in this carnage. We solute those who have laid their lives in combating the terrorists. We congratulate the security forces, especially the NSG, for a difficult job splendidly done.

S.Samuel GS

DAILY ALLOWANCE

Daily allowance in monetary terms is no longer admissible to Central Government Employees on tour - Clarifications issued by Ministry of Finance.

Ministry of Finance has issued clarifications to the following references vide Memo No 19030/3/2008-E.IV dated 19.11.2008:-

(i) Whether receipt of reimbursement of food bill and travel charges for travel within city are to be produced by the Government servant mandatorily?

(ii) How would DA be paid to an employee, who does not stay in hotel/guest house and makes his/her own arrangement?

(iii) In case the employees, in course of the tour, stays in Government Guest House and does not pay any charges towards the room, how daily allowance will be paid to him/her?

(iv) In case a person during his/her tour returns to the headquarter within twelve hours, what will be the rate of DA payable to him/her?

Ministry of Finance clarified to the above references that in terms of Sixth CPC's recommendations regarding Travelling Allowance/Daily Allowance on tour as accepted by the Government, with the revision of TA/DA Rules as circulated vide this Department's OM No. 19039/3/2008-EIV dated 23rd September 2008, Daily Allowance in monetary terms is no longer admissible to Central Government Employees on tour. For details click

http://finmin.nic.in/

CHILD CARE LEAVE

Child Care Leave (CCL) can be availed only if the employee concerned has no Earned Leave at her credit.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) has issued following clarifications vide Memo No No. 130 18/2/2008-Estt. (L) dated 18 November 2008:-

(i) CCL cannot be demanded as a matter of right. Under no circumstances can any employee proceed on CCL without prior proper approval of the leave by the leave sanctioning authority.

ii) The leave is to be treated like the Earned Leave and sanctioned as such.

iii) Consequently, Saturdays, Sundays, Gazetted holidays etc. fallingduring the period of leave would also count for CCL, as in the case of Earned Leave.

iv) CCL can be availed only if the employee concerned has no Earned Leave at her credit.

For details click http://persmin.gov.in/WriteData/CircularNotification/ScanDocument/13018_2_2008-Estt.(L)181108.pdf

Memorandum to Hon'ble MOS (C&IT)

Memorandum submitted to the Hon'ble MOS(C & IT) by CHQ on 11.11.2008.

Respected Sir,

The Association would like to bring to the kind notice of the Hon’ble MOS (C&IT) the following pending issues relating to the cadre of Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Post for causing early necessary action.

(A) Implementation of Second Cadre Review :

The Second Cadre Review Committee (CRC) for the cadre of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Post was constituted in 1986 with a view to improve the decreasing promotional avenues of the cadre. The same was finalized in the year 1990 and orders were also issued. The scheme envisaged up-gradation of 245 posts of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Post to Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B on matching savings basis. But the orders are yet to be implemented. The proposal which has undergone several changes in principle is hanging for the past 18 years. This Association has taken passive and earnest efforts to persuade the Department to implement the second Cadre Review in the best acceptable format. The last initiative taken by the Department just before the announcement of Sixth Pay Commission has only ended with the advice from MOF to refer the proposal to Sixth CPC. In para 3.3.17of recommendation, the sixth CPC has categorically stated that “The Commission, as a general rule, has refrained from conducting cadre reviews of individual, services. Accordingly, demands made by individual service associations for cadre reviews have not been taken up”. During the past eighteen years many IPs and ASPs have retired without even reaching P.S. Gr. ‘B’ after more than 25 years of service as IP & ASP. This Association would like to place before the Hon’ble MOS(C&IT) that the officers in this Department have reaped the benefit of six cadre reviews. But the accepted recommendations of second cadre review are yet to be implemented. This Association requests the kind intervention of the Hon’ble MOS (C&IT) to expedite the implementation of second CRC. The Association also requests the Hon’ble MOS (C&IT) to cause constitution of the Third Cadre Review for this cadre which is long overdue.

(B) Sixth Pay Commission recommendations - inadequate appreciation:

The Hon’ble Sixth Pay commission has not done justice to the cadre of Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Post and Superintendent in Postal Services Gr. B. We are sorry to submit that the Commission did not evaluate the nature of job performed by different cadres and more so the cadre of Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Post and Superintendent in Postal Services Gr. B. As a result the cadre has been let down and clubbed with posts in the lower rung of the hierarchy that these cadres are expected to supervise.

The anomalies are briefly described below:

(i) Inspector Posts: 66.66 %of the posts of Inspector (Posts) are selected through a tough competitive Departmental examination wherein the Postal Assistants alone compete and 33.33 % are recruited through Staff Selection Commission. After Fifth Pay commission, the Inspectors were placed in the scale of pay 5500-175-9000 (S-10). Their scale of pay was more than the scale of pay for HSG II officials i.e 5000-150-8000 (S - 9). This was due to the fact that the job contents and expectations of Inspectors Posts were certainly distinct and carried higher responsibilities. The Inspector is required to supervise the functions of all operative staff including the supervisors in HSG II grade. But the sixth Pay Commission has done away with the distinctions by placing the Inspector Posts in the same Pay Band i.e PB -2 along with LSG, HSG II and TBOP & BCR Postal Assistants and the Grade pay of Rs 4200/- is the same for all those who hold the above posts. This has defeated the principle that the Supervisor should get more pay than those supervised.

While clubbing several pay scales, the Sixth Pay Commission has also made it clear that the cadres would be distinguished only by their distinct grade pay and not by their Pay Band. Placing operative staff /supervisors and Inspectors in the same Pay Band without even elementary distinctions in Grade pay has created functional disturbances and erosion in the command and control structure of the organization. It is but necessary to maintain the hierarchical distinctions between the cadre of Inspector Posts and the operative supervisors as before by at least upgrading their pay to the next higher pay scale equivalent to pre-revised scale of pay Rs. 7450 – 225 -- 11500 with corresponding grade pay i.e. Rs. 4600/- which is justified and which alone would only restore the functional efficiency badly needed to manage at the field level.

(ii) Assistant Superintendent Posts: Similarly, the Assistant Superintendents Post (Gazetted), a promotional post to the Inspector Posts and involving still higher responsibilities, in the pre-revised Pay Scale of pay 6500 - 10500 have also been placed in PB-2 with due up-gradation to the pre-revised scale of pay 7450 – 225 -- 11500 and they would also be getting Rs 4600/- as Grade Pay. This post conferred with Gazetted status carries higher responsibilities than the Postmasters in HSG I (non-Gazetted) in General line. Again, placing operative staff /supervisors and Assistant Superintendents in the same Pay Band without even elementary distinctions in Grade pay has created functional disturbances and erosion in the command and control structure of the organization. As higher pay Scale and corresponding Grade Pay for Inspector Posts are justified, the Association requests that the pay scale of Assistant Superintendents Post be up-graded to that of the pre-revised scale of pay Rs 7500 - 250 -12000 (S -14) with corresponding Grade pay of Rs 4800/-.

( iii ) Divisional Superintendents (P.S. Gr. B) Postal Superintendents (P.S. Gr. B) is a promotional post to IP/ASP cadre. It constitutes the vital managerial head at the crucial Divisional level. Majority of the Postal Divisions are managed by Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B, unlike the Section officers in other Departments/Ministries. Before sixth CPC, the Assistant Accounts officers were in the pay scale of Rs 7450- 11500 and the Accounts officers were in 7500 – 12000. But as a result of the recommendations of Sixth CPC, the pay scales of above cadres have been upgraded to 7500-12000 and 8000-13500 respectively. Similarly, the Section Officers in CSS who were in the pay scale of Rs 6500 – 10500, have been upgraded to 7500-12000 with further up-gradation to the pay scale of Rs 8000- 13500 after 4 years. Thus all the cadres in the Govt. and particularly in the Department of Posts have been given the benefit of upgradation to next higher pay scale. But the Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B manning vast Postal Divisions with nearly 700 staff working under him with huge responsibility of maintaining the service and also disciplinary powers has not been given due recognition and their pay scale remains at Rs. 7500 -12000 with non functional up-gradation to the pay scale of Rs 8000-13500 after 4 years. . The post of Assistant Accounts officers are now placed in the upgraded pay scale of Rs 7500-12000. But the duties and responsibilities of Assistant Accounts officers, with no administrative, financial or disciplinary powers are no where comparable to the Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B. In administrative offices, the Assistant Account officers are working under the control of Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B. Similarly, a BCR Postal Assistant directly under the administrative control of the Divisional Superintendent in P.S. Gr. B would also be in the same Pay Band i.e PB-2 as the Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B .

The non-upgradation of the pay scale of the Superintendents in P.S Gr.’B’ appears to be due to the fact that their pre-revised pay scale is incorrectly shown as Rs 6500-10500 against serial No. 5 under MOC&IT in Section II of Part ‘C’ of CCS (Revised Pay Rules) 2008 instead of Rs 7500-12000.

The recommendations of the 6CPC to upgrade the pay scale of several cadres has been accepted by the Govt. On the analogy adopted for HSG I (General line), Inspectors Posts, Assistant Superintendent Posts, Assistant accounts Officer, Accounts Officer etc., in order to render justice, the post of Superintendent P.S Gr. B should be upgraded to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs 8000-13500 w.e.f 1.1.2006 and fitment benefits accorded as per the upgraded revised scale of pay. This Association has already submitted a memorandum to the Department of Posts requesting to re-evaluate the cadre vis-à-vis the other operative posts and Accounts line officers and fix the justified higher scale of pay in proportion to the higher responsibilities they hold and discharge.

( C ) Project Arrow: The members of this Association are aware that our Hon’ble MOS(C&IT) is very eager and keen to transform all the Post Offices in to a vital network capable of serving the ‘Aam Admi’ with all the sophisticated services. The latest policy decisions relating to ‘Project Arrow’ are being faithfully implemented in the field level by this cadre alone. But at the grass roots level, it is the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Post who take the right initiative to implement this project. But it is a fact that the at the Sub Divisional level, there is no basic infrastructure to collect, correlate and implement the programme effectively due to absence of proper accommodation for sub divisional office, telephone, computers, internet service, clerical and Gr. D assistance. This Association therefore fervently requests the Hon’ble MOS (C&IT) to kindly intervene and include the up-gradation of Sub Divisional offices also on par with the post offices taken up for up-gradation under the ‘Project Arrow’ scheme.

This Association once again fervently requests the Hon’ble MOS (C&IT) to restore the lost ground so that they can function as effectively as ever and take active part in the process of quick transformation.

Yours sincerely,

/S. Samuel/ General Secretary

In para 7.6.14, the Sixth Pay Commission has recommended higher pay scale for Inspector Posts i.e. Rs. 6500-10500 accepting the demand of our Association that this post is analogous to the post Income Tax Inspectors of CBDT , which has been upgraded from Rs 5500 – 9000 to 6500-10500 w.e.f 1.7.2005. But the fixation for Inspector Posts is done only with reference to their pay in old pay scale i.e. 5500-9000, whereas the Inspectors Income Tax would be in an advantageous position by getting their pay fixed with reference to their upgraded pay scale i.e. 6500-10500. Thus the Inspector Posts would stand to lose Rs 1860 by way of initial fixation. Fixation with reference to their old pay scale would amount to perpetuation of injustice. Further as per the accepted recommendations of 6 CPC, the Inspector Post is placed in the upgraded pay scale of Rs 6500-10500. But as per serial No. 6 under MOC&IT Section II of Part ‘C’ of CCS (Revised Pay Rules) 2008, the pre-revised pay scale of Assistant Manager (MMS) is shown as Rs 6500-10500 with the upgraded scale as Rs 7450- 11500. This obviously means that while a Postal Assistant in Postal side, on promotion would be placed in the pay scale of Rs 6500-10500, but the Postal Assistant promoted from MMS would be placed in a higher pay scale of Rs 7450-11500.

GS VISIT TO DIRECTORATE

GENERAL SECRETARY VISIT TO DIRECTORATE - A REPORT

Dear friends,team consisting of myself, Sh.S.Ravi CHQ Treasurer and Sh.Y.Venkateshwarulu Org.Secretary met the DG(Posts) on 06.11.2008 and discussed the main issue pertaining to the pay scales recommended by SCPC and anomalies arisen out of Revised Pay Rules, 2008. Respected madam DG heard our submission patiently and instructed the Pay Commission Cell to have a detailed discussion with us and solve the problem. We had a detailed discussion on 07.11.2008. Sh. Janardan Sharma, GS, Postal Officers’ Association also joined us. DDG (Est) and other two officers in the Dte. participated in the discussion. A critical analysis about the pay commission anomalies, functional disturbance, imbalance created among analogous cadre etc. was made. A comparative study of pay scales given to JAO, AAO, AO, AM(MMS), HSG-II and BCR officials was also made. Finally the officers were convinced and understood our genuine demand. We demanded Rs 7450 for IP, Rs 7500 for ASP and Rs 8000 for PS Gr B. The Dept. accepted and assured us to send proposal to Finance Ministry with all justification and recommendations. Copy of our Memorandum dated 10.10.2008 submitted to DG is attached.

Again I was invited by Sh. Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Hon,ble Minister of State (C&IT) for meeting on ‘Project Arrow’ at Electronic Nikedan, New Delhi-110003 on 11.11.2008. After the meeting I handed over a memorandum dated 11.11.2008 personally to the Hon’ble Minister. The Minister assured of all help. Copy of the memorandum is attached.

All Sub Divisions are likely to get proper infrastructure, Computer, telephone, Assistance, Admin/Financial Powers very soon. File is moving fast. The issue was figured during meeting with DG.Member(P) retired on 31.10.2008 and Director (Staff) is on training upto 23.11.2008.

All DPCs are pending. DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr B is likely to be held during first week of Dec 2008.

Grade pay for IP is upgraded to Rs 4600. It is learnt Finance Ministry has sent file to Cabinet for approval.

PS Gr B officers who have completed 4 years of service as on 1.1.2006 will get higher Grade Pay Rs 5400 in Pay Band –2 w.e.f 1.1.2006. Directorate has issued orders on 04.11.2008.

We have explained the difficulties faced by ASP/IP working in rural area in producing food bills for claiming TA bill and requested DG and DDG(Est) to issue separate orders for claiming DA without production of food bills. Dte. will issue orders very soon.

S.Samuel GS

GRADE PAY TO INSPECTOR POSTS

Grade Pay of Rs 4600 to Inspectors Posts - Recommendations submitted to Finance Ministry by the Department.

As per the reliable information received from the General Secretary, Department has submitted recommendations to the Ministry of Finance to place the Inspector Posts with Grade Pay of Rs 4600/- in the Pay Band II from the present Grade pay of Rs 4200/- . The case is being closely monitored by CHQ.

NEWS FROM GENERAL SECRETARY

Called on DG and other officers on 6.11.2008. Discussion with DDG(Estt) who is the head of Pay Commission Cell was extremely satisfactory, informative and convincing. The Department agreed to our genuine demands of Rs 7450 to IP, Rs 7500 to ASP and Rs 8000 to PS Group 'B'. Case is being taken up with Finance Ministry with strong recommendations. G. Samuel, General Secretary.

GRADE PAY TO GROUP "B" OFFICERS

Group 'B' officers to be placed in the Grade Pay of Rs 5400/- after completion of 4 years of service.

Directorate has issued clarificatory orders vide leter No 1-14/2008-PCC dated 4.11.2008 on the above subject as under :-

"Since the upgradations have been granted on non-functional basis which are not linked to vacancy, these upgradations may be given w.e.f 01-01-2006. However, due screening in regard to vigilance clearance etc may be done by the competent authority before upgradation."

Hence, after issue of vigilance clearance certificate by the competenet authority, the officers will be paid with higher Grade Pay of Rs 5400/-

DPC FOR GROUP 'B' PROMOTION
Total vacancies - 146; OC - 118; SC - 20; ST - 8.
DPC will be held during last week of November.

General Sectetary Comrade S. Samuel, Proceeded to Delhi to discuss with the Secretary Posts
Our General Secretary Comrade S. Samuel proceeded to Delhi to discuss with the Secretary Posts regarding the pay commission anomalies, and other related issues to be held on 5, 6 and 7th November 2008. Let us wait for the result of the meeting.

High Lights - GDS Committee (Revised Scale)

Category of GDS	Pre-revised TRCA	Replacement/proposed TA	Remarks
GDS SPM	Rs. 2125-50-3125	Rs. 4575-85-7125	Replacement TRCA
GDS BPM	Rs. 1280-35-1980	Rs. 2745-50-4245(3 hrs. work/75 points)	Replacement TRCA
-do-	Rs. 1600-40-2400	Rs. 3200-60-5000 (3 hrs. 30 min./87.5 points)	New TRCA
-do-	-do-	Rs. 3660-70-5760 (4 hrs/100 points)	Replacement TRCA
-do-	-do-	Rs. 4115-75-6365 (4 hrs. 30 min./112.5 points)	New TRCA
-do-	-do-	Rs. 4575-85-7125 (5 hrs./125 points)	New TRCA
GDS MD/SV	Rs. 1375-25-2125	Rs. 2665-50-4165 (Upto 3 hrs. of workload) This will be applicable for future engagements and present incumbents will continue to be paid for a minimum of 3hrs.45 min.	New TRCA
-do-	Rs. 1740-30-2640	Rs. 3330-60-5130 (Workload between 3 hrs. and 3 hrs. 45 min.)	Replacement TRCA
-do-	Rs. 1740-30-2640	Rs.4220-75-6470 (More than 3 hrs. 45min.)	Replacement TRCA
GDS MC/Pkr.	Rs. 1220-20-1600	Rs. 2295-45-3645 (Upto 3 hrs. of workload) This will be applicable for future engagements and present incumbents will continue to be paid for a minimum of 3 hrs. 45 min.	New TRCA
-do-	Rs. 1545-25-2020	Rs. 2870-50-4370 (Workload between 3 hrs. and 3 hrs. 45 min.)	Replacement TRCA
-do-	-do-	Rs. Rs. 3635-65-5585 (More than 3 hrs. 45 min.)	Replacement TRCA

GENERAL SECRETARY MEETS THE SECRETARY

General Secretary Comrade S. Samuel Meets the Secretary Department of Posts to discuss about the issues related to the 6th Pay Commission.

Our General Secretary Shri S. Samuel is proceeding to New Delhi to discuss about the issues and anomalies related to the 6th Pay Commission with the Secretary, Department of Posts during 5th November 2008 to 7th November 2008. Let us hope that our issues are settled in our favour.

GDS COMMITTEE REPORT

GDS Committee report submitted to the HONOURABLE MO C&IT. Shri R. S. Nataraja Murti, Chairman, Gramin Dak Sevak Committee submitted the report to the Honourable Minister of Communications and IT on 29.10.2008. The highlights of the report are as under:- (a) TRCA has been revised. 40% weightage based on the maximum of the existing TRCA has been given. New Basic would be Existing basic on 1.1.2006 + 74% DA + 40% weightage . Table has been given and new pay to be arrived based on the table. (b) 40% of arrears will be paid during this financial year and the remaining 60% will be paid in the next financial year. (c) Other allowances like HRA, CCA etc has not been recommended. (d) Allowances viz office maintenance allowance, FSC, Cycle allowance etc have been doubled. (e) Paid leave will be 20 days in a year instead of 10 days for six months. Full report available in India Post Web Site. .

RETIREMENT

Our Senior Member Comrade P.R. Satyanarayanan retiring on 31.10.2008 on seperannuation. Our Senior Member Comrade P.R. Sathyanarayanan retiring on 31.10.2008 on superannuation. Farewell party is arranged at Recreation Club (4th Floor) of the office of the Principal Chief Postmaster General, Tamilnadu Circle, Chennai 600 002 on 1.11.2008 at 1100 hrs . All are requested to attend the farewell party.

COMPILATION OF VI CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION

Compilation of VI Central Pay Commission The above compilation contains VI CPC recommendations, revised pay rules and other implementation orders. Price Rs.80/- . Please place your order to Shri S. Samuel, General Secretary, AIAIASP.

SENIORITY LIST OF IP/ASP FOR THE YEAR 1987 TO 1996

Click here to download all india seniority lists of IP/ASP for the Year 1987 Year 1988 Year 1989 Year 1990 Year 1991 Year 1992 Year 1993 Year 1994 Year 1995 Year 1996

UNIFORM TO POSTAMEN AND GROUP 'D' STAFF

Dear friends, Uniform for Postman and Group D staff.1. India Post introduced blue uniform to postman and Group D staff during the year 2004. Some section of staff are not happy with the blue uniform. Some of the staff demands Khaki uniform again. 2. There is a demand for good quality chappals and umbrellas or cash payment in lieu. Dte. has called for suggestion from our Association. Members are invited to offer their suggestion before 20.10.08.

S.Samuel GS

FESTIVAL ADVANCE

Whether ASPs are eligible for Festival Advance as per the Memo No 12(1)/E.III(A)/2008 dated 7th October 2008 of Ministry of Finance????? The Ministry of Finance has issued above Memorandum for amendment in the Compendium of Rules on Advances to Government Servants. The amendment relates to Grant of Festival advance is as under:- In Rule 53, in clause relating to eligibility for festival advance, for the words and figures “whose basic pay and dearness pay taken together does not exceed Rs 12,450(Rupees Twelve thousand four hundred and fifty) per month”, the words and figures “whose Grade Pay does not exceeds Rs 4800/- (Rupees Four thousand eight hundred)”. Shall be substituted.

The Rule 53 of Compendium of Rules on advances to Government servants is reproduced below:- X. SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF GRANT OF ADVANCES IN CONNECTION WITH FESTIVALS AND VISITS OF GOVERNMENT -SPONSORED PARTIES TO HILL-STATIONS PART I. - FESTIVAL ADVANCES Rule 53. Powers of Sanction.-A Head of Office may sanction an advance, on the eve of an important festival, to a non-Gazetted Government servant under his administrative control whose basic pay and dearness pay taken together does not exceed Rs. 12,450 (Rupees Twelve thousand four hundred and fifty) per month. EXPLANATION.-In this rule, the term (a) "non-Gazetted Government servant" includes similar categories on staff in Industrial Establishments under the Central Government and work-charged staff who are eligible for Pension or Contributory Provident Fund benefits, but does not includes staff paid from contingencies. 35 (b) "important festival" means such festival or one of such festivals, as a Head of Department/an Industrial Establishment may declare in respect of establishments under his/its administrative control. Now you can understand whether ASPs are eligible for Festival advance..

BONUS CEILING REVISED RESTROSPECTIVELY FROM 2006-07

Government has issued orders revising the bonus ceiling from Rs 2500 to Rs 3500 vide Ministry of Finance Memo No 7(23)/E-III-A/2007 dated 10.10.2008. Click here for Details...

TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE

Taxi/Travel charges from Residence to Railway Station/Air Port and from Railway Statioin/Airport to Duty Point is admissble in addition to Reimbursement of Travel Charges within City.

As per the clarification issued by the Ministry of Finance Memo No 19030/3/2008-E,IV dated 14.10.2008 Taxi/Travel charges from Residence to Railway station/Air Port/Bus stand and from Railway Station/AirPort/Bus stand to duty point will continue to be applicable in addition to reimbursement of travel charges within City (refer para 3 of Annexure to the OM dated 23.9.2008). Details...

MEMORANDUM TO SECRETARY

Memorandum Submitted to the Secretary on 10.10.2008. Memorandum submitted to the Secretary, Department of Posts by our association on the anomaly is as follows:- No. CHQ/IASP/SCPC Date: 10.10.2008 To The Secretary Department of Posts Dak Bhavan New Delhi 110001 Respected Madam, Sub: Sixth Pay Commission anomaly in IP/ASP cadre. - reg. The cadre of Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Posts are dismayed to note that the Sixth Central Pay Commission and Govt. of India have not done justice to this cadre. This Association brings the following anomalies pertaining to the cadre to the notice of our respected Madam for redressal and rendering justice. Inspector Posts: After Fifth Pay Commission, the Inspectors were placed in the scale of pay Rs.5500-175-9000 (S-10). Their scale of pay was more than the scale of pay for HSG II officials i.e Rs.5000-150-8000 (S - 9). This was due to the fact that the job contents and expectations of Inspectors Posts were certainly distinct and carried higher responsibilities. The Inspector is required to supervise the functions of all operative staff including the supervisors in HSG II grade. But the Sixth Pay Commission has done away with the distinctions by placing the Inspector Posts in the same Pay Band i.e PB -2 along with HSG II and BCR PAs and the Grade pay of Rs 4200/-is the same for all those who hold the above posts. This has defeated the principle that the Supervisor should get more pay than those supervised. Due to bunching of previous pay scales, it may be inevitable to place certain cadres in higher pay bands. The Department of Posts would agree that the nature of job performed by the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts is not comparable in any manner with that performed by the operative Postal Assistants and Supervisors. While clubbing several pay scales, the Sixth Pay Commission has also made it clear that the cadres would be distinguished only by their distinct grade pay and not by their Pay Band. Placing operative staff /supervisors and Inspectors in the same Pay Band without even elementary distinctions in Grade pay would create functional disturbances in the Department and would certainly erode the command and control structure of the organization. The Department has learnt the lesson the costliest way. The Fourth Pay Commission created several anomalies and they were set right only by the Fifth Pay Commission. In para 30.16 of its recommendation, the Fifth Pay Commission observed that the neglect of the cadre of Inspector Posts is bound to prove costly. But the Sixth Pay Commission has once again reintroduced certain anomalies by overlooking the functional distinctions between operative Postal Assistants/Supervisors and Inspector Posts. As per the Revised Pay Rules 2008, the initial pay of directly recruited Inspector Posts has to be fixed at Rs.9300/- in Pay Band-2 with corresponding grade pay Rs.4200/-. The new recruits will have lower start of pre-revised pay of Rs.5000/- but not Rs.5500/- or Rs.6500/-Thus the pay has actually been lowered and not upgraded. It is therefore necessary that the cadre of Inspector Posts should get their due recognition and this comes only when the pay structure has distinct features. From the Notification dated 29.08.2008 issued by Govt. of India, it is seen that the Govt. of India has been magnanimous enough to order higher grade pay than the one recommended by Sixth Pay Commission in respect of several cadres from Pay Band 3 upwards. The Inspector Posts in the pre-revised scale of pay Rs.5500-175-9000 (S-10) carrying distinctly higher responsibilities and statutory powers, comparable with any other equivalent cadre in other Departments/Ministries, should be given at least the next higher pay scale equivalent to pre-revised scale of pay Rs.7450-225-11500 with corresponding grade pay i.e. Rs. 4600/- which is justified and which alone would only restore the functional efficiency badly needed to manage at the field level. Alternatively, to maintain the hierarchical distinctions, it is but necessary to place the Inspectors above the operative supervisors at least by upgrading their Grade Pay from Rs 4200/- to Rs 4600/-. In para 7.6.14, the Sixth Pay Commission has recommended higher pay scale for Inspector Posts i.e. Rs. 6500-10500 accepting the demand of our Association that this post is analogous to the post Income Tax Inspectors of CBDT, which has been upgraded from Rs 5500 – 9000 to 6500-10500 w.e.f 21.04.2004. But the fixation for Inspector Posts is done only with reference to their pay in old pay scale i.e. Rs.5500-9000, whereas the Inspectors Income Tax would be in an advantageous position by getting their pay fixed with reference to their upgraded pay scale i.e. Rs.6500-10500. Thus the Inspector Posts would stand to lose Rs.1860 by way of initial fixation. The Association submits that fixation with reference to their old pay scale would amount to perpetuation of injustice and amounts to an anomaly. The Sixth Pay Commission has already recommended upgradation of pay scale of Inspector Posts on par with other Inspectors in CBDT/CBEC from Rs 5500–175–9000 to Rs.6500-200-10500. It has also been accepted by the Govt. in its resolution dated 29.8.2008. PART - B of Section I (ii) of Notification dated 29.8.2008, (REVISED PAY SCALES FOR CERTAIN COMMON CATEGORIES OF STAFF) reads as follows: “On account of merger of pre-revised pay scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500, some posts which presently constitute feeder and promotion grades will come to lie in an identical grade. The specific recommendations about some categories of these posts made by the Pay Commission are included Section II of Part B. As regards other posts, the posts in these three scales should be merged. In case it is not feasible to merge the posts in these pay scales on functional considerations, the posts in the scale of Rs.5000-8000 and Rs.5500-9000 should be merged, with the post in the scale of Rs.6500-10500 being upgraded to the next higher grade in pay band PB-2 i.e. to the grade pay of Rs.4600 corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.7450-11500. In case a post already exists in the scale of Rs.7450-11500, the post being upgraded from the scale of Rs.6500-10500 should be merged with the post in the scale of Rs.7450-11500.” As stated in pre paras, merger of the pay scale of Inspector Posts with that drawn by operational staff would create serious functional imbalance in maintaining service, command and control and supervision at field level. Therefore it becomes necessary to maintain the distinct identity of the Inspector Posts and consequently they should be placed in higher pay scale/grade pay as has been done in respect of cadres in PB-3 and PB-4 and Inspector Posts may be placed in the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.7450-225-11500 (S-13) with corresponding grade pay of Rs. 4600/-. In the Department of Posts, a few posts designated as Assistant Managers (Mail Motor Service) exists and they were in the pre-revised scale of Rs 5500-9000. Earlier there were two grades viz. Inspector (MMS) and Assistant Manager MMS and after 5th Pay commission, the two cadres were merged to form a single cadre called “Assistant Manager (MMS)” in the pay scale of Rs.5500-9000. The Assistant Manager (MMS) is wholly a promotional cadre to the Postal Assistants in MMS. A common identical departmental examination is held for promotion to the post of Inspector (Posts)/Assistant Manager (MMS). As per the accepted recommendations of Sixth CPC, the Inspector Post is placed in the upgraded pay scale of Rs 6500-10500. But as per serial No. 6 under MOC&IT Section II of Part ‘C’ of CCS (Revised Pay Rules) 2008, the pre-revised pay scale of Assistant Manager (MMS) is shown as Rs 6500-10500 with the upgraded scale as Rs 7450- 11500. This obviously means that while a Postal Assistant in Postal side, on promotion would be placed in the pay scale of Rs 6500-10500, but the Postal Assistant promoted from MMS would be placed in a higher pay scale of Rs 7450-1150 i.e on par with Assistant Superintendent Posts creating a level jump for the Assistants in MMS. Assistant Superintendent Posts: The Assistant Superintendent Posts (Gazetted), a promotional post to the Inspector Posts and involving still higher responsibilities, in the pre-revised Pay Scale of pay Rs.6500 - 10500 have also been placed in PB-2 with due upgradation to the pre-revised scale of pay Rs.7450-225-11500 and they would also be getting Rs.4600/- as Grade Pay. This post conferred with Gazetted status carries higher responsibilities than the Postmasters in HSG I (non-Gazetted) in General line. As higher pay Scale and corresponding Grade Pay for Inspector Posts are justified, the pay scale of Assistant Superintendent Posts should also be upgraded to that of the pre-revised scale of pay Rs 7500 - 250 -12000 (S -14) with corresponding Grade pay of Rs 4800/-. A few posts designated as Deputy Manager/Manager (Mail Motor Service) exist and they were in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 6500-10500. The Deputy Manager/Manager (MMS) is wholly a promotional cadre to the Assistant Manager (MMS). As per the accepted recommendations of 6 CPC, the Assistant Superintendent Posts is placed in the upgraded pay scale of Rs 7450-11500. But as per serial No. 7 under MOC&IT Section II of Part ‘C’ of CCS (Revised Pay Rules) 2008, the pre-revised pay scale of Deputy Manager (MMS) is shown as Rs 6500-10500 with the upgraded scale as Rs 7500- 12000. This obviously means that a Deputy Manager who was so long holding an analogous post as that of Assistant superintendent Posts, has now been placed equal to that of Divisional Superintendent in P.S. Gr. B. It is worth mentioning here that under sl.5, 6 & 7 of Section II, the pre-revised scale of Pay of Superintendent (Posts), Assistant Manager (MMS) and Deputy Manager (MMS) are shown as Rs 6500-10500, which is not true. It is therefore clear that the scales of pay noted against sl. 5,6 & 7 lack clarity. The revised pays of Assistant Manager (MMS) and Deputy Manager (MMS) have already been fixed as laid down in the Revised Pay Rules 2008. Superintendent (P.S. Gr. B) Postal Superintendents (P.S. Gr. B) is a promotional post to IP/ASP cadre. It constitutes the vital managerial head at the crucial Divisional level. Majority of the Postal Divisions and all Postal Stores Depot and Circle Stamp Depots are managed by Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B. unlike the Section officers in other Departments/Ministries. Before sixth CPC, the Assistant Accounts officers were in the pay scale of Rs 7450- 11500 and the Accounts officers were in Rs.7500-12000. But as a result of the recommendations of Sixth CPC, the pay scales of above cadres have been upgraded to Rs.7500-12000 and Rs.8000-13500 respectively. The job content and responsibilities of Superintendent of Post Offices vis-à-vis those in the accounts line do not appear to have been objectively done. As a result, the pay scale of those in the accounts line has been upgraded. Similarly, the Section Officers in CSS who were in the pay scale of Rs 6500 – 10500, have been upgraded to Rs.7500-12000 with further upgradation to the pay scale of Rs.8000-13500 after 4 years. Thus all the cadres in the Govt. and particularly in the Department of Posts have been given the benefit of upgradation to next higher pay scale. But the Superintendent in P.S. Gr. B manning vast Postal Division with nearly 700 staff working under him with huge responsibility of maintaining the service and also disciplinary powers has not been given due recognition and their pay scale remains at Rs. 7500 -12000 with non functional upgradation to the pay scale of Rs 8000-13500 after 4 years. The post of Assistant Accounts officer is now placed in the upgraded pay scale of Rs 7500-12000. But the duties and responsibilities of Assistant Accounts officers, with no administrative, financial or disciplinary powers are nowhere comparable to the Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B. In administrative offices and Circle Stamp Depots, the Assistant Account officers are working under the control of Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B and keeping the Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B on par with the Assistant Accounts Officers would amount to undermining their position and would create abnormal functional disturbance. As per para 4.1. (iv) of the Resolution dated 29.8.2008 issued by Govt. of India, in the revised ACP scheme, officials are entitled to automatic non-functional upgradation to the next higher scale of pay, if they continue to remain in the same grade for more than 10 years. As on date the Assistant Superintendent Posts get their normal promotion to P.S. Group B only after 15 years. By virtue of the latest ACP scheme, the Assistant Superintendent Posts would be placed in the pay scale of Rs.7500-12000 on non-functional basis. Thus they would be brought on par with the Superintendents in P.S.Gr. B. The post of Superintendent P.S. Gr. “B” is also a promotional post to the cadre of Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Posts. Now there will be only thin difference between Assistant Superintendent Posts and Superintendent (Posts). This again would create abnormal functional disturbance. Hence the Superintendents in P.S. Gr. B should always be placed above the pay scale of Assistant Accounts officers and Assistant Superintendents Posts. One more anomaly arises out of the fact that a BCR Postal Assistant, for whom the Superintendent in P.S. Gr. B is the appointing authority, would also be in the same Pay Band (PB-2 in Rs 9300- 34800) i.e the official who is appointed by the Superintendent P.S. Gr. B and also the appointing authority himself are in the same pay band, which also creates obvious functional disturbance. The non-upgradation of the pay scale of Postal Superintendent Gr.’B’ appears to be due to the fact that their pre-revised pay scale is incorrectly shown as Rs 6500-10500 against serial No. 5 under MOC&IT in Section II of Part ‘C’ of CCS (Revised Pay Rules) 2008 instead of Rs 7500-12000. The recommendations of the 6CPC to upgrade the pay scale of several cadres have been accepted by the Govt. While the pay scale of Assistant Superintendent Posts has been upgraded to Rs 7450-11500, it would be mockery to place the Postal Superintendent Gr. B at Rs 7500-12000, which cannot be deemed to be a promotion by any stretch of imagination. On the analogy adopted for HSG I (General line), Inspectors Posts, Assistant Superintendent Posts, Assistant Accounts Officer, Accounts Officer etc., the post of Postal Superintendent Gr. B should be upgraded to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs 8000-13500 and the fitment benefits accorded as per the upgraded revised scale of pay from the initial stage itself. Specific anomalies arising out of the implementation are described in Annexure I & II This Association therefore demands the following to remove the inherent anomalies: (A) Inspector Posts: I. The Inspector Posts should be placed in the upgraded pay scale of Rs 7450-11500 in PB-2 with grade pay of Rs 4600/-. II. The Pay scale should always be analogous with other Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC as well as Assistants of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) as they are recruited through the same examination. III. The minimum of the entry pay for Inspector Posts should fixed at Rs 12540/- with reference to the minimum of pre-revised pay scale of Rs 7450/- in PB-2 with grade pay of Rs 4600/-(as mentioned in Section II of the First Schedule of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008. (B) Assistant Superintendent Post: I. The Assistant Superintendent Post should be placed in the upgraded pay scale of Rs 7500-12000 in PB-2 with grade pay of Rs.4800/-. II. The Pay scale should always be analogous with other Assistant Accounts Officers/Deputy manager (MMS) in the Department of Posts. III. The minimum of the entry pay of for Assistant Superintendent Posts promoted after 1.1.2006 should fixed at Rs 13350/- with reference to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs 7500-12000 /- in PB-2 with grade pay of Rs 4800/-. ( C ) Superintendent Posts (in P.S. Gr.B): I. The Superintendent Post in P.S. Gr. B should be placed in the upgraded pay scale of Rs 8000-13500 in PB-2 with grade pay of Rs 5400/- II. After 4 years, the cadre should be placed in PB-3 on par with Accounts Officers. III. The Pay scale should always be analogous with other Accounts officers in the Department of Posts. IV. The minimum of the entry pay of for Superintendent Posts (P.S. Gr. B) promoted after 1.1.2006 should fixed at Rs 15600/- with reference to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs 8000-13500 /- PB-3 with grade pay of Rs 5400/-. Yours sincerely, /S. Samuel/ General Secretary Annexure I Anomaly in the Pay Scale of Inspector Posts: In para 7.6.14, the recommendations of 6 CPC has been accepted by Govt. and the Inspector Posts has been placed in higher scale i.e 6500-10500 on par with Inspectors and analogous posts in CBDT/CBEC as well as Assistants of CSS on the ground that they are also recruited through the same examination. But the fixation of revised pay is being done with reference to the Pay Band - 2 i.e 9300-34800. The anomalies arising out of fixation are described below: Example 1A: For those promoted as Inspector Posts prior to 1.1.2006 in the pre-revised scale of pay Rs 5500-9000 and holding the minimum of the pay scale on 1.1.2006. Existing scale of pay : Rs 5500-9000 Pay Band applicable : PB-2 Rs 9300-34800 Existing Basic Pay as on 1.1.2006 : Rs 5500 Pay after multiplication by a factor of 1.86 : Rs 10230 Pay in Pay Band PB-2 : Rs 10230 Grade Pay attached to the scale : Rs 4200 Revised Basic Pay – Total pay in the pay band and Grade pay Rs 14430/- Example 1B: Inspector Posts appointed on or after 1.1.2006 (Direct Recruit & promoted officials upto 8 years of clerical service) Pay Band applicable :PB-2 Rs 9300-34800 Entry Pay :Rs 9300 (As per Part ‘A’ Section II of the first Schedule to CCS (Revised Pay Rules, 2008)) Grade Pay attached to the scale :Rs 4200 Revised Basic Pay – Total pay in the pay band and Grade pay : Rs 13,500/- This shows that though the Inspector Posts were holding the pre-revised pay scale of Rs 5500-9000, the basic pay of those promoted as Inspector Posts after 1.1.2006 is done with reference pre-revised pay scale of Rs 5000-8000 which causes drop in total emoluments to the tune of Rs 930/-. Thus those who are promoted after 1.1.2006 stand to lose heavily due to revised fixation. Hence the Entry Pay of Inspector Posts should be determined only with reference to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs 5500-9000. i.e. the entry pay should be: Rs 5500x1.86 = 10230+ Corresponding Grade Pay of Rs 4200/- i.e. his Total pay should be Rs 14430/-. /S. Samuel/ General Secretary Anomaly in the Pay Scale of Assistant Superintendent Posts: Example 2A: For those Assistant Superintendent Posts drawing at the minimum of Rs 6500/- as on 1.1.2006. Existing scale of pay : Rs 6500-10500 Pay Band applicable : PB-2 Rs 9300-34800 Existing Basic Pay as on 1.1.2006 : Rs 6500 Pay after multiplication by a factor of 1.86 : Rs 12090 Pay in Pay Band PB-2 : Rs 12090 Grade Pay attached to the scale : Rs 4600 Revised Basic Pay – Total pay in the pay band and Grade pay Rs 16,690/- Example 2B: For those Assistant Superintendent Posts drawing at the stage of Rs.6700/- as on 1.1.2006. Existing scale of pay : Rs 6500-10500 Pay Band applicable : PB-2 Rs 9300-34800 Existing Basic Pay as on 1.1.2006 : Rs 6700 Pay after multiplication by a factor of 1.86 : Rs 12470 Pay in Pay Band PB-2 : Rs 12470 Grade Pay attached to the scale : Rs 4600 Revised Basic Pay – Total pay in the pay band and Grade pay Rs 17,070/- As per Part ‘A’ Section II of the first Schedule to CCS (Revised Pay Rules-2008), the entry pay for those entitled to Grade pay of Rs. 4600/-, the entry pay should be Rs 12540/-. But as could be seen from the examples 2A and 2B, the basic pay arrived at as per the new fitment formula is less than the entry pay allowed for this Grade Pay. Hence the Entry pay for those drawing at Rs 6500/- and Rs 6700/- as on 1.1.2006 should be fixed at Rs 12540/- Hence the minimum Entry Pay of Assistant Superintendent Posts should be Rs 12540/- + Corresponding Grade Pay of Rs 4600/- i.e. his Total pay should be Rs 17140/-. /S. Samuel/ General Secretary Annexure II Anomaly arising out of Annual Increment: As per the Annual Increments are to be drawn only on 1st July of every year. This has created a peculiar situation wherein those drawing increment in the first half-year stand to lose heavily as service rendered for nearly six months does not get any weightage. But those drawing increments in the second half of the year stand to gain. This is an unintended benefit. The revised fitment formula has already reduced the margin of difference between juniors and seniors. The present ‘annual increment’ formula has once again caused drop in emoluments.

Batch	Old Pay in Assistant Superintendent Cadre	DNI	Revised Pay (Rs.)	DNI
1982	8700	01.02.2006	Rs 16190	1.7.2006
1983	8700	01.06.2006	Rs 16190	1.7.2006
1989	8700	01.12.2006	Rs 16190	1.7.2006

In order to remove such anomalies the Govt. should reconsider the decision and allow drawal of increments at least once in a quarter as is being done in many State Governments. /S. Samuel/ General Secretary

BLOG FOR ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL INSPECTORS AND ASST SUPERINTENDENTS

We have this created blog for the Members of our Association. The Circulars, news, Rulings pertain to our Cadre, Views of experts, Orders issued by the Department etc will be published here. Please share your views for improvement of this blog.