No.
GS/AIAIASP/GDS-Hon/2013 dated : 13/9/2013
To,
Ms P.
Gopinath,
Director
General,
Department
of Posts,
Dak
Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi
110 001.
Sub: Grant
of honorarium to part time Inquiry Officers/ Presenting Officers for conducting
inquiries under Rule-10 of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2011 and
revision of financial powers delegated to CPMG for sanction of the Honorarium.
Ref: DG memo No
C-32016/03/2005-VP dated 23.08.2005
Respected Madam,
IP/ASP Association would like to draw your kind attention to this
Association’s letter of even number dated 22/6/2013 on the above captioned
subject and to intimate that Directorate vide memo No 32016/12/2011-VP dated
04.07.2011 on the basis of notification issued by DOP&T has revised
honorarium rates for Inquiry Officers/ Presenting Officers engaged for
conducting departmental enquiries which was further revised on 8.1.2013. Under
the existing structure details, minimum Rs 5000/- and Maximum 10000/- are required
to be sanctioned if the enquiry is completed within stipulated time frame. No
such revision whatsoever has been made for IO/PO for conducting GDS inquiries, perhaps this was not part of DOP&T
memo as no such cadre exists in any other department except DOP.
Although the responsibilities of IO/PO are predefined and similar in nature
both for departmental and GDS employees, yet the honorarium rate is not in
parity as is apparent from the below noted table, that also needs upward
revision at par with departmental inquiries.
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Details
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GDS inquiries
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Departmental inquiries
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Wef.23.08.2005
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Wef. 04.07.2011
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Wef. 31.07.2012
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Inquiry Officer (IO) Part time
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Minimum Rs 400/-
Maximum Rs 1600/-
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Minimum Rs 1500/-
Maximum Rs 3000/-
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Minimum Rs 5000/-
Maximum Rs 10000/-
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Presenting Officer (PO) Part time
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Minimum Rs 250/-
Maximum Rs 500/-
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Minimum Rs 750/-
Maximum Rs 1500/-
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Minimum Rs 5000/-
Maximum Rs 10000/-
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Furthermore,
the annual ceiling of Rs 4000/- per IO/PO per year bestowed to the Head of the
Circle since long is still in vogue and no action to revise this limit has been
taken concomitantly leaving aside benefit granted above. However, DG Posts has
the power to sanction honorarium up to Rs 5000/-, means all the cases will have
to be referred to Directorate for sanction. In such cases, either the
beneficiary will be deprived of his/her right or will have to wait for long to
get the desired relief.
Since the
minimum rate of honorarium has been revised for departmental inquiries and the
FR 46 B stood amended (vide MOF, DOE I.CU.O.No.4.2/5/2008-IC dated 29.01.2009),
the ceiling and the Financial Powers delegated for sanction of honorarium may
also be revised suitably for all purposes at the earliest.
Hoping
for favourable action and line in reply.
Yours
sincerely,
Sd/-
(Vilas
Ingale)
General
Secretary
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