Requested Chairman Empowered Committee of Secretaries to maintain parity with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC

No. CHQ/AIAIASP/7CPC/2016                                   Dated :  21/4/2016

To,

Shri Pradeep Kumar Sinha,

Cabinet Secretary and Chairman

Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS)

7^th Central Pay Commission Implementation Cell,

New Delhi 110001

Sub: Submission of recommendations by 7th Pay Commission.

Respected Sir,

          Postal Inspector Association while submitting memorandum requested for parity of Grade Pay with the Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC and do justice.

2.       Kind enough the 7^th Central Pay Commission vide para 11.8.21 has made the following recommendation regarding Inspector Posts under Department of Post:

“The Commission has noted that the VI CPC had placed Inspector (Posts) at par with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC. Subsequently the inspectors of CBDT/CBEC were elevated to GP 4600. The Commission has further noted that Inspector (Posts) and Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC are recruited through the same combined graduate level examination. The Commission, therefore, recommends that Inspector (Posts) who are presently in the GP 4200 should be upgraded to GP 4600. With this upgradation, Inspector (Posts) shall come to lie in an identical grade pay as that of their promotion post of Assistant Superintendent of Posts (ASPOs). A higher grade would thus need to be extended to ASPOs. Accordingly, the Commission recommends that the promotional post of ASPOs be placed in the next higher GP 4800 and further, the post of Superintendent (Posts), which is presently in the GP 4800, be moved up to GP 5400 (PB-2).”

3.       However, it is understood that Joint Council of Action (Income Tax Employees Federation & Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association) has represented through Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) demanding placement of Inspector Income Tax in the pay level corresponding to Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- and the matter is being considered by Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-COS) constituted to process the recommendations of 7th CPC.

4.       We submit that 5th CPC had placed Inspector Posts at par with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC in the Pay scale of Rs.5500-9000/-. However, Pay Scale of Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC was subsequently upgraded to Rs.6500-10,500/- in April, 2004 disturbing the parity. This was set right by the 6th CPC  placing Inspector Posts at par with Inspector CBDT/CBEC in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200/-.

4.1     It is unfortunate to state that again the pay parity established by 6th CPC was disturbed in November, 2008, just after the implementation of 6th CPC report, by upgrading the Grade Pay of Inspectors of  CBDT/CBEC to Rs.4600/-,  leaving Inspector Posts in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200/-. 7th CPC acknowledged the fact in its report vide para 11.8.21 and recommended to upgrade Grade Pay of Inspector Posts from Rs.4200/- to Rs.4600/- to maintain the parity with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC.

5.       In view of the above, this Association request your kind honour to maintain the pay parity of Inspector Posts with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC considering the pay parity already established by successive Pay Commissions i.e 5th CPC, 6th CPC & 7th CPC.

5.1     Hence, if the representation for placing Inspectors of Income Tax in the pay level corresponding to Grade Pay of Rs.4800 is considered, the same benefit should be extended to Inspector Posts also to maintain the pay parity already established by successive pay commissions’ i.e 5th CPC, 6th CPC & 7th CPC and to give justice to Inspector Posts.

          We are hoping that you will give proper justice to Inspector Posts cadre working in Department of Post.

Yours sincerely,

       Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

Copy forwarded for necessary action to :

1.   The Secretary, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110 001.

2.   The Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure, 7^th Central Pay Commission Implementation Cell, New Delhi.

3.   The DDG (P), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110 001.