Non drawal of GP Rs. 5400/- to Sr. PM

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/GP-TPA/2016                                 Dated :     31/8/2016

To,

Shri B. V. Sudhakar,

Secretary (Posts),

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110001.

Sub:    Non drawal of Grade Pay of Rs.5400/- in pre-revised pay scale of Rs.9300-34800 as per the admissible pay band fixture to PS Group B officers working on the post of Sr. Postmaster.

Respected Sir,

In accordance with the recommendation of 7^th Pay Commission and as accepted by the Govt. of India the pre-revised of Grade Pay of PS Group 'B' Officers has been revised from Rs. 4800/ to Rs. 5400/- in the pay scale of Rs. 9300--34800 in PB-2 w.e.f. 01-01-2016.

It is pertinent to mention here that none of the officers presently working as Sr. Postmasters were promoted in Sr. Postmaster Cadre. Rather they were promoted in PS Group Cadre. As such all the Group B officers presently working on the post of Sr. Postmasters are entitled to Grade pay benefit of Rs. 5400/- in pre-revised scale w.e.f. 01.01.2016 and accordingly their pay fixture would be fixed in the revised matrix.

It is bring to your kind notice that most of the Director of Accounts (Postal) has not drawn GP of Rs. 5400/- to the incumbents working on Sr. Postmaster post w. e. f. 1/1/2016. There may be interpretation in understanding the meaning of the enhancement of GP of PS Gr. B from Rs. 4800/- to 5400/-. Sr. Postmaster cadre is also a PS Gr. B cadre like ADPS working in RO/CO and Dy. Directors working under Director GPOs.

The pre-revised grade pay of Rs. 5400/- in PB-2 entitles all the PS Group officers (including Sr. PM) to allowances corresponding to Grade pay Rs. 5400/- but most of the DAP/GM Finance offices of various circles didn’t allowed drawal of GP of Rs. 5400/- to Sr. Postmasters and corresponding allowances as admissible w.e.f. 01-01-2016 for no rhyme or reason, for such Group- B officers.

Needless to mention that Para 4 of letter No.1-5/2016-AC dated 29-07-2016 of Implementation Cell 7^th CPC, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, prescribes that until a decision is taken with regard to revision of all the allowances, these allowances shall continue to be drawn and paid as per the pre-revised pay structure which in the case of PS Group-B officers (including Sr. Postmasters presently promoted as PS Group B officers) is Rs.9300-34800+GP 5400/- in PB-2 w.e.f. 01-01-2016 and thus there is absolutely no ambiguity with regard to payment of allowances corresponding to Grade pay of Rs. 5400/-, which has already been implemented in the case of PS Group-B officers cadre w.e.f.01-01-2016.

In order to remove this deliberately created faux pass and clear any doubt, if any, you are requested kindly to direct all the DAPs/GM Finances in the Department to allow to draw GP of Rs. 5400/- to Sr. Postmasters and allowances as appropriate to the grade pay from 01-01-2016.

An early action is solicited please.                                  

                                                               Yours faithfully      

             Sd/-     

(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary

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Retirement in the month of August 2016

Following officers are retiring from Govt. service on superannuation on 31/8/2016

Sl.	Name of officer S/Shri	Designation & Office	Circle
1	S L Jain	SSRM, RMS ‘JP’ Division, Jaipur	Rajasthan
2	S. Soman	SRM, RMS ‘M’ Division, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
3	Ramnath	SSPOs, North Presidency Division	West Bengal
4	R K Katiyar	ADPS, o/o PMG  Kanpur Division	Uttar Pradesh
5	P S Sambhyal	ASP, Akhnoor Sub Division, Jammu	J & K
6	Brij Mohan Soni	SRM, RMS ‘D’ Division, New Delhi	Haryana
7	M Dhamraj	AD (BD/Tech), RO Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
8	D C Arun	APS	APS
9	S C Sahu	Superintendent, PSD, Bhubaneshwar	Odisha
10	P Bharathalakshmi	AD (Admin), New Delhi GPO	Delhi
11	Ram Karanji	Dy. SPOs, Jodhpur Division, Jodhpur	Rajasthan

CHQ wishes happy, healthy and peaceful retirement life to officers.

Holding of DPC for the promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for year 2016-17.

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/DPC-PS Gr.B/2016                                   Dated :     30/8/2016

To,    

Shri B. V. Sudhakar,

Secretary (Posts),

Department of Posts, 

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg, 

New Delhi 110 001. 

Subject : Holding of DPC for the promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for year   2016-17. 

Ref.        : Dte Memo No. 9-02/2015-SPG dated 10.11.2015 and 9-02/2015(I)-SPG dated 09-06-2016

Respected Sir,  

          IP/ASP Association intended to bring to your kind notice that Directorate vide memo No. 9-02/2015-SPG dated 10.11.2015 has appointed 122 Inspector Line Officers on regular basis in PS Gr. B cadre in the vacancies of 2015-16 and vide memo No. 9-02/2015(I)-SPG dated 09-06-2016 result of supplementary DPC by promoting 29 officers against the vacancies of 2015-16 released, but following are the few examples in which circles have not implemented orders despite having clear orders to relive the promoted officers to their new assignments within 15 days from the date of issue of orders and also not reported the date of joining by the officer in PS Gr. B cadre.

Directorate Memo No.	Name of Circle	Name of Officer	New Circle on promotion
9-02/2015-SPG dated 10.11.2015	Bihar	Shaikh Kalam	Bihar
	Karnataka	C. R. Nagaraj Rao	Maharashtra
	Karnataka	S. Linga Setty	Karnataka
	Madhya Pradesh	M. M. Mahashwari	Uttar Pradesh
	West Bengal	Madhab Mukherjee	West Bengal
9-02/2015(I)-SPG dated 09-06-2016	Haryana	Kuldeep Singh	Haryana
	Andhra Pradesh	S. Murali Krishana	Tamil Nadu
	Bihar	Ram Nath Sharma	Bihar
	Gujarat	Y. V. Patel	Gujarat
	Andhara Pradesh	M. Audinarayana	Tamil Nadu
	Uttar Pradesh	Meena J. R.	Uttar Pradesh

          It is to further bring to your kind notice that as per above orders all the officers promoted to PS Gr. B cadre had to be relieved from their former assignments within 15 days from the date of issue of order  by Directorate. It has also stated in Directorate’s above captioned letter that, in case, posting order from the allotted circles are not received, the circle where they are stationed now can relive the promoted officer and asked to report to the allotted Circle Headquarter. Requisite period in both the orders have already been elapsed to join the new assignment on promotion. If the officers are still not joined then their promotion order may be treated as cancelled and vacancies arise owing to deemed refusal and filled these in ensuing DPC for the year 2016-17.

In this regard, a kind reference is invited to para-3 of the Department of Posts (Personnel Division) letter No.25-10/2014-SPG dated 09/07/2014 coupled with para-7 of DOP & T OM No.22011/9/98-Estt (D) dated 08-09-1998  wherein it is provided that a DPC may take into account all clear expected vacancies by retirement in the concerned grade as well as chain vacancies on account of retirement etc. in the higher grades which can be clearly anticipated in the same vacancy year.

Department of Posts vide Personnel Division letter dated 09/07/2014 has also issued instructions to percolate the seniority quota vacancies arising in higher grades in a vacancy year down to lower cadres/grades and to take into account along with the clear vacancies arising in a particular grade. Further, as clarified vide Para.4.(II) of the said letter a Circle will take into account the vacancies arising from HAG to PS Group-B Cadre in that Circle in a vacancy year as chain vacancies for lower cadres in addition to existing and anticipated vacancies in the said lower cadre arising in that vacancy year.

Furthermore it is bring to your kind notice that last year DPC process was stated by Directorate vide memo no. 9-02/2015-SPG dated 26/3/2016 and finished on 10-11-2015, it means more than 7 months period took to promote only 122 officers to PS Gr. B cadre. Whereas this year, the process was started late i.e. in the month of July 2016 vide memo No. 9-14/2016-SPG dated 05-07-2016.  

It is therefore fervently requested to your kind honour to look into the matter personally and cause to issue necessary instructions to concerned circle / division in the Directorate to;

1.   issue declination of promotion memo of the officers who did not join to new assignment till this date.

2.   issue the list officers in the zone of consideration for DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B cadre for the year 2016-17.

3. issue strict instructions to all circles to provide correct, requisite and accurate information to Directorate on the allotted date for furnishing information on DPC.

4.  issue time bound slot to all circles to handover the APARs and other requisite information to Directorate for convening of DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B cadre for the year 2016-17.

5.   call for vacancies from all circles for the PS Gr. B DPC (2016-17) well in advance.

6.   call for the names of the officers from all circles for repatriation to their home circle.

7.   complete all the procedures in this issue by the end of September 2016.

A positive action will be highly appreciated and line in reply is requested. 

Thanking you,   

                                                                                Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary

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On the occasion of valedictory ceremony of the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamy a commemorative Stamp in denomination of Rs. 5 was released on Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamy by Minister for State (Independent Charge) Communications Shri Manoj Sinha in presences of Saints and other dignitaries on 27th August 2016 at the function held at Suttur Mutt in Mysore District.

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A variety of metalwork can be seen from different parts of the country. The Ladakh region of Kashmir is known for traditional vessels made out of iron and brass. The craftsmen of Kashmir are known for richly engraved traditional household items like bowls, samovars, plates and trays. Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is world famous for its range of brass items. A wide range of household items like pots, trays, bowls and decorative pieces are made here. Making of bronze sculptures is common in Palitana in Gujarat. The sculptures made here depict themes from Jain religion. In Rajasthan Jaipur is the main center for brass engraving and lacquering. Items such as photo frames, bowls, plates, boxes etc. Ethnic designs and floral patterns, hunting scenes etc are hammered or embossed on the surface. Madhya Pradesh has its own traditional metal ware tradition. Andhra Pradesh has a rich tradition of metal craft. Andhra Pradesh is also famous for Bidri ware. Silver filigree work from Andhra and Orissa is famous for its intricate designs made out thin silver wires. Brassware from Tamil Nadu comprises of decorated traditional lamps, used in religious functions, while Kerala is famous for its polished bronze mirrors.

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DPC : PS Gr. B for the year 2016-17 : Updation of records.

This is in-continuation to the post dated 23/8/2016.

The latest information on non joining to PS Gr. B cadre received from Circle Secretaries are as under:

The date of joining of officers promoted vide Directorate vide memo No. 9-02/2015(I)-SPG dated 09-06-2016 in supplementary DPC was required at Directorate to update the records and calculation of vacancies for ensuing DPC. The present position received from CS is as mentioned in the last column.

Sl. No.	Name of Officer	Present circle of posting	New Circle / Unit of posting on promotion	Date of joining	Present Position
1	Kuldeep Singh	Haryana	Haryana	No available	CS Haryana Not reported to CHQ
2	S. Murali Krishna	AP	Tamil Nadu	-do-	Likely to join on 29-8-2016
3	Ram Nath Sharma	Bihar	Bihar	-do-	Joined on 19-8-2016
4	Y. V. Patel	Gujarat	Gujarat	-do-	Disc Case pending. Hence not relieved on promotion

The present position/status of disciplinary cases pending against following officers are not reported to Directorate and it is not known as to whether the officers were joined to their new assignment after completion of punishment etc or otherwise.  The present status is noted in the last column.

Sl. No.	Name of Officer	Present circle of posting	New Circle / Unit of posting on promotion	Remarks	Present Position
1	M. Audinarayana	AP	Tamil Nadu	What is present status	Not relieved
2	Meena J R	UP	UP	-do-	Not relieved

The date of joining of following officers in PS Gr. B cadre who were promoted under memo No. 9-02/2015-SPG dated 10.11.2015 (i.e. regular DPC for the year 2015-16) which was required at Directorate. The present status is noted against each.   

Sl. No.	Name of Officer	Present circle of posting	New Circle / Unit of posting on promotion	Present status
12	Shaikh Kalam	Bihar	Bihar	Joined on 23-8-2016
14	C R Nagaraj Rao	Karnataka	Maharashtra	Disc case pending, hence KTK not relieved
15	S. Linga Setty	Karnataka	Karnataka	Joined on 23-3-2016 & retiring on 31-8-2016
21	M. M. Maheshwari	Madhya Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh	Posting order awaited from UP
62	Madhab Mukherjee	West Bengal	West Bengal	Joined on 26-11-2015