Donation to CHQ ......... updates

Today (4/8/2016), following members have directly credited the amount in the SB account.  soon.

Sl. No.	Name of Officer	Designation	Office	Amount donated	Amount where deposited
1	M. K. Bhandari	IP	Hailakandi, Cachar Division (Assam)	1000	78815100
2	B. L. Pandita	SRM	Jammu Division (J&K)	1000	18000400
3	Uttam Kumar Singh	ASP (BD)	o/o CPMG Jharkand Circle, Ranchi	1000	83400200
4	Arbind Kumar Singh	SPOs	Purnea Division (Bihar)	2000	85430100

CHQ thanks to above officers for their co-operation. 

The details of CHQ POSB account is as under :

Name of the account holder : Vilas S. Ingale and Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli

SB Account No.                  : 3049419758 

Name of PO                      : Dadar HO, Mumbai 400014

SOL No.                           : 40001400

Members are requested to give their name, designation, office address and SOL ID )of the office where amount deposited) through SMS to GS on his mobile No. 09869417961 or through whatsApp with a photo copy of counterfoil of pay in slip to enable him to put the details of members on CHQ blog. If information is sent by SMS, then there is no need of photo copy of counterfoil of pay in slip. CHQ is expecting response from its members. 

Violation of deputation rules

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Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

03-August-2016 18:23 IST

Violation of deputation rules

Appointment to a post on deputation basis is made for a period normally specified in the Recruitment Rules of the deputation post, unless the period of deputation is extended by the Government in terms of prevailing instructions. After expiry of such deputation period, the Government servant is required to revert back to the parent organization / office. The Guidelines regulating premature repatriation from Central Deputation also provide for repatriation to parent cadre in certain cases such as to avail benefit of promotion. However, there are no specific instructions which require a Government servant on deputation to be reverted back to the parent organization / office before retirement only to facilitate fixation of pensionary benefits.

Rule 33 of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 and Rule 2 of AIS (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958 prescribe the emoluments to be taken into account for calculating pension.

This was stated by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri C.R. Patil in the Lok Sabha today (3/8/2016).

Committee to Review Representation for Compulsory Retirement

Review of performance is a continuous process under FR 56(j), Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules and the AIS Rules. Recently, all cadre authorities have been asked to constitute Representation Committees in case of receipt of representation from any Government servant, whom the Appointing Authority has decided to retire. Two members of the Committee are nominated by the Cabinet Secretariat and the third member will be nominated by the Cadre Authority.

This was stated by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri A. K. Selvaraj in the Rajya Sabha today. 

Source:-PIB

Cabinet approves amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes applicable to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

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Cabinet

03-August-2016 20:01 IST

Cabinet approves amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes applicable to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for making suitable amendments in the Central List of OBCs by way of inclusion/correction/deletion of castes/communities applicable to the State of Andhra Pradesh and the newly formed State of Telangana as per the advice received from the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). 

A total of 35 changes recommended by NCBC in respect of Andhra Pradesh and 86 New Entries in respect of Telangana State will be notified. The changes will enable the persons belonging to these castes/ communities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to avail the benefits of reservation in Government services and posts as well as in Central Educational Institutions as per extant policy. They will also become eligible for benefit under the various welfare schemes, scholarships etc. being administered by the Central Government, which are at present available to the persons belonging to the Other Backward Classes.

Background: 

On the recommendation of the Commission a total of 2401 Entries for inclusion, including its synonyms, sub-castes, etc. in the Central List of Other Backward Classes have been notified in 24 States and 6 Union Territories. The last such notification was issued on 26.5.2016. Since then, several more recommendations for inclusion of castes/communities and corrections in the existing list of OBCs for the State of Andhra Pradesh and the new State of Telangana have been received from NCBC. 

Under Section 9 ("Functions of the Commission") of the NCBC Act 1993, the Commission examines requests for inclusion of any class of citizens as a backward class in the lists and hears complaints of over-inclusion or under-inclusion of any backward class in such lists and tenders such advice to the Central Government. The Act also stipulates that the advice of the Commission shall ordinarily be binding upon the Central Government.

FAQs on Goods and Services Tax (GST)

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Now a Twitter hashtag to register complaints on telecom, postal services

Communication minister Manoj Sinha Tuesday launched a Twitter hashtag, #TwitterSeva where people can register their complaints regarding postal and communication services in the country, and said resolving the call drops issue was a top priority. 

Launching the hashtag, Sinha? ??told reporters that the idea was to address consumer complaints at the earliest. Sinha was appointed as the new telecom minister following a cabinet reshuffle last month. 

Under this new initiative, all complaints lodged on the Twitter hashtag will be classified as immediate, mid?-?term and long?-?term. 

Sinha who met with the telecom industry honchos last week said resolving the issue of call drops was a chief priority and that the department was working together with telecom operators to improve the situation of telecom networks across the country.

Source:-The Economic Times

IP / ASP delegation met Union Minister of State (Finance & Corporate Affairs) at New Delhi

Today (3/8/2016) a delegation of 25 IP / ASP working in Directorate and Delhi Circle met with Hon'ble Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State (Finance and Corporate Affairs) at his residence to discuss the issue of upgradation of Grade Pay of Inspector (Posts) from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- w.e.f. 01.01.2006  with consequential benefits including arrears of pay and allowances, in  light of the Hon’ble CAT judgement dated 15.10.2015 in the OA No. 289/2013. 

S/Shri Roop Chand, P. Permanand, P. Ajith Kumar, Anup Kumar, Jitender Kapoor and Shukhnandan Dhondiyan took part in the discussion. The delegation handed over letter No. CHQ/AIAIASP/PAY/7CPC/2016 dated 02/08/2016 to MoS.  The discussion is said to be held in healthy atmosphere. Hon'ble Minister has given an assurance that he will look into the matter personally. 

Delegation of powers to Financial Advisors to accord exemption for air travel in airlines other than Air India in individual case

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7th Pay Commission: Committee on allowances to meet this week

7th Pay Commission: Payment of arrears with current month salary; committee on allowances to meet this week

The first meeting of the Finance Secretary-led committee appointed to look into the allowances recommended by the 7th Pay Commission is scheduled this week while the payment of arrears will be paid to central government employees and pensioners in a single installment along with this month salary.

IANS has reported quoting Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa that the committee on allowances will have its first meeting this week.

The Committee will submit its report within a period of four months. Till a final decision on Allowances is taken based on the recommendations of this Committee, all Allowances will continue to be paid at existing rates in existing pay structure, as if the pay had not been revised with effect from 1st day of January, 2016.

"The 7th Pay Commission examined a total of 196 existing allowances and, by way of rationalization, recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances. Given the significant changes in the existing provisions for allowances which may have wide ranging implications, the Cabinet decided to constitute a Committee headed by Finance Secretary for further examination of the recommendations of 7th CPC on allowances," as per the press release issued by the government after the Cabinet approval to Pay Commission recommendations.

It was estimated by the Pay Commission that the additional financial impact on the exchequer due to the implementation of all its recommendations in 2016-17 will be Rs 102,100 crore. This apart, it had estimated an additional implication of Rs 12,133 crore on account of arrears.

With IANS Inputs

PROPOSED ON LINE SELECTION OF ALL CATEGORIES OF GDS - DEPT ORDERED TO STOP ALL PROCESS OF FRESH ENGAGEMENTS

Donation to CHQ ...... updates

In response to yesterday’s appeal, following members have directly credited the amount in the SB account. Many members have assured that they will credit the amount in CHQ account very soon.

Sl. No.	Name of Officer	Designation	Office	Amount donated	Amount where deposited
1	Shri D. I. Parkar	ASP	o/o SSRM, ‘AM’ Division Ahmedabad (Gujarat)	5000	78564000
2	Unknown	-	-	1000	43140100
3	Shri Rukheswar Gogai	IP	Sibsagar Sub Division, Jorhat (Assam)	5000	38002801
4	Shri yogesh Shinde	SDI	Malkapur Sub Division, Beed (Maharashtra)	1000	44340402
5	Shri A. F. Tadavi	ASP (Mails & Estt)	o/o PMG Aurangabad Region, Aurangabad  (Maharashtra)	1000	43100201
6	Jagdish Kumar Gulati	SPOs	Ambala Division, Ambala (Haryana)	1000	13300100

CHQ thanks to above officers for their co-operation. 

It is to inform to all members that the financial position of CHQ is not sound. Many circles have not paid their last years (2015) due CHQ quota despite repeated reminders through whatsApp, personal interaction and this blog. Few circles have paid very less. Therefore an appeal was made to all members to donate few shares of their arrears voluntarily to CHQ to make the fund position healthy, so that GS / President can frequently visit Directorate. We have to fight for GP of Rs. 4600/- to IP from 1/1/2006. For which fund is required. We are having sanction strength of IP/ASPs 4000 plus. Our few members are working in PS Gr. B cadre on adhoc basis and their GP has up-graded from Rs. 4800/- to Rs. 5400/- w.e.f. 1/1/2016.

The willing member can deposit his/her donation directly to CHQ account (details given below) and give the details of amount credited through whatsApp / SMS with particulars of name, designation and office address to enable CHQ to publish the same on the blog.  

Details of CHQ SB account : 

Name of the account holder : Vilas S. Ingale and Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli

SB Account No.                  : 3049419758 

Name of PO                      : Dadar HO Mumbai 400014

SOL No.                           : 40001400

Updatation of Gradation list of Inspector of Posts - upto the year 2000 - regarding

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UPSC Written Result - Engineering Services Examination 2016

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Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules 1965 - Guidelines regarding prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace - regarding.

In accordance with Section 18(i) of the SHWW (PPR) Act, 2013, it has been decided that in all cases of allegations of sexual harassment, the following procedure may be adopted: Where a Complaint Committee has not recommended any action against the employee against whom the allegation have been made in a case involving allegations of sexual harassment, the Disciplinary Authority shall supply a copy of the Report of the Complaint Committee to the complainant and shall consider her representation, if any submitted, before coming to a final conclusion. The representation shall be deemed to be an appeal under section 18(i) of the Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.  

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Request letter to MoS (Finance and Corporate Affairs) to consider GP of IP from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- w.e.f.1/1/2006

No. CHQ/AIAIASP/PAY/7CPC/2016                               Dated :  02/08/2016

To,

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal,

Hon’ble Union Minister of State,

(Finance & Corporate Affairs)

New Delhi – 110 001

Sub:  Request for upgradation of Grade pay  from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- for the pay scale of Inspector Posts w.e.f. 01.01.2006 (including consequential benefits including arrears of pay and allowances)

Respected Sir,

        With profound respect it is submitted that Inspector (Posts) working in Department of Posts are struggling for getting the pay parity with their counterparts in Central Excise / Income Tax Department for more than 10 years. Brief history of the case is submitted as below:

       

Brief History of the case :

2.1    5^th Central Pay Commission (CPC) had granted equal pay scale of Rs.5500-10500 to Inspector (Posts) and Income Tax Inspectors under Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) & Central Excise Inspector under Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC).

2.2    Subsequently, the pay scales of the post of Income Tax Inspectors under Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Posts of Inspector of Central Excise were revised to Rs.6500-10500 from Rs.5500-9000 as per Office Memorandum dated 21-04-2004.

 2.3   Aggrieved by the denial of the upgraded scale of Rs.6500-10500 to the Inspector (Posts) admissible to the analogous posts in CBDT/CBEC, certain Inspectors of Posts working under Karnataka Circle filed O.A Nos. 424/2006 and 211 of 2007 before the Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal Bangalore Bench seeking the upgraded scale of Rs 6500-10500 for Inspector (Posts) as granted to Inspectors of Income Tax/ Inspector of Central Excise and Customs etc. The above two O.A's were disposed of by a Common Order dated 27-07-2007 directing the respondents and the applicants to take up the issue before the Sixth Central Pay Commission with all necessary details for their consideration and appropriate decision.  Accordingly, the matter was taken up with 6^th CPC.

2.4    6^th CPC placed Inspector (Posts) at par with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC vide para 7.6.14 of its report  by granting grade pay of Rs. 4200/- and the same was accepted by the Ministry of Finance vide resolution dated 29-08-2008. However, subsequently, Grade Pay of Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC was upgraded from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- vide Ministry of Finance OM dated 13.11.2009. However, the same benefit was denied to Inspector (Posts).

2.5    Aggrieved by the denial,  OA No. 381/2010 before Hon’ble CAT Ernakulam Bench was filed for upgradation of Grade pay  from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- for the pay scales of Inspector Posts w.e.f. 01.01.2006 (including consequential benefits including arrears of pay and allowances) claiming parity with that of Inspector CBDT/CBEC and also of Assistants in Central Secretariat Service (CSS) on the basis of 6^th CPC recommendation  for Inspector Posts vide para 7.6.14 .

2.6    The said OA was allowed by the Hon’ble CAT Ernakulam Bench vide order dated 18.10.2011 to the extent that keeping in tune with the observations of the 6^th CPC coupled with strong recommendations of Department of Posts and also in light of the discussion in the order, 1^st respondent i.e the Ministry of Finance shall have a re-look in the matter at the level of Secretary and consider the case of Inspector Posts for up-gradation of their grade pay at par with that of the Inspector of IT, CBDT and CBEC.

2.7    However, the claim of Inspector Posts was rejected by the respondent vide Order No. 2-5/2010-PCC dated 15.10.2012 in contrary to the Hon’ble CAT judgement dated 18.10.2011 without going for appeal against the CAT judgment stating that the duties and responsibilities assigned to Assistant of CSS and Inspector CBDT/CBEC are different from Inspector Posts and there is no comparison between Assistant CSS & Inspector CBDT/CBEC and Inspector Posts and they are performing different duties in their respective cadres.

2.8    Rejection order dated 15.10.2012 was challenged before Hon’ble CAT vide OA No.289/2013 with request to grant of Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- to Inspector (Posts) w.e.f. 01.01.2006 consequential benefits including arrears of pay and allowances . OA No.289/2013 was decided by the Hon’ble CAT Ernakulam Bench vide judgment dated 15.10.2015 with direction to Respondent No.1 i.e Secretary,  Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance to comply the orders within 30 days. In the said order following directions were made :

“Para 15.   In the above circumstances this Tribunal directs respondent No. 1 to send Annexure A/19 order along with the representation made by the Applicant No. 1 Association, the recommendations made by the Department of Posts thereon along with copies of the relevant portion of the 4^th , 5^th & 6^th Central Pay Commission recommendations regarding the pay of Inspector (Posts) to the Member-Secretary of the 7^th CPC requesting for making appropriate recommendations. Respondent No. 1 shall also submit an explanation before the 7^th CPC as to why despite the Cabinet Resolution accepting the recommendations in para 7.6.14 of the report of the 6^th CPC the officials in the Finance Ministry took a different view and also under what authority the said official has made such decisions in Annexure A/22 file note.

Para 16. In the event, the 7^th Pay Commission has reached the final stage of its proceedings and is not in a position to include this matter in its report, then the Finance Secretary/respondent No. 1 shall at his level consider the matter as directed by this Tribunal in OA. 381/2010 keeping in view the detailed proposal with justification submitted by the Department of Posts, the detailed observations made by this Tribunal in the earlier OA and also the present order and shall pass a detailed and speaking order addressing all these points.

Para 17. Respondent No. 1 shall comply with the above directions within 30 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.”

3.      However, even after a gap of more than 9 months from issue of Hon’ble CAT judgement dated 15.10.2015, compliance is yet to be made by the respondent 1 i.e Ministry of Finance. In contrary to the Hon’ble CAT judgment dated 15.10.2015 to comply the directions by 30 days from the receipt of the order, the respondent No. 1 (Secretary, Department of Expenditure) so far neither referred the matter to 7^th Central Pay Commission nor considered the matter and issued any speaking order. Rather, the matter is being tossed between the Department of Expenditure and Department of Posts for want of required documents/files.

4.     Here it is to mention that the 7^th CPC vide para 11.8.21 (Copy enclosed) acknowledged the fact that the VI CPC had placed Inspector (Posts) at par with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC and upgraded the Grade pay of Inspector Posts from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- at par with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC. The recommendations of 7^th CPC has been accepted by the Government vide Gazette notification number 246 dated 25.07.2016 and the same was notified in the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016. Thus, the Grade Pay of Inspector (Posts) has been upgraded from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- at par with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC w.e.f. 01.01.2016.

5.     The matter regarding upgradation of Grade Pay of Inspector (Posts) from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- w.e.f. 01.01.2006  with consequential benefits including arrears of pay and allowances, is to be decided by Ministry of Finance in  light of the Hon’ble CAT judgement dated 15.10.2015 (Copy enclosed for reference) in the OA No. 289/2013.

6.     In view of the above, this Association urges upon you to look into matter to give proper justice to Inspector Posts cadre working in Department of Posts.

 Yours sincerely,

 Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary 

Donation to CHQ.....

Today, on few whatsApp group, GS has made an appeal to members for donation to CHQ on account of getting up-gradation of GP for IP, ASP and PS Gr. B cadre w.e.f. 1/1/2016. All members GP will be enhanced / up-gradted in the ensuing months salary and every one will get good amount of arrears also. 

As everyone knows that the financial position of CHQ is not good and number of times it was requested through this blog to all circles to pay their last years CHQ quota, but till date few circles have not paid their quota and few of them have paid less. Therefore an appeal was made to all members to donate few share of their arrears voluntarily to CHQ to make the fund position healthy, so that GS / President can frequently visit Directorate. We have to fight for GP of Rs. 4600/- to IP from 1/1/2006. For which fund may required. We are having strength 4000 plus. The willing member can deposit his/her donation directly to CHQ account and give the details of amount credited through whatsApp / SMS with particulars of name, designation and office address to enable CHQ to publish the same on the blog.  

Details of CHQ SB account : 

Name of the account holder : Vilas S. Ingale and Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli

SB Account No. : 3049419758 

Name of PO : Dadar HO Mumbai 400014

SOL No. 40001400

Today, following have directly credited the amount in the above SB account. 

1. Shri Jayant Dawoo, ASP o/o the PMG, Nagpur Region, Nagpur (Maharashtra) = Rs. 1000/-. 

2. Shri A. F. Dhandge, ASP (HQ) o/o SPOs, Beed Division, Beed (Maharashtra) = Rs. 1000/-.

3. Shri G. L. Deshmane, ASP, Aurangabad (Maharashtra) = Rs. 1000.00

CHQ thanks to above officers for their co-operation. 

A Hand Book on CBS Finacle Workflow Process - Prepared by CBS CPC, Odisha Circle

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MoC launches Twitter Sewa to address the complaints of common man

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Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

02-August-2016 13:29 IST

MoC launches Twitter Sewa to address the complaints of common man.

Sewa to provide a transparent, clean, responsive and accountable administration-Manoj Sinha 

Hon’ble Minister of Communications Sh. Manoj Sinha today launched “Twitter Sewa” for addressing the complaints and concerns of common man and other stake-holders in the telecom and postal sectors. The twitter handle of the Minister will be @manojsinhabjp. Launching the Sewa here, Shri Sinha said that this is in tune with Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of “minimum government, maximum governance” as from the Prime Minister himself to his ministers and their ministries are connecting with Indian citizens through live communications platform to provide a transparent, clean and responsive and accountable administration. 

The Minister said that the telecom ministry and Department of Post will henceforth compile a list of complaints from this Twitter Sewa and categorize them into immediate, mid-term and long-term complaints, while adding that he has complete faith in his officers and staff, but since both the telecom and posts are service sectors, customer is the king here and this is all the more relevant for BSNL and MTNL. The TSPs (telecom service providers) are expected to resolve the complaints forwarded to them under this arrangement. 

Shri Sinha said that the challenge is gigantic as India has the biggest postal network in the world and the number of mobile-phone subscribers had already crossed 1 billion in January this year. Therefore, we are aware that complaints are going to pour in from across the country and in great numbers. But I would like to assure you that Ministry will rise up to this challenge.

The Minister also underlined that there are chances that this twitter seva may be misused by some rogue elements but he expressed the hope that Twitter authorities will take care of the same.

Shri Sinha expressed hope that the Telecom operators from Government as well as private and the Department of Posts shall use the utility of “Twitter sewa” to the fullest to address the grievances of the public. 

Secretary Telecom Sh. J.S.Deepak, Secretary Posts, Sh. B.V.Sudhakar, CMD Sh. Anupam Srivastava and CMD MTNL Sh. P.K.Purwar were also present during the function. 

Commemorative Stamps on Tadoba Andhari National Park - 29th July 2016.

The tiger is the largest of the world’s big cats and this magnificent creature, with its distinctive orange and black stripes and beautifully marked face, has a day that is dedicated to it. This was first celebrated in 2010 and was founded at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit. This was done because at that moment wild tigers were too close to extinction. International Tiger Day is held annually on 29th July to give worldwide attention to the reservation of tigers. It is both an awareness day as a celebration. Tigers are on the brink of extinction. Many factors have caused their numbers to fall, including habitat loss, climate change, hunting and poaching etc. The goal of the day is to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues.

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra is notable as Maharashtra's oldest and largest national park and it is one of India's 47 project tiger reserves existing in India. It lies in the confines of Chimur Hills and the latter comprises of Kolsa and Mohurli Ranges. The total area under the Project Tiger is 1727.6 sq.km with core area being 625. 82 sq.km and the rest 1101.78 sq.km constitute the buffer zone. Earlier, the kings of Gond ruled this forest in the vicinage of the Chimur hills. During 1935, hunting was totally restricted, but later in the year 1955; the area of 116.54 sq. km (45.00 sq mi) was acknowledged as The National Park. Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary was made on the next forests in 1986 and later in the year 1995, the park & the sanctuary were combined together to form the present India’s 41 “Project Tiger”-Tiger Reserves. The name 'Tadoba' is the name of the God "Tadoba" or "Taru", praised by the tribal people who live in the dense forests of the Tadoba and Andhari region, while the Andhari River that meanders through the forest. gives the 'Andhari' name. Tadoba is one of the finest tiger reserve in Maharashtra and has a reputation all over the World. It is one of the most famous tiger safari destinations in India. There are more than 80 tigers (as of Dec 2015) in the reserve.

On the occasion of International Tiger Day, a set of two commemorative Stamps on Tadoba Andhari National Park was released by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari at Nagpur on 29th July 2016. Shri A. K. Dash CPMG, Maharashtra Circle was also present during the stamp release function. Set of two stamps is in denomination of Rs.5/- and Rs. 25/-. A miniature sheet was also released on the occasion.

Stamp design of Rs. 25/- stamp is based on the photograph captured by Amol Bais, a wildlife photographer and headmaster of a school for tribal students at Durgapur, located on the periphery of the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. He had clicked this photograph, of a cub embracing its mother in the Pandharpauni area of the Tadoba Tiger Reserve on 1st January, 2016.

L to R : 1) Shri A.K.Dash CPMG Maharashtra Circle 2) Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister Surface Transport and Shipping 3) Shri Devendra Fadnavis Chief PM State of Maharashtra 4) Shri Sudhir Mangutiwar Finance and Forest Minister Maharashtra 

Grant of Honorarium to Inquiry Officers (IO)/Presenting Officers (PO) - Consolidated instructions regarding

Rate of honorarium to IOs/POs for departmental inquiries are : 

IOs (Serving) - Min. Rs 5000 & Max Rs. 10,000.

POs (Serving) - Min Rs. 5000 & Max - Rs. 10,000. 

These rates are applicable with effective from 31/07/2012 and applicable to the inquiries in progress also. The payment is subject to terms and conditions laid down.

The number of disciplinary cases is to be restricted to 10 in a year and not more than 2 at a time.

To see DOPT order issued vide Memo No. 142/15/2010-AVD-I dated 31st July, 2012 CLICK HERE.

The honorarium payable to IO/Presenting Officer for conducting inquiry in departmental proceedings would be outside the purview of the general delegation under FR 46 B, which limits the maximum amount payable as honorarium to an individual in a financial year to Rs. 5,000/- 

To see DOPT order issued vide Memo No. 142/15/2010-AVD-I dated 23rd June, 2014 CLICK HERE.

PSI : Women Leadership Meeting at Hyderabad

Shri R. Kannan, Sub Regional Secretary, Public Services International (PSI) reported that Women Leadership Meeting will be held on 10th and 11th August 2016 at Hyderabad. 

He has directed our Association to nominate two women representatives, of which one below 35 years of age to attend the above meeting. Accommodation, boarding and travel reimbursement up to 3AC train equivalent fare will be paid to the participants.

The following two women members of our Association will attend the meeting.

1.   Smt. C. Swati Madhurima, ASP (HQ), RMS ‘AG’ Division, Guntalkal (AP)

2.   Smt. E. Jansi Vijaya Laxmi, IP, Narsipatnam Sub Division, Narsipatnam, Anakapalli Division (AP)

The details of venue and agenda will be placed on the blog on receipt from PSI. 

Central Working Committee Meeting at Ujjain (MP) on 10th and 11th September 2016

Mahakaleswar Temble Ujjain

Central Working Committee (CWC) Meeting will be held on 10th and 11th September 2016 at Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh). 

Venue : Hotel Mittal Avenue, Nanakheda Ring Road, Ujjain 456010 (MP)

Date : 10-9-2016 and 11-9-2016

Notification will be issued shortly. Meantime all Circle Secretaries and CHQ Officer Bearers are directed to book their to and fro tickets. 

Distance from important cities are as under : 

From Indore       : 56 Km

From Bhopal       : 180 Km

Contact persons : 

1. Shri B. S. Malviya ASP o/o PMG, Indore Region, Indore. Mobile No. 7587598385

2. Shri Rajesh Kumawat ASP o/o SPOs, Indore MFL Division, Indore. Mobile No. 7587598459

3. Shri Navdeep Yadav, IP (Project Arrow), o/o PMG, Indore Region, Indore. Mobile No. 7587598390

Instructions for smooth functioning of POSB operations and prevention of frauds in CBS Post Offices