EDITORIAL POSTAL CRUSADER SEPTEMBER-2017
HISTORIC STRIKE 23rd AUGUST-2017
After a long gap One Day Strike on 23rd August -2017 was conducted by NFPE alone and only for Postal Sectional Demands. This was the decision taken in Federal Council held at Guwahati from 7th to 9th September, 2016.
In so many AICs and CWCs of our affiliated unions this demand was raised. This was the concern of many of our Comrades that so many internal problems are emerging in the Department which are adversely affecting our members and fellow workers.
NFPE Federal Executive held on 12.05.2017 at North Avenue, New Delhi decided a phased programme of action and chalked out 10 points charter of demands covering the burning problems of all sections.
We as NFPE submitted a memorandum to Secretary Post on 5.06.2017 intimating the decision of Federal Executive about phased agitational programmes culminating in to one day strike on 23rd August-2017.
Secretary Post appealed us not to go on strike and gave a reply on each of our demand on 16th June-2017. We again wrote a letter to him on 19th June under which we clearly mentioned that we want things to move and settle in a time bound manner. Instead of assurances, we want result oriented action.
All of our phased programmes were conducted successfully. 1st phase of programme i.e. Mass Dharna in front of all divisional offices on dated 20.06.2017 , IInd programme Mass Dharna in front of all Circle/Regional Offices on 12.07.2017 and IIIrd programme Mass Dharna in front of Dak Bhawan (Postal Directorate) , New Delhi on 26.07.2017 were conducted successfully.
We submitted strike notice for One Day Strike on 23.08.2017 to Secretary (P) on 26.07.2017.
The Department again appealed NFPE and intimated that out of your ten demands, three demands (1)Membership Verification of GDS (2) Cadre Restructuring of P-3 and (3) CGHS facility for all Postal Pensioners have been settled. But our Main Demand i.e GDS Committee Report implementation and declaration of result of regular Membership Verification along with others were not settled and we were told that the file of result of Membership Verification as been submitted to Minister (C) and GDS Committee report is in process in Finance Ministry. For other demands we were told that necessary action is being taken by the Department on each demand and these are time taking matters. We were requested to defer or call off the strike but we told clearly that without result we will not defer the strike.
Some of our Comrades were having some doubts that we are going on strike alone. Whether it will get success or not? But our Comrades, the soldiers of NFPE have proved again that NFPE has such potential and the strike was made grand success by our Comrades and grass root level leaders and workers for which , we on behalf of NFPE extend thanks , congratulations and revolutionary greetings to entire rank and file.
This strike has boosted the moral of our Comrades and once again we have carried forward the legacy of our fore fathers.
The Strike was very good in some Circles e.g. Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam, North East, Tamilnadu, Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. It was good in Circles i.e. Telangana, UP, MP, AP, Punjab, Haryana, HP, and Bihar. In some circles like Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Gujarat and J&K it was average or partial. We have to find out our weakness and try to remove and get ready for future struggles as the coming time is going to very tough for Working Class and Trade unions. The neo-liberal economic policies being pursued by the Central Government are posing so many threats on the constitutional rights of Working Class. We have to understand these policies being guided by the politics of present Government which are adversely affecting the interest of Common workers. We are badly suffering with the shortage of staff in each section of our Department. The procedure adopted by the Department for recruitment is not adequate to meet out the situation. Every employee is over burdened. The poor GDS are waiting for their wage revision. The implementation of Kamleshchadra Committee report is being delayed unnecessarily. The result of regular membership verification is also being delayed politically. So many new services are being introduced in the Department without caring the employees and proper infrastructure Due to introduction of technology more frauds are being committed and innocent employees are being made victim under contributory negligence factor. Payment of revised wages and arrears as per 6th CPC and 7th CPC is not being made to the poor Casual labourers. We will not allow any type of privatization and out sourcing in our Department..
The Cadre restructuring for left our categories other than P-III is also pending for more than two years in nodal ministries. The new pension scheme is also harmful for the new recruits and it will prove as No Pension Scheme after watching the behavior, activities and functioning of Corporates and Companies in whom this fund of NPS will be invested.
There is more work pressure on each employee and Now a day’s every employee is working more than 8 hours and they are highly stressed. So to give some relief to them 2 days weekly off is required to meet out their domestic and social requirements. When 5 days week is already in operation in administrative officers than why it cannot be implemented for all to give them natural justice.
Struggle for unity and unity for struggle is our slogan. We believe in unity and we tried our best to conduct the agitational programmes including strike under united platform but our sister unions were not ready to go on agitational path.
Therefore, we decided to go alone and we got success. We should try for unity but we should not fall victim of unity sickness. Though the action has been started in Department on our demands but we want to make it clear that our struggle will not stop here and we will keep our fight continuously and consistently till our demands are met.
If no proper result comes within stipulated period we can again go on serious agitational programme including indefinite strike.
Therefore, NFPE after extending revolutionary greetings to all the Comrades appeals the entirety of Postal, RMS and GDS to keep the tempo high and get ready for another struggle.
COUNTING OF SERVICE FOR PENSIONARY BENEFITS IN RESPECT OF TEMPORARY STATUS CASUAL LABOURERS WHO’S SERVICES WERE LATER REGULARIZED.
National Federation of Postal Employees
1st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com
Mob: 9868819295/9810853981 website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com
No. PF-66-NPS/2017 Dated : 26th August2017
To
The Secretary,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001.
Sub: Counting of service for pensionary benefits in respect of temporary status casual labourers whose services were later regularized.
Sir,
I am writing this letter to bring your kind attention to certain discrepancies observed in calculation of eligible service for retirement benefits in respect of officials whose services were regularized after rendering many years as temporary status casual laboureres. Kindly examine the matter with reference to the following Govt. orders issued by our Department:
01. 45-95/87-SPB.I dated 12.04.1991.
02. 45-48/92-SPB.I dated 23.02.1993. (Copies attached for reference).
The GO at sl. No.1 above reads as follows: “Temporary status would be conferred on the casual labourers in employment as on 29.11.1989 and who continue to be currently employed and have rendered continuous service of last one year; during the year they must have been engaged for a period of 240 days (206 days in the case of offices observing five days week)”…….
“50% of the service rendered under Temporary Status would be counted for the purpose of retirement benefits after regularization as a Group D official”.
Further the GO at Sl. 2 (issued on 23.02.1993) reads as follows: “In compliance with the above said directive of Hon’ble Supreme Court it has been decided that the casual labourers of this Department conferred with temporary status as per the scheme circulated in the above said circular No. 45-95/87-SPB.I dated 12.04.1991, be treated at par with temporary Group D employees w.e.f. the date they complete 3 years of service in the newly acquired temporary status as per they above said scheme. From that date they will be entitled to benefits admissible to temporary Group D employees such as: ………………….
“(3) Counting of service for the purpose of pension and terminal benefits as in the case of temporary employees appointed on regular basis for those temporary employees who are given temporary status and who complete 3 years of service in that status while granting them pension and retirement benefits after their regularisation”.
From the above rulings it may be seen that the qualifying service of officials who have been conferred with temporary status while working as casual labourer and later regularized as Gr.D is to be counted as follows:
1. From the date temporary status was conferred (according to the GO dated 12.04.91) till they acquire the status of “at par with temporary Gr.D” (i.e 3 years from the date of acquiring temporary status Gr.D casual labourer:
50% of this period is to be counted as qualifying service for calculating pensionary benefits.
2. From the date they acquire the status of “at par with temporary Gr.D employees” (i.e from the date they complete 3 years of temporary status casual labourer) till they are appointed on regular basis:
100% of the service during this period is to be counted for calculating pensionary benefits, as in the case of temporary Gr.D employees appointed on regular basis. (As per GO dated 23.02.1993).
I am quoting an example of wrong calculation of service for retirement benefits in respect of an offficial retired on 31.05.2017 in Kerala Circle. According to the Govt. orders mentioned above, his services is to be calculated as under:
From 29.11.1989 to 28.11.1992 (Temporary Status) : Half of the service.
From 29.11.1992 to 15.07.1999 (At par with Temp. Gr.D) : Full service.
From 16.07.1999 to 31.05.2017 (Regular service) : Full service.
However, the DAP Trivandrum has calculated his pensionary benefits taking in to account only 50 % of the service from the date he acquired the “Temporary Status” till the date of regular appointment i.e. from 29.11.89 to 15.07.99. As per the extant rules, in addition to the 50% of services for the 3 years’ from 29.11.89 to 28.11.92, he is actually eligible for counting of his full service from 29.11.92 to 15.07.99 also.
This has resulted in denial of the retirement benefits eligible as per rules. It is learnt that the DAP Trivandrum has now referred the matter to the Directorate for clarification vide letter No.279/Admn.II/PG.I/E-2039 dated 20.07.2017 when the official concerned pointed out this discrepancy. There are many other similar cases in which the retirement benefits have been calculated wrongly. There are also certain other cases in which the temporary status service for which the eligible 50% to be counted was totally ignored while calculating retirement benefits.
I shall be thankful, if you would kindly look in to the matter and cause issue of necessary instructions to all concerned to ensure justice to these retired officials who have only very few years of regular service after rendering many years of service as casual labourers, temporary status casual labourers etc.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
DA: As above
New Delhi, (R.N. PARASHAR)
26. 08.2017 Secretary General.
PROMOTION AND POSTING IN THE MEMBER GRADE OF INDIAN POSTAL SERVICE, GROUP ‘A’
Shri Udai Krishna (IPoS-1984) CPMG , Uttarakhand Circle posted as Member(Banking), Postal Services Board and Additional Director General (Coordination) Postal Directorate , New Delhi on promotion.
NFPE HQ extends warm greetings and Congratulate him on his promotion
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