INTERACTION WITH 7th CPC
NFPE LEADERS MET CHAIRMAN 7th
CPC
A delegation of NFPE headed by
Secretary General Com.Krishnan along with the General Secretaries of all wings
appeared in the Office of the Pay Commission at the call of the Chairman, in
Janpath Hotel, New Delhi at 10.30am on 29-05-2014 and met the 7th CPC
Chairman, Honourable Justice Mr.A.K.Mathur and his Members in full quorum. The
interactive session / meeting lasted for one and half hours.
Various points regarding the
revision of wqges and service conditions of Postal ;employees and functioning
of the Department of Posts were discussed which are summarized as follows :
1) Role and
Functioning of the Department of Posts towards the people of India.
2) Various
staffing pattern of our Department and huge reduction of Staff strength due to
unjustified abolition of posts.
3) GDS who run
1,29,000 Post Offices – a factual account and their sufferings. NFPE urges for
bringning the GDS within the ambit of 7th CPC.
4) Duties and
responsibilities of various cadres of staff of the Department of Posts including
Postal Assisatants, Sorting Assistants, PA(CO), PA(SBCO), Postal Accounts
Staff, Postmen, Mail Guard, MTS and Civilwing Staff.
5) Justification
for upgradation of their pay scales.
6) Improvement
in the promotional avenues of postal staff of different categories with a
special emphasis on the Grade Pay for MTS, Gr.C employees (Rs.1800/- to 1900/-
& Rs.1900/- to 2,000/- i.e., only a paltry amount of Rs.100/- in every 10
years)
7) Postman duty
and their poor promotional avenues.
8) Specialities of the
Assistants and Supervisors and their poor promotional avenues and many other
issues.
The concept of Pay Band and Grade
Pay, whether beneficial and the principle of determination of minimum pay was
also discussed.
Regarding merger of DA and
Interim Relief , the Chairman made it clear that unless the Govt. asks the Pay
Commission specifically, to submit interim report, Pay Commission will not
submit any recommendations on DA merger & IR.
(M.KRISHNAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
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