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Monday 29 September 2014

CAT Hyderabad order in OA 56/2014 - RTP Services to count for MACPs

EDITORIAL POSTAL CRUSADER OCTOBER-2014
LABOUR LAWS AMENDMENTS – ONSLAUGHTS ON WORKING CLASS.
            The union Government is going to amend labour laws without prior discussion with Trade Unions. Bilateral forums and tripartite bodies made for maintaining relations by way of discussions between Government,Workers and employers are being dissolved only to implement neo-liberal reforms for the benefit of multinational and national corporates and curtailing workers rights and trade union facilities.

            The Rajasthan Government lead by Vasundhara Raje is being utilized as test laboratory as it has taken first step to amend labour laws i.e. Industrial disputes Act, Factories Act and contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act incorporating anti worker provisions without discussion with Trade Unions. All the amendments were placed in Rajasthan Assembly on 1st August, 2014 and were got passed on the same day. The industrial dispute act amendment empowers employers to retrench the workers without prior permission of government upto establishment of 300 and it also denies the rights of formation of Trade Union unless they have at least 30 % membership.
            The amended factory act increases the coverage from 20 workers to 40 workers in the factories without power and 10 to 20 with power? This amended Act has come as a protection cover for employer as the court cannot take cognizance on the complaints of violation of laws against the employer without written permission from the State Government. The amendment to contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act keeps the employer out of purview of the Act in the establishment where up to 49 workers are employed. The amendment in apprenticeship act also gives the opportunity to employer to replace a regular worker by apprentices.
            After passing these amendments in Rajasthan Assembly the Central Government Labour Ministry posted in its website the proposals to amend all these acts and introduced the Factories amendment Bill 2014 and the apprenticeship Act (Amendment) Bill 2014 in Lok Sabha and brought back in business the Labour Laws (Exemption from furnishing returns and maintaining of Registers by certain establishment) Amendment Bill 2011 in Rajya Sabha This shows that the Modi Government is also following the path of Vasundhara Raje Government of Rajasthan.
            This trend of Govt. is alarming as it is developing the unilateralism and authoritarian practices . All these so called reforms and amendments in Labour Laws will empower the employers and will keep them out of purview of labour laws and this  paves the way of more exploitation of workers in so many ways.
            So this is the need of the hour that all the workers whether they are in Govt. sector, in public sector or in organized or unorganized sector, require to be educated about all these changes and must be ready to fight all these onslaughts unleashed by the Govt. unitedly and compel the Govt. to reverse back the so-called reform policies which are being made in the favour of capitalist class.
            It is in this background, all the Central Trade Unions including BMS,INTUC,HMS,AITUC,CITU,UTUC etc. has decided to unitedly oppose this anti-labour policies of the NDA Government . The National Convention of Workers held at New Delhi on 15th September 2014 has decided to organise nationwide campaign against the labour law amendments. The resolution adopted unanimously by all Central Trade Unions and Federations calls upon the entire working class of the country to fight out these policies at any cost. NFPE calls upon the entirety of  Postal and RMS employees including Gramin Dak Sewaks to rally behind the banner of joint plat form of Central Trade Unions and fight unitedly the unsought unleashed by the Narendra Modi Government.

Friday 26 September 2014

Wednesday 24 September 2014

IMPORTANT


MEENA AGARWAL
SECRETARY
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION
7CPC/99/RR/2014/1
Dated: 8th September, 2014
Dear

The 7th Central Pay Commission has been receiving a number of memoranda, representations from associations/federations as well as individual cadres on pay and related issues. As part of its working, the Commission is also hearing various groups of employees both in Delhi and during its visits outside Delhi.
2. One of the major issues raised before the Commission centres on the subject of parity. One aspect of parity manifests in how posts of a similar nature are placed. Certain cadres/category of employees have, in their deposition before the Commission, stated that there are cases when identical or similarly placed cadres/categories of employees in different Ministries/Departments are placed differentially in terms of pay and promotional prospects. 
3. With a view to examining and addressing this aspect of parity amongst apparently similarly placed cadres/posts, the Commission has devised a template to be filled in for posts being administered by your Department. The template seeks to elicit information that would be readily available in the Recruitment Rules for the concerned post(s)/cadres. In case your Department only operates posts involving common cadres like the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Central Secretariat Stenographers Service (CSSS), Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS), a NIL report may kindly be furnished to the Commission.
4. Since the Work of the Commission is time bound may I request that information as sought is furnished by 25 September 2014. Perhaps a copy of the RRs themselves could be sent as advance information.
Yours sincerely,
sd/-
(Meena Agarwal)


Monday 22 September 2014

RATES OF DEARNESS ALLOWANCE APPLICABLE W.E.F. 01.07.2014 TO THE EMPLOYEES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: ORDERS ISSUE BY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS.

PRODUCTIVITY LINKED BONUS FOR THE ACCOUNTING YEAR 2013-2014.



Saturday 20 September 2014

MACP ORDER ISSUED


POSTAL JCA WRITES TO FINANCE MINISTER & COMMUNICATION MINISTER FOR REMOVAL OF RS.3500/- CEILING AND 60 DAYS CAP ON PRODUCTIVITY LINKED BONUS FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES.


UPDATE ON GDS COURT CASE

 GDS COURT CASE
NEXT HEARING ON 08.02.2015. GDS CASE CAME UP FOR HEARING IN DELHI HIGH COURT ON 19.09.2014. COURT ADJOURNED THE CASE FOR NEXT HEARING ON 08.02.2015. GOVT. FILED COUNTER AFFIDAVIT LATE. REJOINDER AFFIDAVIT WILL BE FILED BY NFPE & AIPEU- GDS (NFPE) SHORTLY. WE HOPE THAT ARGUMENT WILL COMMENCE IN THE NEXT SITTING.



PAYMENT OF DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES REVISED RATES EFFECTIVE FROM 01.07.2014 (Click the link below for details)

JCA LEADERS MEETING WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD WITH MEMBER (O) DEPARTMENT OF POSTS  ON 18th SEPTEMBER 2014 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEXT DATE WILL BE INTIMATED LATER.

NEW PLI BROCHURE

Tuesday 16 September 2014

GRANT OF NON-PRODUCTIVITY LINKED BONUS (AD-HOC BONUS) TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR 2013-14
CHANGE OF INCUMBENCY
NOTICE FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE
  A Delegation of NFPE Leaders consisting Coms. R.N. Parashar, Secretary General , NFPE , Giriraj Singh  General Secretary R-III and R. Seethalaxmi General Secretary P-IV  met newly appointed Member(P) Shri Ashutosh Tripathi and Member (O) Shri John Samuel on 15t September, 2014 and greeted them on their promotion and discussed various issue related  to staff matters e.g. Cadre Restructuring , Postmen related  issue, RMS issues, posting of Director Shilong and Agartala , casual labourers wage revision, inclusion of GDS in 7th CPC  etc.  Both officers responded positively on all issues.
          Member (O) informed that meeting with both Federations (NFPE/FNPO) will be organized soon to discuss all the issues in detail.

CONFEDERATION STATE STUDY CAMP OF KERALA

Confederation’s state study camp of Kerala held at Pulamanthole in Malappuram District. Prof. C Raveendranath MLA inaugurated the camp and delivered his thoughts on “Saffronisation of neoliberal policies” Com. K K N Kutty, All India president of the confederation facilitated. Com. P Rajeev M P presented the subject ‘Corporatization of Media’ Renowned Malayalam Poet Sri. Alankode Leelakrishnan made a speech on the subject’ Devaluation and cultural unity in modern society’. Com. M Krishnan. Secretary General of the confederation took a class on the subject Problems of Central Government Employees and future programs. Dr. T N Seema, MP took another class of ‘Women in the globalized scenario’ A solo drama on the basis of the poems of renowned poetess   Sri. Sugathakumari was played by Com. T P Mansiya.
More than 200 delegates representing various organizations affiliated to the confederation represented the camp. The reception committee led by Com. P.K. Muaraleedharan, P Rishikesh Kumar. P Satish Chandran, M Thomas made elaborate arrangements for the successful conduct of the study camp. The camp held at a place of marvelous natural beauty.










Charter of Demand - Department invites PJCA (NFPE & FNPO) for preliminary discussions

No. 08/07/2014-SR
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(SR Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi, dated 16th September, 2014
To
            The Secretary General
            National Federation of Postal Employees
            Dada Ghosh Bhavan, 215/11
            New Patel Road
            New Delhi – 110 008
The Secretary General
Federation of National Postal Organization
Chambri No. CH 17-1-18
Atul Grove Road
New Delhi – 110 001
Dear Sir,
Subject: Programme of agitation by Postal Joint Council of Action (PJCA) comprising NFPE and FNPO for settlement of Charter of Demands submitted by them and their affiliated unions – meeting  – regarding.
Sir,
            In order to discuss the charter of demands with regard to the above said programme, Member (Operations) has kept a meeting with the Secretaries General, NFPE and FNPO in his chamber on Thursday, the 18/09/2014 from 0930 hrs. to 1030 hrs.  You are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend.
It is reiterated that only two Secretaries General may attend this meeting.
Yours faithfully,
(Arun Malik)
Director (SR & Legal)


Monday 15 September 2014

Draft Model Cadre Review Proposal- Dopt Orders

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                                 Sad Demise of Sri L.R.Pradhan ASP HQ Sambalpur Divn.

        Shri Lingaraj Pradhan, ASP(HQ), Divisional Office, Sambalpur passed away on 14.09.2014. Shri Pradhan was suffering from liver disease and was under treatment at Medanta-The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon(Haryana).

        AIPEU(Gr-C),Puri Divisional Branch Puri   mourns the sad demise of Shri Pradhan and expresses deep condolence to the bereaved family. May the departed soul rest in peace in heavenly abode.

National Cleanlines Drive --- Making Post Ofices Spotless, Presentable and Welcoming

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WORK BOOK RELEASED BY Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy

Saturday 13 September 2014

Shri Alok Saxena, DDG(PMU) and Secretary, Postal Services Board visited Ashoknagar MDG on 12.09.2014

 
Sri Alok Saxena, DDG ( middle ) with B Samal, Postmaster ( extreme right) , S C Barik, SSPOs, ( extreme left ),  K  Mallick, ASPOs(OD), Bhubaneswar Division ( right to DDG) and Prasant Patra, ASPOs from CO ( left to DDG)
After visit, Sri Alok Saxena recalling discussions made in the Workshop on 7th CPC by  AIPEU, CHQ in New Delhi on 25.05.2014 with B Samal, Postmaster  (B Samal, Postmaster  had  participated in the Workshop  as Divisional Secretary, Bhubaneswar & Shri Alok Saxena, DDG  had discussed issues to be placed in the draft memorandum to CPC )
Shri Alok Saxena, DDG, Viewing Ashoknagar MDG from outside  with B Samal, Postmaster

High Level Meeting of India Post Task Force Committee with Govt. of Odisha

High Level Meeting conducted on 12.09.2014 under the Chairmanship of Sri Gokul Ch. Pati, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Odisha
Post Offices to be included in programmes of common service delivery
Accommodation for Post Offices to be facilitated in the Rajiv Gandhi Sewa Kendras in Panchayat level
Agricultural seeds and accessories at subsidized rate to be supplied through Post offices
Cooperative, Finance, Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Department to sign MoU with India Post soon
Courtesy : The Samaj, 13th September, 2014

3% quota must for disabled in all government jobs including IAS: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday held that three per cent reservation for disabled people be given in all categories of government jobs including in appointments and promotions to IAS, while pulling up the Centre for "blocking" the very purpose of this empowering legislation by opposing it.

A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha said that people with disabilities have not got their due in the last 19 years despite the framing of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, which was passed in 1995.

 Additional solicitor general Pinky Anand, appearing for the Centre, contended that reservation cannot be given in case of promotion to Group A and Group B officers category as it is not a case of appointment.

The bench, however, observed that appointment is a broader concept and the Centre is giving a narrow interpretation of it.



"You are frustrating the very reservation policy and cause of class for which Parliament passed the law," the bench said.

"For the last 19 years it is not being implemented and the class, for which the legislation was made, had not got benefited as it should have," the bench said.

The court dismissed the petition of the Centre challenging an order of Bombay high court which had directed the Centre and the Union Public Service Commission to implement 3 per cent quota in direct recruitment and promotions for the disabled in the IAS. 
 

Friday 12 September 2014

"Donate generously to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund"

PM appeals to fellow countrymen to stand in solidarity with distressed flood affected people in Jammu and Kashmir
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a fervent appeal to all the citizens to donate generously to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund today. He made an appeal to all fellow countrymen to stand in solidarity with distressed flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir and be part of the national effort to support them in this hour of crisis.

The full text of the appeal is as under:-
"My Fellow Citizens, You are all aware that unprecedented floods have caused havoc in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. A large number of persons have died or have been temporarily displaced. Property and infrastructure worth crores of rupees have been damaged. Our fellow countrymen in Jammu and Kashmir need our help at this critical hour to tide over the calamity and to rebuild their lives.

The Central Government is extending full cooperation to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in the measures for rescue, relief and rehabilitation besides, direct assistance to the affected people. I request all fellow countrymen to stand shoulder to shoulder with our distressed brothers and sisters in Jammu and Kashmir and be part of the national effort to support them in this hour of crisis.

I appeal to all citizens to donate generously to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund."

Payment Details:

Payment may be made by cheque/draft/cash in the name of "Prime Minister's National Relief Fund" and sent to the Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi-110011. As per directions on the subject the nationalized banks will not charge any commission on preparation of drafts favouring the PMNRF.

Online Contributions can be made through the website of Prime Minister's Office i.e. https://pmnrf.gov.in/payform.php


Contributions can also be made directly in the account of Prime Minister's National Relief Fund at any of the branches of the following banks:

Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Citi Bank, Cooperation Bank, Dena Bank, HDFC bank, ICICI bank, IDBI Bank Limited, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab and Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, State Bank of India, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, United Bank of India, Vijaya Bank and Yes Bank Limited.

Contributions can also be sent through Money Orders with no commission chargeable. Contributions to the PMNRF have been notified for 100% deduction from taxable income under Section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act.
Source : PIB


POSTAL JCA MEETING ON 25.09.2014
Postal JCA Meeting (NFPE & FNPO) will be held on 25.09.2014 at NFPE office, New Delhi at 04:00 PM. All General Secretaries of NFPE & FNPO affiliated unions/associations are requested to attend the meeting. Detailed review and planning regarding the successful implementation of the Nationwide agitational programmes of the Central JCA, especially the December 10th 2014 Parliament March, will be made in the meeting.
(R. N. Parashar)                                          (D. Theagarajan)
Secretary General                                      Secretary General
NFPE                                                              FNPO
CONFEDERATION NATIONAL SECRETARIAT MEETING
The National Secretariat Meeting of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers will be held at New Delhi (NFPE office) on 26.09.2014 at 05:00 PM. All National Secretariat members available at Head Quarters are requested to attend the meeting. (The National Secretariat meeting held earlier has authorized the Head Quarters office bearers to finalize agitational programmes for realization of the Charter of Demands. This meeting is being held as per the above decision).
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Confederation

PRE-2006 PENSIONERS - FIXATION CASE

1.      After reading our earlier website write up (Sl.2) on the above subject, some readers have sought the details of the case.
2.      The facts of the case briefly stated are as under:
         a)    The VI CPC in para 5.1.47 of their report recommended that the fixation of revised pension as per the table given by them “will be subject to the provision that the revised pension, in no case, shall be lower than fifty percent of sum of the minimum of the pay in the pay band and the grade pay thereon corresponding to the prerevised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired”.
         b)    The Government of India in their Resolution No.38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 29-8-2008 accepted the above proviso by reproducing it per verbatim at item 12 of the statement showing the relevant recommendations and decision of the Government thereon (vide Annexure to the said Resolution).
         c)    In Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare O.M No.38/37/08 P&PW dated 1-9-2008 same proviso has been incorporated at para 4.2 thereof.
         d)    The Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare through their clarificatory O.M. No.38/37/08 - P&PW (A) pt. 1 dated 3-10-2008 however modified the para 4.2 of their OM dated 1-9-2008 as under:
                 The pension calculated at 50% of the minimum of pay in the pay band plus grade pay would be calculated (i) at the minimum pay in the pay band (irrespective of the prerevised scale of pay from which the pensioner is retired) plus grade pay corresponding to the prerevised pay scale.”
         e)    In other words in all cases it would be minimum pay of the pay band which would be taken and not the minimum pay in the pay band corresponding to the pre revised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired.
         f)     This clarification was challenged by the Central Government SAG (S-29) Pensioners Association in Principal Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (vide O.A. No.655/2010). Hon’ble Tribunal in their order dated 1-11-2011 quashed the above clarificatory order of Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare dated 3-10-2008 and directed the respondents refix the pension of all pre 2006 retirees with effect from 1-1-2006 based on Government Resolution dates 29-8-2008.
         g)   Government of India challenged the above decision of the said Tribunal before Delhi High Court vide WP (C) No.1535/2012 which was dismissed by the High Court vide their order dated 29-4-2013 upholding the decision of the Tribunal.
                Government of India then filed the following S.L. Ps etc.
                (i)    SLP (C) No.23055/2013 dismissed on 29-7-2013.
                (ii)   Review Petition (C) No.2492/2013 dismissed on 12-11-2013.
                (iii)  Curative Petition (C) No.126/2014 dismissed on 30-4-2014.
                Thus the CAT verdict dated 1-11-2011 attained legal finality.
                On 15-5-2014 the Hon’ble CAT Principal Bench New Delhi disposed of the contempt petition No.158/2012 directing the Union of India to implement the directions of the Tribunal expeditiously, preferably within three months”.
3.      The Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare in their letter No.38/77-A/09-P&PW(A) dated 29-5-2014 written to the Secretary of Petitioner Associaiton (Central Govt. SAG (S-29) Pensioners Association) has stated that as per the directions of Hon’ble CAT their order dated 1-11-2011 is required to be implemented “only in respect of Petitioners in O.A. No.655/2010 and not in respect of all pre 2006 retirees as per the Tribunals order dated 1-11-2011.
         
          There is no such direction that it should be implemented only in respect of Petitioners. May be that Government Advocate had indicated that Government is willing to implement the judgment qua petitioners but the Tribunal had disposed of the contempt Petition by directing the Union of India to implement their directions dated 1-11-2011 expeditiously.
4.      It will not be out of place to mention here that in response to answer to Lok Sabha unstarred question No.3406 Govt. replied that  the above directions of the CAT Principal Bench had already been implemented in respect of all pre 2006 retirees but from an arbitrarily fixed date of 24-9-2012 (vide Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare O.M. F.No.38/40/12 P&PW(A) dated 28-1-2013) This order was not restricted only to members of the Petitioners Association. Accordingly the direction to implement it wef 1-1-2006 issued by the CAT has to be implemented in respect of all pre 2006 retirees also.

M. Krishnan
                                                                                                               Secretary General
Confederation
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