Serious and burning demands of Postal Group ‘C’

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION – GROUP ‘C’
NATIONAL UNION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES - GROUP ‘C’
CENTRAL HEQDQUARTERS, NEW DELHI

Ref: P3/JCA/01/2008 Dated 09.01.2008

To
Shri.I.M.G.Khan,
Secretary,
Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan,
New Delhi 110 001

Sir,
Sub: - Indifferent attitude in settling the serious and burning demands of Postal Group ‘C' employees
It is constrained to note that despite our repeated requests and demands to settle the burning problems concerning the Group ‘C’ employees through various correspondences and also in person, the genuine problems are not addressed so far.

Adding fuels to fire, the Directorate has caused ;instructions to all the Circle Heads to disturb the FTP qualified officials from their present position and post them in delivery offices thereby causing unwarranted disturbances and placements in the middle of the tenure. The discrimination within the LSG as if regular and FTP is deplorable. This instruction is violative to the principles of R.T- request transfer and connected statutory rules.

When we are pleading to set right the irregularities in the notional promotion in LSG cadre and accord HSG II/ HSG I promotion with retrospective effect since April 2007 as assured, it is still in initial stage in many circles. The affected seniors are retiring from service without availing due promotions. The irregularities in the notional promotion accorded in Orissa Circle have not been rectified so far.

The assurances given in resolving the shortage problem like allowing retired personnel to work in absenteeism, grant of incentive to WMT, RPLI, PLI work etc., liberal grant of OLTA to operative staff and allotment of sufficient funds for clearance of pending bills have not been implemented in true spirit.

The serious and sensitive problem related to filling up of residual vacancies has not been implemented in many Circles despite repeated assurances and the officials become victim of shortage. The assurance in withdrawing the retrograde orders of postponing the BCR promotion to those declined LSG promotion has also not been implemented. There are hump teen number of discussions we had on this issue.

Similarly, the assurances given in withdrawing the orders banning posting of Group‘C’ official in single handed offices only once in the whole service has not been brought in to action. The plight of the PO & RMS Accounts qualified officials is still in doldrums and despite various judicial pronouncements to adhere the LSG Accountant Recruitment Rules 1976 and accord APM Accounts promotion, this has not been taken any note of. We have been frustrated to put forth the case many times resulted in futile.

In spite of non creation of System Administrators posts and non providing better perks and pay scales based on the job nature but treated them just as the Postal Assistants and utilized them optimumly in implementation of computerization in the Post Offices, the sarcastic and insanity remarks contained in Directorate letter No. 44-05/2004 – Tech – KW dt. 22.10.07 that ‘the permission to System Administrator to access databases is dangerous’ causes serious wound. The impracticable order without any field knowledge causes irreparable hurt to the exploited categories of System Administrators working hard for computerization in Post Offices over a decade.

Therefore, we have decided to launch series of Trade Union Programmes culminating to stoppage of work, if our genuine demands are not immediately resolved besides withdrawing the retrograde orders issues on LSG postings, and System Administrators. The twenty point’s charter of demands is enclosed herewith.

It is requested to sort out the issues, implement the assurances and withdraw the arbitrary, unilateral anti worker orders affecting the morale, hard work and honesty and ensure peace.

Seeking immediate response.

Yours faithfully,

sd/ D. Kishan Rao sd/ K.V.Sridharan
General Secretary General Secretary
NUPE Group ‘C’ AIPEU Group ‘C’

sd/ D. Kishan Rao sd/ K.V.Sridharan
General Secretary General Secretary
NUPE Group ‘C’ AIPEU Group ‘C’