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
FLASHNEWS
CHILD
CARE LEAVE - MINIMUM PERIOD OF 15 DAYS CONDITION REMOVED
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