All India association of inspectors & Asstt. Supdt. Of post offices
Assam circle branch :: Guwahati – 781001
Ref.AIA/IP & ASP/ Assam/2010 Dated at Guwahati the 10-01-10
To
All the Members of AIA 0f IPs & ASPs
Assam Circle,
Sub. GB Meeting at Guwahati on 31st January 2010
Dear Friends,
After CWC Meeting held at Guwahati on 6-9-2009, we did not meet together. We have lot of items to be discussed for the benefit of the members of our association. It is felt that a GB meeting is urgently required to discuss those items. Fortunately all our members are coming to Guwahati on 31st January 2010 . It is therefore proposed to hold the GB Meeting of our association on 31st January 2010 . All the members are requested to attend the meeting to make it a grand success.
Date of Meeting : 31st January 2010
Venue : PTC Guwahati
Time : 1300 hrs
Agenda : (i) Discussion on Grade Pay of IPs/ASPs
(ii)Discussion on AIC to be held at Delhi in the month of April
(iii)Discussion on Bi-annual Conference of Circle Branch
(iv)Discussion on Payment of Salary through Bank Account
(v) Discussion on enhancement of fees of Recreation Club
(vi) Misc. if any with the permission of the chair.
Yours sincerely
(Giri Kanta Deka)
Circle Secretary
GS- News
1. All IP/ ASP and SP will get laptop.Postal Directorate is now selecting the Vendors to supply Laptop to all IP/ ASP and SPs. The selection of Vendors will be completed on 25.1.2010.
2. The File of GP for IP & ASP is still lying at MoF. Our GS is perusing the case.
2. The File of GP for IP & ASP is still lying at MoF. Our GS is perusing the case.
Movement of GP File to MoF
Discussion on revision of Grade Pay and merger of the posts IP/ASP/P.S.Gr. “B” between DoP and our Association
General Secretary was invited for holding discussion on the issue of revision of Grade Pay to IPs from Rs. 4200/- to Rs.4600/- . General Secretary along with Shri S.Ravi CHQ Treasurer and Shri Hari Prasad, former Circle Secretary, Rajasthan Circle participated in the discussion on 04.01.2010. Shri A.K.Sharma DDG (Est) and Shri Rameshwar Rao ADG (Est) represented the Department.
It was argued by the Dept. that IPs were not on the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 as on 1.1.2006. But it was rebutted and made it clear by us that IPs were on Rs.6500/- as on 1.1.2006. Their pay scale was revised, pay fixation done and arrears also drawn as on 1.1.2006. Hence IPs are eligible for revision of Grade Pay as per the orders of MoF memo. Dt. 13.11.2009. It was accepted by the Dept.
Then it was stressed by the Dept. that as per the orders of MoF memo. Dt 13.11.2009 the post of IP and ASP should be merged. Also the Dept. putforth an alternative suggestion of merger of ASP with P.S.Gr. “B”. But we strongly objected to it. We argued that there are only 2 categories in this cadre and if these two posts are merged then our promotional avenue will be closed for ever. Further ASP is a Gazetted cadre which cannot be merged with non-gazetted post of IP which amount to de-promotion. At present an IP will get his promotion to ASP after 10 years of service in IP cadre. Then he has to wait for another 18 years as ASP to get his promotion to P.S. Gr. “B”. If merger is accepted an IP has to wait for a minimum of 25 years to get his next promotion to P.S. Gr. “B”. In other cadres there are so many stages for promotion and they enjoy the benefit of increment in every stage. Such opportunity should be available for IPs also. At present an IP hardly reach P.S. Gr “B”. Many of us retire as ASP only. A few people reach P.S. Gr. “B”. That too they retire before getting non-functional Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/-. Hence it is not acceptable the merger proposal which is detrimental to our promotion. The Dept. side was then convinced and agreed to our following demands.
1. Upgradation of Grade Pay of IP from Rs.4200/- to Rs. 4600/-.
2. Upgradation of Grade Pay ofASP from Rs.4600/- to Rs. 4800/-.
3. Upgradation of Grade Pay of PS Gr. “B” from Rs.4800/- to Rs. 5400/-.
With these recommendations the file is moving to MoF for concurrence. I also met Secretary (Posts) and Member (P) on 04.01.2010 and discussed the issue and they are in favour of us. The progress is being closely monitored.
General Secretary was invited for holding discussion on the issue of revision of Grade Pay to IPs from Rs. 4200/- to Rs.4600/- . General Secretary along with Shri S.Ravi CHQ Treasurer and Shri Hari Prasad, former Circle Secretary, Rajasthan Circle participated in the discussion on 04.01.2010. Shri A.K.Sharma DDG (Est) and Shri Rameshwar Rao ADG (Est) represented the Department.
It was argued by the Dept. that IPs were not on the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 as on 1.1.2006. But it was rebutted and made it clear by us that IPs were on Rs.6500/- as on 1.1.2006. Their pay scale was revised, pay fixation done and arrears also drawn as on 1.1.2006. Hence IPs are eligible for revision of Grade Pay as per the orders of MoF memo. Dt. 13.11.2009. It was accepted by the Dept.
Then it was stressed by the Dept. that as per the orders of MoF memo. Dt 13.11.2009 the post of IP and ASP should be merged. Also the Dept. putforth an alternative suggestion of merger of ASP with P.S.Gr. “B”. But we strongly objected to it. We argued that there are only 2 categories in this cadre and if these two posts are merged then our promotional avenue will be closed for ever. Further ASP is a Gazetted cadre which cannot be merged with non-gazetted post of IP which amount to de-promotion. At present an IP will get his promotion to ASP after 10 years of service in IP cadre. Then he has to wait for another 18 years as ASP to get his promotion to P.S. Gr. “B”. If merger is accepted an IP has to wait for a minimum of 25 years to get his next promotion to P.S. Gr. “B”. In other cadres there are so many stages for promotion and they enjoy the benefit of increment in every stage. Such opportunity should be available for IPs also. At present an IP hardly reach P.S. Gr “B”. Many of us retire as ASP only. A few people reach P.S. Gr. “B”. That too they retire before getting non-functional Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/-. Hence it is not acceptable the merger proposal which is detrimental to our promotion. The Dept. side was then convinced and agreed to our following demands.
1. Upgradation of Grade Pay of IP from Rs.4200/- to Rs. 4600/-.
2. Upgradation of Grade Pay ofASP from Rs.4600/- to Rs. 4800/-.
3. Upgradation of Grade Pay of PS Gr. “B” from Rs.4800/- to Rs. 5400/-.
With these recommendations the file is moving to MoF for concurrence. I also met Secretary (Posts) and Member (P) on 04.01.2010 and discussed the issue and they are in favour of us. The progress is being closely monitored.
Justice Denied
Justice Denied
The Sixth Central Pay Commission
seemingly set right the anomaly in the pay
scales of Inspector and Assistant
Superintendent of Posts that had become
pronounced by the unilateral decision of the
Govt. to upgrade the Pay scales of the
analogous cadre of Inspectors in the CBDT and
CBEC. The Commission rightly recognized the
need to keep parity with the analogous cadres
and accordingly recommended in par 7.6.14
upgradation of the pre-revised pay scales of
Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Posts
by one step ahead.
The cadre of Inspector Posts has been
subjected to humiliation at very frequent
intervals. When the Fourth Pay commission‘s
recommendations were implemented, the
Inspector‘s pay scale and the status enjoyed by
them suffered a set back due to downgrading
their pay scale and making it almost equal to the
pay scale of the operative LSG staff. It took
Herculean efforts for more than one decade and
the genuine anomaly could be set right only by
the Fifth Pay Commission headed by Justice
Rathinavel Pandian and the glory and unique
status held by the Inspectors was once again
restored to its right place. Here again, though
the Department of Posts was convinced about
the need to upgrade the pay scale of Inspector
Posts, very little effective steps were taken to
remedy the anomaly in time and the cadre of
Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts
were made to suffer the ignominy for more than
a decade.
The apathy of the Department of Posts
towards the cadre of Inspector Posts is very
much explicit in the way the Department has
handled the matters relating to this cadre in the
past three decades. Our Association has been
rightly projecting the deficiencies and the
ineffective approach to the problems. This cadre
is made to fight for its genuine rights and most
often none of them are conceded and even if
certain basic things are accepted, the same is
not implemented in right earnest. This cadre
has not had the benefit of more than one cadre
review, though the rules provided for periodical
review of the promotional opportunities available
to them. It would be a lengthy repetition to
recall every step taken by our Association to
Page Subject
3 Promotion to PS Group ‗B‘
7 IP—Grade Pay
14 Important Rulings
19 RTI cases
26 Circle News
27 New developments
29 PSI Activities
34 Merger of IP & ASP cadre
Page 2
implement the accepted recommendations of Second Cadre Review since 1989 and we wonder whether it would be implemented at all. The entire exercise was to improve the career growth of the Inspectors which started to deteriorate after 1980s. Even though the position has grown from bad to worse, the Department could not take any conclusive step to implement the same in the manner best suited to the present situation. But the Department did not lag behind to take care of the interests of IPoS officers by constituting six cadre review committees and implementing the tailor made recommendations forthwith. The result, several of our seniors have not even reached the level of P.S. Gr. B even after serving as Inspector and Assistant superintendent Posts for more than 25 years. Even for getting the due Gazetted status to Assistant superintendent Posts, we had to fight for nearly a decade, even though similar status was conferred on analogous cadres in other Departments.
The Department loses no time to acknowledge that it is the cadre of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts who constitute the back bone only to extract unlimited work from these cadres to successfully implement all the new business ventures. The norms for creation of posts have been thrown to the wind and the Inspectors have been made to procure business for Rural PLI and other business initiatives. The additional time spent by the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents do have a telling negative impact on the quality of other operative services offered by the Department. But the Department realises a little on this aspect. At least the Department should have come to the rescue of the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts in securing their dignity and honour and parity about the pay scales.
The cadre of Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Posts is once again at the mercy of the Department of Posts and the Ministry of Finance to set right the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the recommendations of Sixth CPC and the subsequent (latest) orders issued by the MOF in their OM dated 13.11.2009 and 16.11.2009. The recommendations of Sixth CPC to place Inspector Posts on par with Inspectors of CBT/CBEC and Assistants of CSS in the pre-revised scale of pay has been duly accepted by the Govt. We have already brought to the notice of the Department the injustice done to the cadre of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts compared to the equivalent posts in Accounts line and we have sought higher Grade Pay of Rs 4600/- for Inspector Posts and Rs 4800/- for Assistant Superintendent Posts. The Govt. has considered the demand of Inspectors in CBDT/CBEC and Assistants in CSS for an upward revision of their Grade Pay from Rs 4200/- to Rs 4600/-and issued orders on 13.11.2009 and 16.11.2009 with retrospective effect. But the demand made by the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts to the Department of Posts is still to be studied and considered. Though our Association has taken prompt steps to highlight the anomalies, the Department is yet to consider the various options available and settle the same quickly. The inordinate delay in clinching the issue in time would ultimately have drastic impact in the long run leading to losing the parity with analogous cadres which the Sixth Pay Commission felt was justified and accordingly was so gracious to concede.
Unmindful of the enormous work load, this cadre continues to give its best to the Department. But the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts have no second opinion that the Department treats them in a step motherly fashion. We pin our hopes on the present Secretary Posts to clinch the issue favourably, lest the parity achieved would fade away in course of time.
/S. Samuel/
General Secretary
The Sixth Central Pay Commission
seemingly set right the anomaly in the pay
scales of Inspector and Assistant
Superintendent of Posts that had become
pronounced by the unilateral decision of the
Govt. to upgrade the Pay scales of the
analogous cadre of Inspectors in the CBDT and
CBEC. The Commission rightly recognized the
need to keep parity with the analogous cadres
and accordingly recommended in par 7.6.14
upgradation of the pre-revised pay scales of
Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Posts
by one step ahead.
The cadre of Inspector Posts has been
subjected to humiliation at very frequent
intervals. When the Fourth Pay commission‘s
recommendations were implemented, the
Inspector‘s pay scale and the status enjoyed by
them suffered a set back due to downgrading
their pay scale and making it almost equal to the
pay scale of the operative LSG staff. It took
Herculean efforts for more than one decade and
the genuine anomaly could be set right only by
the Fifth Pay Commission headed by Justice
Rathinavel Pandian and the glory and unique
status held by the Inspectors was once again
restored to its right place. Here again, though
the Department of Posts was convinced about
the need to upgrade the pay scale of Inspector
Posts, very little effective steps were taken to
remedy the anomaly in time and the cadre of
Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts
were made to suffer the ignominy for more than
a decade.
The apathy of the Department of Posts
towards the cadre of Inspector Posts is very
much explicit in the way the Department has
handled the matters relating to this cadre in the
past three decades. Our Association has been
rightly projecting the deficiencies and the
ineffective approach to the problems. This cadre
is made to fight for its genuine rights and most
often none of them are conceded and even if
certain basic things are accepted, the same is
not implemented in right earnest. This cadre
has not had the benefit of more than one cadre
review, though the rules provided for periodical
review of the promotional opportunities available
to them. It would be a lengthy repetition to
recall every step taken by our Association to
Page Subject
3 Promotion to PS Group ‗B‘
7 IP—Grade Pay
14 Important Rulings
19 RTI cases
26 Circle News
27 New developments
29 PSI Activities
34 Merger of IP & ASP cadre
Page 2
implement the accepted recommendations of Second Cadre Review since 1989 and we wonder whether it would be implemented at all. The entire exercise was to improve the career growth of the Inspectors which started to deteriorate after 1980s. Even though the position has grown from bad to worse, the Department could not take any conclusive step to implement the same in the manner best suited to the present situation. But the Department did not lag behind to take care of the interests of IPoS officers by constituting six cadre review committees and implementing the tailor made recommendations forthwith. The result, several of our seniors have not even reached the level of P.S. Gr. B even after serving as Inspector and Assistant superintendent Posts for more than 25 years. Even for getting the due Gazetted status to Assistant superintendent Posts, we had to fight for nearly a decade, even though similar status was conferred on analogous cadres in other Departments.
The Department loses no time to acknowledge that it is the cadre of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts who constitute the back bone only to extract unlimited work from these cadres to successfully implement all the new business ventures. The norms for creation of posts have been thrown to the wind and the Inspectors have been made to procure business for Rural PLI and other business initiatives. The additional time spent by the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents do have a telling negative impact on the quality of other operative services offered by the Department. But the Department realises a little on this aspect. At least the Department should have come to the rescue of the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts in securing their dignity and honour and parity about the pay scales.
The cadre of Inspector and Assistant Superintendent Posts is once again at the mercy of the Department of Posts and the Ministry of Finance to set right the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the recommendations of Sixth CPC and the subsequent (latest) orders issued by the MOF in their OM dated 13.11.2009 and 16.11.2009. The recommendations of Sixth CPC to place Inspector Posts on par with Inspectors of CBT/CBEC and Assistants of CSS in the pre-revised scale of pay has been duly accepted by the Govt. We have already brought to the notice of the Department the injustice done to the cadre of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts compared to the equivalent posts in Accounts line and we have sought higher Grade Pay of Rs 4600/- for Inspector Posts and Rs 4800/- for Assistant Superintendent Posts. The Govt. has considered the demand of Inspectors in CBDT/CBEC and Assistants in CSS for an upward revision of their Grade Pay from Rs 4200/- to Rs 4600/-and issued orders on 13.11.2009 and 16.11.2009 with retrospective effect. But the demand made by the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts to the Department of Posts is still to be studied and considered. Though our Association has taken prompt steps to highlight the anomalies, the Department is yet to consider the various options available and settle the same quickly. The inordinate delay in clinching the issue in time would ultimately have drastic impact in the long run leading to losing the parity with analogous cadres which the Sixth Pay Commission felt was justified and accordingly was so gracious to concede.
Unmindful of the enormous work load, this cadre continues to give its best to the Department. But the Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts have no second opinion that the Department treats them in a step motherly fashion. We pin our hopes on the present Secretary Posts to clinch the issue favourably, lest the parity achieved would fade away in course of time.
/S. Samuel/
General Secretary
IPASP-
What have we done for the Association?
Often we feel tired. We are over worked. We silently suffer harassment, human right/trade
union rights violation in the hands of higher officers. We face threatening words, charge
sheet and oral/written warnings daily. Many of our DPS/PMG/CPMG behave indecently. They
abuse IPs/ASPs in front of our subordinates. Some of these officers make use of OLIC meeting
to abuse IPs/ASPs only. Some of these officers go to the extent of using filthy language
against our cadre. We know these violations are liable to be condemned. But we do not do it.
Because, there is no awareness among our cadre. The Association holds meetings, training
programme, group meetings and workshop to create awareness about Trade Union Rights,
ILO Conventions and Misuse of Conduct Rules. But we are not ready to make use of it.The
Association provides opportunity to build up our strength and knowledge to challenge such
indecent behaviour of higher officers. But we evade such opportunities taking some excuses.
At the same time if higher officers call for working on Saturdays/Sundays and holidays and
even odd hours, we are ready to comply without any excuse. They extract all sort of work by
giving false promises. They exploit us all the time. They force us to achieve target by hook
and crook. We achieve the target; they get promotion. They increase the number of posts of
DPS, PMG and Members. What do we get in turn? We are faithful to the department. We work
day and night. We do not bother about our family, our own health and even our Association.
Many of us suffer from serious health problems. Many of our friends died of heart attack because
of tension created by these officers. But these officers are not grateful to this cadre.
How many of them have recommended to the department to upgrade the grade pay of IP/ASP
to Rs 4600/ 4800?. None ! We must identify these officers and give them fitting response. We
cannot do it individually. But as an Association we are strong enough to return them in the
same coin. We have to learn more. We have to understand our weakness. We have to participate
actively in the Association meetings and programmes. We have to improve our strength,
skill, knowledge and awareness. We must set aside the differences. We should respect our
leadership. We must strengthen the hands of leadership to fight and achieve our rights. We
have to strengthen our unity. We must be ready to join the struggle whenever there is a call
from the Association. If we involve ourselves in the Association activities, we have the satisfaction
that we have done something to our Association!
Often we feel tired. We are over worked. We silently suffer harassment, human right/trade
union rights violation in the hands of higher officers. We face threatening words, charge
sheet and oral/written warnings daily. Many of our DPS/PMG/CPMG behave indecently. They
abuse IPs/ASPs in front of our subordinates. Some of these officers make use of OLIC meeting
to abuse IPs/ASPs only. Some of these officers go to the extent of using filthy language
against our cadre. We know these violations are liable to be condemned. But we do not do it.
Because, there is no awareness among our cadre. The Association holds meetings, training
programme, group meetings and workshop to create awareness about Trade Union Rights,
ILO Conventions and Misuse of Conduct Rules. But we are not ready to make use of it.The
Association provides opportunity to build up our strength and knowledge to challenge such
indecent behaviour of higher officers. But we evade such opportunities taking some excuses.
At the same time if higher officers call for working on Saturdays/Sundays and holidays and
even odd hours, we are ready to comply without any excuse. They extract all sort of work by
giving false promises. They exploit us all the time. They force us to achieve target by hook
and crook. We achieve the target; they get promotion. They increase the number of posts of
DPS, PMG and Members. What do we get in turn? We are faithful to the department. We work
day and night. We do not bother about our family, our own health and even our Association.
Many of us suffer from serious health problems. Many of our friends died of heart attack because
of tension created by these officers. But these officers are not grateful to this cadre.
How many of them have recommended to the department to upgrade the grade pay of IP/ASP
to Rs 4600/ 4800?. None ! We must identify these officers and give them fitting response. We
cannot do it individually. But as an Association we are strong enough to return them in the
same coin. We have to learn more. We have to understand our weakness. We have to participate
actively in the Association meetings and programmes. We have to improve our strength,
skill, knowledge and awareness. We must set aside the differences. We should respect our
leadership. We must strengthen the hands of leadership to fight and achieve our rights. We
have to strengthen our unity. We must be ready to join the struggle whenever there is a call
from the Association. If we involve ourselves in the Association activities, we have the satisfaction
that we have done something to our Association!
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