Gross injustice and discrimination against Gramin Dak-

GDS/CHQ/10/6/2008 Dated: 16-10-2008
To,

Dr, Manmohan Singh,
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,
Government of India,
New Delhi – 110001

Sub;-Gross injustice and discrimination against Gramin Dak-
Sevak employees of the Department of Posts.


Respected Sir,

All Postal employees in the department of Posts including the Gramin Dak Sevaks ¼formerly known as Extra Departmental Agents½ are covered under productivity linked scheme of bonus. In the bonus formula the work and production of Gramin Dak Sevak employees are taken into account to compute total productivity and the G.D.S. employees are taken into account for computation of personnel to assess the percentage of productivity. Though the bonus paid to G.D.S. employees is termed as exgratia bonus it is based on productivity and both departmental and Gramin Dak Sevaks are covered under the same formula and scheme. There is neither separate scheme nor separate formula nor separate rule for bonus to G.D.S. employees. They are also liable to the same ceiling of Pay for calculation of bonus as any other employee. In short the G.D.S. employees are covered under the productivity linked bonus scheme.

The Government have increased the pay-limit ceiling for calculation ऑफ़ बोनुस टोरस 3500 from Rs.2500 vide Ministry of Finance, Department of expenditure O.M. No.7(23)/E.III-A/2007 dated 10.10.2008. This benefit has to be extended to the G.D.S. employees as well as per the scheme. But the bureaucracy in the Department as Posts has inflicted grave injustice and discrimination in the most callous way against the Gramin Dak Sevaks spread all over the country in the rural areas by issuing orders for payment of bonus on enhanced pay ceiling to so called Departmental employees only vide letter No 26-14/2008-PAP dated 15.10.2008.

This grave injustice has resulted in serious resentment in the three lac G.D.S. employees. We, in order to fight this injustice are compelled to launch country wide agitation and indefinite hunger strike from 16.10.2008.

The under signed along with other colleagues shall under take INDEFINITE FAST in front of Dak-Bhawan from 16.10.2008 till the injustice is settled.

We, therefore, request your kind honour to intervene effectively on behalf of the low ranking G.D.S. employees to erase this injustice.

With profound regards,

Yours faithfully,

sd/-
S.S.Mahadevaiah,
General Secretary.

Copy forwarded to;- The Secretary, Department of Posts, New Delhi-110001 for necessary action to settle the gross injustice.


S.S.Mahadevaiah,
General Secretary.