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ALL INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS UNION
(AIGDSU)
(Central
Head Quarter)
First
Floor, Post Office Building, Padamnagar, Delhi 110007
President: M.
Rajangam
General Secretary
S.S. Mahadevaiah
Letter
No. GDS/72 /01/2015 Dated: 5/02/2015
To
The Secretary,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhavan,
New Delhi-110001
Subject:- Strike notice of
this union on three point Charter of
demands.
Ref:- Your office Letter No. 08/01/2015-SR dated 19.02.2015
Sir,
We have gone through the letter under
reference very attentively. We feel that the following facts are relevant and
justify our demands.
Item 1. The rules and restrictions pertain to the
period when the Branch Post offices had limited work to perform. Now the Gramin
Dak Sevaks are laden with verities of work which they perform with credit. The
Branch offices now generate sufficient revenue, if all kinds of work are taken
into account. It is not a fact that the recommendation of Justice Talwar
Committee were entirely dismissed. The pay scales and annual increments along
with retirement benefits are the path breaking recommendations of Justice
Talwar Committee which were accepted. The rejection of the recommendation does
not mean negation of justification. On the other hand Sri Nataraja Murti has hit
at the root of our cases by changing the conduct and employment rules into
Conduct & Engagement rules. In Nataraja Murti Committee we have had a
bitter experience. The whole of nation has great confidence in judges of High
Court and Supreme Court. Even retired Judge head many committees. Therefore the
department should not express no-confidence in a retired judge and rely on its
own man.
Item 2. The question is not as to a reference to
the Pay Commission. The question is what in case attempts to include the GDS
issues into the terms of reference of the 7th Pay Commission fail.
In that case we are of firm opinion that the department should honour its
commitment to appoint an one man committee under the Chairmanship of a retired
Judge of the Supreme Court or a High Court. And on that account as per the
decision of our working committee there can be no comprise.
Item 3. We know the fate of the departments and
their employees that have since been corporatized. The recommendations of the
Task Force being under consideration is no remedy. We want the department and
the employees to be saved from the pangs of corporatization.
We hope that the department will
consider the issues dispassionately and accept our demands so that the strike
actions is avoided which painful decision we have taken resort to after deep
deliberations and considerations.
With regards,
Yours faithfully
(S.S. Mahadevaiah)
General Secretary
