GDS/CHQ/41/1 /2009 Dated: 21 - 01-2009
Shri A. Raja,
Hon'ble Minister of Communications & IT,
Government of India,
Electro Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110003
Sub;- Report of the G.D.S. Committee under Sri, R.S.Nataraja Murti – Affirmative action taken by you to end the strike of the Gramin Dak Sevaks – implementation of assurances.
Respected Sir,
A kind reference is invited to our letter of even No. dated 22.12.2008 on the above subject in which we have expressed our hearty thanks to you for the affirmative action taken by you to end the strike and for an agreement. We had addressed a similar letter to the Secretary, Department of Posts, extending our thanks for the affirmative action taken by the Secretary. We have now received a letter signed by one Assistant Director General that the Department does not subscribe to our letter and a copy of our letter has been forwarded to Sri, P.K. Gopinath, Chairman of the Group of Officers for his views. We donot know why Sri P.K.Gopinath is being dragged here when the agreement was reached between the Secretary and our Union. The letter and spirit of the letter shows that it has not been written on direction from the high ups in the Postal administrative achelon. We are enclosing a copy of this letter No. 6-1/2008-PE I dated 14.1.2009.
Sir, we donot understand what part of our letter the Department does not subscribe to. It is not also clear whether the department is working out for a escape gate to back out of the agreement or whether some body in the department is unduly involving himself and trying to scuttle the agreement and peace and to create an atmosphere of confusion and confrontation. We, on our part stood true to our commitment and withdrew the strike forth with. Now, it is the turn of the Department to implement its part of the agreement.
We, respectfully, request you kindly to intervene and ensure that the assurances are implemented early and that confusion should not be created to delay the implementation.
We need hardly emphasise that the 2.8 lakhs of the Gramin Dak Sevaks are looking very impatiently to the implementation of the assurance and each day of delay creates a shadow of doubt and frustration which needs to be arrested.
We hope your honour will kindly intervene emphatically for early issue of order and in any way by the end of February 2008.
With profound regards,
Yours faithfully,
(S.S. Mahadevaiah)
General Secretary.
GDS/CHQ/41/1 /2008 Dated: 22-1-2009
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy
Secretary
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan
New Delhi – 110001
Subject: - Report of the G.D.S. Committee under Sri R.S. Nataraja Murti--affirmative action to end the strike of the Gramin Dak Sevak employees- implementation of assurances.
Madam,
We are surprised to receive letter No. 6-1/2008 dated 14.1.2009 which is rather vague and confusing. We are enclosing a copy of the letter for your ready reference. The language of the letter indicates that this has not been written under the direction of the high echelon of the administration. But the letter is doing enough damage to create an atmosphere of misunderstanding and confusion. There are two points in the letter which call for clarification and we discuss the same.
1) The letter says "The Department do not subscribe to what has been stated in the above letter of the union".
We not really understand what is meant by this word "subscribe". Does the department not subscribe to our sentiments expressed in the opening sentence of the letter which reads, "On behalf of 2.80 lacs of Gramin Dak Sevaks we sincerely thank you for your affirmative decisions which resulted in withdrawal of strike action and restoration of total normalcy and tranquillity"? Does the department not subscribe to the views that it was on account of your positive and affirmative action that led to the withdrawal of the strike action? Does the officer who has drafted and signed the letter mean to say that your approach was negative or that you wanted that the strike should continue? If this is the meaning of the letter it may be stated in clear terms.
Or, does the department not subscribe to the sentiments expressed in the second paragraph which reads, "Now the G.D.S. employees are looking forward to speedy implementation of the decisions and assurances dealt out in the meeting with you on 19.12.2008….? Does the department, according the letter, not subscribe to the plea that there should be an early implementation of the assurances given by you on 19.12.2008? Does the department want that there should be delay" in implementation?
ii) We donot understand why our letter has been forwarded to Sri. P.K. Gopinath the Chairman of the Group of Officers for his views. It was not Sri. Gopinath or the Group of Officers who arrived at an agreement with us. It were the Officers of the Department including the Secretary who dealt out the assurances. It were these Officers who signed the agreement document. We donot understand what does the department wants to present by forwarding out letter to Sri. P.K. Gopinath, Chairman of the Group of Officers. The assurances were given by you in the meeting and the implementation has to be ordered by you. We donto reall understand why Sri. P.K. Gopinath, Chairman of the Group of Officers has been dragged in between the agreement arrived at between you and this union. We donot understand what does your office want to achieve by unnecessarily involving the Group of Officers—an independent body, as far as the agreement with you is concerned – in the matter of assurances dealt out by you on 19.12.2008.
In case your office wants to go back on the assurances dealt out to the union representatives on 19.12.2008 we may be told in clear terms. In case the department wishes to drag its feet from implementing the assurances, in that case also we may be told in clear terms. We stand by the assurance that we gave in the meeting and we immediately withdraw the strike. Now it is upto you and the Postal Directorate to implement the assurances given by the Department.
We, very earnestly request you kindly to make the statement clear and plain so that no confusion of amguity is created.
We are forwarding a copy of this letter to Sri.P.K.Gopinath, Chairman of the Group of Officers to clear off any confusion that the letter under reference might have created.
Yours faithfully,
S.S.Mahadevaiah,
General Secretary.
Copy forwarded To Sri P.K.Gopinath, Chairman, Group of Officers with relation to letter No.6-1/2008-PE-Idated 14.1.2008 from the Direrctorate.