CHQ CIRCULER AND LETTER TO GOVT.

No.GDS/CHQ/1/5/2010                                                                                             Dated 22-10-2010

To,

 

All Circle/Divisional/Branch Secretaries,

All CWC Members, A.I.P.E.D.E.U.     

 

Subject:- Union Building fund and legal fund.

 

Dear Comrades,

 

          Please lend your attention and think over. You will kindly agree that the CHQ constantly struggles for the uplift and betterment of the service conditions of its members- the entire GDS fraternity of the Gramin Dak Sevaks so to say. Our endeavour has been to ensure better prospects and better life for the Gramin Dak Sevaks. On the other hand the powers-that-be dole out small benefits and often by snatching the existing benefits in lieu of the new benefit. But the sole intension of these powers has been to divert the efforts from our main objective of 'departmentalisation'. This all, despite several legal pronouncements and every time they would be reminding us of our status and slowly but constantly changing certain terminologies or rules to blunt the edge of our demand. Such efforts need to be fought both organizationally and legally.

 

We congratulate our members for the massive way in which they have responded to the reverification which  has ensured that this union emerges as the sole recognized union. But certain moves by certain quarters provide sufficient reasons for apprehension that there is something hanky-panky going on. While we have emerged as the biggest and with largest percentage as the winners as only union elible for recognition our union has been discriminately singled out and issue of recognition has been withheld on some very clumsy and untenable excuses. We make it clear that we are not there for accepting such move and we are ready to fight it on all fronts. Yet again certain retrograde orders have been issued like the bonus orders to reverse the well-established practice and convention. The enhanced Security bonds and recovery of premia for five year block is yet another issue where GDS employees are crudely discriminated against. There are many such moves. And all this in the name recommendations of Sri Natraja Murti Committee. We fail to understand as to what is special in these recommendations of one single ex-bureaucrat. While other recommendations right from Madan Kishore Report to the report of Justice Talwar Committee have been treated differently.

 

Comrades, do you not feel that the moves that are initated and being slowly implemented need to be nipped in the bud? Do you not agree that ours is a union which is committed to the well bing of the GDS employees without being influenced by extraneous considerations? The answer is an authentic 'yes' and in that case we need to receive more assertive response.

 

We are constrained by two factors-(i) We are not receiving funds both in shape of regular quota and in shape of special collection; and (ii) we are not having our own union building despite such a big membership. In order to make it easy for us to move forward we had made a passionate appeal for special donation towards union building fund and legal fund so that we could resort to all avenues available to us. But the response has been very cold and lukewarm at the best. We had requested that one-time collection of Rs.200/- per member should be raised and remitted to the CHQ. You your self may look within and find the answer what has been the response.

 

We are still confident that our faith in our members, activists, Divisional/Branch Secretaries and Circle Secretaries is not misplaced that they will raise the donation and send the same to the CHQ in the interest of the organization, in the interest of the members and in the interest of the entire GDS employees.

 

Let our confidence fructify. Let the donations come forward in big way. We on our part

Reassure redoubled efforts.

 

          With, Pooja and Diwali greetings,

 

                                                                                                    Yours fraternally,

 

                                                                                                 (S.S Mahadevaiah)

                                                                                                   General Secretary

 

 

Letter to Govt.

 

GDS/CHQ/41/1/2010                                                                 Dated: 18-10-2010

To

Ms. Radhika Duraisamy,

Secretary,

Department of Posts, New Delhi-110001

 

Subject:-  Implementation of Recommendations of one-man Committee on Gramin Dak Sevaks-Revision of Security to be furnished by Gramin Dak Sevaks.

Ref:           Yours office letter No.6-18/2010-PEII dated 7.05.2010

 

Madam,

        

The orders issued vide your office letter under reference are too harsh and deal a deadly blow to the GDS employees in the month in which the premia as per the revised amount of security bonds and periodicity are to be recovered. You will kindly agree that no scheme should be introduced or implemented which acts like an indirect punishment on the employees-especially the low paid GDS employees.

 

2.        Due to steep hike in the amount of the S. Bonds, the amount of premia naturally increases proportionately and the recovery of he premia for a five year book would mean recovery of a sufficient amount from the pay of the ED employees. Before we discuss in detail the other shortcomings of the newly introduced scheme, we would place before you the following factual facts for your consideration:

 

(i)        The departmental employees who handle much more cash and valuables than the GDS employees are not called upon to furnish S.Bonds save, of course, treasures who are paid cash handling allowance in addition to the normal Pay and allowances. These departmental employees are not called upon to possess any landed property as a Condition of appointment. In case of GDS employees, especially BPM/SPMs they are required have landed property in their own names. The idea is that in case of any loss/fraud, the amount of loss can he recovered by getting issue of distress warrant from the value of the landed property. This is a sufficient security. Then there is no need for another security. We very sincerely feel what there is no ground that-so-ever for suspecting the integrity and honesty of the GDS employees in a quite discriminate manner.

 

(ii)       Secondly and more importantly to our knowledge there has not been a single case where the guarantor, be it bank or cooperative society has ever been called upon to make good the amount of bond and the amount of losses are recovered from other employees charged with contributory negligence such employees may be departmental employees or GDS employees. Then the question is why recover the permia of S.Bond from the GDS employees to fill the coffers of the banks or cooperative societies-such societies in most case donot cater to any need of the GDS employees.

                 

Hence there is no need for getting S.Bond selectively from the GDS employees and this has got to be stopped

 

3.        Now coming the newly introduced block of 5 years. This is most irregular and calous. How can the department guarantee that the GDS will not be promoted to departmental Post within the given period. More over, if God forbid, the employee expires or resigns for some reason within the 5 year period, what can justify the recovery of premia for the period he will not be in service. This scheme is most impracticable and harsh and has got to be withdrawn forth with.

 

         In view of what has been explained above, there is no need of obtaining fidelity bond selectively form the GDS employees and especially when not even in a single case, the guarantor has paid the amount of S.Bond in case of loss,

The scheme has to be withdrawn lock stock and barrel.

                                                                                                                     Yours faithfully,

                                                                                                                              Sd/-

                                                                                                                  (S.S Mahadevaiah)

                                                                                                                    General Secretary

 

GDS/CHQ/41/1/2010                                                                    Dated: 18-10-2010

To

 

The Secretary,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, New Delhi-110001

 

Subject: - EDA(RA) Rules 1995-Reverification of membership of Association procedure regarding.

Ref:              Your officer letter No.13/2/2010-SR dated 29.09.2010

 

Madam,

 

         The clarification issued vide the letter under reference does not allay our apprehensions. The moot points remains to be answered which are:-

(i)        The reference has been made in your office letter No.13/02/2010-SR dated 6.09.2010 to DOP&T letter No. 2/2/1994-JCA dated 22.04.1994 while the Recognition Rules for ED employees were issued on 27.04.1995- a year later. It is unconceivable how these instructions relate to ED union which was not there on the date. More over, these instructions relate to the departmental employees. We donot understand this why this union was singled out for fresh information while recognition letters in respect of other unions were issued though these instructions were applicable in their case only.

(ii)       The same instructions were issued for reverification of membership in respect of departmental employees which was to be applied matatis mundatis in respect of GDS employees also. In the instructions it was clearly mentioned that the verification should be in respect of employees (and not Posts). Then what prompted information to be sought is any body's guess. The question that disturbs us is why fresh information were sought for in case of the GDS employees union only is and not in respect of other unions. Our apprehension of discrimination is well founded and creates much confusion in the minds of the members. It is high time that this apprehension is cleared without any further delay.

 

We, therefore, request you kindly to issue the recognition letter forthwith so that the clouds of apprehensions are cleared.

                                                                                                                          

Yours faithfully,

--
S.S.Mahadevaiah
General Secretary
All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union