GDS/CHQ/4/2/2012 Dated: 05.07.2012
To
The Secretary,
Department of Posts
Dak Bhavan,
New Delhi – 110001
Sub;- Observation of a daylong hunger fast programme on
10-07-2012 at
Regional/Circle
level.
Madam,
The AIPEDEU has proposed a
day long hunger
fast programme on 10-07-2012 at Regional/Circle
levels demanding an immediate
settlement of the following issues.
1)
Grant Status/Regularisation as Government
servant to GDS employees.
2)
Grant Bonus ceiling of Rs. 3500/- to GDS at
par with Departmental employees.
3)
Implement recommendations of Group of Officers
Committee was headed by V.P. Singh DDG (Esst.)-Regarding TRCA Protection
etc.
4)
Implement Rastriya Swastya Bhima Yojana
(Medical Scheme) to GDS immediately.
5)
Grant Compassionate appointments to cases
having 30 merit points Grant ACP promotion (10/20/30 years) or financial
upgradation to GDS.
6)
Withdraw GDS Conduct and Engagement Rules,
2011 and restore 1964 Conduct and Service Rules.
7)
Grant All Allowances, advances and other
benefits at par with departmental employees.
The Circle Secretaries
will submit Memorandums through their Circle administration after
holding the hunger fast on 10-7-2012
This is for your kind information please.
Yours
faithfully,
S.S.
Mahadevaiah
General
Secretary.
Tele-Fax:
23697701
ALL INDIA POSTAL EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL
EMPLOYEES UNION
(Central
Head Quarter)
First
Floor, Post Office Building, Padamnagar, Delhi 110007
President: D.N. Giri
General
Secretary S.S. Mahadevaiah
GDS/CHQ/4/2/2012 Dated: 05.07.2012
To
Dr. Man Mohan Singh,
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
Government of India
New Delhi – 110001
MEMORANDUM
Respected
Sir,
Most respectfully we are submitting herewith a
memorandum on most urgent and pressing problems of the Gramin Dak Sevak
employees for your kind perusal.
The Department of Posts is the only department of
the Government of India where there is a special category of employees working
called Gramin Dak Sevaks. In fact the Gramin Dak Sevaks are the backbone of the
postal department. The postal functions rendered at the nook and corner
villages of the country covering 74% of population by the Gramin Dak Sevaks are
of high order and quality. Almost every postal service i.e. M.N.R.E.G.S.,
Postal Life Insurance ( P.L.I/R.P.L.I) old age pension is provided in one or
the other way at the Branch offices manned by the Gramin Dak Sevaks. The GDS
officials are working more than ten hours a day to serve effectively to the
villagers. But they are getting wages only for three to five hours work.
Unfortunately, most of the facilities granted by the department to the
departmental employees are denied to these low paid poor employees where as the
duties, services, functions, risks and responsibilities of the G.D.S employees
are similar and equal to those of departmental employees. Unlike other Bureaucratic committees, the
independent committee headed by a retired Justice Charanjit Talwar had studied
the service conditions of GDS, traveling length and breadth, and recommended
all benefits due at par with Departmental staff but unfortunately the same were
not implemented by the then Govt. in 1999.
A few benefits were extended to them, that too with the same tradition
of continuing exploitative policies. In
fact the recommendations were based on rational and justified reasoning!
We are submitting herewith a short note on most
urgent and pressing problems of the Gramin Dak Sevaks who are the subjected to
discrimination and exploitation.
We, on behalf of the 2.6 lakh GDS employees urge
your goodself to take necessary action to grant status/Regularisation as
Government servant to GDS employees as recommended by Justice Talwar Committee. The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its
landmark judgment dated 22-04-1977 held that the Extra Departmental agents (now
Gramin Dak Sevaks) are holders of civil post.
1. Gross
injustice and discrimination has been done to Gramin Dak Sevak employees by
denying Bonus ceiling of Rs.3500/-, at par with Departmental staff. Bonus ceiling to GDS may be Rs.3500/- without
any discrimination, please consider.
2.
Hither to Compassionate appointment to the wards of GDS have been given
as a welfare measure, without any
condition or restrictions. Imposing
unethical and unreasonable conditions and norms prescribed recently is against
the principles of natural justice and law of the land. Introduction of irrational and unscientific
methods to assess indigent circumstances of the family are quite unreasonable
and unjust. Please look into this issue
objectively and compassionately.
3. You
are urged to intervene and make the concerned officers to Grant ACP Promotion
or financial upgradation to GDS, Medical benefit, HRA, Transport Allowance, SDA
for NE Regen, Uttarkhand Allowance
etc. as the cost of living
and transport, education, are higher in metro and urban areas.
4. The Departmental of Posts
revised the then existing “Department of Posts
E.D Agents (Conduct & Service) Rules 1964” as Department of Posts
G.D.S. (Conduct & Employment) Rules 2001” after the partial and truncated
implementation of the recommendations of Justice Talwar Committee. Since this
was an obvious attempt of substitute the ‘service’ of the ED employees to mere
‘employment’ in order to obviate the recommendations of Justice Talwar
Committee, we had registered our strong reservation and protest to this change,
but the department chose to hang on to its decision.
We
once again respectfully crave your indulgence for judicious settlement of the
issues.
With
high regards
Yours faithfully,
(S.S. Mahadevaiah)
General Secretary
