ALL INDIA POSTAL EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES UNION
(Central Head Quarter)
First Floor, Post
Office Building ,
Padamnagar, Delhi
President: D.N. Giri
General Secretary S.S.
Mahadevaiah
GDS/CHQ/1/1 /2012 Dated: 24-10-2012
To:
1. All Circle/Divisional/Branch Secretaries
2. CWC members,
Dear
Comrades,
All glory to valiant Gramin Dak
Sevaks (Postal Extra Departmental Employees) numbering more than 2.7 lakh for their
7 day long heroic strike in support of their demands braving all hardships and
false and baseless propaganda unleashed during strike by those who played the
role of Dalals of the management. All
sorts of rumours were spread in order to weaken the strike. But steel like unity of the mass of Gramin
Dak Sevaks defeated these nefarious moves of traditional splitters and
disrupters who have been at this game for long and who threw out in most
unconstitutional/illegal manner AIPEDEU from Postal Federation. There were spontaneous demonstrations/protests
all over the country by Gramin Dak Sevaks and other ordinary Postal workers
belonging to other Postal organizations who supported Gramin Dak Sevaks strike
despite negative attitude of their leaders.
It is because of the unity of the mass of Gramin Dak Sevaks and the
support they got from other Postal workers that they have come out victorious
from this struggle.
The Supreme Court in 1974 has
ruled that Gramin Dak Sevaks are holders of civil post under Union of
India. The Tamilnadu Bench and Punjab
Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal have gone a step further and ruled
that Gramin Dak Sevaks are holders of civil post and therefore Govt.
employees. Despite these 3 judgments
Finance Ministry is not relenting.
We were forced to go on strike
because of the refusal of the authorities to remove the invidious
discrimination between Gramin Dak Sevaks and other workers in the matter of
bonus ceiling and non-supportive stand of sister postal organizations. The postal authorities were forced to
negotiate in order to resolve the issues but decisive voice was not of Postal
Dept. but of Finance Ministry. On 22nd
October,2012, the 3rd round of negotiations was held with the
management and a settlement was reached.
It will be seen some important
demands like pay protection have been settled in satisfactory manner. As regards demand pertaining to Bonus, it has
been stated that inter-departmental consultation are underway. We have been
told that Bonus has been recommended to Finance Ministry for approval.Health scheme – RSBY expected soon. We are hopeful it will be resolved because
our demand is just. It was a correct and
right decision to call off the strike and give an opportunity to Postal Dept.
to seek the approval of Finance Ministry.
We are grateful to Shri.Sushil
Kumar Shinde, Union Hon’ble Home Minister, Shri.Veerappa Moily, Hon’ble
minister for power and Corporate affairs, Shri.Mallikarjuna Kharge, Hon’ble
Labor Minister, Shri.Sachin Pilot, Hon’ble Communication minister for state,
Shri.Jyotiraditya Sindhia, Hon’ble Industrial Minister for state, Shri.Oscar
Fernandes, Hon’ble Member of Parliament,Shri.Rahul Gandhi, Hon’ble Member of
Parliament and all those intervened during our struggle. We are also grateful to AITUC and its General
Secretary Com.Gurudas Das Gupta MP for their continuous support and help. Com. Gurudas Das Gupta supported our demands
forcefully and talked to Minister and Secretary, Posts, several times urging
upon them to remove invidious discrimination in the matter of payment of Bonus
and accept other demands. He wrote
number of letters to Minister as well as to Prime Minister in this regard.
The mass of Gramin Dak Sevaks
have fought the battle for 7 long days in valiant manner. They did not run away from the battle as
other organizations did. If need be,
Gramin Dak Sevaks will again be in battle field.
With warm regards,
Yours
Comradely,
Sd/- (S.S.MAHADEVAIAH)
General Secretary.