CHQ APPEALED ALL THE
NJCM TOP LEADERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR INCLUSION OF GDS IN 7th
CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION.
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
Dated: 01.10.2013
To
1. Com.
Umraomal Purohit,
Secretary (Staff Side), JCM,
National Council of the JCM,
13-C, Ferozesha Road,
New Delhi-110001.
2. Com. Shiv
Gopal Mishra,
General Secretary,
All India Railwaymen’s Federation,
4, State Entry Road,
Near New Delhi Railway Station,
New Delhi-110055.
3. Com. M.
Raghavaiah,
General Secretary,
National Federation Indian Railwaymen,
4, Chemsford Road,
New Delhi.
4. Com. C.
Sreekumar,
General Secretary, AIDEF,
No.2, Valluvar Street,
Rani Annanagar,
Arumbakkam (PO)
Chennai-600106.
Dear Comrade,
The Govt. of India have always kept Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS)
of the Postal Department numbering more than 3 lakhs outside the purview of the
Pay Commission. It is a deliberate attempt to deprive them of their rights.
This has been the policy all along. The Govt. have been confusing the issue of
legal status of GDS as Govt. servants and taking negative stand. After
sustained agitation by GDS, a Committee headed by justice Talwar was
constituted by the Govt. The Committee came to the conclusion that GDS are
Central Govt. employees and Recommended accordingly. This was also earlier the
view of the First and Fourth Pay Commissions. In fact first CPC considered
their claims & made recommendations accordingly. Disregarding bureaucratic
attempts at confusing the legal status of GDS, both these commissions refused
to toe the official line and took an independent view that GDS are Central
Govt. employees. The following points need specific attention.
The GDS have always been
counted & treated as part & parcel of total Postal workforce. In fact
they are more than 55% of the total postal workforce and are running more than
80% post offices in the country, whereas regular Postal employees are only 45%.
Justice Talwar committee was firmly of the view Commission. The most
important recommendation which Justice Talwar Committee made was that in future
these employees should be included within the purview of the Pay Commissions,
keeping in view their number, their work profile, effectiveness to the postal
system and the services rendered to the public.
Attention is also invited to the landmark judgement
of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Gokulananda Dass case decided on 22.4.77
wherein it has categorically been held that GDS are holders of civil post under
the union which means they are Central Govt. employees. Recently Central Administrative
Tribunal Bench in Tamilnadu and Chandigarh have also held that GDS are Central
Govt. employees.
The Gramin Dak Sevaks of
the Postal Deptt. have made representation to the Govt. that their claims
regarding revision of their pay scales and service conditions may be included
in the Terms of Reference of Seventh Pay Commission and Commission may be asked
to make recommendations as in the case of other Central Govt. employees. We are
soliciting your kind support to our Demand with the request that you may kindly
raise our demand when Govt. invites you for discussion to finalise Terms of
Reference.
With greetings,
Yours comradely,
(S.S. Mahadevaiah)
General Secretary
