Department is likely to issue one more remainder to Government regarding the GDS issues including 7th CPC Terms and References.

Department is likely to issue one more remainder to Government regarding the GDS issues including 7th CPC Terms and References.

DA 10% INCREASE FROM 1.1.2014 APPROVED BY CABINET

DA 10% INCREASE FROM 1.1.2014 APPROVED BY CABINET

 

CABINET APPROVES 10% HIKE IN D.A.

UNION CABINET HAS APPROVED 10% HIKE IN DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO CG EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS

THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT APPROVED A TEN PER CENT HIKE IN DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS, THIS HIKE IS TO BE EFFECTIVE RETROSPECTIVELY FROM 1^st JAN, 2014.

Country's first Post Office Savings Bank ATM opened at T Nagar HO

Country's first Post Office Savings Bank ATM opened at T Nagar HO

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COM. UMRAOMAL PUROHIT PASSED AWAY

 Com. Umraomal Purrohit a legendry leader of trade union movement , Secretary  Staff Side JCM  National Council and the President of All India Railwaymen’s  Federation expired at Mumbai in hospital at 4.15 AM on 27th February, 2014 . He was a great statesman and visionary leader of working class.Veteran leader and AIRF President .  Late Umraomal Purohit has done yeomen service not only to the Railway Trade Union movement but also to the Central Government employees during the last six decades The Federations on common issues. Being senior leader, late Umraomal Purohit has all along been the source of inspiration for the overall good of not only Railways but also nation as well as working people' As HMS General Secretary late Umraomal Purohit has played very vital role in the national trade union movement. Relations between AITUC , CITU, INTUC & Federatons of Central Government Employees and HMS have always been cordial due to the initiatives of late Umraomal Purohit. In his death the trade union movement as well as working class suffered an irreparable loss.

AIGDSU condole the death and pay our condolences to the bereaved family members and also to the comrades of HMS & Railways.

UPA. Govt. on pre-poll announcements

UPA govt. working ‘feverishly’ on pre-poll announcements

With the schedule for the Lok Sabha election likely to be announced on Saturday, the UPA government is working “feverishly” on a record number of announcements, appointments and initiatives before the model code of conduct kicks in.

The Cabinet meeting on Friday is expected to be a “marathon” session as it will be the last opportunity for the government to take policy decisions as well as announce ‘populist’ sops, top Finance Ministry sources told The Hindu .

The proposals lined up for Friday’s Cabinet meeting include 54 new Kendriya Vidyalayas, space programme GSLV-Mark III, a six-lane bypass for Delhi, and terms of reference for the Seventh Pay Commission, which was set up by the government recently.

It is expected to consider Rs. 3,500 crore budget for new broadcasting infrastructure for All India Radio and Doordarshan, 10 per cent dearness allowance for government employees and 600 MW hydro-power projects in Bhutan.

The dearness allowance hike to 100 per cent from the existing 90 per cent is expected to benefit 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners.

New schemes have been put up for approval by the Ministries for health, tourism, water resources, human resource development and agriculture. These include expansion of government-funded Ph.D seats for electronic systems design and manufacturing of hardware, a new investment scheme for urea, two new highways and a health research scheme from the Human Resource Development Ministry. Some shipping and steel projects will also come up for approvals.

Officials believe some more items could be put on the block-buster agenda. A Cabinet Minister told The Hindu that the government expects the Election Commission to announce the election schedule on Saturday or latest by Monday.


Wants to take decisions on policies, sops before the model code of conduct comes into force

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MR. DESTRUCTOR, IF YOU CAN’T DO ANY GOOD TO EMPLOYEES,

MR. DESTRUCTOR, IF YOU CAN’T DO ANY GOOD TO EMPLOYEES, PLEASE DO NOT MISLEAD GDS EMPLOYEES.

WILL YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY RETIRED JUDGE HEADING PAY COMISSION WITH BETTER THAN RETIRED JUDGE HEADING THE GDS COMMITTEE.

ONE MAN GDS COMMITTEE MORE INDEPENDENT THAN A JUDGE HEADING A PAY COMMISSION WITH OTHER MEMBERS.

Meeting with Ho'ble Chair Person Smt. Sonia Gandhi UPA government

Meeting with Ho'ble Chair Person Smt. Sonia Gandhi UPA government - Request for inclusion of GDS wage structure and service conditions in 7^th CPC - UP Circle C.B. Tiwari Circle Secretary & Pradeep Singh Astt. Circle Secretary, U.P. Circle at Ray Bareley on 25-02-2014

ALL INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS UNION

U.P. Circle

                                                                                       Dated: 25.02.2014

To

Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji,

Hon’ble Chairman,

United Progressive Alliance,

No.11 Janpath, 

New Delhi -110 001

MEMORANDUM

Most respectfully, on behalf of 2.7 Lakhs of Gramin Dak Sevaks in the Department of Posts, We submit the memorandum on the pressing problems of Gramin Dak Sevaks for your kind perusal and favourable action.

I)      Inclusion of GDS wage structure & service conditions in the purview of 7^th Central Pay Commission.

        Except Justice Talwar Committee, all the Committees appointed by the Government for revision of the wage structure and other service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks made so many retrograde recommendations done injustice to the low paid employees. Though the GDS system is unique to the Department of posts, it is not falling under any of the classified group, EDAs were included within the purview of First Central Pay Commission for revision of the wage structure and other service conditions. The GDS system will really be an invaluable asset to the department of posts, if the department utilizes properly.

2)    The 4^th Central Pay Commission have categorically observed and held in Para 1.18 of their report thus:

The matter is however beyond controversy after the decision of the supreme court in Gokalnanda’s case where it has been declared that the extra departmental agent is not a causal worker but holds a post under the administrative control of the State” and that there is no doubt that it is a post under the “State”. In view of this pronouncement we are unable to accept the contention that the extra departmental employees were outside the purview of the terms of our commission.

        Thus the 4^th Central Pay Commission were not inclined to exclude the ED agents from the terms of their purview and have termed the ED Agents as Central government employees.

3)    The Central Administrative Tribunal Ernakulam Bench has rejected the arguement that by the Judgement dated 22.4.1977 of the Supreme Court ED agents have been declared holders of Civil Post only for the purpose of protection and safeguards in article 311(2). The Bench in O.A No. 584/95 decided on 23.1.1996 observed:

We find no warrant for reading the restriction into the declaration of law in the Rajamma’s case and limiting it to article 311 the declaration is that extra departmental agents are holders of Civil Post.

       Justice Talwar Committee has entirely agreed with this observation.

4)    The sum total is that by the observation and declaration of experts and Judiciary, the Gramin Dak Sevaks fulfill the requirement of being included in the purview and terms of the Central Pay Commission.

Hence you are requested to consider this demand positively.

II.)   Civil Servant status to Gramin Dak Sevaks

        It is not irrelevant to mention EDA(Conduct & Service) Rules, 1964: Supreme Court ruling that EDA are holders of Civil Posts.

        “The question whether Extra Departmental agents are holders of Civil Posts under the Government of India has been the subject matter of contention for a long time. The Department has always held the view that EDAs are part time employees, who are expected to have independent source of income Generally school teachers, small shop keepers, farmers, village headman, employees of local Government’s etc. Work as EDAs. The EDAs are not work for full time and as such are not eligible for concessions and privileges admissible to regular Government servants. This view of the Department and as such entitled to protection under article 311(2) of the constitution. Not satisfied with the judgement of the learned High Court, the department went in appeal against their judgement to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in their judgement delivered of civil posts under the Government and protection available to regular Government servants under provisional of article 311(2) of the constitution. After examining the relevant features of the EDA(Conduct & Service) Rules, 1964, which according to the Supreme Court, contained elaborate provision controlling the Payment, leave, termination of service, nature of Penalties, Procedure for imposing penalties, right of appeal etc. The Supreme Court hold that.

        “It is thus clear that an Extra Departmental Agents is not a casual worker but he holds a post under the administrative control of the state. It is apparent from the rules that the employment of Extra Departmental Agent is in a post which “exists apart from” the   person who happens to fill it at any particular time. Though such a post is outside the regular Civil Services, there is no doubt it is a post under the state. The tests of Civil Post laiddown by this court in Rana Chandra Dutta’s case (Suprav) are clearly satisfied in the case of Extra Departmental Agents.”

The rules make it clear these Extra Departmental agents work under the direct control and supervision of the authorities who obviously have the right to control the manner in which they must carry out their duties. There can be no doubt therefore that the relationship between the postal authorities and the extra departmental agents is one of master and servant.

The implication of the judgement of the Supreme Court is that EDAs who have till now been not regarded as holders of Civil Post will hence forth be entitled to be treated as holders of Civil Post and as such safeguards available to regular Government servants under Article 309 and 311(2) of the constitution will also have to be extended to them.

It time factors for all the work performed by the GDS is formulated, certainly it will pave way for the regularization of many GDS who are actually working for more than six hours but not availed the benefits of departmentalization. We don’t want any incentives or perks denying our regularization.

The present Minister of Communications & IT Sri Kapil Sibal has sought recently to the department about the regularization of all the GDS for which the department has furnished that it will cost around same crores. If new norms are fixed for the work and taking consideration of providing computers at BOs to expand the services to the public, We should not mind about the cost involved.

       We, therefore, request you kindly to utilise your good so that the issue relating to the GDS employees are included in the preview and terms of the 7^th CPC.

       With high regards,

       Yours faithfully,

DISTRUCTIVE FORCES ARE TRYING TO CONFUSE MEMBERS BUT LET US NOT BEING MISLEAD.

DISTRUCTIVE FORCES ARE TRYING TO CONFUSE MEMBERS BUT LET US NOT BEING MISLEAD.

WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUSTICE TALWAR COMMITTEE AND NATARAJA MURTHY COMMITTEE.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, 7^th CPC HEADED BY A RETIRED JUDGE, ONE HEADED BY ED COMMITTEE.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO UPHOLD THE INTEREST OF GDS EMPLOYEES. WE DON’T SABOTIZE THE CAUSE OF THE GDS EMPLOYEES.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO ARE TRYING TO DAMAGE THE CAUSE.

Revised Procedure, Scheme and Syllabus for filling up of the post of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant

Revised Procedure, Scheme and Syllabus for filling up of the post of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant

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AIGDSU INDEFINITE STRIKE SUCCESS. A RESPECTFUL AGREEMENT IS THE OUT COME - CHQ HINDI

AIGDSU INDEFINITE STRIKE SUCCESS. A RESPECTFUL AGREEMENT IS THE OUT COME - CHQ HINDI 

 

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DOCUMENTS ON INDEFINITE STRIKE OF AIGDSU

BE ALERT AND BE AWARE.

BE ALERT AND BE AWARE. BRAKING DOG BECAME SENSELESS. WE DON’T CARE THE BARKINGS. GDS DEPARTMENTALIZATION IS OUR GOAL

WE ARE SINCERE, HONEST, HUMBLE AND ABLE TO FIGHT FOR THAT CAUSE

WE DEFINITELY ACHIEVE GDS DEPARTMENTALIZATION WITH STRUGGLES OF AIGDSU IN SHORT PERIOD GO AHEAD COMRADES.

AIGDSU INDEFINITE STRIKE SUCCESS. A RESPECTFUL AGREEMENT IS THE OUT COME -CHQ CIRCULAR.

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All India Gramin Dak Sevaks Union (AIGDSU)

    (CHQ)    

First Floor, Post Office Building, Padamnagar, Delhi 110007

….…………………………………………………………………………………………

No.GDS/CHQ/1/5/2014                                        Dated 22-02-2014

To

All Circles / Divisional/ Branch Secretaries of All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union, All India Office Bearers….

Dear Comrades,

AIGDSU INDEFINITE STRIKE SUCCESS. A RESPECTFUL AGREEMENT IS THE OUT COME. DEPARTMENT OF POSTS STARTED SINCERE EFFORTS FOR INCLUSION OF GDS IN 7^TH CPC. OUR UNION ALSO TOOK UP THE MATTER WITH DOPT AND HON’BLE DOPT MINISTER V.NARAYANA SWAMY.

IN CASE THE GOVT. DOES NOT INCLUDE GDS IN 7^TH CPC, A JUDICIAL COMMITTEE WILL BE APPOINTED UNDER RETIRED HIGH COURT OR SUPREME COURT JUDGE.

CONGRATULATION

CHQ congratulates all C.W.C Members, Circle Secretaries, Divisional/Branch Secretaries, our members, well wishers, and the leaders of sister unions and members for their valuable support during indefinite strike. With the co-operation of all, we got the victory.

NEGOTIATIONS

Our leaders were invited for negotiations on 12-02-2014 to discuss and decide the charter of demands. Talks were held in the G.P. Roy committee hall between our leaders and Departmental officers. The Dept. again denied to settle the demands and requested our leaders to withdraw the strike. Our leaders decided to continue the strike till the demands will be achieved.

Again the negotiations were held in the office of Sri S.K. Das Regional labour commissioner (Central) on 14-02-2014 and 17-02-2014. Com. S.S. Mahadevaiah, Com. B.V. Rao, Com. Lakhwinder Pal Singh and Ram Singh M.P. Circle attended.

The Dept. of Posts handed over the letter to our leaders in presence of labour commissioner written by Member (P) to the Joint Secretary DOPT requesting clarification regarding GDS inclusion in 7^th Central Pay Commission and requested us to withdraw the strike. We did’nt accept the request of the Dept. and decided to continue the strike. It is a pity and shame that some leaders claimed that the Departments letter to DOPT was the out come of the two days strike.

Our leaders were invited for Negotiations after the strike started on 20^th February, 2014 and 21^st Feb, 2014 Com. S.S. Mahadevaiah, General Secretary, Com. B.V. Rao, Asst. General Secretary, Com. D.N. Giri, President, R.P. Diwaker, Treasurer, Com. C.B. Tiwary, Org. Secretary attended the meeting on 21^st Feb, 2014. After the negotiations in congenial atmosphere, an agreement was accepted. We are herewith enclosing the agreement copy.

As per the agreement 

POSITION OF CHARTER OF DEMANDS

(1)    Grant of Civil Servant status to Gramin Dak Sevaks.

The Dept of post is not competent to settle this demands, After appointment of the 7^th CPC or judicial committee it will recommend to the Govt. of India for consideration.

                                                                                                                 

(2)    Inclusion of GDS wage structure and service conditions in the purview of 7^th CPC.

The Dept. of Post started sincere efforts for inclusion of GDS in 7^th CPC. In case the Govt. does not include GDS in 7^th CPC A Judicial committee will be appointed under retired high court or supreme court judge.

(3)     Provide cent percent compassionate appointments to the wards of deceased GDS employees.

This demand was denied. Some modifications suggested by the staff side are taken into consideration in due course.

(4)    Revised Recruitments Rules.

Revised Recruitment Rules will be reconsidered and revised after two examinations.

(5)    Merger of 50% with pay for GDS.

It will not be not decided by the Govt. to the Departmental employees at the time of negotiations held. After the decision of the Govt. it will be discussed with union and decide.

(6)     Regularization of casual, part time and contingent employees and revision of their wages w.e.f. 01.01.2006 and grant D.A.

It is under active consideration. DOPT submitted its report to IFS. It may be settled in short time.

The Mean, Shameless, Anti-Trade union activities of Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General NFPE during our strike His deeds are shameful to all working class.

He is unfit for hold the highest post of mighty NFPE.

In the history of postal trade union movement, No Secretary General of NFPE behaved like com. Krishnan when struggles are launched against ruling class. It is shame to all working class.

From the very first day of the strike, he started to act in favour of administration and false information was circulated through his website that the strike rate was only 5%. In the time of 2012 he made such type of false propaganda. Later we proved that this narrow-minded leaders figures were absolutely wrong as per the information of RTI Act. Then all the GDS spat on his face. Though he did not get any realization. Again he started the same tactics. We don’t want to waste our time on the mean, narrow-minded, down trodden leaders falls words. Time will decide who are true? Or who are false? And GDS are with whom?

CHQ STRUGGLES FOR JUSTIFIED DEMANDS OF GDS

The General Secretary of AIGDSU submitted the charter of demands unanimously resolved in the GDS National convention held at Delhi on 13-12-2014 in Agarwal Dharmasala and requested to settle the demands. GDS convention issued countrywide relay hunger fast programme at Circle offices from January 20-24^th, 2014. Dept. of Posts denied to settle single demand and negative reply has been given to the General Secretary. To put pressure on the Department Relay hunger fast programme was successfully conducted in all Circles at Circle head quarters from 20-24^th January, 2014. The General Secretary Com. S.S. Mahadevaiah attended the relay hunger fast in Hyderabad on 24-02-2014.

Due to the adamant steps of Dept. We were compelled to initiate serious trade union action. The General Secretary announced Indefinite strike from 18^th February, 2014 amidst thundering claps of 700 GDS employees who attend relay hunger fast. The Indefinite strike notice was served to the Dept. of Posts on 29.01.2014.

Special thanks

We express our heart felt thanks to Shri Oscar Fernades, Hon’ble minister of Transport and high ways, Shri Ajit Jogi, Chairman, CWC Member, ST Department, All India Congress committee, Shri V. Nareyana Swamy, Hon’ble Minister of DOPT and Shri Pradeep Kumar Kunche Coordinator, ST Department, Smt. Maharani Parneet Kaur,Hon’ble State External Affairs Minister, Government of India, Sri Raj Kumar Verka, Vice Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes  All India Congress Committee for their valuable cooperation.

We express our special thanks to com. B.V. Rao, Asst. General Secretary and Circle Secretary A.P. Circle, Com. D.N. Giri, President (CHQ), Com. Lakhwinder Pal Singh, Vice President (CHQ), Com. C.B. Tiwary, Org. Secretary and Circle Secretary Uttar Pradesh, Com. Ram Singh Dhakad, Circle President M.P. Circle, Com. R.P. Diwaker, Treasurer (CHQ), Com. Thu Ex. C/S and GDS comrades of Punjab, U.P., Uttarakhand and Haryana for their services during the strike.

APPEAL

We have to fight with full strength to implement the demands which we achieved. All CWC Members, Circle Secretaries, Divisional Branch Secretaries are requested to put all efforts to make our organization strengthen. You are also requested to send quota to CHQ.

    

With struggle greetings,  

Yoursfraternally,                                                                                                                                  

 (S.S. Mahadevaiah)

 General Secretary