MEMORANDUM
Date:……………
To
Sri Narendra Modi Jee,
Hon’ble Prime Minister,
Government of India,
New Delhi-110001
Respected Sir,
Most respectfully we are submitting herewith
Memorandum on behalf of Two Lakh Sixty Three Thousand Gramin Dak Sevaks in the
Department of Posts on most important problems for your kind perusal.
Regular Postal services in India were established in
the year 1766. The history of Extra Departmental (Now Gramin Postal Services)
system can be traced prior to 1868.
At the time of independence the total number of post
offices in India was total 44, 191 out of which 23,445 were departmental post
offices and 20,746 were extra departmental offices. There after the postal
services saw phenomenal growth and the number of post offices as in the year
2012-13 was 1,54,822 out of which 25,444 were departmental post offices. And
1,29,378 were extra departmental. The rural post offices i.e. ED post offices
played very vital role in generating small savings. Almost every postal service
i.e. MNREGS, PLI, RPLI and old age pensions is provided in one or the other way
at the Branch offices manned by the Gramin Dak Sevaks 89% of the postal network
is being manned by these Gramin Dak Sevaks.
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 GDS employees
similar and equal to those of departmental employees.
Recently the Govt. of India appointed 7th
Central Pay Commission to examine the wages, service conditions of the Central
Government employees. The inclusion of
pay structure and service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks in the purview
of CPC is denied for long time.
The inclusion
of wage structure and service conditions of EDAs (now Gramin Dak Sevaks) were
consider by the 1st Central Pay Commission. The 4th
Central Pay Commission also opened that the wage structure and service
conditions of EDAs (now Gramin Dak Sevaks) may be included in the purview of
Central Pay Commission.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its land mark
judgement dated 22.04.1977 has hold that the Extra Departmental Agents (now
Gramin Dak Sevaks) are holders of Civil Posts, even though this section of
employees are kept in dark.
This union has got agreement with the Dept. of posts
at the time of withdrawal of indefinite strike held from 18th to 21st
February, 2014. Based on that agreement, the inclusion of wage structure and
service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks in the purview of 7th CPC is
recommended by Dept. of posts to DOPT. The DOPT is also positively responded
and the file was sent to the Ministry of Finance for consideration. Now the
file was with Finance Ministry. This union humbly requested the Hon’ble Prime
Ministers kind intervention to settle the issue positively. This union also
requested the Hon’ble Prime Minister to grant all the benefits to the Gramin
Dak Sevaks at par with departmental employees to scrap the discrimination subjected
to hundred and fifty years immediately.
With regard
Yours faithfully,
Circle/Divisional/Branch Secretaries
and Working Committee members
Copy to:-
1) Hon’ble Finance Minister, North Block,
New Delhi-110001
2) Hon’ble
Communication & IT Minister, Sanchar Bhavan, New Delhi-1
3) The Secretary,
Department of Posts, Dak Bhavan, New Delhi-110001
4) Local M.L.A/M.P
