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INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAK UNION (AIGDSU)
(Central Head Quarter)
First Floor, Post
Office Building,
Padamnagar, Delhi
110007
President: M. Rajangam
General
Secretary: S.S.
Mahadevaiah
Date: 20.08.2014
To
Sri Narendra Modi Jee,
Hon’ble Prime Minister,
Government of India,
New Delhi-110001
MEMORANDUM
Respected Sir,
Most respectfully we are
submitting herewith Memorandum on behalf of Two Lakh Sixty Five 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
high regard
Yours faithfully,
S.S. MAHADEVAIAH
General Secretary
