Suggestions/Feedback
to GDS Committee.
All are requested,
individually to send your suggestions/feedback following lines. This below modeling
letters drafted lines to the following address.
Shri. T.Q. Ahmed,
Secretary GDS committee,
Malcha Marg 1st Floor Post office Building,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021.
OR
Through E-mail to gds.com.feedback@gmail.com .
Name: S.S. Mahadevaiah
Address:
GDS MD, Doorvani Nagar P.O., Bangalore East Division.
Pin Code: 560016
Suggestion/feedback to GDS Committee:
The present GDS Committee has been appointed in place of a committee
under a Supreme Court or a High Court retired Judge. Hence I expect judicial
approach. The legal of status of GDS is: servants of the state and holders of
Civil Post though outside regular Civil Services but not outside. They are ‘Civil
services’ Government employees under Art. 311 of the constitution and hence
under Art. 309. The present conduct and Engagement rules should be struck down
and GDS be made subject to all other Rules and regulations as was prevendent at
the time of 1st Central Pay Commission. The GDS perform all duties
at par with Departmental employees and hence their pay-scale should be
proportionately of par with Departmental employees according the principle enunciated
by Justice Talwar Committee. Since the GDS perform several businesses which
were unheard of when the cap of maximum five hours on work was clamped. Now the
work in majority of B.O’s is more than five hours and up to eight hours. The
cap on maximum working hours should be removed to be fair to the GDS. The
Gratuity is termed as ex-gratia. It should be gratuity in true sense of the
term. The pay scale should not be termed as time related continuity allowance
as it is not based on recommendation of the committee of the time but in the
product of some fertile brain of bureaucracy. The increment should not be ad-hoc
but at par with that for Departmental employees. Being holders of Civil Post
and servants of the state the GDS cannot be discriminated against. Those GDS
who were appointed as such before 01-01-2004 should be paid pension at par with
other Central Civil Servants; and thereafter strictly under the provisions of
NPS. By virtue of being Civil Servants they are entitled to all allowances at
par with other departmental employees. They are entitled to MACP and HRA also. It
should be granted. On being killed by extremists or extremists etc. While on duly,
fair compensation as permissible to other civil servants should be ensured. The
nomenclature should be ‘Rural postal employees’ as they serve the rural
population and B.O’s should be termed as rural post office.
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Suggestions/feedback to
GDS Committee:
The Judgement of the Supreme Court in Rajamma’s case which is also known
as Gokulnanda’s case makes it amply clear that the Gramin Dak Sevaks formerly
known as ED Agents are holders of Civil Post having master and servant relation
with the state-the state being the master. The interpretation of the Government
that the Judgement of the Supreme Court is limited to protection under Article
311(2) of the constitution is wrong and misconstrued. The Supreme Court has
said that though out of “regular civil” services” not out of civil services.
This means that they are civil servants though out of “regular civil services”,
probably on account of having shorter working hours. Being civil servants the
Gramin Dak Sevaks are entitled to all benefits of a civil servant though
proportionately. The previous ED committee which was headed by officers of the
department retired or in-services were very much biased and prejudiced against
the GDS employees or EDA’s and did not do justice. Only Justice Talwar
Committee appreciated the issues judicially and made suitable recommendations
all though. The recommendations did not receive judicial treatment at the hands
of the bureaucracy which implemented the recommendations after thoroughly
manipulating the same.
A CPC or a committee to study a problem should be judicial and not
prejudiced by any previous notion. This GDS committee, I feel, will work and
examine the issues with the same judicial approach as a judge would have. Being
civil servants the GDS should be granted scales of pay, corresponding to the
pay scale of the departmental employees. The retirement or terminal benifits
should similarly be granted to them as a civil servant should get and no
restriction should be applied. To be specific: Those who entered service before
01-01-2004 should be granted pension under the granted benefit scheme as the
other civil servants and those who entered service thereafter should be
subjected to the terms of National Pension Scheme in strictest terms. All
allowances I do not want to mention separately for want of space should be
granted to them. Leave of all kinds should be granted according to the
provision of leave rules 1972 as amended from time to time and should be
granted retrospectively with benefit of accumulation of unused leave. The
present conduct rules GDS (Conduct & Engagement) Rules, 2011 should be
scrapped and the GDS employees should be made subject to all CCS rules and
provision as was prevalent before 1959 from 1935. The designation should be
“Rural Postal employees and the GDS system should be termed as Rural Postal
services P.O’s being termed as rural B.O’s or rural S.O’s.
