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ALL INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS UNION (AIGDSU)
(Central Head Quarter)
First Floor, Post Office Building,
Padamnagar, Delhi 110007
President: M.
Rajangam
General Secretary: S.S. Mahadevaiah
NO,
GDS/CHQ/11-/CWC/2018
Dated: 11-07-2018
To
Shri Manoj Sinhaji
Hon’ble
Minister of State for Communications (IC)
Govt.
of India
Sanchar
Bhawan
New
Delhi-110001
Sub. :- Recommendations
of Kamlesh Chandra GDS Committee on pay structure and service conditions of
Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Department of posts.
Respected sir,
The orders, so far issued, by the Postal Directorate shows
that there has been wide gap between the recommendations of the committee and
implemmtation orders issued by the department of posts. The sanctity of the pay
commission or committee has been greatly compromised. We agree that the Govt.
does not accept a few recommendations or makes some amendments in other few and
mostly in favour of the employees. But, here, the entire report of the Kamlesh
Chandra committee has been changed to the detriment of the G.D.S. employees, We
discuss hereunder some recommendations as a token:
1. Date
of implementation of the recommendations: The committee
recommended, that the report as a whole be implemented with effect from
01.01.2016. We also were assured that the committee’s report would be
implemented wef from 01-01-2016. But to our dismay we find that according to
the orders issued the recommendations that have been implemented take effect
from 01.07.2018. We discuss the adverse effects of such orders below :-
(i)
Pay Fixation: The effect of the
recommendation from 01.07.2018 in stead of 01.01.2016 has severely eroded the
salary of the GDS employees – the lowest paid employees of the department. The
cumulative effect of the same will run into several thousands and even may go
up to lacs. The table below shows the effect of the manipulative orders giving
effect to pay fixation from 01.07.2018 vis-à-vis fixation with effect from
01.01.2016
Table – I
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Pay fixation from 01.01.2016
|
Pay fixation from 01.07.2018
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Sl.
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Date
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Old
Pay
|
Product
of 2.57
|
New
Pay
|
Old
Pay
|
Product
of 2.57
|
Old
Pay with DA
|
Loss
per Month (5-8)
|
Remarks
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
|
1
|
01.01.2016
|
2790
|
7170
|
10,000
|
2790
|
7170
|
6278
|
3722
|
DA 125%
|
|
2
|
01.07.2016
|
2790
|
7170
|
10,000
|
2790
|
7170
|
6473
|
3527
|
DA 132%
|
|
3
|
01.01.2017
|
2835
|
7286
|
10,300
|
2835
|
7286
|
6691
|
3609
|
DA 136%
|
|
4
|
01.07.2047
|
2835
|
7286
|
10,300
|
2835
|
7286
|
6776
|
3224
|
DA 139%
|
|
5
|
01.01.2018
|
2880
|
7402
|
10,610
|
2880
|
7402
|
6970
|
3640
|
DA 142%
|
|
6
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01.07.2018
|
2880
|
7402
|
10610
|
2880
|
7402
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10,000
|
610
|
|
|
7
|
01.01.2019
|
--
|
---
|
10930
|
--
|
--
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10,000
|
930
|
|
|
8
|
01.07.2019
|
--
|
---
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10,930
|
--
|
--
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10,300
|
630
|
|
|
9
|
01.01.2020
|
--
|
--
|
11,260
|
--
|
--
|
10,300
|
960
|
|
|
10
|
01.07.2020
|
--
|
--
|
11,260
|
--
|
--
|
10,610
|
650
|
|
An
so on…..
The amount shown in col.-9 represents the loss per
month. The loss to be suffered over the next ten years may kindly be well
imagined.
(ii)
The formula of product of 2.57 is a way of
pay fixation and not a way for calculation and payment of arrears. The given
formula of the payment of arrears : Calculating the arrears by product of 2.57
results in serious and irreparable loss
of several thousands to the GDS employees. The following table-II illustrates
the situation:
Table – II
A
BPM drawing pay of Rs 4715 in the old pay scale of Rs 4575-85-7125 DNI
01-01-2016
Net matrix = 1500-35480
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Sl.
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Date
|
Pay
|
D.A.
|
Total
Pay
|
New
Pay
|
Due
Amount
|
Old
Pay 2.57
|
Paid
Amount
|
Loss
|
Loss in 6 Months
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
1
|
01.01.2016
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4715
|
125
|
10,609
|
14,500
|
3891
|
12,118
|
1509
|
2382
|
14,292
|
|
2
|
01.07.2016
|
4715
|
132
|
10,932
|
14,500
|
3568
|
12,778
|
1186
|
2382
|
14,292
|
|
3
|
01.01.2017
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4800
|
136
|
11,328
|
14,940
|
3612
|
12,336
|
1008
|
2604
|
15,624
|
|
4
|
01.07.2017
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4800
|
139
|
11,472
|
14,940
|
3468
|
12,336
|
864
|
2604
|
15,624
|
|
5
|
01.01.2018
|
4885
|
142
|
11,822
|
15,390
|
3568
|
12,554
|
732
|
2836
|
17,016
|
2.
(i)
Payment of gratuity : The committee recommended payment of gratuity at
the rate of half month’s salary for every completed year of service subject to
a maximum of Rs 5 lacs. The maximum of amount of Rs 5 lacs has been, without
any justification, sliced down to Rs 1.5 lacs. To illustrate the point we take
here an example of a GDS who has rendered 36 completed years of services, and
draws pay of Rs 24,000 on the date of his retirement. His gratuity will work
out to Rs 4.32000; but will have to be limited to Rs 1.5 lacs. Can this loss of
Rs 2.82000 to this particular GDS be justified by any standard of justice.
Giving effect to the payment of gratuity from 01-07-2018 denies due gratuity to
a number of GDS who have spent the golden period of their life in service of
the people on befalf of the Government. If the bureaucracy in the postal
Directorate, who gladly receive gratuity on the same lines upto 20 lacs could
decide the issue without any justification on ad hoc basis, why the platitude
of appointing a pay committee!
(ii) Pension contribution: The committee recommended that 10% of the
pay of the GDS should be recovered towards pension contribution and the
Government should contribute like amount towards the scheme. The department has
made wonderful unilateral and baseless change that a sum of Rs 300, per
month from the GDS and like amount would be contributed by the Government.
There cannot be any justification for this baseless change. The recommendation
of the committee has to be wholly accepted.
3. Recommend
actions the fate of which are not known :-
(i)
Leave
:- The committee has recommended that the GDS should be granted 30 day’s earned
leave in a year and the unutilized leave should be allowed to be carried
forward subject to the maximum of 180 days. The committee also recommended
grant of half pay leave and emergency leave. Nothing is known about the fate of
these recommendations. Only orders on maternity leave up to 6 months have been
issued. The recommendation may kindly be got implemented.
(ii)
Time bound promotions: The committee has
recommended that the GDS employees should be granted three promotions on
completion of 12, 24 and 36 years of service. We donot know as to the fate of
these recommendations. This may kindly be looked into.
(iii)
Children education allowance: The Committee
has made specific recommendations on this subject which has still to see light
of the day as far as implementation is concerned.
Respected Sir,
These
are some to the important issues on which the recommendations of Kamlesh
Chandra committee have gravely been manipulated which has made a big whole in
the small pay packets of GDS. This has been seriously agitating the minds of
the GDS.
We
approach your goodself on behalf of 2.60 lacs Gramin Dak Sevaks kindly to look
personally into the matter and take necessary action for proper remedy which
will earn you or the Government the satisfaction of the GDS employees
With high regards.
Yours
faithfully,
(S.S. Mahadevaiah)
General
Secretary
Copy
forwarded, with regards, to Sri A. N. Nanda secretary, Department of posts for
similar action.
(S.S.
Mahadevaiah)
General
Secretary
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ALL INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS UNION (AIGDSU)
(Central Head Quarter)
First Floor, Post Office Building,
Padamnagar, Delhi 110007
President: M.
Rajangam
General Secretary: S.S. Mahadevaiah
NO,
GDS/CHQ/12-A/CWC/2018
Dated: 11-07-2018
To,
Shri Manoj Sinhaji
Hon’ble
Minister of State for Communications (IC)
Govt.
of India
Sanchar
Bhawan
New
Delhi-110001
Sub. :- Resolution on payment of gratuity to Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Department
of Posts.
Respected Sir,
We have been directed to forward a copy of the
resolution adopted at the meeting of the central working committee of this
union held at Lohaghat from 1st to 2nd July 2018. The
concerns of the CWC and the loss perpetrated on the GDS employees have been
eloquently explained in the resolution.
The CWC has expressed a firm belief that personal
intervention of the Hon’ble minister in the matter will restore justice to the
Gramin Dak Sevaks.
We, therefore, request you kindly
to take necessary action at your earliest convenience so that losses incurred
by the GDS are retrieved.
With
profound regards,
Yours
faithfully,
Encl
:- One Resolution
(S.S.Mahadevaiah)
General
Secretary
Copy
forwarded, with regards, to Sri A. N. Nanda secretary, Department of posts for
similar action.
(S.S.
Mahadevaiah)
General
Secretary
Resolution on payment of Gratuity to Gramin
Dak Sevaks.
This meeting of central working committee
of the All Indai Gramin Dak Sevaks union in session at Lohaghat (Uttarakhand
circle) has given deep thought to the orders issued by the postal Directorate
in respect of terminal benefits to the Gramin Dak Sevaks ie grant of gratuity,
contribution to the pension fund for the GDS and payment of severance allowance
etc. The central working committee notes with grave concern and disappointment
that the recommendations of the Kamlesh Chandra GDS committee have been
drastically ammended and sliced to refuse to these employees their due share of
benefit. This central working committee has especially deliberated on the
serious cut applied in payment of gratuity.
(1)
G.D.S. Gratuity :- The Kamlesh Chandra
Committee recommended that gratuity to the G.D.S. employees should be paid at
the rate of half month’s pay for each completed year of service, subject to the
maximum of Rs 5 Lacs. It also recommended that its recommendations including
the one on payment of gratuity should given effect from 01.01.2016. The orders
issued by the Department have applied serious cut on both ways: the maximum
amount of gratuity to be paid has been sliced down to Rs. 1.5 lacs and effect
to this benefit has been given from 01.07.2018. This works to serious
disadvantage of low paid Gramin Dak Sevaks. The instance given her under
clarifies the position. Supposing a GDS retires after having put in 36 years of completed service drawing at the time
of retirement a pay of Rs 24,000/- His gratuity works out to Rs 4,32,000/- but
it will have to be limited to Rs 1.5 lacs. The poor employee is robbed of Rs
2,82,000/-. This is one of the greatest injustices perpetrated on the GDS
employees.
Similarly giving effect to
this benefit from 01.07.2018 means denial of due benefit to those who have
retired between 01.01.2016 and 30.06.2018 which cannot be justified on any
ground or sound reason of justice
This working committee
resolves and demands that the two disadvantages unjustifiably perpetrated on
the Gramin Dak Sevaks must be repaired immediately and the loss thus incurred
by GDS employees restored.
This CWC believes that the
matter should be brought to the notice of the Hon’ble Minister of state for
commutations for his personal intervention in the matter in favour of the GDS
employees.
This CWC, therefore,
resolves and directs the General Secretary to forward a copy of this resolution
to the Hon’ble Minister of state for communications and the secretary
Department of posts soliciting their urgent personal attention to restore the
loss.
Sd/-
President
of the meeting