AIPEU GDS :: Letter addressed to DG Posts on Dharna programmes & Demands (28-02-2022)
No. AIPEUGDS/CHQ/DTE/DHARNA/2022
Date:28-02-2022
To
The Director
General
Postal Services
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan
New Delhi - 110 001
Respected Sir,
Sub:- Agitational programme of AIPEU-GDS on long pending
GDS issues - reg.
We are
very much constrained to brought this to the kind notice of our Hon'ble
Director General, Postal Services, Department of Posts, the CHQ of AIPEU GDS launched
an agitational programme on GDS issues in two phases viz., Day long Dharna in
front of Divisional Offices on 04-03-2022 and Day long Dharna in front of
Regional / Circle Offices on 15-03-2022. The decision has been taken in the
Federal Executive meeting of NFPE held on 19th February 2022 in New Delhi. All
NFPE unions are obviously and unanimously agreed and extended their support and
cooperation to this GDS agitational programmes.
After
experiencing with all the unbearable situation, we are inevitably stand on road
to show our resentment and dissatisfaction towards the attitude of
administration at all levels in our Department. Not a single satisfactory
measure had been taken up for the welfare of staff and could not create such a
peaceful atmosphere at all work places. Maintenance of cordial relation and
human relation with the lower level staff is totally deviated and fearsome
situation is being prevailed.
For the last 4 years i.e., after initiating the implementation of Kamlesh Chandra
Committee recommendations, we are demanding all the positive
recommendations have to be implemented in a stipulated period. Even though, we
lost few benefits viz., calculation of arrears from 2016, enhancement of ex
gratia gratuity, enhancement of CGEGIS benefit and we hopefully
expecting the benefits viz., weightage to seniors & ACP Scheme, Medical
Insurance facility, 180 days leave encashment etc., is said to be still under
process as there is more than 3 years of time is already lapsed. A considerable
number of GDS who fought for the cause of implementation of positive
recommendations, during this period, have been retired and deceased
pathetically. Aggrieved with more and more problems at field level, we are
prepared to step-in the agitation programmes individually and collectively.
::Membership
Verification in GDS cadre::
The department is playing a strategic role with regard to conduct the
membership verification process in GDS for the last 6 years. Having more
and more patience our Union is waiting to seek the opportunity to participate
in the membership verification process. Knowingly, the involvement of
expenditure, sufferings, time factor in case of membership verification
process, conducted during September 2017, after completion, that notification
was cancelled without assigning any reason. It results in favour of some
quarters, suspiciously, the department had provided the advantage and
opportunity.
The department is categorically escaping from the implementation of its own
framed rules, deviated and violated, dragging the situation for this long
period of time, from 2016, keeping the situation, still under process. We are
demanding the department for expedite the process immediately for conducting
membership verification in GDS cadre.
:Recent
Order on the arrangement of substitutes in GDS vacancies:
The instructions issued in the recent OM dated 11-02-2022 with reference to
arrangement of substitutes in GDS vacancies created much ambiguity and
confusion among the Staff. There are provisions for availing the leave for GDS
at certain instances, the said instructions issued is totally curtailed the
benefit of availing of any kind of leave viz., LWA, Paid Leave, Emergency
Leave, Officiating Leave to departmental cadres viz., MTS & Postman,
Deputation to IPPB, Special Leave on certain occasions etc., more over the
period of leave in the post of regular GDS is being treated as 'vacancy' and
categorized as 'short term & long term' which is totally unjustified. This
remembers the situation prior to Savoor Committee (1987). The hard earned
benefits of leave provision to GDS, drawn from the sustained struggles for
decades, now totally curtailed with this OM. We are demanding the Department to
reiterate the instructions accordingly, to avail all kinds of leave, as of now
for GDS, should be restored as it is besides engagement of substitute for the
period of leave.
:Stop
imposing the impracticable & unscientific targets on BOs/GDS:
We do agree, without target, we cannot move ahead. Here in our
department, the situation is particular and peculiar. Inadequate training,
unawareness about the schemes, lack of marketing skills, improper after-service
and updation, net-work problem etc., are the prime lacunae and
is clearly visible to the public. Without agreeing the bold facts, simply
creating and fixing targets will become farce. We are all well aware that the
mounting pressure on Gramin Dak Sevaks is increasing day by day to meet the
challenges of the Department. Without considering the basic needs and practical
difficulties being faced in day to day work and services in the BOs & SOs,
GDS are forcibly prone to psychological stress, positively. Even after
introduction of many number of schemes and operations under technological
adoption, it is very much pain to say that no interaction with staff about
their importance and need of hour to go through all those things, is imaginary,
except to fix the targets and create fearsome atmosphere among GDS is the
situation going on now.
Days, weeks, months, somehow years passing away, adequate supply of basic
amenities viz., net work, infrastructure, stationery, training to the field
staff, redress of grievances etc., etc., are in blind fold. The proposed
targets on BOs happen to be vague and no scientific reason to coordinate with
the demographic picture and economic potentiality of such rural populace, is
not in observation by the department at any level.
The poor GDS could not digest the day to day rulings, knowledge updation,
clarifications on orders issued instantaneously and are tight-lipped; except
due efforts to meet the very purpose of the administration. The expectations of
the department is more on certain areas of GDS system, simultaneously, due
consideration about the other side of the coin also to be observed. Hence, we
are demanding the department to fix the targets to the BOs/GDSs scientific,
practical and in a progressive way.
::Implement
the positive recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee::
It was an agreed proposal after 16 days strike to implement some other positive
recommendations also in due course of time. Weightage to the senior GDS; during
the fixation of TRCA, anomalies were found and caused the dissatisfaction of
senior GDS. The department had formed a Committee during, 2019 to set right
this, collected information from divisions by Directorate, till date it was not
materialized, the reply is 'under process'. Medical Insurance benefit Scheme is
another one, some meetings were held with Federations and GDS unions in
Directorate for the feasible implementation of the scheme, but no final
conclusion arrived yet resulted in detaining very purpose of the benefit during
the pandemic corona for poor GDS. It was proposed to agree the benefit of
'Leave Encashment for 180' for GDS is also not yet ordered and said to be under
process. Hence, we are demanding the department to implement all the positive
recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee within a stipulated period.
Further it is requested to take all necessary measures to reiterate the
instructions issued by the Ministry of Finance for sanction of Rs.10 lakhs to
the bereaved family of GDS died in harness during pandemic corona.
Our AIPEU GDS is prepared to stage Dharna programme peacefully on 4th &
15th March 2022 in front of Divisional Offices and Circle/Regional offices and
requested the cooperation of Departmental Unions also. It is requested our
Hon'ble Director General, Postal Services, Department of Posts to redress the
grievances of GDS by issuing suitable and necessary instructions to the
Authorities concerned in favour of Gramin Dak Sevaks.
With
profound regards,
Yours
Sincerely,
(P.Pandurangarao)
General Secretary
AIPEUGDS
The
All India Postal Employees Union Postmen and MTS CHQ extend the Solidarity
Support to the GDS Dharna Call On 4th March 2022 and 15th
March 2022, in front of Divisional office and Circle Office respectively.
All
the Leadership starting from Branch, Divisional and Circle level are requested
to strengthen the Dharna Programme of AIPEU GDS. CH.Q. Call for Genuin Demands
General Secretary
AIPEU Postmen and MTS
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