COPY OF LETTER ISSUED BY THE GENERAL SECRETARY
No.NUPCE/GS/2016 Date
: 1st December, 2016
To
Shri B.V.Sudhakar
Secretary
Department
of Posts
Dak
Bhawan
NEW
DELHI
Subject
: Various issues pending before the
Department in respect of the Civil
Wing Establishment – regading.
Sir,
With due respect we would like to
place before your good honour various issues relating to the Civil Wing Staff
members for your personal intervention and getting the problems solved out at
the earliest convenience.
1.
Implementation of Cadre Review in Civil Wing
non-gazetted staff
:- A Committee headed by the
Superintending Engineer(P&D) in the Civil Wing, Department of Posts, New
Delhi was constituted for considering the cadre restructuring of the
non-gazetted ministerial staff at the fag end of 2014 as per the VI Pay
Commissions Recommendations and prevailing Government orders to consider the
cadre reviews in all cadres. The Union
members were also attended as members of the Committee meetings and put forth
proposals in this regard. After a long
deliberations the Committee finalized a report and submitted to the Chief
Engineer(Civil) for consideration and implementation of the same in the middle
of 2015. But due to best reason known to
the administrative authorities the same has not yet been either approved or
implemented. The benefit of the cadre
review is due since 01.01.2006 as
per the recommendation of the Committee and in accordance with the VI Pay
Commission.
2.
Creation of New Civil Division in Andhra Pradesh
i.e. at Vijayawada :- As it is aware that a New Postal Circle have
already been created and started functioning.
But while creating the Postal Circle no Civil Wing Units have been
either created or bifurcated from the existing Hyderabad Division. The non-creation of the Civil Wing Units
separately for the new State the works of the Postal Circle will not be able to
be carried out by the Civil Wing effectively and both the Chief Postmaster
Generals will be facing lot of problems in getting the works through one
Division.
3.
Revival of Abolished Posts In Civil Wing:- The
Department of Posts have commenced the direct appointment in the cadres of
Civil Wing since 2010 only. Till 1997
the filling up of the posts were done by either on deputation or
inter-departmental transfers up to 50%
of total sanctioned strength.
Since 1997 to 2009 there was no appointment in any cadre by direct
recruitment due to non-finalization of Recruitment Rules. Without considering
the lapses in recruitment process by the Department all the vacant posts stands
abolished as per the Government policy prevailing at that time without
conducting any work study or actual requirement of the posts. Now each and every office is facing acute
shortage of staff and heavy work load on the meager available staff. The Department of Posts have got revived many
posts in the Postal Cadres except civil wing.
The curtailment of staff strength affected very badly the promotional
aspects of the existing staff and also the female staff members are facing lot
of difficulties to avail the Child Care Leave/Maternity Leave as the leave
sanctioning authorities are rejecting the applications stating the reason of
shortage of staff and workload.
4.
Rule-38 transfers to Works Clerk Grade-II and
Junior Engineers:- Number of applications from the staff members
are pending in the Chief Engineers office for Rule-38 transfers to the home
state or nearby state as newly recruited staff by the Staff Selection
Commission has allotted candidates to very far places from the home
states. The Chief Engineer has turned
number of applications by mere reasons of non-declaration of probation period
of the staff members. The belated action
of the Department for issuing the confirmation order by the Civil Circle Heads
is not because of the reason in the control of the staff members. Further, as per existing orders of the
Government a person who has been appointed against the regular post and
completes the probation period successfully are considered to be confirmed
against the posts. The matter may be
reviewed and the orders for transfers wherever vacancy exists may be
issued.
5.
Promotion of Works Clerk Grade-II and M.T.S:- The Recruitment Rules provides for the
promotion quota for both the Works Clerk Grade-I and Works Clerk Grade-II from
the grade of W.C.Grade-II and MTS respectively.
But in most of the Civil Circle offices are not filling up the vacancies
due to mere reasons. The Civil
Administration may be directed to take immediate necessary action to fill up
all vacant posts of Works Clerk Grade-I and Grade-II
6.
Recruitment of Draughtsman posts:- The post of Draughtsman is a mandatory post
in Civil and Electrical Divisions for assisting in technical nature of works to
the Executive Engineer in finalization of estimates, drawings and bills. But as on date ninety percent of these
offices are not having any Draughtsman posts exists but that works are got it
done through the clerical cadre officials which is highly against the
procedures and code of utilization of financial powers of the Executive
Engineers. The Recruitment Rules for the
post of Draughtsman has since been finalized and published by the Department
very recently. Action to fill up the
vacancies on promotion from the eligible candidates can be done very easily and
the process of direct recruitment may also be commences at the earliest.
7.
Up-gradation of Office Superintendent posts in
Civil Circle as Assistant Administrative Officer:- At present the posts of Office
Superintendents in the Civil Circle are posted in the Non-Gazetted posts as is
done is CPWD offices. Now the CPWD has
upgraded the post of Office Superintendents to Gazetted rank and amended the
designation as Assistant Administrative Officer. The action is warranted in Postal Department
also. At present the Engineering
Officers are posted to assist the Superintending Engineers in the
administrative matters who can be diverted to their engineering fields instead
of administrative works. The capability
of disposing of the administrative matters will be higher than the engineering
cadre officers as the office superintendents are promotional posts of the
clerical cadre of the Civil Wing hence they are well versed with the
administrative and nature of civil wing works.
8.
Redesignation of post of Assistant to Assistant
Section Officers:- At present there is no supervisory posts in
Division Offices are available as per the latest instructions of Civil wing
Administration. An official is getting
promotion to the grade of Assistant in the civil wing is after more than twenty
years of service and they should be assigned with the supervisory nature of
works and their designation should be Assistant Section Officer as was done by
the Department of Personnel and Training recently.
9.
Exclusion of ministerial staff from outstation
postings:- As on date the ministerial staff in Group-C
are liable to be transferred within the jurisdiction of Postal Civil Circles
which is covering three to four states.
The transfers of the Group-C to other states disturb their living and
establishment of family life in their respective home states. Hence the liability of transfer should be
restricted to Divisional Level.
10.
Formation of
JOINT COUNCIL IN CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT:-
The joint council is formed in every Postal Circles but there is no
joint council machinery in the Civil Wing.
Due to non-availability of the joint council we do not have any platform
to raise our issues before the administrative heads of Circle and Chief
Engineer level and hence lot of issues raised by the unions are not attended by
the administration. It is therefore
requested that Civil Wing Administration may be directed to constitute the JCM
machinery immediately so that most of our issues can be sorted out then and
there.
In view of
the above we request your good honor to kindly intervene in these matters as we
have exhausted all our energy by raising issues with the Civil Wing Administration
and now we have no alternative but to proceed for agitation programs to get
resolved the issues pending before the administration.
Thanking you
in anticipation of positive action from your end.
Yours
faithfully,
(K.SIVADASAN)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Copy to:
1.
Shri
D.Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO, New Delhi. He is requested to take up the above issues
with the administration and help us to get resolved the long pending issues.
2.
Shri
D.Kishan Rao, General Secretary, NAPE Group-C, FNPO, New Delhi with the request
to include the items deemed fit in the agenda of the Departmental Council
meeting to be held on 20.12.2016
(K.SIVADASAN)
GENERAL
SECRETARY
