31.03.2012
Lr. No.AIAPDA/CHQ-30/2012 dt: 31.03.2012
Humbly submitted to the Committee for Cadre Restructuring of MMS Staff
To
The Secretary,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110 001.
Respected Madam,
Sub: Submission of memorandum to the committee for Cadre Restructuring of
Ref: The earlier memorandum of this union dt 21.02.2012 in lr. No. AIAPDA/CHQ-
29/2012
---
A
kind reference is invited to the earlier memorandum of this union dated
21.02.2012. In continuation of our earlier memorandum, We are
submitting this memorandum especially on the allowances of MMS Drivers
and Artisans to the Committee for Cadre Restructuring of MMS Staff for
kind perusal.
Our
Genuine Demands on various allowances which we have been ignored are
listed below for sympathetic consideration and early action. Also
it is requested to give a chance to our union to appear before the
Committee for Cadre Restructuring of MMS Staff for detailing our genuine
demands. With a strong hope that we will be given a chance to appear
before the committee, we are submitting this memorandum.
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1. CHANGE THE NOMENCLATURE OF ARTISANS & SEMISKILLED CATEGORY STAFF IN MMS AS TECHNICIANS.
It is intimated that only in our department, the very old
nomenclature i.e., Artisans is being used. Whereas in other Departments
like Railways and Defence etc., the artisans are termed as technicians.
Hence it is requested to change the nomenclature of Artisans as
TECHNICIANS in our Department.
- THE DRIVER CADRE MAY BE BROUGHT UNDER TECHNICAL CADRE:
The
Drivers are multi skilled workers and are not doing white collar job.
Though the drivers are doing the technical work, they have not been
brought under technical cadre. Hence it is requested to bring the Driver
Cadre under Technical cadre. The Drivers have to be equated with
Technicians and Technical Staff, since “Trade Test” has been introduced
for the drivers vide DOPT Order – OM No. 22036/1/92 Estt. (D) dated
30.11.1993 with effect from 01.08.1993. In the Employment Exchange
itself the Drivers are registered as “Drivers-Technical Cadre”. But in
Govt. of India the drivers are not classified as “Technical Cadre”. It
is also requested to change the anomaly and declare Driver cadre as
“Technical Cadre”. (Annexure page no )
3. IMPLEMENTATION OF DOPT ORDER BY FIXING MINIMUM QUALIFIYNG SERVICE FOR PROMOTION TO NEXT GRADE PAY FOR MMS DRIVER & ARTISANS.
While implementing 6th
CPC recommendations, the DOPT issued some guidelines vide OM No. AB
14017/61/2008-Esst. (RR) dated 24th March, 2009 and formulated minimum
eligibility service to get promotion from one grade to next or higher
grade pay. Copies of the under mentioned DOPT orders are furnished for
ready reference.
1) GI. Dept. of Per. & .Trg. OM. No.AB.14017/61/2008- Esst (RR) dated 10.09.2008,
2) GI. Dept. of Per. & .Trg. OM. No.AB.14017/66/2008- Esst (RR) dated 09.03.2009,
3) GI. Dept. of Per. & .Trg. OM. No.AB.14017/61/2008- Esst (RR) dated 24 .03.2009,
A)
To be more illustrative, the following tabular column may kindly
be taken into account. (If the pay of the Driver is fixed as Rs 2400/-
on par with Parliamentary Drivers) But in the Department of Posts, the
entry level Grade Pay for the drivers is fixed as Rs 1900/-)
AIAPDA
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S.No.
|
Grade Pay
|
Minimum qualifying service for promotion to next or higher grade pay
| |
From
|
To
| ||
1
|
2400
|
Entry Level Grade Pay
| |
2
|
2400
|
2800
|
5 years of regular service in the entry grade
|
3
|
2800
|
4200
|
6 years of regular service in the 2800 grade pay or a combined service of 11 years in the entry grade
|
4
|
4200
|
4600
|
5 years of regular service in the 4200 grade pay or a combined service of 16 years in the entry grade
|
B)
If the entry level Grade Pay for the semi skilled employees
(MTS) is fixed as Rs 2000/-, then the following tabular column
may kindly be taken into account.
S.No.
|
Grade Pay
|
Minimum qualifying service for promotion to next or higher grade pay
|
Ratio
| |
From
|
To
| |||
1
|
2000
|
Entry Level Grade Pay
|
25%
| |
2
|
2000
|
2400
|
5 years of regular service in the entry grade
|
25%
|
3
|
2400
|
2800
|
5 years of regular service in the 2400 grade pay or a combined service of 10 years in the entry grade
|
25%
|
4
|
2800
|
4200
|
6years of regular service in the 2800 grade pay or a combined service of 16 years in the entry grade
|
25%
|
(Annexure page.1 to 6)
AIAPDA
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4. Granting Promotion to the Drivers retrospectively w.r.to DOPT orders.
a) This
union regrets to inform that the Circle Gradation Lists of Drivers has
not been properly maintained by most of the circles. Due to the improper
maintenance of CGL, the promotion to the Drivers at regular intervals
has not been granted to many drivers who have completed more than 20
years of service. For example one driver in Tamilnadu Circle
who joined the Department on 02.04.1990 was granted Grade II Promotion
on 08.11.1996 i.e., after completion of only six years of service.
Whereas other two drivers in the same Tamilnadu Circle
who joined 05.04.1982 and 13.09.1982 have got their Grade II promotions
on 06.02.2008 i.e., after completion of 26 years of service. It is not
known what yardstick is being followed in granting promotions to the
driver cadre. If ACP scheme was available to the driver cadre, the two
officials would have got two financial upgradations easily without any
hitch.
b) In
the Circle Gradation List of Tamilnadu Circle for the year 2009, the
name of Shri N.Ramasamy, Driver ( Special Grade) of Karailkudi Division
under Tamilnadu Circle
was shown in the list of Special Grade Drivers though the official
expired in the year 2005. If his name was deleted at the appropriate
time in the CGL, many eligible officials would have got the promotion of
Special Grade, Grade I and Grade II promotions step by step.
c) It is pitiable to note that in Tamilnadu Circle,
as on 08.11.1996 many vacancies in Grade II, Grade I and Special grade
were kept unfilled despite availability of eligible candidates.
The Position as on 08.11.1996
Driver Cadre
|
No.of Vacant Posts
|
No. of Eligible officials for getting promotion *
|
No. of Posts filled up by the Department
|
No. of vacant posts kept unfilled
|
Grade II
|
71
|
57
|
30
|
41
|
Grade I
|
84
|
37
|
7
|
77
|
AIAPDA
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*The official who have completed the eligible service i.e 9 years and 15 years of service.
d) The
DOPT order OM No.43019/54/96 Estt(D) dt 15.02.2001 and another order of
same DOPT order OM No.22011/1/2011 Estt(D) dt 11.03.2011 have not been
properly implemented. This
union requests the Department to implement the orders and grant
promotion retrospectively from 08.11.1996 based on the order, so that
even retired official who have not been granted any promotion during
their service can get atleast now i.e., after retirement and also
eligible officials will get their due promotion at the appropriate
time. (Annexure page no: )
5. Grant of Running Allowance to Drivers performing schedule for 100 kms & 160 kms equal to Railway Drivers.
The
officials who perform long schedules covering more than 120kms are to
be granted Running Allowance. In Railways, the same allowance is granted
to the drivers. But in our Department no such allowance is granted. A
copy of the Railway Board Order is enclosed for ready reference. ( RB’s
No. E (P&A) II-2005/RS -34 dt 26.12.2008) (Annexure page no:
7-10 )
6 . Grant of Washing Allowance to the Drivers & Artisans on par with Nurses in Railway Hospitals:
Nurses
in Railway Hospitals are given the revised rate of Rs 300/- p.m. as
washing allowance. This union requests to grant the same washing
allowance to the Drivers and Artisans of our Department. A copy of the
Railway Board Order is enclosed for ready reference. ( RB’s No. E
(P&A) I-2008/AL/1 dt 6.2.2009) (Annexure page no: 11& 12
)
7. Grant of Valuables Handling Allowances to MMS Drivers for conveyance of Cash bag, Stamp bag and other insured articles:
Various
types of bags including A/c bag containing Cash and Stamps, Stamp bag
and Insured bags containing examination papers etc., are being conveyed
through mail vans. It is not possible to assess the value of the bags
and its importance. The drivers are performing a risky job i.e.,
conveying the bags whose value could not be assessed. Such drivers are
not given even a single penny as any allowance except Pay. Whereas in
our Department, special allowances are granted to the treasurers and
cashiers. We also want the Department to recognize our risky job and
grant such allowances to the poor drivers also.
AIAPDA
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8. Request to insure all the vehicles of Postal Department:
In the modern era, that too in the busy world any thing may happen on
the road. Now a days the number of vehicles is increasing day by day.
Even though the road rules are followed strictly, accident may occur due
to the negligence by the drivers of other vehicles also. In such cases,
the compensation if any ordered by the Court of Law and damages caused
to the vehicle due to the accident etc., are recovered from the drivers.
In order to avoid this, all the vehicles of our department should be
got insured. But in our Postal Department, no vehicle has been insured.
So far, the damages caused to the vehicles of our Department due to the
road accidents have been recovered from the Pay of the drivers and
sometimes they are compelled to bear the damage expenses.
But in D.G. Circular No.92-4/2002-GA (Coord) dt 12.02.2002, the following instruction is reiterated.
“ The Driver must be in possession of valid licence,registeration papers and insurance cover”
So
it is requested to insure all the department vehicles as instructed by
our DG and to stop the recovery from the drivers. If any such amount is
recovered from the drivers, the same may be
refunded.
(Annexure page no:13-17 )
9. Grant of Steering Allowance to MMS Drivers.
The
Drivers are supposed to be the back bone of our MMS units. They are
performing ROUND THE CLOCK DUTIES with tight schedules of 8 hours
without any Lunch / Tea Break. These Drivers are plying Day & Night
trips from post offices, Air Ports, Railway Stations and bus stands to
the sorting offices, RMS, TMOs and APTMO concerned for dispatch/ receipt
of mail bags in the interest of PUBLIC / NATION.
The nature of duty is arduous and there is no restriction of daily
running Kilometers. The schedules of Mail Motor Service run round the
clock and begin and end at the odd hours without any provision of
departmental pick up to and fro from their residence. They have to
perform the tight schedule within the stipulated time frame without
any Lunch / Tea Break. Such drivers are to be compensated atleast
financially by the Department. Hence it is requested to grant Rs.
1000/= ( Rs. One thousand only) per month as steering allowance.
10.GRANTING OF AWARDS AND HONORARIUM TO THE DRIVERS WHO HAS NOT COMMITTED ANY ACCIDENT AS IN RAILWAYS.
The Railways is granting awards to the drivers to motivate them for
their accident free service. But in our Department no such motivation
is done to the drivers for their accident free service. Railways is
granting a certificate of motivation and honorarium to the drivers who
have not committed any accident. This union suggests the following to
the drivers for their accident free service at three stages.
Accident free service Awards
1. 10 Years Certificate + One increment.
2. 20 Years Certificate + One increment.
3. 30 Years Certificate + One increment.
It is requested to kindly implement the above proposal of our union to motivate our drivers. (Annexure page no: 18&19 )
AIAPDA
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11. GRANTING OF BREAKDOWN ALLOWANCE TO MMS ARTISANS.
In
MMS units, the artisans are deputed for breakdown duty. But no
allowance is granted for this extra work. Sometimes after duty hours
the artisans are directed to the breakdown spot to bring the
breakdown/accident vehicle from the breakdown/accident spot to the
garages. Many times they are setting right the defects on the spot
itself with great risk. It is pitiable that such risky work is not
recoginised by our Department. Whereas in Railways, such artisans are
paid breakdown allowance. A copy of the Railway Board order is enclosed
for ready reference. Our union requests the Department to grant breadown
allowance to the artisans of our Department as done in the Railways. (Annexure page no: 20-22 )
12. GRANTING OF DRIVING LICENSE RENEWAL FEES AND GRANTING SPL CL FOR TWO DAYS FOR DRIVING LICENSE RENEWAL WORK.
At the outset, in our Department reimbursement of Driving Licence Fee was granted to our drivers/artisans who are having a valid driving licence. They were also granted one day special CL for performing the said work. For the past one year, the reimbursement of driving license fee renewal has been dispensed with for no reason. Our drivers are driving the vehicle only for the department. For this, the reimbursement of renewal fee is refused. It is to point out a driving licence is valid for three years. A driver in our department will renew his driving license 10-12 times in his entire service. Rs 360/- has to be borne by the Department for renewal of driving licence. But in the same Department, so much of amount is utilized for imparting training to the Postman/PA/IP/ASP and SP etc., No training is being imparted to Drivers. On behalf of this union, it is requested to grant the renewal of driving licence fee to the drivers as in the Past and to grant two days special CL as per the latest procedure i.e., for attending the training class in the driving school for one day and to attend the RTO office in person to get the renewal of driving licence on the next day.(Annexure page no: 23-25 )
13. GRANTING OF SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE TO ATTEND COURT IN CONNECTION WITH ACCIDENTS BY THE DEPARTMENTAL VEHICLES.
Our
drivers drive the Deptl. Vehicles only for the sake of the Department.
If any Accident occurs on the road and if any case is filed against the
driver, the official has to be granted Spl.CL to attend the court. But
nowadays, the officials alone are directed to attend the court on their
own. Hence in this connection it is requested to grant Spl.CL to attend
the Court Proceedings.
AIAPDA
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14. REGULARIZING PAST SERVICE RENDERED AS CASUAL DRIVER (SHORT TERM) ON THE BASIS OF HON’BLE MADRAS HIGH COURT & CAT, MADRAS BENCH.
Hon'ble CAT, MADRAS BENCH in O.A. No. 790/2008 and Chennai High Court in WP No. 13988/2010 have directed the Department to regularize the past service of Shri R.Selvaraj, Driver, DMMS O/o the SPOs, Dindigul Division, Dindigul 624001, T.N. As directed the past service rendered by the said official has been regularized. Likewise, the service rendered by the under mentioned officials have been regularized based on the direction of the Hon’ble CAT, Chennai,
S/s
- T.C.Krishnan, Driver, Chengalpattu Dn.( OA No.518/1988)
- S.M.Hussain, Driver, Kanchipuram Dn.**
- K.P.Ramanathan, Driver,Arakonam Dn.(OA 141/2004)
**
The past services of Shri S.M.Hussain, Driver, Kanchipuram Dn. Were
regularized only on the Visit Remarks of the Chief PMG, Chennai. He has
not sued any case in any court)
It is requested to regularize the past services rendered by the the
drivers suo moto as in the case of Shri S.M.Hussain, Driver, Kanchipuram
Division Of Tamilnadu Circle. (Annexure page no: 26-34 )
15.GRANT
OF SPECIAL PAY OR SIX ADVANCE INCREMENTS TO THE DRIVERS WHO DRIVE BUS
& LORRY IN MMS UNITS LIKE MUMBAI DELHI, KALCUTTA &CHENNAI
ETC.,:-
In
our Department the drivers are driving both light and heavy motor
vehicle. But as far as pay structure is concerned, there is a common pay
for light and heavy vehicles. The pay pertaining to Light motor vehicle
driver is given to the drivers who drive heavy vehicles such as
Bus&Lorry.
Even
though there are TWO different Recruitment Rules between the Staff Car
Drivers who drives only LIGHT VEHICLES and Drivers who drive heavy
vehicles (Bus and Lorry etc.,). Though our drivers drive light vehicles,
our department wants our driver should be in possession of HEAVY MOTOR
VEHICLE DRIVING LICENSE WITH FIRST AID CERTIFICATE and Badge to Drive
Light, Medium & Heavy Vehicles. The Govt. of India merged both the
cadres as common category. The job contents of these two types of
Drivers are quite different. The V & VI CPCs have miserably failed
to take note of this discrimination in the nature of work performed.
Perhaps the foremost issue is one of the consistent negatios of the
constitutional principle of EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK “ stemming from
Article 14 & 21of the constitution of India.
Hence in view of the above anomaly, it is requested to enhance the
grade pay to our heavy vehicle drivers as Rs 2800/- or grant six advance
increments. (Annexure page no: 35-38 )
AIAPDA
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16.GRANT
OF RISK ALLOWANCE OR IMPLEMENT RISK INSURANCE SCHEME TO POSTAL DMMS
DRIVERS AND ARTISANS ON PAR WITH RAILWAYS AND DEFENCE.
The risk allowance is paid to all those engaged in duties involving greater hazards or whose health is liable to be adversely affected progressively over a long period of time because of the particular avocation. In our Department, the order granting of risk allowance to the artisans category is only in paper form. The same has not yet been implemented. In the said order itself, the driver category has been omitted though they perform risky job of driving. It is requested to include the driver cadre in the order and the risk allowance may kindly revise based on the recommendation of VI CPC (A copy of the Railway Board Order is enclosed for reference). Our union also requests the Department to implement Risk Insurance Scheme in lieu of Risk Allowance. (Annexure page no: 39-42 )
The risk allowance is paid to all those engaged in duties involving greater hazards or whose health is liable to be adversely affected progressively over a long period of time because of the particular avocation. In our Department, the order granting of risk allowance to the artisans category is only in paper form. The same has not yet been implemented. In the said order itself, the driver category has been omitted though they perform risky job of driving. It is requested to include the driver cadre in the order and the risk allowance may kindly revise based on the recommendation of VI CPC (A copy of the Railway Board Order is enclosed for reference). Our union also requests the Department to implement Risk Insurance Scheme in lieu of Risk Allowance. (Annexure page no: 39-42 )
17. REQUEST TO RELAX THE NORMS FOR GRANTING SPLIT DUTY ALLOWANCE TO MMS DRIVERS & ARTISANS:
The Drivers of Mail Motor Service performing duties round the clock.
The duty begins and ends at odd hours. The drivers are not having the
provision of departmental pick up from the residence in the late night.
Some schedules starts at 0100 hrs and end at 0300 hrs. Such drivers
will have to maintain tight schedules as per the time frame without any
lunch break and any kind of break. Hence it is requested to relax the
norms relating to Distance for granting Spilt Duty Allowance for Drivers
and Artisans of Our Department. (Annexure page no: 43-45 )
18.RATES OF DAILY ALLOWANCE:
In
Railways Daily Allowance has been revised from01.09.2008. The range of
Grade Pay and the rate of Daily Allowance are furnished below. It is
requested to extend the same benefit to our employees also.
Grade Pay
|
Daily Allowance per day
|
Officers drawing GP Rs 10,000/- and above
|
Rs 520/-
|
Officers drawing GP Rs 7,600/- to 8900/-
|
Rs 460/-
|
Officers drawing GP Rs 5400/- to 6600/-
|
Rs 400/-
|
Officers drawing GP Rs 4200/- to 4800/-
|
Rs 340/-
|
Officers drawing GP below Rs 4200/-
|
Rs 210/-
|
A Copy of the Railway Board Order is enclosed for reference.( RB’s No. F(E)I/2008/AL-28/14 dt 01.12.2008) (Annexure page no: 46-48 )
AIAPDA
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19.REVISION OF HONORARIUM PAYABLE TO DRIVERS WHO WERE DRAFTED
FOR EXAMINATION DUTY:
At present, in our Department whenever the drivers are drafted for examination duty,they are paid Honorarium fixed by the 3rd
CPC. After that so many Pay Commisions have gone. But the honorarium
alone has not been raised. It is requested to pay the revised rate of
Honorarium recommended by 6th CPC to our employees like
Railways. A copy of Railway Board Order vide No. E(G)/2004 HOI/15 dt
04.07.2008 is enclosed for ready reference. (Annexure page no: 49-50 )
20. REQUEST TO FILL UP ALL THE VACANT POSTS OF MMS MANAGERS:
At present, many MMS units i.e., 7 to 8 MMS units in all over India
are being manned by the SPOs/SSPOs (the non technical officers). Due to
this the staff welfare is affected much. Many important technical
matters could not be finalized due to the non availability of technical
officers i.e., Managers/Sr.Managers. In the modern technology/ Computer,
the services of the technical officers is an essential one particularly
to the MMS field. Hence it is requested to fill up the all the vacant
MMS units with the technical officers so as to get the effective
functioning of MMS units in the Department of Posts.
Finally
to sum up, We, the Drivers and Artisans have suffered much since 1996.
Hence it is requested to be compassionate in considering and settling
our above mentioned genuine demands of the neglected Driver and Artisan
cadre of our Department.
Thanking You Madam
DA:AA Yours faithfully,
Date : 27.03.2012
Place : Dindigul
(R.Selvaraj)
General Secretary, AIAPD
& Driver, DMMS,
O/o the SPOs, Dindigul Dn.,
Dindigul 624 001.
TAMIL NADU
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Copy to:-
- Ms.Sandhya Rani, PMG (BD), O/o the CPMG, Andhra Pradesh Circle, Hyderabad ( Chairman)
- The Director (MV), Directorate, Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg., New Delhi 110 001.
( Member – Official Side)
- The Director (SR & Legal), Directorate, Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg., New Delhi 110 001.
- The Manager, MMS, Hyderabad.
- Shri. Giriraj Singh, General Secretary, R3, New Delhi ( Member – Staff Side)
- Shri D.Theagarajan, Secretary General, R3, New Delhi ( Member – Staff Side)
DA:AA
(R.Selvaraj)
General Secretary, AIAPD
& Driver, DMMS,
O/o the SPOs, Dindigul Dn.,
Dindigul 624 001.
TAMIL NADU
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