CHQ News : General Secretary Writes to Secretary ( Posts ) for counting of Special pay to PO & RMS Accountants on TBOP Promotions

CHQ News : General Secretary Writes to Secretary ( Posts ) for counting of Special pay to PO & RMS Accountants on TBOP Promotions

Ref: P/4-2/Spl Allowance Dated 21.8.2011

 

To,

Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy

Secretary,

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan New Delhi – 110001

 

Sub: - Counting of Special pay to PO & RMS Accountants on TBOP Promotions.

 

A kind attention is invited to the discussions we had on the strike Charter and while handing over the Hon. High Court orders, we requested your kind consideration to implement said order.

It is learnt that the Directorate is now seeking opinion from all the Circles about filing of SLP against the High Court orders even though the Ministry of law has opined that this is not a fit case by way of SLP before the Apex court.

There is a clear injustice cause to the Cadre, the PO & RMS Accounts cadre since 4 CPC and this is one of the major issues prevailing since 5th CPC.

We have already adduced various justifications in this regard and requested the Department to consider the same. There are not many cases in this regard and proposal to file SLP is causing concern.

It is therefore requested to kindly reconsider your decision and implement Karnataka High Court orders to all the similarly situated officials and render justice to the aggrieved cadre.

May I request you response Madam

With profound regards,

Yours sincerely,

(K. V. Sridharan)

General Secretary

Sir, post': when the words were music :

Sir, post': when the words were music :

               When did you write your last letter to your loved ones? Can you remember? Oh! Most of you don't know how to write a letter?! Sorry. Go and look up your cupboard for that pretty old letters written by your loved ones. How beautiful it is to read! Rewind you to the past.

Those written on the letter are not just words but spontaneous emotions — feelings as ink and soul as pen, together designed as words. You remember the heartfelt moments forever. It's not like a message displayed on the mobile screen to be deleted. The words make a feathery touch on you when you read them.

How many varieties of letters have been written so far? Letters to the father, mother, brother, sister, friend, husband and wife. How many stories those letters have carried? They contain a welter of emotions — happiness, sadness, love, anger, frustrations and nobility and so on and so forth.

A decade ago, postmen were the heroes of every family. People were waiting for the letter or money order. “Sir, post” — the words made people react enthusiastically. While they read the letter, they felt the nearby presence of the writer. It makes them feel the same whenever they read it. Now, what's the condition of post offices in India? Most of them are ready to call it quits. Mobile phone communication, mailing through internet and the private courier services have contributed to their decline.

More than 40,000 post offices are now in the danger zone. Another information that jolts you is the announcement demanding tax for the savings in the post office. The post office must update its status to compete with the private courier services. In rural areas, even now people trust only the postal service. This is the right time for the government to introduce attractive schemes and facilities to woo back the people. If not, thousands of postal employees and the rural people will be affected.

Rural or urban, parents must encourage children to write letters because most graduates these days do not know how to write an official or formal letter. Hostellers can write letters to their parents or vice versa. Yes, you can talk whenever you want over the phone. But “the words from the heart are more powerful than the words from the mouth, ” as the saying goes.

Letters are meant not just for applications and requisitions; they are a symbol of aesthetic values. Take a paper and try to write a letter by exploring words from your deep heart and send them to your loved ones. See the beautiful response from them, cherish the moment. “Sir, post,” the call of postman will be honey to your ears.

 

By A. Nichelson in The Hindu on August 21, 2011

Someone hawked our CHQ E-mail and Sending Message

Be aware and Ignore such Messages

Dear Comrades,

Someone hawked our p3 chq E-mail and sending E-mails to all General Secretaries and Circle Secretaries and Divisional Secretaries whom email-ID were saved in the e-mail as if I am away from India, Lost my purse, struggling for settlement of Hotel Bill etc. and send $ 1500.

Our email has not been opened since yesterday. Somebody has blocked to misuse the same perhaps by changing the password.

All are requested not to send any e-mail to p3chq@hotmail.com temporarily and also ignore whatever message to have been received from the E-mail ID.

We create a fresh one and inconvenience cause regretted.

(K. V. Sridharan)

General Secretary

Floating post office inaugurated in Dal lake :

Floating post office inaugurated in Dal lake :

                

Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah inaugurated Floating Post Office-cum-Museum and flagged off Srinagar-Shopian Mail Van here Monday evening, the duo facilities created by the Post and Telegraph Department.

Addressing a function at Nehru Park on the occasion, the Chief Minister highlighted the importance of Floating Post Office in Dal Lake for the visiting tourists and the residents.

“Your initiative to revive the facility of Floating Post Office at Dal Lake is praise worthy,” he told the Post and Telegraph Department adding that the facility would prove a boon to the tourism sector in the State.

He said that this facility which exists in the Dal Lake some 20 years ago diminished with the diminishing of tourism due to unfavourable and disturbing circumstances and finally came to a standstill.

Abdullah expressed hope that the Floating Post Office-cum Museum would grow with the growth and revival of tourism in the State.

 Omar asked the Union Minister Sachin Pilot, who was present on the occasion, to enhance IT and telecommunication facilities in the far-off and hilly backward areas of the State.

“We are providing your department a list of the areas requiring digital satellite telephone facilities,” he said underlining the need for such facilities in the State and extending the IT and communication network.

 The Chief Minister also appreciated the one day postal delivery service programme launched by the Post and Telegraph Department for ensuring fast delivery of mail across the State. He said that with the fast development of IT, the communications and postal services went on back foot. He stressed on working out a viable strategy to revive the glory of Post and Telegraph Department.

Omar said that the proposal of adding banking facilities in the post offices would prove highly beneficial for both the Post and Telegraph Department and the people. He expressed the hope that the RBI would approve the proposal in this regard.

Source: Kashmir Dispatch.Com, August 22, 2011

SB ORDER NO. 16/2011 : - Grant of Savings Bank Allowance to Postal Assistants working in Savings Bank/certificate branches- holding of SB Aptitude Test regarding.

SB ORDER NO. 16/2011 : - Grant of Savings Bank Allowance to Postal Assistants working in Savings Bank/certificate branches- holding of SB Aptitude Test regarding.

SB ORDER NO. 16/2011

No.113-07/2010-SB

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001, Dated: 23.08.2011

To

All Heads of Circles/Regions

Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.

Subject:- Grant of Savings Bank Allowance to Postal Assistants working in Savings Bank/certificate branches- holding of SB Aptitude Test regarding.

Sir / Madam,

The undersigned is directed to refer to this office SB Order No.26/89 issued vide letter No. 2- 3/86-SB dated 27.4.1989, SB Order No.43/89 dated 12.9.1989, SB Order No. 26/90 dated 4.05.1990, SB Order No. 17/2004 dated 8.10.2001, SB Order No. 5/2005 issued vide letter no. 113-1/2003- SB(APT) dated 28.3.2005, D.O. letter of even number dated 26.2.2010 from DDG(FS) to all Heads of circles and SB Order No. 10/2011 dated 21.6.2011 on the subject.

2.             Based on the inputs received from the circles, it was observed that out of the staff working in the POSB/SC related branches in the post offices, the percentage of staff passed SB Aptitude test is very low and in some circles the test has either been not held from many years or not regularly held. In view of this, the pattern and syllabus of the aptitude test has been reviewed in this office and it has been decided to revise the whole pattern as well as syllabus of this test which is very important from the operational point of view of the POSB/SC. Min. of Finance is also time and again pointing out the high percentage of irregularities being committed by the postal staff which is resulting in financial loss to the Government as well as in some cases to the customers and increase in court cases/public grievances.

3.             Revised Syllabus, pattern, eligibility criteria, procedure for setting up of paper/venue and further reporting to this division are attached as enclosure. Test will be held twice in a calendar year i.e in the month of February and August and candidates who have completed one year service on 30^th June or 31st December of the year in which the test is conducted shall be eligible to appear.

4.             It is requested that necessary action may be taken immediately to circulate the new syllabus as well as eligibility criteria so that next SB Aptitude may be held in February 2012.

5.             This issues with the approval of DDG(FS).

Yours faithfully,

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director (SB)

Enclosure:- New Syllabus/Pattern/Eligibility Criteria etc.

Syllabus for Savings Bank Aptitude Test

SB ORDER NO. 15/2011: - Settlement of deceased claim case in respect of Sr. Citizen’s Savings Scheme account- a clarification regarding.

SB ORDER NO. 15/2011: - Settlement of deceased claim case in respect of Sr. Citizen’s Savings Scheme account- a clarification regarding.

SB ORDER NO. 15/2011

No.79-01/2011-SB

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110116.

Dated: 18.08.2011

To

All Heads of Circles/Regions

Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.

Subject:- Settlement of deceased claim case in respect of Sr. Citizen’s Savings Scheme account- a clarification regarding.

Sir / Madam,

The undersigned is directed to say that a RTI query regarding settlement of deceased claim when deposit is payable to two or more nominees and either of them is dead was referred to Min. of Finance (DEA) for clarification as there is no such provision in SCSS Rules 2004.

2.             The Ministry of Finance (DEA) vide its O.M. No. 15/1/2009/NS-II dated 02.08.2011 has clarified that in such a case, the deposit shall be paid to the surviving nominee.

3.             It is requested that this may be circulated to all post offices for information and necessary guidance to deal with such claim cases.

4.             This issues with the approval of DDG(FS).

Yours faithfully,

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director (SB)

Clarification regarding release of Severance Amount in respect of the GDS expired before subscribing under SDB Scheme-reg. :

Clarification regarding release of Severance Amount in respect of the GDS expired before subscribing under SDB Scheme-reg. :

NO.6-11/2009-PE.II

GOVERNMENTOF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND  IT

DEPARTMENTOF POSTS

(ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION)

DAK BHAWAN, $ANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI - 110001

THE 16^TH  AUG., 2011

TO

 1. ALL HEADS OF CIRCLES,

2. ALL POSTAL ACCOUNTS OFFICES

Subject: Clarification regarding release of Severance Amount in respect of the GDS expired before subscribing under SDB Scheme-reg.

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to refer to the Director of Accounts (Postal), Thiruananthapuram. letter No. 1381/GPF/GOS/SOBSI2011 dated 2.08.2011, on the subject cited above and to clarify that Admissible Severance Amount may be released to the heirs/nominees of such deceased Gramin Dak Sevaks, "who have either not opted/not been enrolled under the Service Discharge Benefit Scheme and/or those who had been enrolled under the Scheme but in whose cases(s) no subscription has so far been made under SDBS", as per the existing procedure without referring to the provisions contained in this Directorate OM of even No. dated 1^st April. 2011 and the Regulations enclosed therewith. .

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(SURENDRA KUMAR)

ASST. DIRECTOR GENERAL(GDS/PCC)

Tele:  011 - 2303 6132

Telefax:  011 - 2309 6031