ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL DRIVER AND ARTISAN
MAIL MOTOR SERVICE, MADURAI @ DINDIGUL.624 001.
A.JOHNSON ARTHER. R.SELVARAJ T.C.KRISHNAN
President Secretary Treasurer
DR.DEVENDRA. Vise President
Lr. No.AIAPDA/CHQ-29/2012 dt: 21.02.2012
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
MMS staff under the Department of Posts – Reg.
Ref: Directorate lr. No. 01/01/2011-SR dt 20.01.2012
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At
the outset, we express our heartfelt congratulations on your elevation
as DG(Posts). In your regime we hope that our genuine demands will be
settled. In this connection, a
memorandum is submitted to the committee for Cadre Restructuring of MMS
staff under the Department of Posts. On behalf of the most affected
drivers and artisans in the Department of Posts by the IV, V and VI
CPCs, I as a General Secretary put forth the following genuine points to
the Honourable Secretary (Posts) for sympathetic consideration and
immediate action.
RAISING THE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR POSTAL MMS DRIVERS:-
At present the minimum educational qualification for MMS Drivers has been fixed as Middle Pass.
This has been in force since 1982. In respect of Postal Department is
concerned, English language is used for communication as well as
correspondence. 3rd and 4th CPCs ( Chapter 46 Para 31 in 3rd CPC and Chapter 8 Para 23 in 4th CPC (Annexure I & II) ) in their report have recommended to raise the minimum educational qualification from Middle Standard Pass
to 10+2 Pass. So far this has not been given effect. More over all the
forms such as Mail Lists and Log Sheets etc., are in bilingual i.e.,
English and Hindi. The vehicles which have been recently manufactured
are having electronic system. So to understand this, the driver must
possess a higher qualification.
So we demand to raise the minimum qualification of drivers from Middle Standard Pass to 10+2 Pass. 6th CPC also in para No.3.8.3.a recommends the following:
“
In future all recruitments in the Central Government would only be in
the posts belonging to Group “C” or higher categories carrying minimum
qualification as Matriculation or ITI”.
In respect of Departments such as Railway and Defence, the minimum
educational qualification for drivers has been fixed as Matriculation.
But in our department, the old educational qualification (Middle
standard Pass) prevails; the same may kindly be modified.
1. GRANT PAY TO THE POSTAL MMS DRIVERS ON PAR WITH LOK SABAH & RAJYA SABAH DRIVERS
We
the drivers of the Postal Department are termed as Common Category
employees. Though we are doing a risky job of conveyance of all kinds of
mails, we have been deprived of all kinds of pay benefits because we
have been termed as common category employees. The common category
employees in the Postal Department like Draftsman, Ferro Printer, EDP
staff and Lok Sabah & Rajya Sabah Drivers etc. who were getting the
Driver’s pay scale of Rs.950-20-1500 in the Fourth CPC, were upgraded
and raised their pay scales to Rs.4000-100-6000 and 2400 Grade pay in
the Fifth and Sixth CPCs. While the pay of all the common categories
has been increased, the pay of the Drivers alone has been neglected.
Though the drivers have been classified as common category employees and
the pay structure is same, the drivers of Lok Sabah and Rajya Sabah are
getting a different pay and their pay structure is different. We don’t
know why this anomaly? When all the drivers are performing a same kind
of work, the drivers of Lok Sabah and Rajya Sabah are getting a higher
pay. The information got under RTI Act 2005 is enclosed for ready
reference.(Annexure III).
2. GRANTING OF INCREMENTS TO THE DRIVERS PERFORMING MAIL EXCHANGING DUTY
Only in the Metropoliton Cities, mail guards are attached with the mail
vans especially for mail exchanging. But in other cities, the MMS
drivers are attending to the mail exchanging work in addition to the
driving work. 3rd CPC Chapter 23 para 133 clearly depicts the Mail Guard and Head Mail Guard Work. The same is reproduced below for kind perusal.
“Mail
Guards and Head Mail Guards.- The Mail Guards and Head Mail Guards are
employed in the RMS Transit sections and Mail Offices for work connected
with the receipt, custody and despatch of the closed mails. The duties
of Head Mail Guards are, more or less, the same as those of mails
guards, the only difference being that Mail Guards carry 50 to 250 bags
in transmit sections, while Head Mail Guard carry more than 250 bags”.
The
MMS Drivers working in the cities and towns other than metropolitan
cities are doing the work of Mail Guards i.e., mail exchanging in
addition to the driving work without any remuneration. The prescribed
cash handling line limit is Rs.20000/- to Postal Assistant and
Rs.12,000/- to Postman. But, the postal drivers are handling bags
containing lakhs of M.O. Rupees, insured parcels and delivering them
safely without escort to the H.Os and S.Os concerned by shouldering the
risk of great responsibility. For this the poor drivers have to be
compensated financially for the extra work done and shouldering the
responsibility. So we demand to grant 6 six advance increments to the
drivers performing mail exchanging work in addition to the driving work
as in the case of Delhi
Police and Railway Drivers who were given Spl.Pay for performing
additional clerical work during the implementation of IV CPC. A copy
of the order is enclosed (Annexure IIIa)
3. Creation of Supervisory posts in Driver cadre equal to Technical Supervisor (Skilled)
Only in Driver cadre, the official who joins as Driver will retire as
the same Driver. The official who completes 25 years of Service in
Driver cadre has to be promoted automatically to the higher grade in the
pay scale of V CPC Rs 7450-2250-11500 and may be designated as “Motor
Vehicle Transport Supervisor”. In terms of VI CPC, the Grade pay of
Rs 4800/- in PB 2 has to be granted to the drivers who have completed 25
years of service. The reason is that if an official retires as Driver,
there is no prospect in this. But if a driver retires as Motor Vehicle Transport Supervisor, it will give some sort of satisfaction and dignity in the society.
3. Modifying the ratio system in granting promotion to the Driver Cadre.
At present the following ratio system is followed.
S.No.
|
Grade
|
Pay scales of V CPC
|
Percentage
of ratio
|
1
|
Ordinary grade
|
Rs. 3050-4590
|
30
|
2
|
Grade II
|
Rs 4000-6000
|
30
|
3
|
Grade I
|
Rs 4500-7000
|
35
|
4
|
Spl. Grade
|
Rs 5000-8000
|
5
|
But
we want the following ratio system as well as pay scales of the drivers
to be implemented as being followed in Lok Sabah and Rajya Sabah
S.No.
|
Grade
|
Grade Pay as per VI CPC
|
Percentage
of ratio
|
1
|
Ordinary grade
|
Rs. 2400 (PB1)
|
25
|
2
|
Grade II
|
Rs 2800 ( PB 1)
|
25
|
3
|
Grade I
|
Rs 4200 ( PB 2)
|
25
|
4
|
Spl.Grade
|
Rs 4600 ( PB 2)
|
25
|
Previously
the drivers were granted financial up-gradation under ACP scheme. After
implementing the same, the ACP scheme was abruptly withdrawn and the
monetary
benefits
granted under the ACP scheme was recovered for the reason that the
drivers are having promotions such as Grade II and Grade I etc., But the
stenos and other common category staff are enjoying both the benefits
of ACP and Grade I & Grade II promotions etc., The drivers who are
having more than 26 years of service could not get the due promotion due
to the present promotional scheme and not following the departmental
rules properly. If the percentage of promotion put forth by us is
followed, all the officials in driver cadre can get their due promotion
without any hitch.
4. All the vacant posts to be filled up to avoid unnecessary OTA and accident.
At present there are so many vacant posts in Driver cadre which are
being manned by the Contract drivers. Due to heavy shortage of drivers,
in some places like Chennai and Mumbai MMS, the departmental drivers are
compelled to work on OTA basis even after completion of their schedule
work. In order to obey the Orders of the higher ups, our drivers are
performing the extra work assigned on OTA basis with much strain and
stress. Sometimes our drivers especially in Mumbai MMS are compelled to
perform extra work (in addition to the assigned work) which may prolong
upto 2400 hours. Again in the next day he has to attend his work as
usual. Only on such occasions, accident occurs which causes loss to
the department as well as to the employees. As far as the contract
drivers are concerned, responsibility could not be fixed. In our
department more than 15000 vacant posts in PA cadre as well as in all
the cadres, vacant posts have been filled up. Our union requests the
Madam to show mercy upon us and to take similar action to fill up the
vacant posts in our cadre.
5. REVISION OF OVER TIME ALLOWANCE (OTA):-
The present rate of Working day OTA (Rs 15.85 per hour) and the holiday
OTA (Rs 21.10 per hour) have been fixed by the IV CPC and our employees
are still getting these rates of OTA only. But we are getting the pay
as per the recommendations of VI CPC. It is pitiable to note that only
in the Department of Posts, the employees are getting old rate of OTA
for the past twenty years. But the rate of OTA has been revised to the
employees in the Departments like Railways and Defence etc., during the
implementation of V & VI CPC recommendations itself. Copies of
orders for revision of OTA in the Department of Railways and Defence are
enclosed for ready reference .(Annexure IV). This union requests to revise the OTA rates as done in Railways and Defence.
6. INCREASING THE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OF SKILLED ARTISANS IN MMS:
Presently,
the minimum educational qualification fixed for Skilled Artisans is
Middle standard Pass. But in respect of semi skilled artisans, the
educational qualification fixed is Matriculation pass. For Supervisory
post, i.e., skilled artisan, the educational qualification is Middle
standard pass. Whereas for the post under the skilled artisan is semi
skilled artisan. For that post, the educational qualification is
Matriculation pass. The semi skilled artisans are working under the
control of skilled artisans. Hence it is suggested that the educational
qualification in respect of a Supervisory post i.e., skilled artisans
may kindly be revised as Matriculation with ITI pass.
7. GRANT EQUAL PAY TO THE SKILLED ARTISANS ON PAR WITH THE SKILLED ARTISANS OF DOORDARSHAN.
In
the Department of Doordarshan, the skilled artisans are being paid
Grade pay of Rs 2400/-. Whereas the very same skilled artisans of our
Department are paid Grade pay of Rs 1900/-., though the nature of work
and the mode of recruitment are same. The posts are said to be identical
and are common category posts. But the basic pay is different. It is
not known why this difference? It is requested to redress this anomaly
and grant equal pay to the skilled artisans of our department on par
with the skilled artisans of the Doordarshan. During the implementation
of IV CPC recommendations, the pay of the said technical posts of
Doordarshan and Defence Departments have been pre revised as
Rs.1200-30-1440-1440-EB-1800 and later fixed as 4000-100-6000 during the
implementation of V CPC. A copy of the Gazette Notification order is
enclosed for ready reference..(Annexure V).
8. GRANT
OF PROMOTION TO THE SKILLED ARTISANS ON PAR WITH THE SKILLED ARTISANS
OF RAILWAY & DEFENCE RATIO FOLLOWED IN GRANTING OF PROMOTION TO THE
ARTISANS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS AND DURING
4TH & 5TH
|
6th CPC
| |
Skilled
|
70%
|
70%
|
Highly Skilled –Grade II
|
20%
|
15%
|
Highly Skilled –Grade I
|
10%
|
15%
|
MCM
|
NIL
|
0 %
|
RATIO FOLLOWED IN GRANTING OF PROMOTION TO THE ARTISANS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS DURING
4TH CPC
|
5TH CPC
|
6TH CPC
| ||
Skilled
|
30%
|
45%
|
45%
| |
Highly Skilled –Grade II
|
30%
|
41% *
|
20.5%
| |
Highly Skilled –Grade I
|
35%
|
20.5%
| ||
MCM
|
5 %
|
14%
|
14 %
| |
PAY STRUCTURE IN DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
5TH CPC
|
6TH CPC
|
Ratio in %
| ||
Skilled
|
Rs.3050 – 4590
|
G Pay Rs.1900
|
70%
| |
Highly Skilled –Grade II
|
Rs.4000 – 6000
|
Grade Pay Rs.2400
|
15%
| |
Highly Skilled –Grade I
|
Rs.4000 – 6000
|
Grade Pay Rs.2800
|
15%
| |
MCM *
|
Rs.4500 – 7000
|
Grade Pay Rs.4200
|
0 %
| |
*Though
the new cadre i.e., MCM (Master Crafts Man) was introduced vide Gazette
Notification under No. G.S.R.552(E) to Central Civil Services(Revised
Pay)Rules, 2008 for the workshop staff (Defence Civilian Employees) and
circulated vide Directorate order No. 4-3/2009-PCC dt 05.01.2010, no
official has been benefitted in our Department of Posts.
The
ratio has not been changed for the last 2 CPCs. Due to this, we have
been affected much. Hence We request the administration to revise the
ratio as 25% to each grade with effect from 01.01.1996 and below
mentioned pay scales to be implemented as being followed in Doordarshan.
S.No.
|
Grade
|
Grade Pay as per VI CPC
|
Percentage
of ratio
|
1
|
Skilled
|
Rs. 2400 (PB1)
|
25 %
|
2
|
Highly Skilled –Grade II
|
Rs 2800 ( PB 1)
|
25 %
|
3
|
Highly Skilled –Grade I
|
Rs 4200 ( PB 2)
|
25 %
|
4
|
MCM
|
Rs 4600 ( PB 2)
|
25 %
|
9. SEMI SKILLED TRADESMEN IN MMS UNITS
The cadre of semi skilled & MMS Cleaner & Group “D” were always on par with postmen/mail guard up to 3rd CPC. This was altered during 4th and 5th
CPCs. As per the recommendations, the Postmen/Mail guard were given the
higher scale of pay. The relativity got disturbed since then. Hence it
is requested that the pay of the semi skilled cleaner and MMS Group “D”
should be pre revised to Rs 3200-85-4900 from 01.01.1996 onwards as they
are dealing with the works related to the skilled officials.
10. GRANT OF PAY TO CHARGEHAND ON PAR WITH RAILWAYS & DEFENCE (GP Rs.4600/-):-
The
post of charge hand is the key post in MMS workshops. It is a
supervisory post which involves higher responsibilities. This post is a
promotional post for the mechanics. The charge hands in the workshops of
Indian Railway and Defence are getting the pay scale of Grade I &
II Rs 5000-150-8000 & 5500-175-9000 as per recommendation of V CPC
in Paragraph No. 63.302. (and Sixth CPC merged grade I&II and fixed
Rs4600 GP). But in our Department of Posts, the Charge hands are getting
the grade pay of Rs 2800/-. Whereas our counterparts in Railways and
Defence Departments are getting the Grade pay of Rs 4600/- though the
mode of recruitment and the nature of work is same. A copy of the
information got under RTI Act 2005 from the Coast Guard Headquarters is
enclosed for ready reference .(Annexure VI). We request the same recommendation should also be made applicable to our charge hands in MMS workshops also.
11. NON GRANTING OF FINANCIAL UPGRADATION UNDER ACP II ( Rs. 5000-150-8000) TO THE SKILLED ARTISANS
V CPC has
recommended to grant the pay Rs 4000-100-6000 at the time of granting
ACP I and Rs 5000-150-8000 for ACP to the skilled artisans who were
getting the pay of Rs 3050-70-4590. But throughout the country, it is
seen that this recommendation has not been given effect. Our officials
have been given only the pay of Rs 4500-125-7000 instead of Rs
5000-150-8000. Due to the non implementation of the recommendation of
the CPC, our officials have been put into heavy financial loss. Hence
Our union requests the administration to give effect to this V CPC
recommendation so that our officials will be benefitted financially.
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 cadre.
Thanking You Madam
DA:AA Yours faithfully,
Date : 20.02.2012
Place : Dindigul
(R.Selvaraj)
General Secretary, AIAPD
& Driver, DMMS,
O/o the SPOs, Dindigul Dn.,
Dindigul 624 001.
TAMIL NADU
Copy to:-
1. Ms.Sandhya Rani, PMG (BD), O/o the CPMG,
Andhra Pradesh Circle, Hyderabad ( Chairman)
Andhra Pradesh Circle, Hyderabad ( Chairman)
2. The Director (MV), Directorate, Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg., New Delhi 110 001.
( Member – Official Side)
3. The Director (SR & Legal), Directorate, Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg., New Delhi 110 001.
4. Shri. Giriraj Singh, General Secretary, R3, New Delhi ( Member – Staff Side)
5. Shri D.Theagarajan, Secretary General, R3, New Delhi ( Member – Staff Side)
DA:AA
