MEETING with Department To Upgrade the Recmondations of 7th C.P.C.

Dear Friends,

As per the programme ,Today in Dak Bhawan there was an Important Meeting took place to discuss the impacts of Recomondations of 7th CPC.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SECRETARY(POSTS) AND ENTIRE POSTAL SERVICE BOARD SHOWED THEIR POSITIVENESS AND AGREED TO TAKE-UP THE MATTER WITH MINISTERY TO UPGRADE THE GP OF POSTMASTER CADRE AS WELL AS SR. POST MASTER LIKE GROUP'B'

THE FOLLOWING POINTS ARE DISCUSSED POSITIVELY IN THE MEETING:----

With reference to 7th CPC report, this is to bring to your kind notice that 7th CPC has ignored

completely the newly created Postmaster Cadre and LSG/HSG supervisory structure in operative 

 side. It is to intimate that IPO and LSG cadre official were in the same pay structure during the 4th 

 

CPC. Though the recruitment procedure changed to one cadre the duties and responsibilities of 

 

Postmaster/Supervisor have enormously increased with introduction of computerisation in the post 

 

offices. It is felt by the cadre that neither department, nor CPC has taken any consideration for the 

 

changes being made in the department.

Though the department has agreed for cadre restructuring after the 6th CPC, the

recommendations agreed and approved by unions/associations have remained in liquid state till

date and no action has been initiated in this direction before 7th CPC, neither the department, nor 

 7th CPC has recommended any revision of pay structure for Postmaster Cadre/LSG-HSG

Supervisors.

The 7th CPC has recommended 5400 grade pay to Group B cadre and forgot to note

that the Sr. Postmaster also belongs to Group B and his/her grade pay also must be fixed at

5400 instead of 4800.

In a broad sense, the officials wait for the CPCs to project their issues to Government

through departments to improve their pay structures/promotions with respect to the change of work 

 brought in the departments during the previous CPC to present CPC. Though the Department of 

 

posts has increased and introduced many products and changed the savings bank structure for 

 

last 20 years, no improvement has been brought in the promotion and pay structure in the operative 

 side. 

The operative staff have felt that some changes would definitely come in the post offices with the introduction of Postmaster Cadre in their promotions and pay structure. The Postmaster Cadre has definitely improved and uplifted the post offices when compared before the introduction of the cadre and failed to gain anything to project their achievements due to lack of interest in the cadre in the existing unions.

This association feels that this is the only department where there is no differentiation has

been made between the previous cadre to promotion cadre in the pay structure but increases the responsibilities enormously for the officials and, hence, lot of promotions have been denied by the officials and posts remained vacant for years and officials are not willing to take-up the promotion position due to lack of charm in occupying the promoted post.

This association salutes to the person who has thought of introducing the Postmaster

Cadre to fill up atleast 1/3rd of Postmaster posts through direct examination to improve the post offices and promotion avenues to Postal Assistants. It is requested to continue the same spirit and grow up the brain child, postmaster cadre of department and request the following grade pay structure to postmasters/supervisors to uplift the morality in the officials:

Cadre                                            Grade Pay                              Remarks

Sr Postmaster                                    5400                   As Recommended  for Group B

Postmaster Gr II I/ HSG I               4800

Postmaster Gr II / HSG II               4600

Postmaster Gr I / LSG                     4200

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With reference to 7th CPC report, this Association has to submit to your kind notice some of

the logical and scientifical demands for LSG-HSG and Post Master cadre:-

1. We already demanded Rs26000 minimum pay as per akroyd formula and it was rejected

by the 7th CPC. As a result the 6th CPC pay itself is higher than 7th CPC recommended pay after due 

deductions. So Minimum pay should be fixed atleast Rs 21000/- To derive that from the pay 

Rs7000/- to 21000 fitment formula need to be changed 3. Every employee should be allowed to 

multiply with the fitment formula 3.

2. Vide para 11.22.42 of 7th CPC, CISF, SSB, CRPF, CPMF cadres are working on

Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year either by compensated with 2 months extra pay or by 60 

days extra EL per year plus 7 days extra CL. But our postal operative officials are working on 

Saturdays throughout the year without any compensation. It is not at all reflected in any Para of 

the 7th CPC report and it may kindly be stressed hard while demand extra pay than any other cadres.

When other cadres are compensated for working weekends, we are working 52 extra days per year 

without any compensation.  

3

. Postmaster /LSG cadres are one among the severely victimized cadre by the

recommendations of 7th CPC. But no other recognized unions have objected the same till now and 

didn’t raise their voice for PM/LSG cadres. Till 4th CPC IP/LSG officials were at same pay scale, LSG/ 

PM cadre exam syllabus also almost same but partiality is being maintained till now from 5th CPC. 

LSG/PM cadre officials are also acting as disciplinary/ sub appointing authorities like IP cadre in 

many offices. We are working 52 days extra per year than IP too. By mentioning above and by 

merging Postmaster Grade I/II and LSG/HSG II, G.P Rs4600/- may kindly be fixed for LSG/PM 

Grade officials.

4. As like yearly 3% increment, for promotion also just 3% increment was fixed. As

a result no one shall opt promotion here after; entire machinery of Government sector shall

be paralyzed. Simply young talents shall remain silent without indenting for promotion by getting 

yearly increments resulting huge loss for the department. To differentiate from the yearly increment, 

for promotions 2 increments or minimum Rs5000 hike may kindly be given and be placed with next 

level of Pay matrix.

5. 7th CPC allowed postmaster cadre officials to participate in the 75% of LDCE Sr.PM

posts along with IP cadre. But to maintain the operative/ administrative hierarchy, all the operative 

Sr.PM posts shall be given to Postmaster/LSG cadre. As like PS Group B exam 5 yrs LSG/PM 

cadre officials should be allowed to appear Sr.PM exams. Operative staffs may kindly be dealt with 

operative cadre and administrative staffs may kindly be dealt with administrative cadre.

6. Due to higher responsibilities and duties of supervisory cadre, than operative

cadre, supervisors MACP I/II/III should be upgraded in 8/16/24 years of service respectively. 

7. Because of the risks with New Pension Scheme only, it is not extended to Defense

soldiers and MP/MLAs. So other government employees are also not ready to take those risks. So 

New pension scheme should be abolished and old statutory pension scheme should again be extended 

to all.

8. 7th CPC doesn’t say anything about financial/supervisory powers of LSG/PM cadres.

So financial powers upto Rs1000 may kindly be fixed. Sub appointing and disciplinary authority 

powers may kindly be restored with all LSG units and Postmaster cadre offices.

9. For Health group insurance, premium amount may kindly be fixed at par with reputed

health insurance provider-premium amount for cash less treatment to the CG employees and 

their dependents.

7th CPC Recommendation	Suggestion by AIAPS
Commission has included Postal Assistant (PA) in existing hierarchy of Postmaster Cadre as per para no. 11.08.16	Which is totally erroneous as hierarchy of Postal Assistant is already mentioned in para no. 11.08.22
While mentioning  the method of filling of Postmaster Cadre Grade II, III & Sr. Postmaster, it is mentioned postman.	A huge typographical mistake by written as Postman instead of Postmaster
Commission has mentioned the method of filling of Postmaster Grade II & III by LDCE (Limited Departmental Competitive Exam).	While as per recruitment rules method of filling is as under. Senior Postmaster- 25 percent from Postmaster Gr.III with 2 years’ experience by DPC. 75 percent LDCE from IPOs with 6 years’ experience. Post Master Gr.III- 100% Promotion through DPC Post Master Gr.II- 100% Promotion through DPC Post Master Gr.I- LDCE from PAs with 5 years’ experience.
Commission recommends permission to Postmaster Grade II & III to appear for LDCE along with Inspector (Posts) for the balance 75 percent of the Senior Postmasters’ posts	It is injustice for Postmaster Grade II & III that they have to compete with Inspector of Posts for Sr. Postmaster (Group B) Cadre, but for filling of 75 percent posts of Superintendent (Posts) Postmaster Gr.II & III cannot appear LDCE along with Inspector (Posts). It is requested either give permission to Postmaster Gr II & III to appear in LDCE for the post of superintendent (post) or remove Inspector (Posts) at the time of filling of 75 percent posts of Sr. Postmaster by LDCE.
Commission has upgraded the post of Superintendent from GP 4800 to GP 5400 as per para no. 11.8.21 while its parallel post of Sr. Postmaster remains same.	It is recommended that the grade pay of Sr. Postmaster must be upgraded to 5400 instead of 4800. Simultaneously grade pay of Postmaster Gr.III upgraded to 4800 instead of 4600, grade pay of Postmaster Gr.II upgrade to 4600 instead of 4200 & grade pay of Postmaster Gr.I upgraded to 4200 instead of 2800.
As per para no. 11.8.19 of 7th CPC report the post of Inspector of Posts are filled by LDCE from Postal Assistant (5 years of qualifying service as per recruitment rules. While the Postmaster Gr.I & II the higher posts of postal assistant could not appear in LDCE for the post of Inspector (Posts).	It is truly recommended to give permission to Postmaster Gr.I to appear in LDCE for the post of Inspector (Posts) or upgrade the Grade Pay of Postmaster Gr.I to 4600 similar with Inspector(Posts) as per 7th CPC.

Postmaster cadre was introduced with a view to fight future challenges in operational level of department of posts mentioned in para no.2 of letter no. 4-17/2008-SPB-II dated 22.11.2010. If above mentioned requests will not be approved, the whole postmaster cadre will be demoralized & disappointing.

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