Saturday, May 18, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Problems of Postmaster Cadre officials and the reply given by the Department
In the minutes of the discussion held on 21.05.2012 the Secretary (Posts) has assured as follows:
“The issues were discussed at length and it was decided to review it after sometime keeping in view the merits and demerits of the proposal as well as the response of the officials for Postmaster Cadre”.
The minutes did not reflect the real spirit of discussion as it was assured to consider favourably the below items after long discussion. However, it is high time to review the below cases and settle favourably. The entire Postmaster Cadre officials are totally frustrated and disappointed due to the negative attitude of the administration towards them.
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Problems of Postmaster Cadre Officials
(i) Allowing Postmaster Cadre officials to appear for IP and
PSS Group B Examination.
(ii) Orders permitting the Postmaster Cadre official to
officiate in HSG-I vacancies and earmarked Postmaster Grade III Posts.
(iii) Allow PO & RMS Accounts cadre official to opt for
Postmaster cadre.
(iv) Filling up the Postmaster Grade-III posts by granting
promotion to Grade-II officials and also by option from HSG-I officials after
filling up all HSG-I Posts.
(v) Filling up of all vacant Grade-II and Grade III posts
promoting the Postmaster cadre official relaxing the minimum service
condition.
(vi) Filling up 100% Senior Postmaster/Chief Postmaster posts
which are earmarked for Postmaster cadre by Postmaster Cadre officials alone
declaring it as a hierarchical promotion cadre of Postmaster Cadre.
(vii) Delay in holding LSG, HSG II and HSG – I DPCs and
thereby denying the chance for giving option to Postmaster Grade – I, II
& III to eligible officials.
(viii) Maintenance of up to date separate gradation list for
PM Cadre officials.
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The existing Recruitment Rules for IP and PS Group B do not
permit officials appointed to the Post of Postmaster Grade -1.
The Postmaster cadre and HSG.1 are two different and separate
cadres. The Recruitment Rules of HSG.1 do not permit officials of
Postmaster cadre to officiate in HSG.1 posts. The Directorate has asked
the Circles to fill up the HSG.1 vacancies in PO & RMS offices on regular
basis from amongst HSG.11 officials in PO & RMS offices by 30.04.2013 and
issue promotion orders by 06.05.2013.
The posts of Postmasters has been created by carving the same
out of the posts in LSG/HSG.II /HSG.I in General line where only the
officials in LSG/HSG.II/HSG.I are eligible to opt for this cadre.
PM Grade-III Cadre has been carved out of existing HSG.I Cadre
in Post Offices. The post in PM Grade-III are required to be filled up
under initial constitution clause by calling options from the regular HSG.I
officials in Pos, as per the provisions of the Recruitment Rules.
Thereafter, the posts which remained vacant are required to be filled up from
PM Grade-II officials as per the provisions of the Recruitment Rules.
As the Circles have been asked to fill up the vacancies in HSG.I in POs by
30.04.2013, the PM Grade-III will be made operational soon, after a review of
the position.
As per the existing instructions, the posts in Postmaster
cadre will be made functional from the date they are filled up.
Till the posts are filled up under initial constitution clause of
the Recruitment Rules, the posts will be manned by officials in General
line. The posts which remained vacant after filling up the posts under initial
constitution clause will have to be filled up as per the provisions of the
Recruitment Rules. As the PM Grade-III has not yet become functional
under initial constitution clause, the question of filling the posts by
promoting the Postmaster Grade-II officials does not arise. The
posts which remained vacant in PM Grade-II after the cadre is constituted
will be filled up from PM Grade-I officials who have requisite qualifying
service of six years.
According to the Recruitment Rules, 75% of the vacancies in
the Grade of Senior Postmaster are required to be filled up by Inspector of
Posts (IPOs) with six years of regular service in the grade by promotion
through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination and 25% of vacancies by
promotion from amongst the officers holding the post of Postmaster Grade-III
with two years regular service (including regular service in HSG.I, if
any). The Sr. Postmaster cadre has not yet been constituted under
initial constitution clause as per options from officers holding the post of
PS Group ‘B’.
The purpose of lateral induction of IPOs is to induct young
blood who due to their inspection duty is already familiar with the relevant
rules, regulations, procedures and operations in the Post Offices and duties
of Chief Postmasters.
PM Grade-I & II has already been constituted by calling
options from eligible LSG/HSG.II officials, as per the provisions of the
existing Recruitment Rules for this cadre.
The Circles have been asked to fill up the vacancies in HSG.I
in Pos as per the existing Recruitment Rules, by 30/04/2013 by convening DPC
meetings. The posts in PM Grade-III are required to be filled up under
initial constitution clause by calling options from the regular HSG.I
officials in Pos, as per the provisions of the Recruitment Rules. The
PM Grade-III will be made operational soon after a review of position.
The PM Grade-I and II has already been constituted and,
therefore, Circles have to maintain gradation list of these cadres. PM
Grade-III and Sr. Postmaster has not been constituted yet and, therefore,
maintenance of separate gradation list of officials of this cadre does not
arise.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Regional and Circle conference of Postmasters of Maharashtra
ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF POSTMASTER CADRE (PROPOSED)
DEAR POSTMASTER,
It is proposed to hold Regional conference of Postmaster Cadre in all regions of Maharashtra Circle prior to the II nd Circle conference to be held at Kolhapur on 16th June 2013.
All Regional coordinators of Aurangabad, Pune, Nagpur,Goa and Mumbai region will arrange the conference at their regional level immediately.
It is needless to say that this is the time for raising funds to make our place strong at Regional, Circle and all India level for the purpose of getting approval from the Directorate and also to knock the door of Justice if any injustice will be caused to the cadre.
As intimated by the Mumbai regional coordinators, Mumbai Regional Conference will be held on 19th May 2013, Sunday near Tulsiwadi Post office at 10.30 a.m. All Postmaster cadre officials in Mumbai Regionan should attend the meeting to discuss the recent developments and the challenges to the Cadre.
Through the meeting we should prepare ourselves in the following points :
1. Making Database of all the Postmaster Masters Grade I & II
2. Raising funds through donations under receipts
3. Forming regional level adhoc body
4. To prepare themselves for to attend the Circle conference at Kolhapur to elect the Circle adhoc body
5. Also to discuss the local issues to be taken up with the Regional Office.
Source : http://postmastermaharashtra.blogspot.in/
Smart things to know: Reviving a PPF account
1) If you have a Public Provident Fund (PPF) account, which you had forgotten about and is dormant, you can revive it by paying the pending subscriptions and penalties.
2) To keep a PPF account active, you need to deposit at least Rs 500 every year. If you fail to do so, a penalty of Rs 50 per year is levied. To reactivate the account, you have to pay the amount due till the date of reactivation.
3) Since the PPF account would have been declared 'inactive' by the bank, reactivating it will require a personal visit and verification by the bank.
4) If your PPF account has already matured, it will not earn any interest from the date of maturity. You cannot reactivate such an account, but will have to pay the penalty to claim the proceeds.
5) If the PPF account is close to maturity, you can apply for an extension, with or without further contribution, for a period of five years from the date of maturity to be able to earn an interest on the accumulated amount.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Point of Sale International EMS Tariff Revision Patch
The tariff fixed vide Department letter No. 43-1/08-DA dated 3.1.2011 for International EMS has been revised. The new tariff will be effective from 1.5.2013. Though the provision for configuring the tariff is available in Point of sale, in order to ease the work of configuration and to incorporate some changes in the structure of countries the utility is being provided.
Run the InternationalEMSTariffRevision_2013. exe in the machine where Point Of Sale Server component is installed. Enter the path of PointOfSale Server component and the SQL server name and click on Update to update the new International EMS tariff rates.
DB Analyzer updated 10/05/2013
DBAnalyzer has a new feature to generate a consolidated report of all discrepancies in the database. Unzip the additional exe & all the DLL files included in the DBAnalyzer zip file and copy to the DBAnalyzer folder.
NOTE: Generation of Consolidated Report is a TIME CONSUMING PROCESS. All offices are advised to generate this report after completing the daily routines like DAY-END process, Database Backup, etc.
Friday, May 10, 2013
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