No.
P3NFPE-Odisha/01 - 08/2020
Dated at Bhubaneswar
the 6th August, 2020
To
Com. R N Parashar
General Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C, CHQ
Dada Ghosh Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 008
Sub:- Irregular redeployment of HSG-I NFG posts -
Protest regarding
Ref:- Directorate letter No. Q-25/2/2020-PE.I, Dated 05.08.2020
Respected
Comrade,
This
has a kind reference to the Directorate letter under reference (Copy attached
for ready reference) with instructions for temporary redeployment of 40 HSG-I
NFG posts with effect from 01.08.2020 in 3 Circles by diversion from 12
Circles.
In our opinion, the order is quite
arbitrary and against the interest of the General Line officials of 12 Circles
from where the posts are diverted. Though we have no objection to give benefit
to all eligible officials in the cadre, it is not at all a reasonable decision
to give benefit to 3 Circles at the cost of 12 Circles. Many eligible HSG-I
officials who were in the line of promotion since long and could not be
promoted in time to NFG Cadre with heavy financial loss only due to the merger
of the Postmaster Cadre with the General line will now be deprived of the
benefit for no fault of their own due to the above arbitrary order.
In this context, it is worth
mentioning here that from the beginning of the Cadre Restructuring proposal for
Group-C postal employees, the Staff Side is demanding promotion of all HSG-I
officials completing 2 years of regular service in the cadre to HSG-I NFG. But,
instead, the Department restricted it to 235 posts only which is not seen in
any other cadre availing NFG.
In addition, we do not agree with
the instructions of the Directorate telling it as temporary redeployment since such
posts are ordered to be redeployed up to 7 years 9 months in Maharashtra
Circle, up to 7 years 3 months in West Bengal Circle and in many cases more
than 5 and 6 years.
How can we treat
such a longer period as temporary?
While Maharashtra and West Bengal
Circle are worst affected with diversion of 9 posts each, one post each from J
& K, Jharkhand and North East, 2 posts each from Assam, Gujarat and Odisha,
3 posts each from Bihar and Kerala and 4 posts from MP Circle will be diverted
to give benefit to the erstwhile Postmaster Grade – III, now HSG-I of Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. We strongly object such diversion of
posts from the above 12 Circles and redeployment of the same in 3 Circles.
Under the Circumstances, we would
like to suggest for appraising the Directorate immediately as follows.
1. To
reconsider our proposal for promotion of all HSG-I officials completing 2 years
of regular service in the cadre to HSG-I NFG, or
2. To
increase the number of HSG-I NFG posts proportionately after merger of
Postmaster Cadre with General Line and promote all eligible HSG-I officials to
HSG-I NFG and allow stepping up of pay of the senior officials who will still be
deprived of getting promoted to NFG Cadre.
3. To
keep the present order in abeyance until a final decision is taken for
extending equal benefit to all such officials.
With
regards.
Attached : As above
Comradely
yours,
(Bruhaspati
Samal)
Circle Secretary
