National Federation of Postal Employees
1st Floor North Avenue
Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com
Mob: 9868819295/9810853981 website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com
No.
PF-16/2017 Dated: 22nd July, 2017
To
Shri
A. N. Nanda,
Secretary,
Department
of Posts,
DakBhawan,
New Delhi – 110001
Sub: - PO & RMS Accountant’s Special Allowance – reg.
Sir,
As
you are aware 7th CPC has recommended as follows:
“Para 8.2.5 – The General approach
adopted by the Commission is as under –
1.
We have
considered all allowances reported to us,
in this chapter. Any allowances, not mentioned here (and hence not reported to
the Commission), shall cease to exist
immediately. In case there is any demand or requirement for continuation of
an existing allowance which has not been deliberated upon or covered in this
report, it should be re-notified by the
Ministry concerned after obtaining due approval of Ministry of Finance and
should be put in the public domain”
One
of the most important allowance relating to Postal department i.e.; PO &
RMS Accountant Special Allowance did not find any mention in the 7th
CPC report, as Department of Posts has failed to report that allowance to 7th
CPC. Subsequently when Govt. constituted an Allowance Committee under the
chairmanship of Secretary, Finance Expenditure, JCM Staff side and NFPE has
submitted a memorandum to the Committee and requested restoration and
enhancement of the allowance. It is told that Department of Posts also
submitted the case to Allowance Committee for restoration. But unfortunately,
in the notification issued by the Govt. after acceptance of Allowance Committee
report by Cabinet, the PO & RMS Accountant Special Allowance is not
mentioned. Finance Ministry has issued an order that all other allowances which
is not mentioned in the Govt. notification on allowances stands abolished and drawal
of such allowances should be discontinued with effect from 01.01.2017.
Accordingly field units have stopped drawal of PO & RMS Accountant Special
Allowance.
In
order to become eligible to be posted as PO & RMS Accountant and official
should qualify an examination called PO & RMS Accountant examination, which
covers the knowledge in almost all rules of Postal Department spread in various
manuals and Rule Books. The PO & RMS Accountant’s job profile requires deep
knowledge in rules and is of higher responsibility when compared to the work of
Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant. In fact, taking into consideration the
nature of duties, responsibilities and Accountability of the post, we have
demanded higher pay scale (LSG pay scale) for PO & RMS Accountants.
In
the above circumstances, it is a grave injustice to discontinue the PO &
RMS Accountant’s Special Allowances. Employees should not be made to suffer due
to the omission and failure on the part of the Department of Posts to report
this Allowance to the 7th CPC with full justification for
enhancement.
I
request your immediate intervention in this case, so that action will be taken
to restore the Allowance with effect from 01.07.2017.
With
regards,
Yours
faithfully,
(R.
N. Parashar)
Secretary
General
Copy
to: -
All CWC Members
All Circle Secretaries
___________________________________________________________________
National Federation of Postal Employees
1st Floor North Avenue
Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com
Mob: 9868819295/9810853981 website:
http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com
Ref.
PF/67-13/2017 Dated
– 22.07.2017
To,
The
Secretary
Department
of Posts
Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Sub: - Curtailment
and recovery of Transport Allowance of employees of Kamptee – request for
personal intervention to stop curtailment/recovery.
Sir,
It
is reported that Transport Allowance being paid at A-1/A class city rates to
the employees of Kamptee has been curtailed and recovery orders as per the
objection made by the Audit party. The Audit para reads as follows: -
“Para – 4 – Irregular drawl of higher
rate of Transport Allowance (TA) at Nagpur rate at Kamptee from 01.09.2008
onwards –
As
per Ministry of Finance (Department of Exp.) OM No. 21(2)/2008-E-II (B) dated 29.08.2008
the Transport Allowance has been revised with effect from 01.09.2008. For the
cities other than A-1/A class it is allowed at the rate of 400 + DA and 800 +
DA according to basic pay and grade pay of the officials. Kamptee HO and all
its SOs come under other than A-1/A class city. Therefore officials posted
there are entitled for transport allowances at the rate of 400 + DA or 800 + DA
as admissible. Whereas on verification of pay bills it was observed that
officials posted at Kamptee HO and few of its SOs have been paid Transport
Allowance at the higher rates applicable to A-1/A Class cities i.e.; 800 + DA
and 1600 + DA resulting over payment of transport allowance. There are no
orders for drawl of Transport Allowance at higher rate for Kamptee. Hence apart
from stopping the payment of higher rate of Transport Allowance immediately,
excess paid amount of TA from 01.09.2008 onwards may be assessed and recovered
under intimation to DA (P) Nagpur”.
In
this regard the following points and facts are brought to your kind notice.
1.
Kamptee comes under the Urban Agglomeration
(UA) of Nagpur. Copy of Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) OM No.
2 (21)/E-II (B)/2004 dated 13th November 2004 is enclosed in which
Kamptee (UA) is clear shown under the Urban Agglomeration of Nagpur (UA).
2.
In the Audit objection Ministry of Finance
(Department of Expenditure) OM No. 21(2)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29.08.2008 is
referred. Orders for Revision of Transport Allowance). In that order also there
is clear mention about Nagpur (UA). Please refer copy of the orders enclosed.
3.
Kamptee is placed under Nagpur (UA) vide
Ministry of Finance Memo referred in para-1 above. At that time in 1994 Nagpur
was B1-city and subsequently declared as A-City. Inclusion/consideration of
Kamptee in Nagpur UA was based on 1981 census which relates with population and
HRA/CCA at Nagpur rate was paid.
4.
CCA has been replaced by Transport Allowance.
According to Sixth CPC classification (X, Y, Z) Nagpur came under ‘Y’ category.
According to Ministry of Finance OM No. 2 (13)/2008. E.II (B) dated 29.08.2008
(copy enclosed) certain OMs issued for HRA/CCA were abolished which does not
include the Specific OM of 1994 under which higher rate of HRA/CCA is extended
to Kamptee as a special case.
5.
Thus it can been seen that Kamptee still comes
under the Nagpur (UA) and is eligible for Transport Allowance at higher rate
entitled for Nagpur.
6.
I request you to review the case judiciously
and cause issue of orders for restoration of higher rate of Transport Allowance
of Nagpur rate to the employees of Kamptee (UA).
Yours
faithfully,
(R.
N. Parashar)
Secretary
General
NFPE
Copy
to:
Com. S. S. Sathe, Asst. Circle
Secretary, AIPEU Group ‘C’ Maharashtra Circle and PRI (P), Nagpur GPO
__________________________________________________________________
National Federation of Postal Employees
1st Floor North Avenue
Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com
Mob: 9868819295/9810853981 website:
http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com
NO.
PF-16/2017 Dated : 22nd July,2017
To
Shri.
A. N. Nanda’
Secretary’
Department
of Posts’
Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Sub:
- Dress Allowance to Postman/Mailguard/MTS Staff of Department of Posts – reg.
Sir,
As
you are aware, 7th CPC has recommended that all uniform related
allowances should be subsumed in a single Dress Allowances (including shoes).
It has also recommended the rates of Dress Allowance for various categories of
uniformed staff in Para 8.16.14 of its report. In that para no mention is made
about the Dress Allowance of uniformed staff of Postal Department viz; Postmen,
Mailguard and MTS.
There
is a mention regarding other categories of staff as follows:
“other categories of staff who are
supplied with uniform and are required to wear them regularly, like Trackman,
Running staff of Indian Railways, staff car drivers etc.” Their rate of Dress
Allowance is fixed as Rs.5000/- per year.
Even
if is presumed that the Postmen, Mailguard, MTS Staff of Postal department comes
under “other categories”, the Dress Allowance recommended by the 7th
CPC is far below the amount of various items relating to Dress (washing
allowance, cost of shoes uniform etc.) they are getting at present.
Subsequently
Govt. constituted an Allowance Committee headed by Secretary, Finance &
Expenditure to review various allowances recommended by 7th CPC.
Before the Allowance Committee NFPE has submitted a memorandum requesting
enhancement of Dress Allowance of Postmen, Mailguard and MTS staff to 15000/-
per month. But from the notification issued by Govt. after accepting the
recommendations Allowance Committee, again no mention is made about
Postmen/MG/MTS and no increase in Dress Allowance is made. The entire
Postman/MG/MTS staff are aggrieved over the decision of the Govt.
In
para 8.16.14 of 7th CPC regarding Dress Allowance there is a special
recommendation as follows: -
“While
the Committee has recommended that other categories of staff who are supplied
with uniform and required to wear them regularly should be provided Dress
Allowance at the rate of Rs.5000/- per year, the Ministries/Departments may
taka a decision on whether the rate should be Rs.5000/- or Rs.10000 per year”
From
the above recommendation it is clear that the Department of Posts can take a
decision to enhance the Dress Allowance to Rs.10000/- with the approval of
Finance Ministry.
In
view of the of the above, I request the Secretary, Department of Posts to take
immediate necessary action to raise the Dress Allowance of Postmen, Mailguard
and MTS, at least Rs.10000/- per year, as per the recommendation of 7th
CPC.
Yours
faithfully,
(R.
N. Parashar)
Secretary
General
Copy
to: -
General Secretary, AIPEU Postmen/MTS
General Secretary, R-IV
