No. P3NFPE – Odisha / 11 – 12 / 2017
Dated at Bhubaneswar the 16th
December, 2017
To
Com. R N Parashar
Secretary General,
NFPE
North Avenue Post Office Building
New Delhi - 110001
Sub:- Suggestions on proposed
revision of Recruitment Rules of MTS,
Postman, Mail Guard and P A / S A
Ref.- Directorate’s letter
No.27-33/2009-SPB-I, dated 13.12.2017
Respected
Comrade,
With reference to above, we have has the following suggestions which
may be considered for conveying to the
Directorate, if sound proper and found feasible along with any other
suggestions received if any from any corner by NFPE.
1. The Department of Posts (Multi Tasking Staff) Recruitment Rules,
2017:
In this context, this Circle Union
observes that with implementation of I T Modernization Project, the job profile
of the MTS both in Administrative and in Subordinate offices has been changed
and become multifarious and now they are performing even some clerical duties in
addition to their non-clerical duties and as such the erstwhile Group-D has
been re-designated as MTS Group-C vide Postal Directorate letter
No.1-20/2008-PCC, dated 24.09.2010 with assignment of the following nature of
activities.
i.
Maintenance of
Diary/Despatch/Movement Registers including entry in computer and physical
maintenance of records.
ii.
Submission of
periodical statements of routine nature like absentee statement etc.
iii.
Preparation and
submission of indents with approval of supervisor.
iv.
Photocopying and
sending of fax messages.
v.
Delivery of Dak
within and outside the building.
vi.
Watch and
ward/caretaker duties, opening and closing of rooms, general cleanliness and
upkeep of section/unit/office including dusting of furniture, cleaning of
building, rooms, fixture, upkeep of parks, lawns, potted plants etc.
vii.
Other non-clerical
work in the section / unit.
viii.
Driving of
vehicles, if in possession of valid driving license.
ix.
Sale of Postage
Stamps / Stationery, Assistance in booking of Registered / Parcel and Speed Post articles, Receipt and Despatch
of mails including preparation of Mail / Registered / Parcel List, preparation
of delivery list for registered articles and Money Orders.
x.
Scanning of Speed
Post Bags / Articles and its uploading in on the Speednet or any other software
dealing with the processing of speed post articles or similar other activity.
xi.
Assistance in
sorting of mails, exchange of mails, letter box clearance etc.
xii.
Handling customer
enquiries.
Thus, they are performing both
technical and non-technical works and their area of operation is spread both
inside and outside the office. While they are performing both in-house /
back-house works, they have also field jobs.
Therefore,
we have the following suggestions.
a. The MTS needs to be placed at Level – 3 of the Pay Matrix instead
of Level – 1 as proposed under Column – 4 of Part-I and Part – II of the Schedule
annexed to the Directorate letter under reference.
b. The condition of Direct Recruitment from Open Market proposed in
Para – V under Column – 10 of Part- I and Para - C under Column – 10 of Part –
II of the Schedule needs to be dropped
since the Department of Posts is well equipped with lakhs of Gramin Dak Sewak
and Casual Workers who should be given opportunity to become the Departmental
employees through such RRs.
2. The Department of Posts (Postman) Recruitment Rules, 2017:
Similar to the case of MTS, the job
profile of Postman has now been changed with implementation of I T Modernization
Project in the Department of Posts. On account of changes in the present work
culture due to induction of Information Technology, the Postal Directorate,
vide its letter No. 25-20/2008-PE.I, dated 25.11.2008 has prescribed the
following additional duties for the
Postman / Delivery Staff.
i.
Data entry in
various modules (Postman / Speednet) for all mail articles given to them for
delivery.
ii.
Assistance to
Sorting Postman / Head Postman in beat sorting
iii.
Delivery of Direct
Posts
iv.
Collection of
surplus cash from S Oslying in the beat and remitting cash to the main post
office to which they are attached,
whenever ordered by the Postmaster.
v.
Assisting in Table
Sorting, Segregation of misspent / misdirected articles and beat sorting.
vi.
Preparation of Special
Delivery Slips for bulk addressees by data entry in the Postman Module.
vii.
Sorting of
Accountable Articles and Money Orders beat-wise and their entry into computer
system for printing of delivery slips.
viii.
Entry of
Undelivered Accountable Articles / Money
Orders in the Postman Module.
ix.
To act as an agent
for promoting PLI / RPLI and Business Development Products.
x.
Assistance to the
Treasures in sorting of the currency notes
and marking bundles denomination wise
and also escort the Treasurer while drawing and remittance of cash to Bank / Treasury.
xi.
Drawal of Revenue
Stamps from Treasury / Sub-Treasury, if ordered by the Postmaster.
xii.
Data Entry of PLI /
RPLI proposals and generating Acceptance
memos for policies .
xiii.
Preparing the Beat
List and Beat Map and updating the same on a regular basis.
Thus, they are now just not merely
Postmen but the Marketing Agents of the Department performing both technical and non-technical
jobs, both in-house and field assignments and both clerical and non-clerical
nature of jobs.
Therefore,
we have the following suggestions.
a. The Postman needs to be placed at Level – 4 of the Pay Matrix
instead of Level – 3 as proposed under Column – 4 of the concerned Schedule
annexed to the Directorate letter under reference.
b. The condition of Direct Recruitment from Open Market proposed in
Para – iii (d) under Column – 10 of the concerned Schedule annexed to the
Directorate letter under reference needs to be dropped since the Department of
Posts is well equipped with lakhs of Gramin Dak Sewak and thopusand of MTS who
should be given opportunity to become the Departmental employees / promoted to
higher posts through such RRRs.
3. The Department of Posts (Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant)
Recruitment Rules, 2017:
As aware, the 6th CPC vide
Para 3.1.10 and 3.1.12 observed that emphasis should be on recruiting
multi-skilled personnel at Assistant level designed as Executive Assistant who
will discharge the functions of present day requirement and be designated as
Executive Assistant.
Similarly, the Administrative Reforms
Commission observed inter alia:
“If on the basis of job evaluation,
the job index is the same- the same salary should be attached to the job”.
(Page 31, Para-1, Chapter IV, Volume – I). As the Postal Assistants, both
Supervisory and Operative possess a higher qualitative and quantitative nature
of work, they can be called as Executive Postal Assistant with higher pay”.
Moreover, in addition to day to day several
operational works under various designations viz. Sub Postmaster, Postmaster
Grade – I / II / III, Postmaster (LSG / HSG-II / HSG-I) , the Postal Assistants
perform the duties of an Inspector (Public Relation Inspector), an Officer (
PLI Development Officer now re-designated as PLI Group Leader), an
Administrator (System Administrator), an Executive (Business / Marketing /
Philately Executive), an Accountant, a Treasurer and performs various
administrative works in Divisional Offices, PSDs, CSDs. The job profile of this
Matriculate Non-technical Postal Clerk has now become changed to a Technical
Postal Assistant with +2 qualification with the passage of time due to
modernization and computerization of India Post.
The present draft RR has proposed the
minimum educational qualification of the PA/SA as graduation under Column 7 of
the concerned Schedule of the Directorate letter under reference which is a
welcome step.
Therefore,
under the facts and figures, we have the following suggestions.
a. The short title of the proposed RR to be published in the Gazette
of India needs to be changed from “The Department of Posts (Postal Assistant
and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2017” to “The Department of Posts
(Executive Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant) Recruitment Rules, 2017”.
b. The P A / S A needs to be placed at Level – 6 of the Pay Matrix
instead of Level – 4 as proposed under Column – 4 of the concerned Schedule
annexed to the Directorate letter under reference.
With regards.
Yours
comradely,
B SAMAL
Circle Secretary
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