Step By Step Updates
Dear Comrades,
You might have gone through our letter written
to the Chief PMG, Odisha Circle on 16.05.2020 (Posted in website on 17.05.2020)
endorsing copy to our CHQ and NFPE regarding misbehaviour and high-handedness
of the IPPB personnel to DOP staff members. As already informed, I had also a discussion
on the issue with Com. R N Parashar, Secretary General, NFPE on 17.05.2020 at about
8.40 PM with positive assurances and accordingly NFPE wrote a letter on
18.05.2020 to the Secretary (Posts) threatening to the Department to go for
agitation if the misbehaviour and authoritarian activities of IPPB people are
not restricted. The above letter of NFPE has already been posted in our
website.
At 10.47 AM on 18.05.2020, the AGM, IPPB Ltd. Bhubaneswar
called over telephone and apologized for the impolite words used by his staff
members in the WhatsApp group. We simply asked him to condemn such activities
of his members officially and ask all his three staff members to prefer written
apology through Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle. He guaranteed to do so
for the two personnel played in the WhatsApp group as and when asked officially
by the Circle Office. But for the Area Sales Manager,
Jagatsinghpur, as informed, he has requested the SPOs, Cuttack South Division
for initiating inquiry since the former has also lodged a complaint against our
SPM and Divisional Secretary, Com. Swaroop Khara. We cleared him that the
complaint lodged against Com. Swaroop Khara is an afterthought issue and a
manufactured one intended to satisfy personal vindictiveness of someone who was
not interested to see Com. Khara as the Divisional Secretary during the last
Divisional Biennial Conference where we were present as the Circle
Secretary-Cum-Chief Speaker and thus now trying to use this Area Manager as a
weapon to harass him. If things go out of control and any harm is done to Com.
Khara intentionally, then the Circle Union will not sit silent and expose those
people who are involved in such anti-employee activities in addition to giving
justice to Com. Khara. However, we may withdraw our complaint provided the Area Sales Manager,
Jagatsinghpur preferred a written apology to Com. Khara for her high-handedness
and authoritarian attitude. The AGM,
IPPB Ltd. Bhubaneswar replied to do so after the inquiry is
completed.
At
11.00 AM (18.05.2020), the Chief PMG called over telephone and he was also
briefed on the unfortunate issue. We categorically repeated that the two IPPB
personnel have disregarded the highest decision making platform of Odisha
Circle, i.e. RJCM whose Chairman is the Chief PMG. “Whoever he or she may be
will never be spared at the cost of the pride and prestige of the Union”, we
told. We also tried to make him understand the reasons of our protest against
mandatory opening of IPPB Salary Account to which the IPPB people has no business.
It is after all a discussion / negotiation in between the Union and
Administration to which the IPPB is a third party. The Chief PMG suggested me
to cool down and concentrate on my work with assurance to take proper action in
this regard.
Subsequently,
we got the response of the Circle Office in this regard vide C O letter No. SB/52-52/2015,
dated 19.05.2020 taking up the case with IPPB authorities who were also
reminded on 21.05.2020. Both the letters have already posted in our Circle
website and different groups.
Now,
the Apology Letters of both the Area Sales Manager, IPPB Ltd., Rayagada
Division and the Sr. Branch Manager, IPPB Ltd., Dhenkanal Division addressed to
us endorsing copy to the Chief PMG have been received in the meantime. The receipt
of the same by Circle Office was also confirmed. Since the matter was posted in
an unofficial group to which the Circle Office has no control in any manner,
let’s accept the said letters which are reproduced below for the kind
information of our members.
Humble Submission
With every humility, we would like to humbly submit that we were not
at all interested either to take any credit or to feel proud by compelling some
people to apologize. We were not also intended to take any kind of revenge on
anybody. Our only intention was to make them
realize the presence of Union and the importance of its highest forum i.e.
Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) which is Holier-Than-Thou. It should be
understood that Union is not there to confront only but to contribute
constructively for the welfare of the Department and its employees. There
should not be any kind of misunderstanding in future. We are forgetting the
differences and appeal our members to forgive both of them to close the ‘Case
No-1’. Let’s wait for the responses of
Case No.2 from all concern to take a decision on merit.
Few Words
for the IPPB people
In this context, we should state that after we
have initiated this issue from Circle to Directorate, now several instances of
misbehaviour and high-handedness of IPPB people to our staff members are being
intimated to us. The IPPB people are of a notion that the postal employees are only
union oriented and do not work for which the Department is in loss and IPPB Ltd.
came to floor. As alleged by them, we people have no banking knowledge. Thus, while
the efficiency of our committed workforces has been questioned by the IPPB people
with allegation against the Union, the situation forces me to say the following
few words for the information and knowledge of the IPPB people.
Dear IPPB Personnel,
We
are confidently saying that you people know very little about our 166 years old
glorious Department and its historical journey from manual to digital and from
Pigeon Post to ePost. Your official existence starts during 2018 and we are
there officially since 1854. The contribution of the committed workforce of
India Post in nation building is par excellence. They are serving this land of heterogeneous racial, lingual, religious and social
culture upholding its rich cultural heritage through religious pluralism with
Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Budhists, Jains etc. They not
only just distribute letters and money orders with a human touch, but share their sorrows and happiness in more than 19500 mother
tongues inclusive of 22 scheduled
languages protecting the
national unity, social cohesion, secular and federal structure and democratic
ethos of this sub-continent. Competently assisting the rulers, elite and
mercantile community in its various forms in ancient and medieval times, it has
conveniently served both the British rulers and general public in modern times
as a forceful organization in raising national and political consciousness long
before the times of eMail and mobile phones. Prior to independence, India Post,
through a limited work force could be able to develop a vast network of communication even before the Railways and
Telephones were introduced with wide spread impact on the socio-economic life of the nation through
efficient and prompt service. From 23,344 post offices primarily opened in
urban areas prior to
independence catering to the needs of Britishers for development of their trade
and exercising control over their vast Indian possessions, India Post has now registered nearly a seven fold growth during
the period of last seven decades with 1.55 lakh post offices focusing its
expansion to rural areas and thus has been acknowledged as the largest postal
network of the world providing postal
facilities within reach of every citizen in the country at affordable prices
adopting every mode of transmission from bare foot to air route.
And honestly, you were not there
at all in any manner with the above journey and achievements. These committed workforce of India Post can do anything / everything anywhere / everywhere and
take India Post to a new height without your support, which they have
proved severally in all fields before
your existence. We have nothing to learn from you regarding dedication,
sacrifice and commitment towards the Department. Rather, you have to learn a
lot from our devoted workforce for the growth of IPPB Ltd. Any challenge to us
is mere childish.
Secondly, you have also no
knowledge above the glorious journey of P & T Trade Union movements, which
originates since 1905. All the Service Unions / Associations / Federations
including Trade Unions in India have learnt a lot from the historic journey of this biggest platform i.e. National Federation
of Post and Telegraph Employees alias National Federation of Postal Employees
of India Post which is ultimately the largest postal network of the world. All
the benefits, the Central Govt. employees and workers are enjoying now a day
are the result of the struggles and sacrifices of these people. These committed workforce feel extremely proud to be a part of this glorious Department as
well as this biggest platform because they have given their blood and sweat in
strengthening this Department. You are quite unaware of the reasons of deficit
with India Post now. So you should assess your contribution before comparing
yourself with the workers and employees of India Post since these workforce are incomparable.
So, it is our suggestion to you
all without throwing mud on the DOP staff members, just concentrate on your
duties and responsibilities for which you have been recruited keeping in mind
that you are not the boss of these employees having no right to be
authoritative. Be friendly; adhere to professionalism with necessary marketing
and soft skills for the growth of IPPB Ltd. Excessive dependence on DOP staff
members and heavy intolerance towards them will yield nothing. We know our
duties and responsibilities very well. In one line, we are too committed for
the growth of this Department and welfare of its people.”
Few Words to
our staff members
The issue originates from the VC dated
01.05.2020 where in the Secretary (Posts) has urged for opening of increasing
numbers of IPPB Accounts ensuring door step banking through more and more AePS
transactions during this national pandemic of COVID-19. You must accept and
appreciate that our services at this critical juncture have been acknowledged
widely and praised severally by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Minister
of Communications and Secretary (Posts) through video messages, twitters etc.
and everybody in the hierarchy wants to take India Post to a different level
winning the trust of the common citizens with effective service delivery of our
valuable financial and mail products/services. And this lockdown period is the
right time to prove our efficiency more effectively. As responsible India Post employees, we
should realize also the need of the hour and rise to the occasion.
The correspondences, discussions and
tussles with the administration by the Union against the anti-employee
activities, policy deficiencies and arbitrary decisions / orders should not be
mixed up with our duties and responsibilities towards our Department which
always requires our significant contributions in all fields with utmost sincerity,
honesty, devotion, punctuality and dedication to achieve its goals and
objectives, mission and vision for the existence of 1.55 lakh post offices and
5 lakh employees and workers. We have to proceed ahead accepting the changes
and we are doing this most effectively also. There is no doubt about it. But
with due regards to the rising expectations of the people, we have to be more
active particularly at this moment when people need our services. We have to
keep the goodwill of our respective Divisions and Circle as a whole. We cannot
run away from our assigned responsibilities.
So, as duty-bound responsible India
Post employees, you go ahead with your duties and responsibilities with deep
faith on your leadership from Divisional level to CHQ you have elected. And we
are confident that they will be always with you for all injustices done to you
anywhere in any manner.
N F PE,
Zindabad
Workers
Unity Zindabad.
With fraternal greetings.
=
Bruhaspati Samal =
Circle Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C
Organizing General Secretary, AIPEU,
Gr-C, CHQ
Chairman, NFPE, Odisha State CoC &
Leader, R J C M (Staff Side), Odisha Circle
