CADRE RESTRUCTURING COMMITTEE FOR MMS:
First meeting will be held in Hyderabad on 12thMarch 2012 to 13th March 2012 under the Chairpersonship of Smt Sandhya Rani PMG (BD) Hyderabad. Staff Side proposal (NFPE/FNPO) will be submitted during the meeting; Com. Giri Raj Singh (R-3 NFPE) and Com. D. Theagarajan (R-3 FNPO) are the Staff Side members in the committee. RMS/MMS Br./Divisional Unions (NFPE) are requested to submit their proposals to Com. Giri Raj Singh.
IPO EXAMINATION RESULT READY:
It is gathered that IPO examination is ready but some court cases filed by Postmaster’s Cadre Officials, it is being delayed. Result will be declared after sorting out the court cases related issues.
REVISED RECRUITMENT RULES FOR HSG I:
UPSC has approved revised recruitment rules for HSG I. after several rounds of discussions with our officers. The Department of Posts has fulfilled the requirements of the UPSC. Now the file may go to Law Ministry .After that our Department will issue gazette notification notifying the revised recruitment rules for HSG I
ADHOC ARRANGEMENTS FOR HSG I:
Department approached DOPT for approval of adhoc arrangements for HSG I. Approval is expected with in a week formal orders likely to be issued shortly.
REGULARIZATION OF CASUAL LABOURERS - WINS A LEGAL BATTLE
AFTER WAITING 30 YEARS, 150 POSTAL STAFF REGULARISED
Chennai, Mar 9, 2012(TNN): After waiting for 30 years, close to 150 employees of the postal department will finally become regular employees, thanks to the intervention of the Central Administrative Tribunal ( CAT). A bench of G Shanthappa, judicial member and R Satapathy, administrative member, passed orders on the matter.
The applicants were appointed mazdoors with the department of posts in 1982. While joining, they were assured that their services would be regularised. Based on directions in a Supreme Court judgment, the department introduced a scheme in 1991 which stipulated that all casual labourers who worked for eight hours a day for 240 days every year as on November 29, 1989 would be conferred temporary status.
Those who were granted temporary status and had worked for three consecutive years would be conferred with 'Group D' status. These employees – who are now called multi-tasking staff – would be eligible for pension and other service benefits.
When they approached the tribunal in 2010, they were directed to make individual representations to authorities by listing out their grievances. But their claims were rejected mainly on two grounds – that they were overage and that they did not have the qualification.
When their fresh applications came up for hearing, M Ravindran, additional solicitor general who appeared for the Union government, said authorities did not have any objection to regularise their services.
The bench said there "cannot be any hindrance for the absorption of applicants" who have been working for so long. "It has also come to our notice that there are enough vacancies to accommodate the applicants before us," the bench said.
Authorities were directed to consider regularising these applicants and give age relaxation and training for those who did not possess matriculation skills within three months.
