Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by Public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 - extension of last date for filing of revised returns by public servants (Click the link below for details)

http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02ser/lokpalassets.pdf

“E-BOOK” ON “GOOD GOVERNANCE: MINISTRY OF FINANCE”

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REPORT OF WORKING GROUP CONSTITUTED TO DELIBERATE ON RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE EXPERT COMMITTEE REPORT OF SSC.

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INCENTIVE TO THE STAFF PERFORMING INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE (IMTS) TRANSACTIONS IN THE POST OFFICES  CLICK HERE to view Dte Order

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

 "MERRY CHRISTMAS" AND HAPPY NEW YEAR”

NFPE DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

CAN’T RECOVER EXCESS SALARY PAID TO CLASS III, IV STAFF

SUPREME COURT

Press News by TOI

NEW DELHI: Recovery of excess amount paid to Class-III and Class-IV employees due to employer's mistake is not permissible in law, the Supreme Court has ruled saying that it would cause extremely harsh consequences to them who are totally dependent on their wages to run their family.

The apex court said employees of lower rung service spend their entire earning in the upkeep and welfare of their family, and if such excess payment is allowed to be recovered from them, it would cause them far more hardship, than the reciprocal gains to the employer.

A bench of JS Khehar and Arun Mishra also directed that an employer cannot recover excess amount in case of a retired employee or one who is to retire within one year and where recovery process is initiated five years after excess payment.

"We are therefore satisfied in concluding, that such recovery from employees belonging to the lower rungs (i.e., Class-III and Class-IV - sometimes denoted as Group 'C' and Group 'D') of service, should not be subjected to the ordeal of any recovery, even though they were beneficiaries of receiving higher emoluments, than were due to them. Such recovery would be iniquitous and arbitrary and therefore would also breach the mandate contained in Article 14 of the Constitution," Justice Khehar, who wrote the judgment said.

It said that the employer's right to recover has to compared, with the effect of the recovery on the concerned employee and if the effect of the recovery from the employee would be, more unfair, more wrongful, more improper, and more unwarranted, than the corresponding right of the employer, which would then make it iniquitous and arbitrary, to effect the recovery.

"In such a situation, the employee's right would outbalance, and therefore eclipse, the right of the employer to recover," the bench said.

The bench passed the order on a petition filed by Punjab government challenging Punjab and Haryana high court order restraining it to recover the excess amount paid by mistake to numerous employees over the years.

It said we may, as a ready reference, summarize the following few situations, wherein recoveries by the employers, would be impermissible in law:

(i) Recovery from employees belonging to Class-III and Class-IV service (or Group 'C' and Group 'D' service).

(ii) Recovery from retired employees, or employees who are due to retire within one year, of the order of recovery.

(iii) Recovery from employees, when the excess payment has been made for a period in excess of five years, before the order of recovery is issued.

(iv) Recovery in cases where an employee has wrongfully been required to discharge duties of a higher post, and has been paid accordingly, even though he should have rightfully been required to work against an inferior post.

(v) In any other case, where the Court arrives at the conclusion, that recovery if made from the employee, would be iniquitous or harsh or arbitrary to such an extent, as would far outweigh the equitable balance of the employer's right to recover.

The court said a government employee is primarily dependent on his wages, and such deduction from salary should not be allowed which would make it difficult for the employee to provide for the needs of his family and any recovery must be done within five years.

In this case, the employees were given monetary benefits in excess of their entitlement due to a mistake committed by a concerned competent authority, in determining the emoluments payable to them.

NFPE DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS 

TAMIL NADU CIRCLE - 21-12-2014

Min of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions NO REDUCTION IN RETIREMENT AGE

There is no proposal under consideration of Government to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 years for its employees.           The retirement age for Central Government employees was revised from 58 to 60 years in 1997 on the basis of recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission.         The Centre’s total wages and salaries bill for its employees for the year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is Rs. 85,963.50 crore, Rs. 92,264.88 crore and Rs. 1,04,759.71 crore, respectively.         This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Dr. T Subbarami Reddy and Smt. Ambika Soni in Rajya Sabha, today.  **** KSD/PK/BK/RS (ReleaseID:113622) 18.12.2014

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ALTERATION OF DATE OF BIRTH OF A GOVERNMENT SERVANT - REITERATION OF THE INSTRUCTIONS. (Click the link below for details)         

http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/19017_1_2014-Estt.A-IV-16122014.pdf

RAJYA SABHA QUESTION ON 7th PAY COMMISSION

RAJYA SABHA QUESTION ON 7^th PAY COMMISSION

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

                                                               MINISTRY OF FINANCE     

                                                                    RAJYA SABHA

              QUESTION NO 230

ANSWERED ON 25.11.2014

7th Pay Commission

230 SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to satate :-a) the details of meetings, the 7th Pay Commission has taken so far and the items/issues discussed till date;

b) the States, visited, by the Commission if any till date and the States which the Commission proposes to visit;

c) whether the Commission proposes to take the views of the State Governments as regards their pay-scales since invariably, most of the States adopt the Central Pay Commission reports;

d) whether Commission proposes to submit any interim report;

e) whether the Commission proposes to make any recommendations to bring in financial transparency; and
f) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

SHRI JAYANT SINHA
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(a)&(b): The 7th Central Pay Commission is required to make its recommendations on its Terms of Reference. Also, the Commission is to devise its own procedure. The Commission’s Terms of Reference do not enjoin upon it to keep the Government updated on its functioning and the procedure being followed by it during the course of its deliberations. 

(c ): The Terms of Reference of the Commission provide that the Commission will make its recommendations, keeping in view, inter alia, the likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments, which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications.

(d)to(f): The Commission is required to submit its report on its Terms of Reference. However, no Report, including any interim one, has so far been submitted by the Commission.

Hindi version:-

JCM DEPARTMENT COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT DIRECTORATE ON 16/12/2014

NFPE * FNPO * AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) * NUGDS

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GDS (NFPE)

NATIONAL UNION OF GRAMIN DAK SEWAKS (FNPO)

CENTRAL HEAD QUARTERS, NEW DELHI – 110001

No. PJCA/2014                                                                                   Dated: 16.12.2014

CIRCULAR

To

            All Office Bearers of both Federations,

            All General Secretaries of both the Federations

            All Circle / Divisional and Branch Secretaries

 Comrades,

A meeting of Postal JCA consisting NFPE, FNPO, AIPE Union GDS (NFPE) and NUGDS was held at NFPE office, North Avenue, Post Office Building, New Delhi on 03.12.2014. All General Secretaries of NFPE, FNPO and GDS Unions attended the meeting. Com. M. Krishnan Ex. Secretary General NFPE and Secretary General Confederation was also present.

After detailed discussions the following decisions were taken:

1.         Indefinite strike will be organized from 6^th May, 2015.

2.         Intensive campaign programme will be launched by the JCA leaders.

3.         JCA will be formed in all the circles. The following leaders of JCA are authorized for formation of Circle JCA and this work should be completed before 31^st Jan-2015:

Kerala	Shri D. Theagarajan, S/G  FNPO Com. M. Krishnan Ex. S/G  NFPE
Karnataka	Sri D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. P. Suresh G/S R-4 (NFPE)
Andhra Pradesh	Shri  G.M. Rabani Vice president (FNPO) Com. R. Seethalaxmi G/S P-4 (NFPE)
Tamilnadu	Shri N. Ramappa G/S  R-4 (FNPO) Com. T. Satyanarayana G/S Postal Accounts(NFPE)
Odisha	Shri U. Murlidharan G/S NUGDS
	Com. P Pandurangarao G/S AIPEU GDS(NFPE)
Maharashtra	Shri D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. Giri raj Singh G/S R-3 (NFPE)
Gujarat	Shri T N Rahate G/S P-4 (FNPO) Com, N. Subramanian G/S P-3 (NFPE)
M.P.	Shri T N Rahate G/S P-4 (FNPO) Com. R.N. Parashar S/G (NFPE)
Chhattisgarh	Shri  D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. R.N. Parashar S/G (NFPE)
Rajasthan	Shri O.P. Khanna G/S Admn. (FNPO) Com. Virendra Tiwari G/S SBCO (NFPE)
UP	Shri B.S. Singh (FNPO) Com. S.B. Yadav G/S R.O. Accounts (NFPE)
Punjab	Shri Jaipal Singh  Vice President  P-4 (FNPO) Com. Giriraj Singh G/S R-3 (NFPE)
Hayrana	Shi Jaipal Sin gh Vice President , P-4 (FNPO) Com. N. Subramanian G/S P-3 (NFPE)
H.P.	Shi Jaipal Singh Vice President , P-4 (FNPO) Com. K.K. Sharma Vice President ,(NFPE)
Bihar	Shri D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. R. Seethalaxmi G/S P-4 (NFPE)
Jharkhand	Shri Deepak Mukherjee President R-III (FNPO) Com. R. Shiv Narayana President P-III (NFPE)
West Bengal	Shri D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. ,. N. Subramanian G/S P-3 (NFPE)
Assam	Shri Deepak Mukherjee President R-4 (FNPO) Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee G/S Admn.(NFPE)
North East	Shri Deepak Mukherjee President R-4 (FNPO) Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee G/S Admn.(NFPE)
Uttarakhand	Shri  R K Tyagi    Dy/ G/S R-3 (FNPO) Com. R. Seethalaxmi G/S P-4 (NFPE)
Delhi	Com. RN. Parashar S/G NFPE Shri D. Theagarajan S/G (FNPO) and all General Secretaries.

4.         JCA unanimously decided to oppose Task Force Committee recommendations.

5.         State JCA leaders will authorize circle leaders of both Federations for formation of Divisional level JCA & this should be completed before 28^th Feb 2015.

6.         State conventions and Divisional conventions should be held in the month of March-2015.

7.         Circulars, Banners, Pamphlets describing the demands should be sent to all and these should be circulated in regional languages also.

Yours Comradely,

                                                                                                      

    R. N. Parashar                                                                         D. Theagarajan

Secretary General, NFPE                                                 Secretary General, FNPO   

                                                            

  P. Pandurangarao                                                                  P. U. Muraleedharan

  General Secretary                                                                   General Secretary

          AIPEU-GDS (NFPE)                                                                    NUGDS (FNPO)

JCM DEPARTMENT COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT DIRECTORATE ON 16/12/2014

ALL THE 100 SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.

SOME PHOTOS BELOW

STAFF SIDE

STAFF SIDE

STAFF SIDE

STAFF SIDE

STAFF SIDE

OFFICIAL SIDE (POSTAL BOARD MEMBERS)

CHAIRMAN & DG, POSTS  WITH  OTHER TOP OFFICERS

DOWNLOAD ADMIT CARD FOR POSTMAN/MAILGUARD EXAM 2014 - DELHI CIRCLE (Click the link below  for details)

http://205.147.110.48/dop2014/pages/login.aspx

Revision of flat rate of licence fee for General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) throughout the country (Click the link below for details)

http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/Pdf/Circulars/Revised_Rate_GPRA_1729_10122014_Pub-Upload.PDF

Review of Automated System of Allotment [ASA] -Cancellation of enblock Change Waiting List CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

To Link Aadhar [UID] numbers of GPRA occupant all over the country: Directorate of Estates CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Continuous empanelment scheme would be in force initially upto 28th February, 2015 for all CGHS cities except Mumbai CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

1st Floor, North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi - 110001

Ref: PF/MISC/2014                                                                                                 Dated – 12.12.2014

To

All Circle Secretaries of NFPE Unions

All Divisional Secretaries of NFPE Unions

IMPORTANT CIRCULAR

FORMATION OF BRANCHES OF ALL INDIA POSTAL AND RMS PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION (AIPRPA) IN ALL DIVISIONS/DISTRICTS AND CIRCLES

Dear Comrades,

As you are aware the All India Postal and RMS Pensioners Association (AIPRPA) formed at the All India level and its first All India Conference was held in Vellore (Tamilnadu). Com. D. K. Rahate, Ex-All India  President, NFPE and Com. K. Raghavendran, Ex-Secretary General, NFPE are elected as the President and General Secretary of the new organisation. Out of 22 Circles, circle bodies (state Committee) are already formed in 18 circles and the process of formation of Divisional/District committees is going in full swing.

AIPRPA is formed as per the decision of the NFPE Federal Council (highest policy decision making body of NFPE) held at Hyderabad in June 2013. It is the duty of all Circle/Divisional Unions to take initiative to form the Branches of AIPRPA at Circle/Divisional/District levels. (either Divisional level or District level committee may be formed as per the convenience. Postal and RMS pensioners residing in the Division/District may be enrolled as members of AIPRPA)

NFPE CHQ hereby instruct all Circle/Divisional Secretaries of NFPE (P-3, P4, R-3,R-4, Administrative, Postal Accounts, SBCO, Civil wing and GDS) to form Divisional/Circle level committees of AIPRPA in all Divisions/Districts/Circles before 31.03.2015. This decision of NFPE is applicable to all circles and divisions and there is no exemption to any circle or Division.

As a first step for formation of Divisional Units, a meeting of the Postal/RMS Pensioners may be convened by sending notice to the house address of all Postal & RMS Pensioners residing in the Division and in that meeting an adhoc committee with a President and Convenor may be elected. Notice for the first convention is to be issued by the Divisional Secretaries of NFPE unions jointly. Thereafter the adhoc committee shall issue notice for Divisional/District Conference later and elect a full fledged body.

Please treat it as most important and urgent. For Bye-law of the AIPRPA please contact Com. K. Raghavendran, General Secretary, AIPRPA

K. Raghavendran                                                                     R. N. Parashar

General Secretary                                                                   Secretary General

All India Postal & RMS Pensioners                                         National Federation of Postal

Association (AIPRPA)                                                              Employees