Members are requested to go through the below mentioned letter and suggest the action required at our level so that all our Group A and B members may get the benefit of  revision w.e.f 1-1-2006 along with other benefits. If there needs be our association will file case in CAT for relief but before that we have to exhaust all the admn. channels .Similar letter was addressed earlier but this one will be issued after necessary amendments as per suggestion of the members.

To

Sh. A.N.Nanda,

The Secretary (Post)

                           Department of Post

                          Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg

                          New Delhi-160017 

 Respected Sir,

On behalf of the Postal officer Association, I wish to bring to your kind notice one of the issues pending since long regarding non-grant of increment while placing the Group B officers in the GP of Rs. 5400/- particularly those promoted after 1-1-2012. It is being kindly recalled that this concern was brought to your kind notice and your predecessor too through various communications. Now the equation has changed on granting GP of Rs.4600/- to IPs but without any relief and solace to Group B officers.

            It is reiterated that on the recommendation of 6th CPC, IPs i.e. our feeder cadre having pre revised scale of 5500-175-9000 were placed in the GP of Rs.4200/-, ASPs in 4600/- and Group B in 4800/- coupled with GP of Rs 5400/- after 4 years of service. Consequently many our members were getting pay fixture under 2nd and 3rd MACP to that level on personal basis without actual promotion. There was only charm of getting fixture after four years of service on joining Group B under non functional GP of 5400/- but unfortunately this fixture has also been withdrawn by the department without any logic, reason and rhyme while placing Group B officer at level 9 on implementation of 7th pay commission.  Whereas Ministry of Finance vide F No. 26017/219/2016- Ad.II.A dated 10-4-2017 has clarified to the revenue department that since 7th CPC recommended only normal replacement pay level for Superintendents so NFGP introduced on the basis of 6th CPC recommendation will continue under 7th CPC regime by replacing the pay structure of pay band and Grade pays with the corresponding Pay Levels/ Cells in Pay Matrix. Our department is silent on this texture too leaving Group B officer in lurch.

Now on grant of GP of Rs. 4600/- to IPs w.e.f 1-1-2006 having equivalent replacement scale of 7450-225-11500 will create more anomalies in the hierarchy that needs to be looked into on priority. Keeping ASPs at the same GP of Rs.4600/- that has not even enjoyed by ASPs before implementation of 6th pay commission is arbitrary, discriminatory and against equality. Under 5th pay commission the ASPs in the pay scale of 6500-10500 were given replacement higher scale of 7450-225-11500 without any benefit of increment. Since the ASPs have been placed in identical scale so as provided in MOF OM No. 10/2/2011.E.III/A dated 7-1-2013, the fixation of pay on promotion from one post to another where promotional post carries the same GP as the feeder post, in such cases fixture of pay will be done in the manner as prescribed in Rule 13 (i) of CCS (RP) rules 2008.  Apparently ASPs now in PS Group "B" or "A"are also eligible for grant one increment w.e.f 1-1-2006 in the identical scale having two different cadres. Besides, bunching benefit should be given retrospectively.

On the recommendation of 7th CPC, pre-revised Grade Pay of Rs 4800/- in pay scale of Rs 9300-34800 in PB (2) has been replaced with Grade pay of Rs. 5400/-with effect from 01-01-2016 to PS Group “B” officers with simple replacement as given in the illustration too. However in view of clarification issued by Ministry of Finance vide F No. 26017/219/2016- Ad.II.A dated 10-4-2017 NFGP introduced on the basis of 6th CPC recommendation will continue under 7th CPC regime by replacing the pay structure of pay band and Grade pays with the corresponding Pay Levels/ Cells in Pay Matrix. As such all PS Group B officers are eligible for fixture of pay on completion of four years of service in Group B with corresponding pay levels/cells in  Pay Matrix.

It is therefore urged to kindly intervene and get the above anomalies settled early by issuing orders to re-fix the pay of PS Group B officers’ w.e.f 1-1-2006 starting  from  IP/ASP cadre onward so that the members of the Association may not feel discriminated.

With warm regards

Yours sincerely,

(R N Yadav )