Sir as tweeted in the Postal Officers Whatsapp Group below place is a separate letter for our demand of addition of one increment as provided in MOF OM No. 10/2/2011.E.III/A dated 7-1-2013 to ASPs in the
identical GP of Rs. 4600/- who were working ASPs w.e.f 1-1-2006 . Kindly go through this letter and submit your kind views if any change is required. Two more letters will be drafted for Grant of GP of Rs. 5400/- after completion of 30 years of service and other for grant of one increment in GP of Rs. 5400 on completion of four years of service in PS Group B. Sir cooperation of our esteemed members is required.
Respected Sir,
Postal directorate vide letter number 2-12/2013-PCC dated 24-10-2017 had issued
orders revising the GP of Inspector Posts from 4200/- to 4600/- but without
resolving the anomalies taken place in the hierarchy. In view of this proviso Postal
officer Association had already requested your kind honour to issue orders for
grant of one increment to other officers who had worked as ASP as on 1-1-2006, besides
revision in ACP/MACP to maintain hierarchical balance. But no specific orders
for Group B officer who were at that time working as ASPs or PS Group B
officers have been issued along with above orders despite our demand for
issuing simultaneous orders in chain of command.
It
is reiterated that under 5th pay commission IPs were in the pay
scale of 5500-175-9000, the ASPs in 6500-10500 and PS Group B officers in
7500-250-12000. On merger of three scales, IPs were given GP of Rs.4200/-, ASPs
4600/- which was replacement of upgraded scale of 7450-225-11500. Though pay
scale of ASPs was upgraded to 7450-225-1150 from 6500-200-10500 facilitating
placement of ASPs in GP of 4600/- yet no financial benefit of this up-gradation
was conferred to ASPs as on 1-1-2006. Now consequent upon grant of GP of Rs.
4600/- to IPs w.e.f 1-1-2006 with consequential benefit of fixture of pay at
the minimum of 17140/- the equation has changed. As such keeping ASPs at the
same GP of Rs.4600/- without financial benefit of addition of increment or
fixture of pay given under the rules is great injustice and discriminatory to senior
officer.
Moreover as provided in MOF OM No.
10/2/2011.E.III/A dated 7-1-2013(copy enclosed), 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 the officer who were working as ASPs
as on 1-1-2006 are also eligible for fixture of pay w.e.f 1-1-2006 in the
identical scale for two different cadres after giving benefit of increment and
bunching.
Furthermore,
since ASPs and IPs have been placed in the same scale so provision for grant of
MACP or ACP will have to be redefined in view of the clarification issued on
ACP scheme vide DoPT OM No. 35034/1/97-Estt (D) (Vol. IV) dated 12.02.2000 and
18.7.2001. Obviously, the promotion granted to the post of ASP from the lower
pay scale of IP is required to be ignored. As also provided in postal
directorate letter no.4-7/(MACPS)/2009/PCC dated 18-9-2009 promotion earned
/up-gradation granted under the ACP schemes in the past to those grades which
now carry the same GP due to the merger of the scales/ up-gradation of posts
recommended by the sixth pay commission shall be ignored for the purpose of
up-gradation under Modified ACPs.
In the light of above submissions and the fact
that cadre of Inspector Post (Non-Gazetted) and ASP (Gazetted) have been placed
in the identical GP of Rs. 4600/-, it is most humbly prayed that pay of the all
eligible Group B officers who were working as ASPs as on 1-1-2006 may kindly be
ordered to re-fix w.e.f 1-1-2006 by giving addition of one increment and
redefined the prevision of MACP/ACP as submitted above keeping in view the provision of ACP/MACP . This will meet the
end of justice.
With
profound regards.
(R N YADAV)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Postal Officer Association
