CWC Shiridi highlights

Highlights of CWC meeting held at Shiridi

Dear comrades,

Our CWC Meeting was held successfully at Shirdi (Maharashtra) on 12/10/2012 and 13/10/2012. We thank to Maharastra Circle IPASP Association for the elaborate arrangement made in an important holy place. The following office bearers from Tamilnadu circle have attended the working committee meeting and took active part in the deliberations.

     1. P.Jegat Selvan All India Organizing Secretary

   Postmaster St Thomasmount HO

     2. Shri. M. Newton Balakrishnan, Circle Secretary            

    ASP, Triuchendur Sub Division

     3. S. Rajendra Babu, Assistant Circle Secretary 

    ASP (HQrs), Nilgiri Dn., Udagamandalam

4.   Shri. G. Babu, Assistant Circle Secretary 

 ASP, Avadi Sub Division.

Merger of IP/ASP cadre :- The main agenda discussed in this CWC is merger of IP, ASP cadre to get 4600 grade pay to the IP cadre. Our circle branch projected our stand on the issue as “we are in favour of merger of IPs and ASPs with common grade pay of Rs. 4600/- from 01/01/2006 provided the Gazetted status of the existing ASPs should be protected”.  But majority of the circles are against the merger. So it is decided to file another OA in Hon’ble CAT Ernakulam bench jointly.

Apart from the main agenda, our circle and AP circle have raised the following important issues in the CWC meeting for which General Secretary has assured to take up the issues with the Secretary Posts for resolving them.

Reallotment of surplus qualified Tamilnadu IPs working in other circles to our home circle:- At present 36 male surplus IPs from Tamilnadu Circle are still working in other circles even though the scheme of surplus qualified candidates for IP examination has been discontinued from 2011 itself vide Dte Letter No. A-34020/01/2007-DE dated 21.07.2011. They are far away from their family members. Further there is language barrier while working in sub divisions which causes poor quality of work and less output. In the meantime 45 IP posts are vacant in our circle. Even some Sub divisions are vacant and managed by additional charge. Therefore our GS was requested to take up the issue with directorate for early re allotment to home circle as one time measure.

Honorarium to IPs/ASPs for working as IOs & POs - The honorarium ceiling limit of Rs 4000/- as of now existing under Financial Hand Book rules should not be made applicable for Honorarium for working as IOs/ POs. If this is not possible, honorarium ceiling limit should be enhanced as many IPs & ASPs are working as IOs & POs in more than 3 cases at a time. Further, the DOPT order enhancing the honorarium for IOs & POs should be circulated to all circles by the Directorate immediately.

Limited Departmental competitive examination for promotion to AAOs - IPs & ASPs should be allowed to appear for LDCE for promotion to AAOs. Further, The names of IPs & ASPs whose names were deleted from the list of candidates who qualified JAO Part-I examination, should be immediately restored and they should be permitted to appear LDCE for promotion to AAOs.

Passing of TA/DA Bills in the revised rate :- The cost of living is considerably increased across the country both in cities and villages due to steep raise of the essential commodities especially the food stuff. As IP/ASPs are always on tour they are not able to bear the tour expenses within the pre revised DA rates. Further most of their tours are in rural area and they find it very difficult to produce the food bills for claiming the revised DA. So they should be allowed to claim the revised rate of DA on self declaration for food bill.

With regards

                                                                             M.Newton Balakrishnan

Circle secretary