PAYMENT OF DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES - REVISED RATES EFFECTIVE FROM 1.1.2013.

No. 1(2)2013-E.II(B)

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi,

Dated: 25^th April, 2013.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees-Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2013.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No.1 (8)/2012-E-II (B) dated 28^th Sepetmber,2012  on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 72% to 80% with effect from 1st January,2013.

2.         The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s O.M. No.1 (3)/2008-E-II(B) dated 29th August. 2008 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3.         The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all Central Government employees.

4.         These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates. In regard to Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

5.         In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

6.         The Hindi version of this O.M. is also attached.

                                                                                              Sd/-

(K.R. Sharma)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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ORDERS FOR FILLING UP OF HSG I POSTS

LONG AWAITED ORDERS FOR FILLING UP THE VACANCIES IN HIGHER SELECTION GRADE-T (HSG.I) IN POST OFFICES (POS) AND RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE (RMS) OFFICES ARE NOW ISSUED.

S.P.KULKARNI                                                                  VIRENDRA TEWARY
President                                                                                   General Secretary

No 04-441201Z-SPB.ll

Government of lndia

Ministry of Communications and lT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-11001 ,

Dated 18th April, 2014.

To

All Chief Postmasters General/ Postmasters General.

Subject:- Filling up the vacancies in Higher Selection Grade-t (HSG.I) in Post Offices (POs) and Railway Mail Service (RMS) Offices- Reg.

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to say that the existing Recruitment Rules in brief provide to fill up the posts of Higher Selection Grade-l (HSG.l) in Post Offices (POs) and Railway Mail Service (RMS) Offices in postal Circles as under:-

i. HSG.I in POs: (i) The existing Recruitment Rules, 1976 of HSG.I in POs and amended

vide Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 1980 provide for filling up

(a) promotion from HSG.ll General line officials with three years regular ervice and

(b) promotion from Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices with two years regular service, in the ratio of 50.50 - odd post exsting on the date preceding the Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 1980 going to general line,

(ii) All posts created after commencement of Recruitment (Amendment)

Rules, 1980 are to be filled up f promotion of HSG.ll official with three years regular service In the grade.

ll. HSG I in RMS offices: The Recruitment Rules, 1976 initially provided for filling up the posts of HSG.I in RMS offices by promotion of HSG.ll officials in RMS offices with 3 years regular service in the grade, which were further amended in the year 1993 as per which 43 out of 111 sanctioned posts are earmarked for being filled up by promotion of Asstt. Supdt. of Railway Mail Service (ASRM) with 3 years regular service,

2.         Earlier DOP&T had not allowed to fill up the. posts in HSG.I by promotion on regular basis as they observed that (i) the posts of HSG-I and ASPO carried same pay scale therefore, the promotion of ASPO to HSG-I was not in order particularly, when they noted that the ASPOs, after their promotion were permitted to go back to their parent cadre and (ii) the RRs had become obsolete. Therefore, the Circles were advised not to fill up the posts in HSG-I in Post Offices (POs) and Railway Mail Services Offices (RMS Offices) by regular promotion pending amendment of the Recruitment Rules (RRs) but subsequently allowed on more than one occasion to fill up the posts in H$G-l in POs & RMS offices by promotion of HSG. ll officials on adhoc basis.

3.         The Directorate initiated the process of amendment of the Recruitment Rules of HSG-I in consultation with Department of, Personnel & Training (DOP&T) and Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), In the meantime, references had been received from various Circles explaining difficulties being faced by them in the absence of filing up of the posts in HSG-I or regular basis and continuation of ad-hoc arrangement for past many years.

4.         The matter was taken up with DOP&T, bringing to their knowledge the difficulties being faced by the Circles in the absence of regular incumbents and also the concern of such officials who could not be promoted on regular basis. Thus, DOP&T was requested to allow this Department to fill up the posts of HSG-I on regular basis. DOP&T have now opined that the promotions may be made on the basis of the existing RRs. However, the DOP&T has not clarified as to whether the ASPOs could be 'promoted' to HSG-I, for which a separate reference is being made to DOP&T. Pending the same, the Circles ale advised tg proceed further in holding the DPC for promotion of HSG-ll Officials in Post Offices and RMS Offices only to FISG-I on regular basis as per the provisions of the RRs.

5.         The Circles are advised to convene the DPCs for promotion to HSG-I on regular basis latest by 30.04.2013 and issue the promotion orders by 06.05.2013. Thereafter, a report may be furnished to the Directorate by Fax to Shri Raj Kumar, Director (Staff (Fax No 23096103) by 10.05.2013 intimating the completion of the  said exercise and number of officials thus promoted to HSG-I and the number of posts remained vacant if any, for want of eligible officials,

Yours faithfully,

 (Alka Tewari)

Assistant Director General (SPN)

Copy to:-  (All Concerned)

DA HIKE

DA HIKE

Union Cabinet today approved the proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 per cent, from existing 72 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners of the central government.

The hike would be effective from January 1st , 2013 and the employees and pensioners will be entitled to arrears.

- s.p.kulkarni,president,

Thursday 21 March 2013

PHOTOGRAPS AND REPORT OF A  HISTORIC MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF SBCO, 2^nd ALL INDIA CONFERENCE HELD AT HARIDWAR (UTTARAKHAND)

Comrades,

           

First of all we would like to wish all the Comrades

a very happy Holi.

            With much enthusiasm and cheers the second All India Conference of AIPSBCOEA was held at Sri Akhil Bharatiya Maheshwari Sewa Sadan, Haridwar (Uttarakhand) from 2^nd to 4^th March 2013. Hundreds of delegates and visitors from all over India participated in the conference. It shows the growth of our organization during the last two years at national level.

            Ahead of the inauguration of the conference session, National Flag and NFPE Flag were hoisted by Comrade, M. Krishnan, Secretary General NFPE and Com. S.P. Kulkarni President AIPSBCOEA respectively. Com. Virendra Tewary General Secretary Reception Committee delivered welcome speech.Com.  M. Krishnan Secretary General NFPE inaugurated the conference  with valuable address, who described the effects of New Postal  policy, proposed IT management in the Department of Post and Core banking solutions in POSB. We came to understand from his speech that the SBCO Wing will continue as audit functionary and necessary software for SBCO will be developed for voucher check etc.

            Open session of the conference was held under the presidentship of Com. S.P. Kulkarni. Com. M. Krishnan Secretary General NFPE, Com. Ishwar Singh Dabas General Secretary NFPE P-4. Shri Madan Kaushik  M.L.A.(Chief Guest) Haridwar, Com. T.P. Mishra Patron of Reception Committee , Com. Joga Singh Chairman of Reception Committee and various leaders of NFPE of UP  Circle and Uttarakhand Circle i.e. Chandra Pal Circle Secretary P-IV Uttarakhand  Vikram Shah Circle Secretary P-IV, Com. Chaudhary Anil Kumar played a vital role to conduct this conference and greeted the conference. Com. Asit Das offered Vote of Thanks.

            After open session, the Subject Committee was held. Com. S. Appanraj, General Secretary, AIPSBCOEA presented the Annual report on the activities of our union and audited accounts which was approved by the house. All Circle Secretaries and delegates debated the issues concerned to SBCO cadre and participation in the struggles held in response to the call given by NFPE Confederation. Besides, the un deterred legal battle waged continuously during the over period of last two years and winning over it was remained by one and all. Copy of the Directorate orders on recognition to our union was supplied to all circles.

The AIC elected new set of office bearers unanimously for the year 2013-2015 as under:

President                   : Shri S.P. Kulkarni, Supervisor SBCO, Kolhapur H.O.(Mah)    

Working President      : Shri Atul Kumar Srivatsav, PA SBCO Kanpur H.O.(U.P.)

Vice President-1         : Shri S. Appanraj , Supervisor SBCO Mylapore H.O. Chennai

Vice President-2         : Shri Mohindernath Sharma, Supervisor SBCO, Ferozepur H.O.

General Secretary     : Shri Virendra Tewary, PA SBCO, Lucknow Chowk, HPO,  

                                      Lucknow(UP), Camp at RJCM, CPMG Office Complex ,

                                      Lucknow -226001(UP).

Dy. Genl. Secretary    : Shri Asit Das PA SBCO Park Street H.O. (West Bengal).

Asstt. Genl. Secy.- 1   : Shri M.K. Mohanan, Supervisor SBCO, Calicut H.O. (Kerala).

                              -2   : Shri N.K. Bajpayee, PA SBCO Hajipur H.O. (Bihar)

                              -3   : Shri Subhash Jaiswal, PA SBCO, Jabalpur H.O.(MP).

                              -4   : Shri B. Naga Shastry, PA ICO(SB) Kurnool(AP).

                              -5   : Shri V.K. Jain, PA SBCO Jawarhar NagarH.O., Jaipur(Raj)

Financial Secretary   : Shri Rajiv Kumar Ambala Cantt GPO(Haryana).

Asstt. Financial Secy   .Shri S.M. Brahmbhatt PA SBCO, Anand H.O.(Gujarat).

Org. Secretary                        : Shri P.N. Dwivedi Supervisor SBCO Patna GPO (Bihar)

                                    :  Shri S.S. Sathe PA SBCO, Mumbai H.O.(Mah)

VENUE of AIC- Akhil Bharatiy Maheshwari Sewa Sadan, Haridwar-

Photographs of AIC held at Haridwar( Uttrakhand) on 2nd to 4th March-2013

2nd AIC held at Haridwar ( Uttarakhand)-

Comrades ;

2nd AIC held at Haridwar on 2nd & 3rd March 2013 succeed in grand success with the attendance of 120 delegates from all circles. Presence of   Com. M. Krishnan NFPE Secretary General create enthusiasm  among the delegates. Due to sensitive and burning issues to discuss on agenda, house business was postponed for one day on 4th march 2013. CWC for next year 2013-2015elected unanimously. Com S.P.Kulkarni  ( President) Com. Atul Shrivastava (Working President), Com Virendra Tiwary ( General Secretary) Com.Rajiv ( Treasurer) elected unanimously.Report of the AIC will be soon issued by the General Secretary.

Discussion on every issue as Recognition, Status & identity of SBCO, Role of SBCO in CBS of this association and construction role of this association under with NFPE federation leadership is highly supported by all delegates.

Recognition of this association confirmed by the Department with dismissal of Case of contempt of court filed  by the rival AISBCE union strengthened the hopes of the delegates for our survival. The order issued by the Department vide N0-16/75/2010-SR dtd. 27.07.2013 is handed over to all delegates.

Comrades its is time to  clear the anti democratic, anti staff activities of  Rival AISBCE union and money making business( near about 5 lakhs) of its leaders on the name of court issues. without any proposal or activities to save SBCO staff  from huge recoveries, punishment or to fight for confirming role of SBCO in CBS issues and such a critical situation. Though it is recognized AISBCE union has no any role in all India policy or in JCM, Govt level. Only the activities of this association are  only to misguide the members on recognition issue. But now the issue is over as our recognition is finalized by the Department in Highcourt with submitting 16.20 % membership over than 15 %. It is victory of all our members.this CHQ congrats all of you for this victory and passions of our comrades and faith with this CHQ.

Now get ready for achieving maximum membership  by submitting maximum membership in this April 2013.

Soon detail report of AIC will be circulated by the  General Secretary.

 Appeal to you all and Wish your active part in association activities to strengthen association .

With Regards.

Comradely yours,

S.P.Kulkarni,

President, AIPSBCOEA( CHQ)