Minutes of the meetings of the Committee constituted to look into the promotional prospects of IPOs/ASPOs held on 18.10.2011 and 03.11.2011 in Dak Bhawan, New Delhi

Above minutes have been released by the Department vide No.01-01/2011-SR dated 14.11.2011 which are reproduced below for informaiton of all members.

Minutes of the meeting of the Committee constituted to look into the promotional prospects of IPOs/ASPOs.

In a meeting taken by Secretary (Posts) with All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents of Posts on 11.08.2011, it was decided to constitute a Committee which will look into promotional prospects of IPOs/ASPOs.  Accordingly, a Committee was constituted under the Chairpersonship of Member (Personnel) vide Department’s Office Order No.1/1/2011-SR dated 09.09.2011.  The Committee had its first meeting on 18.10.2011, followed by another meeting on 03.11.2011.  The following were present.

S.No	Official Side	Staff Side
1	Member (Opertaions)	Shri R.N. Parashar, Asst. Secretary General, NFPE
2	CGM(Mail Business)	Shri Giri Raj Singh, General Secretary, AllIndiaRMS and MMS Union Group-C
3	Director (Mail Management)	Shri P. Suresh, Circle Secretary, All IndiaRMS and MMS Union and MTS Staff
4	Director(SR)	Shri Devender Kumar, Circle Secretary, National Union RMS and MMS Union, Group-C

The meeting started with the Chairperson welcoming the Staff side. Thereafter, the Staff side explained in detail the stagnation being faced by them in the cadre of IPOs/ASPOs and the long span of service running up to 26 years which they have to put in, before they get promotion to Group-B.  The Staff side also referred to the restructuring of IPOs/ASPOs cadre which the Department took long back but the proposal did not get through.  The Staff side also made a mention of the Grade Pay and promotional prospects of Inspectors in the Departments like Income Tax and Central Excise etc. and pleaded for parity with them.

VII Pay Commission for Central Govt.Employees should be constituted at the earliest-INDWF

Today the INDWF –Indian National Defence Workers Federation is Celebrating its Golden Jubilee Year in New Delhi. A rally to Talkatora stadium is organized by the Federation as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebration. In which around 10000 of its delegates across India are expected to participate. Sources Close to the INDWF revealed that the Supreme command of the Congress Party Smt. Sonia Gandhi is also expected to participate in the Meeting to be held at Talkatora Stadium in the evening. The Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh,Defence Ministers and Shri.Ragul Gandhi.are also invited to attend the meeting.

A list of around 30 Demands also been published by the Federation to put before the Government in its Meeting.The Federation Demands the Government, Particularly the Ministry of Defence that,

• The Defence Procurement Policy to be reviewed, so that privatization and out sourcing may be avoided.
• MACP should be granted to Central Govt.Employees on Promotional Hierarchy.