REPORT-Xth FEDERAL COUNCIL –GUWAHATI FROM 07th to 09^th SEPTEMBET-2016

            Federal Council of NFPE was held at Guwahati (Assam) from 07^th to 09^th September, 2016.

            The programme commenced with Flag hoisting on 07.09.2016 F/N. The National Flag was hoisted by Com. M.R. Das, Working Chairman, Reception Committee and NFPE Flag was hoisted by Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE. After that homage was paid to the Martyrs by offering floral tribute on martyrs Column. First of all Com.A.K. Padmanabhan, All India President C.I.T.U. offered the flowers on Martyrs Column after  that it was followed by all leaders , guests, delegates and visitors including Coms. KKN Kutty, M. Krishnan, M S Raja, Vrigu Bhattacharjee, CC Pillai, K. Ragavendran, K V Sridharan,Giriraj Singh , R.N. Parashar, all General Secretaries , NFPE office bearers and all Federal Councilors and visitors.

            The open session was conducted at Distt. Library Auditorium, Guwahati. All leaders and Comrades started from BSNL Compound to Distt Library Auditorium in a form of procession shouting slogans. The lady Comrades in traditional uniform dress of Assam were the main attraction of procession.

            The open session started at 4 p.m.  on 07.09.2016 with traditional Assamese  folk song by the Cultural  group of lady  Comrades of Postal &  RMS Guwahati. The open session was presided by Com. Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE. Welcome speech of Chairman Reception Committees, was read out by Com. L.P. Saikia, President , R.C.C & P-III Assam Circle as  he could  not attend  due to his illness. All leaders were honoured by garlanding showl and presenting Mementos.

            The open session was inaugurated by Com. AK. Padmnabhan, Presindent, C.I.T.U.  In his inaugural speech he elaborately decribed  the adverse  impact  of neo-libral economic policies on working class. He stated that the 2^nd September strike was a grand success and working class has comeout to protest the policies of Central Government unitedly. He stressed the need of united trade union action to resist the onslaughts of ruling class on workers. Com. KKN Kutty, President Confederation, spoken on pay commission related issues and deferment of 11^th July strike. Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary general Confederation expressed his dissatisfaction over pay commission report and stated that if within 4 months period no positive result comes out Confederation will chalk out  its own programme of action to achieve the  demands. Com. M.S. Raja, Working President Confederation  and Secretary General Audit , Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee, Treasurer  Confederation & Secretary General Cicil Accounts , Com. Satanjib Ds, Joint Convenor JCTU Assam, Shri M.K. Seth, CGM Telecom also addressed the  open session. Com. R.N. Parashar , Secretary General NFPE, vehemently opposed the policies of Government which are mostly in favour of corporates  and against  working class. He stated that we will not allow the Government to privatize or outsource any function of Postal Department. He stressed the need to chalk out some agitational programme with Confederation to achieve the demands related to Pay Commission.

            Vote of thanks was given by Com. G. Talukdar, AGS & Circle Secretary R-III. The programme was anchored by Com. D.K. Debnath General Secretary, Reception Committee.

            The Open Session ended with the presidential speech of Com. Giriraj Singh, President NFPE.

            After open session very good cultural programme in various forms was presented by the Cultural group of Children and women Comrades of Postal & RMS Guwahati (Assam).

            2^nd Day i.e. on 08.09.2016  the proceedings of Delegates session  started at 10A.M. in BSNL Hall, Pan Bazar, Guwahati under Presentship of Com . Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE.

            Before commencement of the delegate session homage was paid to the leaders, Comrades, Eminent personalities and known & unknown persons who lost their lives in various natural calamities during this period. The resolution on homage was presented by Com. R.N. Parashar, Secretary General NFPE and after that one minute silence was observed by all in respect of Martyrs.

            The Notice of agenda was readout by Secretary General and it was approved by the  house after some addition.

            The following Committees were formed to run the business:

Presidium:

(i)         Com. Giriraj Singh- President

(ii)        Com. A. Manoharan-Working Presendent.

(iii)       K.K. Sharma- Vice President.

(iv)       T. Satyanarayana-Vice President

(v)        Pranab Bhattacharjee-Vice President.

Minutes Committee-

(i)         Com. S.B. Yadav

(ii)        Com. Virendra Tiwari

(iii)       Pranab Bhattacharjee.

Resolution Committee:

Com. R. Seethalakshmi- Convenor

Com. Janardan Majumdar- Member

Com. P.V. Rajendran-Member

Com. P. Suresh – Member.

Credential Committee:

Com. S. Raghupathy- Convenor

Com. Subhash Chakraborty-Member.

            The Draft Triennial Report for the years 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16 was presented by Com. R.N. Parashar Secretary General, NFPE for discussion in the house.

            In the delegate Session , Com. C.C. Pillai, Ex. Secretary General NFPE, Com. K. Ragavendran , Ex. Secretary General NFPE and Com. K.V.  Sridharan Ex. General Secretary P-3 & Com. M.R.Das, Working Chairman Reception Committee, G/S P-III delivered their speech.

            The following Federal Councilors took part in discussion on agenda items.

            Com. A. Sri Niwas (Karnatak R-III)

            Com. Balwinder Singh (P-III Delhi)

            Com. K. Ram Chandram (Admn.-AP)

            Com. P.K. Murlidharan(P-III-Kerala)

            Com. Ganacharya (GDS, Assam)

            Com. B.A. Sheikh (R-III Mah.)

            Com. D.B. Mohanty-(P-IV Odisha)

            Com.K.R. Ganeshan-(R-IIITN)

            Com.G. Janki Ram (P-III –Karnataka)

            Com. Mausami Mujumdar(P-III-Assam)

            Com. A.C. Hota (R-IV Odisha)

            Com. Raj Kumar (R-III Bengal)

            Com.Sukumar Bose(GDS-Bengal)

            Com. Km. Shalini Bhardwaj(P-III Punjab)

            Com.Monohar Lal Sharma(P-III Rajasthan)

            Com.Subojit Das (PO Accounts-Assam)

            Com.R. Sudershan (R-III Keral)

            Com. Sanjiv Barua(SBCO-Bengal)

            Com. R.C. Mishra (P-III Odisha)

            Com.D.N. Borade(MMS-Mah)

            Com.D.A.S.V. Prasad(P-III (AP)

            Com.Vishwajeet Naik (R-III Odisha)

            Com.Subhash Chakraborty (P-IV –Bengal)

            Com.K.M. Tripathi(R-III-Haryana)

            Com.Mallikarjun (P-IV-Karnataka)

            Com. Kuldeep Sharma (P-III- J&K)

            Com.S.M. Gautam(P-IV-Rajasthan)

            Com.R.K. Chaubet(P-III –MP)

            Com.Rama Krishna (R-III-Karnataka)

            Com.U.K. Tiwari (P-III- Bihar)

            Com.Nanda Sen (P-III-Bengal)

            Com.Ramani Kant Bhattacharjee (P-III-NE)

            Com. H.S. Guleriya(P-III-HP)

            Com. Anneswa Biswas (P-III-Bengal)

            Com. Naresh Gupta(P-III-Haryana)

            Com. Manorar Lal (P-IV- Jodhpur- Raj)

            Com.   Prabhat Ranjan(P-III-Jharkhand)

            Com.J. Ramamurthy (P-III -TN)

            Com.V.K. Jain (P-III Ch. Garh)

            Com.D.K. Debnath (R-III –Assam) & G/S Reception Committee.

After delegates the following General Secretaries   took part in the discussion:

            Com.Janardan Mujumdar  Deputising  G/S P-III

            Com.S.B. Yadav,Deputisng, G/S –PO Accounts.

            Com.P. Panduranga Rao, G/S-GDS

            Com.Virendran Tiwari G/S-SBCO

            Com.P. Mohan, G/S –Casual Labourers Union.

            Com. P Suresh- G/S(R-IV)

            Com. P.V. Rajendran Deputising G/S R-III

            Com. Subhash Chakraborty Deputising G/S-P-IV

            Com.K. Ramchandram –Deputising G/S Admn.

The following NFPE Office Bearers  participated in discussion:

            Com. A.Manoharan Working President.

            Com. T. Satyanarayana Vice President

            Com. K.K. Sharma-Vice President.

            Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee -Vice President

            Com. R. Seethalakshmi-Dy. Secretary General

            Com S. Raghupathy-Asstt. S/G

            Com. Raj Kumar –Financial secretary.

            After debate & discussion by all Federal Councilors, General Secretaries & NFPE Office Bearers, Com. R.N. Parashar , Secretary General , gave reply on all the questions and queries raised by them to sum up the debate and discussion on triennial report and agenda items. The discussion on agenda items was approved  by the house.

            The credentials were presented by Com. S. Raghupathy, Convenor credentials Committee.

            The Resolutions on various subjects were presented by Com. R. Seethalakshmi, Convenor, Resolution Committee.

            `A Resolution on Postal demands and Programme of action was presented  by Secretary General  which was approved by the house unanimously.

            After that election proceedings started as per agenda. Com. T. Satyanarayana Vice President acted as election officer. The following Office Bearers elected unanimously:

President               :   Com. Giri Raj Singh, R-3 (Delhi).

Working President:  Com. A. Manoharan (P-3  Tamilnadu)

Vice Presidents    :    Com. K.K. Sharma, R-IV (Delhi).

                                    Com. Umashankar Chakraborti (Admn) DPLI(Kolkata)

                                    Com. S.B. Yadav (Postal Account) UP.

                                   

Secretary General:   Com. R.N. Parashar, P-III (UP)

Dy. Secy. General:    Com. R. Seethalakshmi, P-II(Karnatak)

Asstt. Secy. General:Com.  S. Raghupathy P-III(Tamilnadu)

                                    Com. Janardhan Mazumdar (P-3) West Bengal

                                    Com. M.V. Janardanan (P-4) Kerala

                                   

Financial Secretary: Com.  Raj Kumar, P-IV (Delhi).

        After that other subjects were taken by the President.

   

       The Vote of thanks was delivered by Secretary General.

The Session came to end after Presidential address of Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE.

                                                                                    (R.N. Parashar)

                                                                                    Secretary General

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RESOLUTION ON POSTAL DEMANDS

AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION

            This 10^th Federal Council of National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) held at Guwahati (Assam) from 7^th to 9^th September 2016, views with grave concern the totally negative attitude of the Central Government in settling the common demands of the Central Government employees including increase in minimum wage and fitment formula and other modifications sought for by the National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) and JCM (NC) staff side. The Federal Council while appreciating the efforts being made by Confederation of Central Government employees & Workers jointly with NJCA to settle the demands calls upon the NJCA to organize higher form of trade union action including revival of the deferred strike to get the demands settled in a time-bound manner.

            This Federal Council further notes that in the Postal department also due to the negative attitude of the Government and Postal administration long pending demands are remaining unsettled. None of the 7^th CPC related demands of various cadres of Postal department are settled. Regularization of Gramin Dak Sevaks and grant of all benefits of regular employees on pro-rata basis is still pending. The New Pension Scheme (NPS) has created uncertainty among the employees recruited after 01.01.2004, about their pensionary benefits. Department has unilaterally issued orders for outsourcing booking and delivery of registered, speed post and express parcel post articles. The task force committee recommendations are not yet dropped, no effective remedial measures are taken to streamline the functioning of CBS/CIS, revision of wages and payment of arrears of casual labourers from 01.01.2006 is still pending in many circles, more than 60000 vacancies in various cadres including promotional posts are remaining unfilled. All the above issues are agitating the minds of the employees for a long time.

            The federal council after reviewing the situation prevailing in the Postal department came to the unanimous conclusion that to settle the above issues, serious agitational programmes are to be launched. Accordingly the Federal Council resolve to implement the following phased pregramme of action, either independently or jointly with other Federation.

Programme of action

1^st Phase        -           March to all Divisional offices and submission of copy of memorandum to all Divisional heads. (Memorandum and Charter of demands will be submitted to Minister, Communications and Secretary posts on the same day).

2^nd Phase       -           Mass dharna in front of all Divisional offices.

3^rd Phase        -           Mass dharna in front of all CPMG/PMG offices.

4^th Phase        -           Mass demonstration in front of Dak Bhawan, New Delhi.

Inspite of the above agitational programmes , if the Government of India and department of

Posts refuse to concede the legitimate demands of the Postal Employees, NFPE shall

 Organize higher form of trade union action including indefinite strike. This Federal Council

authorizes the Federal  Executive to take  follow up action in this regard.

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1.    Settle the demands of various cadres of Postal department relating to 7^th CPC recommendations submitted to Secretary, Posts in memorandum dated 08.12.2015.

2.    Implement cadre restructuring in all remaining cadres in the Department of Posts and settle the residual issues arising at implementation  stage.

3.    Grant Civil Servant status to Gramin Dak Sevaks and grant all benefits of departmental employees on pro-rata basis.

4.    Revision of wages and payment of arrears from 01.01.2006 to all casual, part-time, contingent and daily-rated mazdoors and regularization of services.

5.    Stop outsourcing of booking and delivery of registered, speed post and parcel articles.

6.    Fill up all vacant posts in all cadres including promotional posts.

7.    Conduct membership verification of Gramin Dak Sevaks and declare the result of the verification already conducted among departmental employees during 2015.

8.    Revision of OTA rates  & OSA and fixation of norms for CRC/Speed post and Parcel in RMS.

9.    Settle problems arising out of implementation of CIS and CBS.

10.  Grant of upgraded 3050 pay scale to Postmen w.e.f. 1.1.1996 as per Supreme Court Judgment.

11.  Withdraw “Very Good” bench mark condition for MACP and future increments.

12.  Grant of S D.A. & HCA to the Assam & NE & remove discrimination.

Implementation of 7th Pay Commission : FAQ on pay fixation under CCS(RP) Rules 2016

CONTROLLER GENERAL OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS

CGDA, Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt- 110010

AN/XlV/14142/Seventh cpc/Vol-l

Dated: 08.09.2016

To,
A PCSDA/CSDA
PC of A (Fys) Kolkata / PlFA/IFAs
CFA(Fys) Kolkata /JCDA(AF) Nagpur

Subject: Implementation of Seventh Central Pay Commission.

Of late , this office is receiving queries regarding pay fixation under CCS(RP) Rules 2016.

2. To avoid reference to this HQrs resulting in delayed action on account of fixation of pay , clarification to frequently asked questions by various controllers is placed below in tabular form for perusal and taking necessary action.

Sl.No.	Query raised	Clarification w.r.t. CCS(RP) Rules, 2016
1.	(i) Whether option to opt from 07/2016 (date of next increment) in cases where there is no promotion/upgradation between 01/01/2016 to 30/06/2016 as the same has not been provided under Tulip.	(i)As regards opting from the date of increment (07/2016), reference is invited to Rule 5 and Rule 11 of CCS(RP) Rules 2016 which stipulates that a government servant may elect to continue to draw pay in the existing pay structure until the date on which he earns his next or any subsequent increment in the existing pay structure or until he vacates his post or ceases to draw pay in the existing pay structure. This implies that in cases where there is no promotion/ between 01/01/2016 to 30/06/2016 option to opt from 07/2016 thereby forgoing the arrears from 01/01/2016 to 30/06/2016 in addition to opting from 01/01/2016. Further, a Government servant who continues to draw his pay in the existing pay structure is brought over to the revised pay structure from a date later that 1st day of January 2016, his pay in the revised pay structure shall be fixed in the manner prescribed in accordance with clause (A) of sub rule (1) of rule 7’.
2.	Tulip does not provide for contributing their entire arrear into GPF	It is clarified that Seventh Pay Commission does not lay down any provision for contributing entire GPF or part thereof into GPF account. Para 7 of Min. of Finance OM dated 29.07.2016 is self explanatory on issue.
3.	Option to opt from Date of next increment (07/2016) in respect of cases related to promotion/MACP is not provided under Tulip.	As regards exercising option for seventh CPC from 07/2016 i.e on accrual of next increment in respect of cases who have been promoted/upgraded between 01.01.2016 and 30.06.2016 is concerned, Para 13 and Para 5 of CCS(RP) Rules 2016 may be referred which clearly states that in respect of the above cases, a government servant may elect to switch over the revised pay structure from the date of such promotion or upgradation implying that the option to switch over to the revised pay structure from 07/2016 is not available. Provision of para 15 of Min. of Finance Gazette notification dated 25.07.2016 may also be referred.
4	Methodology of pay fixation and DNl thereon in respect of Officers/staff who got promotion IMACP between 02.01.2016 to 01.07.2016.	Methodology of pay fixation in respect of cases which involve promotion from one level to another on or after 1st January 2016 has been illustratively described under Para 13 of CCS(RP) Rules 2016
5.	Computation of DA on TPTA along with other allowances.	Computation of DA on Transport Allowance has been clearly explained under Para 3 and Para 4 of MoF, Dept. of Exp OM No. 1-5/2016-IC dated 29.07.2016 reiterating that all allowances (except DA) will be continued to be paid at the existing rates in existing pay structure as if the pay had not been revised w.e.f. 01.01.2016 till further orders.
6.	Whether the option to get his pay fixed under 7th CPC on 1st January or 1st July depending upon the date of appointment promotion or grant of financial up gradation is equally applicable in respect of pre 01/01/2016 cases.	The provisions of CCS(RP) Rules 2016 will apply to cases (promotion, appointment etc) pertaining to the period after 01/01/2016.

3. This is for information and appropriate action under Rule.

(T.K. Jajoria)