CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS

CENTRAL HEAD QUARTERS, NORTH AVENUE, NEW DELHI - 110 001.

TRADE  UNION  WORKSHOP 2015

5th, 6th JANUARY 2015 - BANGALORE

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

05-01-2015

10.00 AM to 11.30 AM                                              Inauguration & Class I

Subject: 

International-National situation &                    :     Com.A.K.Padmanabhan,

Task of the Trade Unions                                       National President, CITU

11.30 to 11.45 - Tea Break

11.45 AM to 1.15 PM                                                Class II (Interactive Session)

Subject: 7th CPC Memorandum &                    :     Com.S.K.Vyas, Advisor

Related issues - Interation of Delegates         :     Com.K.K.N.Kutty, President &

with CHQ Leaders.                                             :     Com.M.Krishnan, Secretary General

                                                                                   will attend the session.

1.15PM to 2.00 PM -Lunch Break

2.00 PM to04.00 PM                                                 Class III

Subject:

Media and Politics                                              :     Com. P.Rajeev, MP, Rajyasabha.

04.00 PM to 04.30 PM - Tea Break

04.30 PM to 07.00 PM                                              Class IV (Interactive Session Continues)

Subject:                                                                     

Central Govt. Employees Charter of               :     National Leaders of Confederations will

Demands -  Future Course of Action -                  attend the session.

Role of Confederation.

06-01-2015

9.00 AM to 11.00 AM                                                Class V

Subject:

Two decades of Globalisation and its impact      :                                             Dr.Venkitesh Athreya (Economist)

on working class.

11.00 AM to 11.15 AM - Tea Break.

11.15 AM to 01.00 PM                                              Class VI

Subject:

Human Rights and Working Class                   :     Prof.G.Haragopal (ICSSR, National Fellow,

                                                                                   Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Visiting                                                                                                        Professor, National School of Law, Bangalore.

01.00 PM to 02.00 PM - Lunch Break

02.00 PM to 04.00 PM                                              Class VII (Interactive session continues)

Subject: How to further improve the                    

functioning of Confederation                           :     National leaders of Confederation will attend

                                                                                   the session.

04.00 PM to 05.00 PM

Camp Review and conclusion.

- 05.00 pm - END –

Venue of the Camp                                         :     Income Tax Office, Bangalore.

                                                                                   “Cauvery Hall, 4th Floor of Income Tax Office located on Queens Road, which is opposite to GPO building and near to Vidhan Soudha (State Assembly Hall).

Registration                                                      :     0800 AM to 09.30 AM

Attendance of all delegates in the camp from 05-01-2015, 10 AM to 06-01-2015, 05.00PM is compulsory.  No exemption will mbe granted to any delegate. Late coming and early leaving not permitted.

K.K.N.Kutty,                                                                                      M. Krishnan,

President.                                                                                          Secretary General.

HAPPY CHRISTAMAS TO ONE & ALL

CAN’T RECOVER EXCESS SALARY PAID TO CLASS III, IV STAFF

SUPREME COURT

Press News by TOI

NEW DELHI: Recovery of excess amount paid to Class-III and Class-IV employees due to employer's mistake is not permissible in law, the Supreme Court has ruled saying that it would cause extremely harsh consequences to them who are totally dependent on their wages to run their family.

The apex court said employees of lower rung service spend their entire earning in the upkeep and welfare of their family, and if such excess payment is allowed to be recovered from them, it would cause them far more hardship, than the reciprocal gains to the employer.

A bench of JS Khehar and Arun Mishra also directed that an employer cannot recover excess amount in case of a retired employee or one who is to retire within one year and where recovery process is initiated five years after excess payment.

"We are therefore satisfied in concluding, that such recovery from employees belonging to the lower rungs (i.e., Class-III and Class-IV - sometimes denoted as Group 'C' and Group 'D') of service, should not be subjected to the ordeal of any recovery, even though they were beneficiaries of receiving higher emoluments, than were due to them. Such recovery would be iniquitous and arbitrary and therefore would also breach the mandate contained in Article 14 of the Constitution," Justice Khehar, who wrote the judgment said.

It said that the employer's right to recover has to compared, with the effect of the recovery on the concerned employee and if the effect of the recovery from the employee would be, more unfair, more wrongful, more improper, and more unwarranted, than the corresponding right of the employer, which would then make it iniquitous and arbitrary, to effect the recovery.

"In such a situation, the employee's right would outbalance, and therefore eclipse, the right of the employer to recover," the bench said.

The bench passed the order on a petition filed by Punjab government challenging Punjab and Haryana high court order restraining it to recover the excess amount paid by mistake to numerous employees over the years.

It said we may, as a ready reference, summarize the following few situations, wherein recoveries by the employers, would be impermissible in law:

(i) Recovery from employees belonging to Class-III and Class-IV service (or Group 'C' and Group 'D' service).

(ii) Recovery from retired employees, or employees who are due to retire within one year, of the order of recovery.

(iii) Recovery from employees, when the excess payment has been made for a period in excess of five years, before the order of recovery is issued.

(iv) Recovery in cases where an employee has wrongfully been required to discharge duties of a higher post, and has been paid accordingly, even though he should have rightfully been required to work against an inferior post.

(v) In any other case, where the Court arrives at the conclusion, that recovery if made from the employee, would be iniquitous or harsh or arbitrary to such an extent, as would far outweigh the equitable balance of the employer's right to recover.

The court said a government employee is primarily dependent on his wages, and such deduction from salary should not be allowed which would make it difficult for the employee to provide for the needs of his family and any recovery must be done within five years.

In this case, the employees were given monetary benefits in excess of their entitlement due to a mistake committed by a concerned competent authority, in determining the emoluments payable to them.

No proposal to reduce Retirement age of Central Government Employees from 60 to 58 years – Replies Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

There is no proposal under consideration of Government to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 years for its employees.

The retirement age for Central Government employees was revised from 58 to 60 years in 1997 on the basis of recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission.

The Centre’s total wages and salaries bill for its employees for the year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is Rs. 85,963.50 crore, Rs. 92,264.88 crore and Rs. 1,04,759.71 crore, respectively.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Dr. T Subbarami Reddy and Smt. Ambika Soni in Rajya Sabha, today.

Source: Press Information Bureau

Press Release of Ministry of Home Affairs

Attention of the Government has been drawn to some news items appearing in a section of the press regarding proposal of the Central Government to reduce the retirement age of Central Government employees from 60 years to 58 years.

Click here to read the new item published in Financial Express regarding reduction of retirement age of Central Government Employees

It is clarified that Government has no proposal to reduce the age of Central Government employees from 60 years to 58 years.

NFPE * FNPO * AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) * NUGDS

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GDS (NFPE)

NATIONAL UNION OF GRAMIN DAK SEWAKS (FNPO)

CENTRAL HEAD QUARTERS, NEW DELHI – 110001

No. PJCA/2014                                                                                   Dated: 16.12.2014

CIRCULAR

To

            All Office Bearers of both Federations,

            All General Secretaries of both the Federations

            All Circle / Divisional and Branch Secretaries

 Comrades,

A meeting of Postal JCA consisting NFPE, FNPO, AIPE Union GDS (NFPE) and NUGDS was held at NFPE office, North Avenue, Post Office Building, New Delhi on 03.12.2014. All General Secretaries of NFPE, FNPO and GDS Unions attended the meeting. Com. M. Krishnan Ex. Secretary General NFPE and Secretary General Confederation was also present.

After detailed discussions the following decisions were taken:

1.         Indefinite strike will be organized from 6^th May, 2015.

2.         Intensive campaign programme will be launched by the JCA leaders.

3.         JCA will be formed in all the circles. The following leaders of JCA are authorized for formation of Circle JCA and this work should be completed before 31^st Jan-2015:

Kerala	Shri D. Theagarajan, S/G  FNPO Com. M. Krishnan Ex. S/G  NFPE
Karnataka	Sri D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. P. Suresh G/S R-4 (NFPE)
Andhra Pradesh	Shri  G.M. Rabani Vice president (FNPO) Com. R. Seethalaxmi G/S P-4 (NFPE)
Tamilnadu	Shri N. Ramappa G/S  R-4 (FNPO) Com. T. Satyanarayana G/S Postal Accounts(NFPE)
Odisha	Shri U. Murlidharan G/S NUGDS
	Com. P Pandurangarao G/S AIPEU GDS(NFPE)
Maharashtra	Shri D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. Giri raj Singh G/S R-3 (NFPE)
Gujarat	Shri T N Rahate G/S P-4 (FNPO) Com, N. Subramanian G/S P-3 (NFPE)
M.P.	Shri T N Rahate G/S P-4 (FNPO) Com. R.N. Parashar S/G (NFPE)
Chhattisgarh	Shri  D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. R.N. Parashar S/G (NFPE)
Rajasthan	Shri O.P. Khanna G/S Admn. (FNPO) Com. Virendra Tiwari G/S SBCO (NFPE)
UP	Shri B.S. Singh (FNPO) Com. S.B. Yadav G/S R.O. Accounts (NFPE)
Punjab	Shri Jaipal Singh  Vice President  P-4 (FNPO) Com. Giriraj Singh G/S R-3 (NFPE)
Hayrana	Shi Jaipal Sin gh Vice President , P-4 (FNPO) Com. N. Subramanian G/S P-3 (NFPE)
H.P.	Shi Jaipal Singh Vice President , P-4 (FNPO) Com. K.K. Sharma Vice President ,(NFPE)
Bihar	Shri D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. R. Seethalaxmi G/S P-4 (NFPE)
Jharkhand	Shri Deepak Mukherjee President R-III (FNPO) Com. R. Shiv Narayana President P-III (NFPE)
West Bengal	Shri D. Kishan Rao G/S P-III (FNPO) Com. ,. N. Subramanian G/S P-3 (NFPE)
Assam	Shri Deepak Mukherjee President R-4 (FNPO) Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee G/S Admn.(NFPE)
North East	Shri Deepak Mukherjee President R-4 (FNPO) Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee G/S Admn.(NFPE)
Uttarakhand	Shri  R K Tyagi    Dy/ G/S R-3 (FNPO) Com. R. Seethalaxmi G/S P-4 (NFPE)
Delhi	Com. RN. Parashar S/G NFPE Shri D. Theagarajan S/G (FNPO) and all General Secretaries.

4.         JCA unanimously decided to oppose Task Force Committee recommendations.

5.         State JCA leaders will authorize circle leaders of both Federations for formation of Divisional level JCA & this should be completed before 28^th Feb 2015.

6.         State conventions and Divisional conventions should be held in the month of March-2015.

7.         Circulars, Banners, Pamphlets describing the demands should be sent to all and these should be circulated in regional languages also.

Yours Comradely,

                                                                                                      

    R. N. Parashar                                                                         D. Theagarajan

Secretary General, NFPE                                                 Secretary General, FNPO   

                                                            

  P. Pandurangarao                                                                  P. U. Muraleedharan

  General Secretary                                                                   General Secretary

          AIPEU-GDS (NFPE)                                                                    NUGDS (FNPO)

Revision of flat rate of licence fee for General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) throughout the country (Click the link below for details)

http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/Pdf/Circulars/Revised_Rate_GPRA_1729_10122014_Pub-Upload.PDF

Review of Automated System of Allotment [ASA] -Cancellation of enblock Change Waiting List CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

To Link Aadhar [UID] numbers of GPRA occupant all over the country: Directorate of Estates CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Continuous empanelment scheme would be in force initially upto 28th February, 2015 for all CGHS cities except MumbaiCLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Hearty congratulations to A.P.Circle Postal Volley Ball Team

Hearty congratulations to A.P.Circle Postal Volley Ball Team

A.P.Postal Volley Ball Team has secured 2nd place in the All India Postal Volley Ball  tournament held at Bangalore.AIRMS & MMS EU,GR'C' CONVEY BEST WISHES  to All the team members and their coach on this occasion.