ON  CONFUSIONS  ARISEN  FROM  THE  'TECHNOLOGY  PRESENTATION'  BY  THE  DIRECTORATE  ON  23rd NOVEMBER 2010 

 

         

            The notice of the Circle Union has been attracted to few confusions and apprehensions arose after the announcements of the Postal Administration in the Presentation on Technology Implementation on 23.11.2010 in New Delhi in presence of All Secretary Generals and General Secretaries of affiliated organisations.

 

              Firstly, the news so far blogged or came into notice of all staffs by other means are very superficial and shallow. Comprehensive details have not been made available to us. Therefore, drawing a categorical conclusion is not possible at this stage.

 

              Apprehensions have mostly been concentrated due to the announcement of the Directorate that the responsibility of supply of software or hardware and their maintenance will be entirely entrusted to the vendors. Besides, news has also arrived that Project Managers and Program Executives would be hired by the department shortly. If these proposals are materialised, it would mean the end of the prospect for the staffs working for long as System Administrators or other technology related nomenclatures. Although in the same program Secretary (Posts) assured that their contribution will get positive consideration, but from our bitter experiences we know the credibility of the assurances of our administration.

 

               To clear the air, the Circle Union has instructed the Circle Technology Sub-Committee to hold a meeting and suggest appropriate actions, which the Circle Union would adopt and take the matter up with CHQ, if necessary, for more information. Meanwhile, all concerned may please keep contact with the member of the sub-committee of your zone and contribute.   

HEARING  OF  THE  C.A.T.  CASES  FILED  BY  THE  SELECTED  CANDIDATES  FOR  THE  YEARS  2006-08  SCHEDULED  ON  26th  NOVEMBER 2010 

    Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Kolkata Bench will kindly hear all the litigations filed by the successful candidates in P.A. cadre against the vacancies for the years 2006, 2007 & 2008 on 26th November 2010.   

        The Circle Union has requested our organisers of all levels to extend all possible cooperation from the very beginning. It is a fact that complaints were lodged against this batch's recruitment from different orgnisations, quarters and on personal initiative also. Complaints were sent to CBI by some guardians of unsuccessful candidates. We were very clear in our demand that appropriate inquiry should be conducted, culprits should be identified and punished instantaneously and only those appointments should be scrapped. But few interested people with oblique intentions projected the entire story as if it was only us who opposed the recruitment and fighting against corruption inside the department is a sin ! 

       However, on the eve of the hearing, we reiterate our request to our organisers, especially the Divisional Secretaries to maintain close contacts with the successful candidates and their requirements. As it appears that the department does not have much to say in reply or conduct the inquiry further, the cases of the fairly selected candidates deserve more attention for an early conclusive judgement from the Bench.

        If the order of the CAT comes in favour, please also prepare to fight for the service seniority of them over the new candidates for 2009 & 2010. 

        A delegation led by the Circle Secretary met the Chief PMG on the day before yesterday to discuss the issue of the cancelled panel only. Few candidates from the cancelled panel also appeared and came out successful in the examination for 2009-10. Circle Union has requested the Chief PMG not to send them for induction training if they completed that from the previous (cancelled) batch. But the Circle Administration could not reach a decision as the observation of CAT is still awaited, and the matter may need a nod from the Directorate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

CIRCLE  UNION  DECIDES  TO  PURSUE  FOR  EARLY  JOINING  OF  NEWLY  SELECTED  POSTAL  ASSISTANTS

         Being the largest cadre union (Postal Assistant) in the department in West Bengal (as well as in All India level), the All India Postal Employees Union Group-C  (federated with NFPE), W.B.Circle, has decided to strongly pursue for earliest joining of the newly selected Postal Assistants against the vacancies for the years 2009 & 2010. 

                    Due to continuous abolition of vacant posts and non-recruitment under the Central Govt policy, the staff positions in all offices are in pretty bad shape. The cancellation of the panel of 207 candidates (for years 2006, 2007 & 2008) has already delayed the possibility of relief. Under this situation, the Circle Union is requesting the Circle Administration to ensure special arrangement so that the joining of the new candidates can be expedited. If the Induction Training cannot be provided immediately, they may be allowed to join provisionally before training. 

                     Few candidates from the cancelled panel have come out successful once again this time. Among them, some completed Induction Training at Vadodara and was waiting for joining order. The Circle Union demands for their joining without further training. The inquiry process should be completed fast and the fairly selected candidates for 2006-08 should also be absorbed. It is better if the administration realises the need for increasing the staff strength as early as possible to cope up with present workload.

RECRUITMENT  TO  P.A.  POSTS  FOR  THE YEARS  2009  &  2010  FINALISED  IN  OUR  CIRCLE  ----  A  FEW  PERTINENT  WORDS 

      AFTER A LOT OF TURMOIL, AT LAST OUR CIRCLE HAS FINALISED AND DECLARED  THE NAMES OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FOR RECRUITMENT IN P.A. CADRE AGAINST THE VACANCIES FOR THE YEARS 2009 & 2010. THE CIRCLE UNION CONGRATULATES ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR THEIR SUCCESS, WISHES THEM A BRIGHT CAREER AND IS CALLING UPON ALL ORGANISERS TO JUMP INTO ACTION FOR COLLECTION OF MEMBERSHIP WITH OUR USUAL ENTHUSIASM, ZEAL & TRANSPARENCY. 

         DURING THE PROCESS AND INTERACTION WITH THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES, THE CIRCLE UNION FEELS THAT OUR ORGANISERS SHOULD KEEP  CERTAIN POINTS IN MIND, WHICH MAY ENLIGHTEN THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NFPE ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

                  1. Since the Fifth Central Pay Commission, the staff side sustained a huge shortage of strength due to abolition of posts and non-recruitment. Along with introduction of new schemes, the shortage has presently become unbearable. Due to implementation of such anti-staff policy of the Central Govt, our staffs in all Head Offices and almost in all Sub-offices (especially after introduction of payment of NREGS --- 100 day's work wage system through post offices) have to work far beyond normal working hours to finish day's work.

                    2. Our organisation --- affiliated to National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) ---- being the largest union (representing more than 74% of the total staffs in the country) in the Department has been the only one to consistently struggle against the policy of abolition of posts and its effects on the staffs and the unemployed youth in the country. Apart from regular post abolition, due to inefficiency of the administration, many posts were abolished for wrong furnishing of statistics. We had to point out everything time to time through meetings, correspondences, demonstrations, hunger-fasts, stay-in programs, strikes etc., ---- as a result of which, finally the department stopped further abolition, and recruitment started in all the vacancies since 2009. This is the first batch which will fill up entire vacancy for 2009 & 2010. Without immense dedication, struggle and contribution of our members, this would not have been achieved.

                    3. Lack of transparency in recruitment is another issue that we are fighting against since long. From time to time department has changed recruitment procedure, but a section of dishonest officials continued to find loopholes and there had been sufficient reasons to believe that manipulations made ways to favour particular candidates. Just 3 months back, the entire panel of 207 candidates selected for P.A. vacancies for the years 2006, 2007 & 2008 has been cancelled due to corruption. We are fighting for severe punishment for responsible officials and cancellation of recruitment of only candidates involved in malpractices, everyone else should be appointed. 

                 
                 4. This recruitment may hurt the sentiment of the 207 terminated candidates. We have the serious responsibility to clarify that we are supporting the claim of the fairly selected candidates by all means. Relevant cases will be further heard by Hon'ble C.A.T. on 26.11.2010. But for the interest of public service and the department, recruitment process should go on. All vacancies have been earned very hard from the Govt, in which unemployed youth of our country dreams to be appointed, we cannot be an obstacle to that. But once their litigation is over at the Courts of Law, we shall also rise the demand for their service seniority over the candidates of the present batch, i.e., for the years 2009 & 2010.  

                                    APART FROM THESE REALITIES, OUR WOULD-BE COLLEAGUES ARE ALSO IN NEED TO KNOW THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT, WORK PERFORMED BY DIFFERENT TIERS OF POST OFFICES, STAFF ORGANISATIONS, SERVICE BENEFITS, LEAVE, PROMOTIONAL PROSPECTS AND OF COURSE THE SALARY THEY WOULD GET. OUR ORGANISERS ARE REQUESTED TO PLEASE SATISFY THEIR QUERIES PATIENTLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY. DIVISIONAL SECRETARIES MAY PLEASE CONTACT COM. BIJAN CHAKRABORTY AT 98312-09684  FOR HAVING A READY DOCUMENT WITH THE ABOVE DETAILS. SELECTED CANDIDATES MAY ALSO CONTACT TO HAVE THE COPY OVER E-MAIL. 

COM.  MILAN  BHATTACHARYA, EX-CIRCLE  SECRETARY  &  ALL  INDIA  PRESIDENT,  P-IV UNION,  AND COM.  DILIP PRATIHAR,  GDSMC  IN NORTH  HOOGHLY  DIVN ATTACKED  & INJURED  BY POLITICAL  MISCREANTS 

    The anarchist force which is trying to reign with terror and violence in West Bengal promising and demanding to bring about 'change', is continuing their attacks on the soldiers of the left democratic forces. In two more instances, our organisers and leaders have been brutally injured by them.

      Com. Milan Bhattacharya, former Circle Secretary, West Bengal Circle & All India President of Postmen & MS Employees Union, who went back to his paternal village at Kakdwip in the district of 24 Parganas(South)after retirement, has been attacked, beaten up severely on Thursday, 11.11.2010, by a group of political terrorists advocating for so-called  'change' in West Bengal at the cost of lives and democracy.

   Com. Bhattacharya, a sustained fighter for the cause of the oppressed who also spent his own life fighting poverty and class deprivation, got himself involved in different activities in the locality for restoration of peace and social justice. The process naturally went against the interest of few people who now-a-days are openly involved in malpractices in the name of paving way for the 'change' in favour of the political opposition in West Bengal.

     On Thursday, a group of these miscreants attacked Com. Milanda and his compatriots with rods, sticks, bombs and other arms in open daylight in Chandipur. They hit com. Milanda twice purposefully with rods, but other comrades physically covered him somehow. He thus survived the attack, but has to be brought to M.R.Bangur Hospital in Kolkata, where he is now admitted, very seriously injured, bruised and battered all over the body and head. 10 other local people have also been injured, 7 of which are admitted to same hospital, rest 4 in Kakdwip hospital.

    The people of the locality, supported by the democratic forces, is condemning the attack by these forces of violence and intolerance.  Entire Kakdwip Sub-Division observed protest day on Friday, protest meeting will be held in Chandipur on 19th November 2010.

     In another similar incident, Com. Dilip Pratihar, GDSMC, Hati B.O. in North Hooghly Divn was recently attacked and violently beaten by the counterparts of the same political goons. Com. Pratihar is presently totally bed-ridden.

     The NFPE Group of Circle Unions call upon all organisers to hold lunch-hour programs condemning these attacks and the effort of these criminals and their political patrons to take over power by means of terror.

     LET US VOUCH FROM THE PROGRAM THAT WE SHALL HOLD OUR FLAG HIGH IN FAVOUR OF DEMOCRACY AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS TILL WE BREATHE OUR LAST.