Thursday 20 June 2013

Revision of OTA rate case filled at CAT Madras Bench dismissed.


One of the service Association has filed CAT case in Madras Bench in connection with the revision of Overtime Allowance. 
 

Hon’ble CAT Madras Bench in their judgement dated 9th April 2013 stated that ''prior to 5th CPC, all Non-Gazetted employees in receipt of monthly basic pay of upto Rs. 2200/- were entitled to OTA for performing duties beyond the designated working hours. The 5th CPC had recommended abolition of OTA for all categories except the Staff Car Driver, Operational Staff and Industrial employees. But, it recommended that the staff deployed on weekly off days should be given a compensatory leave rather than any cash compensation in the form of OTA or otherwise. However, the said recommendations were not accepted and status-quo was maintained as per the recommendations of the 4th CPC. It is also seen that the rate of OTA fixed and the ceiling by the Nodal Ministry viz. Department of Personnel and Training, consequent on the recommendation of 4th CPC have not been revised by the said Ministry. As rightly contended by the respondents, unless the said Nodal Ministry approves the proposal sent by the Department of Posts for revision of OTA rate, they are not in position to revise the OTA rates on its own and it is a policy decision of the Government.  In other words, the Department Posts cannot take an independent decision on the issue raised by the respondents".

All India Postal Tournament Sports Calendar for the year 2013-14.

Directorate vide memo No. 6-02/2013-WL & Sports dated 04/06/2013 has finalised All India Sports Calender for the year 2013-14.

Sl. No.
Name of the Circle
Event
Date / Month of the Tournament
1
J & K
Cricket
July 2013
2
Bihar
Table Tennis
July 2013
3
Haryana
Carrom
August 2013
4
Gujrat
Volleyball
August 2013
5
Uttar Pradesh
Chess
19-25 August 2013
6
Kerala
Ba2013dminton
2-6 September 2013
7
West Bengal
Football
September 2013
8
Karnataka
Athletics & Cycling
September 2013
9
Odisha
Basketball
October 2013
10
Tamail Nadu
Hockey
October 2013
11
Andhra Pradesh
Kabaddi
October 2013
12
Maharashtra
Wrestling
November 2013
13
Jharkhand
WL/PL & Best Physiques
26-29 November 2013
14
Madhya Pradesh
Cultural Meet
January 2014.

Postal forms find no takers, pile up

Even though forms for money order, registered post, savings bank ledger, authorised agent, etc., are not in frequent use in post offices now, lakhs of them are piled up in postal depots.
With post office operations being computerised, many of these forms are not used any more though they continue to arrive at six depots in the State after being printed in government presses in Coimbatore and Thrissur in Kerala, postal department sources said.
“Since everything is computerised, new e-money orders forms are coming. There is not much of a difference between them. Though there are nearly three lakh money order forms in the depot, the new forms continue to arrive. About five months ago, the old forms arrived and more forms are expected to arrive,” he added.
“If the existing stock had been used, the government could have saved a lot of money,” he said.
Meanwhile, about Rs 25,000 is spent as rent for the depot building in Coimbatore. Nearly 10 employees are working here even though there is a shortage of staff in the department. Approximately Rs 10 lakh is required to maintain the depot in the city alone.
There is a shortage of paper and other stationary in post offices. Many of them are buying these from private parties. Tenders were called only on Tuesday.
Post Master General J Charukesi was unavailable for comment. Jayshankar, Postal Director, Western Region, was also unavailable for comment.

Recommendations of 6th CPC in para 6.1.13 regarding lateral entry against identified SAG/HAG posts requiring technical/Specialized knowledge.

DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF MULTI TASKING STAFF IN POSTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF HIMACHAL PRADESH CIRCLE