Letter to Secretary (Posts) i/c/w Quota of General Line in PS Group ‘B’ Examination … reg.

No. CHQ/IPASP/CRC/2012                                            Dated :      6/1/2014. 

To,

Ms. P. Gopinath, 

Director General,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001.  

Subject : Quota of General Line in PS Group ‘B’ Examination … reg. 

Ref.       : Directorate No. A.34012/06/2011-DE dated 13^th April, 2012. 

Respected Madam,  

          Your kind attention is once again invited towards this Associations letter even number dated 15/7/2013 wherein it was requested to issue necessary instructions to SPG DIVISION to finalise the Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre early and reduce share of General Line officials from PS Gr. B examination quota i.e. from 6% to 3%. But despite issue of reminder under letter of even number dated 19/11/2013, neither Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre has been revised nor there is any information with regard to reduction of share of general line officials from PS Gr. B examination was received, thereby, further eroding the promotional prospects of Inspectors causing frustration amongst the Inspectors cadre.  

IP/ASP Association would like to bring to your kind notice that on introduction of Postmaster Cadre, 25% posts in Sr. Postmaster Cadre have been earmarked for HSG-I General Line Officials through promotion. Hence, out of 116 posts of Senior Postmaster, 29 posts have been given to General Line without reducing their share in PS Gr. B cadre. This has adversely squeezed the promotional avenues of IP/ASP cadre, and hence 7 CAT cases were filed and admitted at various branches.   

          IP/ASP Association would like to further bring to your kind notice that, Hon'ble CAT Hyderabad Bench in their judgment dated 13/11/2013 (copy enclosed) noted that the applicants who are holding the posts of ASPOs are deprived from appearing for the departmental examination for promotion to the post of Sr. Postmasters, and only Inspectors of Posts which is lower grade post than the ASPOs are allowed to appear for the examination and in case they qualify in the examination, they would become seniors to ASPOs, which posts the applicants are holding and would be an anomalous situation. The contention of respondents that the applicants are holding Gazetted posts in the GP of Rs. 4600/- and as such, they need not be allowed to appear for exam cannot be accepted as the GP of Sr. Postmaster is Rs. 4800/-. The Hon’ble CAT Hyderabad Bench has passed following order stating that, “it is made clear that the applicants and the persons similarly placed to the applicants, who are holding the post of ASPOs, shall be allowed to compete in the LDCE for promotion to the post of Sr. Postmasters as and when the recruitment take place, subject to other conditions of eligibility being satisfied”. 

It is to further intimate that this Association has already submitted detailed proposal to Directorate under letter No. CHQ/PS Gr. B/2011 dated 4/7/2011 and 19/11/2012 regarding distribution of quota under each category in the interest of both IP Line and General Line officials but despite series of reminders to Department nothing has been done till this date except inviting 7 unnecessary litigations. It is not understood when a particular incumbent of IP post drawing GP Rs. 4200/- is allowed / eligible to write Sr. PM Examination then why ASPs are not eligible to write the Sr. Postmaster examination as both Posts relates to one and same cadre i.e. IP cadre. Therefore now it is expedient to implement the judgment of Hyderabad Bench.    

In view of above, it is once again requested to finalise the Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre as per suggestions given by this Association vide letters under reference. In the meantime in order to give effect to Postmaster Recruitment Rule 2010, it is suggested that junior most 29 PS Group B officials recruited against 52 posts and 87 junior most IP Line officials recruited through LDCE may immediately be ordered to post on the posts of Sr. Postmaster by inviting one time option from each as per Recruitment Rules-2010.  ASPs may also be allowed to appear in Sr. Postmaster Examination and share of General Line officials be reduced from 6% to 3% in order to compensate quota of IP Line before notifying the vacancies for the ensuing PS Gr. B examination.  

It is hoped that long pending issue shall be resolved at the earliest. 

With New Year’s Greetings,

                                                                                                                

Yours sincerely, 

Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to :  

1.            Shri V. P. Singh, Dy. Director General (P), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110001.

2.            Ms Trishaljit Sethi, Dy. Director General (Estt.), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawa, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110001.

3.            Shri Arun Malik, Director (SR), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110001.