NFPE - FNPO - AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) - NUGDS
CIVIL SERVANT STATUS
AND INCLUSION OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS (GDS)
IN THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION.
MAHADEVAIAH SIGNED THE DEATH WARRANT OF 2.76 LAKHS GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS. HE WANTS TO KILL THE CHILD EVEN BEFORE ITS BIRTH.
Recognised
union (Mahadevaiah) accepted the stand of the Government and Postal
Board that GDS are NOT Government employees (Civil servants) and hence
they cannot be included in the Seventh Pay Commission which is for
Government Employees.
Government
and Postal Board cleverly managed Mahadevaiah to sign a written
agreement accepting their stand, so that he cannot go back from the
agreement again.
All
organizations in the staff side, JCM National Council including
Railways, Defence, Confederation, NFPE & FNPO has taken a firm stand
that we will not accept separate committee (Whether separate Judge or
Bureaucrat) for GDS this time and GDS should be included in Seventh CPC
itself. Recognised GDS union leader (Mahadevaiah) became an Agent of the
government and signed Agreement accepting the Government’s stand.
Mahadevaiah admitted that GDS are not civil servants and hence a
separate committee is enough.
NFPE
& FNPO and also the GDS unions of NFPE (AIPEU-GDS-NFPE) & FNPO
(NUGDS) strongly condemn and protest against the foul play and treachery
of Mahadevaiah and Postal Board.
Hold
Protest Demonstrations in front of all offices on 26.02.2014 demanding
cancellation of the agreement and inclusion of GDS in the 7th Pay Commission itself.
All of you are aware
that all the Unions and Federation of the Staff Side, JCM National
Council including Railways, Defence, Confederation, NFPE & FNPO have
taken an unanimous stand that Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Department of
Posts should be included in the 7th Pay Commission and we will not accept any separate Committee (Whether Judge or Bureaucrat) for GDS. This is the first time the entire JCM (Staff Side) including Railways and Defence is taking such a firm stand. Accordingly JCM (Staff Side) has submitted a letter to the Government (DOP&T) to include GDS in the terms of reference of 7th CPC.
The matter is now pending before the Government for a decision. NFPE
& FNPO and the GDS unions of NFPE (AIPEU-GDS-NFPE) and FNPO (NUGDS)
has conducted two days nationwide strike demanding inclusion of GDS in
the terms of reference of 7th CPC. Both NFPE & FNPO has
already declared that they will jointly go for an indefinite strike, if
the demand for inclusion of GDS under the 7th CPC is not accepted by the Government.
But to our shock and
surprise, the recognised GDS Union leading by Mahadevaiah has signed an
agreement with the Postal Board agreeing for the appointment of a
separate committee for GDS. No Unions/Federations including
Mahadevaiah’s union have demanded a separate committee (either Judge
Committee or Bureaucratic Committee) in their charter of demands
submitted to the Government and the Department of Posts. The 7th Pay
Commission is appointed for Central Government Employees (Civil
Servants). Separate Committee (even if it is a separate Judge) means GDS
are not civil servants and they are only Extra-Departmental. Why should
Mahadevaiah accept such a stand of the Department and Government?
Earlier also one separate committee of Retired Judge (Justice Talwar
Committee) was appointed for GDS. But even now GDS are
Extra-Departmental and not treated as Civil Servants. Inclusion in 7th CPC
means Government accepting our demand that GDS are Government employees
(Civil Servants) and their service conditions and wage structure will
be examined and recommended by 7th CPC alongwith other Central Government Employees. Thus a century long discrimination towards GDS shall come to an end. Even Justice Talwar
Committee has recommended that in future, no separate committe (either
Judge or Bureaucratic) should be appointed for the GDS and they should
be included in Pay Commissions itself. By accepting a separate Committee, Mahadevaiah has spoiled the entire future of GDS.
By signing an agreement
with the Postal Board, the Recognised GDS Union (Mahadevaiah) has signed
the Death Warrant of the 2.76 lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks. He has played a
drama with the Postal Board and Government and cheated GDS and defeated
the very purpose of the united stand taken by all the JCM Staff side
organizations. Postal
Board has cleverly managed Mahadevaiah to sign an agreement itself.
Normally after discussions with the unions, minutes are signed and copy
given to unions. In this case, the Postal Board was very particular to
get an agreement signed by the Recognised Union (Mahadevaiah) so that he
cannot go back from the agreement in future. Ironically,
for all other demands raised by Mahadevaiah in his Charter of Demands
only separate minutes is given by the Department. Departmental officers
and DOP&T are very inteligent and shrewd and they obtained what they
want!!!
When Recognised union
signed an agreement, tomorrow the Government will say to the staff side
that as the recognised union has already agreed for a separate
committee, we are not including GDS in the 7th CPC. Thus, the
Recognised Union of the GDS (Mahadevaiah) has become an agent of the
Government. As already stated by us, Postal Board and the Government
have succeded in their game of “Divide and Rule”. That is why
Mahadevaiah has not joined the joint strike of two days conducted by
NFPE, FNPO and the GDS union of NFPE (AIPEU-GDS-NFPE) and FNPO (NUGDS)
on 12th & 13th February 2014. In the coming
days the hidden agenda behind the separate strike held by Mahadevaiah
and the agreement will come out with more clear.
The Department and the
Government always used to told NFPE & FNPO that by appointing a
separate committee (either Judge or Bureaucratic) GDs will be much
benefited. They have compelled NFPE & FNPO to accept separate
Committee. We rejected the offer of the Government & the Department
as we are well aware, from our past experience, the danger behind it and
also the hidden agenda of the Government & the Department. Finally
after the two days strike the Secretary, Department of Posts has given
us a letter informing that our demand for inclusion of GDS in Seventh
Pay Commission is referred to Government (DOP&T) for a decision. The
Government understood that when the entire JCM staff side has taken a
firm united stand, it will be very difficult for them to reject our
demand. They wanted to pre-empt the united stand of the staff side. That
is why the indefinite strike drama was played (eventhough participation
was very less) and finally an agreement was signed behind the curtain
and declaring that this is a greatest achievement (!) and this is a
first step towards the liberation of GDS (!!!), as if there was no
separate Judge Committee (Talwar Committee) appointed by Government
earlier. It proved beyond doubt that both the Recognised Union
(Mahadeviah) and the Government want to keep the GDS always outside the
Pay Commission and always as “extra-departmental employees”.
NFPE and FNPO and the
GDS Unions of NFPE (AIPEU-GDS-NFPE) and FNPO (NUGDS) strongly condemn
and protest the anti-GDS agreement signed by the Postal Board and the
Recognised Union (Mahadevaiah) and we demand the Government to include
the GDS in the terms of reference of the 7th CPC itself
instead of a separate Committee (Whether Judge or Bureaucrat). We call
upon the entire Postal and RMS employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks to
recognise the danger behind the agreement and expose those who signed
the agreement which is nothing but a
“DEATH WARRANT OF 2.76 GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS”.
“DEATH WARRANT OF 2.76 GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS”.
We further call upon the
entire employees to conduct protest demonstration all over India on
26.02.2014 in front of all important offices against the stand taken by
the Postal Board and demanding to remit the GDS issues the purview of
the Seventh Pay Commission.
Yours sincerely,
M. Krishnan D. Theagarajan
Secretary General Secretary General
NFPE FNPO
P. Pandurangarao P. U. Muraleedharan
General Secretary General Secretary
AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) NUGDS (FNPO)
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