NEW YEAR WISHES

IPASP ASSOCIATION WISHES YOU HAPPY 

NEW YEAR-2013

RETIREMENT WISHES

Punjab IPASP Association feels proud that our two great and respectable members Sh. M.L.GULATI Asstt. Director Circle Office and R.D.Kalia Asstt. Director Regional Office are retiring today after serving the department for a long period where they have earned immense respect. Being, in their association was a remarkable experience for all of us and we have learnt a lot. Association shares the occasion of your retirement sir but our eyes are moist.

Respected Comrades you are going to start the new inning of your life after this retirement. My God bless you to achieve every dream of your life and shower all comforts of the world on you. It was a memorable time and valuable experience for being under your wings. Association members do not have worlds to express sentiments for you. Our best wishes, regards and prayers will be with you forever. Thank you very much for your help and support .

PROMOTION FOR ASPs to Group "B"

Following ASPs of Punjab Postal Circle have been elevated to PS Group "B" on the basis of recently held DPC for 2012.

Sl. No	Name of the Officer	Date of birth	Circle Allotted	Batch
1	Ashok Kumar Garg	07-03-1959	Haryana	1987
2.	Parshotam Dass	13-03-1953	Punjab	1987
3	Baljinder Singh	07-04-1954	Haryana	1988
4	Dev Raj Ratra	14-03-1954	Haryana	1988
5	Harimohan	15-05-1961	Haryana	1988
6	Gurdev Sing	02-04-1958	Haryana	1988
7	Inderjit Singh Thakur	05-01-1956	Haryana	1989
8	Kulwant Singh	30-11-1961	HP	1989
9	Suresh Kumar	10-05-1964	J&K	1989
10.	Paramjit Singh	25-03-1953	Punjab	1989

IP/ASP Association Punjab wishes all the officers a success in their  life.

WELCOME NEW RECRUITS

IPASP Association welcomes the following direct recruit Inspector Post to postal fraternity, congratulates them and promise full support to their endeavours. They have been posted at the station noted against each. It is learnt that one of the new recruit is preparing for main examination of civil services. Association wishes that his career may sustain his consuming desire for truth. Association also congratulates Sh Amit Kumar IP Circle office for resigning from the post of Inspector Post and joining as Inspector in Custom and Excise after qualifying the same exam which he he had qualified one year ago. 

• Sher Bahadur    C.I. Hoshiarpur
• Abhey Singh      C.I.Gurdaspur
• Sachin Sharma  C.I Amritsar

HOW LONG WILL IPs HAVE TO SUFFER ?

It is very frustrating and illogical to devolve all the duties to IPASPs when administration never thinks for their well being. Punjab Association shares its concern with their Tamil Nadu brothers about the arbitrary orders issued by Southern Region, Madurai to Tamil Nadu IPASPs to obtain and pass RPLI business procurement figures daily of each BO to the officers sitting in RO particularly our Cadre man over phone after duty hours without going through the veracity of the problems being faced by our members and their family liability.

Hitherto also Department has implemented all long lasting projects like Digitization of records, Core Banking, Mail optimization, Consumer Price Index, Aadhaar Technology, Direct Cash Transfer, CTS etc etc.... with the intense and hard work of IP cadre. This is done beside our routine work. Nobody thinks that our cadre is already overburdened. It is not understood what the officers sitting at the helm of affairs purport to represent. If officers are so much concerned about the well being of the department it would be appropriate for them to visit BOs/SOs for the business, to analyse and assess the customer needs particularly emphasising the rural segment.

Whereas Inspector cadre is made to meet capricious and discrimination treatment in all sphere viz. financially, officially and socially in postal set up. None of our demand may it be Grade Pay issue, Supplementary DPC or Regular DPC has been settled in time by the department leaving us staggered and treating this hardworking cadre as criminals. Even after acquiring long years of experience and expertise, IP/ASPs are forced to retire in the ASP cadre due to ineffective policies and dilatory attitude of the department and no one in Directorate is asking the officers there to work overtime for convening regular DPC within the prescribed norms, which is otherwise essential and necessary to implement the instructions of Nodal office, DOPT guidelines.

Furthermore, it is imperative to say that long working and inadequate breaks not only affect a worker’s productivity but also invites long term health problems of the workers. Long working hours also impact a worker’s family life and as a consequence, his or her right towards a family and the life associated with it, which is totally violative of labour laws, while on the other hand officers enforcing such arbitrary instructions are enjoying themselves with their families. This cadre also want the same honour, dignity, moral imperatives and ethical value precedence as other possess.

Our friends at Tamil Nadu are rightly taking matter with higher authorities to set aside the arbitrary order issued by Southern Region, Madurai. I have received a call from our GS to discuss the further course of action. Punjab circle is of the view that we should stand by our circle secretaries and ask Directorate to call expert advice from an officer who can provide honest and accurate picture of the current situation prevailing in the department due to overlooking the rights of IPASP may be the National Human Right Commission to have an in depth research. Department should not expect much from IPASPs who are in the GP of Rs.4200/4600 which even the clerical staff is enjoying with extra benefits.

Punjab association appreciates the measures taken by Tamil Nadu circle and stands by their legitimate endeavours. 

As u sow, so shall u reap

Every time, policy maker converged to formulate a policy, every time they failed. Obvious reasons are bereft of better understanding, critical approach, intensive research, thoughtful analysis and lack of foresightedness. Inefficient and improper officers at improper places could be the other reason. Exclusion of Indian Postal Service from All India Services could be the other reasons, because best brains are packed to All India Services and residuals drained to left over. Applicability of proverb “As u sow, so shall u reap” is explicit thereto.
Resultantly, number of policies took off with a little ray of hope, but each time it fell flat. Idea is good, initiatives are 100%, Pomp and Show is adequate, Results are zero. Probably reasons are lying some where else. On the contrary, there are other departments, which meticulous followed the directions of Nodal ones and never remained unhealthy. They never get excited or step ahead or raise their hands and thus, get all the warmth and caring.

Count from the beginning, none could go the right way, it deserves.

a) pooling of operative persons under Reserved Training Pool or back door entry;

b) Casual Labourers (Grant of Temporary Status & Regularisation) Scheme effective as on 29.11.1991 & instructions thereto (another back door entry);

c) One Time Bound promotion scheme (Financial upgradation after completion of 16 years regular service)

d) Biennial Cadre Review Scheme (Financial upgradation after completion of 26 years regular service)

e) 1/3rd Fast track promotion.

f) Scheme for allotment of Surplus qualified IPs.

g) Introduction of Separate Postmaster Cadre

Aforesaid schemes effected the pay scale, pay band, carrier progression of the officials in one manner or the other and brought huge anomalies amidst themselves, be it may be during implementation of recommendations of 4th CPC, 5th CPC or 6th CPC. Affected persons left stranded for want of specific, clear and unambiguous instructions. Nodal offices do issue instructions, but for their own schemes and never keep checks, RRs remained tossed between the organisations. Persons at the helm of the affairs remained at a bay and won’t pursuade for interest of betterment of their own employees. 5400 is working under 4800, 5400 and 4800 are putting their files before 4600, 4200 is working under 2800 and so on. Who is being supervised and by whom he is to be supervised and who has be supervised is now a 100 million dollar question.

Alas ! Only a wonder can set right the dilemma