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Ex-President AIAIPASP CHQ bereaved at loss of her mother-in law. OBITUARY !!!

Shri Suresh Sharma, Supdt Post offices, Ludhiana City Dn and Ex-President of AIAIPASP CHQ bereaved untimely death of her mother-in-law Smt Santosh Godd on 16.12.2016 at her residence at Khanna (Punjab). Kriya ceremonies will be performed by the bereaved family on 26.12.16 (Monday) between 1300-1400 hrs at Nangli Ashram, Bhai ji ki kutiya, Khanna. 

Association conveys its heartfelt condolences to Shri Suresh Kumar and breaved family. May Almighty give departed soul rest in peace. May God give courage and strength to the family to bear the loss.

Congratulations to officers on their elevation. Much awaited promotion list released by Dte

Directorate vide notification dated 09.12.16 [No. 9-14/2016-SPG] promoted 105 IP line officials to PS Group B against vacancy year 2016-17 and issues allotment and repatriation orders as well.

Last candidates selected 

OC : Shri R.E.Relekar (1993);

SC : Shri Abhimanyu Das (1995):

ST : Shri Dilleswar Hembram (2000)

Following officials from Punjab Circle got elevation

24. Shri Gopal Krishan 08.11.1963 allotted to Punjab Circle.
48. Shri Vinod Kumar  12.11.1959 allotted to Punjab Circle.
64. Shri Satpal Pahwa 06.05.1958 allotted to Punjab Circle.
99. Shri Mahesh Chand Meena 05.09.62 allotted to Dte.

Shri Suraj Prakash 30.08.1960 has also been repatriated to Punjab Circle vide Dte letter No. 9-02/2016-SPG dated 09.12.2016. 

Association congratulates all the officers on their promotion, allotment and repatriation. Association wishes them good luck in their future endeavour.

Conduct of LDCE on 18.12.2016 for promotion to the cadre of P.S Group ‘B’ from the vacancy year 2012–13 onwards---Regarding request for its postponement thereof.

No. CHQ/AIAIASP/PS Gr. B Exam 12-17/2016               Dated :   9/12/2016

To,                                                                                 

Shri B. V. Sudhakar, 

Secretary (Posts), 

Department of Posts, 

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg, 

New Delhi 110 001. 

Sub: Conduct of LDCE on 18.12.2016 for promotion to the cadre of P.S Group ‘B’ from the vacancy year 2012–13 onwards---Regarding request for its postponement thereof. 

Ref : Directorate Notification No. A-34012/8/2016-DE dated 07^th October 2016

Respected Sir, 

          This is in continuation to our submissions vide letter no. CHQ/AIAIASP/PS Gr. B Exam/2016 dated 19/10/2016 and letter no. CHQ/AIAIASP/PS Gr. B Exam 12-17/2016 dated 17/11/2016 whereby it was earnestly requested to kindly re-visit your decision of conducting the LDCE (rescheduled to be held on 18.12.16) in a single go for all the recruitment years.  

          With utmost regards, it is humbly submitted that notification no. A-34013/03/2012-DE dated 17.07.12 for conduct of PS Gr ‘B’ Exam 2012 held on 03.06.12 was held to be violative of law laid down by Hon’ble APEX Court and DoPT OM dated 19.01.07, as per decision dated 10.03.15 passed by Hon’ble CAT Bench Hyderabad in OA No. 554/2013. The said decision was contested by the Department before Hon’ble High Court at Hyderabad in CWP No. 25931/2015. Although Hon’ble High Court did not affirm the said decision yet it is of the view that principles enunciated in Dr. R. N. Bhatnagar case may be revisited by the APEX Court. As such, it dismissed the CWP filed by the Department vide judgement dated 05.12.16 (copy enclosed). 

          It is pertinent to mention here that Hon’ble High Court while arriving at the decision has also taken into account the vacancies notified in the notification dated 07.10.2016. 

Paras 21 & 22 of the judgement, being relevant are extracted hereunder:-

“21.    It is also brought to our notice by Mr. Siva, learned counsel for the respondents 1 to 5, that the Department of Posts issued a notification very recently on 07.10.2016 for the conduct of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of Postal Services Group – B from 2012-13 onwards. In para-9 of the Notification, the Department has given a tabular statement with regard to the break-up of vacancies which can usefully be extracted as follows:

Category-wise break up of vacancies

Examination for	Year	UR	SC	ST	Total
Inspector Posts line officials  (19% quota of vacancies)	2012-13	06	04	01	11
	2013-14	21	04	02	27
	2014-15	30	08	03	41
	2015-16	32	02	03	37
	2016-17	01	00	00	01

22.     We are unable to reconcile ourselves to the statistics furnished by the Union of India in the table provided under para-6 of their Affidavit in support of the writ petition with the vacancies that they have shown in the table under para-9 of the recent Notification dated 07-10-2016. If 165 posts alone are reserved under the 19% quota for promotion through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination from a particular line and if 150 officers who were promoted through the said channel were in place in April, 2012, more than about 100 vacancies could not have arisen during the period from 2012-13 to 2016-17. This shows that there was something grossly wrong with the stand taken by the Union of India.” 

          

In view of above, there is evident apprehension, in terms of vacancies calculated and notified vide notification dated 07.10.16, in the mind of all the aspirants. Thus, the situation is still prima facie ambiguous and unclear. 

In order to obviate complexity of the issue, this association, respectfully urged upon the Department to postpone the exam to some other date in the interest of justice equity and fair play. It is requested to re-visit the decision taken by the Directorate and earnestly requests the higher authorities to initiate examination exercise after making the things clear and set right. 

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,

                                                                             

 Sd/-

(Vilas Ingle)

                                                                             General Secretary.

 Copy to :-

Shri S. V. Rao, Director (DE), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110 001. He is also requested to kindly look into this vital issue and arrange for postponing the PS Group B examination. 

REVISED DATE OF HOLDING OF PSS GR B EXAM IS 18th DECEMBER 2016

REMINDER FROM CHQ : EXPEDITE CONVENING OF DPC OF PS GR B

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/DPC-PS Gr B/ 2016                  Dated :    29/11/2016

To, 

Shri A. K. Dash,

Member (P),

Department of Posts, 

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg, 

New Delhi 110 001. 

Subject: Convening of DPC for promotion to PS Group B Cadre.

Respected Sir, 

          With profound regards, this Association invites your kind attention to OM No. 22011/1/2011-Estt(D) dated 27.10.2016 of Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi, on the vital subject of timely and advance action in convening of Departmental Promotion Committee meeting in terms of Model Calendar. With a view to having the approved select panels for promotion ready in advance in a time-bound manner, Nodal Department has strongly advised for meticulous adherence of  Model Calendar for DPCs issued vide OM No. 22011/9/98-Estt.(D) dated 08/09/1998, modified vide OM No. 22011/4/2013-Estt.(D) dated 28/01/15. It was desired that prescribed time-line may be followed so as to ensure readiness of panel in time and its utilization as and when the vacancies arise during the course of vacancy year. 

         

This Association is constrained to inform that objective of timely promotions has lost its way with these abnormal delays. While at this juncture, we ought to have a list of elevated PS Group B officers, but, regretfully, nothing seems to have finalized till now, and the last month of this calendar year is starting in a day or so. Sir, you would be well aware of the loss of increment benefit, in case promoted officers are not able to join on or before of 2^nd January. So as to avoid pecuniary loss, it is requested to kindly intervene and cause timely DPC of PS Group B Cadre. Association also like to request your kind honour for issuance of repatriation orders before issuing promotion and postings in Postal Service Group “B” cadre.  

It is therefore earnestly requested your honour to kindly look into this matter sympathetically and cause issuance of repatriation orders, apart from convening timely DPC in PS Group B cadre.

         

With seasonal greetings,

Yours sincerely, 

 Sd/-

Vilas Ingale

(General Secretary)

Demonetisation: Now, PAN required if combined cash deposits exceed Rs 2.5 lakh till December 30

The government has announced a new rule to prevent people from making multiple cash deposits in their bank accounts without quoting the PAN. Till now, the limit for cash deposit without PAN was Rs 50,000 per transaction. A lot of people were depositing less than Rs 50,000 per day to escape the PAN provision. But a circular issued on Tuesday says deposits made between 9 Nov and 30 Dec 2016 will require a PAN if the combined sum exceeds Rs 2.5 lakh. This clarifies the misconception that one can deposit cash in multiple batches of less than Rs 50,000 each and escape mentioning the PAN. 

The CBDT has also made changes in the (AIR) Annual Information Return rules. Till now, banks and post office branches were supposed to report to the tax department if an individual made cash deposits of Rs 10 lakh in a year. During the period 9 November to 30 December, this limit has been lowered to Rs 2.5 lakh. If the cash deposits exceed this limit, the bank or post office will automatically report it to the tax department. For current accounts, the threshold limit for cash deposits between 9 November and 30 December will be Rs 12.5 lakh. 

The rule applies to all bank accounts of the individual, though it is not clear how banks will be able to capture information of cash deposited in other bank accounts.