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Central Working Committee Meeting of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts was held at Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu on 4th and 5th October 2008 under the President ship of Shri. S.B.Mahapatra, President CHQ and Senior Postmaster,
1.Andhra Pradesh
2.Bihar
3.Chattisgarh
4.Gujarat
5.Karnataka
6.Kerala
7.Madhya Pradesh
8.Maharashtra
9.Orissa
10.Punjab
11.Rajasthan
12.Tamil Nadu
13.Uttar Pradesh
14.West Bengal
The following circles went unrepresented.
1.Assam
2.Delhi
3.Haryana
4.Himachal Pradesh
5.Jammu & Kashmir
6.Jharkhand
7.North East
8.Uttar Khand
A 45 minutes power point programme on Pay fixation, its anomalies and about the loss of the recommended pay scale for direct recruit IP, revised DA rulings, comparison of pay scale with analogous cadre in other Ministries/Departments was presented by Shri.Sivaprakasam, ASP(Tech) C.O, Chennai. It paved the way for preparation of ground for healthy discussion.AllCircle Secretaries and members well presented the case of injustice done to the cadre and also suggested the CHQ to take remedial measures to get the justified pay scale for IP/ASP. Shri. Janardan Sharma, General Secretary & Shri.A.Kumarasamy, Circle Secretary of Postal Officers’ Association participated in the deliberation. Shri. P.R.Satyanarayanan, AD(Vig) & our former CHQ President, Shri. V.Kannan, Senior Postmaster, Thanjavur H.O & our former AGS and Shri.V.Narasimhan, former CHQ Treasurer also guided the Association. General Secretary explained the Pay Commission recommendations and the erratic pay fixation formula framed by the Government. Based on the discussion, a collective decision was taken as under:
Pay scale of IP, ASP and SP should be upgraded to 7450, 7500 & 8000 with grade pay 4600, 4800 & 5400 respectively.
Dte. Should issue clear orders on D.A with out insisting on producing bill as IP/ASP have to tour P.O in rural villages.
The initial pay of IP appointed after 1.1.2006 should be fixed with reference to upgraded pay scale and not with reference to 5000/- as decided by the Govt.
Annual increment should be granted on quarterly basis to remove the existing anomalies.
Bonus should be given to all cadres in Pay Band –2.
Personal Pay should be treated as Pay and not as allowance and arrears should be paid.
Pay scale of IP should be revised whenever the pay scale of Inspector CBDT/CBCE and analogous cadres are revised to maintain parity.
The august body has recommended to take up the case with the Directorate.
CHQ sincerely registered its gratitude to Shri.R.Balachander ASP Vellore & Circle President, Smt. T.V.Sundari ASP Tambaram & Vice President, Shri K.Ezhil ASP Thanjavur & Circle Secretary and Shri. N.Karthikeyan ASP Kanchipuram,