Fixation of Pay of Group D officials promoted to Postal Assistant

Fixation of Pay of Group D officials promoted to Postal Assistant - Equal to Direct Entry Pay on Promotion - CAT Judgement

Ministry of Communication, Department of Posts has issued letter dated 13 th April 2018 regarding fixation of pay of Group D officials promoted to Postal Assistants

Court case / Priority
F. No. 2-15/2016.PAP
Government of India
Ministry of Communication
Department of Posts
(Establishment Division/P.A.P Section)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg

New Delhi - 110 001
Dated: 13 Apr, 2018

To
All Heads of Circles,

Sub: Fixation of Pay of Group D officials promoted to Postal Assistant - reg.

This is regarding fixation of pay of Group D officials promoted to Postal Assistant at per with the directly recruited Postal Assistants who were appointed on or after 01.01.2006. In the subject case the applicant was promoted as Postal Assistant on 27.07.2015 and his pay was fixed as Rs.9770/- with DNI as on 01.07.2016. Whereas the pay of the directly recruited Postal Assistants have been fixed as Rs.9910/- in the scale of Rs.5200-20200 + Rs2400/- as grade pay. Aggrieved of this, the applicant filed an OA No. 170/00801/2016 in the Hon'ble CAT Bengaluru Bench. The Hon'ble CAT in its order dated 12.06.2017 ordered that “when a person gets promotion to a higher post, he should be entitled to the same minimum pay for the post which is allowed to person who joined the posts afresh as enunciated by the Hon'ble Apex Court in several cases."

It is requested to inform the details of similar cases at your circle and financial implication involved upon implementation of this order in such cases may be furnished to this Directorate at the earliest for taking further decision in this case.

(K. V. Vijayakumar)
Assistant Director General (Estt.)

Source: Confederation

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Discontinuation of execution of bond for direct recruit MTS, Postman, Mail Guard, Postal Assistant, Sorting Assistant and Inspector of Posts: Deptt of Posts Order dated 30.11.2017

Discontinuation of execution of bond for direct recruit MTS, Postman, Mail Guard, Postal Assistant, Sorting Assistant and Inspector of Posts: Deptt of Posts Order dated 30.11.2017

No. 15-04/2015-SPB-I

Ministry of Communications

Department of Posts

Personnel Division

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg

New Delhi, Dated 30.11.2017

To
The Chief Postmasters General
All 23 Postal Circles

Subject: Discontinuation of execution of bond for direct recruit candidates as provided under Appendix 21 of P&T Manual IV.

Madam/ Sir,
I am directed to convey the approval of the Competent Authority to discontinue the practice of execution of bonds under the provisions stipulated in Appendix 21 of Postal Volume IV by direct recruit Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS), Postman, Mail Guard, Postal Assistant (PA), Sorting Assistant (SA) and Inspector of Posts (IP) at the time of joining Department of Posts.

2. Above decision may be conveyed to all appointing authorities of the Circles immediately.

3. These orders shall come into force with immediate effect.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(G. Rajeev)

Director (SPN)

Source: utilities.cept.gov.in

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Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination, 2017

Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination, 2017

Closing Date:18.12.2017 Date of Computer Based Examination (Tier-I): 04.03.2018 to 26.03.2018 Date of Tier-II Examination (Descriptive Paper): 08.07.2018

"GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTS GENDER BALANCE AND WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY"

F.No. 3/3/2017-P&P-I. The Staff Selection Commission will hold an examination for recruitment to the Posts of Lower Divisional Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant, Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant and Data Entry Operator .The details of the examination are as under:

Pay of the Posts:
Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA): Pay Band -1 (Rs. 5200-20200), Grade Pay: Rs. 1900 (pre-revised)

Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA): Pay Band -1 (Rs. 5200-20200), Grade Pay: Rs. 2400 (pre-revised) Data Entry Operator(DEO): Pay Band-1 (Rs. 5200-20200), Grade Pay: Rs. 2400 (pre-revised) and Data Entry Operator, Grade 'A': Pay Band-1 (Rs. 5200-20200), Grade Pay: Rs. 2400 (pre-revised)

Vacancies:
Tentative vacancies for the posts of LDC/ JSA, Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant and DEO are 898, 2359, 2 and Data Entry Operator Grade”A”- Nil, respectively.

Reservation:
Reservation for SC/ ST/ OBC /ExS/ PwD etc. categories is available as per extant Govt. Orders.

Permissible disabilities for PwD candidates:

Lower Division Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant:
One arm affected (OA), Both legs affected (BL), One leg affected (OL), One arm and one leg affected (OAL), Blind (B), Low vision (LV) & Hearing handicapped (HH), are eligible for the posts of Lower Division Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant.

Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant:
One leg affected (OL), One arm affected (OA), One arm one leg affected (OAL), Both legs affected but not Arms (BL), Muscular weakness and limited physical endurance (MW), Blind (B), Low vision (LV), Hearing handicapped (HH) are eligible for the posts of Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant.

Data Entry Operators (DEOs):
One arm affected (OA), One leg affected (OL), One arm and one leg affected (OAL),
Both Legs affected (BL), Hearing handicapped (HH) and Low Vision (LV) are eligible for the posts of Data Entry Operators.

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