CIRCLE
UNION ADDRESSED ALL INDIA UNION (CHQ) TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE OF
JOINING OF NEW P.A.s WITH POSTAL DIRECTORATE IN NEW DELHI
The copy of the letter is produced below for the knowledge of all.
All
India Postal Employees Union Group-C
West
Bengal Circle
37, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata-13.
No: PC-37/Training Dated 11.03.2014.
To,
MOST URGENT
Com. M.Krishnan,
General Secretary,
AIPEU Gr-C (CHQ),
Dada Ghosh Bhavan,
New Delhi.
Sub:
Arrangement of immediate joining of newly selected P.A.s in West Bengal Circle.
Dear Comrade,
This is for
your information that 409 new Postal Assistants have been selected in West
Bengal Circle for the year 2011-12. Though the result has been declared in the
month of December 2013, their joining has been halted due to non-completion of
Police Verification Report (PVR). The department and the selected candidates
have done everything on their parts, but the reports are pending almost in all
cases with the Police Authority. Now as the calendar of the 16th Lok
Sabha Election has been declared and it is the priority of State
Administration, it appears far-fetched that Police authorities would do
anything in coming three months or so.
In addition to the above
candidates, the vacancy for the year 2013-14 has been declared and another 534
PAs will be waiting soon for joining in this Circle. Due to the acute shortage
of staffs, the NFPE Group of Unions requested the Circle Administration to
arrange their joining after providing in-house training like yesteryears, and
the Chief PMG also discussed the matter in a recent video-conference with the
concerned member of the Postal Directorate. But the Directorate rejected the proposal
saying that provision of in-house training and joining thereafter was permitted
only for two years relaxing the rule, and it could not be extended any more. At
present, PVR is a pre-condition of induction training in Postal Training
Centers (PTCs) and joining will follow after that. This is going to cause
inordinate delay. There is also a possibility that if the PV Reports come early
for some candidates from the bottom of the merit list, they would avail the
training first and would be senior to the toppers.
This Circle Union has
also cited that in North Bengal Region, an in-house training for candidates of
2011-12 has already been started and so, it should be allowed in all other regions
of West Bengal Circle. But due to the rejection of the Directorate, the Chief
Postmaster General has expressed his handicap and has requested us to approach
the Directorate through the All India Union.
Thus, the present
situation is ---- despite having huge vacancy and workload on the existing
staffs in one side and a good number of capable, willing and successful
candidates on the other, our Circle is losing their service and they are losing
their seniority. They are in severe anxiety and mental strain. The irrational
rigidity of the Postal Administration has become the bone of contention and
pain for all. Under such constraints, we would like to channelize the sentiment
of all the selected candidates in West Bengal Circle and request you to please
take up the issue with the Directorate immediately for allowing the relaxation
of the PVR condition this year due to announcement of the election, so that the
department can get the service of the new P.A.s at the earliest. As the largest
organisation in the department and also as most of the new P.As are with us in
this Circle, we need to redress this issue with priority. Therefore, we are
sincerely requesting your special attention.
With greetings,
Comradely yours,
Janardan
Majumder
Circle Secretary
Copy
to:
All Divisional Secretaries, Group-C, West
Bengal Circle ---- for information of all members and candidates.
