GDS BONUS
NFPE HAS GIVEN THE CORRECT NEWS
MAHADEVAIAH GROUP FLASHED THE FALSE
NEWS DELIBERATELY ON 10TH DECEMBER 2012 TO SABOTAGE THE 12TH DECEMBER
2012 STRIKE
MAHADEVAIAH GROUP GDS UNION HAS NOT
GIVEN STRIKE NOTICE FOR 12TH DECEMBER 2012 STRIKE
1. On 10th December 2012 when all are
actively campaigning for the success of the 12th December 2012
joint strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union flashed the following news in
their website -
“FLASH AND GLAD NEWS – BONUS FILE
CLEARED BY FINANCE TODAY”
They deliberately gave publicity to this false news
just to create confusion among the GDS and to sabotage the 12th December
strike.
2. After 12th December strike NFPE put
the following news in its website.
“Regarding GDS Bonus the propaganda made
by Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union is totally false. Finance Ministry has not
approved the proposal for raising the GDS Bonus ceiling to Rs. 3500/- but
returned the file without approval.”
(This news item is still in the NFPE website and
anybody can verify it.)
3. Now, after the 12th December
strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS union openly admitted that the Bonus File is
not cleared by Finance, but the File was returned to Postal Directorate without
approval. Now in the website of Mahadevaiah group the following lines are
written.
“FINANCE MINISTRY HAS SENT THE FILE BACK
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS FOR SOME CLARIFICATION”
4. Now let the readers and employees judge, who is
right and who is wrong. Who is giving correct news and who is spreading false
news. NFPE has given the correct news and Mahadevaiah group has published false
news and subsequently corrected it after NFPE putting the correct news. They
have lost their credibility and they are trying to cover up their ill motivated
false propaganda by putting the blame on NFPE.
5. It is an admitted fact that Mahadevaiah group GDS
Union has not given strike notice for the 12th December strike.
They tried their best to sabotage the 12thDecember strike. Their
leaders have demanded the administration to take disciplinary action against
those employees who participated in the 12thDecember strike. NFPE
has already published one such letter in its website and anybody can read it.
6. Can Mahadevaiah group GDS Union prove that they
have given strike notice to the Secretary, Department of Posts, for the 12th December
strike? Can Mahadevaiah group GDS Union deny that their leaders have not
written any letter to the administration to take disciplinary action against
those participated in the 12th December strike? Can Mahadevaiah
group deny that the letter written to the administration by their leader
published in NFPE website is a false one? No, they cannot.
7. The issue of raising Bonus ceiling of GDS from
2500/- to 3500/- was an important item in the memorandum submitted by
Confederation to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Finance Minister and
Cabinet Secretary during the Parliament march and also in the strike charter of
demands of the 12thDecember 2012 strike served to the Cabinet
Secretary and the Secretary, Department of Posts. Many MPs irrespective of
political affiliation and also Union Cabinet Ministers have written letters
to Hon’ble Prime Minister to consider the demand of the Confederation. Further
both NFPE and FNPO has jointly demanded the Government to raise the bonus
ceiling of GDS. The Minister of States for Communications and the Secretary,
Department of Posts, has assured the JCA leaders that the case will again be
forwarded to the Finance Ministry with favourable recommendations. The
Secretary, Department of Posts has informed the JCA leaders that Cabinet
Secretary was also appraised of the matter. The efforts made by NFPE, FNPO and
Confederation and the mass-scale participation of the employees (Departmental
as well as Gramin Dak Sewaks) in the 12thDecember Strike has its own
impact.
8. The attempt of the Mahadevaiah group to project
themselves as the only union for the GDS was thoroughly exposed in the 12th December
strike and more than 80% of the GDS joined the strike call given by NFPE & Confederation,
inspite of the fact that Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union has not given the strike
notice and has not conducted any campaign programme to make the 12th December
strike a success. More and more GDS leaders from Mahadevaiah group including
All India office bearers are joining the newly formed AIPEU GDS (NFPE).
In the 12thDecember strike, the unity of the Departmental
employees and Gramin Dak Sewaks was restored and those who are trying to divide
the GDS and Departmental employees cannot continue their nefarious game any
more.
9. ACTUAL POSITION OF GDS BONUS
As already exhibited by NFPE in its website, the
GDS Bonus file was not clearedby
Finance Ministry but returned to
Department of Posts without approval.The reason stated by Finance Ministry is as follows -
Up to 2006 GDS were also paid equal Bonus
on pro-rata basis along with regular employees. The One-man Committee (Nataraja
Murthy Committee) appointed by Government has recommended that GDS are not
eligible for equal bonus with regular employees and the payment made up to 2006
was unjustified as per the commission’s recommendations. This recommendation of
the Nataraja Murthy Committee was accepted by the Government and Postal Board.
Accordingly it was decided not to raise the Bonus ceiling from 2500 to 3500.
After that the Department of Posts has not undertaken any fresh study to
justify the payment of equal Bonus (3500) to GDS. Postal Department should
conduct a fresh study by another committee and submit revised proposal
justifying the payment of equal bonus to GDS. Such revised proposal, if any,
submitted after fresh study will be examined by the Finance Ministry and if
found justified will be considered for implementation from the next financial
year i.e., 2013-2014. Regarding this financial year’s Bonus Finance Ministry is
not ready to reconsider it. That means the Bonus for the current financial year
(2012-2013) stands rejected. This is the stand of the Finance Ministry.
10. Now
the Department of Posts has constituted a Committee of officers to make fresh
study of the case and submit fresh proposal to the Finance Ministry for
consideration and approval. The Postal Board has assured the JCA (NFPE + FNPO)
that the study will be completed quickly and fresh proposal will be submitted
to Ministry of Finance. Definitely the JCA will take necessary follow up
action.
11. The
anti-NFPE minded leaders of the Mahadevaiah group GDS Union should clearly
understand that their repeated attempt to divide GDS employees and Departmental
employees is not going to work any-more. GDS will stand with NFPE. NFPE will
never misguide the employees, but will always stand by the truth. Please
remember that
“You can fool all people for some time
and
You can fool some people for all time,
But you can never fool all people for all
time”
- M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE
source:http://www.aipeup3chq.com/
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