NFPE DEMANDS ENHANCEMENT OF GRADE PAY TO HSG-II/BCR & HSG-I ON PAR WITH IPO/ASPOS

NFPE DEMANDS ENHANCEMENT OF GRADE PAY TO HSG-II/BCR & HSG-I ON PAR WITH IPO/ASPOS

DEPARTMENT IS POSITIVELY RECOMMENDING TO MINISTRY OF FINANCE TO ENHANCE THE GRADE PAY FOR IPOs & ASPOs & GROUP 'B' TO 4600/-; 4800/- & 5400/- RESPECTIVELY.

NFPE HAS DEMANDED TODAY THAT AN IDENTICAL ENHANCEMENT OF GRADE PAY SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR HSG-II/BCR [FROM 4200 TO 4600/-] AND HSG-I [FROM 4600 TO 4800/-] & FOR GROUP 'B' FROM 4800 TO 5400/- TO PROTECT THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL RELATIVITY BETWEEN HSG-II/BCR/HSG-I AND IPOs/ASPOs.

Letter of NFPE addressed to the Secretary Department of Posts in this regard is placed hereunder for the information of membership:

PF-14/2010 Dated 19^th January 2010

To

The Secretary

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan

New Delhi – 110001

Sub: Modification of Grade Pay to HSG-I and HSG-II/BCR Officials on par with ASPOs and IPOs to maintain pre-6^th CPC horizontal and vertical relativity – reg.

This Federation draws your kind attention to the orders of the MOF F.No.1/1/2008-IC Dated 13.11.2009 revising the Grade Pay of 4200/- into 4600/- for the holders' of pre-revised scale of 6500-10500. We also draw your kind attention the positive stand taken by the Department of Posts to recommend similar hike in Grade Pay to IPOs with consequential further enhancement of GP to ASPOS and Group B. In this background, this Federation seeks an identical enhancement of GP of HSG-II/BCR with consequential further enhancement of GP of HSG-I and Group 'B' on the following grounds:

1. 6^th CPC recommended the PB-2 scale of 8700-34800 with Grade Pay 4200/- to HSG-II/BCR by amalgamating erstwhile 5000-8000; 5500-9000; 6500-10500 pay scales. Therefore w.e.f. 1.1.2006 the HSG-II/BCR officials are placed on the 8700-34800 Pay Band 2 with GP 4200/- on par with the IPOs who were also placed in the same PB-2 with GP 4200/-. This maintains the pre-6^th CPC horizontal and vertical relativity of these cadres.

2. 6^th CPC recommended the PB-2 scale of 8700-34800 with Grade Pay 4600- to HSG-I through its recommendation vide Para 7.6.15 and the same had been accepted and implemented by the Government also. Thus the HSG-I officials are placed on par with the ASPOs in the same pre-revised scale of 7450-11500 w.e.f. 1.1.2006. This maintains the pre-6^th CPC horizontal and vertical relativity of these cadres.
3. Therefore the positive decision of the Department of Posts to recommend enhancement of IPOs Grade Pay to 4600/- on the analogy of the placement of IPOs in merged scale of 6500-10500 w.e.f. 1.1.2006 should be ipso facto be made applicable to the HSG-II/BCR who are placed in the same amalgamated pay scale with Grade Pay 4200/-.
4. The Grade Pay of HSG-I is therefore consequently to be enhanced as 4800/- on the same lines of the Grade Pay of ASPOs since both HSG-I and ASPOS are on identically placed pay scales both before and after the 6^th CPC.
5. The Grade Pay of Group B is therefore consequently to be enhanced to Grade Pay 5400/- since both the HSG-I and ASPOs are promoted to Group B through examinations and Seniority –cum-fitness.
6. The absence of a similar and identical hike in Grade Pay of HSG-II/BCR and HSG-I would disturb the existing pre-6^th CPC and 6^th CPC recommended horizontal and vertical relativity between these cadres and the cadres of IPOs/ASPOs over and the above the already disturbed relativity in comparison to the pre-5^th CPC pay scales.

This Federation therefore urges upon you to kindly recommend to MOF a similar hike in Grade Pay to HSG-II/BCR; HSG-I cadres also to maintain at least the existing horizontal and vertical relativity between the cadres of IPOs with the HSG-II/BCR and between the cadres of ASPOs and HSG-I. We would highly appreciate your early action in this important issue.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

[K.Ragavendran]

Secretary General

By...Abdul Rahiman T.P, Secretary PIII.