All India Association of Postmaster Cadre, Karnataka Circle

Mahadevapura, Bangalore

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Minutes of the meeting held on 11/09/2016 at Davanagere to discuss the legitimate rights of the Postmaster Cadre and to strengthen the Postmaser Association.

Third Circle Conference of Postmaster Cadre officers of Karnataka Circle was held at Shramajeevi Hotel at Davanagere on 11/09/2016 at 11:00 AM under the Chairmanship of Sri Shivamurthy B. R, Postmaster Grade-III, Head Post Office, Chikmagalur. Healthy discussions were held regarding the immediate burning issues of the Postmaster Cadre like delay in implementation of Promotion to PM GR-II and Grade III, Denial of Promotional avenues through competitive examiniation and in general the injustice, discrimination and deprival of legitimate rights of the Postmaster Cadre by the Directorate. It was univocally decided to take the fight to the Directorate through the legal route and also to strengthen the union.

The list of the participants are mentioned below.

slno	Name of the member	Designation	Office of working	Cell No
01	Shivamurthy.B.R.	PM Gr-III	Chikmagalur H.o	9448007179
02	Nagaraja.B	PM Gr-I	Ballari Cowl Bazar	9481436166
03	Gopal R Lamani	PM Gr-I	Hangal Haveri Dvn	9480295446
04	Hoovappa	PM Gr-I	Soraba Shimoga	9980191496
05	Harishkumar.E.T	PM Gr-I	Jagalur	9901769105
06	Akash.M.D	PM Gr-I	Pandavapura	9760055347
07	GaneshKumar	PM Gr-I	Jodumarga	9964147285
08	Manjunatha.M	PM Gr-I	Devanahalli	9901080017
09	Mahadevaswamy S G	PM Gr-I	Gundlupete	9845724641
10	Ramesh Babu J	PM Gr-I	Doddaballapura	9164922116
11	Nagaraj Patre	PM Gr-I	Nehrunagara,	9741989094
12	M.N.Janganavar	PM Gr-I	Navalagund	9481732426
13	Prakash.K.K	PM Gr-I	Sirsi	9480505981
14	Dinesh	PM Gr-I	K.R.Pete Mandya	9844626135
15	Srinivas Rao.R	PM Gr-I	Channagiri	9483165830
16	Ramesh B Kale	PM Gr-I	Belagavi	9448279900
17	Laxman Chavadimane	PM Gr-I	RMLI SO	9035057410
18	Sadyojathappa	PM Gr-I	Kottur	9880767628
19	Vijaykumar Kuntoji	PM Gr-I	Hubballi	9480714873
20	Vijay Vodoni	PM Gr-I	Dharwad R S	7829340622
21	M.G.Prasada	PM Gr-I	C.N.Halli	9731540504
22	LPG Kamala Nandini	PM Gr-I	S.S.Puram Tumkur	9480231804
23	Mallikarjuna	PM Gr-I	KuvempunagarMYS	9449327459
24	Thippeswamy K B	PM Gr-I	Old Hubballi	9483260268
25	Bheemasena.A.J	PM Gr-I	Ballari G Nagar	9901617741
26	Guruprasad	PM Gr-I	Brahmavara	9449076144
27	Manjunatha.K	PM Gr-I	H.B.halli, Ballari	9449230699
28	Venkatesh.S	PM Gr-I	Kunigal	9449849241
29	Mohan.M.K	PM Gr-I	Siddapura Coorg	9448648568
30	Manjunath.S.V	PM Gr-I	Somwarpete coorg	9449627442
31	Srinivas.T.P	PM Gr-I	Kushalanagara	9449920902
32	Onkarappa.R	PM Gr-I	Nelamangala	9449363672
33	Manjunatha.H	PM Gr-I	Byndoor	9449035371
34	Sathishkumar.S.T	PM Gr-I	Belur-Hassan	9449305222
35	Ranganatha.S.M	PM Gr-I	Dasarahalli BG	9844279465
36	Sanjay Ladda	PM Gr-I	Bhalki	9481428775
37	Manjunatha.R	PM Gr-I	Mahadevapura BG	9986952562
38	Sathish.P.N	PM Gr-I	Koteshwara UDP	8722911306
39	Vishwanatha	PM Gr-I	Arabic College PO	9902588455
40	Ramesha.N	PM Gr-I	Bellur	8453928090

Sri Sathish P. N, extended a very warm welcome to all Postmasters and requested all the members to discuss about the discrimination and injustice facing by the Postmaster cadre. The main issues discussed in the said meeting are mentioned here below.

The Postmaster Cadre officials are deprived of the legitimate opportunity both as a Citizen and Employees as per the Constitution and against to the Article 14 and 16 of Indian Constitution.

As per the Memo No. 4-17/2008-SPB-II issued by the DOP dated 22-11-2011, it is mentioned in the said letter that consequent on induction of technology in Postal Operations there is a requirement of Professional Managers to manage the key post offices and hence the cadre of Postmaster is created carving out the posts from the existing LSG, HSG II, HSG III and the Key posts in bigger and important post offices should be manned by professional managers and run in professional way. Every post office is having one Postmaster. A Postmaster should be positive thinker, well trained, much advanced in approaching customers etc. A Postmaster should look like an In-charge (Manager) of professional institutes.

But only the responsibility and duties are given to the Postmaster Grade officials and no financial benefits are extended. In each and every step, the Postmaster Grade officials have been discriminated at par with I.Ps and General line officials, the concept of equal pay for equal work becomes nightmare for Postmaster Grade officials, not even a single notional increment was given to the officials who qualified through LDCE to the cadre of Postmaster Grade-I.

The Postmaster Grade I posts were carved out from LSG Vacancies. The duties and responsibilities of Postmaster Grade I and LSG Postmaster are same and even more for Postmaster Grade I, but the benefit extended to the LSG officials are denied to the Postmaster Grade I officials, mainly,

LSG Officials are eligible to appear IPO examination but Postmaster Grade I official are denied to appear.

LSG Officials are eligible to appear for PSS Group B examination, where as the Postmaster Grade I officials are denied to appear for the said examination.

LSG Officials can decline the promotion but the Postmaster Grade I official cannot decline.

(d) The result of the Postmaster Grade-I LDCE was announced in June 2011/______/ 2013 &_____/2014 by the D. G. Posts but though all other Circles had issued the posting orders in time, the Karnataka Circle had delayed the announcement of the result and issue of posting orders by means of which the Postmaster Grade-I cadre officials have became juniors in All India level seniority.

(e) Further the Dept is not allowing the Postmaster Grade officials to appear in the LDCE for IPOs and PSS Gr-B, where as the IP line officials are allowed to appear in the LDCE for Senior Postmaster, which is highly irregular, hence it is necessary to fight legally to reserve all the posts of Senior postmasters exclusively for Postmaster Cadre officials.

(f) Further the DOP in its order No.04-43/2013-SPB-II dated 28/04/2016 as one time measure relaxed the service standards of regular promotion to the cadre of Postmaster Grade II & III, many other circles have already implemented the said order, but till date even after repeated requests from our CHQ and other unions, the Karnataka Circle not taken any steps to implement the said order, by which the legitimate right of Postmaster Grade officials for being promoted to the next cadre has been denied.

(g) The cadre restructuring of Group-C officials and General Line supervisory officials has already been implemented but the process of Cadre Restructuring of Postmaster cadre is yet to be initiated.

The CHQ of this association has already submitted several representations in this regard but the DOP not responded anything in this regard and remained as Mute-Spectator, hence it is decided to knock the doors of judiciary by filing separate cases in Hon’ble CAT/High Court/Apex Court.

It is seen that, many of the Postmaster Grade-I, II & III officers are still continuing in Gr-C Unions and General line Supervisory Association. The Postmaster Cadre is a separate cadre, which is entirely different from Postal Assistants, IPOS/ASPOs and also different from general line supervisory posts like LSG, HSG-II and HSG-I. As our roles and responsibility is entirely different from the other officials, thus obviously our needs and demands are also quite different from others.

It is a proved aspect that, the secretaries of Group C unions, IP/ASP unions and General line Supervisory unions are fighting only for the betterment of their union members and not for the benefits of the Postmaster Cadre and treating the Postmaster Cadre officials as they are meant only for monthly subscription.

It is also true that, the Recruitment Rules of Postmaster Cadre is entirely new, ambiguous and quite inconsistent and susceptible to misinterpretation, which is resulting in wrong interpretation of the orders/rules at Circle level and Circles are seeking unnecessary clarifications and queries and willfully delaying the implementation of favorable orders.

Therefore it is a high time to raise our voice against the discrimination, partiality, injustice and denial of legitimate rights meted out to the Postmaster Cadre officials through a proper and formal association. Since an official belonging to one cadre cannot be a part of a formal union of a different cadre and since Postal Assistants, General Supervisors & Postmasters are different cadres by definition, such activities of those among us shall be deemed irregular upon proper scrutiny.

Therefore it is unanimously decided to invite all the officials of Postmaster Grade-I, II & III of Karnataka Circle to become the members of this esteemed AIAPC by quitting all their former/present formal unions/association. Further this association would please to bring to the notice of all the Postmasters that, the CHQ is fighting to get the recognition for the AIAPC by filing the Writ petition No 6895/2015 at Jodhpur Bench, Rajasthan and had high hopes of getting justice at the earliest. Hence don’t worry that there is no recognition for AIAPC.

The meeting also decided unanimously and selected the following office bearers as ad-hoc body till disposal of the writ petition at Jodhpur Bench.

Sl no	Position of the office bearers	Name of the official	Designation	Place of working
01	President	Sri.Shivamurthy.B.R	PM Gr-III	Chikmagalur HO
02	Vice Presidents	1)Sri. Manjunatha.K	PM Gr-I	H.B.Halli
		2)Sri.Sanjay Ladda	PM Gr-I	Bhalki
		3)Sri.Hoovappa	PM Gr-I	Soraba
		4)Sri.Onkaramurthy	PM Gr-I	Challakere
03	Secretary	Sri.R.Manjunath	PM Gr-I	M. D. Pura BG
04	Asst Secretaries	1)Sri.Vishwanatha	PM Gr-I	Arabic College BG
		2)Sri.Ranganatha.S.M	PM Gr-I	Dasarahalli BG
		3)Sri.Dinesh.	PM Gr-I	K.R.Pete,Mandya
		4) Sri.Satish Kumar ST	PM Gr-I	Belur , Hassan
05	Treasurer	Sri.Onkarappa	PM Gr-I	Nelamangala BG
06	Organizing Secretaries	1)Sri.Vijay Vodoni	PM Gr-I	Dharwad R S
		2)Sri.Nagaraj.B	PM Gr-I	Cowl Bazaar
		3)Smt.Kamalanandini	PM Gr-I	S.S.PuramTmkr
		4)Sri.Srinivasa.T.P	PM Gr-I	Kushalanagara
07	Auditor	Sri.Sathish.P.N.	PM Gr-I	Koteshwara

All the participants voluntarily contributed Rs 500/- each towards the circle fund and a fund of Rs.20000/- (Rs.Twenty Thousand only ) was collected on the spot. Also the following Postmasters have already contributed towards the Circle legal fund.

Slno	Name of the official	Designation	Office of working	Amount of Contribution
01	Sri.Ramesh.N	PMGr-I	Bellur, Mandya	1000-00
02	Sri.Guruprasad	PM Gr-I	Bramhavara	1000-00
03	Sri.Manjunatha.H	PMGr-I	Byndoor	1000-00
04	Sri.S.Rabakavi	PMGr-I	Mudhol	1000-00
05	Sri.Sathish.P.N	PMGr-I	Koteshwara	500-00
06	Sri.Dundappa Ittagi	PM Gr –I	Hunugund	500-00

Therefore all are requested to contribute voluntarily to the Circle legal fund.

The meeting decided to open a Joint-A SB account in the name of Sri. Onkarappa, Treasurer and Sri. R. Manjunatha, Secretary and to voluntarily contribute monthly contribution of Rs100/- and both these will be responsible for the operation of the said account.

Accordingly the Joint Account has been opened with following details, hence all are requested to credit monthly contribution to the said account without fail.

(1)Sol ID- Nelamangala SO 56212301

(2)Account Number: 33375963550

It was decided in the meeting that the next meeting will be held in the December 2016 and the venue will be intimated shortly.

It was decided to form an email ID to the AIAPC, Karnataka Circle aiapckarnataka@gmail.com and WhatsApp Group for the members of the AIAPC, Karnataka Circle and members were requested to discuss their official problems and day to day developments.

The meeting has decided to send the copy of the Minute to the D. G. Posts, The CPMG, Karnataka Circle, PMG SK Region and PMG, N. K. Region for information and necessary action.

The meeting was also decided to make efforts for an informal meeting during the month of October with The CPMG, Karnataka Circle and with both the PMGs, S.K & N.K.Region.

The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair and a special thanks to Sri. Vijay Vodani (Dharwad) and Sri. Manjunath K (Bellary) who had organized the meeting in such a short span of time in a befitting manner and all the participants who made the gathering a grand success, by Sri. Onkarappa Postmaster Nelamanagala.

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