GDS
BONUS
NFPE HAS
GIVEN THE CORRECT NEWS
MAHADEVAIAH GROUP
FLASHED THE FALSE NEWS DELIBERATELY ON 10THDECEMBER 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 12th December strike.
Their leaders have demanded the administration to take disciplinary action
against those employees who participated in the 12th December 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 12th December 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 12th December 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 12th December
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
cleared by Finance Ministry but
returnedto 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
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