Sixth Central Pay Commission's recommendations  - revision of pay scales - amendment of Service Rules/Recruitment Rules.

 

Reservation Roster of Assistants with Disabilities.

Release of additional installment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.1.2010

The Union Cabinet today decided to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from 1.1.2010 representing an increase of 8% over the existing rate of 27% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both dearness allowance and dearness relief would be of the order of Rs.6969.36 crore per annum and Rs.8131.20 crore in the financial year 2010-2011 (for a period of 14 months from January, 2010 to February, 2011).

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  Regulation of journeys by private airlines while availing Leave Travel Concession.
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  Observance of ethics by Civil servants-Letter of Cabinet Secretary to Secretaries
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  Timely completion of Departmental Inquiries - Improving Vigilance Administration.

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(Building Section)

No. 18-9/2010-Bldg. New delhi, dated 5th March,2010

To
All Chief Postmasters General

Subject: Allotment of staff quarters - regarding.

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I am directed to intimate that instances have come to the notice of the Directorate that the officials posted as Sub-Postmasters in Town Sub Offices are being forced to occupy the staff quarters in the Postal Colony without actually applying for the same.

2. In this connection instruction/guidelines issued by this Directorate vide letter No.7-6/99-Bldg. (copy enclosed) dated 10/11/07.2000 on the subject mentioned above may kindly be referred to. As per the extant orders no Government accommodation can be thrust upon any Government Employee against his willingness and in the absence of a written request for allotment of a quarter from the employee. However, it is mandatory for the employee to occupy the post attached rent free accommodation wherever available. In such cases no HRA can be drawn in favour of the employee even if he is unable to occupy the rent free quarter.

3. It is, therefore, requested that the instructions/guidelines on the subject may kinldy be followed strictly.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(R.B.Chawla)

Director (E&MM)

Restriction of officiating pay under FR 35 - clarification - regarding

Restriction of officiating pay under FR 35 -

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Health Insurance Scheme for Central Government Employees and Pensioners.

Pension to GDS Employee

As per budgetary speech of Finance Minister GDS Staff will be covered under New Pension Scheme as per provisions of budget.

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  Implementation of Government's decision on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission Child Care Leave -Waiving of age restriction of 18 years for Government servant having mentally challenged / disabled children
  
  
• Encashment of 10 days earned leave alongwith LTC by re-Employed pensioners - Clarification regarding

• NOTIFICATION- ammendment in rule 11(vi) of Central Civil Services (Classification Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965

Chief Post Master General of Maharashtra and Goa M.S. Bali Maharashtra-Goa official nabbed taking Rs.2 crore bribe

CBI arrests a Chief Post Master General and two middleman in a bribery of Rs. two crores

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Chief Postmaster General, (Maharashtra & Goa), GPO, Mumbai alongwith two private persons in a bribery case of Rs. two crores from the complainant.

It was alleged in the complaint that a bribe of Rs. two crores was demanded by the accused for giving NOC ( No Objection Certificate) from the Postal Department for development of plot of 2000 sq.mtrs, located in the jurisdiction of Mira – Bhayander Municipal Corporation, Thane. This plot of 2000 Sq.mtrs. was reserved for postal office for which the Corporation was requesting to issue NOC to develop the said plot as a private property with a slot to be kept for Post Office also. The complainant met the Chief Postmaster General in January, 2010 alongwith certain documents. The middleman contacted the complainant after this meeting with Chief Postmaster General and informed that he would help in getting the NOC from the postal department for the said plot.

The complainant alongwith the middleman met the Chief Postmaster General, where Rs. two crores was demanded for providing NOC.

The CBI laid a trap and the Chief Postmaster General was caught red handed while accepting bribe amount of Rs. 1.25 crores in a Restaurant located in Budhawar Park, Mumbai alongwith first middleman and another middleman. The rest of the amount Rs. 75 lakhs was to be taken by the middleman.

Searches were conducted in the office as well as residential premises of Chief Postmaster General and the middleman. During the search Rs. 34 lakhs ; 10722 US $ ; 3050 UK Pounds and 3470 Euros were found in the residence of Chief Postmaster General at Mumbai besides documents relating to immovable assets at Faridabad, Punchkula, Dwarka (in New Delhi), Bhopal and Gurgaon. The value of these assets is in crores. The accused is in possession of 22 Bank Accounts; PPF Accounts having a balance of more than Rs. 26 lakhs; 7 high-end Laptops belonging to Apple Viao; 45 imported Liquor bottles and two Cars. A locker in Gwalior is to be searched. All the three accused are being produced today in the designated court at Mumbai for remand.

Further investigation/ searches are continuing.

CBI NEWS

vide CBI case mark No R-005/2007 ACUI, DELHI dated 31-DEC-2007 initiated Shri A K SINGH THE THEN DY. SP DP SANCTION OF PROSECUTION (UNDER PC-ACT, 1988) WITH ORGANISATIONS/DEPARTMENTS AS ON 31/12/2009 is pending

Sh. O.P.Rana, Sub-Post Master, Gudha Balotan, has been convicted and sentenced to undergo RI for 3 years with a fine of Rs. 9,000/- for misappropriating an amount of Rs. 3.91 lac which were deposited by various account holders in their respective account holders. (RC0312006A0004)

Against a Post Master and a Postal Assistant, Pallahat for entering into a criminal conspiracy and by abusing their official positions, fraudulently and dishonestly misappropriating an amount to the tune of Rs. 3.34 lac deposited by various SB and RD Account holders in their respective accounts, by posting false entries in the pass books with postal stamp impressions. (RC0152009A0006)

CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993- Re-verification of membership for recognition of Service Association – Procedure regarding.

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Revision of 1/3rd commuted portion of pension in respect of Government servants who had drawn lumpsum payment on absorption in Public Sector Undertakings/Autonomous Bodies - Implementation of Governments's decision on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission - Regarding. (dated 19/01/2010)

Implementation of the law against excess recovery from pension -non-deduction of the non-deductibles-representation - clarification regarding. (dated 27/01/2010)

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   Promotion and posting in SAG 11th Feb 2010 
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   Grant of HRA to Postal Staff DLF eutab-Enclavep,u ru,'v ih"aDr und"h;; Jecto, 45 post offices
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   Norms for Postmen Establishment
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   Appointment of officers of the Indian Postal Service Group-A in the NFSG in the JAG of the Service
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   Request of lady Inspectors of Posts for transfer
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   In case of NAVIN B. JAMBHULKAR IPOS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS Maharashtra Circle CVC has advised issuance of sanction for prosecution during December’2009 on 22/12/2009 Please refer Sl 4

On Memorandum submitted by BPEU Class-III CHQ to Hon'ble Member of Parliament and members of Parliamentary Standing Committee, the meeting has hold on 7th Jan 2010. On heated argument made over our item no 1 of the Memorandum, compelled DEPARTMENT OF POSTS to RELEASE GUIDELINES - COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NATIONAL ANOMALY

FOR MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE HELD ON 12" DECEMBER, 2009

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ESTABLISHMENT REVISED NORMS FOR POSTMEN

Compilation of information about appointments made on the basis of fake1 false caste certificates-Recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of SC/ ST.

No.360171212009-Estt. (Res.)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

North Block

New Delhi-I 10001

Dated the 28'h January, 2010.

 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Compilation of information about appointments made on the basis of fake1 false caste certificates-Recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of SC / ST.

The undersigned is directed to say that the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in its Twenty-ninth Report (14'~ Lok Sabha) have recommended that the Department of Personnel and Training should collect information regularly from all Ministries1 Departments1 PSUsI Banks1 Autonomous Bodies1 States1 UTs in regard to cases of false caste certificates. The recommendation is reproduced below:

" ............DOP&T should interalia obtain information from all Ministries1 Departments, PSUs, banks, autonomous bodies and States1 UTs in regard to cases of false caste certificates regularly with a view to monitoring their progress and disposal, so that necessary plan of action could be taken to tackle the problem for good."


2. , This Department's O.M. No.1 1012/1191-Estt. (A) dated 19.5.1993 provides that if it is found that a Government servant had furnished false information or produced a false certificate in order to secure appointment, he should not be retained in service. Thus when an appointing authority comes to know that an employee had submitted a false1 fake caste certificate, it has to initiate action to remove or dismiss such an employee from service. All fhe Ministries1 Departments are requested to collect information from all Organisations under their administrative control about the cases where the candidates got/ alleged to have got appointment against vacancies reserved for SCs, STs and OBCs on the the basis of false1 fake caste certificate and send a consolidated report in this regard in the enclosed proforma to this Department latest by


31.03.2010.
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(K.G. Verma)
Director
Tele: 230921 58

 To
All MinistrieslDepartments of the Government of lndia.


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• STOP REFUND OF INCOME TAX

No.402/92/2006-MC (05 of 2010)

Government of India / Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Direct Taxes

New Delhi dated 25th January 2010

DRAFT PRESS RELEASE

On or about 12th January 2010, an officer in the Income Tax department, Mumbai, noticed that refunds had been issued from his jurisdiction without his knowledge or approval of his higher authorities. He immediately brought the matter to the notice of his superior officers.

2. On internal inquiry by the Income Tax department, it was found that User Ids and Passwords of certain officers had been fraudulently used to generate refunds in some cases. Upon detection of the fraud, the following actions were taken by the Income Tax department to contain the damage:-

(i) Stop payment orders were issued. As a result, refund outgo in at least  two cases could be prevented.

(ii) Investigation and search action was undertaken by the Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation), Mumbai to detect the bank accounts to which the refunds had been credited and the beneficiaries.

(iii) I-T investigators have identified the bank accounts, beneficiaries and some of the scamsters involved.

(iv) Mumbai police and CBI Mumbai have been informed.
3. Further actions being taken to prevent the recurrence of such frauds are as follows:-

a) All high value refunds issued during the current financial year will be cross-verified.

b) The system of handling high value refunds will be replaced with a more robust and foolproof system.

Pension to Gramin Dak Sevak..... घडामोडी: ग्रामीण डाक सेवाकंच्या पेंशन विषयी ....

Gramin Dak Sevak shall not be entitled to pension as per the existing rules. The existing recruitment rules of Group-D and Postman provide absorption of GDS against regular departmental posts upto 50 years of age. therefore those GDS who complete 10 years of service are being entitled to pension. But most of the GDS are deprived due to not completing 10 years of service even 9 years 9 months also.  In order to get benefit of pesnion Department has power to relax the operation of any of these rules causes undue hardship in any particular case. Therefore DDG Estt. New Delhi has asked all CPMG /PMG to provide information in respect of all GDS appointed before 01/01/2004 vide his letter No 19-12/2009-GDS dated 18 Jan 2010     

घडामोडी: ग्रामीण डाक सेवाकंच्या पेंशन विषयी ....

प्रचलित ग्रामीण डाक सेवक नियमावालीत ग्रामीण डाक सेवकाना पेंशन नाही. प्रचलित चतुर्थ श्रेणी आणि पोस्टमन भर्ती नियमावालीनुसार ग्रामीण डाक सेवकाना ५० वर्षा पर्यन्त खाते अंतर्न्गत सदर पदांमधील नियमित समवेशानंतर किमान १० वर्षे सेवा पूर्ण असल्यास (९ वर्षे आणि ९ महीने ) पेंशन मिळते. परन्तु काही ग्रामीण डाक सेवकांची १० वर्षे सेवा पूर्ण होत नाही किंबहुना ९ वर्षे आणि ९ महीने देखील पूर्ण होत नाही. अश्या ०१.०१.२००४ पूर्वी खात्यात नियमित समावेश असलेल्या ज्यांची ९ वर्षे आणि ९ महीने देखील पूर्ण होत नाही व पेंशनला मुकावे लागले आहे अश्या सर्व ग्रामीण डाक सेवकांची माहिती केंद्रीय आस्थापनाने पत्र क्रमांक १९-१२/२००९ - जीडीस दिनाक १८ जानेवारी २०१० द्वारे सर्व सी. पी. एम. जी. / पी. एम. जी. कडे मागीतली आहे.

AFTER SUCCESSIVE COURT CASES BY OUR UNIONS FINALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS IS FINALISING ANOTHER RE-VERIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP UNDER CCS[RSA]RULES 1993 & ED [RA] RULES 1995.

AFTER SUCCESSIVE COURT CASES BY OUR UNIONS FINALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS IS FINALISING ANOTHER RE-VERIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP UNDER CCS[RSA]RULES 1993 & ED [RA] RULES 1995.

Discussions are being held by Sh. Subhash Chandr (Director SR & Legal) with  BPEF Federations and all other Unions / Associations on finalizing the procedure for another re-verification.

This time, the Divisional Head will be the Check-Off and Re-verification Authority instead of DDOs as in the past occasions since the plea of our union that DDOs are union members of one of the unions and therefore they cannot be the Authority to verify the declaration forms of members was accepted by the Court and directions given accordingly.

The submission and verification of declarations etc procedure may end in the month of April and Recovery of subscriptions may be in the pay of May month. Exact Dates and Procedure would be published by us as soon as the DoP issues the orders for re-verification.

POSTMASTER CADRE CREATED ...............

DEPARTMENT ISSUED ORDERS FOR CREATING POSTMASTERS CADRE 

Total 2097 LSG Postmasters [POSTMASTER GRADE - I]; 511 HSG-II Postmasters [POSTMASTER GRADE - II]; 495 HSG-I Postmasters [POSTMASTER GRADE -III]; & 116 PSS GROUP -B POSTS [SENIOR POSTMASTER] HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS POSTMASTERS.

The Procedures to fill up these posts have not been spelt out in this order -But we gathered that the first time absorption in all these posts will be by one-time option from LSG - HSG-II -HSG-I officials. - But in future LSG Postmasters vacancies will be filled up only through competitive examination from PA/SAs.

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