ROTATIONAL TRANSFER OF OFFICIALS OF GROUP ‘C’, ‘B’ (NON-GAZETTED) AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT POSTS: DEPARTMENT OF POSTS ORDER DATED 08.03.2021

No. X-12/2019-SPB-II-Part (1)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Personnel Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi – 110 001

Dated: 08th March, 2021

To

All Chief Post masters General,
Chief General Manager, BD Dte/ Parcel Dte/ PLI Dte/ CEPT Mysore
Director, RAKNPA / All Postal Training Centres
Additional DG, Army Postal Service, C/o 56 APO

Subject: Rotational transfer of officials of Group ‘C’, Group ‘B’ (Non — Gazetted) and Assistant Superintendent of Posts in Department of Posts – reg.

Madam/Sir,

I am directed to refer to Directorate letter no. X-12/1/2019-SPN-II dated 17.04.2020 vide which rotational transfer of officials were kept on hold till further orders. Thereafter, keeping in view the austerity measures, Directorate vide letter no. 12-1/2019-SPB-1 (Part 1) dated 19.05.2020 had issued some additional guidelines in consultation with Vigilance Division of Directorate to be taken into consideration while ordering rotational transfer for the year 2020-21, which were effective till 31.03.2021.

2. The matter has been reviewed in Directorate and competent authority has decided that provision of Rotational Transfer as available in Transfer guidelines issued vide letter no. 141-141/2013-SPN-II dated 17.01.2019 may be operated w.e.f. 01.04.2021.

Yours faithfully,

 

 (Muthuraman C)
Assistant Director General (SPN

CALENDAR OF EXAMINATIONS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN THE YEAR 2021

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CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS CALLS UPON TO OBSERVE 15TH MARCH AS ANTI PRIVATISATIOJN, ANTI-CORPORATISATION DAY.

 

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No. Confd. Circular-2021                                                                Dated: 10^th  March 2021

 CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS CALLS UPON TO OBSERVE

15^TH MARCH AS ANTI PRIVATISATIOJN,

ANTI-CORPORATISATION DAY.

Dear Comrades,.

In the Budget that was presented by the Finance Minister on Ist Feb. 2021 the major resource mobilisation besides indirect taxes was through disinvestment or outright sale of public enterprises.  Life Insurance Corporation, the largest organisation in the Insurance industry not only of India but perhaps even of the world has been specifically earmarked for sale.  It is one of the best performing enterprise in the Public sector today.  The return, s the Government of India has received from LIC  is several times of its investment, i.e. in the form of dividends, taxes etc.  While the sale of public enterprises was justified earlier on the plea of the recurring losses in the past, it is presently no more so..  BJP and all its predecessor formations had been opposed to public enterprises, itself , though such investment had been the key for the economic advancement of the country in the post independent era.  In fact the Prime Minister’s statement justifying the decision was a clear admission that the ruling party is not ashamed of bartering away India’s assets, acquired by the public money to selected private enterprises or even foreign nationals.  As part of the crony capitalism, the theme of governance of the present government, most of the public  enterprises, divested or sold  would be gobbled up by Adanis and Ambanis. Unashamedly and pretty well knowing that it is nothing but  atravesty of truth, they propagate the virtues of right wing policies and its capacity to propel growth.When millions were driven to the  shores of penury and poverty  due to the various such disastrous decisions taken by this government, like demonetisation, the hurry with which the GST regime was brought in, the separate duty regime for petroleum products whereby the prices have now been doubled despite the dwindling international crude prices etc., unending agony was inflicted on common people.  The ushering in of the new labour code, the anti farmers bills rushed through the Parliament are some of the recent anti-people steps taken by this government to please the corporates.  The country’s economic growth got extremely decelerated in the Covid period  that it went into  minus 23%  recently.  However, the number of billionaires in our country increased even in Covid days and India added 40 names to the list of billionaires of the world. The toughest resistance to the pernicious policies of the present Government came from the farmers agitation, which has now entered the most crucial phase.  It is heartening to note that they are determined to ensure the reversal of the recent enactments made solely for the purpose of enriching the selected corporate house.

1.    It is in this background that the Central Trade Unions met at New Delhi.  The meeting decided to call upon all its affiliates Associations and Unions and the friendly federations to observe 15^th March 2021 as anti-Privatisation and anti-corporatisation day by organising central rally, Dharna, demonstration etc. preferably near the Railway Station or in front of any Central Govt. Office. 

2.    The bank and insurance employees will be on strike on 16^th and 17^th March, 2021. Solidarity and support actions would be organised on those days.

3.    To hold dharna /relay hunger strike etc. on 23^rd, 24^th and 25^th March, 2021 jointly by all sections of the workers aa decided earlier as part of the mass mobilization programme. 

4.    To organise joint programmes on 23^rd March, 2021 along with farmers organisations to commemorate the martyrdom of the National heroes; Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru.

Confederation has decided to endorse the above decisions of the Central Trade Unions and calls upon all affiliates and State COCs to carry out the programme.

           With greetings,

                                                                            Yours fraternally,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (R.N. Parashar)

                                                                           Secretary General.

Scheme foe compassionate appointment- revised relative merit point system and procedure for selection seeking clarification thereof -Reg.

 

TIMELY PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO THE RETIRING EMPLOYEES

 No. 3(6)/2021-P&PW(H)-7083

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel & Public Grievance
Department of Pension and pensioners’ Welfare

8th Floor, Janpath Bhavan,
Janpath, New Delhi,

Dated: 9th March, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:-Timely payment of retirement benefits to the retiring employees

 The undersigned is directed to say that timelines have been prescribed under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 for each activity involved in the processing of a pension case and for payment of pension and gratuity to a retiring Government servant. As per this timeline, the process of verification of service and other preparatory work should be

undertaken one year before a Government servant is due to retire on superannuation, the Government servant should submit the forms six months before retirement, the Head of Office should send the pension case to the PAO four months before retirement and the PAO should issue PPO and send it to CPAO one month before retirement. The CPAO is required to issue the Special Seal Authority within 21 days, thereafter.

 2. Instructions have been issued vide this Department’s OM No 1/27/2011- P &PW (E) dated 01.08.2017 for handing over the copy of pensioner PPO to him/her at the time of retirement along with other retirement dues. The Rules also provide for sanction of provisional pension in cases where a Government servant is likely to retire before finalization of his pension and gratuity.

 3. “BHAVISHYA’, the online Pension Sanction & Payment Tracking System, facilitates online tracking of pension sanction and payment process by the individual as well as the administrative authorities and keeps the retiring employees informed of the progress of pension sanction process through SMS/E-Mail. The system is, therefore, very useful for ensuring timely payment of pensionary benefits to the retiring Government servant.

 4. In spite of the timelines prescribed in the rules/instructions and simplification/streamlining of the procedures through BHAVISHYA, issue of the PPO and payment of retirement benefits continue to be delayed in a large number of cases. A significant percentage of the grievances registered on the CPENGRAMS relate to non-payment of retirement dues for several months after retirement. Delay in settlement of retirement dues also leads to avoidable litigation. In a number of cases, the courts have directed payment of interest for the delayed period to the affected pensioners, besides making adverse comments on the functioning of the administration.

 5. In order to ensure timely payment of retirement dues in all cases, it has been decided that the progress of the pension cases should be regularly monitored by the Heads of the organizations and the Heads of Departments. An effective monitoring mechanism is required to be established in every office/Department to review the progress of processing of the pension cases. The information available from the BHAVISHYA software may be utilized for this purpose.

 6. Farewell programs are often organized in the offices on the occasion of retirement of employees. This is one of the most appropriate occasions that can be utilized to review the progress of the pension cases and to sensitize the concerned staff about the importance of timely payment of retirement dues. Accordingly, in every farewell function, Heads of organizations/Departments/offices may review the progress of pension cases of all the employees of that organization/Department/office, who are due for retirement in the next six months. Wherever the processing of any pension case is found to be behind schedule, proactive action must be taken to ensure that all retirement dues are paid on time to the retiring Government servant.

 7. A half-yearly statement may be submitted by each Department/organization/ office to the Secretary of the administrative Ministry/Department indicating the particulars of the Government servants in whose case issue of PPO was delayed by more than two months after retirement on superannuation. The statement may also contain the reasons for the delay in issuing the PPO and remedial action taken to avoid such delays in future.

 8. All the Ministries/Departments are requested to bring the above instructions to the notice of the offices/field organizations under their administrative control for strict compliance.

(Rajesh Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

CLARIFICATION REGARDING QUERIES BEING RECEIVED IN RESPECT OF SPECIAL CASH PACKAGE EQUIVALENT IN LIEU OF LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION FARE FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DURING THE BLOCK 2018-21

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