My Dear
Friends,
The Directorate
has issued a memo regarding merger of Postmaster Cadre with General Line cadre
on 25.02.2019 which we may call as a Black Day not only for Postmaster Cadre but
also for the entire Department of Posts. The proposal for merger of Postmaster
Cadre with the General Line clearly shows the Dictator attitude of the dealing
Administration and it is undemocratic step taken by the Administration as the opinions
of the main stakeholders i.e. Postmaster Cadre officials were not taken into
account before formulating these unjustified proposal.
As we are all
well aware of the noble intentions of the Department behind creation of a separate cadre of Postmasters was to head
the key Post Offices and improve the productivity of the Department. Hence, the
Department conducted LDCE (in 2011, 2012 and 2013) and chosen young talented,
professionally skilled staff on the basis of merit and posted to the key Post
Offices. After creation of the Postmaster
Cadre the Department became able to implement the several technological projects
successfully like SAP, Core Banking, McCamish etc. which was very much essential
to compete with the private players and to improve the productivity. Now all of a sudden the Department has
announced its unjustified decision of merger of Postmaster Cadre with the
General Line which appears as a decision taken by one of the Feudal King who is
known for his whimsical decisions.
Friends, we have chosen
and joined this Cadre after looking at the motivational letters from then Directorate. Expecting good prospects for the newly
created cadre we have lost almost 9 precious years in this cadre without any
financial/ promotional benefit. This is
because of the negligence of the dealing Administration who never cared for our
opinions and thought of providing minimum prospects for our cadre. The Administration has left us as orphans
after creation of this cadre. The
Administration has well utilised our talent where ever needed and left us like
use and throw items. The Administration
has never listened to our issues though we have prayed many a times. We are totally betrayed by the whimsical acts
of Administration in merging the cadre with the General Line which was
unilaterally taken and is not acceptable.
The
Administration did not incorporate the issue the merger of the Postmaster Cadre
with the General Line as agenda for the meeting held on 20.12.2018 and the
Administration has unilaterally taken the decision of merger which is
undemocratic and betrayal of the rights of the officials of our cadre and
against the Natural Justice.
I hereby request
all our cadre officials to give their opinion about such unilateral decision
taken by the dealing Administration and send their opinions about the next
course of action to our CHQ email id : aiapcchq@gmail.com immediately.
Truly Yours
Balveer Singh
General Secretary
