Letter to DG (Posts) for revision of grade pay to the cadre of Inspector Posts from Rs 4200 to Rs 4600

ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF
INSPECTORS AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS POSTS
CHQ: Qtr.No.12, Khurseed Square, P&T Colony, Civil Line,
New Delhi-110054

No.CHQ/IASP/SCPC date: 14th December 2009

To
Director General
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan
New Delhi-110001

Respected Madam,

Sub: Request for upward revision of grade pay to the cadre of Inspector Posts from Rs 4200 to Rs 4600.

1. I request your kind attention to my earlier letter of even No. dated 16.11.2009.With reference to the demand of this Association regarding upgradation of grade pay of Inspector Posts from Rs 4200 to Rs 4600, I further submit the following three Memos. with relevant facts and justification for favoruable action:
(i) Ministry of Finance Memo. No. F.No. 1/1/2008-IC dt.13th November 2009
(ii) Ministry of Finance Ministry Memo. No. 1/1/2008-IC dated 16th November 2009.
(iii) Ministry of External Affairs Memo No. Q/PC/682/2/2009 dated 07.12.09

2. In Memo. No. F.No. 1/1/2008-IC dt.13th November 2009 of Ministry of Finance, the Grade pay relating to posts in pre-revised pay scale of Rs 6500- 10500 has been upwardly revised from Rs 4200 to Rs 4600.
3. In Memo. No. 1/1/2008-IC dated 16th November 2009 of Ministry of Finance, the benefit of upgradation of grade pay Rs 4600/- has been extended to Assistants in the Central Secretariat. It is pertinent to note here that prior to 1.1.2006 the Assistants in CSS were in the pre-revised pay scale of Rs Rs.5500-9000. Their scale of pay was upgraded to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.6500- 10500
w.e.f 15th September 2006 only vide DOPT memo No. 20/29/2006 dated 25.9.2006. Taking into consideration a large number of references from Administrative ministries/departments proposing upgradation of the grade pay, MOF has extended the pay structure of grade pay of Rs 4600 in the pay band PB-2 to Assistants of CSS w.e.f 1.1.2006.

4. The reasons given by MOF for upgradation are as under :

(i) Assistants of Central Secretariat are being granted grade pay of Rs 4600 due to the fact that there is an element of direct recruitment to the post and that too, through an All India Competitive Examination.
(ii) To maintain parity among analogous cadre.
(iii) To maintain the level in hierarchy of Central Secretariat having grade pay of Rs 4200 in the pay band PB-2 between the grades of Upper Division Clerks and Assistants.

5. Based on the same principle, Ministry of External Affairs has also revised the grade pay of Assistants working in the Ministry from Rs 4200 to Rs 4600 vide their Memo No. Q/PC/682/2/2009 dated 07.12.09 mentioned in para 1 (iii) above.

6. Though the Inspectors Posts were in the pay scale of Rs 5500- 9000, the demand of the Inspector Posts for placing them on par with the Inspectors of CBDT have been duly considered by the Sixth Pay Commission and as per their recommendation at para 7.6.14 extracted below, the Inspector Posts are to be deemed as placed in the pre-revised Pay Scale of Rs 6500-10500 as on 1.1.2006 and therefore the post of Inspector Posts also qualifies for grant of higher grade pay of Rs 4600/- on the same analogy adopted by the Ministry of Finance in Memo. F.No. 1/1/2008-IC dt.13th November 2009 and 16th November 2009 as under:
(i) The Post of Inspector was placed in the pre-revised Pay Scale of Rs 6500-10500 as on 1.1.2006.
(ii) There is an element of direct recruitment to the post of Inspector Posts that too, through an All India Competitive Examination.

(iii) (iii) The Sixth Central Pay Commission has recommended in para 7.6.14 to place Inspector Posts on par with Inspectors and analogous posts in CBDT/CBEC as well as Assistants of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) and accordingly the post was placed in the pre-revised Pay Scale of Rs 6500-10500 as on 1.1.2006.

(iv) HSG –II cadre and BCR officials who are being supervised by Inspector Posts are placed on par by placing them in grade pay Rs 4200/- w.e.f 1.1.2006. The principal of supervisor should get more pay than the supervised is to be followed and the level hierarchy should be maintained by placing Inspector Posts in the grade pay of Rs 4600 and above the HSG-II and BCR officials

7. Extract of relevant paragraph of Sixth Central Pay Commission Report is furnished below:
Inspector (Posts) 7.6.14 Postal Inspectors in Department of Posts have demanded a higher pay scale of Rs.6500-10500 on par with Inspectors and analogous posts in CBDT/CBEC as well as Assistants of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) on the ground that they are recruited through the same examination. The Commission is recommending the merger of pre-revised pay scales of Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500- 10500 which will automatically bring Inspector (Posts) on par with Assistants in CSS/Inspectors and analogous posts in CBDT and CBEC. With this upgradation, Inspector (Posts) shall come to lie in an identical pay scale as that of their promotion post of Assistant Superintendent (Posts) [ASPOs]. ASPOs shall, accordingly, be placed in the next higher pay scale of Rs.7450-11500 corresponding to the revised pay band PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4600. The next higher post in the hierarchy, that of Superintendent (Post), which is also a promotion post for ASPOs, shall be placed in the pay scale of Rs.7500-12000 corresponding to the revised pay band PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4800. Parity exists between the posts of Inspector (Posts) and Inspectors in Mail Motor Service (MMS). This parity would need to be maintained and Assistant Manager, Mail Motor Service shall be placed in the higher grade of Rs.7450-11500 whose corresponding replacement pay band and grade pay is PB-2 of Rs.8700-34800 along with a grade pay of Rs.4600. Similarly, Manager, Mail Motor Service shall be placed in PB-2 pay band of Rs.8700-34800 along with a grade pay of Rs.4800 which corresponds to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.7500-12000.
Accordingly, the Inspectors Post are deemed to be placed in the higher pre-revised pay scale of Rs 6500 – 10500 on par with Inspectors and analogous posts in CBDT/CBEC as well as Assistants of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) and the post is justified to be granted upgraded grade pay of Rs 4600.
8. While Inspectors, Assistant in CSS and analogous posts in CBDT and CBEC have been granted higher grade, the cadre of Inspector Posts alone is left behind. It has affected the cadre very much and Inspectors Posts are very much demoralized. In order to keep their morale up, it is necessary to revise the grade pay of IP to Rs 4600 which is just and fair.
9. Hence, it is requested that the department may look into the matter expediously and revise the grade pay of Inspector Posts immediately.

Thanking you, Madam,

Yours sincerely,


(S.Samuel)
General Secretary