Thursday, May 10, 2012

Protest against Rotational Transfer, 2012 Orders issued by the SSPOs

Dear Comrades,

This is the protest letter submitted to the SSPOs and Chief PMG in regard to the unjustified transfer made by the SSPOs, Koraput Division.



To
Sri Sanatan Modi,
              Senior Supdt. of Post Offices,
Koraput Division, Jeypore(K)-764001.

Sub:   Irregularities noticed in rotational transfer for the year 2012-13 in Koraput Division – Suggestions for cancellation / modification regarding.

Ref:      i.          Divisional Office Memo No.B/G-10/2011-12, dated 27.04.2012.
ii.          Union Letter No.Nil dated 13.2.12 & 22.4.12.

Sir,
            This has a kind reference to Divisional Office Memo cited above under reference (i) issuing rotational transfer orders for 2012-13. A detail analysis of the said memo(s) by this union has explored the following gross irregularities standing in the way of staff welfare which compelled us to register our strong objections with request to keep the memo(s) in abeyance and issue transfer orders afresh prioritizing options exercised by the individual employee and considering the geographical structure of Koraput Division and staff welfare as well.

1.   Issue of rotational transfer orders during mid-academic session in clear violation of Directorate’s instructions:
As per the standard guidelines on rotational transfer issued by the Directorate from time to time last being D G (P) No.141-35/2001-SPB.II, dated 11.04.2001, the order(s) on rotational transfer is/are required to be implemented latest by 31st March every year so as to enable the officials to admit their children in the schools/colleges available at the new place of posting well before the running of new academic session. But to our utter dissatisfaction, release of transfer memo(s) by Koraput Division for the session 2012-13 on 27.04.2012 is not only a clear violation of  the Directorate’s order but has put the officials transferred into innumerable difficulties.
Due to issuance and implementation of such a rotational transfer order in the month of May, 2012, the transferred employees may not be able to admit their children in the new place of posting since academic session has already been started since March, 2012. Now question arises - What will happen to their studies and future and who will take the responsibility for the loss of their career? Divisional administration did not think at least once before issuing this order which is highly unappreciable and hence regretted.

2.   Dishonouring options exercised by officials:
It has been observed that majority of the officials transferred this time have not been accommodated in their choice place submitted in order of preference in response to Divisional Office letter No. B/G-10/2011-12 dated 27.12.11. What we experienced, welfare of the employees has been completely sidelined and the post-transfer conditions of the poor Group-C employees have been taken in a very casual manner throwing them randomly here and there without considering their requests/options. Especially in Rayagada area, maximum numbers of transferred officials have been posted in the offices against their willingness.
A list of such officials transferred beyond their options is submitted below.
List of officials transferred beyond option
Sl.
Name of the Official transferred
Office to which transferred
1
H S Behera
Machkund SO
2
B K Mahalik
Jeypore HO
3
Santosh Patra
Koraput HO
4
B B Bhatra
Rayagada HO
5
D K Panda
Dongerbheja SO
6
J K Ojha
Padwa SO
7
Prabhat Ku Sahu
Kodinga SO
8
S P Mandal
Onukadeli SO

3.   Unnecessary loss of Government money in terms of T A / D A:
(a)    Koraput Postal Division is comprised of four Districts with tough geographical conditions. Around 250 nos. of PAs/SPMs are working in this naxalite prone area. A large number of post offices are situated in the places lacking proper academic environment. Keeping all these factors in mind and thinking about the plight of the employees, the Divisional Administration should have considered the situation of the transferred employees. But, it is quite astonishing on our part to learn that officials who were earlier posted to a distant interior places and now working in nearby areas of the headquarters have again been posted to distant  interior places such as from Bissamcuttack SO to Lachipeta SO about 300 Kms. and  from Rayagada SF to Dambasora SO about 100 Kms. etc. We don’t find any concrete reason to transfer such officials to such longer distances who have dedicatedly worked for the department starting from smooth functioning of computerized post offices to raise the growth of revenue for our department.
List of officials transferred to distant places
Sl. No.
Name of the Official transferred
Present place of posting
Posted in
Approximate distance
1
Ayodhyanath Nanda
Bissamcuttack SO
Lachipeta SO
350 Kms.
2
S P Mandal
Kolab Nagar SO
Onukadeli SO
100 Kms.
3
Rajendra Patnaik
Rayagada SF SO
Damabsora SO
100 Kms.

(b)   Secondly, officials who have been deputed to some post offices for six or more months have been posted in the same place with TA / TP. It is quite disheartening and demoralizing to the officials whose health are in bad condition and have been transferred to a very distance place at the threshold of their retirement. Illustratively, the case of R K Patnaik, PA, Rayagada HO and Niranjan Subudhi, PA, Rayagada HO may be cited.  The single handed and double handed SO will remain vacant after their retirement and again some officials will be deputed to those POs by wasting Govt. money in TA/TP. Transfer at the vague end of their service will not only disturb their peace of mind but also their families will be unpleasant to move for a very short period. They will not be able to give their cent percent effort and image of the department will be gloomy.
Had the administration taken the least interest in staff welfare, such transfers could have been avoided and the officials who have been posted at such places should not have been suffering from mental tension. Huge amount of Govt. money incurred in forms of T A / D A by the department for this transfer could have been saved if justified ways would have been implemented keeping an eye to the problems of the officials.
There could be no best example of harassment other than this. This has not only resulted unnecessary loss of Government money in terms of T A / D A but invited sufferings to the transferred employees beggar description.

4.   Undue favouritism to officials transferred during 2011-12 and not yet joined:

Another interesting factor this union observed during this rotational transfer is that the officials who were transferred during the rotational transfer, 2011 and had not joined in their place of posting till date have been given better choice places on top priority basis, viz. S A Basha posted to Machkund never joined there and Paresh Hansdah, SPM, Kodinga did not resume at Kodinga after returning from unauthorized absence from duty. The reason behind such malafide intention is beyond the knowledge of our union.
Further staff members belonging to AIPEU, Group-C are harassed being transferred to new places on just completion of 4 years as on Sep, 2012 on the ground of post tenure but many of the request transfer cases have not been considered despite due intimation on problems   by the needy officials. Arbitrarily, the administration has favoured some officials keeping their requests for their choice of places before completion of post tenure which is not at all justified.

5.   Some important points gone unnoticed :
(a).       Proper guidelines for rotational transfer have not been followed by the administration due to which the system administrators / sports persons / marketing executive/ officials going to be retired have not been exempted from the sword of transfer thereby causing discontentment amongst concerned officials who have dedicatedly served to the department.
(b)        The transfer memo which was returned to Divisional Office by RO, Berhampur during third week of Apr, 2012 to examine completion of station tenure of 6 years and post tenure of 4 years by the official in the light of recent instructions of the Directorate vide letter No.141-91/2012-SPB.II dated 2.4.12 was changed by the SSPOs but without calling for options from the officials whose tenure was due for transfer for the year 2012. After issue of the said guidelines, further no options were called for from the officials by the Divisional administration causing obstacle to their right to submit their choice places.
(C)        In some cases SPMs like K C Mishra have been transferred and posted before completion of post tenure of 4 years and similar cases for others have been left without any valid reason.

            Under the Facts and circumstances, this union is of the opinion that immediate order may be issued either cancelling or keeping the above transfer Memo(s) in abeyance and to issue fresh transfer memo considering the representations of the officials and option exercised earlier in the interest of service for creating a congenial atmosphere developing a good employer-employee relationship in Koraput Division. Necessary positive action may be taken within fifteen days otherwise this union will be constrained to protest in form of hunger strike in front of Divisional Office.  
           
A line of reply at the earliest in this regard will be highly appreciated.
With regards,
Yours faithfully,

(Purna Chandra Maharana)
Divisional Secretary, AIPEU Group-C, Koraput Divisional Branch
Copy to:
The Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar for kind information and immediate necessary action.
Divisional Secretary, AIPEU Group-C, Koraput Divisional Branch
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