Dear Comrades,
Government of India
Ministry of
Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(Pay Commission Cell)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi-110001
No.
2-48/2011-PCC Dated : 17 Aug 2012
Chief Postmasters General
Delhi/Maharashtra/TN/WB Circles
SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF JUDGEMENT OF DELHI HIGH COURT DATED 29.07.2011 IN
WP NO. 3225/2007 IN OA NO. 164/2005 IN THE MATTER OF DHARAM SINGH & OTHERS.
In compliance to the judgement of CAT
Principal Bench New Delhi dated 20.11.2006 in OA 164/2005 in the matter of
Dharam Singh & others based on CAT Principal Bench judgement dated
03.12.1997 in OA 2724/1992 in the matter of Prem Singh & others &
upheld by Delhi High Court judgement dated 29.07.2011 in WP No. 3225/2007
treating Packers of Foreign Post as skilled labourers and resultantly allowing
the pay scale of Rs. 950-1500 since the date of 4th CPC implementation, the
issue of grant of higher pay scale to the Packers working in four Foreign Post
Offices located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Kolkata has been considered in
this Directorate in consultation with Department of Expenditure, Ministry of
Finance.
2. While the judgement dated 03.12.1997
referred to above stands already implemented in respect of the two applicants
in OA No. 2724/1992, it has now been decided with concurrence of the Department
of Expenditure , Ministry of Finance under UO Note No. F.12 (14)/E.III (B)/2003
dated 14.08.2012 to extend the benefit of pay scale to the applicants in OA
164/2005 and also to the similarly placed Packers of Foreign Post Offices
located at Delhi/Mumbai/Chennai /Kolkata working in these offices. {Total 427
in number excluding 02 already allowed the benefit} who were re-designated as
Mail Peons vide Department of Posts (Group ‘D’ Posts) Recruitment Rules, 2005
published vide GSR 44 dated 24.01.2005.
3. Consequently such Packers of all the
four Foreign Post Offices (Re-designated as Mail Peon & further
re-designated as MTS in Group ‘C’) shall be allowed the pay scale of Rs.
950-1500 in place of Rs. 750-940 effective from 01.01.1986 and further replaced
by the pay scale of Rs. 3050-4590 effective from 01.01.1996 and further placed
in Rs. 5200-20200(PB-1) with Grade Pay of Rs. 1900 effective from 01.01.2006.
4. This issues with the approval of the
competent authority.
Sd/-
(Surender Kumar)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)
