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
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 judgment 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 judgment dated 03.12.1997 in OA 2724/1992
in the matter of Prem Singh & others & upheld by Delhi High Court
judgment dated 29.07.2011 in WP No. 3225/2007 treating Packers of Foreign Post
as skilled laborers 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
judgment 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)
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