To

The Secretary,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan,
New Delhi-110001

Sub:- Request for grant of paid holidays and Sundays to GDs employees 
when appointed against the leave vacancy of regularPostmen/Group-‘D’ staff.

Madam,

        As per the Directorate letter No. DG(P) No. 47-19/98-SPB-II dated 23.04.2012 EDAs while working against the regular post of Postmen/Group-‘D’ staff as substitute owing to regular incumbent being on leave etc. also be paid for national holidays if it falls on working day, provided he works on both the preceding/succeeding working days to the national holidays.

GDS while working against the regular post of Postmen/Group-‘D’ staff as subititute owing to regular incumbent being on leave etc not to be paid for Sundays and holidays. They get only 22 or 23 days salary when there are two or three holidays in the month.

Hence you are humbly requested to grant of paid holidays and Sundays also to GDS employees when appointed against the leave vacancy of regular Postmen/Group-‘D’ staff.

        With regards
    Yours faithfully,
                                                                                              
(B.V. Rao)

Dear Comrades,

Dear Comrades, We are furnishing here under some recent developments concerning the postal employees in general and GDS employees in particular.

Meeting with Minister of State for Communications & IT on 06.03.2013

General Secretary Com. S.S. Mahadevaiah and Asst. General Secretary Com. B.V. Rao met Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications & IT on 06.03.2013  in Minister Chamber at Dak Bhavan. The Minister assured our leaders to look into the bonus issue and try her level best for early settlement. She also assured to take necessary action for filling up 26000 GDS vacant posts remain unfilled. The Medical scheme will be implemented for GDS soon.

MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER

General Secretary Com. S.S. Mahadevaiah met Hon’ble Finance Minister and requested for settlement of bonus issue to GDS. Minister assured to settle the matter positively.

GRAVE INJUSTICE TO SENIOR GDS BY SECRETARY GENERAL NFPE

While discussing about Postmen/Mail guard promotion to senior GDS officials on 8.03.2013, one of the officers in the directorate said that so called NFPE Secretary General agreed to curtail promotion to GDS official on seniority cum fitness basis when the discussions were held on Revised Recruitment rules. Hence the Department is not ready to reopen the issue. What a grave injustice to senior GDS by Secretary General NFPE! Such NFPE so called Secretary General is shedding crocodile tears on GDS officials. What a misery! We are trying to our level best to pursue this issue.

TRUTH IS BEFORE YOU. DISCUSS & DECIDE

After the historical Indefinite Strike of AIPEDEU from 16-10-2012 to 22-10-2012. Com. Krishnan & Co Started to inject dangerous poison in to the veins of GDS which made in the NFPE factory with falsehood and lies. Let us Analise.

False write-ups of Krishnan & Co on Thursday 25 October, 2012 Postal Crusader Editorial November, 2012

The GDS Strike of Mahadevaiah group ended on 22-10-2012. In fact it was fizzled out. Even though from 16-10-2012 on wards the leaders claimed 100% participation in all circles, the truth was entirely different, out of 22 Circles in 10 Circles it was less than 5% of the Gramin Dak Sevaks went on strike. In the remaining. Six Circles it varied from 12% to 27% of the GDS. All India average of the strike is 18.1% of the total GDS. This is the real picture of the strike. All other claims are false and naked lies. The percentage came down day-by-day and on 22^nd the All India average was only 5% of the total of about three lakhs GDS. Thus the strike fizzled out without any settlement. (those who have doubt about the figures can get it under RTI from all Circles and verify truth.

GDS INDEFINITE STRIKE FIGURES DATED 16/22 OCTOBER, 2012

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

GDS INDEFINITE STRIKE FIGURES DATED 16/22 OCTOBER, 2012

Information supplied by the Department of Posts under RTI Act (No. 01/01/2013-SR Dated the 10^th January, 2013), maximum percentage of GDS staff participated in the October, 2012 Indefinite strike Circle wise.

Sl. No.	Circle Name	Strike  Percentage (Maximum)	Date  in which Maximum percentage participated
1.	A.P.	24.82%	20.10.2012
2.	Assam	80.18%	16.10.2012
3.	Bihar	69.33%	22.10.2010
4.	Chhattisgarh	82.65%	18/22.10.2012
5.	Delhi	10.00%	16.10.2012
6.	Gujarat	13.09%	18.10.2012
7.	Haryana	39.26%	22.10.2012
8.	H.P.	44.75%	19.10.2012
9	J&K	20.78%	22.10.2012
10.	Jharkhand	82.0%	19.10.2012
11.	Karnataka	65.57%	20.10.2012
12.	Kerala	NIL	-------------
13.	M.P.	41.0%	17.10.2012
14.	Maharashtra	42.0%	19.10.2012
15.	N.E	12.13%	20.10.2012
16.	Orissa	15.48%	19.10.2012
17.	Rajasthan	73.49%	20.10.2012
18.	Punjab	36.80%	20.10.2012
19.	Tamil Nadu	43.60%	20.10.2012
20.	Uttrakhand	62.47%	20.10.2012
21.	U.P	11.46%	20.10.2012
22.	West Bengal	Not available	------------

 The Government and the ruling class will try their best to implement their policies by retaining the power and their supremacy over the GDS of the Postal Dept. and working class. But history has taught us that they cannot continue their anti-GDS policies forever. A day will come and the balance of power will definitely change in favour of the real toiling masses of the Dept.  and the ruling class and their neoliberal policies will be thrown to the dustbin of history and an alternative force with alternative policies shall emerge defeating the policies of the present day ruling class. The alternative policy will never be the anti GDS polices. It will be a policy which will lead us to the path of Departmentalization.
 It seems the day is no far long to achieve our destiny,if we the only affiliated AIPEDEU GDS Union stand firm with our beloved leaders including Com. S.S.Mahadevaiah unite whole heartedly.
 I therefore evoke all the GDS mass of the country to be united irrespective of any banner above their head to focus as one beem of their demand to make departmentalise in this juncture of coming The POST BANK OF INDIA.
Thanking you.
Debasis Dey.