It is not fare on
the part of the Government to freeze the DA payable to the officials who are
rendering essential service- SG FNPO sent letter today.
Shri. M.Raghavaiah,
gs@nfirindia.com
JCM Staff side leader,
3, Chelms ford road,
New Delhi 110 055.
Sir ,
Sub: Freezing of DA to CG employees including Postal
officials up to July 2021
The Ministry of Finance vide
its order No 1/1/2020-E-II(B) dtd.23.04.2020 freeze the DA that is due on
1.01.2020, 1.07.2020 and 1.01.2021to the CG employees including the Postal
officials.
We are one of the biggest affiliates
of JCM next to Railways and I am forced to bring this issue for your immediate
response and request to take up the issue with the concerned.
In this
hour of crisis the Government of India enlisted the Postal Service as the
essential service. The postal officials working with basic minimum
preventive materials and rendering yeoman service to the needy and down trodden
by effecting social security pensions, cash transactions in nook and corners of
the country where, no bank serve the cash to the interior villages.
Though
there is lock down, no transport facility, being the part of the essential
service the postal staff struggling every day to reach the offices by paying
hefty amount to the private vehicles like car for to reach interior places.
Thus the postal officials on one hand exposing themselves to the deadly virus
and on the other hand incurring expenditure too. Despite this the Postal staff
stood with the crisis and joined hands by way of extending willingness to
contribute one day salary to the Prime Minister’s Cares Fund.
The
Postal officials are rendering service such as delivery of essentials,
medicines, Food grains, and effecting social security pensions at the door step
of the needy. In fact many officials are
infected and an official is already succumbed to the virus. It is not fare on
the part of the government to freeze the DA payable to the officials who are
rendering essential service.
Hence
it is requested you kindly take up necessary steps with the Government to exclude
the postal employers and pensioners from this order of freezing the DA .
Yours
Fraternally
B.Shivakumar
Secretary
Genral.