Tuesday, April 24, 2012

CIRCLE UNION LETTER TO PMG, CCR ON CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE RECOVERY AT CENTRAL DIVISION

சென்னை மத்திய கோட்டத்தில் தன்னிச்சையாக நிறுத்தப்பட்ட DA ARREARS  மற்றும் FEB.2006 TO JUNE 2006  க்கு வழங்க வேண்டிய Increment நிலுவைத் தொகை ஆகியவற்றை உடன் வழங்கக் கோரி PMG, CCR  அவர்களுக்கு மாநிலச் சங்கம் அனுப்பிய FAX  மற்றும்   E-MAIL  கடித நகல்.


No.P3/2-11/Chennai City Central                                                                              dt. 24.04.2012
 
To                                                                                                                     THRO  E -MAIL /FAX
Shir. M.S. Ramanujan, IPS,
 Postmaster General,
Chennai  City Region,
Chennai 600 002.

Sir,
                       Sub: Stoppage of  DA arrears and  arrears on  drawal of increment between between
                               Feb. 2006 to June 2006 at Chennai City Central Division – Request to release the
                               Same- Reg.
                                                                               ……….

It is reported from the staff working at Chennai City Central  Division that the  DA arrears and  arrears drawn on  the increment  between Feb. 2006 to June 2006  were orally ordered to be  stopped  to many  officials abruptly, without effecting payment .

While enquiring with the authorities concerned, it is replied that  the same  was ordered on the  plea that the stoppage  is due to contributory  negligence factor, to those officials worked at Royapettah PO, where  multiple frauds  occurred to the tune of  lakhs  in  SB sector.

In this connection,  our Circle Union is to bring forth  the  following to your kind notice and for taking appropriate action as deem fit.

i)                    No official  is  issued with any show cause notice  , so as to allow them to explain  their part in any such fraud  as a subsidiary offender.

ii)                  No official is allowed  to go through the records pertaining to  which  any of the lapses involved in their part , as a subsidiary offender.

iii)                No official is given with any reasonable opportunity to explain his cause in this connection.

iv)                No action is taken against the principle offender, so as to recover the  huge loss to the  public  as well as to the Department ,  through any Revenue authorities , and to confiscate  his  properties in lieu thereof.

v)                  No sub ordinate officers/inspecting authorities,  are stopped with payment of such arrears, on whose part there are many lapses  in this case , leading with  committing of  such a huge frauds  with a  larger time frame and only the clerical staff are  hacked with, as a scapegoat.

vi)                As per Rule 106 of P&T Man. Vol. III , any recovery can be  imposed only when it is established, and in  this case it was not done.

vii)              As per  Rule 107 of P&T Man.Vol. III ,  the disc. Authority should  correctly assess in a realistic manner the contributory negligence, and while determining any  omission or lapses on the  loss considered and the extenuating circumstances in which  the duties were performed by the official, shall be given due weight,  but  nothing has been done in this case.

viii)            The  procedures as laid down  in  P.O. Savings Bank Manual Volume  I , under Rule 9 (1), 31 (2) (iii), 48 (ii), 92 (2) and 120 (6) were not followed in this case, and  the action is only arbitrary exercise of powers , without  following any  rules  and only hasty.

Hence,  our Circle Union  is bringing this matter to the kind  personal notice of  the PMG, CCR and requests  his personal and immediate intervention, so as  to  release the arrears amount which were  now withheld  and  payment effected forthwith.


With regards,

Sd/-
(J.RAMAMURTHY)
CIRCLE SECRETARY.