New Cluster Policy for IPs & ASPs

New Cluster Policy for IPs & ASPs in TN Circle.

CO Memo No : STA / 3-2 / 2010 Dt. 25.10.11.
A. Chennai City Region :

Cluster 1 - Anna Road HO / Chennai GPO / Ch City Central Dn / Ch City North Dn / Ch City SOuth Dn / RO / CO / Foreign Post / PSD, Chennai / CSD, Chennai / Airmail Stg / Ch Sorting / RMS M Dn.

Cluster 2 - Tambaram Dn / Kanchipuram Dn / Chengalpattu Dn / Arakkonam Dn.

Cluster 3 - Pondicherry Dn / Tiruvannamalai Dn / Vellore Dn.

B. Central Region :

Cluster 1 - Cuddalore Dn / Vriddachalam Dn / Kumbakonam Dn / Mayiladuthurai Dn.

Cluster 2 - Nagapattinam Dn / Pattukottai Dn / Pudukottai Dn / Thanjavur Dn.

Cluster 3 - Karur Dn / Srirangam Dn / Trichy Dn / RO / RMS T Dn / PSD, Trichy.

C. Southern Region :

Cluster 1 - Dindigul Dn / Theni Dn.

Cluster 2 - Madurai Dn / Madurai RMS / PSD Madurai / Virudunagar Dn.

Cluster 3 - Ramnad Dn / Sivaganga Dn / Karaikudi Dn.

Cluster 4 - Tirunelveli Dn / Kanyakumari Dn / PSD, Tirunelveli Dn.

Cluster 5 - Kovilpatti Dn / Tuticorin Dn.

D. Western Region :

Cluster 1 - Coimbatore Dn / RMS CB Dn / Nilgiri Dn / PSD, COimbatore.

Cluster 2 - Pollachi Dn / Tirupur Dn / Erode Dn.

Cluster 3 - Salem East Dn / Salem West Dn / Namakkal Dn.

Cluster 4 - Dharmapuri Dn / Krishnagiri Dn / Tirupattur Dn.
In the above said memo, RO Madurai & RO Coimbatore were leftout.

SSP movements

The following SSP Regular / Adhoc arrangements.

CO Memo No : STC / 1-5 / 2010 Dt.27.10.11.

Regular Promotions :

01. Shri. S.Ramamurthy, SSPOs, Madurai Dn posted as Kanyakumari Dn vice vacant post.

02. Shri. P.L.Raghunathan, SSRM, RMS "MA" Dn posted as SSPOs, Madurai Dn.

03. Shri. N.Inbalagan, SSPOs, Pondicherry Dn posted as SSRM, RMS "T" Dn.

04. Shri. N.Ramar, SSPOs, Bankura DN, WB posted as SSRM, RMS "MA" Dn.

05. Shri. V.Ramasamy, SSPOs, Shilong Dn, NE posted as APMG Staff, RO, Coimbatore.

06. Shri. A.K.Firoze Mohideen, Offg SSPOs, Thanjavur Dn posted as SSPOs, Thanjavur Dn.

07. Shri. V.Sampath, SPOs, Tirupur Dn posted as CPM, Chennai GPO.

Adhoc Promotions :
01. Shri.V.S.Mani, AD PLI Prop, CO posted as APMG (Mails & Est), CO, Chennai vice Shri.S.Ranganathan, Offg APMG (Mails & Estt), CO posted as AD (Tech), Dte on regular promotion.

02. Shri.P.K.Natarajanm AD (Mails), RO, COimbatore posted as APMG (Staff), RO, CCR vice temporary upgradation consequent on the downgradation of APMG (BD & Mktg), CO till 31.03.12.

03. Shri.A.Kuppusamy, AD (Mails), RO, CCR posted as SSPOs, Tambaram Dn vice Shri.T.Neelakrishnan posted to Dte on regular promotion.
04. Shri.M.Srirangan, SP, PSD, Coimbatore posted as SSPOs, Pondicherry Dn vice transfer of Shri.N.Inbalagan.
Congrats to all the Officers.

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF SPEED POST CENTRES/SORTING HUBS

Sub: Administrative Control over Speed Post Centres/Sorting Hubs.

D.G.Posts No. 6-5/2011-D Dated 20-10-2011

The matter relating to the administrative control over Speed Post Centres/Sorting Hubs falling under existing Postal or RMS division was raised by the staff side and was under consideration of this Directorate.

It has been decided that the issues of administrative control over Speed Post Centres/Sorting hubs in terms of placing under the administrative jurisdiction of Senior Superintendent/Superintendent of a Postal or RMS Division of a Postal or RMs Division maybe decided by the CPMG concerned taking into account local needs, administrative convenience and effective monitoring

--

M.Krishnan

Secretary General NFPE

RESERVATION IN PROMOTION TREATMENT OF SC/ST CANDIDATES PROMOTED ON THEIR OWN MERIT.

No.36012/45/2005-Estt. (Res.)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training North Block

New Delhi- 110001.



Dated the 10th August, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Reservation in promotion Treatment of SC/ST candidates promoted on their own merit.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments O.M.No.36028/17/2001-Estt. (Res.) dated 11th July, 2002 which clarified that SC/ST candidates appointed by promotion on their own merit and not owing to reservation or relaxation of qualifications will be adjusted against un-reserved points of the reservation roster and not against reserved points. It was subsequently clarified by this Department's O.M. No.36028/17/2001-Estt. (Res.) dated 31.1 .2005 that the above referred O.M. took effect from 11.07.2002 and that concept of own merit did not apply to the promotions made by non-selection method.



2. Central Administration Tribunal, Madras Bench in O.A. No.900/2005 [S. KaÌugasalamoorthy v/s. Union of India & Others] has set aside the O.M. No.36028/17/2001-Estt. (Res.) dated 31.1.2005 and held that when a person is selected on the basis of his own seniority, the scope of considering and counting him against quota reserved for SCs does not arise. The High Court of judicature at Madras in the matter of UO1 v/s.S. Kalugasalamoorthy [WP No.15926/2007) has upheld the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal.



3. The matter has been examined in the light of the above referred judgments and it has been decided to with draw O.M. No. 36028/17/2001-Estt. (Res.) dated 31.1.2005 referred to above. It s clarified that SC/ST candidates appointed by promotion on their own merit and seniority and not owing to reservation or relaxation of qualifications will be adjusted against unreserved points of reservation roster, irrespective of the fact whether the promotion is made by selection method or non-selection method. These orders will take effect from 2.7.1997. the date on which post based reservation was introduced.



4. These instructions may he brought to the notice of all concerned.

sd/-



(K.G. Verma)
Director
Source: www.persmin.nic.in

HAPPY DIWALI 2011

அனைவருக்கும் இனிய தீபாவளி வாழ்த்துக்கள்

PARTICIPATE IN PARLIAMENT MARCH

FOR ATTENTION OF ALL CIRCLE SECRETARIES OF NFPE UNIONS

CIRCLE WISE QUOTA OF DELEGATES TO PARTICIPATE IN PARLIAMENT MARCH TO BE HELD ON 25TH NOVEMBER,2011:


AP-200, Assam-25, Bihar-200, Chhattisgarh-50, Delhi-500, Gujarat-100, HP-100, Haryana-300, J&K-50, Jharkhand-50, Karnataka-50, Kerala-50, MP-200, Maharashtra-100, North East-25, Orrisa-50, Punjab-300, Rajasthan-400, Tamil Nadu-200, U.P.-1000, Uttarakhand-50, West Bengal-500


Please ensure cent percent participation from the Circles concerned.

NOTE: ACCOMMODATION BOOKED AT ARYA SAMAJ MANDIR, AT KAROLBAGH, NEW DELHI


M.Krishnan

Secretary General NFPE

MNOP COMMITTEE MEETING 21.10.2011

NO PROGRESS
                    The fourth sitting of the MNOP Committee meeting held today at 3 PM under the chairpersonship of Mrs. Manjula Prashar, Member (Operations), Postal Services Board. Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE and Sri. D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO attended.



               The Staff side categorically made it clear that they are totally against implementation of first class mails hubs (L1, L2) as it will adversely affect the efficiency of the mails sector and will lead to large scale closure/merger of offices in addition to dislocation of staff. The official side argued that the MNOP is for the best interest of the department and employees.



AS NO CONSENSUS COULD BE ARRIVED THE MEETING ENDED IN DISAGREEMENT.

M. Krishnan
Secretary General, NFPE

JTS Promotions&CR issues

Flash : JTS Promotions


It is learnt that the following Officers promoted into JTS Gr A, list released today.
01. Ms.Niranjala Devi, SSPOs, Virudunagar Dn to DD (PMU), Dte.
02. Ms.R.P.Chitradevi, APMG, CO to ADG (RB), Dte.
03. Shri.Feroz Mohideen, SSPOs, Thanjavur Dn allotted to TN.
04. Shri.Sampath, SPOs, Tirupur allotted to TN.
05. Shri.Pandi, AP allotted to North East.
06. Shri.T.Neelakrishnan to ADG (PO), Dte.
07. Shri.S.Ranganathan, to ADG (Tech), Dte.
08. Shri.K.Raveendran to ADG (BS), Dte.
09. Ms.Selvarani, SPOs, Pudukottai Dn to PTC, Mysore.
Full list will be released tomorrow.
Congrats to all the Officers.



CR issues : CS Lr to CPMG



All India Association of
Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts
                                                        Tamilnadu Circle, Chennai 600018


No. AIAIPASP/12/2011 dated at Salem 636 001 the 19.10.2011.


Respected Madam,


Sub :    Request to cancel the “modified massive transfer” orders
issued to the ASPs by the PMG in Central Region - reg


Ref :     i.   PMG, CR memo No. STA/101-07/2011/TR dated 30.09.2011.
            ii.  CPMG’s letter No. STA/2-7/2011 dated 14.10.2011. 


1.         Before going deep in to our grievances, I, being the Circle Secretary of this Association would like to convey my heartfelt thanks - on behalf of my members - to our CPMG madam for having intervened and issued, not only humanitarian but also justified instructions (vide letter cited under reference - ii above) to the PMG, CR to cancel the massive transfer orders issued to eight of our ASPs. But……


2.         I would like to bring the following few points to our benign CPMG madam’s consideration before deciding the injustice done to our IP/ASPs in CR, by the PMG, CR.


i.                     On 30.09.2011 a “massive transfer” order was issued by the PMG, CR, transferring our members in the middle of the year which totally disturbed, not only their domestic life but also official life.
ii.                   On hearing this “massive transfer” orders, the Circle Secretary and few office bearers met the PMG, CR on 03.10.2011.
iii.                  But, even after a lengthy discussion & requests, the PMG, CR was not inclined to our request to cancel or defer this “massive transfer” orders.
iv.                 However, the PMG, CR had asked the office bearers to advise our affected members to send their request to the nearest vacant place within a weeks time and the PMG had assured to consider such requests.
v.                  On the assurance given by PMG, CR, few of our affected members had also submitted their requests to some nearest vacant places.
3.         But, the PMG, CR deviating from his assurance given to the office bearers of this Association on 03.10.2011, had issued directions to the Divisional heads (through eMail) and forcibly (under threat) relieved few of our members on 10.10.2011. As we had no other way left and as a last resort, met our CPMG Madam on 13.10.2011 and Madam had also patiently heard our grievances and issued instructions to the PMG, CR, as assured to us. 


4.         It is learnt that our CPMG Madam had issued instructions to PMG, CR, vide letter cited under reference - ii above, to cancel the “massive transfer” orders by pointing out that:


i.                     this “massive transfer” orders is unwarranted in the middle of the academic year,
ii.                   this “massive transfer” orders is quite un necessary
iii.                  etc…etc.
 
5.         This Association and the affected members were eagerly expecting a positive response from the PMG, CR. But, in contrary, the PMG, CR instead of cancelling the “massive transfer” orders, had modified it and issued fresh transfer orders based on the subsequent requests given by the affected members, which is really a great shock to this Association & to our affected members. The IPs who have been promoted on adhoc basis are also compelled to be relieved and directed to join as ASP, where the regular ASP is disturbed and moved out. 


6.         i. This Association is not able to understand why this massive transfer orders have been issued to eight ASPs by the PMG, Central Region - in the interest of service - along with adhoc postings, when there are many ASP vacancies to accommodate the IPs


            ii. Even after instructions issued to cancel the “massive transfer” orders from our CPMG madam, why it is still insisted by the PMG, CR? When it has been instructed to cancel the “massive transfer” orders by the CPMG Madam, in toto, then the question of modified transfer on the strength of their subsequent requests does not arise.


7.         The Department is going on the way to convert it into a dynamic organization with projects like changing ambience of the offices, providing good working environment to the staff, providing comfort to the potential customers and various long lasting projects like Digitization of records, core banking, mail optimization, consumer prize index, Aadhaar Technology, Biometric systems etc., etc… All these projects are being implemented with the support and incessant hard work of this cadre. Thus, it will not be wrong to say that the major part of the responsibility for successful implementation of these various innovative schemes has virtually devolved on our cadre. Even after acquiring long years of service & experience & expertise, we are being mentally & physically disturbed by such massive transfers or for some or other reasons.


8.         Hence this Association kindly request the benign Chief PMG Madam to once again intervene and issue instructions to cancel the “modified transfer orders” issued by the PMG, Central Region, in toto. The IPs/ASPs who had already been relieved by force or by threat may be permitted to join their original places, by treating the period of transit as eligible leave.


9.         Further this Association requests the benign Chief PMG Madam to consider the requests of the IPs who have been ordered adhoc promotions and fresh adhoc posting orders may be issued to them to render better service.


 With regards.
/S. RAJENDRA BABU/
Circle Secretary, AIAIPASP,
Tamil Nadu Circle.
To
The Chief Postmaster General,
Tamil Nadu Circle,
Chennai 600 002.

ATMs in India Post

India Post's plan to set up automated teller machines (ATMs) in its post offices may fail to impress the banking regulator.India Post is in talks with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up ATMs. However, since according to norms, only banks are allowed to set up ATMs, the

central bank is not in favour of allowing India Post to set up ATMs. According to sources in the banking industry, if India Post set up ATMs, they should fall under the RBI's purview for regulation purposes.India Post has proposed to set up a subsidiary, Post Bank of India, for providing banking facilities. It has also identified nearly 1,000 post offices, out of its 1.5 lakh post offices, where the ATMs would be initially set up.The sources said though RBI is uncomfortable with the idea of India Post setting up ATMs, it is yet to formally communicate its apprehensions to the department of post.To increase efficiency and profitability, the department of post had planned to introduce banking solutions and set up ATMs and debit cards for its customers. It also plans to introduce core banking solution by 2012, and has initiated the process of modernising information technology (IT) during the current financial year. The cost of the IT modernisation project is estimated at around Rs 2,000 crore, which includes an integrated, modular software solution, covering postal operations, banking and insurance services.The department of post also has plans to tie up with banks to help its customers use their India Post debit cards at ATM machines. It has also submitted a plan to the finance ministry for approval. The department aims to offer banking services through India Post in unbanked rural areas that lack formal financing facilities.India Post already offers financial services, including post office savings schemes, postal life insurance, pension payments and money transfer services.



Source : Business Standard, October 14, 2011

march to parliament on 25th november 2011

Circular 19

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS

A-2/95, MANISHINATH BHAWAN, RAJOURI GARDEN, NEW DELHI-110 027

Website: www.confederationhq.blogspot.com, email: confederation06@yahoo.co.in

Tel: 01125105324 Mobile: 9811048303

Confdn/19/2011 30^th September 2011

Dear Comrades,

We have decided the following programmes of action in support of Charter of Demands as also in support of our demand for withdrawal of PFRDA Bill. On the demand of withdrawal of PFRDA Bill we are organising signature campaign on a memorandum to the Hon'ble Prime Minister. In support of Charter of Demands Dharma was to be organised in each state by COC or units of affiliates of Confederation in their stations/ office on 28^th Sept. 2011. In support of our demand on PFRDA Bill, besides mass signature from the people at large the following programmes were decided.

1. To hold State level convention by 30^th Sept. 2011 to popularise these demands.

2. To organise Raj Bhawan March in each State capital jointly by the participating organisations in the National Convention to submit memorandum to Prime Minister on 6^th Sept. 2011 or any date prior to 30^th September, 2011.

To get memorandum to Prime Minister printed either by COC or by the units of affiliates of organisations participating for distribution amongst members for getting signatures from family members and friends and the neighbours and to organise camps at major public points such as Railway Stations, Hospitals etc. to obtain signature of people at large.

3. To organise March to Parliament on 25^th November, 2011 and submission of Memorandum to the Prime Minister.

From the reports it transpires that the signature campaign on memorandum to Prime Minister against PFRDA Bill is yet to pickup. This situation has developed because the mobilisation programmes of State level Conventions and March to Raj Bhawan have not been organised in most of the places.

It is therefore, requested that these programmes be implemented at the earliest by 20^th October, 2011.

On the Charter of Demands finalised by Confederation the Departmental Conventions decided by the Secretariat also has not been implemented. This should be done at the earliest.

On 20^th October, 2011, Demonstration before Chairman, Welfare Coordination Committee is to be organised under the banner of COC.

The arrangements may be made to get sufficient number of memorandum to PM printed and should be ensured that one copy of the same may be given to each member of the unit concerned with the direction to obtain signature of family members, friends and neighbors and Local steering Committee/COC/unit leaders may visit the aforementioned public places and obtain signature of public at large.

Local steering Committee/COC/unit leaders may assign the numbers to the signatures and keep them in neatly bound volumes and the leaders may carry these volumes and hand over one day before the March to Parliament.

The total number of signatures obtained in each centre may be intimated by SMS to mobile No. 098681 45667 or by email to Confederation HQr. by 18^th November, 2011.

Simultaneously it is necessary that the number of people joining the March to Parliament from each station/Organisation has to be intimated to Confederation CHQ latest by 15^th October, 2011 by SMS or email.

Confederation CHGQ has decided that all the organisations having Headquarters at New Delhi will ensure that the participants from their organisation are taken care of for their stay and other purposes. Confederation Headquarters will arrange accommodation in respect of other organizations having headquarters outside Delhi, if they give the number of participants latest by 20^th October, 2011. This deadline has to be adhered to otherwise it may not be possible to arrange accommodation at the last minute.

General Secretary, COC of each state/station may intimate by sms or email whether the steering committee of organizations on PFRDA bill has been formed or not.

Chief Executives of all the affiliates of Confederation are requested to communicate on the steps taken by the Organisation for the effective and successful implementation of the decisions given above. Copy of the Circular issued by them to their Units/Branches may be endorsed to Confederation HQr without fail.

Confederation CHQ hopes that instructions given in this circular would be implemented in letter and spirit. Success of our movement solely depend your total indulgence in these tasks.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally

(KKN Kutty)

Secretary General

central region issues

Flash : CR Issues - Transfer orders canceleld by CPMG Posted: 14 Oct 2011 09:40 AM PDT Yes, our pathetic voices….really….reached our benign Chief PMG Madam. It is ascertained from reliable sources that the brutal & massive transfer orders issued to eight of our ASPs in Central Region, Tiruchirapalli (TN), by its PMG has been cancelled by our beloved, benign Chief PMG Madam, today. This would not have been possible, but for the support & solidarity shown by our members, not only from us, but also from other sister unions. This Association does not want to discuss in depth, the positive reaction of our Chief PMG to the negative action of PMG, CR….….which is not our concern. But this Association always assures the Administration that we are not against the policies, targets etc., etc. but we will also fight for our right.   This Association thanks the PMG, Central Region for having given us an opportunity to show our solidarity.   This Association also takes this opportunity to thank Shri.K.V.Sridharan, the General Secretary of AIPEU, Group C (CHQ) and Shri.J.Ramamurthy, CS of AIPEU, Group C, Tamil Nadu Circle for extending their support to us. We will also reciprocate…..whenever needed. Here, it may not be wrong to say, that the TN Circle Branch of this Association is not able to understand the reasons for the non reaction of our GS (CHQ) in this issue. This cannot be ignored as an issue relates to a particular Region or a Region in a particular Circle. The CHQ should remember that it is a massive attack on our Cadre. If there is no reaction to this issue then for what else our CHQ is going to fight..? SRB / CS TN ip/asp  association

MNOP Committee - Dissent Note submitted by staff side

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

1^st Floor, North Avenue Post office, New Delhi – 110001

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS

T-24, Atul Grove Road, New Delhi - 110001

Ref: No. MNOP/GENL/2011 Dated – 11.10.2011

To,

Mrs. Manjula Parashar

Member (Operations)

Postal Service Board

Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001

Madam,

Sub: - MNOP Committee Meeting

Kindly recall the discussion we had with you in the MNOP Committee meeting held on 10.10.2011

As already pointed out by us the minutes of the last meeting do not correctly reflect the view points expressed by the staff side representatives. We have neither agreed with the concept of new sorting hubs for speed post operations nor appreciated the concept for network redesign for first class mails. Our request for change of administrative control of all speed post hubs to RMS Superintendents and also our apprehension regarding closure/merger of sorting offices, especially in the metro/big cities in the wake of implementation of L1, L2 concept was also not included in the minutes. We are rather disappointed to note that inspite of our repeated request the Mckinsey consultancy’s full recommendations are not made available to us.

Regarding the discussion held on 10.10.2011, we had examined in detail all the pros and cons of the suggestions and assurances given by the administration in the meeting. We did not find any reason to change the stand taken by us as regards to implementation of first class mails hub i.e., L1 & L2. We have unanimously decided to oppose the implementation of the L1, L2 on the following counts.

1. It will definitely cause delay to the public mails as compared to the position prevailing now. We are not against improving the quality of the mail operations but it should not be at the cost of efficiency of the Postal Services.

2. Whatever may be the assurances given by the administration, the implementation of L1, L2 concept will result in closure/merger of sorting offices and divisions in the metros in the near future and at other stations at later date.

3. There will be large scale dislocation of staff and their carrier prospects will be adversely affected.

4. We further strongly feel that the international experience in the postal sector, after implementation of such recommendations, have proved disastrous and we don’t want that to happen in India Post by implementing the Mail Network Optimisation Project recommended by Mckinsey.

Finally we once against request you to desist from implementing the MNOP for first class mails i.e. L1, L2

Yours faithfully,

Sd/- M. Krishnan Secretary General, NFPE

FOR ATTENTION OF ALL CIRCLE SECRETARIES OF NFPE UNIONS

FOR ATTENTION OF ALL CIRCLE SECRETARIES OF NFPE UNIONS

CIRCLE WISE QUOTA OF DELEGATES TO PARTICIPATE IN PARLIAMENT MARCH TO BE HELD ON 25TH NOVEMBER,2011:

Assam-25, AP-200, Bihar-200, Chhattisgarh-50, Delhi-500, Gujarat-100, HP-100, Haryana-300, J&K-50, Jharkhand-50, Karnataka-50, Kerala-50, MP-200, Maharashtra-100, North East-25, Orrisa-50, Punjab-300, Rajasthan-400, Tamil Nadu-200, U.P.-1000, Uttarakhand-50, West Bengal-500


Please ensure cent percent participation from the Circles concerned.

NOTE: ACCOMMODATION BOOKED AT ARYA SAMAJ MANDIR, AT KAROLBAGH, NEW DELHI

M.Krishnan

Secretary General NFPE

BROCHURE ON RESERVATION FOR SC, ST & OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES IN SERVICES

PERSMIN.NIC.IN UPLOAD BROCHURE ON RESERVATION FOR SC, ST & OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES IN SERVICES


Persmin (Department of Personnel and Training) has now published lot of information through the orders on its website regarding reservation to Central Government employees. Thousand of employees and also unionist are searching each day about the information's and orders regarding the reservation matter. Need not say, these are all highly informative. More than 280 Office Memorandums are highlighting in that page about the reservation policy, starting with the date of 1950. The key subject of amount those orders is Reservation, Age relaxation, Travelling allowance, Persmin uploads important orders regarding Reservation Persmin uploads many important orders regarding the Reservation Policy. Now, we guide how to get the orders from official website of Dopt.



First you go to (http://www.persmin.nic.in/dopt.asp or click the link), Home page…


-

M.Krishnan

Secretary General NFPE

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, whose death was announced on Wednesday night, wasn't a computer scientist. He had no training as a hardware engineer or an industrial designer. The businesses that Apple entered under his leadership — from personal computers to MP3 players to smartphones — all existed before the company got there.

But with astonishing regularity, Jobs did something that few people accomplish even once: he reinvented entire industries. He did it with ones that were new, like PCs, and he did it with ones that were old, such as music. And his pace only accelerated over the years.

He was the most celebrated, successful business executive of his generation, yet he flouted many basic tenets of business wisdom. (Like his hero and soulmate, Polaroid founder Edwin Land, he refused to conduct focus groups and other research that might tell him what his customers wanted.) In his many public appearances as the head of a large public corporation, he rarely sounded like one. He introduced the first Macintosh by quoting Bob Dylan, and took to saying that Apple sat "at the intersection of the liberal arts and technology."

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED TO LOOK INTO ISSUES RELATING TO MAIL NETWORK OPTIMIZATION PROJECT
In accordance with the instructions issued vide Directorate memo No.08/9/2011-SR dated 12.7.11, the Committee constituted to look into issues relating to Mail Network Optimization Project met on 27.09.11. The meeting was attended by the following:
(i) Ms. Manjula Prasher, Member (Operations)

(ii) Ms. Shanthi S. Nair, CPMG, TN Circle

(iii) Shri Rishikesh, Director (Mail Management)
(iv) Shri M. Krishnan, Secretary General (NFPE)
(v) Shri D. Theagarajan, Secretary General (FNPO)

2. The terms of reference of the Committee were as follows:-


"The Committee will review the mail arrangement made as sequel to creation of Speed Post Hubs which, as represented by Staff Side, are causing delay as compared to the position prevailing earlier. The committee will also review the formation of L-1 and L-II in regard to First Class Mail".

3. Member (Operations) apprised the representatives of the staff side on the initiatives taken as part of Mail Network Optimization Project to improve the quality of Speed Post operations. She also stated that improvement in quality of mail related services was the key objective of the project, and hence, the staff side should fully cooperate with the administration in this endeavour. She further informed that cases relating to delay and back-routing of mail in certain areas have been reviewed and necessary action is being taken. For this purpose, mail arrangements have already been revised in case of HP, Haryana, Punjab, UP, Uttarakhand and AP Circles. Cases relating to other Circles are also being examined.


4. It was informed that instances of delay and back-routing of mail relating to Speed Post operations brought to the notice by the staff side are being looked into and necessary action is being taken for revision in existing mail arrangements wherever necessary. The staff side was also requested to give concrete suggestions on any particular area where improvement is needed. These suggestions would be sent by the staff side within a week. The staff side also agreed with the concept of new sorting hubs for Speed Post operations and opined that at best, a few more intra-Circle Speed Post hubs might be required to strengthen the operational network.


5. The features of performance monitoring tool, such as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) website and analysis of performance of the Circles through video conference were explained in detail to the staff side. The staff side appreciated the efforts made in this area.


6. Member (Operations) informed that implementation of the network redesign concept for First and Second Class mail was equally crucial. The proposed network redesign seeks to minimize fragmentation in the processing of mail across the existing network, streamline processes followed in the mail offices, provide new tools and equipments for use in mail offices and put in place a technology-enabled environment for mail operations.


7. The staff side demanded copies of the reports submitted by the Consultants on restructuring of Speed Post and First Class mail network. It was agreed that relevant sections of the reports pertaining to operational restructuring would be provided to the staff side.


8. The staff side agreed and appreciated the concept for network redesign for First Class mail. However, they expressed their apprehensions about transfers of the staff concerned in near future. They requested that an assurance may be given that the staff concerned will not be transferred for a specific period.

9. It was decided that the Committee would again meet on 10.10.11 to discuss issues relating to improvement in Speed Post operations based on the suggestions received from the staff side and the Heads of Circles, if any, and implementation of the network redesign concept for First and Second class mail.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

M.Krishnan

Secretary General NFPE