PFRDA Bill likely to be taken up in Parliament on 2nd September 2013.

t is learnt that PFRDA Bill likely to be taken up in Parliament on  2nd September 2013.

Our Branch/Division/Circle Secretaries are requested to organize lunch hour demonstration with block badge on 2nd September 2013 positively

Report of the committee on cadre restuctring in MMS

CHANGE OF INCUMBANCY

DURING THE EXECUTIVE BODY MEETING OF NAPE, GROUP-'C' , PURI DIVISIONAL BRANCH , HELD AT KHURDA ON 18/08/2013 SRI NILAKANTHA MISHRA , APM PURI HO WAS UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION, AGAINST THE VACANT POST. SIMULTANEOUSLY SRI SRICHARAN PRASAD , PA, KHURDA HO , A VETERAN MEMBER OF THE UNION WAS SELECTED AS THE VICE-PRESIDENT CONSEQUENT UPON THE POST VACATED BY SRI NILAKANTHA MISHRA.THE UNION EXPECTS PROMPT INVOLVEMENT OF BOTH IN THE UNION-MOVEMENT.

LANDMARK DECISION !

PUBLIC WERE VERYMUCH APPRECIATIVE ON POSTMASTER PURI HO DUE TO HIS PROMPT ARRANGEMENT FOR OPENING OF FOUR SPEEDPOST COUNTERS AT PURI HO ON 24/08/2013 FOR SMOOTH BOOKING AND QUCK DISPOSAL OF THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES AND THE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE WAITED FOR BOOKING OF ARTICLES FOR VARIOUS POSTS OF COLLECTORIATE PURI. ONE SEPARATE LADIES COUNTER WAS ALSO OPENED WHICH IS A HISTORIC DECISION OF THE POSTMASTER PURI HO.

Ladies counter functioning under the supervision of APM counter

Postmaster supervising the work

POSTMASTER KHURDA HO RELIEVED

Sri Siba Sankar Satapathi joined as Postmaster Khurda HO, relieving Sri Bishnu Prasad Das ,officiating Postmaster ,who proceeded to his original place of posting as Postmaster Balugaon MDG.
NAPE, GROUP- 'C' , heartily welcomes Sri Satapathi and wishes him every success in his service career.

Right to receive pension is treated as right to property, says SC

In the absence of any provision in the pension rules, a State government cannot withhold a part of pension and/or gratuity during the pendency of departmental/criminal proceedings, the Supreme Court has held.

Giving this ruling, a Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.S. Sikri said: “It is an accepted position that gratuity and pension are not bounties. An employee earns these benefits by dint of his long, continuous, faithful and unblemished service. Right to receive pension was treated as right to property.”

Writing the judgment, Justice Sikri said: “According to Article 300 A of the Constitution, no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law. A person cannot be deprived of his pension without the authority of law. It follows that the attempt of the appellant [in this case the Jharkhand government] to take away a part of pension or gratuity or even leave encashment without any statutory provision and under the umbrage of administrative instruction cannot be countenanced.”

Referring to the contention that executive instructions had been issued by the appellant government, the Bench said: “It hardly needs to be emphasised that the executive instructions do not have statutory character and, therefore, cannot be termed as ‘law’ within the meaning of Article 300A of the Constitution. On the basis of such a circular, which is not having force of law, the appellant cannot withhold — even a part of pension or gratuity. So far as statutory rules are concerned, there is no provision for withholding pension or gratuity in the given situation. Had there been any such provision in these rules, the position would have been different.”

In the instant case, respondent Jitendra Kumar Srivastava was sanctioned 90 per cent provisional pension pending an enquiry. The remaining 10 per cent of his pension and salary was withheld. He was also not paid leave encashment and gratuity. The Jharkhand High Court directed the State government to release the withheld pension and salary and other benefits. The present appeals are directed against this judgment.

The Bench said: “We find there is no merit in the instant appeals as the impugned order of the High Court is without blemish. Accordingly, these appeals are dismissed with Rs. 10,000 costs each.”