UNEQUAL PAY FIXATION IN THE FITMENT FACTOR - OUR GENERAL SECRETARY ADDRESSED

04.08.2016

Dear Friends,

Vanakkam.

As all of you aware, various issues have been raised by our friends regarding Pay commission recommendations and Govt orders in this regard. An important issue of Unequal pay fixation in the Fitment factor of 2.57 is raised by our friends.

Our circle association has serious concern over the issue and we request our General Secretary to intervene  in this issue by bringing the matter to NJCM level. The letter addressed to our GS is furnished here

ALL INDIA POSTAL SBCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

(Affiliated with National Federation of Postal Employees)

TAMILNADU CIRCLE

CHQ: Madurai Head Post office, Madurai 625 001.

e-mail: nfpesbco@gmail.com

SHP Jasmine jalal begam                    M P P Karthikeyan                                             A Jesuraja         

           8939289896                                                   94420 91895                                                                 90438 29530

             President                                                   Circle Secretary                                                                Treasurer     

No. AIPSBCOEA /HQ /03 / 2016                                                                     Dated : 03.08.16

To

Comrade VIRENDRA TEWARY,

General Secretary,

All India Postal SBCO Employees Association,

1^st floor, North Avenue Post office building,  New Delhi 110 001.

Dear comrade,

Sub:  Unequal  Pay fixation in  fitment factor – 7^th Pay commn issue – reg.

Ref: 7^Th Pay commn report .

            Our Circle Association wants to bring the following issue to the kind notice of our General Secretary for necessary action with NJCM please.

            Though it is declared by the Govt that Fitment factor is 2.57 and apply for all the Employees, it differs in the actual fixation. Some of the cases with suitable illustrations are elaborated in the attached annexure.

Our Circle Association sincerely appeals to our General Secretary to take up the

issue with Directorate and do the needful at the earliest.

            Thanking you comrade,

Yours fraternally,

M.P.P. KARTHIKEYAN

Circle Secretary

Encl: As above

Assistant Circle Secretaries

  C Idayanathan         A.Kesavan                  MP Thangavelu                    M.Karthick 

    94872 92664               94434 16078                 9500989525                            9176532168

,

Detailed review ­ Unequal Pay Fixation of fitment factor and its outcome in 7

the  CPC report

 We have 33, 01, 536 employees working in the category Group A, B and C. 

 Group A(91,501), B(2,80,892), C(29,29,143) 89% are Group C employees. 

(3% in Group A, 9% in Group B, 89% in Group C)

 Our actual strength is 40,48,707. So Vacancy is 7,47,171. So 18% have vacancy post. 

Recommended  by  the  commission  on  different  levels  calculated  without  allowances 

approximately:

The Government has  accepted  the  Commission’s recommendations  on  Minimum Pay, 

Fitment  Factor,  Index  of  Rationalisation,  Pay  Matrices and  general  recommendations  on  pay 

without any material alteration with the   exceptions in  Defense Pay Matrix in  order to 

maintain parity in pay with Central Armed Police Forces, namely.

Pay  commission  recommended  these  table,  which  is  accepted  by  the  govt  without  any 

modification in the pay matrix table. 

Points taken from the Gazette Notification released on 26 July 2016: 

Refer Point no 4(2) With regard to fixation of pay of the employee in the new Pay Matrix as on 

1st day of January, 2016, the existing pay (Pay in Pay Band plus Grade Pay) in the pre­revised 

structure as on 31st day of December, 2015 shall be multiplied by a factor of 2.57. The figure so 

arrived at is to be located in the Level corresponding to employee’s Pay Band and Grade Pay or 

Pay Scale in the new Pay Matrix. If a Cell identical with the figure so arrived at is available in the 

appropriate Level, that Cell shall be the revised pay; otherwise the next higher cell in that Level 

shall be the revised pay of the employee.

Refer the Pay Fixation in revised Pay Structure:

Point No. 4: The fitment factor of 2.57 to be applied uniformly for all employees. (Para 5.1.27 of 

the Report): 

Point No. 7:  Pay of direct recruits  will start at the  minimum pay corresponding to  the  Level to 

which recruitment is made, which will be the first cell of each Level in the Matrix. (Para 5.1.32 of 

the Report)

Irregularities in pay matrix among different pay bands:

The pay in the applicable level in the Pay Matrix shall be the pay obtained by multiplying 

the  existing basic pay by a factor  of 2.57, rounded  off to  the  nearest rupee  and the  figure  so 

arrived  at  will  be  located  in  that  level  in  the  pay  Matrix  and  if  such  an  identical  figure 

corresponds to  any Cell in  the  applicable Level of the  Pay Matrix, the  same shall be the  pay, 

and if  no such Cell is  available in  the  applicable Level, the  pay shall be fixed  at the  immediate 

next higher Cell in that applicable Level of Pay Matrix. 

Note:  Government  disappointing  PB  1,  because  the  table  recommended  by  the 

commission is calculated with 2.57

Union already suggested to raise the uniform fitment factor. If Govt approves to 

give the common fitment factor greater than or equal to 2.7. Each level of the employees 

will be benefited. 

If the fitment factor of 2.7 is proposed to be applied uniformly for all 

employees, the calculation is as follows, 

(Matrix table should be nearly rounded off to multiple of 100) Like 17990 = 18000

Cabinet decision:

“The change in index and modification of pay matrix table is much needed 

because some bands are calculated with the index as 2.57. Please raise this issue 

as soon as possible, before getting our pay & arrears in the month of August.”

Uniform fitment factor = Inequity fitment factor