Chief Post Master General of Maharashtra and Goa M.S. Bali Maharashtra-Goa official nabbed taking Rs.2 crore bribe

CBI arrests a Chief Post Master General and two middleman in a bribery of Rs. two crores

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Chief Postmaster General, (Maharashtra & Goa), GPO, Mumbai alongwith two private persons in a bribery case of Rs. two crores from the complainant.
It was alleged in the complaint that a bribe of Rs. two crores was demanded by the accused for giving NOC ( No Objection Certificate) from the Postal Department for development of plot of 2000 sq.mtrs, located in the jurisdiction of Mira – Bhayander Municipal Corporation, Thane. This plot of 2000 Sq.mtrs. was reserved for postal office for which the Corporation was requesting to issue NOC to develop the said plot as a private property with a slot to be kept for Post Office also.
The complainant met the Chief Postmaster General in January, 2010 alongwith certain documents. The middleman contacted the complainant after this meeting with Chief Postmaster General and informed that he would help in getting the NOC from the postal department for the said plot.
The complainant alongwith the middleman met the Chief Postmaster General, where Rs. two crores was demanded for providing NOC.
The CBI laid a trap and the Chief Postmaster General was caught red handed while accepting bribe amount of Rs. 1.25 crores in a Restaurant located in Budhawar Park, Mumbai alongwith first middleman and another middleman. The rest of the amount Rs. 75 lakhs was to be taken by the middleman.
Searches were conducted in the office as well as residential premises of Chief Postmaster General and the middleman. During the search Rs. 34 lakhs ; 10722 US $ ; 3050 UK Pounds and 3470 Euros were found in the residence of Chief Postmaster General at Mumbai besides documents relating to immovable assets at Faridabad, Punchkula, Dwarka (in New Delhi), Bhopal and Gurgaon. The value of these assets is in crores. The accused is in possession of 22 Bank Accounts; PPF Accounts having a balance of more than Rs. 26 lakhs; 7 high-end Laptops belonging to Apple Viao; 45 imported Liquor bottles and two Cars. A locker in Gwalior is to be searched.
All the three accused are being produced today in the designated court at Mumbai for remand.
Further investigation/ searches are continuing.

CBI NEWS

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   vide CBI case mark No  R-005/2007 ACUI, DELHI dated 31-DEC-2007 initiated Shri  A K SINGH THE THEN DY. SP DP SANCTION OF PROSECUTION (UNDER PC-ACT, 1988) WITH ORGANISATIONS/DEPARTMENTS AS ON 31/12/2009 is pending
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   Sh. O.P.Rana, Sub-Post Master, Gudha Balotan, has been convicted and sentenced to undergo RI for 3 years with a fine of Rs. 9,000/- for misappropriating an amount of Rs. 3.91 lac which were deposited by various account holders in their respective account holders. (RC0312006A0004)
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    Against a Post Master and a Postal Assistant, Pallahat for entering into a criminal conspiracy and by abusing their official positions, fraudulently and dishonestly misappropriating an amount to the tune of Rs. 3.34 lac deposited by various SB and RD Account holders in their respective accounts, by posting false entries in the pass books with postal stamp impressions. (RC0152009A0006)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993- Re-verification of membership for recognition of Service Association – Procedure regarding.

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Revision of 1/3rd commuted portion of pension in respect of Government servants who had drawn lumpsum payment on absorption in Public Sector Undertakings/Autonomous Bodies - Implementation of Governments's decision on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission - Regarding. (dated 19/01/2010)

Implementation of the law against excess recovery from pension -non-deduction of the non-deductibles-representation - clarification regarding. (dated 27/01/2010)

• Promotion and posting in SAG 11th Feb 2010 
• Grant of HRA to Postal Staff DLF eutab-Enclavep,u ru,'v ih"aDr und"h;; Jecto, 45 post offices
• Norms for Postmen Establishment
• Appointment of officers of the Indian Postal Service Group-A in the NFSG in the JAG of the Service
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  In case of  NAVIN B. JAMBHULKAR IPOS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS Maharashtra Circle  CVC has advised issuance of sanction for prosecution during December’2009 on 22/12/2009 Please refer Sl 4
  
  

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE HELD ON 12" DECEMBER, 2009

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ESTABLISHMENT REVISED NORMS FOR POSTMEN

On Memorandum submitted by BPEU Class-III CHQ to Hon'ble Member of Parliament and members of Parliamentary Standing Committee, the meeting has hold on 7th Jan 2010. On heated argument made over our item no 1 of the Memorandum, compelled DEPARTMENT OF POSTS to RELEASE GUIDELINES - COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT

No. 37-36/2004-SPB-1/C.

Government of India

Ministry of Communication & IT

Department of Posts

SPB-1/C. Section

Dak Bhawan, Parliament Street,

New Delhi – 110001

No. 37-36/2004-SPB-I/C Dated 20.01.2010

Sub: - Scheme for Compassionate Appointment – Relative Merit Points and Procedure for selection

The objective of the Scheme for Compassionate Appointment is to grant appointment on compassionate grounds to a dependent family member of a Government servant dying in harness or who is retired on medical grounds, thereby leaving his family in penury and without any means of livelihood. It is to relieve the family of the Government servant concerned from financial destitution and to help it get over the emergency.

Keeping, I view the objective of the Scheme, the existing instructions relating to compassionate Appointment have time and again been reviewed/modified/simplified so that the system finally derived at shall be more transparent, efficient and uniform in nature.

The efficacy of the Scheme is based on its transparency. It is this aspect, which is foremost and hence while considering a request for appointment on Compassionate grounds by a Committee, a balanced and objective assessment of the financial condition of the family has to be made taking into consideration its assets and liabilities and all other relevant factors such as the presence of earning member, size of the family, ages of the children and the essential needs of the family etc. This is done to assess the degree of indigence among all the applicants considered for compassionate appointment within the prescribed ceiling of 5% of the direct recruitment vacancies.

The existing position has been reviewed in this Department and it has been decided by the competent authority that to achieve the objective of the scheme of the Compassionate Appointment and to ensure complete transparency, merits of the cases can be conveniently decided by allocating points to the applicants based on various attributes indicated in the references of DOP&T from time to time. Accordingly the Department has worked out a system of allocation of points to various attributes based on a hundred point-scale as indicated in the tables below: -

(A) FAMILY PENSION (BASIC EXCLUDING DA & ALLOWANCES)

Sl. No.           Points       Proposed slab for Department of Posts
1                    20            Upto 5000
2                    18                     5001-8000
3                    16                     8001-11000
4                    14                     11001-14000
5                    12                     14001-17000
6                    10                     17001-20000
7                     8                      20001-23000
8                     6                      Above 23000

(b) Terminal benefits (DCRG, GPF, CGEGIS, LEAVE ENCASHMENT & PENSION COMMUTATION)

SL.                   No.                   Points Proposed slab for Deptt. of Posts
1                      10                     Upto 140000
2                        9                              140001-168000
3                        8                              168001-196000
4                        7                              196001-224000
5                        6                              224001-252000
6                        5                              252001-280000
7                        4                              280001-308000
8                        3                              308001-336000
9                        2                              336001-364000
10                      1                              364001-420000
11                      0                              420001 & above

(C) MONTHLY INCOME OF EARNING MEMBERS AND INCOME FROM PROPERTY

Sl. No.              Points                           Proposed slab for Deptt. of Posts
1                        5                                  No income
2                        4                                  2500 or less
3                        3                                  2501-3500
4                        2                                  3501-4500
5                        1                                  4501-5500
6                        0                                  5501 & above

(d) Moveable / Immovable Property

SL. No.                  Point                        Proposed slab for Deptt. of Posts
1                               10                            Nil
2                                 8                            Upto 1,50,000
3                                 6                            1,50,001-300,000
4                                 3                            300,001-600,000
5                                 1                            600001-1000000
6                                 0                            Above 10,00,000

(e) No. of dependents                              Points
(i) 3 and above                                           15
(ii) 2                                                           10
(iii) 1                                                            5
(f) No. of unmarried daughters: -               Points
(i) 3 and above                                         15
(ii) 2                                                         10
(iii) 1                                                          5
(iv) None                                                    0

(g) No. of Minor Children                        Points
(i) 3 and above                                         15
(ii) 2                                                         10
(iii) 1                                                          5
(iv) None                                                   0

(h) Left over service                               Points
(i) Over 20 years                                     10
(ii) Over 15 & Upto 20 years                    8
(iii) Over 10 & upto 15 years                    6
(iv) Over 5 & upto 10 years                      4
(v) 0-5 years                                             2

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, CASES WHERE THE WIFE OF THE DECEASED OFFICIAL HAS APPLIED FOR COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT FOR HERSELF, SHE SHALL GET 15 ADDITIONAL POINTS AS GRACE POINTS. THIS WILL BE IN LINE WITH THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE THAT THE WIDOW NEEDS TO BE GIVEN PREFERENCE FOR COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT.

The above system of weightage not only awards objectivity to the entire method but also ensured complete transparency and uniformity in the selection process. The above method should be strictly followed with immediate effect, keeping in view the instructions issued by the Department of Personnel & Training from time to time.

This has the approval of Secretary (Posts)

Sd/-

(B. P. Sridevi)

Director (Staff)

Telephone No. 23036656

STOP REFUND OF INCOME TAX

No.402/92/2006-MC (05 of 2010)

Government of India / Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Direct Taxes

New Delhi

dated 25th January 2010

DRAFT PRESS RELEASE

On or about 12th January 2010, an officer in the Income Tax department, Mumbai, noticed that refunds had been issued from his jurisdiction without his knowledge or approval of his higher authorities. He immediately brought the matter to the notice of his superior officers.

2. On internal inquiry by the Income Tax department, it was found that User Ids and Passwords of certain officers had been fraudulently used to generate refunds in some cases. Upon detection of the fraud, the following actions were taken by the Income Tax department to contain the damage:-

(i) Stop payment orders were issued. As a result, refund outgo in at least two cases could be prevented.

(ii) Investigation and search action was undertaken by the Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation), Mumbai to detect the bank accounts to which the refunds had been credited and the beneficiaries.

(iii) I-T investigators have identified the bank accounts, beneficiaries and some of the scamsters involved.

(iv) Mumbai police and CBI Mumbai have been informed.

3. Further actions being taken to prevent the recurrence of such frauds are as follows:-

a) All high value refunds issued during the current financial year will be cross-verified.

b) The system of handling high value refunds will be replaced with a more robust and foolproof system.

Compilation of information about appointments made on the basis of fake1 false caste certificates-Recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of SC/ ST.

No.360171212009-Estt. (Res.)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

North Block

New Delhi-I 10001

Dated the 28'h January, 2010.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Compilation of information about appointments made on the basis of fake1 false caste certificates-
Recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of SC / ST.

The undersigned is directed to say that the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in its Twenty-ninth Report (14'~ Lok Sabha) have recommended that the Department of Personnel and Training should collect information regularly from all Ministries1 Departments1 PSUsI Banks1 Autonomous Bodies1 States1 UTs in regard to cases of false caste certificates. The recommendation is reproduced below:

" ............DOP&T should interalia obtain information from all Ministries1 Departments, PSUs, banks, autonomous bodies and States1 UTs in regard to cases of false caste certificates regularly with a view to monitoring their progress and disposal, so that necessary plan of action could be taken to tackle the problem for good."

2. , This Department's O.M. No.1 1012/1191-Estt. (A) dated 19.5.1993 provides that if it is found that a Government servant had furnished false information or produced a false certificate in order to secure appointment, he should not be retained in service. Thus when an appointing authority comes to know that an employee had submitted a false1 fake caste certificate, it has to initiate action to remove or dismiss such an employee from service. All fhe Ministries1 Departments are requested to collect information from all Organisations under their administrative control about the cases where the candidates got/ alleged to have got appointment against vacancies reserved for SCs, STs and OBCs on the the basis of false1 fake caste certificate and send a consolidated report in this regard in the enclosed proforma to this Department latest by

31.03.2010.

       sd/-

(K.G. Verma)

Director

Tele: 230921 58

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Pension to Gramin Dak Sevak.....

Gramin Dak Sevak shall not be entitled to pension as per the existing rules. The existing recruitment rules of Group-D and Postman provide absorption of GDS against regular departmental posts upto 50 years of age. therefore those GDS who complete 10 years of service are being entitled to pension. But most of the GDS are deprived due to not completing 10 years of service even 9 years 9 months also. In order to get benefit of pesnion Department has power to relax the operation of any of these rules causes undue hardship in any particular case. Therefore DDG Estt. New Delhi has asked all CPMG /PMG to provide information in respect of all GDS appointed before 01/01/2004 vide his letter No 19-12/2009-GDS dated 18 Jan 2010

AFTER SUCCESSIVE COURT CASES BY OUR UNIONS FINALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS IS FINALISING ANOTHER RE-VERIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP UNDER CCS[RSA]RULES 1993 & ED [RA] RULES 1995.

Discussions are being held by Sh. Subhash Chandr (Director SR & Legal) with BPEF Federations and all other Unions / Associations on finalizing the procedure for another re-verification.

This time, the Divisional Head will be the Check-Off and Re-verification Authority instead of DDOs as in the past occasions since the plea of our union that DDOs are union members of one of the unions and therefore they cannot be the Authority to verify the declaration forms of members was accepted by the Court and directions given accordingly.

The submission and verification of declarations etc procedure may end in the month of April and Recovery of subscriptions may be in the pay of May month. Exact Dates and Procedure would be published by us as soon as the DoP issues the orders for re-verification.

POSTMASTER CADRE CREATED ...............

DEPARTMENT ISSUED ORDERS FOR CREATING POSTMASTERS CADRE

Total 2097 LSG Postmasters [POSTMASTER GRADE - I]; 511 HSG-II Postmasters [POSTMASTER GRADE - II]; 495 HSG-I Postmasters [POSTMASTER GRADE -III]; & 116 PSS GROUP -B POSTS [SENIOR POSTMASTER] HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS POSTMASTERS.

The Procedures to fill up these posts have not been spelt out in this order -But we gathered that the first time absorption in all these posts will be by one-time option from LSG - HSG-II -HSG-I officials. - But in future LSG Postmasters vacancies will be filled up only through competitive examination from PA/SAs.

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