Postal Inspectors, ASPO and Supdt to get Higher Grade Pay -7th Pay Commission

7th Pay Commission has recommended higher Grade Pay for Inspector (Posts), Assistant Superintendent Posts and Superintendent (Posts) (Group `B’)

Seventh CPC has recommended that Inspector (Posts) who are presently in the GP 4200 should be upgraded to GP 4600. With this upgradation, Inspector (Posts) shall come to lie in an identical grade pay as that of their promotion post of Assistant Superintendent of Posts (ASPOs). A higher grade would thus need to be extended to ASPOs. Accordingly, the Commission recommends that the promotional post of ASPOs be placed in the next higher GP 4800 and further, the post of Superintendent (Posts), which is presently in the GP 4800, be moved up to GP 5400 (PB-2).

Inspector Cadre

The existing hierarchy of the Inspector Cadre is as follows:

Hierarchy

Grade Pay

Entry level Qualification and Method of Filling

No. of Posts

Inspector (Posts)

4200

Graduation.
33.34 percent DR and 66.66 percent promotion through
LDCE from Postal
Assistants.

2187

Asstt. Superintendent Posts,
Asstt. Manager (MMS)

4600

100 percent by promotion

1824

Superintendent (Posts) (Group `B’)

4800
After 4 years
5400 (PB-2)

75 percent by promotion
from Inspectors and
ASP/HSG I
25 percent LDCE

657 (on
promotion)
166 (through
LDCE

Senior Superintendent
(Posts)

5400 (PB-3)

75 percent by promotion
from Inspectors and ASPs–25 percent DR

Their association has demanded upgradation of entry level pay of Inspector (Posts) from GP 4200 to GP 4600, if required through merging the posts of Inspector (Posts) and Assistant Superintendent.

Analysis and Recommendations

The Commission has noted that the VI CPC had placed Inspector (Posts) at par with Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC. Subsequently the inspectors of CBDT/CBEC were elevated to GP 4600. The Commission has further noted that Inspector (Posts) and Inspectors of CBDT/CBEC are recruited through the same combined graduate level examination. The Commission, therefore, recommends that Inspector (Posts) who are presently in the GP 4200 should be upgraded to GP 4600. With this upgradation, Inspector (Posts) shall come to lie in an identical grade pay as that of their promotion post of Assistant Superintendent of Posts (ASPOs). A higher grade would thus need to be extended to ASPOs. Accordingly, the Commission recommends that the promotional post of ASPOs be placed in the next higher GP 4800 and further, the post of Superintendent (Posts), which is presently in the GP 4800, be moved up to GP 5400 (PB-2).