All India Postal Employees Union Group – C
West Bengal Circle
37, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata – 700013
No: PC – 61/ Computer Dated 10.02.2009.
To,
Sri Suvasish Sarker
Chief Postmaster General
West Bengal Circle
Kolkata - 700012
Sub: On separate cadre / establishment with higher pay scale for System
Administrators.
Respected Sir,
We know that you are quite in knowledge of the active participation and involvement of the System Administrators in West Bengal Circle. These enthusiastic and sensitive young officials are contributing immensely in present days departmental functioning. We have gone through the staff side demand mentioned regarding a separate cadre and / or establishment for the System Administrators. Our federation has deeply thought over the issue and dug into different feasibilities. Our appropriate views are now being forwarded herein below with the expectation that while replying the Dte’s DO No.: Secy(P)/10/Imp. Projects/09. Dated:27th January,2009 and expressing the opinion on the demand mentioned regarding a separate cadre and / or establishment for the System Administrators, the WB Circle administration would finalize the best option for the same. Our organizational views had been more or less agreed by the official side while threadbare discussion held with the staff side and official side on 13.01.2009 at face of All India strike from 20th Jan’09 which was finally deferred.
By this time, this has obviously become very clear to us that the job of the system personnel is totally different in nature and it requires specialization and acquiring special kind of knowledge to constantly remain productive. It is having no resemblance to the traditional nature of our daily operative work even if it is computerized. Unfortunately, these techies are under the administrative control of some officers, a section of them are pathetic in the subject and therefore are proving themselves worth of almost nothing. Our day-to-day experience, comments of the CAG, department’s Annual Report ------ everything is corroborating the deficiency of planning and coherence. Thus the efforts of able staffs, their diligence and optimism end in nowhere. This puts us to feel the imperativeness of such an arrangement where there is a strong homework and blueprint, coordination among the plan makers and the working brains in field and the realization of actual problem and the optimum way of troubleshooting.
This is only possible when these officials are made to work in a total technological setup and under completely technological guidance by superiors. In our department, and other departments also, we find such specialized group working in a WING. Therefore, we hold that the entire System related work should be managed by a separate ‘INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WING’.
Proposed Structure of the Wing : The wing should have a total hierarchy right from the Post Office / RMS Office till the Directorate. While constituting this wing this is our considered opinion and emphatic demand that the present incumbents must be given due weight age. The System Personnel presently working are time-tested enough and have proved themselves beyond expectation. Some of them have acquired higher qualifications in Computer Science field (MCA etc.). So, at P.O./DO/RO/CO levels they may be absorbed directly on a minimum experience of working, e.g., for 2 years or so. Our assessment is, the requirement is higher and there still would be vacant posts for S.A.s at P.O. levels (the number we would require is given below, but may vary as per reality). So, a trade test can be arranged for the freshers who intend to work as S.A.s.
Office Status No. of S.A.s Required
H. O. 3 or 4 for each office
MDGs & S.O.s till HSG-II 1 for each office
LSG and Below 1 for 3 to 4 offices
The next hierarchy would be the S.A.s working at Divisional level. 3 or 4 S.A.s may monitor and supervise the work under the division. As the 3 ACP Scheme is likely to be implemented, the posts of System Administrators may be on promotion / financial upgradation, as the case may be, according to seniority from the P.O. level S.A.s. The Divl level S.A.s would be having the analogous features of the TBOP / LSG officials.
In the same way, 3 or 4 System Administrators may work at Regional Office level and then again, 3 or 4 would function as Circle System Administrators. These posts will remain as the promotional channels for the cadre.
Alike the Civil and Electrical Wings of our department, there should be nodal / group officers from R.O. level and they should essentially be technocrats. Upwards, at C.O. levels and Directorate, technocrats should be appointed as many as needed with qualifications and proper distribution of work. They should be having adequate experience, as they would be the persons preparing the plans for the department. At Directorate, one or two financial experts should also be working who will be able to assess the fate of introduction of a scheme to ensure its popularity and financial viability (we have witnessed failure of schemes like e-Post). The C.O. / R.O. level System Administrators will actually be bridging over the slip between the plan makers and the S.A.s working at ground level. They will also provide technical assistance and will visit the sites with the Divl level S.A.s.
At R.O. and C.O. levels there would be a requirement of Database Administrators and Network Administrators. Such persons should be professionally qualified or be brought under the fold of 3 ACP.
There should be two other very significant and prestigious posts ---- Software Developers and Trainers, because they play very important role to make everything success. Our present developers and trainers have shown absolute brilliance in their tasks assigned by the department and should be absorbed. Depending on the geographical status of the division / unit, there should be one / two training centers. Software Developers should work centrally and better be placed at C.O. level, other than the prolific one at Mysore PTC. As today, many new projects are procured at circle level and started, to develop computerized software systems and providing supports for the same a steady Software Development Centre at each circle justifies.
Pay package of the proposed Wing : Assessing the responsibility involved in the job the pay scale for the System Administrators should be the revised pay band of PB-2. The promotional benefits may be allowed as per norms fixed through the implementation of 3 ACP.
With warm greetings,
Comradely yours, Yours faithfully,
(Janardan Majumdar)
Circle Secretary
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