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Guru’s Desk – Daily insights 1. Leave Reserve PAs

Even though the blog is in my name, yourskayveeyes, I have decided to introduce my teammates one by one and bring their knowledge into the limelight. Com Gurusivam, a versatile personality on my team who is devoted to the union instead of career progression, will provide one topic at 5 PM regularly without any interruption. We have decided to introduce many more comrades in the coming days, and they will explain the postal operations.

 Leave Reserve PAs

Ø  LR PAs to be drawn from the officials who have completed three years service as on Jan 1st from the Divisional Gradation List.

Ø  LR PA strength should be 10% of strength of Time scale Postal Assistant and LSG cadre officials put together.

Ø  LR PA should be over and above the sanctioned strength. This is an important point to watch out for. In many divisions LR PA strength have been adjusted within the sanctioned strength.

Ø  To illustrate this if a Division is having staff strength( T/s PA & LSG) of 100, the LR strength should be 10% of it i.e. 10 posts making it a total of 110

Ø  Leave Reserve period should not be taken for tenure.

Ø  If an official is nominated as LR PA, his place should be shown as vacant. To illustrate if an official working in Salem HO is identified as LR PA, that post occupied by the official will be vacant and the post may be filled up by another PA. In RT notifications, in many divisions this is not done. They are counting them as a PA of that office.

Ø  LR PA s should be attached to head post offices and erstwhile big LSG sub offices i.e (1+3 & above)

Ø  LR PA are to  be headquartered at suitable offices in the division for filling up of short or medium term vacancies with the division and they should not be posted as such in any office or charge during the time when they are reserve PA. Hence they should not be posted as OA, Divisional Office, Treasurer and other regular post since it defeat the very purpose of Leave Reserve PAs.