CS Speaks: It is time to get a new body

The present panel of Office-bearers and CWC Members of AIAIASP, Odisha Circle was elected / nominated in the last Circle Conference held at Bhubaneswar on 24.01.2010. In normal course the next Circle Conference/ General Body meeting is due by 23.01.2012. Grace period upto three months beyond 23.01.2012 is also there to delay the Circle Conference if required in justified circumstances. But it is now observed that a number of changes in the office held by Office-bearers and CWC Members as mentioned below have taken place since the last Circle Conference was held.

Sl. No.	Name	Position held in Association	Change in Official position
1	Sri Sreekant Kar	Circle President	Got regular promotion to PS Gr.B cadre and is working as Sr. PM, Bhubaneswar GPO
2	Sri Ajit Kumar Dash	Vice-President No.I	Got ad hoc  promotion to PS Gr.B cadre and joined as SPOs Phulbani
3	Sri B B Mohanty	Circle Secretary	Posted as AD(Staff/Vig), RO Berhampur on ad hoc promotion to PS Gr.B cadre but declined
4	Sri Shiva Murti Sukla	Asst. Circle Secretary No.II	Got ad hoc  promotion to PS Gr.B cadre and joined as SRM ‘K’ Division
5	Sri Sarbeswar Mishra	Organising Secretary No.II	Got ad hoc  promotion to PS Gr.B cadre and joined as AD (FS), CO, Bhubaneswar
6	Sri Kaibalya Prasad Parida	Auditor	Working as SPOs Bhadrak on adhoc promotion to PS Gr.B cadre
7	Sri Khageswar Mohanta	CWC Member	Got ad hoc  promotion to PS Gr.B cadre and is working as SPOs Kalahandi
8	Sri M M Mohapatra	CWC Member	Got regular promotion to PS Gr.B cadre and working as AD (TO/ML), CO, Bhubaneswar
9	Sri Rabindra Ku Singh	CWC Member	Posted as AD(Staff/Vig), RO Berhampur on ad hoc   promotion to PS Gr.B cadre but declined
10	Sri Bijay Ku.  Patra	CWC Member	Got ad hoc  promotion to PS Gr.B cadre and joined as SPOs Dhenkanal

With so many changes, the existing panel is increasingly losing its true representative character of IPs/ASPs. The panel is now dominated by persons who represent or going to represent soon the interest of a different and distinct cadre called as PS Gr.B which has its own forum called Postal Officers' Association. Constitutionally, though there is nothing wrong in continuance of an IP/ASP holding the post of PS Gr.B on ad hoc basis as a member of AIAIASP, it is practically found that many ad hoc PS Gr.B officers do not pay subscription to AIAIASP. There is provision of cessation of membership on the ground of non-payment of subscription alone. This apart, it is often observed that there is a conflict of interest between IP/ASP Cadre and PS Gr.B cadre based on the nature of duties assigned to these two separate cadres. A  PS Gr. B officer is the disciplinary authority of IPs and this position puts IPs in a difficult position to come to terms in accepting a PS Gr. B officer as an insider within AIAIASP.

The unsolved issue of upgradation of GP of IPs continues to haunt the minds of the IPs. Resentment is growing day by day as solution is no where in sight, though there are a number of hearsay and false assurances. It is often alleged that the present leadership is not quite able to handle this burning issue in an appropriate manner.

Young blood needs to be infused to give AIAIASP new leaderships who hold promise for upliftment of the cadre through an action-oriented approach. It is time for Mr. Mohanty and Co. to relinquish charge at Circle level for facilitating formation of a new body at the earliest. The process of getting a new body is set on motion with notification for holding Circle Working Committee meeting on 01.05.2011 at Bhubaneswar for fixing schedule for General Body meeting and Circle Conference ahead of normal schedule.  Let the likes of Messrs Permanand Kumar, Chandrakanta Paladhi, Gopesh Dash, P N Pattanayak, Prasant Kumar Patra, Parameswar Nayak, Basanta Kumar Singha, B Maheswar Rao, Pitabasa Jena et al take over AIAIASP to give a new direction to IP/ASP cadre.