Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam(PA/SA) Results 2013 update

Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam(PA/SA) Results 2013 update.
 

Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination

Postal Department today published the list of candidates short listed from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Panjab, Uttrakhand Postal Circles for Paper-II based on their performance in Paper-I. Update available in India Post website is as follows:

 UPDATE as on 05-AUG-2013

I. The List of shortlisted candidates for the Computer Typing / Data Entry (PAPER II) for Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Panjab, Uttrakhand Postal Circles is added in the given link below.

II. PAPER II for Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, North East, Odisha and West Bengal Postal Circles is scheduled on 24th and 25th August 2013.The Admit cards for the same have been dispatched. If not received by 13 August, 2013 then it can be downloaded from this website from August 14, 2013.


Postal Circle wise Short Listed Candidates for Paper II (click the appropriate Postal Circle)
 

Postal Circle Code Postal Circle Name 11 Andhra Pradesh 16 Gujrat 21 Karnataka 24 Maharashtra 29 Tamil Nadu	Postal Circle Code Postal Circle Name 12 Assam 14 Chhattisgarh 20 Jharkhand 23 Madhya Pradesh 25 North East 26 Odisha 32 West Bengal	Postal Circle Code Postal Circle Name 22 Kerala	Postal Circle Code Postal Circle Name 15 Delhi 19 Jammu & Kashmir 27 Panjab 30 Uttar Pradesh 31 Uttrakhand	Postal Circle Code Postal Circle Name 13 Bihar 17 Haryana 18 Himanchal Pradesh 28 Rajasthan

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Payment of Arrears w.e.f. 01-01-1996 to 18-02-2003 to Railway Accounts Officer: Supreme Court dismissed the Review Petition

Payment of Arrears w.e.f. 01-01-1996 to 18-02-2003 to Railway Accounts Officer: Supreme Court dismissed the Review Petition

SUPREME COURT DISMISSED THE REVIEW PETITION ON PAYMENT OF ARREARS W.E.F. 01-01-1996 TO 18-02-2003 to RAILWAY ACCOUNTS OFFICER

Text reproduced of Court Order:-
CHAMBER MATTER

SECTION XIA

SUPREME  COURT  OF  INDIA
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

REVIEW PETITION (C) NO(s). 1494 OF 2013 IN SLP(C) 9832/2013
U.O.I. & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

JOSE SEBASTIAN & ORS.

Respondent(s)

(With appln(s) for stay,c/delay in filing review petition)
Date: 01/08/2013  This Petition was circulated today.

CORAM :
HON'BLE  THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR
By Circulation
UPON perusing papers the Court made the following ORDER
Application for hearing in open Court is rejected.
Delay condoned.
The review petition is dismissed in  terms  of  the  signed order.

[Madhu Bala]         [Savita Sainani]
Sr.PA                         Court Master
(Signed order is placed on the file)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

2.     REVIEW PETITION (Civil) No. 1494 OF 2013
IN SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) No. 9832  OF 2013
Union of India & Ors

.... Petitioner(s)

Versus

Jose Sebastian & Ors

....  Respondent(s)

ORDER

Application for hearing in open Court is rejected.
Delay condoned.
We have carefully gone through the review petition  and  the connected papers.  We find no merit in the  review  petition  and  the same  is accordingly dismissed.

....................................CJI.

(P. SATHASIVAM)

.......................................J.

(JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR)

NEW DELHI;
AUGUST 01, 2013
Source: http://courtnic.nic.in/supremecourt/temp/rc%20149413p.txt

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Special Leave Petition (Civil) 9832 OF 2013 Order & Judgement:

ITEM NO.25 COURT NO.2 SECTION XIA

SUPREME   COURT   OF   INDIA
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil)....../2013
CC 1997/2013
(From the judgement and order  dated 27/03/2012 in WPC No.22276/2007 of  The
HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM)
UNION OF INDIA & ORS

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

JOSE SEBASTIAN & ORS

Respondent(s)

(With appln(s) for c/delay in filing SLP)
Date: 25/02/2013  This Petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P. SATHASIVAM
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR
For Petitioner(s)       Ms. Manita Verma,Adv.
Ms. Sukhbeer Kaur Bajwa,Adv.
Mr. Shreekant N. Terdal,Adv.
For Respondent(s)       Ms. Sumita Hazarika,Adv.
Mr. Ezekial Jarain,Adv.
UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following ORDER
Heard learned  counsel  for  the  parties  and  perused  the relevant material.
Delay condoned.
We do not find any legal and valid ground for  interference.
The special leave petition is dismissed.

[Madhu Bala]         [Savita Sainani]
Sr.PA                         Court Master

Source: http://courtnic.nic.in/supremecourt/temp/pc%20199713p.txt

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Judgement and order dated 27/03/2012 in WPC No.22276/2007 of The HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE THOTTATHIL  B.RADHAKRISHNAN
&
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR

TUESDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF MARCH 2012/7TH CHAITHRA 1934

WP(C).No. 22276 of 2007 (Z)
OA.671/2003 of CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL,ERNAKULAM BENCH DATED
30.06.2006
PETITIONER(S):

1.  UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD), RAIL BHAVAN
NEW DELHI.
2.  THE GENERAL MANAGER,
SOUTHERN RAILWAY, PARK TOWN P.O., CHENNAI-600 003.
3.  THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
INDIA, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, NEW DELHI.

BY ADV. SRI.JAMES KURIAN, SC, RAILWAYS

RESPONDENT(S):

1.  JOSE SEBASTIAN, S/O. P.A.SEBASTIAN,
JUNIOR ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT (RETD.)
DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTS OFFICE, SOUTHERN RAILWAY
TRIVANDRUM-14, RESIDING AT KRISHNA LODGE
KANNERTHUMUKKU, TRIVANDRUM-14.
2.  SOUDAMINI HARIDAS, W/O. MR. HARIDAS,
JUNIOR ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT, DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTS
OFFICE, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, TRIVANDRUM-14
RESIDING AT KMRA-125, KUNNATHUMUKKU, TRIVANDRUM-14.
3.  R.SHAILAJA NAIR, D/O. MR. K.N.PILLAI,
JUNIOR ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT, DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTS
OFFICE, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, TRIVANDRUM-14
RESIDING AT ROSE COTTAGE, TC 15/882, COTTON HILL
TRIVANDRUM-10.
4.  AJITHA T.NAIR, W/O. MR. S.THULASEEDHARAN
NAIR, JUNIOR ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT
DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTS OFFICE, SOUTHERN RAILWAY
TRIVANDRUM-14, RESIDING AT UDIYANNOOR PUTHEN, VEEDU
KUTHIRAKALAM P.O., VEMBAYAM, TRIVANDRUM.
LSN                                                       

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WP(C).No. 22276 of 2007 (Z)

5.  SINDHU HARIKUMAR, W/O. MR. HARIKUMAR,
JUNIOR ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT, DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTS
OFFICE, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, TRIVANDRUM-14
RESIDING AT TC 16/2429, SINDHU NIVAS, VALIYASALA
TRIVANDRUM.
6.  CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL,
REPRESENTED BY THE REGISTRAR
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, ERNAKULAM.

R1 TO R5 BY ADV. SRI.T.C.GOVINDA SWAMY
BY ADV. SRI.P.V.ABDUL SAMAD
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL)  HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD  ON
27-03-2012, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
LSN
WP(C).No. 22276 of 2007 (Z)

APPENDIX

PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS:
P1:  COPY OF THE O.A. NO. 671/2003 WITH ANNEXURES DATED NIL.
P2:  COPY OF THE REPLY STATEMENT WITH ANNEXURE DATED 14/01/2004.
P3:  COPY OF THE REJOINDER DATED 20/02/2004.
P4:  COPY OF THE ADDITIONAL REPLY STATEMENT DATED 23/04/2007.
P5:  COPY OF THE ORDER O.A. NO. 671/2003 DATED 30/06/2006.
P6:  COPY OF THE ORDER IN CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 57/03 DATED 03.06.2003.
RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL
//TRUE COPY//
P.A. TO JUDGE.
LSN
THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN &
C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JJ.
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W.P.(C)No.22276 of 2007
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Dated this the 27th day of March, 2012

JUDGMENT

Thottathil B.Radhakrishnan, J.

The short issue is whether the respondents ,who are Railway employees, are entitled to arrear of pay on revision of scales with effect from 1.1.1996. They were refused such benefit till 18.2.2003 as per Annexure-A3.
That has been interfered with by the Tribunal. We find no rationale to refuse relief to the Railway employees particularly when such relief has been granted to the employees of the other sector covered by the Pay Commission Order.
We find no jurisdictional error or legal infirmity to say that there is any injustice against the establishment on the basis of the impugned order. No ground made out for interference under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India.
The writ petition fails and accordingly it is dismissed. No costs.

Sd/-
THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN
Judge

Sd/-
C.T.RAVIKUMAR
Judge

TKS/27.3.2012
Source: http://judis.nic.in/judis_kerala/qrydisp.aspx?filename=248588

CBDT: Tax deductors who default in depositing TDS by due date shall be liable for prosecution

CBDT: Tax deductors who default in depositing TDS by due date shall be liable for prosecution

 Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance

06-August-2013 13:20 IST

CBDT:  Tax Deductors Who Default In Depositing TDS by Due Date Shall be Liable for Prosecution

It has come to the notice of Income Tax Department that many times the tax deductors, after deducting TDS from specified payments, are deliberately not depositing the taxes so deducted in Government account and continue to deploy the funds so retained for business purposes or for personal use. Such retention of Government dues beyond the due date is an offence liable for prosecution under Section 276B of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The defaulter, if convicted, can be sentenced to Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for a term which can extend upto seven years.

The TDS units of Income Tax Department have been taking up prosecution proceedings in suitable cases where TDS has been retained beyond the due date. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has partly modified existing guidelines for identification of cases for launching prosecution. As per the revised guidelines, the criterion of minimum retention period of 12 months has been dispensed with. For the benefit of public at large, it is now clarified that defaulters, who have retained the TDS deducted and failed to deposit the same in Government account within due date, shall be liable for prosecution, irrespective of the period of retention.


However, the offence u/s 276B of the Income Tax Act can be compounded by Chief Commissioner having jurisdiction on the case, either before or after the launching of prosecution proceedings. In the recent past, several defaulters have submitted petitions for compounding of such offences and compounding orders have also been passed by the Competent Authority in suitable cases.

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PIB

7CPC Seventh Pay Commission and Merger of DA: Demand by Delhi BJP President Vijay Goel

7CPC Seventh Pay Commission and Merger of DA: Demand by Delhi BJP President Vijay Goel

 "Thus, at present, DA is more than 80 per cent of the basic pay but it is not made part of the basic pay."

    "The Delhi BJP chief said the government should set up the Seventh Pay Commission."

Centre's proposed DA hike too little too late: BJP

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP today termed hike in dearness allowance (DA), proposed to be announced by the government, as 'too less and too late' and demanded its merger with the employees' basic pay.

"In the wake of rising prices of all essential commodities, inflation has been hurting not only government employees but also the poor and the middle class. The latest DA hike proposed to be announced by the government is too less and too late," said Delhi BJP President Vijay Goel.

Goel said the Fifth Pay Commission had recommended that if the DA crosses more than 50 per cent then it should be clubbed with the basic pay.


"This provided some relief to government employees. But this was discontinued in the Sixth Pay Commission. Thus, at present, DA is more than 80 per cent of the basic pay but it is not made part of the basic pay. Now, the DA is expected to increase by 10 to 11 per cent but the government is not waking up," he said in a statement.

The Delhi BJP chief said the government should set up the Seventh Pay Commission.

Source: economictimes
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/centres-proposed-da-hike-too-little-too-late-bjp/articleshow/21628817.cms

EPS-Employees' Pension Scheme may soon be merged with New Pension Scheme (NPS)

EPS - Employees' Pension Scheme may soon be merged with New Pension Scheme (NPS)

My pension is better than yours, FM tells labour ministryEPS asked to fold up and hand over subscribers to NPS

The Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), which provides retirement benefits to about 85.5 million subscribers of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), may soon be merged with its rival, the New Pension Scheme (NPS).

The finance ministry has asked EPS, run by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), a statutory body under the labour ministry, to close down and shift its beneficiaries to NPS 'on a mandatory basis'.

NPS is run by the finance ministry with no contribution from the government or any guaranteed benefits to subscribers.

EPS should be wound up or ‘grandfathered’, said Finance Minister P Chidambaram in a letter to former labour minister Mallikarjun Kharge in August 2012.

Incidentally, a World Bank study using PROST (Pension Reform Options Simulation Toolkit) model had in July 2011 certified EPS as a sustainable scheme. 'In view of the size of the scheme, the base shortfall is insignificant because if assumptions are even slightly modified, the shortfall turns into a surplus,' the study noted.


Chidambaram’s letter to Kharge was recently followed up with a meeting between officials of the EPFO, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and the finance ministry, with the EPFO officials making a strong case for keeping EPS alive.

According to Chidambaram, EPS’ guaranteed and defined benefits - the features that make it attractive to subscribers - are untenable. 'A defined benefit pension scheme like EPF with a committed liability at the end would be subject to constant calibration of either benefit structure or the contribution structure or a combination of both to meet that liability. All this puts constant pressure on finances…' he said in the letter.

He added that the financial viability of EPS was a concern and that any parametric change to EPS may not yield to long-term financial sustainability of EPS. 'It is recommended that EPS may be grandfathered and all new employees covered under the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 may be brought under the New Pension Scheme on mandatory basis rather than tinkering with the benefit structure to guarantee a minimum pension of Rs 1,000.'

The letter suggested the government had for long been considering shutting down EPS. 'In view of the persistent deficit in the EPS, it has been suggested repeatedly by the Department of Financial Services that it would be better to cap the financial liability of the Government by closing EPS at the earliest and switching over to NPS.'

Chidambaram suggested that officials in the ministry and PFRDA would engage with officials in the labour ministry to work out the modalities of the transition. He added that while on the hand, switching over to NPS would be beneficial for the employees as they would get decent returns and adequate pension, on the other, the government would be free from any open-ended and financially unsustainable liability of EPF.

EPFO officials said that the pension scheme is becoming a victim of turf war between different government departments. 'Each department wants its scheme to survive,' said an official.

The NPS architecture is based on strong IT infrastructure, which allows prompt client servicing and can provide real-time information on investment returns... Further, it is cost-effective and provides portability of account, Chidambaram said in the letter.

Source:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/my-pension-is-better-than-yours-fm-tells-labour-ministry-113080500847_1.html