In 7 th CPC Report - GDS Regarding
Report
of the Seventh CPC
477
Index
Gramin
Dak Sewaks
11.8.48
A demand has been made before the Commission for treating Gramin Dak Sewaks
(GDS)
as civil servants at par with other regular employees for all purposes.
Analysis
and Recommendations
11.8.49
The Commission has carefully considered the demand and noted the following:
a.
GDS are Extra-Departmental Agents recruited by Department of Posts to serve in
rural
areas.
b.
As per the RRs, the minimum educational qualification for recruitment to this
post is
Class
X.
c.
GDS are required to be on duty only for 4-5 hours a day under the terms and
conditions
of
their service.
d.
The GDS are remunerated with Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) on the
pattern
of pay scales for regular government employees, plus DA on pro-rata basis.
e.
A GDS must have other means of income independent of his remuneration as a GDS,
to
sustain himself and his family.
11.8.50
Government of India has so far held that the GDS is outside the Civil Service
of the
Union
and shall not claim to be at par with the Central Government employees. The
Supreme
Court
judgment also states that GDS are only holders of civil posts but not civilian
employees.
The
Commission endorses this view and therefore has no recommendation with regard
to GDS.
We oppose all the above said matters
We decide our future course of action with in short time.
