General Secretary, BSNLEU, meets the CMD BSNL

Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, met Shri P.K. Purwar, CMD BSNL today the 04.09.2023 and discussed important issues related to the employees and the Company. Details of the discussions are updated hereunder:-

1. Conversion from GPF to EPF - case of employees whose Presidential Orders have been cancelled – GS, BSNLEU, discusses with the CMD BSNL.

The Presidential Orders (PO) that had been issued to some BSNL employees have subsequently been cancelled by the DoT. However, they are still continuing in the GPF Scheme. Especially, 73 officials of Odisha circle, working in CNTxE have not been shifted to EPF. They should have been shifted to the EPF Scheme immediately after cancellation of their POs. Many of these employees are in the verge of retirement. If they are not migrated to EPF system immediately, there will be lot of complications at the time of their retirement. BSNLEU has long been taking up this case with the Director (HR) and the PGM(Estt.). However, no improvement has come. Hence, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, took up this issue with Shri P.K. Purwar, CMD BSNL today (04.09.2023) and demanded immediate settlement of the problem. The CMD BSNL told that, implementation of EPF to these officials from the date of their appointment will result in payment of huge amount of penalty to the EPF Organisation by BSNL. At the same time, he assured that the Management will soon find out a methodology to solve this problem.     

2. Special JTO LICE – give opportunity to the qualified candidates, where selected candidates did not join – GS, BSNLEU, requests the CMD BSNL.

Due to the continuous efforts taken by BSNLEU the Special JTO LICE was conducted. This helped the candidates of circles vacancies are not available for the JTO LICE. As per the demand of BSNLEU, the Special JTO LICE was conducted on 18.12.2022. 426 candidates got selected in this Special JTO LICE. But, a number of the selected candidates did not join the training. BSNLEU has already written letter to the CMD BSNL, demanding that the next qualified candidates should be given chance, wherever the selected candidates did not join the training. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, met Shri P.K. Purwar, CMD BSNL today (04.09.2023) and raised this demand once again. The General Secretary argued that, the vacancies should not go unfilled. The CMD BSNL agreed to look into this demand of BSNLEU. 

3. No online TT LICE – BSNLEU tells the CMD BSNL.

On 27.08.2023, the TT LICE has been conducted as an online exam. From the beginning, BSNLEU has been demanding that TT LICE should not be conducted as an online exam, but should be conducted as offline exam. This is because, most of the ATTs are not familiar with computer operation. However, despite the strong opposition of the BSNLEU, Management conducted the TT LICE as online exam. Many of the candidates have informed their circle unions and also the CHQ about their difficulties in appearing in the online exam. In today’s (04.09.2023) meeting with Shri P.K. Purwar, CMD BSNL, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, demanded that, the Management should review it’s decision of holding the TT LICE as online exam. The General Secretary strongly demanded that hereafter the TT LICE should be conducted as offline exam only. The CMD BSNL assured to look into this issue.   

4. Immunity from transfer - case of District Secretary, BSNLEU, Vadodara.

Violating the Corporate Office orders on Immunity from Transfers to the office bearers of the Recognised Unions, the Gujarat circle administration had transferred the District Secretary, BSNLEU of Vadodara to a far off district. Already the CHQ took up this issue with the CMD BSNL. As a result, the transfer has been kept under abeyance till 30.09.2023. In today’s (04.09.2023) meeting with Shri P.K. Purwar, CMD BSNL, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, insisted that, the transfer of DS, BSNLEU, Vadodara, should be cancelled. 

5. Merger of BSNL / MTNL – GS, BSNLEU, discusses with the CMD BSNL.

The government has already taken decision to merge MTNL with BSNL. However, BSNLEU, as well as the Joint Forum have demanded that, certain conditions should be fulfilled before MTNL is merged with BSNL. Recently, report appeared in the media that, MTNL is going to get merged with BSNL soon. In today’s (04.09.2023) meeting with Shri P.K. Purwar, CMD BSNL, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, raised this issue and enquired about it’s status. The CMD BSNL replied that, the Committee of Secretaries that has been formed to recommend on the merger of MTNL with BSNL, has raised a lot of queries with BSNL, which have been duly replied. The CMD BSNL stated that, the issue is still being discussed by the Committee of Secretaries and no final decision has been taken.