Implementation of the Hon’ble Supreme Court order in respect of employees recruited and sent for training by the DoT, but were treated as BSNL Recruitees – BSNLEU writes to the Secretary, Telecom.

A good number of the employees have been recruited and were sent for training by the DoT, before the formation of BSNL. However, before completion of their training, BSNL was formed and all those employees were treated as BSNL Recruitees. Thus, they were not issued with Presidential Orders and were not covered by GPF. BSNLEU repeatedly took up this issue by writing letters to the CMD BSNL and to the Secretary, Telecom. In the meanwhile, the affected employees went to court. Many of the Hon’ble CATs and Hon’ble High Courts gave order in favour of the employees. However, the BSNL Management, as per the directive of the DoT, appealed in the Supreme Court. In the hearing held on 26.07.2023, the Hon’ble Supreme Court dismissed the appeal (SLP) filed by the BSNL. This is a very big victory to the hundreds of employees who have been denied justice. Consequent to this, BSNLEU has written letter to the Secretary, Telecom, today, with copy to the CMD BSNL and the Director (HR), demanding immediate implementation of the Hon’ble Supreme Court order in respect of all the employees who were recruited and sent for training by the DoT, but who were treated as BSNL Recruitees.