JAO LICE not conducted for the past 7 years - JAO posts massively abolished under the “Restructuring of Manpower” - BSNLEU writes to the CMD BSNL demanding to take steps for holding the JAO LICE early..

BSNLEU has written a detailed letter to the CMD BSNL today, demanding to take early steps for the conducting of the JAO LICE. The last JAO LICE was conducted in 2016. This exam is not conducted for the past 7 years. The reason is that, there is no vacancy in the cadre of JAO. This is because, the Management has upgraded 1,400 JAO posts in to AO posts. Further, JAO posts are massively abolished in the name of “Restructuring of Manpower”. At present, the sanctioned JAO posts are only 2,075 whereas the number of JAOs working today is 22,881. BSNLEU has stated in it’s letter that, JAO posts have been abolished in a haphazard manner and without making any scientific study. Hence, BSNLEU has demanded that, a realistic review of the Restructuring of Manpower needs to be done, so that sufficient JAO posts are created for holding the JAO LICE.