Regular Mazdoors appointed against the posts sanctioned by the DoT should be allowed to opt for Old Pension System- BSNLEU writes to the Secretary, Telecom.

The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare letter no. DoP&PW No. 37/05/2021-P&PW dated 03.03.2023, issued a notification for giving option to join the Old Pension System (OPS). Based on this letter, BSNLEU has already written a letter to the Secretary, Telecom, on 12.05.2023, demanding that the employees who were recruited against the posts notified / advertised as on 22.12.2003, should also be allowed to opt for the Old Pension System(OPS). In addition to this, in BSNL, there are employees who were earlier part time casual labourers, who were subsequently converted into full time casual labourers and thereafter regularised as RMs. It is a matter of fact that these officials are regularised against the posts which were transferred to BSNL, by the DoT. Since these employees are regularised against the posts sanctioned by the DoT, before formation of BSNL, BSNLEU has written a letter to the Secretary, Telecom today, demanding that such officials should also be permitted to given option to join the Old Pension System (OPS) and that they should also be permitted to join the GPF.