Sanctioned Staff Strength in Different Cadres – Corporate Office Issues Notification.

The Corporate Office has issued a notification regarding the sanctioned staff strength in various cadres, from ATT to JTO. The notification provides circle-wise sanctioned strength in the cadres of JTO, JE, TT, and ATT as on 01.02.2020. This appears to be a preparatory step towards conducting departmental examinations in the future. It may be recalled that after the restructuring in 2020, the BSNL Employees Union had raised the demand to relax the restructuring criteria in different cadres to justify a higher number of sanctioned posts, which would, in turn, create more vacancies. Following this notification, it is necessary to assess the vacancy position in each cadre through a comparative study of the sanctioned strength and the existing working strength. It is a fact that in some circles, departmental examinations for JTO and JE cadres could not be conducted due to the shortage of sufficient vacancies. Therefore, it is now essential to verify the latest vacancy position in all circles based on the newly notified sanctioned staff strength.