Unnecessary expenditure on Court cases by BSNL Management – BSNLEU raises concern on Compassionate Ground Appointments to get the Presidential Order.

It has become a recurring practice for the BSNL Management to engage in prolonged court battles against the genuine demands of its employees, leading to avoidable expenditure of BSNL. One such instance is the issue concerning the Presidential Order for the employees recruited on Compassionate Ground Appointments. Employees appointed on or after 01.10.2000, as nominees of DoT/DTS/DTO employees who died in harness up to 30.09.2000, have been subjected to discriminatory treatment. Despite a clear order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 26.07.2023 granting relief in such cases, the Management has limited the implementation of the judgment only to those individuals who approached the court, while denying the same benefits to other similarly placed employees. This selective implementation is unjust and contrary to the principles of equality. BSNLEU has strongly protested this approach and has written to the CMD BSNL, urging that instead of wasting resources on litigation, the Management should uniformly extend the benefits of the Supreme Court judgment to all eligible candidates. The Union has specifically demanded that Presidential Offer (PO) be issued to the remaining candidates who are similarly placed and have already approached the court seeking justice on the same grounds.