Violation of the decision in the matter of verification of the caste certificates of the ST employees - General Secretary raises with the Director (HR).

As regards the verification of the caste certificates of the ST employees of Maharashtra circle is concerned, the Director(HR) assured in the Formal Meeting held with BSNLEU on 14-01-2020 that, the direction of the DoP&T letters on the subject would be implemented. Accordingly, direction was given to the CGM, Maharashtra that, the task of verification of caste certificates should be taken up with the District Collectors / Magistrates, by the BSNL Management itself. In the meanwhile, the Establishment Branch of the Corporate Office issued a letter on 20-01-2020 stating that, the ST employees who had opted for VRS, should approach the Scrutiny Committees for the verification of their caste certificates. This letter naturally created a confusion among the affected ST employees. Hence, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, telephonically raised this issue with Shri Arvind Vadnerkar, Director (HR), who is in Chennai. The Director (HR) categorically told that, the Establishment Branch letter is applicable only to the VRS optees. He also clarified that this direction became unavoidable, since the VRS optees have to be relieved on 31-01-2020.