140 TSMs belonging to Darbhanga district of Bihar circle, were appointed as Regular Mazdoors in 2002. All of them were conferred with the Temporary Status prior to 01.10.2000. However, still Presidential Orders have not been issued to them. Out of these 140 RMs, some employees have died and many others have retired. Due to the non-issuing of Presidential Orders, pension / family pension have not been settled to them. CHQ has taken up this case and has written a detailed letter to the Director (HR).

The CHQ of BSNLEU is receiving complaints from many circles, stating that the Management has stopped honouring the retiring employees with shawl, memento and cash amount. A clear-cut decision has been taken in the 12^th meeting of the BSNL Welfare Board, held on 03.08.2018, that the retiring employees should be honoured with a shawl worth Rs.750/, a memento worth Rs.500/ and a cash amount of Rs.3001/. However, in the name of curtailing expenditures, the Management has stopped implementing the above decision of the Welfare Board. Hence, BSNLEU has written a letter to the Director (HR) today, demanding to implement the Welfare Board decision in honouring the retiring employees with shawl, memento and cash amount. BSNLEU has also demanded that the amount for shawl and memento should be increased, keeping the price rise into consideration.

Before every Membership Verification, the Management will hold and exploratory meeting. All the Applicant Unions and Associations will participate in this meeting and will express their views about the conducting of the Membership Verification. For the forthcoming 9^th Membership Verification also the Management is holding one such Exploratory Meeting. This meeting will take place on 14.06.2022, at 1100 hours, in the BSNL Corporate Office.  Two representatives from each Union/Association can take part in this meeting.

The BSNL Management has unlawfully frozen the IDA increase of the Non-Executives of BSNL, from 01-10-2020 upto 30-06-2021. BSNLEU filed a case in the Hon’ble Kerala High Court. The Court has directed the CMD BSNL to pay the IDA increase to the Non-Executives of BSNL. But, the CMD BSNL delayed the payment. Thereafter, the DoT has written a letter to the CMD BSNL, directing him not to pay the IDA increase to the Non-Executives. BSNLEU has written a letter to the Secretary, Telecom, today, requesting him to reconsider the decision of the DoT, directing CMD BSNL not to pay the IDA arrears to the Non-Executives of BSNL.

Due to the continuous efforts taken by BSNLEU, the Corporate Office has issued letter for holding the BSNL Sports and Cultural Board meeting. Today, BSNLEU has submitted its agenda items, for discussion in the forthcoming meeting of this Board. BSNLEU has many taken important issues of the sports personnel, like holding the All India Sports Meet, settlement of the pending cases for according of career progression / special increments,  enhancing the TA/DA and Kit Allowance  of the sports personnel, providing “ time-off” to the  sports personnel without any hitch and other issues.

The AUAB has written a detailed letter to the CMD BSNL and the Secretary, Telecom; on the need to immediately replace the E1-A pay scale with E2 pay scale and the E2-A pay scale with the E3 pay scale. The AUAB has informed that, it would be constrained to launch agitational programmes, if the issue is not settled immediately. Copy of the AUAB letter is enclosed.

BSNL corporate office has issued advertisement for engaging a top consultant, from among the retired CGM/PGM etc., to be posted in the mobile vertical. The salary for this consultant will be Rs.1, 00,000/ per month, with conveyance of Rs.25, 000/ per month, flight travel etc. The consultant will be initially engaged for six months and would be extended up to 3 years. BSNL has never witnessed engagement of a consultant at such a high level and also for such a long duration. The advertisement gives rise to the suspicion, whether BSNL is a Public Sector company or a private limited company. It is our bitter experience that, consultants have been engaged in BSNL in the past, only to favour certain individuals. BSNL is having a well-defined recruitment system. Hence engagement of consultants at such high level and that too for such a long period, is totally unwarranted. BSNL’s advertisement, contained in the letter cited under reference, has evoked widespread suspicion and resentment among the employees. Hence the AUAB has written to the CMD BSNL, demanding to drop the proposal to engage such a top consultant. AUAB’s letter is enclosed.

In 2008, the Draughtsmen (Civil/Electrical /Telecom), who possessed the requisite educational qualification, were allowed to appear in the JTO (Civil / Electrical) exam, against the 50% quota. In the 26th and 28th meetings of the National Council, the Management had accepted the demand of BSNLEU, for holding one more JTO exam for the left out Draftsman Civil / Electrical/Telecom. However this decision of the National Council has not been implemented. BSNLEU has already raised this issue a number of times. Once again BSNLEU has written to the Director (HR) today, demanding to implement the decision of the National Council.

The results of the JTO LICE, under 50% quota, conducted in Punjab circle on 26.05.2019 are not yet declared, as a result of which the candidates are completely frustrated and demoralised. This problem is out and out a creation of the Punjab circle administration. They conducted the exam, without carrying forward the unfilled vacancies of the previous exam, as a result of which many court cases came. The problem got complicated due to the contradictory statements made by the Punjab circle administration, in the Hon’ble CAT, Chandigarh. BSNLEU has already discussed this issue with the Director (HR) many times. Again, this issue is taken up as an item for discussion in the forthcoming Formal Meeting with the Director (HR).