As per the call of the CHQ, district general body meetings are being organised today to explain about the developments in the Wage Revision issue. The Circle Secretaries are requested to send report to the CHQ as to how the programme is observed in various districts. Report may please be sent with photographs.

Shri Phunchok Dorjey, the General Manager of Ludhiana, who was indulging in sexual harassment of women employees, has finally been shunted out of Ludhiana. He is transferred and is posted in the Punjab CGM Office at Chandigarh. All are aware that, BSNLEU has strongly been demanding action against Shri Phunchok Dorjey and has organised many agitational programmes. It is not the question of action against a particular General Manager, but it is the issue of safeguarding the dignity of working women in BSNL. BSNLEU fought to safeguard the dignity of women employees. But, it is a matter of regret that, leaders of some organisations actively supported Shri Phunchok Dorjey. It is obvious that the Corporate Management hesitated to take appropriate action on Shri Phunchok Dorjey, due to the reasons best known to them. Nevertheless, BSNLEU welcomes this belated action and thanks the Management for the same.  

Media has reported that, 6 senior officers of BSNL are to be dismissed under FR 56 (J). The officers to be sacked include those from the Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Haryana circles, namely Gopi Chand Tolwani, Rajesh Bansal, Pradip Kumar Saha, Asheesh Pathak, Chandragupta Bidika and Suresh Kumar. The officers forced to leave, have allegedly dubious reputations, with charges of corruption and non-performance surfaced against them in the past. In 2014, Tolwani, the then deputy director general of BSNL was caught red-handed by Lokayukta police in Bhopal for accepting a bribe. In another case, in 2015, Bansal was arrested from his house in Patiala by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while he was working as a general manager at BSNL. Similarly, in 2017, Gupta, working as an additional general manager of Microwave Project at Bhubaneswar was caught while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs1 lakh from a contractor.

The BSNL Management is putting in place a Web Portal for tracking the settlement of various claims of the retired employees. The Web address of this Portal is https://pensioners.bsnl.co.in/portal/ . This Portal is likely to come into usage shortly. 

The BSNL Management has arbitrarily issued the Sports Compendium 2022. No discussion is held with the Recognised Unions. It was not discussed in the Sports Board meeting also. Already there is a Career Progression Policy introduced in 2008. Eligible officials have not been given promotion in accordance with the 2008 Policy. All of a sudden, the Management has introduced another Policy which has a lot of lapses. Hence, BSNLEU has written letter to the CMD BSNL, demanding to keep the Compendium 2022 pending and to hold discussion with the Recognised Unions for the finalisation of the new Policy.

नियम 56(जे) के तहत दूरसंचार विभाग के 10 अधिकारियों को बर्खास्त किया गया - संचार मंत्री द्वारा की गई कार्रवाई। 

टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया ने आज खबर दी है कि डीओटी के 10 वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों को एफआर 56(जे) के तहत बर्खास्त किया गया है।  बर्खास्त किए गए 10 अधिकारियों में 9 निदेशक के पद पर हैं और 1 दूरसंचार विभाग का संयुक्त सचिव है।  मीडिया रिपोर्टों के अनुसार, बर्खास्त अधिकारियों की सत्यनिष्ठा संदिग्ध है।  मीडिया की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, भ्रष्टाचार के प्रति 'जीरो टॉलरेंस' के एक भाग के रूप में, श्री अश्विनी वैष्णव, माननीय संचार मंत्री द्वारा यह कठोर कार्रवाई की गई है।  श्री अश्विनी वैष्णव ने रेलवे में गैर-निष्पादन और संदिग्ध सत्यनिष्ठा के लिए 40 अधिकारियों की अनिवार्य सेवानिवृत्ति को भी मंजूरी दे दी है।

Times of India has reported today that, 10 senior officers of the DoT are dismissed under FR 56(J). Among the dismissed 10 officers, 9 are in the rank of Directors and 1 is the Joint Secretary of the DoT. As per media reports, the dismissed officers are with doubtful integrity. This drastic action has been taken by Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon’ble Minister for Communications, as a part of ‘Zero Tolerance’ towards corruption, reports the media. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has also approved the Compulsory Retirement of 40 officers in the railways, for non-performance and doubtful integrity. 

The Uttarakhand circle conference of BSNLEU was held on 24.12.2022. Com.P.Abhimanyu, General Secretary addressed the Conference. Com.K.S. Soun has relinquished the post of circle secretary, since he is retired now. He is elected as the Circle President in the Conference and Com.Devender Singh Bisht, a young and dynamic comrade is elected as the new Circle Secretary.