30th August, 2007 At last our persuasion has yielded results! The matter to provide STD and roaming facility on GSM connections which was pending in the Management Committee for some time has finally been approved in the meeting on 30th August 2007.

29th August, 2007CEC meeting of UP(East) Circle was held on 29th of August at Barabanki, UP. It was attended by CGM UP(E), Shri Om Veer Singh, GM(A) Shri A.K.Srivasatava, GM(Mobile) Shri G.C.Shrivasatava, DGM(A) Shri V.P. Singh, TDM Barabanki Shri Kazmi. General Secretary, AGS Com. Khan, Circle President Mahendra Singh, CS Pallab Bose, and Chairman Org. Community of Barabanki Shri Jai Mal along with other CEC members participated in the meeting. A grand seminar on the topic 'Long term planning and Management' was held and deliberations were made on the subject. It was attended by approx. 400 delegates from UP(E) Circle.

On 30th August 2007 Com. Mahendra Singh, Com. Pallab Bose along with AGS attended a General Body meeting at Varanasi, UP(E). Farewell of our ex-district Secretary Com. Hari Om along with five other comrades was held. Deliberations were held and Comrades were briefed about the recent developments taking place at CHQ level. Questions were also raised on the working style of GM Varanasi and the matter was taken quite seriously both by Circle & CHQ.

28th August, 2007GS writes to CMD BSNL on finalization and promulgation of Gr A RRs and regularization of Adhoc STS – a holistic, not piecemeal, approach important and immediately warranted. >>>>>>>>>>>

A) Issue of deferred option to continue in CDA scale: Secy/DOT informed that he spoke very recently again to Secy/DPE, pleading with him to resolve the issue on the lines on which it has been justified by DOT and give necessary clearance.

 B) Decision of BSNL Board to recruit MTs from outside without finalizing Gr A RRs: We conveyed to Secy/DOT that the decision of BSNL Board to recruit MTs from outside at STS without finalizing Gr A RRs is arbitrary and unjustified and that we strongly oppose such a decision. Secy/DOT assured that he will try to find out why this is being done. GS also strongly pleaded with Secy/DOT to immediately put all promotions to JAG/SAG/HAG in BSNL on hold till such time absorption process of ITS Gr A is concluded. Our argument and justification on this issue was well received by Secy/DOT.       

24th August, 2007 Finally the orders relating to counting of residency period from 1.10.2000 have been issued. We are extremely thankful the Comrades of Civil, Electrical, Architecture, Telecom Factories, CSS, Accounts and Finance who stood with us with tremendous patience and supported in our endeavour. Congratulations to one and all >>>>>>>>>

23rd August, 2007 The association met Sr.DDG(BW), Shri Bindal and discussed the following issues.

1. Pending Request transfers: It was requested that all the SDEs who have completed 3 yrs of service in a particular station , there cases should be immediately considered. It was assured that all such cases will be scrutinized and the cases will be put up for approval.

2. Use of resultant vacancies arising out of EE(C) promotion: It was emphasized that the resultant vacancies should be utilized for regularizing SDE(adhoc) and then remaining should be used for regular promotion in the cadre of SDE.

23rd August, 2007Posting & transfer of officers of STS to ITS Gr. A -regarding>>>>>>>>>

22th August, 2007 Promotion from SDE(C) to EE(C) >>>>>>>>>>>>>

22th August, 2007Applicability of ACP Scheme to the BSNL Employees as per CDA scales applicable in Government set up-clarification reg.>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 21st August, 2007About 150 members of SNEA(I) from Circles of Delhi, Corporate office, UP(W) and Punjab participated in a silent protest held on 21^st August from 0930 hrs to 1130 hrs at Scope Complex, CGO/Lodhi Road, venue of the meeting of 2^nd pay panel of CPSUs. Members holding highly colourful placards with slogans “we demand immediate merger of 50% IDA with basic”, “Honour commitments of Hon’ble PM”, “we pray for justice” and “save CPSUs - save India” caught prominent attention of the members of the pay panel as well as its Chairman, Justice Rao. Jt Secy/north, Circle Secy/Punjab and Circle Secy and President of UP(W) also participated in the protest action. We highly admire the spirit and commitment of our comrades of UP(W) who came in huge numbers at very short notice from SSAs of Agra, Mathura, NOIDA, Ghaziabad and Meerut to participate in the protest. CS/UP(W) , Com yadav, took lot of pains to ensure participation of members of UP(W) in the protest. Com C.B.Singh, CWC/UP(W) and AGS, Com Sukhvir Singh, also participated. Great efforts were made by Com khan, our AGS, Com A. Kaul CS/Delhi and Com G.Das, CS/ corporate office to make the protest action successful and colourful too.           

In support of our demand of merger of 50% IDA with basic, massive demonstration was held at Kolkatta and Bangalore and other SSAs of Karnataka and West Bengal Circle. At Chennai also massive demonstration was held.  

Final orders for extending the benefit of first financial upgradation from 1.10. 2000 in upgraded IDA scales for Civil/Electrical/TFs/Architecture/JAOs etc likely to be issued within a couple of days. The proposal has been cleared by BSNL board nearly three weeks before.

Filling up of posts of SDEs in Civil/Electrical/TFs etc. on account of their promotion to EEs on adhoc basis is under active consideration of the BSNL Management.

19th August, 2007More than 300 Comrades attended open session of 25th District conference of Hyderabad District of our Organization. The open session was addressed by CGM/AP, PGM/Hyderabad, CHQ President/SNEA(I), NCOA/President, GS, Circle Secretary/AP, District Secretary BSNL EU and AIBSNL EA. The address of CGM/AP was quite stimulating, explaining in detail as to what needs to be done by the field units to capture telecom market and strongly emphasizing on improving customer interface and quality of service.

 18th August, 2007CEC meeting of AP Circle at Hyderabad: CHQ president, Com S.L.Reddy, NCOA/President, Com W. Seshagiri Rao and GS addressed CEC meeting of AP Circle at Hyderabad on 18^th August ,07. GS gave a detailed account of all the developments at the central level, relating to both the cadre issues as well as those relating to the viability of BSNL.

16th August, 2007SNEA to hold Lunch/Closing hour demonstrations at Circle /SSA HQrs on 21^st August 2007 in  solidarity with our Comrades of Oil Sector Executives agitating for merger of 50% DA. All the activists /Office bearers are requested to make the programme a grand success.

16th August, 2007Country wide lunch hour demonstration on 21^st August,07 in support of indefinite strike by Oil Sector Executives for merger of 50% IDA with Basic. SNEA issues notice to CMD BSNL >>>>>>>>>>>

16th August, 2007Unruly behaviour of Executive Engineer/Electrical- Varanasi under CE Electrical, UP East Circle – Immediate action absolutely essential. GS addresses Director (HRD) >>>>>>>>>>>

13th August, 2007Serious development: BSNL Board has taken decision to recruit 300 MTs from outside at STS in disciples of engineering, finance, marketing and HR. What is very serious is that while BSNL board has acted with utmost urgency in finalizing the eligibility condition for recruitment of MTs from outside and initiating action for their recruitment, it is not at all concerned to finalize Gr A RRs and decide regularization of about 4000 adhoc STS officers. While insensitivities and complete lack of concern of ITS dominated BSNL management towards reasonable career upliftment of JTOs, SDEs, DEs and officers promoted there from is not a new phenomenon, what is really important for us is to get ready for a tough and prolonged fight to force the Management to put in place immediately Gr A RRs and regularize adhoc STS officers. We have to act organizationally to stop outside recruitment at STS. Let us start getting ready and make complete preparation to defeat the designs of BSNL Management.              

9th August, 2007 CMD called a meeting of the Joint forum of BSNL to discuss the issue of introduction of VRS against which the unions and associations have been holding protest actions. At the very outset, Director (HRD) informed the joint forum that a proposal has been sent by BSNL to DOT regarding introduction of VRS scheme in BSNL. Director(HRD) further stated that since the proposal was in an elementary stage, and the opinion of DOT was yet to be received, it was not discussed with the representatives of unions/associations. CMD, on his part, spelt out the target of about 125 million GSM lines that he has set for BSNL for the next three years in order to make it sure that BSNL retains a market share of at least 35% in the telecom sector. CMD talked of drastic attitudinal changes to be brought about BSNL employees and officers in a big way and cited the example of “AZIM PREMJI, chief of WIPRO, walking into his chamber to his great astonishment not to talk business, but to generally talk on matters relating to telecom growth”. CMD appealed to the representatives of the joint forum to percolate this message to the grass root level to create a culture where every employee of BSNL acts in a highly professional manner and creates an environment of extreme competitiveness. Our GMs, heads of SSAs, must learn from this visit of WIPRO chief since they are overtaken by ego and just do no move out of their chambers to meet potential business users and have miserably failed to create an environment of business in BSNL. Our Comrades at JAG, STS and TES Gr B must also get tremendous inspiration from this business like attitude of WIPRO Chief since they also continue to be functioning in a conservative manner and are yet to transform in a big way. On the issue of introducing of VRS, CMD said that no further action would be taken on the issue of VRS without consulting the representatives of unions and associations and discussing it with them. 

The representatives of unions and associations generally expressed their strong opposition towards any kind of attempt to introduce VRS and urged upon CMD to completely abandon the move. GS/SNEA (I) spoke about the move being highly ill conceived and ill timed because the present decline in the market share and revenues of BSNL is not at all due to excess manpower, but basically due to complete non availability of equipment for which the management is responsible and to link the present situation to excess manpower only reflects that BSNL management is only escaping its responsibility by diverting the issue. GS strongly pleaded with CMD to make all out efforts to procure GSM/Broadband equipment on top most priority and not to distract BSNL employees and officers by such counterproductive measures. It is not that we have equipment in abundance and are not growing. If that is the situation, we can understand introducing such measures, contended GS. We have a contrary situation and the move should be completely dropped, it was argued by GS/SNEA (I).      

After the meeting with CMD, joint forum had its internal meeting in which it was decided to hold an “All India convention at Delhi on 5^th Sept.,07 to decide future course of action and the strategy to be adopted on the issue of GSM tender”.

Meeting with Director(HRD): GS and AGS, Com khan, met Director(HRD0 and yet again pleaded with him to expedite DPC from TES Gr B to adhoc STS. Director(HRD) felt that DOT has to take action for finalization of TES Gr B seniority list on the basis of which DPC could be held.

Meeting with Director (O) : We met Director (O) and requested him to take appropriate action to extend STD/roaming on service mobile. Director (O) assured to take immediate action to release orders for extending these facilities.

8th August, 2007GS and AGS, Com khan, met CMD and, in addition to extending complete support of our Association in achieving the objectives, relating to growth, set about by him, we pleaded with him to have a fresh look at some of the outstanding unresolved issues of the promotion policy like service weightage, no outside recruitment at STS etc. CMD informed us that he would discuss these issues with Director(HRD) so as to get fully apprised of these issues and then get back to us.

13th August, 2007Minutes of the meeting held with Secretary(T), DoT on 2nd August 2007.>>>>>>>

9th August, 2007 Congratulations to our valiant comrades of Rajasthan who executed a sustained and successful campaign against rotational transfer.

7th August, 2007GS addresses Secretary DOT on Commitment of BSNL Management on service weightage – relevant documents - “Time bound promotion and service weightage: In the proposed IDA pay scales for executives, approved by the management committee of BSNL, it has been suggested under the promotional avenues, that the executives in BSNL will be allowed up gradation to the next higher IDA pay scale on a time bound basis, varying between 4-6 years, as may be prescribed for each scale and other attendant conditions up to the IDA pay scale of JAG selection grade, beyond which it will depend upon availability of posts and their suitability and selection for promotion. As regards the weightage for the past service is concerned, this point will be separately discussed and decided.”  >>>>>>>>>>

6th August, 2007We understand that an impression has been given that SNEA simply joined meeting that was granted by Secretary (T) to AIBSNLEA.  This is completely untrue as is clear from the following letter.  >>>>>>>>>

2nd August, 2007Unsettled issues relating to promotion policy revisited – Meeting with Secy/DOT on 2^nd August,07.

Secy/DOT held a meeting with the representatives of our Association and AIBSNLEA on the unresolved issues of promotion policy which were discussed in the meeting with him on 10^th Jan,07. The official side, in addition to Secy/DOT, was represented by Member(F), Member(S), Member(T), Addl Secy/DOT, Jt Secy(T)/DOT, DDG(EF)/DOT, DDG(E)/DOT, DDG(SR)/DOT and Director(SR)/DOT. Our Association was represented by GS, AGS, Com A.A.Khan and AIBSNLEA by their CHQ President, GS and Treasurer.   

At the very outset, while expressing our gratitude to Secy/DOT for convening the meeting, we informed him that in the meeting on 10^th Jan.,07, when the orders on promotion policy were yet to be issued, we were specifically asked to wait for issuing of orders on promotion policy and their implementation and the after that raise issues which have not been addressed. Now that orders on promotion policy have been, by and large, implemented, it is high and appropriate time that a serious and immediate consideration is given to very important unresolved issues relating to promotion policy. Accordingly, Secy/DOT and other senior officers of DOT were fully apprised of the following issues in a comprehensive manner and urged upon to settle the issues at the earliest.      

A) Functional promotion on time bound basis up to SG/JAG: We explained in detail the commitment made to Gr B officers at the time of their absorption in BSNL that promotions from JTO to SG/JAG would be on a time bound basis, the periodicity varying from 4 to 6 years. Beyond SG/JAG, promotions shall, however, be linked to the actual availability of posts. This is contained in the terms and conditions of absorption of Gr B in the form of presidential orders. The interpretation of BSNL Management that only scales and not posts are to be given on time bound basis is nothing but clear breach of Presidential Orders. What is extremely pertinent in this context is that posts are basically not required for functional promotions up to SG/JAG and it is only after that posts are actually needed. Thus the argument of BSNL management that for promotions from JTO to SG/JAG on a time bound basis posts are needed is completely untenable. On this issue, however, Secy/DOT’s response was not quite responsive and encouraging.

B) Service weightage; Unless some weightage to the service rendered in DOT prior to absorption in BSNL is given, a highly anomalous situation is going to prevail wherein officials with 10 years of service shall get first financial upgradation along with those having put in 4 years of service. This is quite undesirable from point of view of manpower management and shall lead to widespread demoralization. Besides, point to point fixation is in no way linked to service weightage. Ex Secy/DOT suggested on a number of occasions to BSNL Management to evolve some kind of mechanism by which this kind of anomalous situation would be taken care of, we informed Secy/DOT. The response of Secy/DOT on this issue was quite encouraging and positive.   

C) No outside recruitment at STS: We very strongly pleaded that there is absolutely no justification and need to induct MTs at STS from outside when highly qualified and adequately screened JTOs are already available in BSNL. These JTOs after getting full exposure to functioning of BSNL for a reasonable time are most suited to go to STS through competitive means to take over higher responsibilities in the Organization. Moreover, the argument of the BSNL Management that Management Graduates with                 B Tech are quite needed at STS level is untenable because no Management graduate even from a B category management school is going to join BSNL in STS scale. If BSNL management wants lateral induction in BSNL, the most appropriate level would be SAG because Management graduates may be inclined to join at that level. Ex- Secy/DOT was also of firm view that lateral induction in BSNL should be SAG level and that there should be absolutely no outside recruitment at levels below SAG, we informed Secy/DOT, who appeared to be quite convinced about our arguments.     

D) First financial gradation after five years for those not reaching minimum of the scale in four years: Huge number of JTOs are not reaching minimum of next scale even in six years from the date of their absorption/recruitment in BSNL and they are going to get their first financial up gradation after six years. When all subsequent financial up gradations up to SG/JAG have been capped at five years, there appears to be no justification whatsoever to cap the first financial up gradation at six years which is highly discriminatory, Secy/DOT, was apprised, who took a very positive note of the observations made by us.

E) Regularization of adhoc STS and continuing abnormal delay in holding DPC for promotion from SDE to adhoc STS; Very strongly we conveyed the resentment and large scale demoralization on account of continuing delay in holding DPC from SDE to STS on adhoc basis, even though nearly 4000 STS vacancies are available as on date. Highly agitated and disgusting feelings of our comrades throughout the country on account of continuing delay in holding DPC and non regularization of existing adhoc STS was communicated in very strong terms. While ITS officers not absorbed in BSNL are getting regular and interrupted promotions from STS to JAG, JAG to SAG and SAG to HAG, it is unfortunate and unacceptable that Gr B officers absorbed in BSNL are not even getting adhoc promotion to STS. Nothing can be more unjust than this grave injustice. Secy/DOT appeared to be quite concerned and visibly upset.

F) Issue of deferred option to continue in CDA pay scale up to the date of promotion/retirement: On this issue, Secy/DOT lost no time in informing us that the issue is being dealt at highest level by Member(F)/DOT with the concerned officers in DPE.

G) Benefit of five years of qualifying service to Gr B officers having put in 20 years of service and seeking VRS: Secy/DOT informed that this issue is being dealt with by Member(F)/DOT with DOP&PW and that its settlement will be further expedited.

H) Issue of pension under rule 37 A- withdrawal of the order stating that payment of pension by the govt. would be restricted to 60% of revenues that it gets from BSNL on account of licence fees, dividends, cess tax etc: Secy/DOT informed that Member(F)/DOT is already seized of the matter and is fully involved in finalizing a cabinet note for consideration of the govt.                

Our first hand impression of the meeting is that Secy/DOT is quite convinced about resolution of certain issues like service weightage, no outside recruitment at STS, first financial upgradation after maximum of five years and is also concerned and upset over abnormal delay in regularization of existing adhoc STS officers and holding of DPC from TES Gr B to STS. We were categorically assured by Secy/DOT that he would get back to us after discussing the issues with BSNL Management, keeping in view our opinion on the issues. Meeting with Secy/DOT was quite useful and raises high hopes of resolution of important unsettled issues of promotion policy. Of course, organizationally, we have to start making hectic and complete preparation to create sufficient pressure on BSNL Management to act decisively.       

2nd August, 2007SNEA invited for formal talks by Secretary to Telecom at 1500 hrs today, 2^nd Aug to discuss and sort out issues already taken up with him by the Assn.

1st August, 2007  Departmental Qualifying Exam for SDE/AEE Civil/Electrical which was scheduled to be held on 20th  to 23rd August-2007 is postponed due to administrative reasons and is rescheduled from 24th to 27th October-2007 vide BSNL CO order No-45-I/2006-DE Dated 01-08-2007.

Break up of competitive quota vacancies.

1st August, 2007 Recruitment Rules of SDE(Telecom), SDE(Electrical), SDE(Civil), SDE(Arch.) & AE(Arch.), SDE(Telecom Factories) amended as 67 % and 33 %( ratio of seniority cum fitness quota to LDCE quota) from existing 75% and 25 % respectively from the vacancy year 2006-07.

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