10-04-2003               THE LONG AWAITING TRANSFER POSTING AND  LOOK AFTER ORDER HAS BEEN RELEASED BY ODISHA CIRCLE. <LOOK AFTER  AGM>> <<LOOK AFTER SDE>> <<SDE TRANSFER>>

   10-04-2013  SDE to DE  promotion Seniority case came up for hearing today at Hon.CAT, Chennai and posted on 15-04-2013.

  08-04-2013GS writes to DIR(HR) requesting for modification of postings of JTOs promoted on 30.03.2011 and posting them to the same Circles.

    08-04-2013   Deployment of ITS officers in BSNL on BSNL posts: SNEA(I), BSNLEU and AIBSNLEA jointly filed petition in the PCAT, New Delhi praying “declare that the Impugned Order dated 11.03.2013, issued by DoT  tantamount to non-compliance of the Orders dated 17.04.2012, 15.02.2013 and 04.03.2013 passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in WP No. 22515/2005”.

01-04-2013     Looking after arrangements by executives availing higher pay scales of pay-proviso and clarification thereof by BSNL Corporate office........ All our suggestions included  <<clarification>>

30 Mar 13: From 1 April 2013, IDA will increase by 3.4% and revised IDA will be 74.9 % replacing present IDA 71.5%

  THE CRICKET PLATOON OF ODISHA THE ODISHA BSNL TEAM  THIS YEAR ALSO HAVE THE  RUNNERS-UP TROPHY IN ALL INDIA BSNL CRICKET.THEY STOOD 2ND IN ALL INDIA.SNEA(I) CONGRATULATES ALL THE TEAM MEMMBERS AND MANAGER ON THE GREAT OCCASION<<PHOTO>>

 22-03-2013      Withdrawal of the system / practice of Local Officiating Arrangement or Local Officiating Promotion in BSNL.Introduction of Look After Arrangement by Executives availing higher scales of pay.<<order1>> <<order2>>

 19-03-2012   Writ petition 1803/2013 filed jointly by SNEA(I), BSNLEU and AIBSNLEA praying for quashing the order of DoT dated 11.3.2013 to deploy unabsorbed ITS to BSNL came up for hearing in the Hon Delhi HC. Hon HC while maintaining that the order of DoT dated 11.3.2013 is a clear infringement of the judgment of the Hon HC in WP 22515/2005 and CM 16683/2013(Application filed by SNEA(I), BSNLEU and AIBSNLEA), however advised the applicants to move applications seeking similar relief at appropriate forum. Hon bench during the course of argument observed that passing any order in the instant writ petition might prejudice contempt proceedings already initiated by the Hon Delhi High Court. We engaged Senior Advocate Sri. Neeraj Kaul and heated arguments took place. UOI represented by Addl Solicitor General and BSNL by Sr Advocte Sri. V. K. Rao. We will be taking further course of action in the coming days.

18-03-2012

04-03-2013Latest status of ITS repatriation CaseAdditional Solicitor General (ASG), UOI again moved an application before the Hon'ble Bench to reconsider the judgment of dismissal of the application filed by UOI (DOT) today morning. Hon'ble High Court again called the concerned Advocates and after hearing the arguments, adhere to its judgment of dismissal of the application pronounced in the morning.

4-3-2013ITS REPATRIATION ISSUEDOT filed a fresh application in Hon. High Court of Delhi last week praying before the Hon. High Court that DOT will comply with the direction of the Hon HC  to end deemed deputation of ITS by repatriating them from BSNL / MTNL to DOT. The application further prayed that DOT in compliance to the decision of the Union Cabinet may be permitted to send repatriated ITS  back to BSNL / MTNL on deputation for a period of 10 years in a diminishing manner.This application of DOT came up for hearing today in the Hon. High Court of Delhi and the application was summarily dismissed. Hon. High Court directed DOT to respect the law of the land and comply with the direction of  Delhi High Court.

03-03-2013THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE OF  SNEA(I)BALASORE  DIVISION WAS HELD IN THE PRESENCE OF CS COM. PABITRA MOHAN KAR,PRESIDENT COM. PRASANNA KUMAR SAHOO,  AND CWC MEMEBER COM.SATYABRATA MISHRA AT BALASORE CLUB  .THE HOSPITALITY SHOWN BY COMRADES OF BALASORE DIVISION WAS VER NICE.  WAS SUPERB AND ALMOST ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT  IN THE MEET .THE SCENIC BEUTY OF THE LOCATION AND THE FACILITIES WERE NOTHING LESS THAN A STAR HOTEL.THE MEETING AND DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT TRENDS AND THE PROBLEMS OF OUR COMRADES WERE THE MAIN AGENDA.LATER IN THE AFTER NOON THE DGM MR SARAT CHANDRA SAHOO HAD JOINED WITH ALL MEMBERS IN THE MEET. MINOR PROBLEMS LIKE MOBILE  SERVICE CONNECTION ETC WERE INFORMED TO DGM . COM. KAILASH CHANDRA BEHERA COM. R.D.MAJHI COM S.S.KAR WERE ELECTED AS DISTRICT SECRETARY ,DISTRICT PRESIDENT ,DIST TREASURER RESPECTIVELY. SNEA(I) ORISSA CIRCLE CONGRATULATES ALL THE MEMBERS OF BALASORE  DIVISION FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE AND BRIGHT BSNL.<<PHOTO1>> <<BALASORE2>>

23-02-2013THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE OF  SNEA(I)BARIPADA  DIVISION WAS HELD IN THE PRESENCE OF CS COM. PABITRA MOHAN KAR,PRESIDENT COM. PRASANNA KUMAR SAHOO, VICE PRESIDENT COM. UMAKANTA PANDA AND CWC MEMEBER COM.SATYABRATA MISHRA.THE MEETING  WAS SUPERB AND ALMOST ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT  IN THE TELEPHONE BHAWAN.THOUGH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON BUT ALMOST ALL MEMBERS FROM ALL PART OF THE DISTRICT WERE PRESENT .THE PARTICIPATION IN THE DISCUSSION  BY THE COMRADES  WAS SUPERB. COM. BIKAS PUTTY, COM. B.L.NAYAK,COM R.K.SAHU WERE ELECTED AS DISTRICT SECRETARY ,DISTRICT PRESIDENT ,DIST TREASURER RESPECTIVELY. SNEA(I) ORISSA CIRCLE CONGRATULATES ALL THE MEMBERS OF BARIPADA DIVISION FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE AND BRIGHT BSNL..   <<PHOTO1>> <<PHOTO2>>

22-02-2013 THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE OF  SNEA(I) KEONJHAR DIVISION WAS HELD IN THE PRESENCE OF CS COM. PABITRA MOHAN KAR,PRESIDENT COM. PRASANNA KUMAR SAHOO, VICE PRESIDENT COM. UMAKANTA PANDA AND CWC MEMEBER COM.SATYABRATA MISHRA.THE MEETING  WAS SUPERB AND ALMOST ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT .THE DISCUSSION OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS OF THE STAFFS AND THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT  IN BSNL AND SNEA CHQ WERE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL.THE MEETING WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH A NICE LUNCH ALONG WITH ALL THE MEMBERS.COM.SRIPATI NAYAK,COM S.C.NAYAK,COM S.C.CHATTAR WERE ELECTED AS DISTRICT SECRRETARY ,DISTRICT PRESIDENT,DIST TREASURER RESPECTIVELY.LATER IN THE EVENING ALL THE ELECTED OFFICE BEARERS ALONG WITH THE SNEA(I) CIRCLE TEAM MET THE  TDM KEONJHAR AND DISCUSSED ALL THE STAFF PROBLEMS CORDIALY WITH  HIM.SNEA(I) CIRCLE HEAD QUARTER THANKS ALL THE LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF KEONJHAR DIVISION FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AND INVOLVEMENT  AND CONGARTULATES ALL FOR THE BEST OF THE BSNL.....<<PHOTO1> <PHOTO2>>    

22-02-2013Meeting with DIR(HR): President, GS and Com M Gopinathan, CS/TN Circle met Sri A N Rai, DIR(HR) on 22.02.’13 and discussed:

a)        Sending reply to DOT on 78.2% IDA merger: DIR(HR) informed that he cleared the reply on 20.02.’13 itself and got the approval of CMD in the same day evening before he leaving the office for foreign tour. We thanked him for the prompt action. Assn met CMD on 20.02.’13 and requested for expeditious actions to send the reply to DOT.

b)        Filling up of all the 2700 vacant STS posts instead of 760 posts: Assn informed DIR(HR) about the discussions with CMD, BSNL on 22.02.’13 on this issue. We explained that approval is given only for the 760 posts lying vacant in the 50% regular promotion quota. All the 2632 posts in the 50% STS quota for MTs are lying vacant today and BSNL Mgt proposed to recruit only 500 MTs, remaining 2132 STS posts has to be filled on Adhoc basis as per BSNLMS RR. Now SDEs promoted in 1994 and 1998 completed 18 and 14 years and waiting for their promotion. Major reasons for court cases are the undue delay in getting promotions and if Mgt is giving promotion to all the vacant posts, we will be able to promote almost all the senior officers promoted upto 1998. DIR(HR) responded very positively and informed us that Mgt will try to promote maximum officers.

Some salient features contained in the Cabinet decision on absorption of ITS Group “A” in BSNL/MTNL:

         Comrades, as reported by us in the last CWC meeting at Chennai on 07^th and 08^th January, 2013, the Cabinet memo contains the following proposals:

• a) Group “A” Absorption process in BSNL/MTNL stands concluded which in effect means that the seniority of the absorbed ITS is delinked from those who would, according to the note, continue on deputation for a fixed time frame. (This undoubtedly paves the way for promotion of absorbed ITS against BSNL posts as CGMs/GMs/DGMs etc).

• b)  All the BSNL posts have to be filled up by absorbed officers to the extent absorbed officers are available on priority basis.(ITS who are to continue on deputation in BSNL/MTNL in accordance to terms and conditions of the Cabinet decision will not be eligible for consideration for promotions against BSNL posts hereinafter. That in essence means that absorbed and eligible JAG will get promotion to SAG and eligible SAG will get promotion as HAG, overriding seniority of those ITS who would be on deputation but are otherwise eligible for promotion in all respects).

• c)  Govt fully empowers BSNL/MTNL to make recruitment to top Management posts which remain unfilled after promotion of eligible absorbed officers. This recruitment would be allowed under provisions of Rule 37which envisages that unabsorbed ITS would be also eligible to be recruited in BSNL/MTNL afresh after they get their pension and retirement benefits from Govt. for the service rendered by them in DOT. Their countdown for seniority in the respective cadres they are recruited in BSNL shall start ab-initio. They will be eligible for further promotions in BSNL.

• d) BSNL/MTNL is allowed to retain the unabsorbed ITS officers on deputation (BSNL-941 and MTNL-83) for a maximum period of 10 years in a diminishing manner ie 10% will be repatriated/retired every year (Majority of repatriation on a year to year basis is from the DGM cadre and retirement from CGM/GM cadre). In MTNL, repatriation will be completed in 3 years time. However, these 941 & 83 unabsorbed ITS on deputation in BSNL/MTNL and about 400 repatriated officers would be eligible for promotion against only 65 posts at HAG/SAG level in DOT which is already filled up (Total DOT posts-463: Advisor / HAG-04, CGM / HAG-05, GM/SAG-56, DGM/JAG-100, STS-280, JTS-18).DOT will be conducting cadre review.

• e) The deemed deputation period from 2005 also stands regularised.

      Comrades, first three provisions cited above, except fourth one, and contained in the Cabinet decision address comprehensively our concerns in so far as our persistent and fundamental demand that BSNL should be led by a management belonging to the Company and posts of BSNL should be earmarked exclusively for absorbed people. These provisions have been included in the Cabinet decision because of strenuous and sustained efforts of the Association and the Joint Forum. Tireless efforts of the Association in the form of consistent and endless interactions with the bureaucracy in DOT and extensive and invaluable inputs that it gave to the concerned officers in DOT dealing with absorption process facilitated and enabled bureaucracy in DOT to include critical and significant provisions in the Cabinet note. The three provisions cited above and contained in the Cabinet decision is a landmark breakthrough as these three core provisions meet our critical concerns comprehensively and the concerns of the Company as well.

We have no words to congratulate our base level membership throughout the Country for their unstinted, unqualified and total support and huge patience that alone helped and enabled us to get these critical provisions included in the Cabinet decision to fully safeguard our career growth in BSNL as well as the growth of the Company. We also take this opportunity to assure our Comrades that whatever adverse provisions are contained in the Cabinet decision that affect us or growth of the Company in any manner would be fought tooth and nail legally. There would be absolutely no let up in our sustained fight to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of the Company.

This decision of the Cabinet dated 13.02.2013 finally lay to rest the issue of absorption of ITS in BSNL/MTNL. However, to know the finer and elaborate contents of the Cabinet decision, minutes of the Cabinet meeting are being awaited.

19-02-2013

CHQ of SNEA(I) makes an impassioned appeal to each and every Comrade throughout Country to extend unqualified and total support to the struggle by the working class on 20^th and 21^st Feb -2013  by participating in demonstrations, rallies etc. on a massive scale and extending support and solidarity to the struggle in every possible manner

  18-02-2013In order to mitigate the learning difficulties for officers who are of 55 years and above age on the date of their respective up-gradation order, they will have the option of undergoing one week Refresher  Course as a part of the mandatory training under EPP followed by appearing in online exam at the respective Training Centre.  The options from such willing officers would be compiled by the respective CGMs and forwarded to the RTTCs so as to enable them to schedule and conduct refresher courses for such executives. In the case of, Corporate Office, the options from such officers would be compiled by respective staff branches and forwarded to ALTTC for conduct of course

18th Feb 2013 THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE OF SNEA(I) SAMBALPUR DIVISION WAS HELD YESTERDAY . CIRCLE PRESIDENT COM .P.K SAHOO , VICE PRESIDENT COM U.K.PANDA ,CWC MEMBER COM SATYABRATA MISHRA HAS ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE AND PARTICIPATED IN ALMOST ALL THE CURRENT ISSUES AND LATEST DEVEOLOPMENT OF SNEA CHAPTER IN ODISHA AND INDIA AS WELL.THE MEETING BEGAN WITH A EARLY COOL WIND AND VERY NICE ATMOSPHERE OF RAIN. THE LUNCH SESSION WAS ALSO VERY CORDIAL WITH ALMOST ALL MEMBERS SITTING TOGETHER AND TAKING LUNCH.......THE SELECTION OF LEADERS FOR THE NEXT TERM AND OATH TAKING WAS DONE BY THE PRESIDENT COM SAHOO.... COM R.K.MAHALIK,COM L.K.MEHER,COM M.R.PATRA ARE ELECTED AS DISTRICT PRESIDENT DISTRICT SECRETARY AND DISTRICT TREASURER RESPECTIVELY.....<<photo1>> <<photo2>> <<photo3>>

          SNEA(I) ODISHA CONGRATULATES THE NEW BODY...\

Update on Various Court Cases:

Update in the case regarding ITS: The case came up for hearing in Hon. High Court  of Delhi on 15/2/13. It is learnt that case was dismissed and the court directed to implement its earlier order within 6 weeks time.

Update on in WP 16102/11 & WP 26246/11 in  Hon. Chennai High Court  regarding JTO to SDE roster case: The case came up for hearing on 14th February 2013 and has been posted for 27/2/2013.

Update on SLP no. 35756/2012 regarding regarding 25 % competitive qualified candidates. The SLP was filed by BSNL and others Vs S. Sadasivam & ANR and was admitted in Hon'ble Supreme Court against the similar judgements given by two High courts namely Kerala and Maharashtra which were against 25 % competitive quota. The similar case presently under Punjab high court is likely to be shifted to Honorable Supreme Court and there is a likelihood that all these cases will be clubbed together for hearing on 18/3/2013. Department has been instructed to file a reply in this regard.

Update on SLP no. 1517/2013 regarding qualified candidates in the exam held in the year 2003: The SLP filed in the above mentioned matter has been admitted in Supreme Court on 28/1/13. The next hearing in the matter is 14/4/13. Honorable court has directed the department to file reply after 30 days of listing of the case or two weeks prior to the date of next hearing.

Update on stay at STS Promotion in Chennai CAT: The case regarding stay on STS promotion came for hearing on 7th Feb 2013 at Chennai CAT. The hearing is further postponed to 18th Feb 2013. Further posted to 21/2/13.

Update on case at Ernakulam High court regarding 147: The hearings in the case are over. Judgment has been reserved.

 Meeting with Sri K C G K Pillai, DIR(Fin), BSNL Board:

GS Com K. Sebastin and AGS Com Arvind Pal Dahiya met Sri K C G K Pillai, DIR(Fin) on 14.02.2013 and discussed

a) 78.2% IDA merger w.e.f 01.01.2007: Assn sought the intervention of DIR(Fin) for the early resolution of this issue. DIR(F) assured that BSNL will retain its earlier stand that the additional expenditure can be met by the internal resources and honour the agreement with the Unions/Associations. Accordingly file is cleared by the Finance wing. Assn will be meeting CMD and DIR(HR) on this issue next week.

b) Centralised payment of EPF contribution to JTOs/JAOs directly recruited by BSNL: Discussions held in continuation to the deliberations held in the Chennai CWC meeting on 07^th and 08^thJan ’13 in which DIR(Fin) also attended. We explained that due to the non-resolution of this issue, EPF A/C of thousands of Executives especially those who are transferred from one station to another station are not maintained properly and even the updated balance sheet is not getting. We also suggested that as demanded in the CWC, centralized EPF payment is the only solution for this. After detailed discussion DIR(Fin) informed that as per the deliberations in the Chennai CWC, the issue is under serious consideration of the BSNL Management and file is already under process. The issue will be further discussed with the DIR(HR).Comrades, Assn will take all the efforts to see that this long pending issue is resolved at the earliest.

c) Proposal to reduce DGM and DE posts and the proceedings of the remuneration committee: After brief discussion DIR(F) informed that the proposal of reduction of DGM post is under the active consideration of the Committee and DE post is not come up for consideration so far. He promised to further discuss the issue next week.

ITS REPATRIATION CASE

DISMISSED
 

BY HON. HIGH COURT OF DELHI.

Congrats! Hon’ble High Court out rightly dismissed the plea of BSNL management to allow ITS to continue on deputation in BSNL and directed BSNL Management / DOT to implement its order to repatriate unabsorbed ITS within six weeks.Tireless efforts of our association along with AIBSNLEA and BSNLEU have borne fruit. Continue to have enormous faith in the mechanism of struggle. Comrades your tremendous support and faith have given us strength to fight and we assure you that with your complete support we will fight out this issue to the last drop of our blood. Keep it up.

                Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations call in respect of

78.2% IDA merger issue:

Make all out preparations for the DAY LONG DHARNA   on 15^th Feb-2013 at CGM / SSA Hqs.

Comrades of SNEA (I) have to play a very pivotal and fundamental role to ensure complete and astounding success of the impending struggle on one of the most legitimate issue of ours. Hectic and all round grass root level organizational preparations must therefore commence right now.

   14-02-2013It is learnt that yesterday, Union Cabinet discussed the DOT proposal related to ITS absorption. Details of the Cabinet decision are awaited.

5th DC of SNEA (I), Dhenkanal has been held on 20-01-2013 at Conference Hall of BSNL. From Administration Sri N C Sethi (AGM HR) has attended the DC.

* Com P K Sahoo, Circle President, SNEA(I), Odisha Circle, * Com Satyabrata Mishra, CWC Member & Ex CS, SNEA(I), Odisha Circle ,* Com P M Kar, Secretary, SNEA(I), Odisha Circle,* Com Bhagirathi Sethi, Ex Member SNEA(I), Dhenkanal & representative of Bhubaneswar SNEA(I),* Sri C M Behera, CS, SEWA, Odisha,* Asgar Alli, DS, NFTE, Dhenkanal,* Sri Balaram Mishra, AO(TRA), Dhenkanal have attended the District conference .

 NEW BODY HAS BEEN FORMED FOR THE NEXT TERM.following are the names

1. DIST PRESIDENT : COM R K GHOSH

2. DIST VICE PRESIDENT : COM MRS KANCHANBALA SAHOO

3. DIST SECY : COM RAGHUNATH DAS

4. ASST DIST SECY-I : COM R K SASMAL

5. ASST DIST SECY II: COM DEEPAK KUMAR TRIPATHI

6. DIST TREASURER : COM BALARAM MISHRA

7. ASST DIST TREASURER : COM A MOHARANA

8. ORG SECY I : COM BIPIN SAHOO

9. ORG SECY II : COM B C MAJHJI

10. CEC MEMBER : COM D K BEHERA

             Important decisions taken by the Central Working Committee meeting of SNEA(I)  held at Chennai on 7^thand 8^th of Jan 2013.

Resolutions passed by the Central Working Committee meeting of SNEA(India) held at Chennai on 07th and 08th January, 2013 in respect of Cadre issues:

1. Finalization of standard pay scales of JTOs of 2007 & 2008 batches, JAOs and executives recruited after 01-01-2007.

2. Centralised payment of EPF of directly recruited Executives.

3.Immediate finalization of the recommendations of the committee constituted to finalize the time bound functional promotion or CPSU cadre hierarchy and standard pay scales of E2, E3 etc.

4. Regularization of officiating JTOs as a onetime measure.

5. Expedite the recruitment to the cadre of JTOs against 50% dept quota from amongst the eligible candidates as per JTO R/Rs.

6. Immediate filling up of all the SDE, DE, and DGM posts. Efforts to be made to settle all the court cases including LDCE to enable expeditious   issuing of functional promotions to TES Gr B, STS and adhoc JAG.

7. Pay anomalies to be settled at the earliest. Pay anomalies in respect of Non executives are already settled as per the Hon Supreme Court order. In the case of Executives also, Hon Kerala CAT and High Court have already directed BSNL to settle the pay anomaly. There cannot be different criteria for the employees of the same company.

Hon.PCAT NewDelhi delivered an important judgement in Management Trainee RR case filed by the Association

Hon. PCAT NewDelhi declared that the restriction on age and qualification for internal candidates in the MT RR is arbitrary and discriminatory and directed the authorities to revise the MT RR accordingly.
 

Further the Hon. Court directed that the ongoing MT recruitment process should be completed as per the interim direction given by the Hon. Ernakulam CAT (i.e) without age and qualification restriction.
 

This is a great victory for the stand taken by this Association, that the restriction of age and qualification in MT RR is discriminatory and the same is now vindicated by this judgement.
 

Originally our Association challenged the MT RR at Hon. Ernakulam CAT and got provisional admission, later on the case has been transferred to Hon. PCAT NewDelhi. The Association is fighting this case along with AIBSNLEA at Hon.PCAT, NewDelhi.