BSNLpensionForRetiermentEmployees

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BSNL EMPLOYEES UNION
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(Regiisttered Under Indiian Trade Uniion Act 1926.. Regn..No..4896))
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BSNLEU//413 ((Pensiion) 29..09..2009
To
Shrii Siidharttha Behura,,
Secrettary,, DoT,,
Sanchar Bhawan
New Dellhii – 110 001
Sub:: Reviisiion off pensiion for BSNL rettiirees ((DoT emplloyees absorbed iin BSNL)) –
reg..
Siirr,,
IIt iis underrsttood tthatt tthe prroposall fforr merrger off 50% IDA ffor BSNL pensiioners rrettirred befforre
01..01..2007 iis drropped by DoT on tthe grround tthatt ttherre iis no autthorriizattiion tto DoT ffrrom tthe
Goverrnmentt fforr doiing so and iinsttead,, a cabiinett memo iis underr prreparrattiion fforr rreviisiing ttheiirr
pension,, on the basiis of Deparrttmentt off Pensiion’s orrder no.. 4//14//2001-P&PW((D)) datted
19..09..2003.. IIn tthiis connecttiion,, tthe ffollllowiing iis submiitttted fforr yourr kiind consiiderrattiion::
1.. The above orrderr off tthe Pensiion Deparrttmentt was iissued tto settttlle tthe prrobllem off rreviisiion
off pensiion w..e..ff.. 01..01..1996 iin case off tthe PSU rrettiirrees who had been absorrbed iin PSU
as a rresulltt off converrsiion and had optted fforr pensiionarry beneffiitts off combiined serrviice iin
tthe Centtrrall Goverrnmentt and tthe PSU as perr Centtrrall Goverrnmentt Rulles on ttheiirr
absorrpttiion.. But iit was nott iissued keepiing tthe siituattiion off BSNL emplloyees allso in viiew,,
siince tthe questtiion off rreviisiing ttheiirr pensiion ffrrom 01..01..1996 woulld nott arriise as ttherre was
no BSNL unttiill 01..10..2000.. Therrefforre tthiis orrderr need nott be mechaniicalllly applliied fforr
BSNL emplloyees siince BSNL emplloyees arre diifffferrenttlly pllaced..
2.. As perr Rulle--37A off CCS ((Pensiion Rulles)),, tthe BSNL rrettiirrees arre beiing paiid pensiion
diirrecttlly by tthe Goverrnmentt,, tthrrough CCAs.. No ottherr PSU emplloyee iis haviing tthiis
prroviisiion.. Forr ffaciilliittatting tthiis paymentt off pension by Governmentt,, tthe BSNL iis paying
pensiion conttrriibuttiion tto tthe Goverrnmentt fforr tthe serrviice off tthe BSNL absorrbed emplloyees..
Thus tthe burrden off bearriing tthe pensiion expendiitturre ffiinalllly rrestts wiitth BSNL onlly,, alltthough
there iis guarranttee ffrrom the Goverrnment fforr pensiion paymentt..
3.. The Pensiion Deparrttmentt’’s orrderr datted 19..09..2003 prrescrriibes brriingiing allll absorrbed
emplloyees nottiionalllly tto equiivallentt CDA scalle and ffiix pensiion ttherreafftterr on tthatt basiis iin
the CDA scalle.. Butt thiis prrescrriipttiion wiilll briing crriisiis iin the matttterr off paymentt off pension
fforr BSNL rrettiirrees,, siince ttheiirr pensiion iis allrready beiing paiid on tthe basiis off IIDA pay
scalles,, siince tthe fforrmattiion off BSNL.. As perr tthe orrderrs iissued by DoT earrlliierr and as perr
Rulle-37A off CCS ((Pensiion)) Rules,, tthe absorrbed emplloyees are assurred off pensiion on
tthe basiis off IIDA scalles.. The Rulle--37A was amended viide Pensiion Deparrttmentt’’s orrderr
datted 25..10..2007 allllowiing tthe same metthod fforr callcullattiing pensiion fforr BSNL rrettiirree on
parr wiitth a Centtrrall Goverrnmentt Emplloyee rrettiirred on tthe same datte.. Therrefforre,, fforr any
BSNL emplloyee absorrbed ffrrom DoT and rrettiirriing afftterr 01..01..2007 ((Datte off wage rreviisiion
iin IIDA scalles)),, pensiion iis tto be callcullatted on tthe basiis off IIDA pay scalle,, wiitth callcullattiion
prrocedurre beiing tthe same as prrescrriibed fforr Centtrrall Goverrnmentt emplloyee.. Forr allll
absorrbed BSNL emplloyees rrettiirred afftterr 01..10..2000 tto ttiillll now,, pensiion iis paiid on IIDA
scalle and nott on CDA scalle..
4.. IIff iitt iis tto be assurred tthatt,, pensiion rreviisiion wiillll be done on tthe basiis off equiivallentt CDA
scalle,, iitt wiillll be grross diiscrriimiinattiion off one sett off rrettiirrees agaiinstt anottherr sett off rrettiirrees
and againstt tthe llaw establiished by tthe Suprreme Courrtt of IIndiia iin D..S.. Nakarra case wherre
iitt cllearrlly ttolld tthatt allll pensiionerrs shoulld be off tthe same cllass wiitthoutt any diiscrriimiinattiion..
As perr tthe Goverrnmentt’’s orrderrs,, pensiion fforr absorrbed BSNL emplloyees has tto be paiid
on IIDA scalle and nott on CDA scalle.. Therrefforre sendiing prroposall fforr rreviisiion off pensiion
forr BSNL retiirees on tthe basiis off CDA scalle basiing on 19..09..2003 orrderr iis iirregullarr and
iillllegall and ttottalllly unjjusttiiffiied..
Hence,, II rrequest you tto kiindlly cause tto iissue necessarry orrderr, tto ensure revisiion off pensiion forr
BSNL rrettiirrees on IIDA pay scalles..
We shallll be tthankffull fforr consiiderriing ourr rrequestt..
Yourrs ffaiitthffulllly,,
[[V..A.N.Namboodiirii]
Generall Secrettary
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