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ALL INDIA BSNL--DOT PENSIONERS’’ ASSOCIATION
CHQ:: D--7,, Tellegraph Pllace,, Golle Markett
New Dellhii -- 110 001
Adviisor: V..A..N.. Namboodiirii Presiident : Ananta Kr.. Bhattacharjee
Patron : P..V.. Chandrasekharan Generall Secretary : K..G.. Jayaraj
Phone No.. : 011 23342848
Mobiille No.. : 09447455633
Ciircullar No..: 1//2010 Datte: March 18tth,, 2010..
Allll Offiicer bearers,,
Ciirclle Secretariies//Conveners
& affiilliiates..
Dear Comrades,,
CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE TO SAVE BSNL
A serriious crriisiis has develloped wiitth tthe submiissiion off Sam Piittrroda Commiittttee rreporrtt.. IItt
iis llearrntt tthatt tthe Commiittttee has rrecommended fforr 30% diisiinvesttmentt off BSNL sharres,, VRS off one
llakh emplloyees and cancellllattiion off 93 miilllliion GSM devellopmentt pllan.. Therre iis no doubtt aboutt
tthe ffactt tthatt tthe rrecommendattiions arre aiimed tto elliimiinatte BSNL and fforr iitts compllette
prriivattiizattiion.. AIIBDPA condemn tthe Sam Piittrroda Commiittttee rreporrtt and demand tthe Centtrrall
Goverrnmentt tto rrejjectt iitt iin tthe bestt iintterrestt off BSNL and tthe counttrry..
The Joiintt Forrum off Uniions and Associiattiions off Non--executtiives and Executtiives prrompttlly
gave a callll fforr a sponttaneous prrottestt agaiinstt tthe anttii--nattiionall rrecommendattiions by conducttiing
llunch hourr demonsttrrattiion tthrroughoutt tthe counttrry on 15tth Marrch,, 2010.. Whiille fforrmullattiing tthe
demands fforr tthe sttrrugglle,, tthe Joiintt Forrum allso iinclluded pensiion rreviisiion on IIDA scalle tto tthe prre--
2007 BSNL rrettiirrees.. On rreceiiviing tthe iinfforrmattiion aboutt tthe deciisiion off Joiintt Forrum ourr CHQ
asked ourr memberrs tto jjoiin tthe prrogrramme en--masse as we arre commiitttted tto rresiistt such attttacks
callcullatted tto subverrtt tthe verry exiisttence off BSNL.. Reporrtts ffrrom varriious Ciirrclles rreveall tthatt tthe callll
was ttaken iin rriightt spiirriitt by ourr memberrs parrttiiciipattiing iin tthe prrogrramme iin good numberrs..
Dharna on 26..03..2010 & Striike on 20..03..2010..
The Joiintt Forrum has ffurrttherr deciided tto conductt mass Dharrna iin allll Tellecom Diisttrriictts on
26..03..2010 and a ttottall sttrriike on 20..04..2010.. We shoulld jjoiin tthe Dharrna on 26tth Marrch,, 2010 and
exttend allll tthe co--operrattiion and hellp fforr tthe success off sttrriike on 20tth Aprriill,, 2010..
Meetiing wiith Members,, Fiinance (DoT)
On behallff off AIIBDPA,, Com.. C K Narrasiimhan,, Ciirrclle Convenerr,, Tamiill Nadu mett Smtt..
Viijjayallakshmii Guptta,, DoT,, Memberr,, Fiinance on 09..03..2010 att Chennaii.. 50% IIDA merrgerr fforr
prre--2007 rrettiirrees,, anomally iin pensiion,, dellay iin paymentt off IIDA ettc.. werre diiscussed.. The Memberr
Fiinance assurred allll possiiblle hellp att DoT llevell tto settttlle tthese iissues..
Dharna on 29tth January,, 2010 – Grand Success
The dharrma calllled upon by AIIBDPOA on 29..01..2010 ffocusiing 50% IIDA merrgerr,, rreviisiion
off pensiion,, anomally iin pensiion,, move tto rreviise tthe pensiion ffrrom IIDA patttterrn tto CDA patttterrn,,
Rs..1000//-- mediicall allllowance tto tthe DOT rrettiirrees was conductted successffulllly iin allll parrtts off tthe
counttrry.. CHQ has rreceiived rreporrtts ffrrom New Dellhii,, Westt Bengall,, Norrtth Eastt,, UP Eastt,, Kollkatta,,
Kerralla,, Tamiill Nadu,, Maharrashttrra,, Rajjastthan,, Karrnattaka ettc.. Ottherr Ciirrclles arre diirrectted tto send tthe
rreporrtt wiitthoutt ffurrttherr dellay..
Smallll,, but Siigniifiicant Achiievement
The DOT has sttarrtted tthe prrocess off rreviisiion off pensiion tto tthe prre--2007 BSNL rrettiirrees on
IIDA scalle changiing ttheiirr earrlliierr prroposall on CDA scalle.. The conttiinued and susttaiined efffforrtts off
BSNLEU and AIIBDPA iinclludiing meettiing tthe Hon’’blle Miiniistterr off Communiicattiions and IIT,,
Secrrettarry,, DOT and tthe counttrry wiide Dharrna on 29..01..2010 as allso tthe 48 hrrs.. sttrriike on 19tth & 20tth
Augustt,, 2009 have yiiellded tthiis smallll butt siigniiffiicantt achiievementt.. Furrttherr prressurre iis necessarry as
Cabiinett deciisiion iis rrequiirred tto settttlle tthe iissue fforr everr.. CHQ iis ttrryiing tto meett tthe Hon’’blle Prriime
Miiniistterr iin tthiis rregarrd.. IIff iitt iis ffurrttherr dellayed we have no ottherr opttiion butt tto conttiinue tthe sttrrugglle
viigorrouslly..
Wage Agreement,, Hats Off to BSNLEU
The llong awaiitted wage agrreementt fforr BSNL non--executtiives was siigned by tthe BSNLEU,,
tthe onlly majjorriitty and rrecogniized Uniion wiitth tthe managementt on 15..01..2010 deffeattiing tthe negattiive
attttiittude and neffarriious game off tthe managementt.. Thiis iis tthe bestt wage accorrd iin tthe giiven
ciirrcumsttances and has been wellll apprreciiatted by allll.. IItt has been apprroved iiniittiialllly by BSNL
Managementt Commiittttee and now tthe BSNL Fullll Boarrd.. Afftterr gettttiing tthe fforrmall apprrovall ffrrom
DOT,, tthe wage agrreementt wiillll be iimpllementted.. AIIBDPA whollehearrttedlly congrrattullatte CHQ
BSNLEU and iitts UF consttiittuentts fforr tthiis grreatt achiievementt.. The pensiion iissues allso ffiind a
menttiion iin tthe wage agrreementt..
Organiisatiion
Ciirclle Conferences: UP East.. The Ciirrclle conventtiion helld on 12..01..2010 att Lucknow has
fforrmed tthe Ciirrclle Associiattiion off AIIBDPA.. A sett off offffiice bearrerrs iinclludiing Com.. R..S.. Yadav,, a
vetterran lleaderr off tthe P&T ttrrade uniion movementt as Prresiidentt and Com.. G..R.. Verrma as Ciirrclle
Secrrettarry was ellectted unaniimouslly.. Com.. V A N Namboodiirrii,, Adviisorr,, AIIBDPA and K R Yadav,,
Viice Prresiidentt,, BSNLEU CHQ,, Com.. Mohd Samad,, AGS,, AIIBDPA parrttiiciipatted..
Keralla: Ciirrclle conventtiion was helld on 20..02..2010 att Kozhiikode.. Com.. Anantta Krr Bhattttacharrjjee,,
Allll IIndiia Prresiidentt,, AIIBDPA iinaugurratted.. Com.. V A N Namboodiirrii,, GS,, BSNLEU and Adviisorr,,
AIIBDPA,, Com.. PV.. Chandrrasekharran,, Allll IIndiia Pattrron AIIBDPA,, Com.. K G Jayarrajj,, Generrall
Secrrettarry,, AIIBDPA addrressed.. 400 dellegattes ffrrom allll tthe diisttrriictts off Kerralla attttended tthe
conventtiion.. Ciirrclle Associiattiion was fforrmed wiitth tthe ellecttiion off Offffiice bearrerrs,, unaniimouslly
iinclludiing Com.. V.. Kesavan ((Pattrron)),, Com P V Chandrrasekharran ((Prresiidentt)),, Com N Ramesan
((Ciirrclle Secrrettarry)),, Com R..R.. Warriierr ((Trreasurrerr))..
West Bengall Ciirrclle conventtiion has been deciided tto be helld on 30..03..2010.. Centtrrall offffiice bearrerrs
off AIIBDPA and Ciirrclle Secrrettarriies off BSNLEU iin ottherr Ciirrclles arre rrequestted tto ttake iiniittiiattiive tto
holld tthe Ciirrclle llevell conventtiion wiitthoutt ffurrttherr dellay.. IIn some ciirrclles,, diisttrriictt uniitts arre fforrmed
befforre tthe Ciirrclle conventtiion.. Howeverr,, tthe orrganiizattiionall oblliigattiion off fforrmiing tthe Ciirrclle and
Diisttrriictt associiattiion has tto be complletted nott llatterr tthan 30..04..2010..
IItt iis allso rrequestted tto conttiinue tthe memberrshiip campaiign wiitth viigourr so tthatt AIIBDPA iis
made tthe majjorriitty and miightty orrganiizattiion off BSNL and DOT pensiions..
Wiitth Fratternall Greettiings..
K G Jayaraj
General Secretary
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