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A briief note on the diiscussiions helld iin the 25th Natiionall
Counciill Meetiing,, helld on 24..06..2011
The 25th Nattiionall Counciill Meettiing was helld on 24..06..2011.. The meettiing was prresiided overr by
Shrrii A..K.. Garrg,, Diirr ((HR)),, who iis allso tthe Chaiirrman off tthe Nattiionall Counciill.. Shrrii R..K.. Upadhyay,,
CMD BSNL,, brriiefflly attttended tthe meettiing and wellcomed allll tthe Sttaffff Siide memberrs wiitth
bouquetts.. Afftterr custtomarry speeches by tthe Chaiirrman as wellll as tthe ED ((Fiin..)),, Com.. V..A..N..
Namboodiirrii,, lleaderr off tthe Sttaffff Siide made tthe iiniittiiall rremarrks.. IIn hiis speech tthe lleaderr Sttaffff Siide
sttrronglly opposed tthe prroposall tto iinttrroduce VRS iin BSNL as wellll as tthe merrgerr off IITII wiitth
BSNL.. Regarrdiing MTNL merrgerr wiitth BSNL,, he saiid iitt can be done subjjectt tto cerrttaiin condiittiions..
He sttrronglly demanded settttllementt off tthe bonus iissue and merrgerr off 78..2 % IIDA.. He allso
demanded tthatt tthe worrk off llayiing Nattiionall Opttiic Fiiberr Nettworrk and allso prroviidiing iintterrnett
connecttiions tto Postt Offffiices shoulld be giiven tto BSNL.. The Sttaffff Siide lleaderr sttrronglly demanded
tthatt tthe managementt shoulld settttlle tthe iissues off Conttrractt Worrkerrs whiich arre allrready rraiised wiitth
tthe managementt..
Com.. P.. Abhiimanyu,, Secrrettarry,, Sttaffff Siide demanded tthatt tthe modiiffiicattiions soughtt by tthe
uniion,, tto tthe Non--Executtiive Prromottiion Polliicy shoulld be settttlled wiitthoutt ffurrttherr dellay.. He allso
demanded tthatt tthe commiittttee appoiintted tto ffiinalliise new desiignattiions tto tthe Non--Executtiive
emplloyees shoulld meett iimmediiattelly and compllette iitt’’s busiiness.. The ffollllowiing agenda iittems
werre diiscussed iin tthe meettiing..
1.. Anomally due to accruall of iincrement to jjuniior earlliier than the seniior after
fiixatiion of pay iin the reviised pay scalle on iimpllementatiion of Non-Executiives
wage reviisiion w..e..f 1-1-2007-seniior’’s iincrement date be pre-poned to that of
the jjuniior
The Sttaffff Siide poiintted outt tthatt tthe acttiion off tthe managementt fforr stteppiing up off pay off tthe
seniiorr att parr wiitth jjuniiorr has nott sollved tthe prrobllem ffulllly.. IItt was demanded tthatt tthe datte off
iincrrementt off tthe seniiorr shoulld be sttepped up att parr wiitth tthe datte off iincrrementt off tthe
jjuniiorr.. The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide was nott acceptted.. Afftterr much diiscussiion tthe
Chaiirrman gave tthe diirrecttiion tthatt tthe SR Secttiion shoulld ffiind outt how tthe prrobllem was
handlled iin ottherr PSUs..
2.. Presiidentiiall Orders iin case of the offiiciialls whose traiiniing started iin DoT and
appoiintment giiven iin BSNL
The Sttaffff Siide sttrronglly arrgued tthatt tthe offffiiciialls who werre rrecrruiitted by DoT and whose
ttrraiiniing sttarrtted durriing tthe perriiod off tthe DoT,, butt posttiing was made by tthe BSNL afftterr
01..10..2000 shoulld allso be ttrreatted as DoT rrecrruiittees.. Afftterr much diiscussiion tthe Chaiirrman
agrreed tto rrefferr tthiis case tto tthe DoT fforr ttakiing apprroprriiatte deciisiion..
3.. Reviisiion of Famiilly Pllanniing iincrement
The memberrs off tthe Sttaffff Siide demanded tthatt tthe quanttum off ffamiilly pllanniing iincenttiive
shoulld be rreviised,, siince tthe wage rreviisiion has allrready ttaken pllace and new pay scalles
arre allrready iimpllementted.. Afftterr much diiscussiion tthe Chaiirrman rrulled tthatt tthe demand off
tthe Sttaffff Siide woulld be consiiderred when tthe ffiinanciiall posiittiion off tthe company iimprroves..
4.. Settllement of Pay Anomalliies//Aberratiions that have ariisen at the tiime of
conversiion from CDA to IIDA pay scalles
The Sttaffff Siide brroughtt tto tthe nottiice off tthe Offffiiciiall Siide tthatt rrecommendattiions off tthe
anomalliies commiittttee was onlly parrttiialllly iimpllementted tthrrough tthe BSNL orrderr datted
30..08..2010.. IItt was sttrronglly demanded tthatt tthe ottherr rrecommendattiions off tthe commiittttee
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shoulld be iimpllementted ffulllly.. The Offffiiciiall Siide sttatted tthatt tthe llanguage off tthe agrreementt
was nott prroperrlly underrsttood by tthe managementt whiich has rresulltted iin tthe deniiall off tthe
settttllementt off tthe anomalliies tto a secttiion off tthe aggrriieved offffiiciialls.. The Chaiirrman sttatted
tthatt tthe demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide was acceptted and necessarry iinsttrructtiions woulld be
iissued..
5.. Grantiing of optiion for retaiiniing CDA pay scalle tiillll promotiion//retiirement,, to
offiiciialls absorbed iin BSNL
The Offffiiciiall Siide sttatted tthatt tthe iissue woulld be examiined..
6.. Reiimbursement of expendiiture iincurred for out-patiient treatment
wiith//wiithout voucher,, based on reviised pay+DA
The Sttaffff Siide demanded iimmediiatte iissuiing off tthe orrderr by BSNL fforr enhanciing tthe lliimiitt
based on tthe rreviised pay scalles.. Chaiirrman acceptted tthiis and assurred orrderrs wiillll be
iissued..
7.. Giive offiiciiatiing promotiions to JTO(T) to the non executiives who are elliigiiblle
as per JTO RR 2001 under JTO under 35% & 15% LIICE quota..
The Sttaffff Siide demanded tthatt as perr tthe JTO Recrruiittmentt Rulles 2001 offffiiciiattiing shoulld
be giiven tto tthe elliigiiblle offffiiciialls ttiillll tthe JTO LIICE iis conductted.. Howeverr tthiis demand was
nott acceptted by tthe Chaiirrman..
8.. Amend the JTO RR 2001 to iincllude M..Sc (Ellectroniics) iin addiitiion to B..Sc
(Physiics & Maths) and 3 years Diiplloma iin Engiineeriing..
Afftterr diiscussiion tthe Chaiirrman sttatted tthatt tthe demand woulld be apprroprriiattelly examiined..
9.. Amendment iin the recruiitment rulle of JTO (E) and JTO (C) and JAO..
The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide tthatt tthe RRs off JTO ((E)),, JTO ((C)) and JAO shoulld be
amended so tthatt tthe qualliiffyiing serrviice iis rreduced ffrrom 10 yearrs tto 7 yearrs was acceptted
by tthe Chaiirrman..
10.. Enhancement of concessiion to BSNL//DoT emplloyees and pensiioners for
Broad Band iin case of Rs 750//- scheme
Afftterr hearriing tthe demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide,, tthe Chaiirrman sttatted tthatt tthe scheme iis
allrready iimpllementted fforr tthe serrviing emplloyees and iitt woulld be iimpllementted iin case off
pensiionerrs allso..
11.. IImpllementatiion of the Judgment dated 27..8..2010 of CAT Priinciipall Bench,, iin
OA No: 282//10 by grantiing of JTO Pay Scalle and Fiixatiion under FR 22 (1) (a)
(ii) for Offiiciiatiing JTOs..
12.. Probllem ariisiing iin iimpllementatiion of the Orders of Government of IIndiia on
Offiiciiatiing Pay under FR 35,, iin case of Offiiciiatiing JAO//Offiiciiatiing JTO
Promotiions
30.. Appoiintment of TTAs offiiciiatiing as JTOs,, as regullar JTO
The above tthrree iittems werre cllubbed ttogettherr and diiscussed.. Afftterr a llengtthy diiscussiion
tthe Chaiirrman acceptted tthe genuiiness off tthe demand and assurred tthatt tthe demand woulld
be sympatthettiicalllly examiined..
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13.. LDCE for TTA cadre under 40% Quota – Confiirmatiion of sellectiion of
successfull candiidates decllared as proviisiionalllly sellected..
The LDCE fforr TTA underr 40% quotta was conductted iin Chennaii ciirrclle and tthe rresulltts iin
rrespectt off cerrttaiin offffiiciialls werre wiitthhelld.. The rresulltts arre nott beiing decllarred on tthe pllea
tthatt tthese offffiiciialls do nott possess 10 + 2 qualliiffiicattiion,, butt have acquiirred degrree tthrrough
open uniiverrsiittiies,, afftterr compllettiion off 10 sttandarrd.. Afftterr diiscussiion tthe Chaiirrman sttatted
tthatt Chennaii ciirrclle woulld be asked tto rreexamiine tthe case..
14.. Arrangiing Dr B..R.. Ambedkar’’s photo iin Conference Hallll,, 9tth Flloor,, BSNL
Corporate Offiice
The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide fforr prroviidiing Drr.. B..R.. Ambedkarr’’s photto iin tthe Confferrence
hallll ((9th fflloorr)) off tthe Corrporratte Offffiice was acceptted.. The Chaiirrman announced tthatt tthe
phottos off botth Mahattma Gandhii and Drr.. B..R.. Ambedkarr woulld be diispllayed iin tthe
Confferrence hallll..
15.. Proviisiion of GSM mobiille hand set to allll non-executiives
The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide tto prroviide GSM mobiille hand setts tto allll tthe Non--Executtiive
emplloyees was nott acceptted iin viiew off tthe sttrraiined ffiinanciiall posiittiion off tthe company..
Howeverr,, tthe Chaiirrman announced tthatt Siim Carrd wiitth cerrttaiin hourrs off ‘‘ffrree ttallk ttiime’’
woulld be prroviided tto allll tthe offffiiciialls who have allrready been prroviided wiitth WLL hand sett..
16.. Vacant Staff quarters be proviided for recogniized uniion
Afftterr diiscussiion tthe Chaiirrman announced tthatt vacantt sttaffff quarrtterrs woulld be allllotttted ‘‘on a
ffaiirr rrentt basiis’’ tto rrecogniized and rregiistterred uniions as wellll as fforr tthe rrettiirrees..
17.. IImpllement wage reviisiion for TSM // Casuall Labor iin BSNL on the basiis of the
miiniimum IIDA pay of Group D
The Sttaffff Siide sttrronglly demanded tthatt tthe wages off TSM // Casuall Labourrerrs shoulld be
rreviised based on tthe IIDA pay scalles.. Howeverr iitt was nott acceptted by tthe Offffiiciiall Siide..
Based on tthe rrequestt off tthe Sttaffff Siide tthe iittem iis nott ttrreatted as ‘‘cllosed’’..
18.. Speciiall Allllowances to the staff workiing iin Jammu & Kashmiir Ciirclle
((a)) The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide,, tto exttend tthe paymentt off Srriinagarr Valllley allllowance iis
acceptted by tthe Offffiiciiall Siide,, fforr whiich orrderr wiillll be iissued shorrttlly..
((b)) The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide,, tto exttend tthe speciiall concessiions // ffaciilliittiies tto tthe sttaffff
worrkiing iin Srriinagarr Valllley,, as perr DoP&T orrderr No..18016//3//2010--Estttt((L)) datted
15..03..2010,, was acceptted by tthe Offffiiciiall Siide and orrderr wiillll be iissued shorrttlly..
((c)) The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide,, fforr paymentt off Speciiall Dutty Allllowance fforr allll tthe Non--
Executtiives worrkiing iin Jammu & Kashmiirr was nott acceptted..
19.. Speciiall proviisiions for settlliing the anomally//aberratiion iin the wage reviisiion of
non-executiives appoiinted on or after 1-1-2007
The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide tto grrantt 30% pay ffiixattiion iin rrespectt off allll tthe emplloyees
who arre appoiintted afftterr 01..01..2007,, wiitth viiew tto rresollve tthe anomally,, was nott acceptted
by tthe Offffiiciiall Siide..
20.. Reviiew of Compassiionate appoiintments modalliitiies
The Sttaffff Siide sttrronglly demanded tthatt tthe modalliittiies off tthe Compassiionatte grround
appoiinttmentts shoulld be suiittablly rreviiewed,, was parrttlly acceptted..
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((a)) The Chaiirrman acceptted tthatt tthe wage rreviisiion w..e..ff.. 01..01..2007 woulld be ttaken iin tto
accountt fforr apprroprriiattelly rreckoniing tthe grrattuiitty and pensiionerry beneffiitts off tthe
deceased emplloyee..
((b)) IItt was allso acceptted tthatt iinsttead off consiiderriing tthe spouse off tthe deceased emplloyee
allone fforr appoiinttmentt,, tthe son // daughtterr wiillll allso be consiiderred..
((c)) Afftterr much diiscussiion,, tthe Chaiirrman agrreed tto consttiittutte a Joiintt Commiittttee tto
examiine tthe demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide fforr cash paymentt fforr tthose who do nott gett tthe
jjob.. Howeverr tthe managementt exprressed tthe viiew tthatt eiittherr tthe systtem off
compassiionatte appoiinttmentts subjjectt tto 5% quotta as avaiillablle att prresentt has tto be
ttherre orr iitt has tto be rrepllaced wiitth cash paymentt,, by compllettelly sttoppiing tthe CG
appoiinttmentts..
21.. NEPP iin case of Tellecom Mechaniics who were granted hiigher pay scalle
(OTBP//BCR) pursuant to the orders of variious Courts
IIn Andhrra Prradesh ciirrclle,, as perr tthe jjudgementt off tthe Hiigh Courrtt // CAT,, some Tellecom
Mechaniics werre grrantted OTBP//BCR,, ttakiing iintto accountt ttheiirr RM and Tellegrraph
Messengerr Serrviice.. Howeverr,, tthese offffiiciialls werre nott grrantted prromottiions underr NEPP on
tthe pllea tthatt ttheiirr case iis sttiillll pendiing iin tthe Suprreme Courrtt.. The Sttaffff Siide demanded
tthatt tthese offffiiciialls shoulld be consiiderred fforr grranttiing off prromottiions underr NEPP.. Howeverr
tthe Offffiiciiall Siide diid nott acceptted tthiis siince tthe matttterr iis subjjudiice..
22.. Non-avaiillabiilliity of materiialls requiired for extendiing better serviice to the
customers
23.. Non-avaiillabiilliity of tellephone iinstruments
24.. Layiing and maiintenance of cablle
The iittems numberr 22,, 23 and 24 arre cllubbed ttogettherr and diiscussed.. The Sttaffff Siide
biitttterrlly compllaiined tthatt prroviidiing off good qualliitty serrviice and ttiimelly rrecttiiffiicattiion off ffaulltts
arre verry much hamperred by tthe non--avaiillabiilliitty off matterriialls,, cablles and ttellephone
iinsttrrumentts.. The Chaiirrman assurred tthatt stteps arre allrready beiing ttaken fforr tthe supplly off
cablle modem and ttellephone iinsttrrumentts wiitthiin a perriiod off tthrree montths..
25.. Compassiionate appoiintments-iissue orders allllowiing creatiion of posts after
31-3-2008
The demand off tthe Sttaffff Siide,, rrequesttiing tto iissue necessarry orrderr,, allllowiing crreattiion off
postts fforr compassiionatte appoiinttmentts,, beyond 31..03..2008 was rrejjectted..
26.. Grantiing a chance to the concerned offiiciialls for changiing theiir optiion
regardiing reviisiion of pay from 1-1-2007 or from date of promotiion after 1-1-
2007
The Sttaffff Siide rrequestted tthatt tthe offffiiciialls shoulld be giiven one morre opttiion fforr rreviisiion off
pay w..e..ff.. 01..01..2007 orr ffrrom ttheiirr datte off prromottiion afftterr 01..01..2007.. Afftterr diiscussiion,, iitt
was acceptted by tthe Chaiirrman tthatt one montth ttiime woulld be giiven tto exerrciise opttiion,,
onlly iin tthe case off offffiiciialls who have gone on prromottiion..
27.. IIncrease the monthlly contriibutiion and assured sum under BSNL GSLIIS for
non-executiives
The Sttaffff Siide demanded tto iincrrease tthe BSNL GSLIIS montthlly conttrriibuttiion fforr Non--
Executtiives tto Rs.. 315//-- ffrrom tthe prresentt Rs..105//-- and tto iincrrease tthe assurred sum tto
Rs..3,,00,,000//-- iin case off norrmall deatth and tto Rs.. 6,,00,,000//-- iin case off deatth due tto
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acciidentt,, was acceptted.. BSNL managementt woulld ttake necessarry stteps fforr tthiis wiitth tthe
LIIC..
28.. Chiilld Care Leave for women emplloyees iin BSNL on par wiith the women
emplloyees iin Centrall Government Departments
The Sttaffff Siide sttrronglly arrgued tthatt tthe Chiilld Carre Leave,, whiich has allrready been
iimpllementted by Govtt.. off IIndiia,, iin rrespectt off Centtrrall Govtt.. Emplloyees,, shoulld allso be
iimpllementted iin BSNL.. Howeverr tthiis was nott acceptted.. The Chaiirrman iinfforrmed tthatt tthe
managementt commiittttee has allrready ttaken deciisiion tto iimpllementt Chiilld Carre Leave iin
BSNL,, wiitthoutt pay.. The Sttaffff Siide rrecorrded iitt’’s sttrrong prrottestt fforr tthe deniiall off Chiilld Carre
Leave wiitth pay tto tthe BSNL Emplloyees.. The Chaiirrman ttolld he woulld convey tthe sttrrong
viiew off tthe Sttaffff Siide tto tthe BSNL Boarrd..
29.. Cost Accountant,, Tellecom Factory decllared Executiive on absorptiion iin
BSNL but Executiive Pay scalle deniied and the pay scalle 7830-230-12430
giiven was wiithdrawn and asked to be reverted to 7800-225-11175 scalle after
retiirement-Urgent settllement of the executiive pay scalle iissue for thiis cadre
requested
The Chaiirrman sttatted tthatt tthiis case woulld be sympatthettiicalllly consiiderred..
30.. IImmediiate iintroductiion of NE-12 pay scalle wiith effect from 1-1-2007
The Sttaffff Siide poiintted outt tthatt iin tthe diiscussiion helld by tthe uniion wiitth tthe offffiiciiall siide
rreprresenttattiives on NE--12 pay scalle,, a consensus was rreached tto tthatt tthe miiniimum and
maxiimum off tthe NE--12 scalle has tto be Rs..16,,390 and Rs..33,,830//--.. Thiis was acceptted by
tthe offffiiciiall siide.. Howeverr,, tthe offffiiciiall siide saiid tthe datte off effffectt wiillll be prrospecttiive.. The
Sttaffff siide iinsiistted tthatt prrospecttiive means 1..1..2007 siince rreviised pay scalle fforr tthe 9200--
13200 scalle prroposed iin tthe prromottiion polliicy agrreementt has tto come iintto effffectt ffrrom
1..1..2007,, as perr tthe DPE guiidelliines.. The offffiiciiall Siide agrreed tto consiiderr tthe datte off effffectt
based on tthe DPE//DoT lletttterr fforr prrospecttiive iimpllementtattiion and tthe viiew submiitttted by
tthe Sttaffff Siide rregarrdiing tthe meaniing off tthe tterrm ““Prrospecttiive”” iin tthe giiven conttextt..
32.. Pay scalles to be evollved under NEPP scheme for Non-Executiives iin E1A
scalle
The Sttaffff Siide demanded tthatt hiigherr pay scalles shoulld be evollved fforr tthe prromottiion off
offffiiciialls bellongiing tto cadrres lliike Sttenogrrapherr,, Liibrrarriian ettc.. who arre allrready giiven E1A
pay scalle underr ACP scheme.. IItt was allso demanded tthatt tthey shoulld be giiven executtiive
sttattus.. The Chaiirrman agrreed tto examiine tthese demands..
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