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A report on the 26th Natiionall Counciill meetiing


helld on 27..02..2012

The 26th Nattiionall Counciill meettiing was helld on 27..02..2012.. We giive herreunderr a brriieff notte on tthe

diiscussiions tthatt have ttaken pllace iin tthe meettiing..

The PGM ((SR)) wellcomed allll.. He rregrretttted tthatt tthiis meettiing iis ttakiing pllace bellattedlly.. The

Chaiirrman off tthe Nattiionall Counciill,, Shrrii A..N.. Raii ttoo exttended wellcome tto allll..

IIn hiis iiniittiiall rremarrks,, tthe lleaderr off tthe Sttaffff Siide,, Com.. V..A..N.. Namboodiirrii rraiised tthe ffollllowiing

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Therre iis iinorrdiinatte dellay iin conveniing tthe Nattiionall Counciill.. IItt shoulld be convened once iin tthrree

montths.. Siimiillarrlly,, tthe Ciirrclle and Locall Counciill meetts shoulld allso ttake pllace on ttiime.. 95% off tthe

SSAs,, tthe worrks commiittttee meettiings arre nott ttakiing pllace.. Casuall Labourrerrs arre worrkiing fforr

morre tthan 10 yearrs.. Theiirr rregullarriizattiion iis beiing deniied.. They arre beiing explloiitted.. No llabourr llaw

iis beiing iimpllementted iin rrespectt off tthem.. IItt iis menttiioned iin tthe wage rreviisiion agrreementt tthatt a

new PLII scheme woulld be evollved.. Butt iitt iis nott done.. As rregarrds BSNL rrecrruiittees,, whatt wiillll be

ttheiirr pensiion and ottherr rrettiirrementt beneffiitts? Managementt shoulld make iitt cllearr.. Managementt has

ttaken deciisiion tto allllott quarrtterrs tto tthe rrettiirred peoplle.. Butt tthe rrentt iis verry hiigh.. Siimiillarrlly,, tthe rrettiirred

peoplle have tto gett a guarranttorr,, whiich iis nott easy.. Managementt shoulld addrress tthese prrobllems..

IIn hiis iiniittiiall rremarrks,, tthe Secrrettarry off tthe Sttaffff Siide,, Com.. P.. Abhiimanyu,, rraiised tthe ffollllowiing

iissues::

DoT has apprroved tthe NE 12 pay scalle.. BSNL shoulld iimmediiattelly iissue tthe orrderr,, iimpllementtiing

tthe new pay scalle.. As rregarrds iitt’’s datte off effffectt,, ourr uniion has giiven a lletttterr.. Ourr demand iin tthiis

rrespectt shoulld be iimpllementted.. As rregarrds tthe NEPP,, tthe Sttaffff Siide has demanded cerrttaiin

modiiffiicattiions.. Managementt has iissued many cllarriiffiicattiions,, butt has nott acceptted ourr demands..

Many iissues,, whiich tthe uniion diid nott acceptt att tthe ttiime off siigniing tthe agrreementt,, have been

uniillatterralllly iimpllementted by tthe managementt.. Thiis iis causiing harrdshiip tto tthe emplloyees.. IItt iis

acceptted iin tthe Sttandiing Commiittttee Meettiing tthatt tthese iissues woulld be diiscussed wiitth tthe uniion

soon.. IItt shoulld be iimpllementted..

Therre arre cerrttaiin prrobllems iin tthe BSNLMRS.. BSNL empanelllled hospiittalls arre nott good.. When an

emplloyee ttakes ttrreattmentt iin a rreputted hospiittall whiich iis nott empanelllled,, tthe biillll iis nott settttlled..

When tthe paymentt made by BSNL iis lliimiitted tto tthe CGHS rratte,, iitt need nott objjectt tthe ttrreattmentts

ttaken iin non--empanelllled hospiittalls.. 52 TSMs,, who had worrked fforr morre tthan 20 yearrs,, have been

tterrmiinatted iin Chennaii.. They shoulld be ttaken back fforr dutty.. On tthe questtiion off paymentt off Natturrall

Callamiitty advance,, tto tthe emplloyees off tthe cycllone affffectted Pondiicherrrry and Cuddallorre SSAs off

Tamiill Nadu,, tthe quanttum off Rs..5000//-- iis verry meagerr.. Thiis quanttum iis deciided by DoT ttwentty

yearrs back.. Hence tthe quanttum shoulld be iincrreased tto Rs..10,,000//--..

Com.. P.. Asokababu rraiised tthe ffollllowiing iissue.. IIn rrespectt off executtiives who arre appoiintted on orr

afftterr 01..01..2007 and who arre ffaciing rreducttiion iin sallarry,, ffiive exttrra iincrrementts have been giiven..

Butt tthese exttrra iincrrementts arre nott giiven tto tthe siimiillarrlly pllaced Non--Executtiives.. Thiis iis a

diiscrriimiinattiion.. The Non--Executtiives shoulld allso be giiven ffiive exttrra iincrrementts..

Therreafftterr diiscussiion ttook pllace on tthe agenda iittems..

((1)) Uttiilliisattiion off tthe Tellecom Facttoriies

The Sttaffff Siide poiintted outt tthatt outt off 7 ttellecom ffacttorriies,, worrkerrs rremaiin iidlle iin 5

ffacttorriies,, siince no manuffactturriing acttiiviittiies arre goiing on iin tthose ffacttorriies.. They

demanded tthatt

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((ii)) iittems whiich arre manuffactturred iin tthe ffacttorriies,, shoulld nott be prrocurred ffrrom open

marrkett by tthe ciirrclles..

((iiii)) Corrporratte Offffiice shoulld iimmediiattelly giive apprrovall fforr tthe manuffactturriing off new

iittems,, fforr whiich apprrovall has been soughtt by tthe Tellecom Facttorriies.. Afftterr

diiscussiion,, tthe ffollllowiing deciisiions arre ttaken..

((ii)) As rregarrds tthe iittems manuffactturred iin tthe Tellecom Facttorriies,, tthe ciirrclles shoulld

prrocurre tthese iittems onlly ffrrom Tellecom Facttorriies.. IIff tthe iittems arre nott avaiillablle

wiitth tthe ffacttorriies,, tthey can be purrchased ffrrom tthe open marrkett,, afftterr tthe

ffacttorriies iissue NOC..

((iiii)) As rregarrds prroducttiion off ADSL Modems,, BSNL wiillll obttaiin tthe ttechnollogy ffrrom

tthe C--DoT and manuffactturriing wiillll be giiven tto Mumbaii Facttorry..

((iiiiii)) Durriing tthe diiscussiion,, Offffiiciiall Siide saiid tthatt BSNL managementt iis consiiderriing

‘‘a new busiiness modell’’ fforr tthe ffacttorriies.. Sttaffff Siide demanded tthatt iitt shoulld be

diiscussed wiitth tthe uniion,, whiich was acceptted..

((2)) Resttructturiing off tthe IIndusttriiall Cadres

Sttaffff Siide ttolld tthatt managementt has allrready prreparred a rreporrtt on tthe rresttrructturriing off tthe

iindusttrriiall cadrres,, on whiich tthe uniion has allrready giiven iitts viiews.. Whatt iis rrequiirred iis,, tthe

rreporrtt shoulld be diiscussed wiitth tthe uniion and ffiinalliized.. Thiis iis acceptted by tthe Offffiiciiall

Siide..

((3)) Granttiing off 2 RHs tto tthe iindusttriiall workers

The Sttaffff Siide poiintted outt tthatt allll arre avaiilliing 2 RHs iin a yearr,, iinclludiing tthe non--iindusttrriiall

worrkerrs iin tthe ffacttorriies.. Butt tthe iindusttrriiall worrkerrs arre nott giiven.. Sttaffff Siide demanded tthatt

tthe iindusttrriiall worrkerrs shoulld allso be giiven tthe 2 RHs.. The Offffiiciiall Siide saiid tthatt tthe

demand wiillll be examiined..

((4)) Sttandiing Orders ffor tthe iindusttriiall workers

Sttaffff Siide poiintted outt tthatt tthe BSNL Managementt has allrready prreparred a drrafftt Sttandiing

Orrderrs fforr tthe iindusttrriiall worrkerrs.. The Uniion has allso giiven iitt’’s viiews on tthiis.. Howeverr,,

managementt has nott yett ffiinalliized tthe same.. The Sttaffff Siide demanded tto ffiinalliise tthe

Sttandiing Orrderrs,, iin consullttattiion wiitth tthe Uniion.. The Offffiiciiall Siide acceptted tthe same..

((5)) Rellaxattiion iin qualliiffyiing serviice ffor SC//ST Offffiiciialls iin promottiions under NEPP

Sttaffff Siide arrgued tthatt tthe rrulles off rreserrvattiion shoulld be iimpllementted iin tthe NEPP allso..

They poiintted outt tthatt iitt was menttiioned iin tthe NEPP agrreementt tthatt consttiittuttiionall

saffeguarrds fforr SC//ST emplloyees woulld be iimpllementted.. Morreoverr,, FR 22 ((ii)) a ((ii)) iis giiven

iin allll tthe prromottiions iin tthe NEPP..

Hence,, rrellaxattiion iin qualliiffyiing serrviice shoulld be giiven tto tthe SC//ST emplloyees.. A verry

llengtthy diiscussiion ttook pllace on tthiis iittem.. Fiinalllly,, iitt was agrreed tthatt tthe Sttaffff Siide woulld

giive iitt’’s suggesttiions iin wrriittiing,, whiich wiillll be rrefferrrred tto tthe DOP&T,, by tthe BSNL

managementt..

((6)) Fiilllliing up off SC//ST//OBC backllog vacanciies

The Sttaffff Siide poiintted outt tthatt as perr DOP&T ciirrcullarr datted 26th Jully,, 2011,, allll tthe

SC//ST//OBC backllog vacanciies arre tto be ffiilllled up by 31..03..2012..

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Offffiiciiall siide iinfforrmed tthatt outt off 409 backllog vacanciies iin tthe TTA cadrre,, arround 400

vacanciies arre ffiilllled up.. IIn JTO cadrre 213 backllog vacanciies arre ttherre.. Butt tthese

vacanciies coulld nott be ffiilllled up,, siince exam was nott helld due tto courrtt case.. IIn tthe cadrre

off Tellecom Mechaniic exam wiillll be helld soon tto ffiillll up tthe vacanciies..

((7)) Reservattiion iin promottiion – Treattmentt off SC//ST candiidattes promotted on meriitt –

iimpllementtattiion off tthe DOP&T order datted 10..08..2010

The Sttaffff Siide arrgued tthatt as perr DOP&T orrderr datted 10th Augustt,, 2010,, SC//ST offffiiciialls

prromotted on ttheiirr own merriitt arre tto be adjjustted agaiinstt unrreserrved poiintts.. Offffiiciiall Siide

rreplliied tthatt tthiis iis beiing iimpllementted and viiollattiion iiff any can be brroughtt tto ttheiirr nottiice..

((8)) Cllariiffiicattiion requiired ffor NEPP

The Sttaffff Siide demanded tthe ffollllowiing cllarriiffiicattiions on NEPP..

((ii)) The DoT rrecrruiitted offffiiciialls who gott ttheiirr prromottiion//upgrradattiion iin BSNL bettween

01..10..2000 tto 01..10..2004 and gott a postt based prromottiion afftterr morre tthan 7 yearrs

afftterr tthe ffiirrstt prromottiion//upgrradattiion arre tto be giiven ttheiirr second prromottiion underr

NEPP on compllettiion off 7 yearrs afftterr ttheiirr ffiirrstt prromottiion.. Examplle:: A TM gott BCR

on 18..10..2000 and was prromotted as TTA on 28..02..2009.. The offffiiciiall has tto be giiven

second prromottiion underr NEPP on 18..10..2007 on compllettiion off 7 yearrs serrviice afftterr

tthe BCR prromottiion whiich iis ttrreatted as hiis ffiirrstt prromottiion underr NEPP..

Thiis demand iis acceptted..

((iiii)) Some offffiiciialls who werre Srr..TOA iin DoT gott rrequestt ttrransfferr tto anottherr rrecrruiittmentt

uniitt afftterr 01..10..2000 iin BSNL.. Forr ttechniicall rreasons,, befforre ttheiirr rrelliieviing on

ttrransfferr tthey werre rreverrtted as TOA and afftterr some ttiime afftterr ttheiirr jjoiiniing iin tthe new

uniitt tthey gott Srr..TOA scalle agaiin.. Such offffiiciialls werre iin Srr..TOA pay scalle siince

01..10..2000 tto 01..10..2004 exceptt fforr a shorrtt brreak perriiod when tthey werre iin TOA

scalle.. They arre tto be decllarred as elliigiiblle fforr tthe ffiirrstt upgrradattiion underr NEPP on

01..10..2004,, iignorriing tthe brreak perriiod..

Forr tthiis,, tthe Offffiiciiall Siide asked tto giive a lliive case..

((iiiiii)) The drriiverrs’’ pay scalle was upgrraded ffrrom 3050--4590 tto 3200--4900 as perr tthe

rreviised RRs,, wiitth effffectt ffrrom 28..01..2002 and allll tthe Drriiverrs iin tthe orrdiinarry grrade

werre pllaced iin tthiis upgrraded scalle.. No agrreementt iis ttherre bettween managementt

and uniion tto countt such pllacementt on accountt off change iin RRs as tthe ffiirrstt

upgrradattiion underr NEPP.. Such upgrradattiion due tto changes iin RRs arre nott perrsonall

upgrradattiion off tthe parrttiicullarr offffiiciiall.. IItt iis tthe cadrre tthatt iis upgrraded.. The prromottiions

underr NEPP arre perrsonall upgrradattiions.. Therrefforre such cadrre upgrradattiion shoulld

nott be countted as upgrradattiion underr NEPP..

Forr tthiis,, tthe Offffiiciiall Siide rreplliied tthatt iitt wiillll be examiined..

((9)) Counttiing off LDCE TA serviice as elliigiiblle serviice ffor appeariing iin tthe TTA 40% quotta

exam..

Whiille tthe rrecrruiittmentt rrulles prroviide fforr counttiing tthe TOA serrviice as elliigiiblle serrviice fforr

appearriing iin tthe TTA 40% quotta exam,, tthe LDC TA serrviice iis nott allllowed tto be countted..

Sttaffff Siide demanded tto cause iimmediiatte orrderrs tto rremove tthiis diiscrriimiinattiion by allllowiing

LDC TA serrviice tto be countted fforr appearriing iin tthe TTA 40% quotta exam..

Thiis demand iis acceptted..

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((10)) Requestt ffor diiversiion off postts ffrom Diirectt Recruiittmentt quotta tto Departtmenttall quotta

iin tthe cadre off Tellecom Mechaniic iin Hiimachall Pradesh Tellecom Ciirclle..

Sttaffff Siide ttolld tthatt ttherre iis acutte shorrttage iin tthe cadrre off Tellecom Mechaniic iin Hiimachall

Prradesh ciirrclle and hence rrequestted diiverrsiion off 135 vacanciies ffrrom Diirrectt Recrruiittmentt

quotta tto Deparrttmenttall quotta.. Afftterr diiscussiion,, Offffiiciiall Siide rrejjectted tthiis demand..

Howeverr,, tthey agrreed tto conductt one morre exam ((LDCE))..

((11)) Amendmentts tto tthe TTA Recruiittmentt Rulles

Sttaffff Siide ttolld tthatt tthey wantted a prre qualliiffyiing ttestt tto be conductted iin rrespectt off tthose

who do nott possess 10+2 qualliiffiicattiion,, fforr appearriing iin tthe TTA LIICE.. They allso ttolld tthatt

tthey have been assurred llong back tthatt tthe amendmentt wiillll be done butt tthe same has nott

been done so ffarr.. Afftterr diiscussiion,, tthe Offffiiciiall Siide agrreed tto do tthiis amendmentt.. Thiis

amendmentt wiillll be prrocessed and keptt rready and wiillll be announced afftterr tthe LIICE tthatt

has been nottiiffiied iis complletted..

((12)) Amendmentt tto Tellecom Mechaniic Recruiittmentt Rulles

Sttaffff Siide ttolld tthatt fforr appearriing tthe LDCE off Tellecom Mechaniic,, tthe Grroup ‘‘D’’

emplloyees do nott rrequiirre any educattiionall qualliiffiicattiion,, wherreas tthe Regullarr Mazdoorr

cadrre rrequiirres 10th sttandarrd qualliiffiicattiion..

The Sttaffff Siide ttolld tthatt att prresentt Regullarr Mazdoorrs arre doiing allll tthe duttiies off tthe

Tellecom Mechaniic and hence tthey may be allllowed tto appearr tthe Tellecom Mechaniic

LDCE wiitthoutt any qualliiffiicattiion.. Howeverr,, tthiis was nott acceptted by tthe Offffiiciiall Siide..

Fiinalllly tthey agrreed tto examiine tthe prroposall off holldiing a prrequalliiffyiing ttestt..

((13)) One more chance ffor Draughttsman Ciiviill//Ellecttriicall//Tellecom tto appear iin JTO

((Ciiviill//Ellecttriicall)) exam..

Sttaffff Siide saiid tthatt as a one ttiime rrellaxattiion,, JTO ((Ciiviill//Ellecttrriicall)) exam has been

conductted agaiinstt 50% quotta.. Some off tthe drraughttsman who werre haviing tthe rrequiisiitte

qualliiffiicattiion werre nott ablle tto appearr tthatt examiinattiion siince tthey had nott complletted 10

yearrs off serrviice att tthatt ttiime.. So,, Sttaffff Siide demanded tto conductt one morre JTO

((Ciiviill//Ellecttrriicall)) exam so tthatt tthese offffiiciialls can appearr tthe exam.. The Offffiiciiall Siide

acceptted tto conductt one morre exam..

((14)) Rellaxattiion iin qualliiffyiing marks ffor SC//ST emplloyees iin Departtmenttall promottiion

exams iinclludiing promottiions tto executtiive cadres lliike JAO//JTO::

The Sttaffff Siide poiintted outt tthatt as perr tthe DOP&T orrderrs tthe qualliiffyiing marrks have tto be

rrellaxed tto such an exttentt iin case off SC//ST emplloyees so tthatt allll tthe vacanciies rreserrved

fforr tthem arre ffiilllled up.. The Sttaffff Siide demanded tto rreviiew allll tthe exams prreviiouslly helld iin

BSNL based on tthiis crriitterriion..

The Offffiiciiall Siide agrreed tto consttiittutte a jjoiintt commiittttee consiisttiing off offffiiciiall and Sttaffff Siide

tto examiine tthiis iissue..

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