IDA ORDER- GENERAL SECRETARY URGES DPE TO ISSUE THE ORDERS WITHOUT DELAY.

Com.K G Jayaraj, General Secretary once again had a discussion on today, the 29th July, 2021 with Shri.P K Saha, Director, Department of Public Enterprises regarding delay in issuing the orders for the restoration of 3 frozen IDA instalments along with the additional instalment due from 01-07-2021.General Secretary told the Director that the delay in issuing the orders is causing concern and resentment amongst the BSNL Pensioners as the IDA is the only relief during this period of pandemic situation, having been denied of pension revision and medical benefits for the last four years. And it was in these circumstances AIBDPA was compelled to seek legal remedy for the payment of IDA instalments due from 01-10-2020,01-01-2021 and 01-04-2021 as the freezing of IDA instalments was not applicable to BSNL Pensioners. But the interim favourable order issued by the hon’ble Kerala High Court on 26-02-2021 has not yet been implemented despite repeated requests to both DPE and DoT.Now, central government pensioners are drawing the frozen DR instalments along with the July pension.The Director had a patient hearing and stated that they are on the job and when the order is ready it will be put on the website.