CHQ is happy to report that the family pension case of Smt.A Rajeswari, widow of Shri.A. Joga Rao, Regular Mazdoor, BSNL, Visakhapatnam has been settled. Family Pension is granted with effect from 03-05-2009, date on which FIR was filed for the missing of Shri.Joga Rao.The PPO has been issued to Smt.A. Rajeswari on 31-10-2022.

The issue was brought to our notice by our Circle Secretary, Andhra Pradesh,Com.K S C Bose with all the relevant documents in April,2022. We wrote immediately to both Secretary, DoT and CMD BSNL on 19th April,2022, having been convinced of the genuineness of the issue and the sufferings of the poor family of the missing Regular Mazdoor. We met the top officers of both DoT and BSNL and presented the case in detail.

CRUCIAL INTERVENTION BY ADDITIONAL SECRETARY,DOT.

We have all the appreciation for the sincere and effective intervention of Shri.V L Kantha Rao, Additional Secretary, DoT after we met him on 29th June,2022. He convened a meeting of the concerned DoT officers and asked them to settle the issue at the earliest and Shri R.Madhava Rao, Deputy Secretary was authorised to coordinate with all the concerned, particularly with BSNL. We have fully cooperated and provided all the required documents and pursued continuously. So finally the issue is settled within a period of six months.

Congratulations to Smt.A Rajeswari and her children who suffered a lot,running pillar to post for the last 150 months.Our profound thanks to Shri.V L Kantha Rao IAS, Additional Secretary, R M Rao, Deputy Secretary, Shri.Saurab Tyagi, PGM ( Estt), BSNL and all other officers who helped for the early settlement.