Shri. Anupam Shrivastava, CMD , BSNL has reportedly told media persons at Bangalore on 28-01-2016 that, BSNL employees would not get wage revision w.e.f. 01.01.2017, unless the Company makes profit. This may be the view of the Management. BSNLEU does not agree with this view. Even the CMD has admitted earlier that, BSNL has missed the ‘voice call bus’, because BSNL was not able to procure equipments for many years. The Hon’ble Minister for Communications, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, has told the Parliament that, the previous government did not allow BSNL to expand it’s network for 10 years. Thus, BSNL has become loss making, not because of the employees, but because of the government and the ministers. On the other hand, the employees are taking all out efforts for the revival of the Company. The launching of “Customer Delight Year” and the “Service With A Smile” programme are evidences for this. Hence, it will not be fare on the part of the Management to penalise the employees for the crimes committed by the previous government and ministers. BSNL Executives and Non-Executives should get wage revision w.e.f. 01.01.2017. Management should understand that 100% strike will take place, in case the next wage revision is denied.

The Empowered Committee will function as a Screening Committee to screen the recommendations of the Commission after taking into account the views of the concerned stakeholders, viz, the Ministries/Departments, Staff Associations and the JCM, so as to firm up the final conclusions for approval of the Cabinet

No.1-4/2015-E.III(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, dated the 27th January, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Constitution of Empowered Committee of Secretaries for processing the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission

It has been decided with the approval of the Cabinet to set up an Empowered Committee of Secretaries to process the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.

The Committee will have the following members :

2. The Committee may co-opt any other Secretary, whenever found necessary.

3. The Empowered Committee will function as a Screening Committee to screen the recommendations of the Commission after taking into account the views of the concerned stakeholders, viz, the Ministries/Departments, Staff Associations and the JCM, so as to firm up the final conclusions for approval of the Cabinet.

4. The Implementation Cell created in the Department of Expenditure shall function as Secretariat for the Empowered Committee of Secretaries.

5. The final recommendations of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries will be submitted for approval of the Cabinet.

No.22011/3/2013-Estt (D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi
Dated 25-01-2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Promotion of Govt.Servants exonerated after retirement – Procedure and Guidelines to be followed – Regarding.[READ DOPT INSTRUCTIONS DATED 23-11-2015 ]

The undersigned is directed to invite reference to the Department of Personnel and Training Office Memorandum No.22011/4/91-Estt(A) dated 14th September, 1992 regarding procedure and guidelines to be followed by DPC in respect of Government servants against whom disciplinary/court proceedings are pending or whose conduct is under investigation. In case the Government servant is covered under any of the three conditions as mentioned in Para 2 of OM dated 14.09.1992, the recommendations of the DPC are to be kept in ‘sealed cover’ and subsequent action regarding opening of sealed cover will depend on the outcome of the disciplinary/criminal proceedings.

2. If on conclusion of the disciplinary/ criminal proceedings, the Government servant is exonerated, the procedure prescribed in para 3 of the OM dated 14-9-1992 is to be followed. This provides as under:-

“On the conclusion of the disciplinary case/criminal prosecution which results in dropping of allegations against the Govt. servant, the sealed cover or covers shall be opened. In case the Government servant is completely exonerated the due date of his promotion will be determined with reference to the position assigned to him in the findings kept in the sealed cover/covers and with reference to the date of promotion of his next junior on the basis of such position. The Government servant may be promoted, if necessary, by reverting the junior most officiating person. He may be promoted notionally with reference to the date of promotion of his junior. However, whether the officer concerned will be entitled to any arrears of pay for the period of notional promotion preceding the date of actual promotion, and if so to what extent, will be decided by the appointing authority by taking into consideration all the facts and circumstances of the disciplinary proceedings/criminal prosecution. Where the authority denies arrears of salary or part of it, it will record its reasons for doing so. It is not possible to anticipate and enumerate exhaustively all the circumstances under which such denials of arrears of salary or part of it may become necessary. However, there may be cases where the proceedings, whether disciplinary or criminal, are, for example delayed at the instance of the employee or the clearance in the disciplinary proceedings or acquittal in the criminal proceedings is with benefit of doubt or on account of non-availability of evidence due to the acts attributable to the employee etc. These are only some of the circumstances where such denial can be justified.”

3. The applicability of above provisions in so far as it relates to cases where the Government Servant, who has retired by the time he is exonerated of all the charges has been considered in respect of the following cases:

i. Where the promotion order pertaining to the relevant DPC has been issued and the officers empanelled have assumed charge prior to the date of superannuation of the retired Government Servant; and

ii. The retired Government Servant would have been is service and assumed charge of the post had the disciplinary proceeding not been initiated against him/her.

4. It has been decided in consultation with the Department of Expenditure, Department of Pensions & Pensioners’ Welfare and the Department of Legal Affairs that notional promotion and payment of arrears of pay, if any, for the period of notional promotion till the date of retirement, to such a retired Government Servant if found fit on opening of the sealed cover is to be decided by the Appointing authority in terms of para 3 of OM No.22011/4/91-Estt.(A) dated 14.9.1992.

5. A retired Government employee who is considered for notional promotion from the date of promotion of his next junior after opeing of the sealed cover would also be entitled to fixation of pension on the basis of such notional pay on his notional promotion.

6. The provisions contained in this Office Memorandum shall become operational from the date of issue of this Office Memorandum. Past cases settled in accordance with the earlier provisions shall not be reopened.

Com. V.A.N. Namboodiri, Advisor has met Ms. Annie Moreas, Member (Finance), on 28th January, 2016 at Sanchar Bhawan and discussed the issue of 78.2% IDA merger to BSNL pensioners. She stated that the Cabinet note in this regard is being finalised considering the comments by the Department of Law. After the approval by the Secretary, DoT and hon’ble Minister of Communications it will be submitted to the cabinet for final approval.

The Durgapur District Conference  was held in an enthusiastic atmosphere at Telecom Recreation Club hall, Durgapur on 24-01-2016. A presidium of Coms.O.K.Banerjee, J.K.Gupta and Ashoke Chowdhury controlled the proceedings. Com.Pijush Chakraborty, Assistant Circle Secretary inaugurated the conference with an elaborate speech covering recent developments international, national and West Bengal, attack on pensioners, retrograde 7th pay commission recommendations, present position of 78.2% IDA merger and the ensuing AIC at Tirupati. Com. D. Basu, Assistant General Secretary also addressed the conference. The biennial report and audited accounts were presented by Coms.Dhananjay Ganguly, District Secretary and Dasarath Sarkar, Treasurer respectively and adopted after discussion.

Office bearers were elected with following important functionaries.

Com.O.K.Banerjee (President) Com.Dhananjay Ganguly (District Secretary) and Com.Dasarath Sarkar (Tresurer)

The Central Government is intending to go in for another round of spectrum auctioning. The TRAI has recommended to the government to auction 2000 MHz spectrum in the 700 MHz band. This auctioning is expected to fetch Rs.5.4 lakh crore revenue to the government. It may be remembered that the government got Rs.1.1 lakh crore in 2015, through spectrum auctioning.

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) expresses its solidarity and support to the mobilizations of the poor and medium sized farmers in Greece, who for days now have been blocking the national highways, demanding what’s rightfully theirs.

More than 10.000 tractors are on the streets and the Greek farmers are protesting against the policy of EU and the government of SYRIZA and the racist ultra right wing party of ANEL. The policy of the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU implemented by the Greek government drives the poor farmers away from their land, imposes new bigger taxes, raises the price of fuel for farmers, reduces farmer pensions, raises the cost of production for the poor farmers, while supporting the monopolies, the cartels and multinational corporations. This policy promotes the even bigger concentration of land in the hands of the few and rich businesspersons and multinationals of the agro-alimentary sector, according to the directions of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The WFTU and the World Class Oriented Trade Union Movement are on the side of the poor farmers of Greece and express their solidarity with their just struggle.

Until today, the farmers have demonstrated combativeness and every day more farmers with their tractors and agricultural machinery join the struggle and get to the central highways and the squares of their villages in the rural areas.

We, the workers and unemployed, the 92 million members of the WFTU from all over the world, we join our voice with the voices of the poor and medium sized farmers of Greece, fighting so that their land will not been taken from their hands, against the new anti-farmer measures decided by the IMF, EU, the SYRIZA – ANEL government and the multinational cartel of the agroalimentary sector.

The 2nd triennial All India Conference of AIBDPA being held at Tirupati on 2-3, February, 2016 will start with an open session at 10 AM on 02-02-2016.  The programme is arranged as follows;

Welcome address        : Shri.Y. Srinivasulu Reddy MLC, Chairman, Reception Committee

Presidential Address   : Com.A.K.Bhattacharjee, President, AIBDPA

Inaugural address       : Com.T.K.Rangarajan MP, Vice President, CITU

Chief Guests                : Ms. Annie Moreas, Member (Finance), DoT

Shri. Anupam Shrivsatava, CMD, BSNL

Ms. Sujata Ray, Director (HR), BSNL

Special Guests           : Shri. P. V. Muralidhar, ITS, CGMT, BSNL, Andhra Pradesh

: Shri. P.K.Sinha, Controller of Communication Accounts

: Shri. M.S.A. Nutan,ITS, GMTD, BSNL, Tirupati

Speakers  : Com.K.K.N.Kutty, Secretary General, NCCPA

Com. P. Abhimanyu, General Secretary, BSNLEU

Com. V.A.N.Namboodiri, Trade Union International (Pensioners &Retirees)

Com. Animesh Mitra, Secretary General, BSNL CCWF

Com. K.Raghavendran, General Secretary, AIPRPA

Com. K.G. Jayaraj, General Secretary, AIBDPA

Com.P.V.Chandrasekharan, Patron, AIBDPA

Com. J. Sampath Rao, AGS, & Circle Secretary, BSNLEU.

Vote of thanks      : Com. Y.S.Raju, General Secretary, Reception Committee.

2 PM to 8 PM— Delegates session

03-02-2016—    9 AM to 1 PM   and  2 PM to 5 PM –Delegates Session