OUR LEADERS RECENT DELHI VISIT.
From Bhopal , we came
to Delhi to meet the concerned authorities to pursue our pension revision
demand and other pending issues.
Meeting with DDG (Est)
: General
Secretary Com V Vara Prasad and Vice-President Com P Gangadhara Rao met Smt
Roshni Sohni DDG (Estt) DOT on 28-03-2023 and had a detailed discussion on
pension revision issue.
Meeting with Member (Services) : Com V Vara Prasad GS, Com P Gangadhara Rao Vice-President, Com Anupam Kaul Dy GS met Member (Services) on 29-03-2023. When sought the appointment with Secretary Telecom, we were directed to meet the Member (Services).
We requested him for early settlement of our pension revision of
BSNL/MTNL pensioners as per 7th CPC which
would give a permanent solution. He mentioned that Final note would be ready
early next month for the decision of Hon’ble MOC to forward to concerned
departments before a cabinet note is submitted. We insisted for a
clause/provision for future revision to be made which Member(services) agreed
to examine.
We have also discussed
the following issues :
·
1.Reduction of LPD in
the case of Telecom Mechanics.
·
2.Implementation of CAT
judgement of Madras CAT on Extra increment
·
3.Regularisation of
officiating pay to be taken into account case of Sri Balasubrahmanyam etc.
We have submitted the
letters on the above issues and Member (Services) assured that all these cases
will be examined and suitable action will be taken.
Meeting with Director
(Est) : We met Director
(Est) Shri Raj Kumar and informed him that all the above mentioned cases are
discussed with Member (Services) and requested him to process all the cases as
these are pending for a long time. He promised to look into these issues.
Even though all the
officers have assured us that our demand gets due examination , we are
sceptical about the current status.
We understood that the
officers who have to make a proposal for consideration by the top officers and
Hon MoC are totally prejudiced. There is no change in their mindset. We
witnessed the same when they convinced the Hon’ble MOC about zero percent
fitment by presenting a selective power point presentation.
Even now, they are projecting that even without pension revision,
BSNL/MTNL pensioners are getting nearly 140% more than C.G. pensioners who got
7th CPC benefit. We had to buttress this argument
with certain facts. They have ignored the fact that before absorption,
Executives were assured of a minimum monthly benefit of Rs.2500/- and
Non-executives with a minimum monthly benefit of Rs.1500/- over & above CDA
pay.
We understood that DoT
may propose pension revision with 5 or 10% and try to get the approval of the
top in the near future.
We are not very much
particular about the quantum but we are particular about two aspects:
·
1)It should ensure
solution for periodical pension revision every ten years.But we have an
apprehension whether it can be ensured if 5 or 10% is approved.
·
2)There should not be
any pension anomaly between pre & post-2017 retirees because pay revision
is a mirage.
We have ensured that
our concern about the justification of our demand are conveyed to the Secretary
Telecom and we are hopeful that our demand will be considered with an open
mind, and without prejudice. We shall wait and watch the developments. Next
two/three months are crucial. Let us try our best till the end.
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