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15/05
Our Dy.GS Com Anupam Kaul reports that he met Dir Estb DOT today to know the progress in pension Revision case .
Director (Estt) informed that
1) The file is still with the Secy DOT
2) The discussions between Secy DOT and the Minister have not been held till date due to preoccupation of the Minister
3) Minister can call the Secy DOT any time
4) The fitment formula can be known only after they meet
5) Estb section is preparing a draft cabinet note as the file is expected to be cleared by DOE without any delay as DOE has also been kept in loop
6) In case nothing is heard from the office of MOC by the end of this month, the office of Secy Telecom will remind the ministers office
12/05
View the Copy accounts-cadre-pcat-order.pdf
10/05
10/05
CGHS letter dated 28-04-2023 doc-20230428-wa0061.pdf
10/05
CGHS letter dated 01-05-2023 doc-20230501-wa0002..pdf
10/05
The circle conference of Jharkhand circle was held at Jamshedpur on 23-04-2023 in the presence of Com J K Tripathy Vice President and Com R N Singh AGS.
The following office bearers were elected unanimously
President Com S K Sharma
circle secretary -- Com Naresh Lal
Treasurer -- Com Bharat Mishra
03/05
Pensioners Patrika for May-June 2023 is posted today
Click here to see the pdf version pp-2023-may-issue.pdf
17/05
MIGRATION OF PENSIONERS FROM POSTAL ACCOUNTS TO CCA FOR DIRECT PAYMENT- DOP'S INSTRUCTIONS
Copy : sampann.pdf
13/04
The rate of DA payable w.e.f 01-04-2023 for 2007 pay scales would be 202.3% .
DPE issued orders vide OM No: No. W-02 I 0002/2014-DPE(WC)-GL-VII I 2023 Dated 13/04/2023 Click here for copy : om-13-april-2023-reg-2007-ida-pay-scales.pdf
07/04
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31/03
Letter addressed to Secretary, Telecom, DOT Delhi : Sub : Authorisation of pension of Telecom Mechanic cadre in accordance with Statutory rules - verification of the correctness of emoluments only for the period of 24 months prior to the date of retirement. Regarding.
Letter addressed to Sri Uma Shankar Pandey, Member ( Services ) DOT. Sub : Non-grant of 78.2% merger benefit to nearly 600 pensioners by PCCA, TN despite judgement by CAT, Madras bench, regarding.
copy of our letter dated 27-5-22 addressed to The Secretary Telecom DOT on reduction of Pennsion fixed on LPD including officiating pay. Reduction effected at the time of subsequent revision of pension on the basis of clarification in 2017.
31/03
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.