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The special Circle Executive committee meeting of Karnataka Circle was held at Bangalore on 21st October 2024, under the presidentship of com P A Virupakshaiah. Com P S Ramankutty Advisor CHQ and Com V Vara Prasad General Secretary addressed the gathering.
CHQ Office bearers Com P Gangadhara Rao, Com G Babu, Com C K Hosamani, and Com A Savitha also addressed. Due to health reasons, the resignation of Com R Changappa as Circle Secretary was accepted. In his place, ACS Com Jayashankar was coopted as the new Circle Secretary.
The District Conference of the All India BSNL Pensioners' Welfare Association, Kashganj, UP (West), was held on 19th October 2024. The meeting was presided over by District President, Com. N.P. Singh.
Circle Secretary, Com. Kailash Gautam, and Circle Treasurer, Com. J.K. Sharma, addressed the gathering.
Following office bearers were elected unanimously for the new term:
President: Com. N.P. Singh
District Secretary: Com. Attar Singh
Treasurer: Com. S.C. Saxena
As per above Order, under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, pension or family pension revisions cannot disadvantage pensioners unless due to clerical errors identified within two years of authorization. The relevant administrative Ministry or Department decides on the necessity of such revisions. If excess payments are found, they may be waived after consultation with the Department of Expenditure; otherwise, pensioners will be notified to repay the excess, which will be adjusted from future pension payments as directed by the Head of Office.
The Contempt Petition related to our Pension revision case was listed to day but has been adjourned to 10-01-2025 to await the outcome of the proceedings before high court.
District Conference of ETAH (UP -West) was successfully held today, 18-10-2024, at Etah, U.P. West. The meeting was presided over by District President Com. A.K. Pundee.
The conference had attendance with over 70 members. Com. Kailash Gautam, Circle Secretary UP (West) has addressed.
The following office bearers were unanimously elected:
President: Com. Udaiveer Singh
Secretary: Com. R.K. Sharma
Treasurer: Com. V.N. Singh
AIBSNLPWA has requested the DoT to implement the recent DoPT order on granting notional increment for pension revision. Citing favorable court rulings, the letter seeks to extend this benefit to eligible absorbed BSNL employees.
Click here to read : notional-increment-to-secy-dot.pdf
This Office Memorandum (OM), dated 14th October 2024, issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training), addresses the grant of notional increment to Central Government employees retiring on 30th June or 31st December, whose annual increment would have otherwise been due on 1st July or 1st January, respectively. The OM was issued in compliance with Supreme Court orders and pending review petitions, detailing interim directions.. Effective Date: The notional increment will apply for pension calculation from 01.05.2023 onwards, not retroactively before 30.04.2023. These instructions apply only to pension calculations, not other pensionary benefits, and are subject to the final outcome of a pending Supreme Court review expected in November 2024.
Nagercoil District held its district conference on 08-10-2024. District President Com Rajan Babu presided. More than 160 members attended. Circle Secretary Com Sundara Krishnan addressed the conference. The following Office bearers were unanimously elected. President : Com S Eugine, Secretary Com Kasi Treasurer Com Balan. The Outgoing Secretary Com A Chelliah has actively organised the conference .
08-10-2024 : Update on today's hearing at the High Court. The case, listed as items 44-46, was not heard due to time constraints, despite our lawyer's efforts to have it mentioned in the morning and their request to the bench to take it up in the afternoon. The matter reached at 4:15 pm, but due to the late hour, the court couldn't start the hearing.
The court has scheduled the next hearing for 21st November 2024.
Ernakulam is the biggest Dist Unit of our Association in Kerala. It has 2600 members and 10 Branches. Aluva is the biggest branch with 500+ members. For better effective functioning, Aluva branch is now bifurcated and new Branch at Angamaly is formed today with more than 200 members. Com R N Padanair, AGS and Com T P George, CS attended the formation meeting. Kochin Airport is at Angamaly.
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The Annual General Body Meeting of the Dharwad District was held on 30th September 2024 at Hubli. The well-attended meeting was addressed by Comrades V. Vara Prasad, General Secretary; P. Gangadhara Rao, Vice President; G. Babu, AGS; C.K. Hosamani, CHQ Organizing Secretary. Com. Jayashankar, Assistant Circle Secretary, Com Ch.Sivananad , District Office bearers Com N K Gandigwad, Com Vijaya Kumar Mandi (DS) Com M N Ghorpade, Com S L Pujar have shared the dais.
A meeting was held with the Hon'ble MP of Vijayawada, Sri Kesineni Sivanath (Chinni) in the chambers of MP' s office at Vijayawada on 23-9-2024.Comrades V Vara Prasad, General Secretary, C Bhaskara Rao, District Secretary of Vijayawada, J Narayanachari, AP Circle Treasurer, and G Siva Nageswara Rao, District Treasurer have met him.During the meeting, a cheque of Rs 1,00,000 from the funds of the CHQ account, as decided in the Patiala CWC meeting, was handed over, drawn in favor of the AP Chief Minister's Relief Fund, as a contribution towards relief efforts for flood victims affected by the flash floods in and around Vijayawada, followed by heavy rains on August 30th and 31st.
The MP was also informed about the Special Appeal made to members across India, to contribute generously to this cause, to be realised by end October'24 reflecting the commitment to supporting communities in need.
Sri Kesineni Sivanath appreciated the efforts, accepted the cheque, and thanked the association.
He also expressed his willingness to meet us for any help regarding pensioners' issues in the future.
Today it was listed as item no. 51 in court no 34 before the same division bench of Delhi HC to be heard at 1530 hours.
But since the court rose for the day at 1200 hours it was not taken up.
Our lawyer prayed for early hearing and hence the case is adjourned to 8/10/2024
In the Contempt Petition No. 300/2024, which was listed on 12-09-2024 before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench with Hon'ble Members Mrs. Harvinder Kaur Oberoi and Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Ms. Asmita Singh, representing the Applicants, requested an adjournment until after 23.09.2024, the next hearing date for related Writ Petitions in the High Court. Mr. Kaushik, representing DOT, sought closure of the contempt petitions. Ms. Singh argued that this request had been addressed previously with detailed orders from the Tribunal and noted the High Court's direction not to press the petitions at this time. The Tribunal, upon consideration, adjourned the matter to 18.10.2024.