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Contd. from GS Writes….. GM (Pers) apprised that on the basis of ED(CN) committee report the PPS posts in field units are being created and the proposal is being send to the BSNL Management committee and BSNL Board shortly for approval. Similarly the committee report on ADOL cadre restructuring is under consideration and the file has been send to PGM (EF) for clearance. He assured that as soon as clearance from EF cell is received the proposal will be send to the competent authority for approval. He also assured that E-6 pay scales to DGMs promoted from group-B cadres and SDE(RR) will be taken up in the next BSNL Board meeting in the month of Feb, 2016. On other issues ie notional pay fixation of all upgraded pay scales from1-10-2000,5 advance increments benefit to JTO SRD, JAO 2013 batch and PA cadre, withdrawal of clarification on reversion of officiating JTOs while sending them to JTO phase II training and Pay fixation case of TTA to JTO outside quota etc. Dir (HR) assured to hold a separate meeting in the presence of GM (Estt) to discuss all the issues on 9th Feb, 2016 with United Forum of AIBSNLEA & AIGETOA. We requested GM (Pers) to expedite the CPCs of all JTO to SDE and SDE to DE. GM(Pers) mentioned that the Court case in Hon'ble CAT Chandigarh is posted for hearing on 4th Feb, 2016 wherein DGM (Pers) along with BSNL Advocate will attend the court and will try to get club all the court cases JTO to SDE SDE to DE and AO to CAO promotions . The rejoinder in Honb'le High court Kerala at Ernakulam will also be filed on 5th Feb 2016 by Kerala Circle. Sincere efforts are being made to get the stay order vacated on promotions. We requested to fill up the vacant DGM posts. GM (Pers) mentioned that the legal opinion from ASG has been sought on TES Gr-B Seniority issue. The court case is coming for hearing on 16th Feb 2016 in Honb'le Supreme Court on TES Gr-B seniority issue. After getting clarity the promotion order from DE to DGM to fill up 480 DGM posts will be issued immediately. We requested for promotion of PAs to PSs, which is pending for its approval for last 6 months 3 wherein the queries have been replied by Karnataka Circle but still file is not cleared. GM (Pers) assured to look in to the matter. It is informed that legal opinion of law ministry w.r.t. 78.2% IDA pay fixation case of BSNL pensioners has been received in DOT on Cabinet Note for 78.2% IDA pay fixation case of BSNL pensioners. Now DOT pension cell has moved the cabinet note to the competent authority for approval. It is understood that after the vetting of internal finance of DOT, the cabinet note will be approved by the Hon'ble MOC & IT and then it may be sent to cabinet for approval. It was informed that Ministry of Medical & Health is yet to consider the case of CGHS medical facility to BSNL/MTNL pensioners. Decision is awaited, though in principal Ministry of Medical & Health has agreed to extend the CGHS medical facility to BSNL/MTNL pensioners. We extended thanks for issuing the orders but protested against the comment that the pay fixation method may be given notionally w.e.f. 01.01.2007 and actually from the date of approval by DOT i.e. 06.01.2016. We demanded payment of arrears as per the 2nd PRC notification as it was delayed due to administrative reasons without any fault of the individual. GM (Estt) assured to look into the matter. We protested against fixation of pay of officiating JTOs under FR22(I)a(i) and reversion before sending them for Phase-I training as per order dated 22 Dec-2015 and requested for its withdrawal , since as per BSNL Board decision these JTOs are to be regularized even without any further training and reversion but due to Hon'ble High Court Chandigarh and Ernakulam Judgements the super numeric posts of JTOs could not be created further hence, a via media arrangement has been made by framing new JTO RR-2014 just to regularized these JTO officiating. Hence, reversion of officiating JTOs is not at all justified at this juncture and it is violation of the BSNL Board decision. But the GM(Estt) was reluctant to withdraw this order. Now legal course of action are immediately to be taken. GM (Estt) also informed that recruitment cell has already been advised to fill up more than 10000 vacant JTO posts. Similarly, it has been decided to go for 2000 JTO DR quota and 2500 TTA DR quota recruitment immediately. This time JTOs DR quota will be recruited on the basis of one circle choice only to avoid distant circle postings. TELEWAVE Page-48 DECEMBER-2015