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Without questioning the power of the employer to make recruitment at any level, being stake holder and directly affected party, forum is hereby raising the serious question on the intend of the said recruitment which is not only disfavoring the internal talents but also not at all intended for absorbing more efficient and talented people for effective functioning of the organization. It is completely the planned move to recruit from some targeted group of inferior candidates and deliberately debarring more qualified, talented, efficient and experienced internal candidates. Facts and observation of the forum in respect of DGM recruitment in BSNL need to be examined and investigated: Forum is hereby submitting some facts and observations on direct DGM recruitment which clearly revel that DGM recruitment is not only disfavoring the internal candidates but also not at all intended of absorbing more efficient and talented people for effective functioning of the organization. 1. DGM post in BSNL has been 100% promotional post for internal candidates recruited in feeder cadre. BSNL has already recruited professionally qualified Graduate Engineer and Account officers at feeder level of executives in the field of Telecom Operation and Finance respectively. There was absolutely no need for direct DGM recruitment from outside in these fields ignoring the facts that there are thousands of candidates available within BSNL with required qualification and experience. 2. There are already about 1400 section DGM post in Telecom Operation and about 400 DGM post in Telecom Finance out of which more than 50% post remain still unfilled despite number of executives are eligible to be promoted to DGM. It is beyond understanding the need to create 200 additional DGM posts for direct recruitment in the same field? 3. As per the Recruitment Rule for direct recruitment of DGM against these 200 posts following eligibility criteria is prescribed. “Candidates possessing the prescribed qualification from public sector, private sector and government are eligible to apply. All candidates, however, must fulfill all three criteria mentioned below:- (i) Twelve (12) years of post-qualification working experience, (ii) Minimum of 3 years of experience in (a) E-4 grade as defined in DPE guidelines (IDA pre-revised scale Rs. 14500-350-18700/ Revised IDA Scale Rs. 29100-54500) in case of PSU experience or (b) Equivalent annual gross salary, which comes to approximately Rs. Seven Lacs gross, in case of private sector or (c) CDA scale Rs. 10000-325-15200 (pre-revised scale in case of government posts). Minimum work experience of 5 years in a company with an annual turnover more than Rs. 100 Cr. (in case of PSU, Private Companies). 4. From the above eligibility criteria it is very much evident that candidates from PSU and Government Department possessing the required qualification (BE/B.Tech/CA/ICWA etc) and length of service (12 years) need to fulfill additional criteria of working at particular level (3 years at E4 in case of PSU and pre- revised CDA scale Rs. 10000-325-15200 in case of Government Department) but candidates working in private sectors possessing required qualification and length of service are eligible irrespective of their level of working if their gross annual income is approx.. 7 lacs. In other words candidates from PSU and Government Department possessing all the qualification and length of service as of private candidates are not eligible for DGM post even if their gross salary is more than Rs 7 lacs. 5. Initial pay scale offered to the direct DGM in BSNL is Rs. 32900/- and hence annual package comes around Rs 8 Lakhs. Almost all schedule-A category PSU recruits Graduate Engineers and Account Professionals at E3 (Rs 24900-) pay scale and promotes them to next grades in every 3-4 years hence in 12 years of service they must have been promoted to E5 and E6 pay scale. Candidates from even Schedule-D category PSU and Government Department satisfying above eligibility criteria have already crossed the basic pay of Rs 32900/- on account their promotions and one pay revision. Most of the CPSEs and Government Department pays perks/allowance, superannuation benefits and PRP which are much more than BSNL. In TELEWAVE Page-49 SEPTEMBER-2015