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BRIEF REPORT on JOINT OPEN SESSION of CWC Meeting of AIBSNLEA & AGB OF AIGETOA at KOLKATA from 25.08.2015 to 26.08.2015 Joint Open Session of the AIBSNLEA and AIGETOA on the occasion of CWC meet of AIBSNLEA & Annual G.B. Meeting of AIGETOA: Joint Open Session of the AIBSNLEA and AIGETOA on the occasion of CWC meet of AIBSNLEA & Annual G.B. Meeting of AIGETOA was held on 25.8.2015 at 15.00 hours in the at Phani Bhusan Vidya Vinod Manch at Kolkata The function was commenced with an inaugural song by the local members. Com. Prasunkumar Mukhopadhay on behalf of the Kolkata Telephone AIBSNLEA welcomed one and all and invited the dignitaries on the Dias. The dignitaries on the dias Hon'ble Chief Guest Shri Anupam Shrivastava, CMD, BSNL, New Delhi, Guest of Honors, Shri N.K. Gupta, Director (CFA), BSNL Board, New Delhi, Shri Shameem Akhtar, Sr. GM (SR), BSNLCO, New Delhi., Shri Kishore Kumar, CGM, BSNL, West Bengal Telecom Circle, Shri Amit Kumar Bhattacharya, CGM, BSNL, Kolkata Telecom. District, Shri Murthy, CGM ETP, Shri Raj Hans, CGM Telecom. Store and Telecom Factory, Shri P. Venugopal, President, AIBSNLEA CHQ, Shri Prahlad Rai, General Secretary, AIBSNLEA, Shri Ravi Shil Verma, President, AIGETOA CHQ Shri R.P. Shahu, General Secretary, AIGETOA, Shri A.K. Kaushik, General Secretary, TEAM. Shri Saibal Sen Gupta, Convenor, Joint Forum, Kolkata, Shri Amit Kumar Gupta, AGS, AIRBSNLEWA and were felicitated by CS, Kolkata Telecom. District, by presenting with Bouquets and Mementos. The function commenced by lighting the lamp by Shri Anupam Shrivastava, CMD, BSNL, New Delhi and Shri N.K. Gupta, Director (CFA) in the presence other dignitaries. Com. P Venugopal, President CHQ AIBSNLEA welcomed all the dignitaries on Dias. In his speech he expressed that night free call and roaming free mobile services are the major gift by the present BSNL board to its valuable customers. He mentioned that due to the shortage of time, he does not wish to elaborate the HR issues and expected that the present CMD will take care of all the HR issues. He mentioned that few issues like CPSU cadre hierarchy, E2 and E3 pay scales, seniority issue, 78.2% IDA merger and benefit to the pensioners, CPCs of various cadres, etc are the major burning issues of the executives. He also mentioned that the looking after arrangement which do not have any power to the officers will have to be dispensed with and old system of officiating method during the short period vacancy be introduced. He also stated that both AIBSNLEA and AIGETOA will safeguard the interest of BSNL. Com Prahlad Rai, GS AIBSNLEA CHQ thanked the dignitaries on the Dias for attending the open session. GS in his speech informed that the Central Working Committee Meeting of All India Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Executives' Association being held here in Kolkata city of joy which is one of the historical city in India. He mentioned that CMD BSNL was to attend a function of TRAI as nominated by the MoC today and in order to fulfill the commitment given by the CMD to attend the open session, CMD has requested the MoC to exempt him from attending the function and accordingly MoC has adhered to the request of the CMD and hence CMD is attending the function for which he expressed his gratitude. GS also mentioned that Shri N K Gupta, Director (CFA) was on tour in Kerala for last two days and was busy and inspite of his busy schedule, he is attending the open session and expressed his gratitude. He also expressed his gratitude to Shri Shameem Akhtar, Sr. GM (SR) New Delhi who is the nodal officer between the unions and association for sparing his valuable time and attending the function. He also expressed his gratitude to all the Chief General Manager, General Managers, and other senior officers. He also expressed his sincere thanks to Com. Kaushik, GS TEAM and Com. Amit Gupta, CS, AIRBSNLEWA, Kolkata. GS, AIBSNLEA mentioned the brief history of the BSNL from its formation, commitments given by the Govt, present condition of the BSNL, status of the Govt. assurances, financial crisis of BSNL, reason for the today's scenario, support expected from Govt., support received from the Govt., various HR issues of executives of various disciplines, etc. He has also mentioned that as a service association AIBSNLEA cannot remain silent spectator to the problems of the executives of various disciplines. He narrated few of the following burning issues frustrating the members due to its non-settlement for a longer period. (a) Filling up of the vacant SAG/JAG, STS Group ‘A' posts in BSNL of all streams. (b) Regular Promotion from JTO (T) to SDE (Telecom) and JTO(TF) to SDE(TF) of seniority and LDCE quota. TELEWAVE Page-6 AUGUST-2015