AIBSNLPWA TAMILNADU CIRCLE

NOW IT IS YOUR WORK,

DISTRICT SECRETARIES

19/07

Now, order is come. The Pension handling offices of BSNL are asked to process the cases and forward the same to CCA offices. Therefore, District Secretaries should meet the Heads of SSAs and request them to constitute Special Cell in SSA offices to take up this work immediately.

BE REALISTIC; IT IS NOTIONAL

19/07

When DoT issued order on 10-6-2013 granting benefit of IDA merger to serving staff there was some confusion. The benefit was granted w.e.f 1-1-2007 but actual payment was made from 10-6-2013, the date of issuance of the order, as per the agreement made by BSNL Management and Staff Unions in June 2012. Those who agreed for PROSPECTIVE EFFECT are responsible for the loss of arrears from 1-1-2007. Fate of people retired between 1-1-2007 and 9-6-2013 was not clear. As such, till this date their pension was not revised. Now it is made beyond all doubt that the fixation from 1-1-2007 to 9-6-2013 is NOTIONAL only. Some people do not accept it. And, nobody wants their acceptance or consent. Cabinet decided and DoT issued order stating it is notional only.

No doubt, it is a wrong decision. It has to be challenged; it has to be fought against. Without accepting the reality you can not challenge it.

We are reproducing hereunder the ORDER dated 18-7-2016

THE ORDER
Department of Telecommunications
OM No 40-13/2013-Pen (T) dated 18-07-2016

Sub: Revision of pension of BSNL pensioners/family pensioners, who retired prior to 10-06-2013 by allowing the benefit of merger of 50% DA/DR with Basic Pay/Pension, effectively amounting to 78.2% DA/DR for the purpose of fitment.

The pension to combined service optee absorbed employees in BSNL is paid by Government as per sub-rules 21 to 23 of 37-A of CCS (Pension) Rules 1972.

2. Consequent to the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) orders dated 26-11-2008, revision of pay of employees of BSNL was allowed with effect from 1-1-2007 vide letter No 61-01/2009-SU dated 27-02-2009. Subsequently, pension/family pension of employees retired from BSNL who retired between 01-10-2000 and 1-1-2007, was revised vide this Office OM No 40-27/2008-Pen (T) Vol. III dated 15-3-2011.

3. Further to Department of Public Enterprises OM No 2(70)/08-DPE (WC)-GL-VII/09 dated 02-04-2 009, the benefit of merger of 50% DA with Basic Pay effectively amounting to 78.2% IDA as on 1-1-2007 for the purpose of fitment, was granted to the BSNL serving employees w.e.f. 10-06-2013 vide Order No 61-1/2012-SU dated 10-6-2013.

4. The issue regarding revision of pension/family pension of BSNL IDA pensioners/family pensioners, who retired prior to 10-06-2013 has been considered by the Government, and the following has been decided:
(a) The pension/family pension of BSNL IDA pensioners/family pensioners, who retired prior to 01-01-2007, may be revised as on 01-01-2007 notionally with actual benefit w.e.f. 10-06-2013 by adding together

(i) Existing basic pension/family pension including commuted portion of pension, if any

(ii) Dearness Relief (IDA) @ 78.2%

(iii) Fitment weightage @ 30% of the existing pension/family pension and dearness relief (IDA) thereon

The amount so arrived will be regarded as consolidated pension/family pension with effect from 10-06-2013.

(b) The pension/family pension of BSNL IDA pensioners/family pensioners, who retired between 01-01-2007 and 09-06-2013, their pay may be revised notionally with effect from 01-01-2007 by allowing the benefit of merger of 50% DA/DR with Basic Pay/Pension effectively amounting to 78.2% IDA for the purpose of fitment and consequential revision of pension on notional pay with the actual benefit w.e.f. 10-06-2013, at par with the serving employees of BSNL. However, these pensioners do not get actual benefit of increase in pay/pension during the period between 01-01-2007 to 09-06-2013, and they would not get increase in the amount of DCRG, leave encashment and commutation of pension on this account.

5. The other conditions with regard to commuted portion of pension, minimum pension and increase in the quantum of pension/family pension to the old pensioners/family pensioners, as mentioned in this office OM No 40-17/2008-Pen(T) Vol. III dated 15-3-2011 shall remain the same.
6. Action to revise pension/family pension in terms of these provisions may be initiated suo-moto by the concerned Heads of offices. All administrative offices of BSNL handling preparation of pension papers of BSNL pensioners may be directed to initiate the process of consolidation of pension/family pension to the BSNL IDA pensioners/family pensioners, who retired prior to 10-06-2013, at the consolidated rates in terms of para 4 above immediately and forward the same to the concerned CCAs for consolidation and issue of revised Pension Payment Orders (PPOs).

7. The exercise to extend benefit of these orders to the pensioners/family pensioners should be completed by 31-12-2016.

Sd/- 
S K Jain , DDG (Estt.)

GENERAL SECRETARY IN NEW DELHI; MEETS MEMBER (FINANCE)

18/07

Com. G Natarajan, our General Secretary reached New Delhi today. He met Smt. Annie Moraes, Member (Finance) and conveyed to her the sincere thanks of BSNL Pensioners all over the country for releasing the order on 78.2%. Smt. Annie Moraes was the Member (Finance) since September 2013. She will be retiring on 31-7-2016. It is heard that she may become Member of TRAI after retirement.

Smt. Moraes was very much helpful in getting the condition of 60:40 annulled from the Rules.

GS, along with Com. R C Malhotra, AGS etc met the staff in Pension Section and distributed sweets to them for their prompt action in releasing the order.

It may be noted that the Cabinet cleared VII CPC report on 29-6-2016 and our case on 5-7-2016. Till this date, the order on VII CPC report is not issued. Whereas, the order on 78.2% has been released today.