This is a Site for the Veterans Maintained by the All India BSNL Pensioners’ Welfare Association born at 1215 hours on 20th August 2009 in a massive Convention of BSNL Pensioners from 15 Telecom Circles with a solemn declaration that it shall work to protect and safeguard the interest of entire BSNL Pensioners in the country, without any political, regional, communal or cadre bias. We shall work unitedly irrespective of the organisations with which we had association while in service.
It is very difficult to collect the information from all the Circles.
Even the Department could not collect it.
If we ask for the information through POST it will take atleast a month.
Therefore, All District Secretaries/Circle Secretaries are requested to collect the following details and send it by E-mail to the CHQ.
(E-mail address is bsnlpensioner@rediffmail.com).
Details of the affected person required
1) Name
2) PPO No.
3) Date of Retirement
4)CDA scale @ of retirement
5) Last Pay Drawn on CDA
6) Basic Pension fixed in CDA Pay
7) Corresponding IDA Scale
8) Last Pay Drawn on IDA
9) Basic Pension on IDA
10) Basic Pension from 1.1.2007
The anomaly can be assessed only when your case is compared with a junior employee who retired in july 2001 (One who got the benefit of IDA payscale for all the 10 months.)
Hence, All the above (10) details pertaining a person who was in the same scale of pay and retired in July 2001 may also be sent to us.
(There was a mistake in the earlier posting in this Website. It is not June 2001 as mentioned therein. It is July, 2001. We regret for the mistake.)
Emails received shall be forwarded to our Legal Committee.
.... P S Ramankutty, GS
15-5-2012
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA CLEARS DOUBTS
RBI has given clear answers to certain Frequently Asked Questions
We had posted in this Website the order issued by BSNL Corporate Office on 4th May 2012 on the subject. (Please the last item in IMPORTANT ORDERS).
The para 3 of the order is clear. Still, some comrades seek clarification on it. The position is:
1. One can encash 300 days Earned Leave at the time of retirement. If you have more than 300 days EL standing to your credit then encashment is allowed for 300 days only. Rest will be lapsed.
2. In the cases of central government employees entire amount received as Leave Encashment is exempted from incometax. But in the case of PSU employees - like BSNL - first Rs 3 lakhs is exempted. Incometax is levied on the amount in excess of Rs 3 lakhs.
3. If you had 300 days EL to your credit at the time of absorption in BSNL, the entire amount received as Encashment when you retire from BSNL is exempted from Tax. Beacuse you had accumulated that much EL as central government employee.
4. Suppose, for example, you had only 200 days EL at the time of absorption in BSNL and you accumulated total 300 days by the time you retired from BSNL, it means that you accumulated 100 days EL while working as BSNL (PSU) employee. Encashment amount for this additional 100 days accumulated as PSU employee only is taxable. There also, if the amount from that 100 days is less than Rs 3 lakhs no Txx can be levied. If the said amount for 100 days is more than Rs 3 lakhs, then, the amount in excess of Rs 3 lakhs only is taxable. Encashment amount for the 200 days earned as by you as central govt. employee shall not be taxable.
5. The encashed EL should be seperately calcuatled for the periods - before absorption and after absorption in BSNL. In Bhopal, in a case, entire amount was taken together and incometax was deducted from the amount. We had taken up the case.
I hope it is clear now.
.... P S Ramankutty, GS
13.5.12:
7TH ANNUAL General Body Meeting OF
CHENNAI DISTRICT ASSOCIATION BRANCH
AIBSNLPWA Chennai District Association Branch’s 7th Annual General Body meeting was held on 12.5.12. Com R. Ranganathan, District President presided the meeting. Two minutes silence was observed for the members who lost their lives during this period. Com M. Ghouse Basha, District Secretary welcomed the gathering. The Annual Report and statement of accounts were read out and passed by the august body. Com G. Natarajan, Circle Secretary, CHTD in his inaugural address wished the conference every success and explained about our associations achievements and future programmes. Com Rama Rao, Circle Secretary, Tamilnadu Circle spoke and explained about the problems of the BSNL pensioners. Com Harikrishnan in his address explained how the association was formed in CHTD and wished every success. Com D. Gopalakrishnan in his special address explained how the pensioners problems were settled by our association and narrated about two examples one in cuddalore ssa and other one in north india. He said that it was decided in CEC Meeting in BG to conduct agitational programmes to get back the BSNLMRS Allowance without voucher. He also said that our association has decided to file case in ND CAT for the pension anomaly cases of partly CDA and partly IDA for those pensioners retired before JUNE 2001.
In the afternoon session Com. Narasimhan, Com K. Muthiyalu, Com S. Ramanarayanan, Kanagaraj of Tirunelveli spoke and wished the conference every success. There was overwhelming response from the members to participate for our Tamilnadu circle conference and for All India Conference. With a vote of thanks the conference concluded with bright memories. Since there is no new office bearers election for this year the same set of office bearers are continuing for this year also. More than 150 members attended the conference. Com Ghouse Basha Secretary has made execellent arangments. All the special guests were honoured with shawl and were given a very good bagwhich can even carry a LAPTOP
The Bangalore CEC had constituted a Committee for proposing amendments to the constitution of our Association, taking into consideration our experience of the last three years and the organisational requirements. The Committee consists of
Com. K Muthiyalu, President at Chennai
Com. D Gopalakrishnan, Vice President, at chennai
Com. G Natarajan, Circle Secretary, Chennai TD
Anyone of our office-bearers or ordinary members can send their suggestions to CHQ before 30th June, 2012. The Above committee will consider all such suggestions and prepare the draft amendments in June. We shall notify the proposed amendments in July 2012 issue of our Patrika for the information of all concerned.. Your suggestions are welcome. JAIPUR AIC will take up the proposals for final decision.
This time, we printed and posted our Patrika No 6 from Chennai hoping that it would reach the addressees faster than from Trivandrum. But, the journal posted at Chennai on 17th April has not yet reached our Vice President Com. DG living in Chennai itself even after 23 long days.
This is the wonderful efficiency of INDIA POST. Many comrades complain about non-receipt of the journal. It was posted to every one on 17th April. Please wait for some more days. I am totally upset because the earnest efforts made for two months are in vain.
..... P S Ramankutty
10-5-2012
BEWARE OF THIS BOGUS MESSAGE
Today, I received the following Email from Shri D D Mistry, Ahmedabad.
Hi,
I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,i came down here to Manila Philippines for a short vacation to visit a resort and got mugged at gun point last night at the park of the hotel where i lodged.All cash,credit cards and cell were stolen off me.I've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all,my flight leaves today and I'm having problems settling the hotel bills.
The hotel manager won't let me leave until i settle the hotel bills which is $2,500 or anything you can afford now am freaked out.Please reply back and let me know if you will be able to loan me the cash so that i can give you the necessary details you will need to get the cash to me via western union money transfer, i promise to pay you back as soon as i get home.
Few weeks back, I received same message from Shri S C Maheswari, the leader of Railway Pensioners' Association. Same sentences. Same story. Therefore, I contacted Shri A N Patel at Ahmedabd and found out that Shri Mistry is very much there in Ahmedabad. Sh. Mistry also spoke to me from there. I am giving this information only to caution all our comrades. Cyber crimes are increasing. One day, you may get such type of message from P S Ramankutty also. Just ignore it.
.... P S Ramankutty
JAIPUR BECONS YOU
As already announced, our All India Conference will be held from 5th to 7th October 2012 in Jaipur city.
Those comrades who desire to attend the AIC may please book the railway tickets in the first week of June, 2012.
.....P S Ramankutty, GS
The Maharani's Palace, the palace of the Queen paradoxically puts a display of the Rajput weaponry. The inestimable collections of weapons date back to even 15th century and are in a remarkable state of preservation. Remarkable amongst them is scissor-action dagger. This deadly weapon when thrust in bodies the handles were release to spread the blades. The dagger was then withdrawn tearing limb from limb of the body of the hapless victim into certain fatality. Other exhibits include protective chain armours, pistols, jeweled and ivory handled swords, a belt sword, small and assorted cannons, guns, poison tipped blades and gun powder pouches. The frescos on the ceiling are amazing and well preserved.
7th May 2012
PENSIONERS' HANDBOOK
Vijayawada branch of our Association had brought out a useful Pensioners' Hand Book
last year. It was released on 8-5-2011.
The price of the book was fixed at Rs 100 at that time.
Limited number of copies are still available with Vijayavada branch.
They have now decided to sell the Hand book at the rate of Rs 50
at the venue of our ensuing All India Conference at Jaipur-Rajastan in October, 2012.
If anyone desires to have a copy of the Handbook even before the AIC,
he/she may send Rs 70.00 (Rs 50 for the book and Rs 20 for postage charges)
CGHS is available only in 25 cities/towns in India viz. Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubhaneshwar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Meerut, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram. ...85% of the pensioners are living in areas not covered by CGHS. They can not travel to city/town for availing the CGHS.
·If one asks for a fresh CGHS card, he/she has to pay huge amount as premium for it – Rs 15000-35000 for life-time. Pensioners can not afford it
CGHS services are far from satisfactory at almost all places – except perhaps in Delhi (where Ministers, MPs etc. are the VIP beneficiaries) and Nagpur. Nobody is satisfied with the service rendered by CGHS in other places.
·CGHS is being curtailed in many places. Dispensaries are closed in the afternoon.
CGHS for Central Govt. employees. BSNL staff (serving or retirees) are notCentral Govt. employees.
Therefore, we demand restoration of ‘without voucher scheme’ under BSNLMRS.
2nd May 2012
CEC MEETING
A Brief Report on the CEC meeting held at Bangalore on 26/27, April is given here.
We understand that the BSNL Management is thinking of making over the responsibility of medical care of the BSNL Pensioners to CG H S. CEC meeting held at Bangalore discused the matter and decided to oppose the move for following reasons:
CGHS is available only in 25 cities in entire India. Majority of BSNL Pensioners live outside the CGHS area. They cannot travel to the cities for availing the facility.
The premium to be paid by the CGHS beneficiary is too high. Pensioners can not afford it.
The CGHS service is not satisfactory at most of the places, except perhaps Delhi and Nagpur.
Therefore CEC decided to demand
a) Restore Without Voucher Scheme under BSNLMRS at least for pensioners.
b) Clear all the pending bills with voucher allotting sufficient funds.
All branches are called upon to observe the following programmes:
(i) Maximum pensioners should send postcards with the above two demands to CMD, BSNL, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi 110001. This should be done before 1st June 2012.
(ii) Hold mass demonstrations in front of CGM/GM offices on 19th June, 2012.
(iii) Hold half day dharna in front of CGM/GM offices on 24th July 2012.
Circular is being posted to all District Secretaries And Circle Secretaries.
…. P S Ramankutty, General Secretary.
30th april 2012
Ramankutty back in Trivandrum
General Secretary has reached back Trivandrum today evening
after the CEC meeting in Bangalore.
30-4-2012
2nd KERALA TELECOM CIRCLE PENSION ADALATH
Conducted by CCA KERALA on 27th April 2012 at KOLLAM.
Second Pension Adalath of Kerala Circle, exclusively for Kollam, Kottayam and Alleppey SSAs was held at BSNL Bhavan Kollam on 27-04-12. Adalath Chaired by CCA Shri.Gnanasekharan was represented by Jnt CCA Shri.Karmachandran (Pension Adalath Officer), Dy.CCA Shri.Mohan, two Comminication Accounts Officers and another AAO and their supporting staff. Representatives from, SBT, SBI, Syndicate Bank an Officer from the Dy Director Postal Accounts, and two BSNL officers each from Kollam Alleppey and Kottayam SSAs, and two representatives from Head Post Offices.Our Circle Association was represented by Shri. PK Gopala Pillai Dy.CS and N Sasidharan Dist Secretary Kollam. About ten pensioners who gave complaints also attended.
Jt.CCA Shri Karmachandran welcomed the members. The Chairman in his introductory speech said that Circle level Adalath was held on 25-11-11 at Trivandrum and for the convenience of the pensioners present Area level Adalath intended for three SSAs is being held now. Out of the 32 cases received 21 were settled in favour of the pensioners. Others are pending disposal and intimations on the action taken were communicated to the pensioners.
Cases of those individual pensioners who attended the meeting was then taken up and discussed . Few of them were regarding revision of Pre-and post 2007 cases which were setteled and copies of orders were supplied in the meeting. Unhelpful attitude of one of the Branches of SBT was raised. The Bank Officer from SBT said that bank will supply details of pension disbursed to the individual pensioner on request which can be taken by the concerned branch. If any problem is there they can directly contact either on phone or SMS or by Email to the Central Pension Processing Cell at TVM. Non acceptance of Form 10E and Excess recovery of Income Tax by the Post Office Kollam was another item. The Officer from Dy.Director Postal Accounts said that the pension disbursing Post Offices are bound to accept the Form 10E. They will write to the CPMG in this regard with a copy to the Adalath Officer. However the officials from Post Office contented that it is not feasible to verify the correctness of the figures in 10E. They were informed by the Adalath that it cannot be a plea to nonacceptance of Form 10E. Our Association also participated actively with the case of Shri.K Retnakaran Retd SDE Kollam. Supply of Due Drawn statement along with revised PPOs was another general issue discussed. It was decided after discussions that hereafter the same will be supplied to the pensioners, if the arrears pertains to more than one year.
Cases discussed with Association:
This time Pensioners of Kollam, Kottayam and Alapuzha were advised to send the cases in the proforma direct to CCA, with copy to Dy.Circle Secretary who received only six such cases. Several members who sent complaints perhaps did not send copies to Circle Association.
(1) Case of general nature taken up by Circle Association:
(a)Supplying omission of Date Birth of Spouse in PPOs. The Circle Association was informed of the action taken in the matter. All out efforts are being made to furnish DOB of Spouse in PPOs. All pensioners are to be advised to write to the CCA with necessary evidence as per DPOs orders wherever this is not included in the revised PPOs or in any PPO where the DOB of the spouse is omitted.
(b) Delay in revision of Post-2007 pension. We strongly placed the anguish and sufferings of the pensioners in inordinate delay of Revision. The chairman explained that they are very much concerned about the delay and they are moving fast now and they will be completing the work much before September.It was informed that as on date they have started August 2008 cases.
(2)Individual cases:
(i)M Chandrasekharan Nair ALP SSA: Anomoly in pay and Pension: It was due to grant of Extra increment to the juniors and denial to the senior. The Chairman furnished details of the issue and about the CAT case filed by our Association and the judgement in favour of us. He said that the case can be settled after receipt of the reply from DOT about the CAT judgement.
(ii) N Sahadevan ALP SSA: Pension revision excluding one increment: It will be settled within 15 days after obtaining necessary declarations.
(iii) A Crips ALP SSA: Arrears of pay and pension revision: Settled and copy of PPO supplied.
(iv)K Paramu SDE Kollam: Arrears of Pay & Pension Revision, due on promotion: Settled and copy of PPO supplied in the meeting.
(vi) KP Jose Kottayam SSA : DOR: 30-9-2006: Settled and Revised PPO sent.
(vii)B Rajalakshmy Amma w/o Velappan Nair Kollam: Nonpayment of Medical claim and Allowance: It was not given as an item in the proforma. But the issue was discussed along with another case of w/o K V Pillai of Puthur QLN SSA. The officers from BSNL assured that the claims will be traced and action taken as early as possible.
The meeting concluded with vote of thanks by the Adalath Officer. We also expressed our thanks and appreciation on the positive attitude of the CCAs Office to the pensioners’ problems.
The item appeared in the Website of STR Dn is given below.
… P S Ramankutty, Camp: Bangalore
The CEC Meeting of our All India Association was held on 26 & 27th April, 2012 at Bangalore in a grand manner. President Com K. Muthiyalu presided the meeting. Com. R. Changappa, Circle Secretary of Karnataka welcomed the delegates. One minute silence was observed paying homage to the members of our Association who died during this period.
General Secretary Com P.S. Ramankutty read out the Brief Notes on the subjects to be discussed during the session and invited all the CEC Members to convey their views on the issues mentioned therein. All Circle Secretaries and CHQ Office bearers spoke on these issues and conveyed their opinions. Com Ramankutty finally spoke and clarified all the points raised by the CEC Members.
The main subject discussed was restoration BSNLMRS facility without voucher and pension anomaly for those who retired during the first nine months. ie partly on CDA & partly.on IDA. A committee was formed to place a proposal for programme on BSNLMRS it came with the following recommendation.
1. Post card campaign to CMD BSNL for 15 days from 15.5.12 to 31.5.12 by all our members
2. Demonstrations in front of all CGM/GMs office on 19th of June, 2012.
3. Half day Dharna in front of all CGM/GMs office on 24th July 2012
This was approved by the CEC Members and it will be implemented as per the programme. Our CHQ will announce the programme.
On Pension anomaly issue the CHQ has decided to file a case in CAT ND. Everything is ready with the lawyer and it will be filed within a week or two.
About our all India conference the Circle Secretary Rajasthan explained about the arrangements they have made. The venue was already booked. It will be held at
All Brahman Maha Sabha, Janopyogi Bhavan, Sector no.4, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur.
It is five to six kms from Jaipur railway station. He first suggested that the delegation fees will be Rs.600/-. But after our General secretary’s request he agreed to reduce it to Rs.500/. To minimize the burden of Reception Committee, it was decided to fix number of delegates from each Circle.
Finally Com Ramankutty made a request that he should be relieved from GS post in the AIC considering his health condition. It was suggested that Com D. Gopalakrishnan or Com K. Muthiyalu should take over the GS post. Since they have also declined due to personal difficulties, he requested Com G. Natarjan, CS, CHTD to take over the responsibility. Ramankutty suggested that the AIC should be able to elect a new team of leaders consisting of experienced comrades from all Circles. CEC constituted a five member committee (Ramankutty, Chhidu Singh, DG, Natarajan and V Rama Rao) to prepare a panel after consulting comrades of all circles and place it in the AIC.
Another committee consisting of Coms. Muthiyalu, DG and G Natarajan was constituted to prepare the amendments to the Association Constitution also.
An open session was held on the second day. Com Gangadhara Rao presided the meeting. CCA KTK and number of trade unions of Bangalore city addressed the gathering. It was a huge success and a wonderful unforgettable one.
The Bangalore Reception Committee comrades under the leadership of Com Gangadhara Rao, Com Changappa and Com K. Gururajan had arranged very good accommodation in the SNEA BHAVAN and the food served for the delegates was very very good. It was expected that about 40 delegates would only participate. But about 90 comrades including the visitors attended the CEC; more than the double expected. But the tireless reception committee took care of all the facilities for them and conducted the CEC meeting in remarkable manner. We appreciate the hard work done by them and convey our sincere thanks for their hospitality shown to us.
… Narasimhan, Chennai
24th April 2012
TAMILNADU CIRCLE PENSION ADALAT
The circular from Tamilnadu Circle Association is given hereunder
General Secretary will be out of Trivandrum for a week from 25th April onwards to attend the CEC meeting in Bangalore on 26th and 27th instant. Therefore, we will not be updating this page during the period.
... P S Ramankutty
EARTH DAY 2012
I am very happy that our posting in this Website on Earth Day was appreciated by many people, most of them are not from BSNL. Some people (may be environmentalists) even from other countries like UK, Australia after seeing our posting throughGoogle.Com sent some messges to us, through the feedback system available in our Site, appreciating the photo and the slogan we had given yesterday. Neither I know them nor they know us. I am thankful to all of them.
We belive that we should join the noble movements for the better future for mankind.
.....P S Ramankutty, GS
22nd APRIL is observed as EARTH DAY.
There is only one Earth for us to live.
Protect it, keep it Clean and Green.
22nd APRIL 2012
ANOMALY CASE
We are filing a case before Principal bench of CAT, New Delhi for removal of the anomaly in pension of those who retired during the nine months from October 2000. It took lot of time to collect all relevant documents. They are handed over to the Advocates. Discussion with advocates are over now. The case will be filed within few days.
19th April 2012
ITS OFFICERS ARE GIVEN TIME OF 2 WEEKS
BY DELHI HIGH COURT
Some ITS officers of MTNL and BSNL approached the Delhi High Court with an Appeal Petition against the order of CAT, Principal Bench regading their absorption in MTNL/BSNL. Justice B D Ahamad and Justice V K Jain of Delhi High Court dismissed their Appeal Petition on 17- 4 - 2012 with the following directions:
1. The ITS officers should opt for BSNL/MTNL or opt out within two weeks.
2. The deemed date of their absorption in BSNL/MTNL shall be 8-12-2005, not 1-10-2000.
3. Those who do not opt for MTNL/BSNL should be repatriated to Govt Service within two weeks. Such people should be re-deployed through Surplus Pool.
18th APRIL 2012
PENSIONERS
PATRIKA No 6
THE APRIL 2012 ISSUE HAS BEEN POSTED
TO ALL INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIBERS.
Bundles also sent by Post to some District Secretaries who paid for it.
Bundles for the Circle Secretaries will be handed over at Bangalore
during the CEC meeting.
16th APRIL 2012
CEC MEETING IN BANGLORE
Our Next CEC Meeting shall be held in Bangalore city on 26th and 27th April 2012. The circular sent by Reception Committee is already posted in this Website. CEC members may please intimate the Reception Committee their arrival and departure programme.
The city of Bangalore is popular as the IT hub of India and has earned itself sobriquet of Silicon Valley of India. Besides, the city also has some significant tourist attractions which attract numerous tourists all across India and even abroad. Existence of a large number of gardens in the city has popularized it as the "Garden City of India."
it as the "Garden City of India."
15th Apriul 2012
BANGALORE CEC MEETING
The Circular issued by Reception Committee, Bangalore is given below for information and guidance of all the CEC Members and Visitors.
General Secretary, AIBSNLPWA has taken up with CMD, BSNL the case of restoration of Medical Allowance without voucher under BSNLMRS with effect from the new financial year. Management had agreed to review the matter in the new financial year.
ABSORPTION OF ITS CADRES IN BSNL
IS IN TOTAL MESS
On very silly issues even, the Department of Telecom used to seek clarifications from Departments of Pension, Finance, and Expenditure etc. etc. But, in the case of absorption of ITS officers in BSNL they did not want any clarification or concurrence. On their own, they made rules. In between, attempts were also made to transfer ITS officers from MTNL to BSNL and vice versa. Finding that even after fabulous offers were given the ITS cadres could not be absorbed in BSNL totally the DoT approached Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare for guidance. The DoP&PW in its OM dated 19th March 2012 clarified that:
1. Mobility of erstwhile ITS from MTNL to BSNL or from BSNL to MTNL is not in conformity with the extant policy and decision of the Cabinet.
2. The officers repatriated from MTNL/BSNL to Department of Telecom cannot continue to draw the pay they drew during Foreign Service in BSNL/MTNL.
3. Department of Telecom committed omissions in the matter. To overcome such acts/omissions committed, DoT should approach the Cabinet after consulting the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure and Department of Personnel and Training.
Thus everything is back to Square One. The issue is in a total mess. Extra ordinary efficiency shown by the top guns in DoT and BSNL to grant fabulous benefits to ITS cadres has landed them in trouble. We had a plan to approach the Court of Law against the discrimination against ordinary staff. Now, in the light of the clarifications issued by Department of Pension we will wait further and watch future developments.
We are not against ITS cadres getting some good benefits. But there should be a uniform policy in the matter of absorption in BSNL.
…. P S Ramankutty, GS
12th April 2012
DPE order on IDA Rate from 1-4-2012
Department of Public Enterprises has issud the order on IDA rate from First April, 2012. It confirms the information we had given on 30th March itslef that there is no increase/decrease in the IDA rate from April 2012.
We are shocked to hear that Com. G K Das, our leading comrade in Kolkata expired on 9th instant after a massive heart attack. Com. Das was a very silent but effective worker of our Association. We convey our heartfelt condolences to his family members and comrades..... P S Ramankutty
PENSIONERS
PATRIKA No 6
APRIL 2012 ISSUE
THANKS TO COM. NARASIMHAN OF STR DN. CHENNAI, WE COULD UPLOAD THE PATRIKA 6 HERE.
With profound grief we report that Com. M P Kuriakose (our Treasurer of Trichur District unit in Kerala) lost his beloved son Dr Sunil (35 years) on 8th April 2012. Dr Sunil was in the ventilator for 110 days. On 19th December 2011, while examining the patients Dr Sunil (ENT Specialist) fell down unconscious. He was rushed to the Amrita Institute of Medic al Sciences, Kochi where it was detected that he was suffering from acute brain tumour. He was operated upon and then shifted to Ventilator. For 110 days the doctors tried their best to save him. Finally on 8th April he was declared dead. Dr Sunil left behind his wife Dr. Sobha and a 5 years old son.
We convey our heartfelt condolences to Com. Kuriakose and his family members.
..... P S Ramankutty, GS
9th APRIL 2012
ALL INDIA CONFERENCE AT JAIPUR
COM. RAM AVTAR SHARMA, CIRCLE SECRETARY OF OUR ASSOCIATION IN RAJASTAN HAS INFORMED ME TODAY THAT THEY HAVE BOOKED THE ACCOMMODATION FOR OUR ALL INDIA CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON 5-7, OCTOBER 2012. THE LOCATION IS 5-6 KILOMETRES AWAY FROM JAIPUR RAILWAY STATION. ENSUING CEC MEETING AT BANGALORE ON 26th AND 27th APRIL WILL DECIDE THE DETAILED PROGRAMME FOR AIC.
8.4.12: Com Rama Rao Honoured:
We are proud to report that our Tamilnadu Association Circle Secretary Com V. Rama rao was felicitated and honoured by Lakshmi Nagar Civic Welfare Association at Nanganallur. He was the secretary for that association for the last two decades and is doing a wonderful service to the people in that area. A grand function with cultural programmes was organized by the committee on 8th April evening at Nanganallur. Sri M.B. Nirmal, founder President of Exonora, Com D. Gopalakrishnan and other prominent leaders from nearby areas attended the meeting and praised Com V. Rama rao for his wonderful selfless service to the society. We convey our heartful congratulations & greetings to Com. Rama Rao for his noble, sincere service to the society.
5th April 2012
OVERSTAY IN HOSPITALS
BSNL Corporate Office has issued some clarification on reimbursement in case of overstay in hospitals for indoor treatment beyond the period prescribed in the package of the hospitals. The order is given in the page: BSNLMRS as item No 30.
EXTRA INCREMENT CASE JUDGEDMENT
OUR CHQ in its letters to the DoT and BSNL had pointed out that
1. The extra increment was granted after a discussion and decision in JCM. It can not be withdrawn without further decision by the JCM. DoT did not listen to our arguement. Now, the Court has upheld our view.
2. A benefit given in pay by anauthority which is not competent to do so need not be taken into account as pay while fixing pension as per Pension Rule. In the instant case the BSNL has granted the benefit of extra increment. BSNL is the competent authority and hence the increment, even if it crosses the maximum of the scale, shouldbe taken into account as pay for fixing pension. Some CCAs did not listen to our arguement. The Tribunal has upheld our view in toto.
3. The DoT issued a clarification that the extra increment need not be counted as pay for fixing pension, when our case was pending before the Tribunal. DoTwais a Respondent. It should not have issued such an order and killed the case. In effect the Respondent was acting as the judge also. We objected to. The Tribunal acceptd our plea.
We do hope that better sense will prevail and the DoT will not waste the public money by filing an appeal in the case.
.... P S Ramankutty
5th APRIL, 2012
CAT JUDGEMENT
The Judgement delivered by CAT, Ernakulam Bench in the case related to counting of extra increment for pension is given below. The Case was filed by our Kerala Circle Secretary (Com. R N Pada Nair) and five members of our AIBSNLPWA. Adv. R Sreerj appeared for us.
The Judgement sys that an order issued on the basis of decision in JCM can not be withdrawn by the management without further decision in JCM. Similarly, when the case is pending in the Tribunal one party can not decide the matter. Four months' time is given to Department for giving the relief to the Applicnts. Let us hope that the DoT will not makel the pensioners wait further for getting the relief.
Com. P S Ramankutty, GS AIBSNLPWA has rfeturned to Trivandrum yesterday after a tour of 20 days to attend Circle conferences of Chennai TD, Odisha, NTR and MP Circles.
The IDA Rate
Enqueries are being received about Zero percent increase in IDA wifh effect from April 2012. The all India Consuer Price Index for Industrial workers is prepared and declared by Statistical Commission of India. We can not challenge their authority, though we know that the Index does not reflex the price situation. For September 2012 the Index was 197, for October it was 198 and for Novembver it was 199. It came down to 197 in December and then rose to 198 in January 2012 and to 199 in February 2012. As a result, the three months average for September- November and December- February remains the same - 198 points. As such, the IDA rate also will remain the same. 56.7%. There is no increase, no decrease with effect from April 2012.
EXTRA INCREMENT CASE
The CAT Ernakulam ordered that the one extra increment granted after a decision in the JCM can not be cancelled or withdrawn by the Administration arbitrarilly. The clarification given by DoT that extra increment given above the maximum of the scale should not be counted for pensiobn is wrong. CAT ordered that Applicants in the case should be given benefit of extra increment in their pension within four months. It is a great vic tory for our Association. I shall upload the judgement in this Website after I reach Tri vandrum on 4th April.....P S Ramankutty, GS
P. S. RAMANKUTTY ON TOUR
P S Ramankutty, GS will be out of Trivandrum for two weeks. He will leave Trivandrum on 14th March and return on 3rd April after attending Circle Conferences of Chennai TD, Odisha, NTR and Madhya Pradesh Circles.
It will be helpful if money orders are not sent to CHQ during the above period.
HAPPY HOLI TO OUR VIEWERS
29th February, 2012
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
The Index for January 2012 is 198. If it is increased to 199 points in February 2012 the IDA rate with effect from 1st April 2012 will remain at 56.7% itself. Means: there shall be no increase in IDA from April.
23-02-2012
EXTRA INCREMENT CASE
The case filed in Ernakulam CAT bench by our Circle Secretary and four affected pensioners regarding counting of extra increment was posted for today. It is again postponed to next week.
.....PSR, GS
19th February 2012
PREPARE FOR JAIPUR JOURNEY
OUR ALL INDIA CONFERENCE WILL BE AT JAIPUR , PROBABLY FROM 5TH TO 7TH OCTOBEDR 2012.
[Exact Date will be announced formally after accommodation is booked and information is received from the Reception Committee.]
OUR COMRADES SHOULD BOOK THE TRAIN TICKETS WELL IN ADVANCE. AT PRESENT, IT CAN BE BOOKED 90 DAYS IN ADVANCE. BUT, FROM MARCH ONWARDS, RAILWAY TICKETS CAN BE BOOKED 120 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
THAT MEANS FOR OCTOBER, TICKET CAN BE BOOKED IN JUNE. THERE IS ENOUGH TIME. STILL, WE ARE GIVING THIS INFORMATION WELL IN ADVANCE SO THAT OUR DISTRICT SECRETARIES MAY COLLECT THE NAMES OF WILLING COMRADES WHO DESIRE TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AND PREPARE FOR THE JOURNEY. IT IS BETTER TO TRAVEL TOGETHER, NOT SEPARATELY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PASSENGERS TRAVELLING IN AC 3-TIER OR AC 2-TIER SHOULD CARRY THEIR ID CARDS WITH THEM.
18TH FEBRUARY 2012
EXTRA ORDINARY BENEFITS TO ITS OFFICERS IN BSNL
As reported earlier, the DOT Directorate is very very efficient in giving clarifications sought by ITS officers about their absorption in BSNL. Some queries were asked in the meetings on 14th and 15th February. The queries are replied today, on 18th February 2012 very promptly. One reply says that
ITS officers will technically resign from Government Service. They will get full pension (50% of last pay drawn). This pension will be paid to them with and over and above the Salary in BSNL company!
Such benefits were not given to Non-Executives and Executives who got absorbed in BSNL earlier. On pension anomaly of those who retired during the first nine months since formation of BSNL in 2000 queries were asked. Even after ten years the are not replied. But in the case of ITS officers the reply is coming on third day.
Leaders of Serving BSNL staff - BSNLEU- NFTE, FNTO, BMS or the AIBSNLEA - maintain a studied silence when total injustice is meted out to their members. Quite Intriguing.
ALL INDIA CONFERENCE
AIC OF AIBSNLPWA MAY BE HELD AT JAIPUR-RAJASTAN ON 5th, 6th AND 7th OCTOBER 2012. FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE SOON AFTER ACCOMMODATION IS ARRANGED.
16th February 2012
NEW TABLE
We have already placed a Table to guide for filing 10E application form to avoid paying incometax on pension revision arrears.
1. Submit the form 10E to Bank or post office from where you get pension. If incometax is not deducted, do not submit the form 10E. do not invite trouble.
2. If you Click on the file you get a Table. At the top, the pension revision arrears statement- monthwise- from January 2007 to June 2011 is given. At the bottom, 10E is given. Both are linked each other.
3. In the box, where XXXX is given, you must type your old (pre-revised basic pension). Then, you will get all outputs automatically.
4. Certain columns in 10E must be carefully calculated and filled up. Individual calculation is a must. The exemption limit for Income tax is different for men, women and senior citizens. It depends upon the date on which you attain the age of 65 years also.
The Table is given only to guide you in preparing 10E.
STR DISTRICT BRANCH, Chennai headed by our All India President, Com. Muthiyalu had their Annual General Body meeting yesterday at Chennai. Smt. Geeta Paul, the Principal CCA, Tamilnadu was the Chief Guest. She spoke on the workd done by her office in settling pension cases of Tamilnadu, Chennai TD, STR and Southern Project Circles Her speech is given as attachment to this posting.
By cliking on the line below you can find out the Text of the speech delivered by Smt. Geeta Paul.
The low-cost Aakash tablet PC will be made completely indigenous and its production base diversified. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Human Resource Development, HRD, Minister Kapil Sibal said, the government is planning to create eco-system for end to end development of Aakash in India.The minister said, the IITs and the ITIs are onboard on development of the device which has so far reached out to a handful of students at 1,100 rupees after government subsidy. Apart from IIT Rajasthan, which is spearheading the project, IIT Mumbai, IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur would also be roped in for the project.The speed of the improved device will come at 800 MHz instead of 300 MHz at present.
7th February , 2012
GENERAL STRIKE ON 28th FEBRUARY 2012:
WE SUPPORT IT
We are very happy to note that the Central Trade Unions, including AITUC, CITU, INTUC etc. have given a joint call for a General Strike on 28th February 2012 against the anti-people and anti-workers policies of the Government. It is heartening to note that almost all the major organisations of BSNL staff also have decided to join the strike. AIBSNLPWA extends its full moral support to the strike. Our members are called upon to join any programme/effort to make the strike a great success.
.... P S Ramankutty, GS
07-02-2012
EASY BANK ACCOUNTS OPERATION BY
VERY OLD/HANDICAPPED/DISABLED PENSIONERS.
Some Pensioners wanted us to know about the Reserve Bank of India instructions on facilities provided to very old/handicapped/disabled persons for easy operation of their bank accounts. The Circular issued by RBI, endorsed by Department of Pension, some time back is attached.
Copies of Pensioners Patrika 5 were despatched from Trivandrum Business Post on 4th January 2012.
I recieved my test copy on 6th by post. But Com. E. Kanagaraj of Tirunelveli (staying just 140 KMs away) received his copy on 31st January only. Comrades of UP also received their copies around 31st January.
Two bundles sent to Bilaspur (Chhatisgarh) came back to us fully damaged, covering removed. Even the adhesive tape is removed! Another bundle sent to Ahmedabad also came back, with the address slip destroyed. Somebody has done it deliberately. Otherwise, that portion alone can not be damaged.
90 subscribers of Bangalore have not received the journal till today !!!
This is INDIA POST today !!
01-02-2012
YOUR NET PENSION
You can find out your Net Pension amount (after deducting the commuted portion) by typing your new (Revised) Basic Pension and the commuted amount. A Table is posted here.
According to the Labour Bureau of India, the prices have come down in December 2011. This magic happened several times in the past. In December, the prices are less.!! It is official.
The All India Consumer Price Index for December 2011 is 197, says tfhe Labour Bureau study. In October it was 198 and In November it was 199. The Central DA - calculated on the basis of 12 months average Index - will increase by 7 percent from January 2012.
Even if the index increases to 198 in January and to 199 in February there shall not be any increase of IDA from April 2012.
[To understand the calculation, please refer write up in Page 29 of Pensioners Patrika 5] ........P S Ramankutty
BENEFIT OF IDA MERGER
CHQ has taken up the matter with Honourable Minister Shri Kapil Sibal. If extra ordinary benefits can be granted to the highly paid ITS officers justice should be meted out to BSNL pensioners granting the benefit of IDA merger in their pension revision, implementing the order of Department of Public Enterprises.
27th January 2012 8.30 PM
HUGE RECRUITMENT AT THE TOP OF BSNL
BSNL has decided to recruit 450 ITS officers to senior posts like CGMs, PGMs/GMs and another 600 ITS people to next below posts like Joint GMs, Sr. DGMs Etc. Etc.
BSNL sought some clarifications from DOT on eligibility of pension for the ITS people suggesting what type of reply it wanted and the DOT issued the reply within just Four days. Wonderful efficiency !!
On the other hand, we do not find this efficiency when some clarification is sought on any issue concerning other staff. Hundreds of pensioners are waiting for more than ten years to get a reasonable decision to remove their pension anomaly.
27th January 2012
AIBSNLPWA ONWARD MARCH
YET, ANOTHER SSA UNIT WITH LARGE MEMBERSHIP
Com. K A Augustine, District Secretary, Ernakulam reports
that membership of the SSA has crossed 750 !
550 ordinary members and 200 Life Members!
CHQ congratulates Ernakulam Comrades.
26th January 2012
REPUBLIC DAY GREETINGS
TO ALL OUR VIEWERS
25-01-2012
PENSION ANOMALY
BSNL staff who retired during the first nine months of BSNL are suffering from a serious anomaly in the pension from the date of retirement. The earlier recognised Federation and the present recognised Union failed to settle the case despite a clear assurance from the Management in the first Wage Negotiation agreement. The case is hanging for more than ten years.
Our Association took up the case with all seriousness. We sent detailed representations to the Minister, Chairman of Telecom Commission, DDG (Estt) etc. The DoT issued an order some time back claiming that it will remove the above mentioned anomaly. But it was an old order implemented in BSNL also. Nobody facing the said anomaly gets any relief from the order. Even though we pointed the matter with number of examples, the Department of Telecom authorities are not prepared to review their decision. At the same time, they are issuing orders, revising them, modifying them again and again to grant new benefits to the ITS people. They are most negative in their approach towards ordinary pensioners and staff.
Pushed to the wall, we decided to approach the Court of Law for justice.
Large number of affected pensioners have sent in their petitions.
Others placed in similar situation may also file their petitions.
In the meantime, we have approached advocates in New Delhi to file a case in Principal Bench of CAT. At present, we are preparing the documents to file the case. Further details/information will be conveyed through this Site from time to time.
.... P S Ramankutty, GS
25th JANUARY 2012
MODIFIED READY RECKONER
FOR PENSION REVISION
The Modified Ready Reckoner given here can be used by all Pre-2007 BSNL pensioners. It is not applicable to those retired on or after 1-1-2007. In their case, the figures will vary from pensioner to pensioner, depending upon their date of retirement, Date of increment, Amount of increment, date of promotion got in between, pay scales before/after promotion etc.
Pre-2007 pensioners should click in the box given in yellow colour (in the Table) and type their pre-revised basic pension and then, press the Enter key.. They will automatically get
1. Commuted amount
2. New basic pension from 1-1-2007
3. Amount of Dearness Relief (new and old) from January 2007 onwards.
4. Net pension (after deducting the commuted portion) every month
5. Pension drawn every month from January 2007 onwards.
6. Increase in net pension every month
7. Progressive total of arrears
8. Arrears for every financial year
9. Total income from pension for each financial year
10 Exemption limit of income for the purpose of Income tax
THE PAPPANAMCODE BRANCH OF STATE BANK OF TRAV ANCORE, WHERE CHQ HAS THE ACCOUNT, IS BIFURCATED NOW.
THE PARTICULARS OF OUR CHQ ACCOUNTS ARE;
NAME OF A/C HOLDER : AIBSNLPWA
NAME OF BRANCH : S C T ENGG. COLLEGE, PAPPANAMCODE, TRIVANDRUM
NAME OF BANK : STATE BANK OF TRAVANCORE
SB ACCOUNT No : 67100927818
NEW BRANCH CODE : SBTR 0000851
UNITS CAN SEND UPTO Rs 49999 (NOT 50,000) AT A TIME SPENDING Rs. 5.00 OR Rs.6.00 AS BANK COMMISSION. IT IS CHEAP.
IF YOU REMIT THE AMOUNT THROUGH OTHER BANKS THE CHARGE MAY BE Rs 40 OR SO.
.... P S RAMANKUTTY, GS
20-01-2012 10 AM
TIRUNEVELI COMRADES DONATE Rs 50,000 TO CHQ
TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT UNIT (TAMILNADU) HAS REMITTED Rs 50,000 TO CHQ BEING 25% OF DONATION RECEIVED FROM ITS MEMBERS WHEN THEY GOT PENSION REVISION ARREARS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SPIRIT SHOWN BY TIRUNELVELI COMRADES. TIRUNELVEL IS ONE OF THE BEST UNITS IN INDIA . THEY MEET OFTEN IN GB MEETINGS, DISCUSS THE ISSUES, REACT POSITIVELY TO EVERY CALL/WRITING FROM CHQ.
