14th May 2008:
Heartiest congratulations Comrades - Neck of
the bottle (JTS bottleneck) finally smashed after more than three decades - greatest and radical breakthrough in functional
path of executives - new and radically improved functional promotion policy for executives.
In a rather historic development, significant
ground was covered in the direction of achieving real and everlasting breakthrough in the functional career growth of executives
when the committee, constituted to examine the impact of outside recruitment at STS on career growth of executives and suggest
appropriate ways to get rid of deadly decades old stalemate prevailing in DOT/BSNL in the functional promotion path of executives,
particularly JTOs, SDEs and adhoc STS and equivalent in other streams made sweeping, fundamental and radical recommendations
with regard to functional growth of executives. The salient feature of the recommendations is:
A) Change of pay scale on non functional basis will
be accompanied by change of designation i.e on each financial upgradation, there will be change of designation, as is prevailing
in other CPSUs. Change of designation will take place on functional promotion also. Thus, the designation of an executive
shall indicate his functional as well as non functional status. This is a step aimed at introducing CPSU cadre hierarchy.
B) Fifty percent of total STS posts will be filled
up by TES Gr B & equivalent on regular basis through seniority cum fitness, and the remaining STS posts will be filled
up on adhoc basis by eligible TES Gr B & equivalent. Existing adhoc STS officers will be, immediately after promulgation
of new RRs, regularized in STS to become eligible for regular promotion to JAG. Necessary relaxation of requisite qualifying
service to regular STS to enable them to become eligible for promotion to regular JAG will be duly considered. The posts of
JAG remaining unfilled, after filling up JAG vacancies on a year to year basis in accordance to the provisions of about to
be promulgated RRs, shall be filled up by regular/adhoc STS, as the case may be.
C) Integration between regular STS (seniority cum
fitness quota) and MTs ( through internal competitive examination and outside recruitment in equal proportion) shall take
place in JAG in the ratio of 1:1 i.e fixation of inter se seniority between regular STS (seniority cum fitness) and MTs (50%
through internal competitive examination and 50% through outside recruitment) shall take place in JAG in the ratio of 1:1
i.e 50% regular STS from seniority cum fitness quota, 25% MTs from internal competitive examination and 25% MTs from outside
recruitment. This means that JTOs/TES Gr B and equivalent shall henceforth occupy 75% JAG vacancies on a year to year basis,
in sharp contrast to not a single vacancy of JAG being occupied by promotees on regular basis as of now. In addition, about
2500 STS posts( i.e 50 % of 5000 STS posts) shall be occupied by TES Gr B on regular basis, not a single STS post is being
presently occupied by TES Gr B on regular basis.
C) The issues of service weightage, one time upgradation
of JTOs/SDEs and granting of first financial upgradation after four years to those not reaching the minimum of next scale
etc. shall be considered separately in future as an when additional/fresh inputs on these issues are given to the management.
D) Two affiliates of the united forum i.e NTEA and
AIGETOA recorded their disagreement over the recommendations.
We convey our sincere thanks and profound gratitude
to he chairman of the committee Shri S.R.Kapoor-Sr. DDG(FP), and all other members of the committee from the official side
i.e Shri A.K. Purwar-DDG(P), Shri D.P.De-DDG(Est.) and Shri Shakeel Ahmed-DDG(SR), for their persistent and painstaking efforts
to resolve the serious situation having arisen because of the decision of the Management committee of BSNL to recruit MTs
from outside at STS and fix inter-se-seniority between TES GR. B/ equivalent and MTs at STS.
