The matters were listed today i.e 05-04-2024. Sr Counsel , Shri Sanjay Ghose , appeared on our behalf and submitted that the Union is retracting from its promise made to us at the time of absorption. Moreover, they have not implemented the judgement for more than 7 months despite the decision of CAT to do so within 10 weeks.

Counsel for Union of India sought an adjournment on the ground that ASG has to appear in the matter.

The Hon'ble Court granted an adjournment but clarified that it has not issued notice and that we are at liberty to pursue a contempt petition.

The next date hearing in the matter is 12-07-2024.

We should file a contempt petition expeditiously. Counsel for Associations is also going to file a contempt petition next week. We should try to get both the contempts listed together.

The Addl. Secretary & Director General, Central Government Health Scheme, New Delhi is addressed for withdrawal of CGHS Order mandating linking of CGHS Beneficiary ID with Ayushman Bharat Health Account ID

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Annual General Body Meeting and Women's day of Chennai Traffic District, was conducted on 24/3/24. TN Circle Secretary Com.S.Sundarakrishnan., CHQ President Com D Gopalakrishnan addressed.

The Following Office Bearers were elected Unanimously:

President :Com.S.Sampathkumar

Secretary: Com.S.Anuradha

Treasurer : Com.S.Syed Ghouse

Akola District Conference is held on 31/03/2024. The following were elected unanimously.

President :- Com. Sanjay Sonawane

Dist Secretary :- Com. V M Bandi

Treasurer :- Com. Bharat Tikar

DOT Secretary has been requested to convene a formal meeting of all BSNL/MTNL Pensioners Associations to discuss the issue of Pension Revision. to-dot-secretary-1.pdf

DOT has filed WP before Hon Delhi HC on 21-03-2024 challenging the decision of PB CAT ND on the pension Revision Case.

District Conference of Sawai Madhopur was held on 16-03-2024 . Office bearers elected were :

President : Com Ajay Kumar Arya

Secretary : Com Sugan Chand Jain

Treasurer : Com N L Gupta

District Branch of Siliguri formed in a meeting held on 19-03-2024. Com Ranjit Kumar Mukherjee ,Circle President, Com U R Mazumdar Com M K Das CS , Com Mrinal Kishore Das Circle Treasurer attended the meeting as observers. The meeting unanimously elected Com S N Prasad, Com S P Singh, Com A K Pandit as District President, District Secretary, & District Treasurer respectively.

Com Kailash Gautham CS UP (W) Com R D Ram DS Meerut, and VP (CHQ), Com J S Malik CS Haryana, District Secretaries of Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar , Com J S Dahiya have graced the occassion. Following were elected unanimously :

President : Com R C Singh

District Secretary : Com J S Dahiya

Treasurer : Com K K Piplani

Latur District Conference was held on 02-03-2024. CS Maharastra Com M Narendar addressed the conference. The following were elected unanimously:

President : Com D.M.Dange

District Secretary : Com D G Kulkarni

Treasurer : Com D K Waghamare

PUNJAB CEC meeting is held at Patiala on 07-03-2024. The meeting has decided to hold the next CWC at Patiala on 11 th and 12 th September 2024.

Pensioners' Patrika for March-April 2024 is posted today.

Click here to see the PatrikaPP March-April 2024

DOT'S CLARIFICATION ISSUED ON 13-02-2024 ON THE SUBJECT.

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General Body meeting at Vellore on 24-02-2024 . GS com V Vara Prasad , CS Tamilnadu Com Sundarakrishnan, AGS Com Rathna addressed. Comrades Sukumaran, Alliraja and others were on the dias. Meeting was attended by large number of members.

Have contentment and optimism,

shed frustration and pessimism

Dear comrades,

Visit of our senior leadership to New Delhi on 5th Feb, 2024 in pursuit of our long pending just demand of pension revision is a series of such umpteen visits. The delegation lead by our president Shri D Gopalakrishnan, braving hostile weather, and risking their fragile health condition, fighting for 4.5 lakh retired pensioners/family pensioners. We have no other wherewithal with us in our struggle except justice and faith in it, which gives us immense strength. Comrades, association is not just for pension revision. We should not forget the land mark major achievements of our leaders in the past decade under the visionary leadership of Shri P S Ramankutty. After becoming Vice President of this great association, I am getting calls pan India mostly from aged family pensioners, living in remote areas. There are umpteen types of grievances with respect to timely pension credits, Sampann migration, DLCs, CGHS, KYC issues etc. Circle secretaries and District secretaries of all telecom circles are tirelessly dealing such grievances. In Visakhapatnam I am proudly witnessing the relentless services of our Shri K V D Swamy in getting the CGHS services to scores of needy pensioners. Of course pension revision is our top most grievance, and our leadership untiringly working on it with constant vigil. Let us guard ourselves against misleading people, have endurance, patience and faith on our top leadership, and do not exhibit frustration. As justice is with us, we will soon reach the end of the tunnel to full lighting.

M R PATNAIK

CHQ Vice President at Visakhapatnam

21-02-2024