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After protracted legal fights in CAT Ernakulam, High Court of Kerala, Principal Bench of CAT, High Court of Delhi and Supreme Court, Department of Pension has issued orders yesterday, 6-4-2016, that all those central government employees retired before 2006 are also eligible to get pension which shall not be less than 50% of the minimum pay in the new Pay Band plus the Grade Pay of the grade .
In the case of those who retired with less than 33 years of qualifying service, the pension need not be reduced pro rata. They should also get 50% of Minimum pay + Grade pay. This is the important aspect of the order.
The arrears will be calculated from 1-1-2006.
The order is attached herewith.
Com P. Gangadhara Rao, Dy.GS was continuously taking efforts to meet Shri Ananthakumar, Hon. Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers either at Bangalore or at New Delhi. He, alongwith Com. R Changappa, Karnataka Circle Secretary, met Shri Ananthakumar in Bangalore on 26-3-2016. The Minister made over the case of 78.2 to his Special Officer saying that “it is the most genuine case.”
The relentless efforts made by Com. Gangadhara Rao in continuation of the Bangalore meeting had its desired result. Ultimately a meeting was fixed with Shri Ananthakumar in his New Delhi office on 5-4-2016.
Com R L Kapoor, our Legal Committee Member was requested over phone to go to the Minister's office at the appointed time which he did. RLK met Hon. Minister Shri Ananthakumar and apprised him the present position on 78.2.
Immediately Shri Ananthakumar contacted Shri J S Deepak IAS, Secretary, Telecom and fixed a meeting with him at 6 PM on the same day itself. Accordingly Kapoor met Secretary, Telecom at about 6.30 PM and explained the demand. After hearing the explanation, Secretary, Telecom informed that he is yet to go through the file. When Kapooorji insisted, Secretary, Telecom asked him to contact exactly after a week's time.
Nobody else could meet the new Secretary, Telecom so far. It is possible for us only due to the effective intervention of Shri Ananthakumar once again and we are thankful to him. We hope that the Secretary, Telecom would clear it within a week without any further hurdles.Let us hope that the indefinite waiting for justice will end now.
GS, CS, CIRCLE PRESIDENT, VVS MURTHY IN THE PICTURE.
VIEW OF THE AUDIENCE
A NEW DISTRICT BRANCH HAD BEEN FORMED ON 1-2-2016 WITH THE FOLLOWING OFFICE BEARERS
PRESIDENT : COM R.B.PAL, VICE PRESIDENT: COM RAM SEVAK YADAV
DIST SECRETARY: S.K.SRIVASTAVA ASST. SECRETARY: COM PREMESHWER PAL
TREASURER: COM RAM PRASAD ASST. TREASURER: COM SANT DIN
ORG.SECRETARIES: COM R.S.KURMI COM G.C.YADAV
CHQ CONGRATULATES ALL THE OFFICE BEARERS
IT IS LEARNT THAT THERE IS NO INCREASE OR DECREASE IN IDA FROM APRIL
Com R.L.KAPOOR reports that the file on 78.2 has reached SECRETARY DOT office on 28-3-16 evening forwarded by DDG(E),MEMBER(S) very speedily. Let us hope the Secretary also forwards it to MOCIT
Com. P S Ramankutty and Com. G Natarajan will be attending the Circle Executive Committee meeting of Andhra Circle at Warangal on 30-3-2016. Com. Natarajan will be back in Chennai on 31-3-2016 and Com. Ramankutty will be back in Trivandrum on 1-4-2016.
In Solapur district of Maharastra, the Solapur District Pensioners Association (BSNL) has been functioning since last ten years, without affiliating with any all India organisation. They were thinking of joining a national level organisation and they were convinced that AIBSNLPWA is the only choice.
A meeting was conducted on 27-3-2015 attended by about 125 members.Com. P Gangadhara Rao, Dy. General Secretary of AIBSNLPWA was the chief guest.Com. K G Deshpande (Organising Secretary), Com. Ratnakar Mitkary (All India Vice President and Maharastra Circle President) and Com. M J Pillay (Circle Secretary, Maharastra) also attended the meeting representing our Association. The meeting unanimously decided to convert their Association into Solapur District branch of AIBSNLPWA. S/s S H Mokashi, Uday Thekedar and Zia Daulatabadkar are the President, District Secretary and Treasurer respectively.
Com. Gangadhara Rao inaugurated the new branch and spoke in detail about all pending issues. Comrades Mitkary, Deshpande and Pillay also addressed the meeting.
We welcome the new District Branch. AIBSNLPWA ONWARD MARCH!
With great sorrow, we report sad demise of Com. Somanadha Pillai, Secretary of our Ananthapur Branch in Andhra circle. He was 77.
Com. Somanadha Pillai was an active comrade while in service and after retirement as well.
He managed to get some land allotted to our Association and construct a building thereon.
[ We have already reported this matter in Pensioners Patrika No 21 with photograph.]
Com. Pillai was getting ready to go out somewhere and he collapsed in the bath room at 6 PM yesterday, 26-3-2016 due to massive heart attack.
CHQ conveys heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and our comrades at Anantapur.
Just now, we have received the sad news that mother of Com. K Muthiyalu, our former President and now all India Organising Secretary expired. She was around 90 years of age.
Com. Muthiyalu has left Chennai for Karur, his native place.
CHENNAI: Com. Natarajan, GS speaks
CHENNAI DEMONSTRATION: ANOTHER VIEW
Trivandrum: The programme in front of CGMT/CCA office
was inaugurated by P S Ramankutty
ERNAKULAM : KERALA CIRCLE SECRETARY COM. T P GEORGE SPEAKS
BANGLORE: COM. GANGADHARA RAO (Dy.GS), COM. CHANGAPPA, CS Etc
BANGALORE: ANOTHER VIEW
CHANDIGARH- PANJAB
MATHURA - UP WEST
PATIALA PANJAB
TUMKUR KARNATAKA
WEST GODAVARI
CALICUT (KOZHIKODE) - KERALA: Com. Annie Preman, DS speaks
CALICUT- some other views
NAGERCOVIL - TAMIL NADU
MANGALORE - KARNATAKA
TIRUNELVELI- TAMILNADU
VIJAYAWADA - AP
JAMSHEDPUR - JHARKHAND
TIRUCHIRAPALLY- TN
MALAPPURAM - KERALA
MADURAI-TN
COIMBATORE _ TN
District Conference of Ongole was held on 14-3-2016 in which 140members participated. General Manager of Ongole district Smt. B.Chandra Sena, ITS., attended as Chief Guest and addressed thegathering. 9 Senior pensioners who got commutation restoration werefelicitated by her. Circle Secretary Com. Koteswara Rao, Advisor Com.B.Kondaiah, Org secretary Com K. Venkateswarlu addressed and explainedon 78.2 IDA and future pension revision. Com.R.Nageswara Rao, Com.V.Venkateswalu, Com.B.V Seshaiah were elected unanimously as Dist President,Dist Secretary and Treasurer respectively.
WELCOME COM. PRATHIBHA
We have one Active Lady comrade as the District Secretary of our Association - in Calicut, Kerala. Now, we have another lady comrade as Branch Secretary of Kukatpally branch in Andhra Circle. CHQ welcomes Com. Prathibha Lakshmy, th new Branch Secretary.
Com PSR is having pain in the left arm It may be due to continuous typing He is taking Ayurveda treatment
GS
From 2016 April 2, the BSNL is introducing a new serve for landline customers.
Your Landphone can be connected to a Mobile number and while you are outside your home/office you can make calls from the landline through that mobile phone.
For details please see the attached File
THE 4TH CIRCLE CONFERENCE OF CHENNAI TELEPHONES CIRCLE WAS CONDUCTED IN A GRAND MANNER IN CHENNAI ON 14&15TH MARCH
MORE THAN 500 DELEGATES INCLUDING 50 LADIES PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE.
THE CONFERENCE WAS INAUGURATED COM K.MUTHIALU O/S CHQ . THE OPEN SESSION ON15th WAS INAUGURATED BY COM D.BALASUBRAMANIAM G/S OF AIFPA. CHQ LEADERS P.S.RAMAN KUTTY,D.GOPALAKRISHNAN, G.NATARAJAN, P.GANGADHARA RAO, T.S.VITTOBAN , V.RAMA RAO COM S.GUNASEKARAN EX-TREASURER CHQ AND CIRCLE SECRETARIES COM CHANGAPPA OF KARNATAKA AND COM GEORGE OF KERALA CIRCLE PARTICIPATED AND EXPLAINED THE ISSUES BEFORE US.
SMT S.M.KALAVATHY CGM CHTD AND SMT GEETHANJALI GM(F) PARTICIPATED AND ASSURED THAT THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST TO REMOVE THE HURDLES FACED BY THE PENSIONERS IN MEDICAL BILL
A TEAM OF NEW OFFICE BEARERS WITH COM M.MURTHI AS PRESIDENT,COM M.GOVINDHARAJAN AS CIRCLE SECRETARY AND COM. M.KANNAPPAN AS TREASURER WERE ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY.
ON BEHALF OF CHQ WE CONGRATULATE THE NEW TEAM AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST
OUR PENSION ANOMALY CASE WAS LISTED AS NO 68. AS THE COURT COULD SIT UPTO 13:00 HRS ONLY IT COULD NOT BE HEARD AND POSTPONED TO 19-4-2016.
Comrades
You are aware about the continuous efforts taken by our CHQ to get the benefit of pension revision on the basis of 78.2 IDA merger from 10/6/2013 for those who retired prior to that date. 32 months are over and it is delayed under one pretext or other. As per our Bangalore AIC decision, CHQ calls upon you to hold "Powerful demonstration with maximum mobilisation" on 24/3/2016 (Thursday) at all SSAs & Circle Headquarters (positively before the office of CCA). BDPA g/s Com Mistry has agreed and AIRBSNLEA com Kishan singh is expected to participate along with us in this programme. A detailed circular will be issued later
IF IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO HOLD DEMONSTRATION ON24-3-16 DUE TO HOLI FESTIVAL CIRCLES CAN CHOOSE A DATE CONVENIENT TO THEM. REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE SENT WITHOUT FAIL
As it is urgent Pl inform Dist/Branch Secretaries of your Circle and ask them to carry out Programme
With greetings
G.Natarajan G/S
You are also called upon to send E-mail/speed post to Hon. MoC Shri Ravishankar Prasad with a copy to Secretary, Telecom Shr i J.S .Deepak and the text is given below:-
______________________________________________________________________________
Shri Ravishankar Prasad , Hon. MoC & IT, Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Asoka Road, New Delhi-110001.
Email: mcitoffice@gov.in
Shri J.S.Deepak, Secretary, Dept of Telecom, Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Asoka Road, NewDelhi10001.
Email: secy-dot@nic.in
Respected Sir,
The benefit of 78.2% IDA merger is not extended to the pensioners who retired prior to 10/6/2013. Despite sincere, continuous efforts by our Association for the past 32 months it remains unsettled. The Government is declaring off and on about early settlement of pensioners' grievances and We request you, sir, to settle this issue without further delay
Yours faithfully,
Date:- 24/3/2016 DIST SECRETARY/CIRCLE SECRETARY