Brief Note on pending issues which needs immediate settlement

Regularization of offg. JTOs: Hon'ble High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh was pleased enough to close the Contempt of Court case COCP 1431/2008 against CMD BSNL & others filed by some petitioners in WPC 5608/2007 in the matter of diversion of DR quota JTO vacancies. The counsel for contempt petitioners have chosen to withdraw the contempt petition and the high court has been pleased to dispose of the contempt petition on his statement. No adverse observation with account to supernumerary posting of Officiating JTOs have been made by the court virtually accepting the stand of BSNL to adjust earlier qualifying test offg. JTOs.

We requested Estt. Section for taking an early action regarding regularization of Offg. JTOs. BSNL's advocate, Haryana Circle Sh. Amit Rathi’s legal opinion has been received in BSNL C.O., Estt. Section, wherein, BSNL can create super-numeric posts of JTOs for Regularization and the same has again been sent to BSNL C.O. legal cell for its concurrence but the legal cell did not agree to create further super-numeric posts since sufficient JTOs posts are laying vacant. Hence, legal cell has advised to amend the JTO RRs -2001. It needs an early action.