AGM Rectt BSNL CO issued notification for Direct Recruitment  of freshers for  SET (Senior Executive Trainee) Telecom & Finance wings  through written Competitive Examination. Copy<<<>>

This is one more one sided action by the BSNL management without understanding feelings and practical requirements of BSNL.

This notification is issued without any consultation of Recognised Majority Association and by neglecting stand conveyed by SNEA for no outside recruitment by lateral entry above JTO/JAO. 

Though it is projected that these executives will be part of Management replacing the ITS Officers on deputation in BSNL, from the past experience it is crystal clear that intent of Management was not and it not clear.

Earlier MT recruitment process was struck up in court cases and once court cases are cleared to better extent, Management has modified MTRR before joining of selected executives to extent that these MTs will never reach to the position of GMs or for which they were specially recruited.

Now this SET is revised version of MTs and if the MTs who will be senior to SET will not able to reach this position , how this SET will reach this position as being projected by Management is real question to be answered. 

It is unfortunate that in the last 25 years of formation of BSNL, no action has been taken by BSNL Management and administrative Ministry DoT for having its own Management, but efforts were always done for allowing deputation of ITS Officers against all orders and even with undertaking submitted in court cases by DoT not to depute any ITS officer to BSNL after 2014.

The option chosen by present BSNL management by issuing one sided SET notification, is nothing but putting salt on wounds of thousands of highly qualified and experienced Executives in BSNL who are compelled for working on degraded pay scales for years together.

In BSNL JTOs are recruited through GATE Entrance Examination  and JAOs are recruited with higher Educational qualifications CA/ M. Com and their pay scales are reduced from E1A to E1 and now this SET recruitment is proposed at E3 pay scales all fresher with Engineering Graduation are eligible for the same and Experienced BSNL Executives with same or higher educational qualification are denied this opportunity.

For whatever may be the reason, but Management is of the opinion and projecting that these 97 Fresh SETs will change the fate and future of BSNL which is not possible for existing 29000 Executives serving in the BSNL.

Thus management is indirectly or directly doubting the capabilities and strength of serving BSNL Executives, and this is not a good sign for bright future of the BSNL as desired by Respected MoSC, Respected MoC and Honourable Prime Minister of India.  

SNEA is taking up this issue for stopping the outsider recruitment of SET with lateral entry above the level of JTO/JAO and we will fight for justice to the serving executives.