It is not Madhya Pradesh’s Sand Mafias alone…
Friday, December 14, 2018
Dear Members and Colleagues,
Apropos of captioned issue, it is wrong that Madhya Pradesh’s Sand
Mafias alone take the State Officers into task. Yes, this is the turn of
Telecom Mafia, not only in Madhya Pradesh, but elsewhere too. For some
sometimes, the Telecom Mafias, disguising as Telecom Contractors, have been
steering the HR issues of BSNL, whereby it is none difficult for them to get
the officers transferred at the snap of their fingers. Latest in this series,
is the case of Sh. R P Shahu, SDE (Waidhan), Madhya Pradesh.
It has come to our notice through WhatsApp and other sources that one
Telecom Contractor named M/s Suman Engineering Works (who is stated to have
close nexus in Ministry of Communication) has been executing and supervising
OFC projects for Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited in the Singrauli Area of Siddhi
SSA of Madhya Pradesh. While executing these projects, said contractor damaged
the OFC Cable of BSNL at different locations. Sh. R P Shahu, SDE (Waidhan),
being in-charge of maintaining the OFC Cable, issued Demand Note to the tune of
Rs. 1274000.00 to said contractor on 05/12/2018. Disgruntled therewith, said
contractor used his influence in the Ministry, probably Sh. Saket Kumar (IAS) PS to Hon’ble Minister of State for
Communication, and got Sh. R P Shahu transferred from Siddhi SSA to
Jhabua SSA on 06/12/2018 and also got him relieved immediately without any
substitute. This staking revelation has been made by CGMT Madhya Pradesh in his
conversation with Sh. R P Shahu.
Notably, Sh. R P Shahu had been serving his soft tenure at Siddhi SSA
since January 2016 and on the completion thereof he was eligible either to
continue there or to get choice station at the cost of BSNL. But, BSNL shattered
its own transfer policy to pacify the fury of its honchos in Ministry.
Admittedly, Jhabua SSA is also a soft tenure station. Sh. R P Shahu shall
complete his soft tenure at Siddhi and Jhabua within next 30 days and
thereafter he shall be again eligible for his choice transfer at the cost of
BSNL. After all what is BSNL going to achieve by transferring Sh. R P Shahu
twice in short span of 30 days that too at the cost of BSNL!
It is apparently a disgusting matter, whereby an Upright Officer like
Sh. R P Shahu, who was protecting the interest of BSNL, has been transferred to
appease Reliance Jio! This is nothing but an unpleasant example set by BSNL
Management for its officers to showcase the consequences of being honest and
upright.
Thus, the BSNL Management and Secretary DOT are requested to be
transparent on this issue and, -
1.
Maintain status quo ante, i.e. the status as on
the date before the issuance of transfer order of Sh. R P Shahu to Jhabua SSA;
2. Conduct an independent inquiry into the incident
as to how the transferring authority bore upon himself the external pressure to
adversely affect the interest of BSNL, whereby the handler in the Ministry
also, through Sh. Anupam Srivastav CMD
and Smt. Sujata Ray Director (HR),
obstructed an officer from discharging his duties.
3.
Ensure the recovery of Damages from M/s Suman
Engineering Works for damaging the OFC Cable of BSNL;
4.
Such other things to boost the morale of BSNL
officers with the assurance that such an imprudent incident would not occur in
the future.