Justice done to SC/ST officers of BSNL

The CAT has delivered a judgement in favour of  SC/ST officers of BSNL in a case filed by them against the orders of BSNL management. The applicants are SDEs of BSNL. They pleaded before the court that in accordance with the 85th constitutional amendment to protect the SC/ST officials on their promotion, two lists were prepared in 2002 but without any reason the BSNL management rejected that list and prepared another list for promotion from SDE to DEs on 17-1-2007 in which the reservation was not followed and hence the CAT should order for cancellation of that list and to ensure that the list prepared in 2002 should be implemented. 

On hearing both sides the CAT ordered BSNL to implement the list prepared in 2002 with all benefits to the officers. They observed BSNL management could not give any reasons for cancelling the 2002 list.

Of late several such cases are being filed in almost all the circles by all the caders. Do the higher ups at the corporate purposely create such confusions and unrest among the staff? May be, perhaps!