Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited?s (BSNL) workforce-related woes continue.
According to news reports, the Indian Telecom Service executives who had transferred to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) from BSNL do not want to consider moving back to the incumbent.
In this context, therefore, DoT is reportedly considering placing them in a surplus staffers cell in the Department of Human Resources.
Over 400 officers will be impacted by DoT?s decision.
Prior to this, BSNL had planned to hire Indian Telecom Service officers who had two years of service left. The operator planned to hire these officers in senior management positions.
The operator?s new recruitment rules was expected to exclude most of the 44-odd Indian Telecom Service officers of the rank of chief general manager (CGM) from being considered for re-absorption, as they fell in the over-58 age group.
The retirement age at BSNL is 60. BSNL also planned to consider non-ITS industry professionals with a finance and civil or electrical engineering background for these slots if suitable candidates are not available in the existing ITS pool.
