BSNL VRS-2019 Methodology to deal with cases of VRS optee officials in whose cases currency of penalty is completing after 31.01.2020- Regarding.
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
(A Govt. of India Enterrise)
BSNL Coporate Office Establishment Branch,
PAT Section, 5th floor, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan
H.C, Mathur Lane, New Delhi-110001
F.No.1-15/2019-PAT(BSNL)-Part 3
Dated : 59.01 2020
To
All Heads of Telecom Circles/Projects/Region &
Other Administrative Units of BSNL
Sub: Methodology to deal with cases of VRS optee officials in whose cases currency of penalty is completing after 31.01.2020- Regarding.
While processing the VRS options of officials under BSNL VRS-2019, it has come to the notice that there are many officials, in whose disciplinary cases final order has already been issued or will be issued before effective date of Voluntary Retirement (VR) 1.e. 31.01.2020 but their currency of penalty will not be completed before the effective date of Voluntary Retirement (VR). No guidelines for dealing with settlement of retirement benefits of such affected officials are available.
2. In order to streamline the settlement of retirement benefits of officials in r/o whom currency of penalty will not be completed before the effective date of VR i.e. 31.01.2020, Management Committee of the BSNL Board in its meeting held on 21.01.2020, as a onetime measure and treating them as a special case, has approved the following methodology for dealing with various types of Minor and Major penalties provided in BSNL CDA Rules and their effect on VR optee official and recovery to be made in cases of ongoing punishment not completing before 31.01.2020:
| Sl. No. | Description of Penalty | Methodology of Implementation on VRS Optee |
| Minor Penalties | ||
| 1 | Censure | No effect |
| 2 | Withholding of Promotion | No effect. Optee will retire in his/her present grade. |
| 3. | Withholding of Increment | |
| (i) without cumulative effect | (a) All benefits shall be worked out on the basis of notional pay as on effective date of VRS-2019 ie 31.01.2020 assuming there is no penalty. | |
| (b) Amount to be recovered shall be worked out as a difference of salary to be paid (Basic + DA) as if there is no penalty less salary to be paid with penalty for the period since effective date of VRS-2019 ie 31.01.2020 till would be end of currency period. | ||
| (ii) with cumulative effect | (a) All benefits shall be worked out on the basis of actual pay as on effective date of VRS-2019 ie 31.01.2020, considering penalty is in currency. | |
| (b) No further recovery from any amount due to the employee. | ||
| 4 | Recovery of Pecuniary Losses | (a) All benefits shall be worked out on the basis of actual pay as on effective date of VRS-2019 ie 31.01.2020 assuming there is no penalty. |
| (b) Full amount ordered to be recovered shall be recovered from any amount due to the employee. | ||
| 5 |
Reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay by one stage for a period not exceeding three years, without cumulative effect and not adversely affecting his pension/terminal benefits. |
Case shall be regulated as in case 3(i) above. |
| Sl. No. | Description of Penalty | Methodology of Implementation on VRS Optee |
| Minor Penalties | ||
| 1 | Reduction to a Lower stage in the time scale of pay with further direction as, | |
| (i) employee will earn increment during the period of such reduction and on expiry of such period, the reduction will not have effect of postponing future increments of pay | (a) All benefits shall be worked out on the basis of notional pay as on effective date of VRS-2019 i.e. 31.01.2020 assuming there is no penalty | |
| (b) Amount to be recovered shall be worked out as a difference of salary to be paid (Basic+DA) as if there is no penalty less salary to be paid with penalty for the period next to effective date of VRS-2019 i.e. 01.02.2020 till would be end of currency period | ||
| (ii) employee will not earn increment during the period of such reduction and on expiry of such period, the reduction will not have effect of postponing future increments of pay. | (a) All benefits shall be worked out on the basis of notional pay as on effective date of VRS-2019 ie 31.01.2020 assuming there is no penalty. | |
| (b) Amount to be recovered shall be worked out as a difference of salary to be paid (Basic + DA) as if there is no penalty less salary to be paid with penalty for the period next to effective date of VRS-2019 ie 01.02.2020 till would be end of currency period. | ||
| (iii) employee will earn increment during the period of such reduction and on expiry of such period, the reduction will have effect of postponing future increments of pay. | (a) All benefits shall be worked out on the basis of actual pay as on effective date of VRS-2019 ie 31.01.2020, considering penalty is in currency. | |
| (b) No further recovery from any amount due to the employee. | ||
| (iv) employee will not earn increment during the period of such reduction and on expiry of such period, the reduction will have effect of postponing future increments of employee pay. | (a) All benefits shall be worked out on the basis of actual pay as on effective date of VRS-2019 ie 31.01.2020, considering penalty is in currency. | |
| (b) No further recovery from any amount due to the employee. | ||
| 2. | Reduction to a lower time scale of pay, grade, post or service which shall ordinarily be a bar to the promotion of the employee to the time scale of pay, grade, post or service from which he was reduced, with or without further direction regarding conditions of restoration to the grade or post from which the employee was reduced and his seniority and pay on such restoration to that grade or post. | (a) In case where the punishment order states that the Pay will be restored after currency of the punishment, then the case shall be regulated as in case 3(i) above of minor penalties. |
| (b) In case where the punishment order states that the Pay will not be restored after currency of the punishment, then the case shall be regulated as in case 3(ii) above of minor penalties. | ||
| 3. | Compulsory Retirement / Removal from service / Dismissal from service | The order of any of such penalty shall be implemented as per existing instructions. No VRS-2019 to such employees. |
(3) Administrative order for recovery from affected VRS Optees, as per methodology given above shall be issued by the following authorities:
| Circles | Authority competent to issue order for recovery |
| SSA level Cadres | SSA Heads |
| Circle Level Cadres | CGMs of the concerned circle |
| All India Cadre | CGMs of the concerned Circles for employees posted in Circles. Cadre Controlling Authorities for employees posted in BSNL Corporate Office |
Necessary action in these cases may please be taken accordingly.
Yours Sincerely,
(G.P.Vishnoi)
Asstt. General Manager (Estt.-III)
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