BSNL Management has withdrawn the recognition of BSNL Employees Union with effect from 13-02-2009 on the basis that the recognition was given for two years till that date. When the verification process was being delayed for finalising the BSNL Recognition Rules, it was demanded by BSNLEU that the recognition to BSNLEU should be extended till that date since such a long period with out a recognised union will not be correct. Other unions like NFTE, FNTO etc. in addition to our alliance partners also stated that they do not have any objection for extending the recognition of BSNLEU till verification. We also pointed out to the management that in the PSUs, the recognition is being extended till the next verification.
As such, BSNLEU should have been extended recognition till April 18th. Instead, BSNL Management has referred the matter to CLC. We have taken up the matter with CLC as well as Labour Ministry. In fact, we were told by the Labour Ministry that there need be no permission from them and the usual practice is to extend the recognition. Anyhow, we expect that approval from the CLC/Labour Ministry will be issued and recognition restored shortly.