The government orders in general on the payment of pension contribution in case of deputation of officials are that the institution where the official is working on deputation should pay pension contribution to the government based on the actual pay being drawn by the employee. This is commonsense and appropriate.

But in the case BSNL absorbed DOT Officials for whom the pension is paid by the government, BSNL is compelled to pay pension contribution based on the maximum of the pay scale of the official. This results in hundreds of crores of rupees extra payment by BSNL. This is complete injustice.

The Forum has demanded the government that this situation should be changed and necessary orders issued so that BSNL can pay pension contribution on the basis of the actual pay of the official, which will be a big relief to BSNL.