A meeting of the ‘Change of Designations Committee’ in BSNL was held today, 23rd July. The Official side agreed for the change of designations of RM to Telecom Assistant and TM to Telecom Technician. The designation for Sr.TOA and TTA are yet to be finalised since the designations suggested by the staff side were not accepted by the management. Discussions will continue to sort out the issue. Coms. P.Abhimanyu, V.A.N.Namboodiri and Animesh Mitra participated from BSNLEU.
Change of Designations Committee
23 Wednesday Jul 2014
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VAN Namboodiri's Blog 
What are Designations suggested by union for TOA & TTA cadre ?
The staff side has suggested Junior Engineer.
Dear Sir,
I kindly request you to settle the designation change case in the next meeting itself since it is delayed for more than 5 years. Since the Management side, BSNLEU side, NFTE side have submitted their proposals, it is better to reach at a consensus taking any one from the below and settle the case. The Non-Executives are eligible for 4 promotions ie. after 4, 7, 8 and 8 years. The designations may be taken into account as under, if agreed to.
Management Side:-
TELECOM OFFICE ASSOCIATE
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1st promotion pre 6550 scale – Jr.Telecom Office Associate (Jr.TOA)
2nd promotion pre 7100 scale – Telecom Office Associate (TOA)
3rd promotion pre 7800 scale – Sr.Telecom Office Associate (Sr.TOA)
4th promotion pre 8570 scale – Chief Telecom Office Associate (Chief TOA)
BSNLEU Side:-
TELECOM ASSOCIATE OFFICER
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1st promotion pre 6550 scale – Jr.Telecom Associate Officer (Jr.TAO)
2nd promotion pre 7100 scale – Telecom Associate Officer (TAO)
3rd promotion pre 7800 scale – Sr.Telecom Associate Officer (Sr.TAO)
4th promotion pre 8570 scale – Chief Telecom Associate Officer (Chief TAO)
NFTE Side:-
TELECOM OFFICE MANAGER
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1st promotion pre 6550 scale – Jr.Telecom Office Manager (Jr.TOM)
2nd promotion pre 7100 scale – Telecom Office Manager (TOM)
3rd promotion pre7800 scale – Sr.Telecom Office Manager (Sr.TOM)
4th promotion pre 8570 scale – Chief Telecom Office Manager (Chief TOM)
THANKING YOU.
Most probably, the decision will be taken in the next meeting.
Dear Sir,
Next meeting may be finalised early pl. since one month has already passed after last meeting.
BSNLEU had demanded for early meeting
Dear Sir,
Reg. Designation change, if management agrees to after their internal meeting, to the proposals suggested by staff side in the designation committee meeting held on 10-12-14, the designations suggested may be taken as below, if agreed to. Since for Regular Mazdoor cadre, the designation of Telecom Assistant(TA) has already been approved, the proposed designation for entry level for Sr.TOAs suggested in the meeting is also TA(Telecom Associate), slight alteration may be made. The above may kindly be brought to the notice of staff side members and the designation change of cadres may be finalised in the next meeting itself Sir.
NE-6 entry level TOA – Telecom Office Associate (TOA)
NE-7 & NE-8 – Sr.Telecom Office Associate (Sr.TOA)
NE-9 – Telecom Supdt. (TS)
NE-10 – Sr.Telecom Supdt. (Sr.TS)
NE-11 & NE-12 – Chief Telecom Supdt. (Chief TS)
Thanking You Sir,.
With Regards.
Dear Sir,
Since management side has rejected the suggestions put forward by unions side for Associate Officer, Office Manager, Supdt., Administrative, Executive etc. for Sr.TOAs, it is requested that staff may be asked to give proposals which can be placed in the next meeting. It may be mentioned here that only the designation ‘Office Associate’ is left. All other designations in the dictionary pertaining to clerical staff duties has been rejected by the management side.
In my opinion, the new designations which the management side will accept is as follows. We may go for that, otherwise the approved RM and TM desgn change will also not materialise because orders will be issued only after the new designations for major Non-executive cadres is changed.
1. RM – Telecom Assistant.
2. TM – Telecom Technician.
for Sr.TOAs
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NE-6 (pre-4720 scale) – Telecom Office Associate (TOA).
NE-7 & 8 (pre-5700 & 6550) – Sr.Telecom Office Associate (Sr.TOA).
NE-9 to NE-12 – Chief Telecom Office Associate (Chief TOA).
for TTA
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Junior Engineer (JE), if management agrees or Telecom Technical Associate (TTA).
Those Sr.Section Supervisors (Sr.SS) (NE-9 to NE-12) who want to retain their desgn as Sr.SS may be allowed to retain or can opt for the new desgn. – Chief Telecom Office Associate (Chief TOA).
Thanking You Sir,
With regards.
Dear Sir, In my opinion those officiasls who possess NE-9 to NE-12 scale may be given the designation, Section Supervisor, Sr.Section Supervisor, Chief Section Supervisor.
Dear Sir,
NE-9 & NE-12
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All non-executives may be given the desgn:-
Sr. Section Supervisor.
NE-10 – Sr.Section Supervisor (O)
NE-11 –
NE