Ministry of Communication & Information Technology

Department of Telecommunication

Training Finance Section

To,

The CCA / Jt. CCA

No.7-5/2000- Finance (Pt)                                                              Dated at New Delhi 12/01/05

Subject: Accommodation for CCA offices in departmentally owned buildings by BSNL.

Kindly find enclosed a copy of the D.O. Letter addressed by Member (F) to CMD, BSNL on the subject for further action at your end.

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(Ms Anuradha Mitra)

DDG(FEB)

A.K.SAWHNEY                                                                                       Government of India

Member(Finance) Telecom Commission &                            Ministry of Communications &

Ex-officio Secretary to Govt. of India                                           Information Technology,

Phone:23716161, Fax: 23715762                                            Department of Telecommunications

Sanchar Bhawan, 20 Ashoka Road,

New Delhi - 110001.

D.O.No.7-7/2000-F&A(Pt.)                                                              Dated the 6th December, 2004.

Dear Shri

                  As you are aware that the CCA offices are functioning at the field level co-terminus with the BSNL offices and are disbursing pension, settling other retirement benefits, General Provident Fund, CGEGIS etc. of the BSNL employees amongst other delegated works. Vide DOT OM No.7-5/2001-F&A dated 6th February 2001, CMD, BSNL was requested to provide suitable office accommodation & other infrastructural facilities for the offices of CCA. While in some circles like Rajasthan, Maharashtra and West Bengal, good progress has been made, it is regretfully noticed that the progress is highly unsatisfactory in other circles even four years after the issuance of such orders. Numerous correspondences and a number of meetings have been held with your officers even at the field level. Perhaps, the head of territorial BSNL Circles have failed to appreciate the importance of these offices in fulfilling Government commitment towards the BSNL and its employees.

CCAs, apart from handling pension related work of employees absorbed in BSNL are also discharging importance duties like collection of license fee and spectrum charges and disbursement of universal service subsidy. The performance of these tasks requires close cooperation from the BSNL. It is, therefore, essential that CCAs/Jt. CCAs offices are housed in close proximity to BSNL. It was in this light that BSNL was asked to provide space for the CCAs in departmentally owned buildings. Unfortunately, the issue has been handled at the circle level in a casual manner, despite efforts made by the CCAs/Jt. CCAs. In most cases, either no space or highly inadequate space has been provided. As a result, the work of the CCAs has been badly affected.

May I request you to bestow your personal attention and direct the CGMs of all circles to allot office space of approximately 10000 sq.feet in a departmental building near BSNL circle office to the CCAs? The possibility of utilising DTO/CTO buildings for the purpose may also be explored.

I would be grateful for a line of reply indicating the action plan to overcome this problem. I am sure with your personal interest we would be able to resolve the problem to great extent. I am deeply concerned as this grievance is aired by most of the CCAs during my interaction with them.

                                                           With regards,

Yours Sincerely,

(A.K.Sawhney)

Shri. A.K.Sinha,

CMD, BSNL,

Statesman House,

New Delhi.