AIGETOA writes to CMD BSNL Sh A Robert J Ravi highlighting serious concerns over the transfer orders issued vide BSNLCO-PERS/12(11)/1/2025-PERS1 on 09.05.2026 and the growing non‑transparent approach in handling transfers and postings of executives across BSNL with deep concern over the increasing involvement of external consultants and agencies in core HR matters of BSNL, particularly transfer and posting exercises.
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The Association highlighted that despite repeated assurances regarding transparent and policy-driven transfers, the recent orders have reflected exactly the opposite, causing widespread resentment and demoralisation among executives across the country. The genuine cases related to Medical Grounds, PwD, Spouse Cases, Education, OTP Requests, Executives above 56 years of age, tenure completion and repatriation have been ignored or selectively considered without any transparent criteria.
It was also pointed out that though transfers have now been made annual, the complete financial year 2026-27 should have been considered while calculating tenure eligibility, but the same was ignored leading to grave injustice to many executives completing their tenure during the current financial year.
AIGETOA also raised serious objections regarding selective implementation of cut-off criteria, random postings across far away circles without any uniform surplus-deficit criteria, unilateral modification of unimplemented cases and complete deviation from earlier precedents of seeking options from executives before long-stay transfers.
The Association expressed deep concern over the increasing involvement of external consultants and agencies in core HR matters of BSNL, particularly transfer and posting exercises. BSNL is not a theoretical corporate case study operating merely on spreadsheets and consultant-driven analytics, but a complex telecom organisation functioning across difficult terrains, hard tenure stations and operationally sensitive environments. Transfer and posting decisions cannot be handled through external experimentation without practical understanding of field realities, technical hierarchy, operational requirements and human sensitivities.
AIGETOA also highlighted that transfers directly impact the lives, health, families, education of children and financial stability of employees and hence any perception of favouritism, pick-and-choose policy or arbitrary implementation severely damages the credibility of the administration.
In view of the prevailing dissatisfaction among executives, AIGETOA demand:
1] Immediate review of transfer orders dated 09.05.2026 wherever anomalies, policy deviations and genuine hardship cases exist.
2] Complete transparency in transfer and posting exercises including disclosure of criteria, vacancy positions, tenure status and justification for deviations.
3] Strict adherence to approved transfer policy without selective interpretation.
4] Immediate restriction on involvement of external consultancy agencies in sensitive HR matters like transfer and posting.
5] Restoration of authority and accountability to BSNL’s established Personnel administration machinery.
6] Constitution of a transparent grievance review mechanism for executives aggrieved by arbitrary transfer decisions.
The Association expressed hope that BSNL Management will take immediate corrective measures and restore confidence amongst executives by ensuring fairness, transparency and accountability in HR administration.