BSNL Corporate Office has conveyed the approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) regarding the appointment of Ms. Vatchala Cari, IRS as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), BSNL.
The appointment is for an initial period of three years from the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
The persistent and continuous efforts of AIGETOA and Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM) for strengthening BSNL’s leadership structure have yielded positive results with the issuance of transfer and posting orders for Chief General Managers (CGMs) by BSNL Corporate Office today.
Click here for Orders (Order-1 & Order-2)
For a long time, AIGETOA and BDM have been consistently raising the issue of a large number of vacant Circle Head (CGM) and Business Area Head (BA) posts, which were adversely affecting decision-making, operational efficiency and organizational accountability. The Associations had repeatedly urged the BSNL Management, DoT and the Hon’ble Minister of Communications to immediately fill these crucial leadership positions through regular postings and to develop BSNL’s own Internal Management Cadre.
Only recently, AIGETOA had submitted a detailed representation highlighting that around 20 CGM level Circle Head posts and 173 Business Area/Functional Head posts were lying vacant or were being managed through prolonged additional charge arrangements. The Association had sought immediate intervention for filling these vacancies through eligible BSNL executives in line with the DoT’s policy directions on succession planning and development of the Internal Management Cadre.
Click here for the letter submitted to Hon’ble MoC on 29.05.2026
Today’s orders have addressed a significant part of this concern. Several vacant CGM positions have now been filled through regular postings, with a good number of absorbed BSNL Executives being entrusted with the responsibility of leading Telecom Circles as Chief General Managers.
This is a welcome development and reflects the importance of creating a strong leadership pipeline from within BSNL. It also validates the continuous efforts made by AIGETOA and BDM in advocating that capable and experienced BSNL executives should be provided opportunities to lead the organization.
While appreciating this positive step taken by the BSNL Management, AIGETOA and BDM reiterate that this should only be the beginning. The Associations shall continue to pursue the filling up of all remaining vacant Business Area (BA) Head, Functional Head and other senior leadership posts, implementation of structured succession planning, regular promotions and operationalisation of BSNL’s Internal Management Cadre.
AIGETOA congratulates all the officers who have been entrusted with these important responsibilities and expresses confidence that their leadership will further strengthen BSNL’s journey towards becoming a professionally managed, self-reliant and future-ready telecom organization.
BSNL Corporate Office has issued the Annual Transfer & Posting Orders vide letter No. BSNLCO-PETS/12(11)/1/2025-PERS1 dated 09.05.2026 covering various cadres of Telecom, Finance, Civil, Electrical, Architecture and Telecom Factory streams. The orders have been issued on grounds of Own Cost Request Transfer, Long Stay Cases etc.
Click here for List in Telecom (AGMs & SDEs)
Click here for List in Finance & Other Stream (AOs/EE/Civil)
All Circle Secretaries & Circle Presidents to review the transfer orders issued on 09.05.2026 and report discrepancies, anomalies & policy violations.
AIGETOA CHQ has started a detailed examination of the transfer orders and implementation methodology adopted across circles. Initial observations indicate that while a good number of OTP requests have been considered but still there are cases where uniformity, transparency and policy compliance require serious review especially in view of the arbitrariness exercised while issuing the orders. Further the cut-off date of 31.03.2026 is completely unjustified as the orders are being executed on Annual Basis. There is no point in making people overstay at their stations just because their tenures are getting completed May 2026 onwards.
AIGETOA has demanded to make the cut-off as 31.03.2027 and remove all the arbitrariness in the treatment of the cases and not to execute the things on the whims and fancies of any individual. System is run by rules and our association is committed to ensure that rules and policy should prevail.
Accordingly, all Circle Secretaries and Circle Presidents are requested to immediately undertake a detailed scrutiny of the transfer orders issued in respect of their circles and submit a comprehensive report to CHQ immediately.
The circles are specifically requested to examine and highlight the following issues:
• Cases where long stay norms have not been uniformly applied.
• Pick and choose implementation of transfers and OTP requests.
• Cases where similarly placed executives have been treated differently.
• Non-uniform application of hard tenure criteria.
• Instances where transfer policy provisions have been violated.
• Cases where executives with lesser stay have been transferred while actual long stay cases have been ignored.
• Improper retention or selective exemptions granted without transparency.
• Any deviation in implementation of immunity provisions ( Medical, Association, Education, Spouse etc) and selective non-consideration of the cases.
• Wrongful consideration or rejection of OTP requests.
• Non-compliance of rotational transfer norms.
• Any administrative irregularity, favoritism or discrimination observed in implementation of the transfer orders.
• Non uniform treatment of surplus and deficit circles during in and out transfers.
• Non-uniform treatment of unimplemented orders without any valid grounds.
• Cases where transfer orders appear arbitrary, inconsistent or against organizational interest.
All Circle units are requested to obtain complete details from affected executives along with supporting documents, stay particulars and policy references so that the matter can be effectively taken up with BSNL Corporate Office.
The discrepancies, anomalies and documented policy violations reported by the circles shall be consolidated by CHQ and submitted to Pers Section and Director (HR) for appropriate review and corrective action.
All Circle Secretaries and Circle Presidents are requested to treat the matter on priority and send their inputs urgently to CHQ for further necessary action.
AIGETOA CHQ shall continue to safeguard the interests of the executives and ensure transparent, fair and policy-based implementation of transfer orders across BSNL.
BSNL Corporate Office (Personnel Branch) has issued instructions to all Circle/Unit Heads regarding verification and correction of Career History in SAP/ESS Portal vide letter dated 07.04.2026.
All executives are advised to carefully review their career history details available in the ESS (Employee Self Service) Portal under the Personal Information section.
In case of any discrepancy, omission, or incorrect entry, the concerned executive must immediately report the same to the respective HR/Administration section of their Circle/Unit along with supporting documents for necessary correction through e-Office/email.
Further, Circle/Unit Heads have been instructed to ensure that:
1] HR/Administration sections promptly examine all representations received from executives
2] Necessary corrections are carried out in SAP/ESS after due verification of service records
This is a priority exercise aimed at maintaining accurate and updated service records of all employees and must be completed positively by 14.04.2026.
As the updated SAP/ESS data is likely to be utilized for processing pending OTP requests (including Tenure and Non-Tenure stations) in the near future, all executives are advised to review their records carefully and ensure that any required corrections are completed within the stipulated timeline. Timely action will help in ensuring that their cases are considered appropriately based on accurate data.
Therefore, all executives are strongly advised to take this exercise seriously and ensure that their ERP/ESS records are accurate and up to date, so as to avoid any hardship during the upcoming OTP exercise.
BSNL Corporate Office has issued the circle-wise list of Surplus, Deficit and Just-Sufficient strength for executives in Telecom & Account streams, in connection with the opening of the Online Transfer Portal (OTP) window for the year 2026 .
Click here for List in Telecom (AGMs & SDEs)
Click here for List in Finance (AOs)
Pers Section, BSNL Co has cancelled all Old OTPs. we have strongly vouched for maintaining the OTP seniority on which it was told that the same can be discussed during implementation phase. Hence it is strongly suggested to all that while applying for fresh OTP, old OTP number must be mentioned in the remarks column. We will ensure that OTP seniority is maintained while executing the orders.
With respect to Hard Tenure pending cases, old requests upto Dec 2025 are being considered and all request beyond Dec 2025 (Premature Hard Tenure transfer requested) are cancelled.
Further, till new Transfer policy is notified, Old Policy stands.
BSNL Corporate office issued the modifications in the deputation policy of BSNL, it is one of our pending demands regarding modification in the deputation policy which has been accepted by BSNL Management.
The earlier restriction of forwarding only 2 deputation applications per employee per year has been removed. Now, eligible officers can apply for deputation without any numerical restriction, subject to suitability and approval by the competent authority.
This is a significant step towards providing greater opportunities for BSNL employees to explore deputation in other organizations.
AIGETOA remains committed to pursuing all pending demands for the betterment of executives.
BSNL CO has issued circular regarding the Online Transfer Portal (OTP) for Inter-Circle Transfer applications for SDE(T) and AGM(T) cadres. The transfer application window will be open from 16th January 2025 to 31st January 2025.
Categories of Circles for Transfer:
For SDE Cadre :
Deficit Circles: A&N, AS, CHTD, CNTX-NER, CNTx-W, GUJ, HP, HR, J&K, KRL, KTK, MH, NE-1, NE-2, OR, PB, Sikkim, TN, UKD, WB.
Just Sufficient Circles: BSNLCO, CG, CNTx-E, CNTx-S, KOLTD, MP, NFS
Surplus Circles: AP, BBNW, BH, CNTX-N, ITPC, JKD, QA, RAJ, TLGN, UP(E), UP(W).
For AGM Cadre :
Deficit Circles: AP, BH, KOLTD, CHTD, CG, CNTx-E, GUJ, JKD, HR, KTK, KRL, MH, MP, RAJ, TN, TLGN, UP(E), UP(W), Sikkim, WB.
Just Sufficient Circles: CNTX-NER, CNTx-N, CNTx-S, J&K, NFS, NE-1, NE-2, OR, PB, UKD
Surplus Circles: A&N, AS, CNTx-W, BBNW, BSNLCO, ITPC, QA, HP
Further, it is highlighted in the circular that, executives can submit up to three circle preferences, with a preference for deficit circles to increase the chance of approval. Pending applications from previous OTP windows can be withdrawn, and fresh applications can be submitted during this window as per the issued instructions.
Congratulations..!!! Finally the much awaited wait is over. BSNL has finally decided to go ahead with resolution of SDE 2007 reversal issue.
As first step, orders for reversion have been withdrawn.
The file for restoration of seniority and approval of supplementary DPC is under submission. We are trying to ensure the final promotion orders at the earliest.
Finally AIGETOA and the team of the affected persons have succeeded in its mission and we will try to ensure the final fruits in the form of promotion orders immediately.
We are refraining from uploading the order copies due to legal considerations.
BSNL initiated the process of preparing the all India eligibility list for Private Secretaries (PS) in field units and reservation rosters for Personal Secretary (PPS) field units. As part of the process, all Circle Heads have been asked to provide detailed information as per the letter.
As updated earlier by AIGETOA CHQ on dated 22nd Dec 2023, Pers Section issued clarification w.r.t to non consideration of executives with 20 years stay at the current circle.