400 ITS officers refuse to rejoin BSNL

The government is likely to declare some 400 officers in the telecom department as surplus following their refusal to consider re-employment in BSNL.

These Indian Telecom Service executives, who had transferred to the DoT from cashstrapped BSNL in November, are likely to be moved to a surplus staffers cell in the HRD ministry, according to a senior official of BSNL.

"ITS officers without work will be moved to a surplus staff establishment, a unit of the department of personnel & training in the HRD ministry," the official said.