Pradeep Nandrajog, J.

1. Under BSNL the post of Telecom Technical Assistant (TTA) is a post in the non-executive cadre. In the Executive cadre the hierarchy of posts is : Junior Technical Officer (JTO) > Sub Divisonal Engineer (SDE) > Senior Sub Divisional Engineer, all of which are posts in the Executive cadre. The next above cadre is the Management cadre and the entry level post in Grade E-3 is that of Management Trainee.

2. Thus, we highlight that at the lowest rung of the cadres is the cadre of non-executives. Above is the cadre of Executives. Further above is the cadre of Management Trainees.

3. On September 13, 2007 BSNL had notified the ‘BSNL Management Trainees’ Recruitment Rules 2007 when only 300 posts at the entry level E-3 were sanctioned. As per the Rules, 50% posts were to be filled up from amongst external candidates on the basis of a competitive examination and remaining 50% from the departmental candidates possessing the eligibility conditions through a limited internal competitive examination, and we highlight that a degree in Engineering was the minimum education qualification. In other words, all internal candidates below the Management Trainee cadre incl