Railway PSU illegally retrenched 60 permanent workers including 3 officers

They are not getting their salaries since last 18 months

PMO and Ministry of Railways pls save their lives

A Railway PSU Burn Standard Company Ltd, Howrah illegally retrenched 57 permanent employees along with 3 permanent officers from service for not opted VRS scheme.

Company still running with contractual labours since last 2 years after the above retrenchment.

They are not getting their monthly salary since last 18 months.

Due to this their families are suffering very badly during this natural disaster i.e COVID 19, said a retrenched officer Sumit Das, JM Engineer via email.

Das requested to Railway Minister and PMO to kindly save their lives.

#BurnStandardCoLtd,HWH illegally retrenched 57 Permanent employees along with 3 Officers from service for not opted #VRS#Company still running with contract labours since last 2yrs
All are not getting salary since last 18mnths
Their families are suffering badly during #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/UqfYJO20jl

— RAILWHISPERS (@Railwhispers) June 1, 2020

Establishment of Burn & Co.

• 1781 – Burn & Co founded in Kolkata
• 1828 – Construction business of Burn & Co taken over by Martin & Co
• 1918 – Indian Standard Wagon founded in Kolkata
• 1950s – Burn & Co diversifies into railways engineering
• 1976 – Burn & Co nationalised. Amalgamated with Indian Standard Wagon to form Burn Standard
• 1987 – Burn Standard Co placed under BBUNL
• 1995 – Burn Standard declared sick and referred to BIFR
• 2010 – Company’s ownership shifts from BBUNL to the Ministry of Railways
• June 2017 – Burn Standard board refers itself to NCLT after Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 gets repealed in 2016
• 13 Feb 2018 – Resolution proposal (RP) fails to come up with resolution package. gets extension
• 26 Feb 2018 – RP submits Rs 4.17 billion resolution plan before NCLT Kolkata Bench
• 6 March 2018 – NCLT Kolkata Bench approves plan. Ex-officers’ association plans to move Court against judgement