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of an officer (that is myself) in the office who was on friendly
terms with the particular union when the fact was otherwise. The
additional PMG thought he should wreak vengeance on the
officer who caused this embarrassment.

Towards the close of financial year , I remember it was 1985 when
Mr.Kesavan SRM,AG Division requested my postfacto approval
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for purchase of sorting cases for his mail offices. As it was the 3
week of March he proposed to go ahead with the purchase from a

furniture maker on whose firm the G.M Andhra Pradesh Telecom
circle had placed orders for some furniture after due tender
process. Sri.Kesavan had also issued a cheque as advance
payment. Now it was for me to approve or reject the proposal. But
I wanted to satisfy myself if the GM had really approved the
particular firm. So I raised a few queries asking my APMG (Mails)
to examine circle office records and submit his recommendations.
But the APMG didn’t place any file available on the subject nor
did he recommend not to purchase. By this time the financial year
was over and the cheque also was delivered to the firm in the usual
course.

Who is Mr. Owlsay ?

Now the officer who didn’t submit the file with necessary
recommendations remembered the payment of cost of sorting cases
without my approval and brought to the notice of Additional PMG
this lacuna for whatever advantage he might derive. My friend lost
no time to make out a seemingly serious allegation against me and
helped Secretary of the Union friendly to him with the material. The
Union also lapped up the issue and asked the All India President of
the Union , a senior Congress party leader Sri.Lalit Maken to pursue
the matter and proceed against me for the alleged act of negligence.
In the meantime a new PMG joined the circle. Mr.Periya nayagam
was in the last lap of his service. He wanted a easy way of spending
time. So in return for delegating the entire responsibility of
managing the unions to me I would assure him of a long siesta after
lunch in the office. To begin with he appeared to be on cordial terms

with me. But when he found me non cooperative in the matter of
capricious postings and transfers of officers he became hostile

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