Appointing Authority of the main Recruiting Circle shall be Competent Authority for issuance of NOC, and the application of the official shall be forwarded by the concerned office to the CGMT of the Recruiting Circle for issuance of NOC. Competent authority for forwarding of application shall be the Appointing Authority of the post in which employee concerned is presently working. So, The BSNL competent authority instructed all the circles and the employees of BSNL to follow these instructions to maintain uniformity across the organization and avoid any discrepancy and litigation's in the matter.