 Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 14: Power Development Department Employees sought immediate blue print of transition plan in public domain,to observe indefinite sit in protest across state from September 17, 2019.
The Engineers, Technical staff, clerical staff of Power development department held a joint meeting of union representatives from Jammu along with engineers, technical staff, clerical staff, PDL/Need based Employees against the unilateral move of the Government to unbundle the department and create companies, without involving the employees who as major stake holders. The members raised strongly the service issues arising out of non-transparency in unbundling.
The practice adopted in other states and UTs has been to present a blue print before the Employees through public domain. It is pertinent that service issues of 31000 plus employees is at stake as government has failed to assure in terms of a detailed transition plan by publishing the same for the knowledge and perusal of the employees. Employees are apprehensive of the Governments on several issues like treatment of all Government employees whether appointed before or after 2010 equally in all respects.
Infact the Government has not made public the report of the Reorganization Committee framed vide Government Order No-229 -PDD 0f 2018 dated-25/10/2018 after the agitation by employees in October 2018, which had been mandated to put up the proposal for examining the service conditions of all cadres at various levels in length and breadth regarding reorganisation of department. Before creation of the successor companies the Government should implement the report regarding reorganization of department submitted by Reorganisation Committee.
Secondly the tender floated for creating the companies is devoid of any reference to the utilisation of any report submitted by the Reorganisation Committee framed vide Government Order No-229 -PDD 0f 2018 dated-25/10/2018.
Employees demanded transition plan document with assured Service Guarantee , GPF, pension, family pension in case of death, death cum retirement gratuity, payment of Gratuity in one go as and when due , payment of leave salary in one go as and when due , Life insurance and Medical facilities, compassionate appointments-SRO 43, various types of leaves as per CSR Leave Rules 1979,there is no clarity about the seniority among different cadres, promotion prospects, transfer scheme, job profiles commensurate with the designations, regularisation of employees working on Incharge basis, Release of functional grades against the posts on which they are working, Regularisation of daily rated workers and need based workers. The government should increase the sanctioned strength in all cadres in terms of the assets being managed as on date. |
