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| Power Employees & Engineers to protest on Engineers Day, seek resolution of issues | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 13: Power Employees and Engineers Coordination Committee (PEECC) today has expressed strong resentment over the insensitive approach of the JK UT administration towards the burning issues highlighted by the Power Employees and Engineers coordination committee.
Addressing a press conference, Sachin Tickoo, highlighted the plight that the current sitting Managing Directors/ Chief Engineers/Superintending Engineers are all Assistant Engineers and most of the sitting Executive Engineers are Junior Engineers in substantive capacity and are only officiating the higher assignments in-charge capacity with no emoluments of the higher positions. The regularization in PDD is pending since 2001.
He said that there is a backlog of 200 retired Engineers whose proposals had been sent to the establishment committee in the first instance, ultimately which has been returned with observations on account of non-availability of fresh vigilance clearances in respect of these retirees who have retired as early as 2001. A question to ponder is that not even a single in charge placement to higher post is made without the due procedure of Vigilance clearance and APRs. A person ailing and of more than 70 years of age is being expected to present himself again for vigilance clearance/APRs. The said process of regularization had been directed by SAC to be completed within two months from 22.10.2019, however despite lapse of nearly two years not even a single regularization of engineers has been issued.
Moreover, the daily wagers of 1998 are still awaiting regularization, even though they have fulfilled all the criteria of DPCs as per the SRO-381 OF 1981 applicable to Power Development department. Since majority of the lineman in the department are daily wagers who risk their lives and get 6750 per month for services that they render 24x7, 365 days without fail. Despite the availability of the vacancies at all levels their regularization orders are not being issued despite two DPCs since 2019 have taken place under SRO-381 OF 1981.
The Tech-III staff appointed in 1998 has got not even a single promotion even after 22 years of service and are awaiting the holding of DPC which has been put on back burner despite the Committee of secretaries meeting held in June 2021 stipulating that DPC at all levels be completed in time bound manner.
The power employees and engineers committee after consultations with the stakeholders has therefore decided to hold an agitation to awaken the administration and seek their attention to resolution of the burning issues. At first instance, it has been decided to observe the Engineers Day falling on 15th September by all employees of Power Development department wearing black badges/arm bands in all the work places and in all the official meetings on the said date conveying strong resentment over the continuous cold shoulder approach to the issues projected by the power employees and engineers coordination committee. |
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