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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 15: Power employees and engineers across Jammu & Kashmir held strong protest in their respective workplaces wearing black badges and arm bands against the callous attitude of the UT administration towards the burning issues of the power employees.
While holding placards and amidst sloganeering, the PDD offices reverberated with the demand for implementation of the State Administrative Council Decision Dated 22.10.2019 which had directed for completing the regularization process within two months. The protesting employees decried the failure of the administration to fulfill the commitments made by the highest decision making body of the Union Territory i.e State Administrative Council.
The agitating employees sought that the suspension orders of the engineers and field staff be rescinded as the enquiry committee has already submitted the report since last 15 days and yet the reinstatement orders have not been issued till date demoralizing the entire cadres. Addressing the protest gathering at various places, Sachin Tickoo Convenor PEECC Jammu and General Secretary JKEEGA strongly 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. 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. |
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