Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 18: JKEEGA delegation led by Sachin Tickoo, general secretary Jammu & Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association (JKEEGA) called on DyCM, Surinder Choudhary here today.
The delegation sought urgent intervention of Dy Chief Minister for revocation of suspension of Engineers suspended since last ten months on account of lower billing effeciency and higher AT&C losses. The delegation apprised him that department is already reeling under shortage of manpower and this prolonged suspension has demoralised the whole cadre and suspension should be revoked immediately.
JKEEGA on this occasion took the liberty of putting up a detailed memorandum before the Deputy Chief Minister and sought his kind consideration. It said the current sitting Managing Director (JKPTCL)/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.
Despite the State Administrative Council decision dated Oct 22, 2019 and constitution of Empowered Committee on March 2, 2020, the regularization issue has not been resolved.
The members of the J&K Engineering Gazetted Services had been time and again representing for Time Bound career progression scheme (ACP) as available to Doctors/VAS and other technical services including subordinate judiciary as well but nothing was done in this regard.
It further added that the department has through corporations sent an indent to SSRB for recruiting 300 Junior Engineers into Corporations, the same needs to be expedited as there has been no recruitment of Junior Engineers since last six years in Power Development Department.
JKEEGA also sought the filling up of the vacant positions across the hierarchy with the following positions vacant; MD-1, ED-3, CE-2, SE-22, XEn-70, AEE-111 and JE-300. The Association strongly sought the revocation of the suspension of the Engineers suspended on account of poor billing efficiency.
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