Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association (JKEEGA) under chairmanship of Sachin Tickoo, general secretary along with Ashok Kumar Dubey, vice-president, Rajeshwar Jamwal, Provincial publicity secretary, Yash Paul, organizing secretary, Parshottam Sharma and Vipul Sharma treasurers today held a meeting in Jammu and strongly resented the cold shoulder approach of the UT Administration towards the burning issues pertaining to the engineering fraternity.
The participants deliberated the recent developments of the meeting of the establishment committee; regarding regularization of Engineers of Power Development Department wherein the proposals before the establishment committee on July 29, 2021 didn’t receive the nod of the committee headed by Chief Secretary with objection being raised on the exemption of Vigilance clearance even though in lieu of the Vigilance clearance an integrity certificate from the Head of Department and counter signed by the Administrative Secretary PDD was provided for each of the incumbents who are all retirees having retired as early as 2007.
The certificate very clearly pointed out if there was any FIR/PE or anything against the incumbents and cases of such engineers were withheld by the empowered committee before submitting to the GAD. The purpose of constituting the empowered committee has been defeated as the process which was to be completed within two months by Nov 30, 2019 as per the SAC decision dated 22-10-2019 has been turned back even after nearly two years that too when it had only retired engineers.
The issue of enhancement of fixed travel allowance from existing Rs 30 per month in favour of Junior Engineers has been raised time and again, the department despite being aware of the duties and nature of job of JE has failed to impress upon the Finance department about the difference between Transport Allowance and the Fixed Travel Allowance. The Transport Allowance is being given to each employee post reorganization in the UT and does not set aside the purpose of FTA specifically meant for field officers like Junior Engineers and when same is being continued for Patwaris/ Naib Tehsildars as well even after Reorganization.
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