Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association (JKEEGA) today led by Munshi Majid Ali, its resident called on Principal Secretary Power Development Department (PDD), Rohit Kansal at Civil Secretariat and discussed cadre related issues.
The delegation apprised Principal Secretary of the strong resentment of the cadre over the flouting of the seniority rules in the orders issued by Executive Director, Jammu Kashmir State Power Development Corporation vide Order No 48/JKPDC/E of 2020-21 Dated-09/02/2021 wherein temporary charge of Executive Engineers has been granted to Assistant Executive Engineers without referring the matter to Administrative department.
They urged that regularization of Engineers had been mandated by SAC in its meeting on 22.10.2019 and regular promotions be processed on fast track at departmental level without referring to Public Service Commission as one-time exemption and whole process was supposed to be completed within two months by Nov 30, 2019. The process needs to be expedited.
The delegation pointed out that salary of the staff is met out of “Grant-in-Aid” from Government and same is being regulated on advance drawl basis at Secretariat level. It is being felt inevitable to immediately restore mechanism of drawl of salary properly from respective Treasuries on regular budget basis. They further said that annual maintenance contracts need to be enforced in all the Corporations in letter and spirit to bring turn around. It was also requested that the vacancies at the level of Chief Engineers, Executive Engineers should be filled expeditiously.
The Association also raised the issue of regularization of the PDL/TDL employees of 1998 onwards. The members also raised the issue of enhancement of fixed travel allowance from current Rs 30 per month on the same analogy as prevailing in the Revenue Department for the Patwaris and Naib Tehsildars.
The Principal Secretary gave patient hearing to all the issues and promised their early redressal.
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