JAMMU, July 26: The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association [JKEEGA] led by its General Secretary Sachin Tickoo , flanked by Executive Council members Gulshan Bhagat, Rajeshwar Jamwal, ( Vice President’s), Vishal Singh Chib, Ankush Sharma , Ankush Gupta,( Provincial Secretaries), Rohit Gupta, Vijay Sharma, Rajeev Gupta, Vipul Sharma (Organizing Secretaries), Ravi Karloopia, Sumit Sharma ,Illiyas Haroon, (Secretaries), today held a Press conference here at Press Club Jammu.
While speaking to the media gathering, Sachin Tickoo informed that Power Engineers of J&K state have been working tirelessly for achieving the targets set by Government in respect of revenue realization and also ensuring speedy implementation of the centrally sponsored schemes like RDSS and works under the CAPEX resulting that year on Year revenue realized increased by 17% in 2023-24 and power reliability increased considerably.
While the Government also has subsidized tariff for consumers as per the tariff petition filed before the commission and reported in sections of media also.
However the engineers have been awaiting since last so many years that their Human Resource Issues will be resolved especially the regularization and assured career progression/ time bound promotion in the Gazetted cadre.
It is pertinent to mention that the current lot of all the Engineers including the Executive Director/Chief Engineer is Assistant Engineer on substantive basis and none of the Working engineers is above the grade of Assistant Engineer, therefore all the impediments and hurdles need to be cleared in order to regularize the services of the serving/retired engineers and adhere to the State Administrative Council Decision Dated- 22.10.2019 which had stipulated that the process of regularization be completed before November 2019.
Further scores of posts at all levels from Junior Engineer to Executive Director Level are lying vacant. Further since last more than six months no engineer in PDD has been promoted at any level. As far as vacancy position is concerned, there are following vacancies ED-04, CE-10, SE-13, XEN-64,, AEE-104. JKEEGA appeals that the establishment committee meeting may be convened urgently to fill the vacant positions of Chief Engineer which have accrued since J&K Electrical Engineering Graduates Association Email Id: jkeegajmu@gmail.com Constituent of All India Power Engineers Federation And Northern India Power Engineers Federation JAMMU Regd. & Recognised Vide Govt. Order No. 3042-GD of 69 Dated : 02-09-1969 & Order No. 3908-GD of 72 Dated : 25-11-1972 March 2023 and only 5 chief Engineers are managing the work load and responsibilities of not only 15 Chief Engineers but also EDs/MDs. Further the Assistant Engineers, who had been promoted in Jan 2024, are yet to be posted against the higher posts and continue to await their postings.
The corporations of JPDCL/KPDCL/JKPTL.JKPCL have referred around 292 posts of Junior Engineers to the Service Selection Board vide their letter nos: 729-30 Dated: 15/07/2024 and 763-64 dated; 16/7/2024. It is enjoined upon the Service Selection Board to expedite the recruitment of the Junior Engineers—Elect. In order to provide not only employment opportunity to the youth but also their services are urgently required to undertake the mamonth 5600 Crores works earmarked under RDSS and other CSS. JKEEGA also appeals to Additional Chief Secretary Sh. Shaleen Kabra and other members of the Sub –Committee formed by Government for the Assured career Progression scheme to recommend the Government for issuance of SRO of Engineers for ACP which had been approved by the then State Cabinet in 2018 vide Cabinet Decision no: 109/6/12018 Dated: 11/05/2018 and well documented in the State Budget in year 2018.
It is unfortunate that the assured career progression was extended to the Police and JKAS services on the basis of the same cabinet decision, but the same was withheld till date in favour of the Engineers of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, whereas same is in place in other neighboring states and also in CPWD.
Further JKEEGA seeks reinstatement of the engineers who had been suspended six months back on account of lesser billing and collection efficiency. The members recalled the discussion held in the chamber of worthy Chief Secretary in the presence of Principal Secretary PDD on 15.03.2024, regarding reviewing the suspension on merits in expeditious manner.
However till date despite lapse of considerable time, none of them has been reinstated causing deep mental agony to them. JKEEGA also seeks that since budget discussion is underway in Parliament, the corporations of PDD should be re-bundled as this experiment of creating water-tight cannons of different unbundled corporations in PDD has not produced any useful change for the consumers nor the 21000 strong workforce of employees.
The employees on deputation to these unbundled corporations have been suffering on account of shortfalls in Grant in Aid for salaries/ and other allowances like leave salary, and children allowance, thereby deteriorating their service conditions which in itself is a violation of Sec 133 Electricity Act 2003 . The salaries and employee expenses should be delinked from Grant in Aid mechanism. J&K Electrical Engineering Graduates Association Email Id: jkeegajmu@gmail.com Constituent of All India Power Engineers Federation And Northern India Power Engineers Federation JAMMU Regd. & Recognised Vide Govt. Order No. 3042-GD of 69 Dated : 02-09-1969 & Order No. 3908-GD of 72 Dated : 25-11-197
2 The members appeal to His Excellency SH Manoj Sinha Ji, Lt.Governor J&K, Chief Secretary J&K, Principal Secretary, PDD to kindly resolve the burning issues of the Engineering fraternity of Power Development Department and engineers in general at an earliest so that a renewed zeal is infused among the fraternity which is reeling under stress due to non redressal.
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