HPEA to hold zonal meetings against non- reinstatement of SE
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ April 26,2025
The Haryana Power Engineers Association (HPEA) in its meeting held today decided to hold protest meetings at zonal level to express their resentment against non- reinstatement of superintending engineer (SE) and delay in restructuring in all the three utilities as per work load norms.
Ravindra Ghanghas General Secretary said that the purpose of the demonstration is to urge management to reinstate the suspended officer and implement the restructuring in both Discoms and transmission utilities.
Baljeet Beniwal Senior Vice President said that the meeting condemned the suspension of SE Hari Dutt, stating it has caused widespread resentment among engineers. He demanded the immediate revocation of the suspension order. ).He further said that despite approval by the Haryana Bureau of Public Enterprises (HBPE) in 2021, the reorganization of Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) and Executive Engineer (XEN) posts has not been implemented. Moreover , the corporation management has also withdrawn a proposal for promoting Superintending Engineers to Chief Engineers, further blocking promotion opportunities for SEs, XENs, and SDOs.
In HVPN .the restructuring is pending since unbundling of HSEB. . During this period MVA capacity and transmission circuit lengths have increased manifolds. The total MVA capacity under HVPN is 72334 MVA. There are 442 substations manned by HVPN staff. The transmission line’s length has increased to more than 17000 Kms. During the last 15 years 173 new sub-stations have been added. New 5206 Kms transmission lines were added during the same period.
There are severe staffing shortages in the DHBVN , after the restructuring process only 2 out of 29 approved XEN posts were filled. Districts like Charkhi Dadri and Nuh have had no Superintending Engineers office for the last four years, putting consumers at great inconvenience as they have to go to other districts.
