JKEEGA meets chief secretary, seeks revoking of engineers suspensions
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ September 15,2024
A delegation of Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association (JKEEGA) called on Chief Secretary J and K on Saturday and demanded revoking of suspension of the gazetted engineers and he assured that the engineers under suspension shall be reinstated soon.
The delegation was led by Sachin Tickoo, General Secretary, and had Rajeshwar Jamwal , Purshottam Lal Sharma, Ankush Gupta , Anskush Sharma amongst others.
It may be mentioned that 7 engineers had been suspended on account of poor billing / collection efficiency in their respective areas of jurisdiction, without taking into account the terrain, infrastructure, and manpower constraints in their areas and have been put under prolonged suspension exceeding more than six months now. Managing Directors of the corporations and Principal Secretary PDD also have recommended the reinstatement of these engineers.
The delegation also sought to expedite the regularization process and clear the proposal of regularization of the serving and the retired engineers as per the mandate of the state administrative council. Promotion files of AEE to Xens , and above shall be expedited so as to avoid further retirement of incumbents.
The delegation pointed out that scores of posts at all levels from Junior Engineer to Superintending Engineers Level are lying vacant. There is an urgent need to expedite the clearance of the promotion proposals. As far as vacancy position is concerned, 22 posts of SEs, 67 XEnd, 109 AEEs, and 350 JEs are lying vacant, leading to scores of positions being manned on additional charge basis.
