No Headway in ‘AE pay’ scale issue; PSEB Engineers Association seeks CMD intervention
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ April 3,2025
The PSEB engineers Association (PSEBEA) has sought CMD PSPCL intervention so that the long pending issue of starting scale of AEs is resolved in a time-bound manner and on priority.
PSEB Engineers Association in a letter to CMD PSPCL has reminded of multiple meetings with the management and government functionaries where assurances were given that this long-pending issue of starting scale of assistant engineers would be resolved on priority. However, despite repeated assurances and delays, engineers have been waiting patiently for over three years for their rightful dues.
It may be mentioned that PSEB have been granted higher pay scales compared to their counterparts in the Punjab Government, recognising the arduous and critical nature of their responsibilities in comparison to other departments. This pay differential has always been maintained, acknowledging the demanding nature of power sector duties.
The finance circular of April 2 is a direct affront to the dignity of the engineering cadre. Instead of resolving the matter, this memo appears to be a deliberate attempt to create discord within the power sector, especially when the management itself has assured that restoring the pay scale differential is under process.
Ajay Pal Singh Atwal, General secretary of Association said that a great injustice and deliberate delay is being done to the newly recruited engineers ,who are being denied proper pay scale as per existing pattern and this action of management is not acceptable at all. Such actions constitute a blatant assault on the dignity of the engineering cadre and a calculated effort to sow discord and industrial unrest within the power sector.
It may be added that last year at the start of the paddy season PSEB Engineers Association deferred the agitation on assurance of early settlement of the issue.The agenda is still pending with Secretary finance for putting it to cabinet.
No Headway in ‘AE pay’ scale issue; PSEB Engineers Association seeks CMD intervention. The Association has asked the management to take up the serious issues of AE pay scale with the Punjab Government in a time bound schedule to avoid confrontation.
