royalpatiala.in NEWS Impact: Punjab power department in action mode over Directors appointment
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ March 12,2025
Punjab government’s Power department has come into action mode after a news “Punjab’s Lifeline seems to be moving towards ventilator; delay in regular appointments haunting staff” was flashed on News Portal www.royalpatiala.in on March 10,2025.
As per sources the state government has demanded reports from Powercom’s technical department, vigilance department about the applicants who had applied (either serving or retired from the PSPCL/ PSTCL) for the director’s post.
As per available information the state power department has seeked the upto date information, service records about the applicants who have applied for directors’ post
royalpatiala.in had highlighted how the work of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is suffering before the onset of summer, paddy season due to the non appointment of director distribution, director commercial and other key posts. Even the charge of CMD has been given to secretary power after the term of Baldev Singh Sran was ended on February 6,2025.
It’s a more than a month now that the working of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has almost been halted after its key heads-CMD, Directors-Distribution and Commercial terms ended on February 6, 27,28, 2025 respectively. The delay in filling these key positions will severely impact the decision-making process and operational efficiency of the power sector.
royalpatiala.in NEWS Impact: Punjab power department in action mode over Directors appointment. The selection process to fill-up the posts of key decision makers such as CMD/ PSPCL, Director Distribution, Director Commercial PSPCL, Director HR PSPCL and Director Technical PSTCL is expected to be completed soon.
Though the charge of CMD was given to principal secretary power Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS but as per available information, even the charge of Director Distribution and Commercial has not been given to anyone, halting the process of timely action in this Lifeline department of the state. The principal secretary Power also holds the charge of another key department of the state government-Finance department. Being heading finance department, he is over busy due to end of financial year, budget preparations etc.
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