UP power employees condemn amendment in service rules
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 24,2025
Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti , a body of all electricity employees of Uttar Pradesh , has strongly condemned the arbitrary amendment issued by UPPCL amending the UP Power Corporation Ltd Personnel (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations 2020 , the management has taken the right of dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of the power employees & engineers without any enquiry and without giving any opportunity to employees.
Shailendra Dubey, convenor of Samiti said that this order is completely unconstitutional, undemocratic, dictatorial, and reflects a highly oppressive attitude of management. We strongly condemn this arbitrary amendment. Privatisation is not in the interest of consumers as well as employees and our agitation will continue till the decision of privatization is rolled back.
It seems that management does not care about consumers. Contract workers are being dismissed, thousands of contract workers have been fired. Now there is a preparation to dismiss regular employees without any investigation.
UP power employees condemn amendment in service rules. The employees have planned to go on a state wide strike from May 29 against the proposed privatisation of electricity distribution in 42 districts under Agra and Varanasi Discoms. The strike call has been given by the Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, a coordination body of power employees, which is opposing reforms aimed at privatising Purvanchal and Dakshinanchal distribution companies. The power employees across Uttar Pradesh are staging three-hour protests daily for the last few days , calling them symbolic and non-disruptive.
Despite their protest, the employees claim a steep fall in AT&C losses (line losses) from 41% in 2017 to 16.5% in 2024 as a testament to progress made under CM leadership. The employees blame the UPPCL management for giving fudged figures of losses to benefit the private companies who are in line to take hold of power distribution in 42 districts .
