JAMMU, Aug 25: Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association [JKEEGA] today held a meeting of its apex body Guidance Council under the chairmanship of Sachin Tickoo President JKEEGA and Peerzada Hidayatullah, General Secretary JKEEGA at Jammu and Srinagar respectively which among others was attended by all Chief Engineers and Superintending Engineers and Executive Engineers who are members of the Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association.
The Guidance council deliberated the inordinate delay in the filling up the vacant positions which has severely dented the morale of the engineering fraternity.
While addressing the meet Sachin Tickoo mentioned that currently there are 02 post of Managing Director, 03 post of Executive Director, 05 Chief Engineers, 14 Superintending Engineers, 61 Executive Engineers, 132 Assistant Ex Engineers, 164 Assistant Engineers and around 350 Junior Engineers which are vacant leading to situation where every other person is having minimum two or three charge in the corporations of PDD. The meet asserted that the situation is so gruesome that right from Chief Engineer to down the line up to Junior Engineer multiple charges have been assigned practically affecting the delivery of the services to the end consumer. The Chief Engineer of one of the most important wing viz. Project Wing, Kashmir has not been filled till date since the retirement of the last incumbent thereby leading to implementation issues of Centrally Sponsored Schemes, especially RDSS. The Executive Engineers are being burdened by additional charges with each Executive Engineer holding the charge of two to three Divisions spanning across various Districts.
It is pertinent to mention that the situation is such that Executive Engineer TLMD-IV Jammu is also having charge of TLMD- III Udhampur having jurisdiction up to Kishtwar on one side and up to Kishenpur on the other side, seriously affecting the progress of projects of prime importance. Similarly, Executive Engineer in Project Division Right, Srinagar has been assigned two additional charges of Project Division Baramulla spanning across District Baramulla & Kupwara and Project Division, Ganderbal spanning across District Ganderbal & Bandipora. The Assistant Executive Engineers also have been assigned multiple charge and Junior Engineers are manning up to 15-20 feeders on an average, overburdening them to the extreme. Peerzada Hidayatullah said that they have been continuously following the resolution of HR issues and time and again we were assured of the resolution of all issues but to no avail.
The significant J&K Electrical Engineering Graduates Association Email Id: jkeegajmu@gmail.com Constituent of All India Power Engineers Federation And Northern India Power Engineers Federation JAMMU Regd. & Recognised Vide Govt. Order No. 3042-GD of 69 Dated : 02-09-1969 & Order No. 3908-GD of 72 Dated : 25-11-1972 issues of Regularization, Timely promotions against vacant posts, and recruitment at the Junior Engineer level have been lingering for quite a long time now. The fact is that the entire Engineer’s presently working in different Power Corporations has not been granted a single regular promotion. The Chief Engineers are working in the substantive grades of Assistant Engineers and Superintending Engineers and those below are working in the substantive grades of Junior Engineers. The in-charge placements have also been put to a complete halt thereby leading to a huge chunk of vacancies at each and every level.
Accordingly, the Guidance Council of JKEEGA of both Jammu & Kashmir regions in an emergency meeting held today have resolved as that All the Graduate Engineers of J&K Power Development Department shall submit one-day protest leave to the Government for 9th Sept, 2023 and shall assemble at PDD complex Jammu and Bemina, Srinagar on 9th Sept 2023 to register one-day peaceful protest against non-seriousness of the Government towards their legitimate demands of Regularization, Timely Promotions and Recruitment at Junior Engineer level. Further all the Graduate Engineers of J&K Power Development Department having assigned additional charges by the Government shall submit a joint memorandum to the Government through JKEEGA requesting to relieve them of the additional charges for the effective functioning of the Department/Power Corporations.
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