Engineers put up charter of demands
Tribune News Service

Panipat, November 8
With Mahender Partap Singh becoming Power Minister, the Haryana Power Engineers Association (HEPA) has forwarded a charter of demands. The executive committee of HPEA held a meeting yesterday during which various issues regarding the engineers were discussed.

While congratulating Singh, the association assured cooperation and sincerity towards the goal of maximum and quality supply of power to the consumers. The committee further resolved to submit a charter of demands to the new minister so that power engineers in the state do not feel neglected by government. It demanded that the government should speed up the process of restructuring of DISCOMs so that working of power utilities could be improved. The association said that effective measures should be taken to fill the sanctioned posts of AEs and JEs that have been lying vacant since long.

The association stated that promotion of deserving engineers was being held up on several grounds which had demoralisation the fraternity. The engineers should not be denied their right to promotion.

Besides, the anomalies in the pay scales of AE’s should be removed. Reinstatement of engineers at Panipat who were placed under suspension was also demanded.

The committee also showed concern over posting of junior-level administrative officers in the management, whereas, the department was absolutely technical in its working. It was resolved to make a request to the government to post senior officers with professional qualification at this level so that a better understanding could be developed between the management and the engineers.