Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 19: A delegation of Provincial Electric Employees Union (PEEU) held a meeting with Commissioner Secretary, PDD, Hardesh Kumar here, today regarding various demands of the power employees.
The meeting among others was attended by Additional Secretary, PDD, Director Finance PDD, Deputy Secretary PDD, Director TTCI & Planning and all chief engineers of the Department. The Union in the meeting was represented by P C Sharma its president, Ajit Singh, Bishan Singh, Darshan Singh Verma, Pawan Kumar, Ashwani Kumar and Bakshi.
A threadbare discussion was held on the demands of the employees and the action taken report was discussed point wise in the meeting. The main thrust of the Union representatives was creation of promotion avenues for all PDD employees from daily wagers to technician first.
The Union demanded retrospective effect to the already regularized daily wagers regularized onwards 1996-99 in terms of SRO 64 of 1999, amendment in PDD service recruitment rules 331 of 1981, releasing of technical grade to all ITI equivalent to ITI and in terms of SRO 149 of 1975, classification regarding implementation of SRO 59, diploma courses for in service employees on government expenses, opening of new EM&RE Division with Headquarter at Basholi, regularization of daily wagers engaged after 1994 by amending SRO64 of 1994, amendment in PDD employees welfare scheme, allotment of proper designation to technical staff and payment of wages to 3405 need base workers.
The authorities agreed to consider the demands and Chief Engineer, M&RE Wing, Jammu was asked to issue speaking orders to address the issues once for all.
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