The Supreme Court-appointed one-man committee of Justice D. M. Dharmadhikari on Sunday took up preliminary exercise towards resolving the issue of 1,157 Andhra Pradesh-native employees working in the four power utilities of Telangana.
A team of Telangana Electricity Engineers Association (TEEA) submitted to the committee that non-implementation of local reservation, including the 'mulki' rules in the energy sector till the bifurcation had done grave injustice to Telangana engineers. Allowing AP-origin employees in Telangana power utilities in the name of options was uncalled for, they said.
They condemned the argument of AP Electricity Engineers Association that more AP employees should be allowed into Telangana utilities on the basis of seniority. President of TEEA N. Shivaji submitted that the issue was limited only to the 1,157 relieved employees.
They said several other AP-native employees had joined the service in Telangana in the guise of supernumerary posts. “We have also brought to the notice of Justice Dharmadhikari committee that the Supreme Court had upheld a Jharkhand High Court judgment on the division of employees after bifurcation of Bihar, in which it wast stated that allotment of employees to their native State in the event of bifurcation of a State would not amount to injustice and considering personal grievances would have grave implications”, Mr. Shivaji told The Hindu later.
He accused the AP Government of trying to push more of its employees into Telangana power utilities, although the Supreme Court clarified that the committee would look into dispute in respect of other employees of power utilities. The delay in resolving the issue of relieved AP-native employees had hit new recruitments and promotions, he said.
