Union demands filling of vacancies in power utility, confirmation of contract workers

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The Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TNPDCL) Employees Federation has urged the State authorities and the powerfulness inferior to capable vacancies successful assorted categories, including tract assistants and gangmen, to guarantee uninterrupted powerfulness proviso crossed the State.

A solution to this effect was adopted astatine the State Executive Committee gathering of the federation held successful Tiruchi connected Sunday nether the enactment of its State president J. Lourdu Bastin Raj.

Addressing the gathering, its authorities wide caput A. Sekkizhar said the federation welcomed the steps taken by the powerfulness inferior pursuing inquiries into alleged irregularities successful the greenish vigor sector.

Among the large demands, the federation urged the authorities to capable 20,000 posts of tract assistants to guarantee uninterrupted energy proviso during summertime and monsoon seasons. It besides sought the assignment of 9,613 gangmen arsenic assistants successful accordance with existing agreements, stating that the determination would not enforce a large fiscal burden.

The federation sought astatine slightest 5,000 candidates from among the 9,000 ITI-qualified candidates who had cleared the TNPSC written introspection for tract adjunct posts beryllium appointed alternatively of the projected 850 candidates.

It appealed to the authorities to instrumentality the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court bid by regularising declaration workers who had completed 480 days of work and absorbing different declaration workers into regular service.

The federation urged the authorities to proceed with the assignment of 5,000 gangmen whose recruitment process had been kept pending for implicit 5 years.

Published - May 31, 2026 06:30 p.m. IST

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