Chandigarh: The outside Empowered Committee for Privatization of Electricity Department under the chairmanship of UT Advisor Dharam Pali On Monday, the highest bid of Rs 817 crore for Kolkata-based Pratik Vidyut Vitran was approved against the reserve price of Rs 174 crore.
Pal said the file would be sent to the UT administrator VP Singh Badnore for final approval. After this it will be sent to the ministry for cabinet approval.
The information was given by the administration on August 5 Punjab And Haryana The High Court observed that the process of obtaining Cabinet approval would take two-three more months and submitted that the petition challenging the privatization was premature.
The High Court has fixed August 26 as the next date of hearing in the matter.
At the same time Gopal Dutt Joshi, General Secretary, UT Powermen Union, said its union members would go on strike on Tuesday. On his petition, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had on May 28 stayed the privatization process. It was argued in the petition that there was no need for privatization as the department was running in huge profit. But in June, Supreme Court The order of the High Court was stayed.
after relief from Supreme court, UT recently gave impetus to the project.
Union Territory Threat: No work, no salary; probability of outage
The UT administration on Monday said the “no work, no pay” rule will be applicable to the electricity department employees who took part in Tuesday’s strike. The administration said it is “always sympathetic to the genuine demands of the employees and there is no reason for any strike”. The principle of “no work no pay” will be strictly enforced. Employees have been advised to return to duty. The defaulting employees will also be liable for other disciplinary action,” the UT said. The administration clarified that arrangements have been made to maintain the continuity of power supply but the possibility of power failure due to any untoward incident cannot be ruled out.
Pal said the file would be sent to the UT administrator VP Singh Badnore for final approval. After this it will be sent to the ministry for cabinet approval.
The information was given by the administration on August 5 Punjab And Haryana The High Court observed that the process of obtaining Cabinet approval would take two-three more months and submitted that the petition challenging the privatization was premature.
The High Court has fixed August 26 as the next date of hearing in the matter.
At the same time Gopal Dutt Joshi, General Secretary, UT Powermen Union, said its union members would go on strike on Tuesday. On his petition, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had on May 28 stayed the privatization process. It was argued in the petition that there was no need for privatization as the department was running in huge profit. But in June, Supreme Court The order of the High Court was stayed.
after relief from Supreme court, UT recently gave impetus to the project.
Union Territory Threat: No work, no salary; probability of outage
The UT administration on Monday said the “no work, no pay” rule will be applicable to the electricity department employees who took part in Tuesday’s strike. The administration said it is “always sympathetic to the genuine demands of the employees and there is no reason for any strike”. The principle of “no work no pay” will be strictly enforced. Employees have been advised to return to duty. The defaulting employees will also be liable for other disciplinary action,” the UT said. The administration clarified that arrangements have been made to maintain the continuity of power supply but the possibility of power failure due to any untoward incident cannot be ruled out.
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