Hyderabad: Over a year after being relieved by the Telangana government, a majority of the 1,250-odd power sector employees are willing to go to Andhra Pradesh. They said there are vacancies in AP power sector and requirement of staff as new capital city Amaravati is being built.
The 1250-odd power sector employees were relieved by the Telangana government on the basis of nativity in June 2015. Though the employees have been representing their case to both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments, to absorb them, neither came forward to do so. The total salary component of the 1,250-odd relieved employees is about Rs 250 crores per annum.
Currently the Telangana state government is paying their salaries following directions from the Supreme Court (with effect from April) with the final judgement pending in the High Court. Prior to the SC order, both Telangana and AP were sharing the salary burden on a 50:50-basis.
Nearly 1,000 of the 1,250-odd relieved employees are willing to go to AP as there are vacancies and there is need for power sector staff in view of new capital city being built.
“A large number of the 1,250-odd relieved employees are ready to shift to AP. There are vacancies too and there is requirement because new capital city Amaravati is being developed. We met Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and urged him to solve our problem. He responded positively,” said Mr N. Giridhar, convener of the TS Power Utilities Relieved Employees Joint Action Committee.
The Relieved Employees JAC said two of the employees had died and half-a- dozen had retired. “Our juniors have been given promotion and we have not been given even postings since being relieved by Telangana government on June 10, 2015. We are not being allowed to sign the attendance register in some of the offices of Telangana power utilities. We want the government to settle the issue and save us from this humiliation and harassment,” Mr Giridhar said and added that if the option is given, a majority of them would opt for AP except those who are ill and whose spouses are working here.
