Patiala : Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) Chairman-cum-Managing Director Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, IAS, on Wednesday held his first formal interaction with representatives of around 37 employee organisations since assuming charge, with employee concerns, pending matters and promotion-related issues dominating the discussions.
The meeting at PSPCL headquarters in Patiala was attended by directors and senior officers of the power utility, giving employee representatives an opportunity to place their demands and organisational concerns directly before the corporation’s top management.
Promotion-related matters emerged as one of the principal issues raised during the interaction. Representatives of the employee organisations sought early action on pending cases and urged the management to address issues affecting career progression and service-related matters.
Responding to the concerns, Singh underlined the importance of maintaining an institutional dialogue between PSPCL management and its employees. He said differences of opinion between management and employee organisations were a normal feature of a large organisation, but stressed that such issues should first be addressed through discussion and mutual engagement rather than allowing them to escalate into protests or agitations.
The CMD assured the employee representatives that PSPCL would make efforts to resolve, at the corporation level, all matters falling within its administrative and decision-making powers. Where demands required approval or intervention from the Punjab Government, the issues would be taken up with the appropriate authorities, he said.
Singh also directed the concerned PSPCL officers to examine the pending promotion-related matters and take necessary steps for their early resolution. Officers were also asked to look into other issues raised by the employee organisations and initiate action wherever decisions could be taken within the corporation.
The meeting assumes significance for PSPCL as employee organisations play an important role in raising service-related concerns across the power corporation, which manages electricity generation, transmission and distribution functions entrusted to it by the state power sector framework.
For PSPCL management, regular engagement with employee organisations can also provide a structured channel for identifying operational and administrative issues affecting its workforce. Addressing service matters through institutional dialogue can help prevent individual grievances from developing into wider disputes, particularly in an organisation with a large and diverse employee base.
The employee representatives, meanwhile, assured the management of their cooperation and welcomed the continuation of direct dialogue with the PSPCL leadership.
The interaction marked an early engagement between the new PSPCL CMD and a broad group of employee organisations and set the tone for discussions on service-related demands, pending cases and issues concerning the corporation’s workforce.
With promotion matters among the major concerns placed before the CMD, the follow-up action by PSPCL officers and the corporation’s response to issues requiring government-level decisions will be closely watched by employee organisations in the coming weeks.
