Provide appointment letters before imposition of poll code: Candidates to Punjab CM

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 5

As the state government failed to issue appointment letters, a number of candidates who had applied for various posts in Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL) are waiting endlessly for their joining for more than past two months. The candidates said they had cleared the exam and undergone the document verification process too but joining letters had not been issued to them.

Sharing their concern, they demand that the appointment letters should be issued before the imposition of poll code of conduct otherwise the recruitment process would get further delayed.

Now, the candidates have written a letter to Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, making an appeal to him for issuing appointment letters to successful candidates at the earliest. They are also sharing messages on social media, demanding appointment letters.

A candidate said: “The PSTCL had conducted the recruitment exam in August for the posts of assistant engineer electrical, assistant engineer civil, account officer, assistant manager IT, divisional accountant, JE substation, JE civil, JE communication, telephone mechanic, LDC typist, LDC accounts, architect, assistant lineman, assistant substation attendant. Later, the PSTCL conducted document verification for these posts in October 2021. Over 900 candidates are waiting for the joining letters since then.”

“As the poll code for the coming Assembly elections will be imposed soon, we want the recruitment process should be completed as soon as possible otherwise we fear that the process will get delayed for a few months. We make a humble request to the Chief Minister to issue appointment letters at the earliest,” the candidates said.

Another candidate said: “A delegation of candidates recently requested the PSTCL Chairman-cum-managing director for issuing the joining letters to successful candidates. Besides, some of the candidates also gave a memorandum to Jalalabad MLA Raminder Singh Awala. We request to the state government to hear our voice and issue the appointment letters before the imposition of poll code so that the successful candidates can join the services.”

Meanwhile, the CMD, PSTCL, A Venu Prasad, could not contacted for his comments.

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