TNPDCL Junior Engineers Allege They Are Not Given Priority in Promotions

JUNIOR Engineers of the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL), formerly Tangedco, who are working at both generation and distribution channels, have been left without proper promotions for more than a decade, and they have been worried that many of them will retire without a promotion.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Coimbatore

TNPDCL recruits Assistant Engineers (AEs) based on their engineering qualification, and they are posted in electricity generation and distribution (section office).

On the other hand, diploma holders of EEE, ECE, and IT who are recruited as technical assistants get promoted to Junior Engineer (JE Grade II) posts based on the vacancies once in three years and some of them start their career as helpers or wiremen and become JE grade II level by periodic promotions.