Grievances of PSPCL pensioners redressed during meeting
Deputy Chief Engineer (Tech to Director Admin) Sukhwinder Singh and Superintending Engineer (Headquarter) Ramesh Kaushal, on Monday, conducted a meeting at PSPCL Central Zone Ludhiana to review the cases of pensions as well as other grievances.
Ludhiana, September 5, 2022: Deputy Chief Engineer (Tech to Director Admin) Sukhwinder Singh and Superintending Engineer (Headquarter) Ramesh Kaushal, on Monday, conducted a meeting at PSPCL Central Zone Ludhiana to review the cases of pensions as well as other grievances.
The meeting was held as per the directions of CMD PSPCL Baldev Singh Sran and Director Admin Gopal Sharma. Similar meetings had already been conducted in other four zones including Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala and Bathinda.
Er. Sukhwinder Singh said that during the meeting all the pending cases pertaining to the pensioners of PSPCL were disposed off and pension cases of those employees who are retiring between August 31, 2022 and June 30, 2023 were pursued so that they can timely get the retirement benefits. “As many as 2300 employees are getting retired between August 31, 2022 and June 30, 2023,” he said.
Er. Sukhwinder Singh added that for the convenience of the pensioners, the PSPCL has set up a dedicated “Pension Helpline” for its pensioners. “Now, retirees/wards of deceased can call/Whatsapp/SMS on helpline mobile no. 9646115517 on a designed format, which is available on PSPCL website, on any working day from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM for any information related to the status of their pension cases,” he said. He added that they also took the status report of the complaints/grievances received by the department so that these can be resolved as soon as possible.
During the meeting, Deputy Secretary (P&R) Nishi Rani, Deputy Secretary (Complaints/Grievances) Rajiv Kumar Singla, Superintendent Pension 1&2, Divisional Superintendents, Sub-Divisional Superintendents, Circle Superintendents and accountants were present.