Having been chided by the Punjab and Haryana high court earlier in the day for conceding to the UT Powermen Union’s demands when it had already enforced the Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, the UT administration on Thursday night decided to take disciplinary action against the regular employees “involved in power disruption”, while those hired on contract will be terminated.
In the aftermath of the court proceedings, UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit held a meeting with senior UT officials late at night, following which the administration chose to take strict action against the erring employees.
As per a senior official, 17 contractual and 130 regular employees had been found to have played a role in the disruption of power supply. Besides disciplinary action, they will also face legal proceedings under ESMA.
