SC-appointed panel asks Andhra Pradesh to absorb 613 power utility employees from Telangana

HYDERABAD: Justice DM Dharmadhikari Committee, constituted to resolve the tangle of distribution of employees of power utilities between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, has finalised that of the 1,157 employees relieved ex parte, 613 should be absorbed by AP.

At its last sitting here on Sunday, the one-man committee, constituted by the Supreme Court on November 28, 2018, made this clear while finalising the report of division of employees of Telangana and AP power utilities.

Of the 1,157 employees relieved from their duties ex parte, 613 have opted for AP. In another development, as many as 256 employees have given their option from AP to Telangana and these are not from the 1,157. Telangana has offered to take 50 per cent of the employees, subject to the condition that all the 613 of 1,157 should be accommodated by AP. The Telangana government’s offer was not accepted by the sub-committee member from AP.