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Over 70 officials reassigned

Shake-up in PDB triggers discontent

Star Report
The Power Development Board is reassigning a large number of its mid level and high officials 'to bring order in the organisation PDB sources said.
But the Board’s decision has triggered resentment among the officials, they pointed out.
More than 70 officials were transferred, demoted or promoted with effect from yesterday.
The seven-member Board headed by its new Chairman took the decision late last month. Two of the members were most vocal about this saying that the officials were 'indiscriminately' promoted and posted by the previous chairman
Bringing charges of favouritism and misuse of power by the previous chairman who was removed late in May. the Board said the reassignment was necessary to bring order In (he PDB. (he sources mentioned.
They however noted that all the Board members were in the same posts under the previous
chairman. "They never disagreed on the promotions and transfers made by the previous chairman though they had the power to do so." said an official who has been transferred.
'And the worst is that the Board is unnecessarily politicising officials in the name of the previous chairman and misleading the new chairman." he added.
The basis of the Board's decision was said to be violation of office rules and regulations by the previous chairman in appointing at least four em-ployees from the LGED in the PDB as his 'personal secretarial team’.
"But that has nothing to do with appointments and transfers of PDB officials whom he did not even know when he came to PDB as its chairman one year ago." said another official.
Two officials, protesting the Board s decision served legal notices on it. One of them even obtained a court injunction against the order for his transfer. The other however withdrew his legal notice under pressure’, one source said.
Some officials claimed that one of the Board members was due to retire in a couple of months One of the aspirants of this post, who was close to at least two of the Board members, was prompting the transfers and postings to do away any possibility of competition with him In this regard.
“The transfers and postings would affect the PDB. And its performance is likely to deteriorate In the coming months despite the tact that its power generation is currently the highest," a senior official said.