To,
Sri
Naveen Patnaik
The Honorable Chief
Minister, Odisha
Bhubaneswar.
Sub:
Extension of term of Directors in
OHPC – Regarding.
Sir
I would like to draw
your kind attention the following matter
seeking your kind intervention and
necessary action.
1. Odisha Hydro Power Corporation or OHPC is a Public Sector Undertaking
of Government of Odisha which was incorporated under the Companies Act 1956 on 21 April 1995 with the objective of establishing,
operating, maintaining, renovating & modernizing hydro, thermal and other
forms of power generating station besides owning, developing and operating coal
mines for supply of fuel to the thermal power stations. It is one
of the best PSUs managed
effectively by Professionals in our
state.
2. As I understand, the Directors of this PSU are
appointed by Department of Public
Enterprises on contractual for a
specified time period. As per Rules, the terms of
different Directors could be extended under exceptional performance
restricting the total number of terms of any Directors upto two years. Further as per rule, Department of Public Enterprises, on getting requisition
from Energy Department uses to float Advertisement for recruitment of
Functional Directors in any of the Power Sector Corporations six months before the completion of term
of any of the Functional Director posted in OHPC.
3. As I know, the present Director (Operation)
& Director (Finance) of the Corporation have completed their term as per
their appointment order in the month of March & April 2019 respectively. The
State Govt. has granted both the
Directors an extension of term for six
months each. While Director, Finance has
completed its term in September, 2019, Director, Operation is going to complete
its term in October, 2019.
4. Prior to completion of the terms of
both the Directors, the State Govt. is required to float advertisement for
appointment new Directors
in the said post. But it is seen
that the State Govt. has not yet floated
advertisement for the same, though tenure of Director, Finance is already over.
It is apprehended that
few coterie of officers in the Department
of Energy and Public Enterprises are
secretly working to avoid advertisement in order to re-appoint both the Directors once again
by twisting Govt. rules and
regulations. A big conspiracy
has been hatched by a
group of officials having
vested interest to allow
both the Directors to continue in OHPC .
5. It has
come to my notice
from some reliable sources
that due to incompetency and inefficiency of Functional Directors,
Hydro Power stations have not yet been
modernized and old generators are still
in operations.
6. It is
expected that floating
of advertisement for these posts
will no doubt invite applications
of new efficient experts and
talented persons from the open market which
will not only enforce
transparency but efficiency in
the management of power generation sector.
Keeping it in view, I request you
not to allow
your officials who are
hurry in granting
further extension of tenure of
both the Directors and issue
fresh advertisement for transparent appointment in the post
of Director of Finance and Operation.
Thanking you
Yours sincerely
Pradip Pradhan
Plot No-D-27,
Maitree Vihar
Post-Rail Vihar,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha -751023
M-9937843482
Date-24.10.19
CC
: 1.
Hon’ble Minister,Energy Deptt, Govt of Odisha
2.
Hon’ble Minister,P E Deptt,Govt. of
Odisha
3.
Chief Secretary, Govt of Odisha
4.
Development Commissioner, Govt of Odisha
5.
Secretary, Energy Deptt, Govt of Odisha
6.
Secretary, PE Deptt, Govt of Odisha
