Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on Friday suspended three officers together with Superintending Engineer (SE) after irregularities have been present in awarding orders for the erection of electrical strains, stated energy minister Harbhajan Singh ETO right here on Friday. The suspended officers embody SE of Distribution Circle Ferozepur Er Bhupinder Singh, Divisional Accountant Jaswinder Singh, and Circle Assistant Ashok Kumar. In addition, the division has additionally terminated the companies of a pc operator concerned in these irregularities.

As per the knowledge, the minister had ordered an investigation following a grievance relating to irregularities within the award of labor orders for the erection of electrical strains for offering connections and enchancment works in Mamdot Sub Division of PSPCL.

Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO stated {that a} preliminary inquiry was carried out by the technical audit wing of the PSPCL and it was discovered that “officers/officials of the PSPCL had colluded to issue work orders for the works, which were already completed in the previous years ”,. The work order for works executed throughout 2017-18, 2018-19 & 2019-20 monetary years have been positioned in 2020-21 & 2021-22 amounting price 41.88 lakhs, he stated, including that furthermore, these work orders have been positioned at a fee greater than the speed of the earlier years when works have been really executed, resulting in substantial loss to PSPCL. “It was also observed that in a few cases two work orders were placed to different contractors for the same work and payments were also released,” he stated. The inquiry shall be carried out by a high-level committee of Chief Engineer/Enforcement and Chief Finance Officer of PSPCL to verify comprehensively the function of all involved officers/officers from the Sub-Division stage as much as the Chief Engineer workplace.