Chargesheet against Himachal power board officials withdrawn
Decision taken after meeting between CM, action committee
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The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board management has withdrawn a chargesheet issued against Lokesh Thakur and Hira Lal Verma, the two officials who serve as Convener and Co-Convener, respectively, of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) representing HPSEBL employees, engineers and pensioners.
This decision has been taken following meeting between the committee and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on August 12.
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JAC co-convener HL Verma said the board management had withdrawn the chargesheet after the CM’s intervention. A restriction on the union activities outside the board office has also been lifted. He said the CM had also directed the board management to expedite payment of outstanding gratuity, leave encashment and revised pension to pensioners.
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