PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun
The decision of Uttarakhand High Court in which it cancelled the appointment of PC Dhyani on the post of Managing Director ( MD) – additional charge- of Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (PTCUL) has put up a question mark on the process of selection on the key post followed by the Uttarakhand government.
A bench of Justice Ashok Naithani and Justice Subhash Upadhyaya ordered removal of Dhyani from his position while hearing a petition of Rajiv Gupta on Wednesday. The petitioner had challenged the appointment of Dhyani on the ground that he does not possess the Engineering Graduate degree, necessary for the post of MD of the PTCUL.
The State administration had handed over the additional charge of MD PTCUL to Dhyani on September 10, 2022. His appointment triggered resentment among the engineers of the corporation as he was not an engineering graduate. The Uttarakhand Selection and Appointment of Managing Director and Directors of PTCUL Regulation -2021 clearly mentions that the person holding the charge of MD should compulsorily possess a degree in engineering.
Dhyani was appointed to the post of the director Human Resource in February 2020. His appointment was for a period of three years. In September 2022, he was given additional charge of MD PTCUL. His elevation was challenged by the chief engineer level I, Rajiv Gupta in the HC. Gupta pleaded that engineering graduate degree is necessary for the post of MD. He said that being the senior most engineer in the organisation, he would have been given charge of the MD by the government.
Jugran welcomes HC decision to remove Dhyani
DEHRADUN: BJP leader Ravindra Jugran has welcomed the decision of Uttarakhand High Court to remove Managing Director of PTCUL PC Dhyani from his position. He said that the entire tenure of Dhyani, from being appointed as the class III employee in the corporation to the coveted post of MD of PTCUL is replete with corruption and irregularities. Jugran demanded that the State government should order an investigation as to how Dhyani was able to get so many promotions and how he was appointed to the post of MD even though he was not eligible for the position.
