PSPCL fixes directors-only hours at health club
Parvesh Kumar Sharma TNN | Jul 16, 2012,

PATIALA: Authorities of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) has, vide a recent order, banned the entry of junior officers in its officers' health club from 6.30 am to 7.15 am as "status conscious" directors and CMD apparently don't want to mix up with juniors even in the health club for some minutes.

Apprehending victimization at the hands of senior authorities, no junior is willing to say anything about the order. However, the bizarre order, issued for the first time in the history of PSPCL, has drawn flak from other officers, who are privately criticizing and laughing at the order.

"It's strange that directors and CMD don't want to see our faces in the morning in the health club. They must keep in mind that till some years back, they were also junior officers like us. They are not born senior authorities. They must explain why they have banned our entry," reacted a senior member of the club, on condition of anonymity.

The club has around 300 officers as members.

PSPCL had constructed an officers' club in its VIP colony in Patiala. Officers of assistant engineer-rank onwards are its members. There was no time schedule for any officer, but some days back, the club management issued a circular informing that directors of PSPCL and CMD will exercise in the health club from 6.30am to 7.15am and during this time, no other officer could enter the health club.

The order does not give any reason and has fixed the time for other officers from 7.15am to 9am in the morning. Since the office starts in the morning at 9 am, majority of members have been questioning the logic behind order, sources said.

When contacted, secretary of the club, Devinderpal Sethi, who is director, personnel of PSPCL, first confirmed the new order, but later refused to say anything about the same. "I am at an examination centre and cannot say anything about it," he said.