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PSEB ENGINEER’S ASSOCIATION

Manraj Singh

Shivam Singla

Ranjeet Kaur

Harshdeep Kaur



ORGANISATION BEGINNING

Name: Punjab State Electricity Board Engineers Association was formed in 1968.

Headquarters at: 45, Ranjit Bagh, Passey Road,Near Modi Mandir, Patiala

The membership of the Association is open to allEngineering Officers (AE to EIC) and ArchitectOfficers (Asst. Arch. to Sr. Architect) in service ofthe Board. The officer ceases to be the member of

the Association after his retirement from the serviceof the Board. The membership of the “PSEB Engineers Association Welfare Fund” shall bemandatory for all members of the Association.



CODE OF ETHICS

Thou Shall Maintain Thy Integrity Under All Circumstances.

Thou Shall Incessantly Work For The Advancement of TheProfessional Knowledge.

Thou Shall Not Give Incorrect Professional Opinion.

Remember! Thou Art a member of Team and The

Achievement of The Team is They Own Success.

Thou Shall Not malign Thy Co-Professionalisms.

Thou Shall Strive for The Advancement and Dignity of The

Juniors in The Profession.

Thou Shall Strive for the Welfare of The Community.

Thou Shall Enlighten The Community with Correct AspectOf Engineering/ Technological Activities.

Thou Shall Endeavour to Develop a Dignified Status In The

Society.

Thou Shall Strive By Conduct and Character to Be Worthy

Citizen of the Motherland.



OBJECTIVES

1) To provide a common forum for discussion and exchange of

views on various problems, technical and administrative

working so for as these relate to or affect the Association and

its Members, with a view to improving proficiency in Public

Service.

2) To inculcate and promote better understanding, mutualgoodwill, co-operation, team spirit and high sense of duty

among its members in the discharge of their responsibilities.

3) To promote common interests, legitimate rights and act

towards the redressal of genuine grievances of its members.4) To provide finance and other assistance to members from the

PSEB Engineers' Welfare Fund, to the members who may

have got involved in some criminal proceedings while

performing their official duties (except corruption cases) orhave been victimatised due to Association activities.



MEMBERSHIP

The membership of the Association shall be opento all Engineering Officers (AE to EIC) and Architect Officers (Asst. Arch. to Sr. Architect) inservice of the Board and its successor entities.The officer shall continue to be a member of the Association even after his retirement from the

service of the Board and its successor entities butwithout any voting rights. However, an officebearer as mentioned in clause 10, shall completehis/her term even if date of superannuation fallsduring the term of the executive.

The membership of the “PSEB Engineers WelfareFund” shall be mandatory for all members of the Association.



CONTRIBUTION

The enrolment fee shall be Rs. 1000/- out ofwhich Rs. 500/- shall be towards “PSEB

Engineers Welfare Fund” .

Under Extra-ordinary circumstances or for

specific purposes, the Executive Committee

is empowered to collect funds on adhoc

basis.



PSEB Engineers' Welfare Fund

A separate welfare Fund in the name of PSEB Engineers WelfareFund was created. This fund shall be used to extend financial

assistance to its members for meeting of legal expenses to defend

any criminal proceedings which may be initiated against the members

while performing official duties and to compensate members against

any financial loss suffered due to their Associations activities.

For permanent loss of pay up to a limit of Rs. 30,000/- P.M. up to 6

months which can be extended with the approval of Executive

For legal expenses to meet the expenditure of engaging counsel for

the defence of the case provided the same has been denied by the

Board & its successor entities. The Counsel Fee shall be restricted as

follows: Overhead expenses, which include actual travelling expenses for the

defence of the case in the Courts or other incidental expenditure up to

a maximum limit of Rs.10000/-.



RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF

MEMBERS To attend and participate in the deliberations

of the General Meetings and symposiaarranged by the Association.

To put forward suggestions and proposals for

consideration by the executive Committee inpursuance of the aims and objects of the Association.

To submit complaints and to be heard by theExecutive Committee for taking further action

towards redress of genuine grievances. To contribute towards PSEB Engineers' Association Welfare Fund and to be eligiblefor getting assistance as specified.



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Executive Committee shall comprise maximum of 40Executive Members. These Executive Members shall beelected as under:

16 Executive Members out of which minimum three shallbe from PSTCL (provided there are three valid

nominations) shall be elected by direct elections throughsecret ballot for which all eligible members shall have theright to vote. Nominations shall be invited by the ChiefElection Officer through wide publicity.

One Executive Member posted in a particular Zone shallbe elected from each Zonal Constituency for which only

members of that particular region shall vote. PSEB and itssuccessor entities have been divided into 16 ZonalConstituencies.



Contd…

Election shall be through secret ballotunder the supervision of Chief Electionofficer or his representative. Thenominations shall be invited by the Chief

Election Officer.

Remaining vacancies shall be throughco-option by the Executive so as to make

a total strength not exceeding 40. Whileco-opting one member shall be NIPEF or AIPEF representative in case he is notamong the elected representatives.



FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

•To elect President, Sr. Vice-President and General Secretary from

amongst the Executive Members. President, Sr. Vice-President and

General Secretary shall jointly decide other office bearers i.e. Vice-President, Secretary/Finance, Secretary/Publication, Organizing

Secretary, Joint Secretaries etc.

•To prepare the agenda, annual or special reports on Association

affairs for consideration by members at General/Extra ordinary

meetings.

•To arrange and maintain proper and sufficient account of properties,

funds, receipts and expenditure of the Association so that true financial

position is exhibited at all times.

•To appoint/remove salaried staff, allot their duties and supervise the

work of the office of the Association



•To appoint a Chief Election Officer & maximum of two Election Officers

for conducting Elections of members to the Executive Committee. A

member desirous of contesting elections shall not however be appointed

as a Chief Election Officer/election officers.

•To appoint a Technical Committee to be headed by a Sr. Engineer to

suggest/conduct technical seminar/workshops on technical subjects so

as to inculcate awareness amongst members of the latest technological

concepts/ practices.

•To Constitute a' Disciplinary Committee "to dispose of

complaints of indiscipline on the part of members in order to

strengthen the unity in the Association.

•To nominate/remove members of "PSEB Engineers Benevolent Fund"Committee as per the constitution of "PSEB Engineers Benevolent Fund"



REGIONAL COMMITTEES

REGIONAL COMMITTEES consisting of 5 ormore members shall be constituted atregional level. The election of suchCommittees shall be held after every twoyears and the executive Committee shall

ensure the constitution of these committees.This Regional Committee shall look after interest ofmembers at regional level and shall meet at leastonce in 2 months. This Committee shall beresponsible for tackling issues amongst the

members of the region as well as problems ofEngineers of that region up to the level of S.E.These regions can be sub divided in sub regionsdepending upon organizational requirements



CONTD...

Regional Secretary, elected by the Region, shall head this

committee. Regional Secretary shall in turn report to Executive

and shall be permanent invitee to the Extended Executive

Committee Meetings. In such meetings Regional Secretary

shall enjoy same rights and shall perform similar duties as has

been vested in Executive Member. The executive membersposted in each region shall be ex-offico members of the

respective region. On the written request of more than 50%

members of the region, the Regional Secretary shall call the

meeting of the region spelling out the agenda of such meetings

within one month of receiving the requisition. An imprest canbe issued to Regional Secretary by Secretary/Finance for

specific purposes.



ZONAL COMMITTEE

Two members from each of the RegionalCommittee including Regional Secretaryfalling under a Zone shall constitute ZonalCommittee. The Executive Members of thatZone shall be Ex-Officio members. Zonal

Secretary shall be elected amongst thesemembers & shall be permanent invitee toextended executive committee meetings. ThisCommittee shall sort out issues at ChiefEngineer's level. The regional committee ofGGSSTP, GNDTP, GHTP, Head Office &Hydro Projects shall act as Zonal Committeeas well.



FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF

OFFICE BEARERS President

The President shall preside over all meetingof the Executive Committee and the

Association. He shall exercise control over all Association activities in consultation with theExecutive Committee. He shall pass allvouchers from Rs 10001/- to Rs. 20000/-. All

vouchers above Rs. 20,000/- shall be signed jointly by President and General Secretary.



General Secretary

1. The General Secretary shall administer all affairs of the

Association.2. He shall exercise general control over all assets/liabilities and

funds of the Association. He shall pass all vouchers from Rs.

1001 to Rs. 10000.

3. He shall maintain the Membership Register of the

Association.

4. He shall record and maintain the minutes of all meetings of

the Executive Committee and the Association.

5. He shall also perform the duties of Secretary (Finance) and

Secretary(Publications), whenever necessary.

6.He shall be responsible for proper running of Engineers'

Home under the overall supervision of Building Committee.7. He shall keep the record of all the inventory of Engineers'

Home and of Library Books/files or other record of the

Association which he shall hand over to his successor duly

recorded on the register of inventory and other record.



Senior Vice President /Vice President

The Senior Vice President and the Vice-President shall perform the functions of the

President in his absence and shall assist him

in his work.

Joint Secretary

The Joint Secretaries shall assist the

General Secretary in the discharge of hisduties and officiate as General Secretary

in his absence.



Secretary Finance

The Secretary Finance shall manage all assets/liabilities and funds of the

Association and shall be personally responsible for the same.

He shall receive contributions, donations, and all ' other amounts against

official receipts of the Association.

He shall make all payment and shall pass all vouchers up to Rs.1000/-

He shall maintain cash books and other account books of the Associationin proper form and place the accounts every month before the General

Secretary for the Scrutiny and getting approval of the Executive

Committee after six months. He shall retain in hand only the amount

necessary for current expenditure with approval of the General

Secretary, however impress can be issued to a member for, specific job

with the approval of General Secretary.



Organizing Secretary

He shall look after the working of all

Regional Committees and Zonal

Committees. He shall be responsible for

building up of organization and shallapprise the executive committee about the

working of Regional/Zonal committees.



Secretary (Publications)

The Secretary (Publications) shall manage allpublications of the Association including

supervision of printing and cycle-styling work

involved. He shall be the Chief Editor of the

periodical Bulletins of the Association. He will alsobe responsible for arranging due publicity to the

programmes and activities of the Association

through different media.



ADVISORY COUNCIL

It shall consist of Patron (if any) President. Sr.Vice President, General Secretary of the

Association and Six other Senior Engineersto be nominated by the Executive Committee.

The Advisory council shall. advise theExecutive Committee on various policymatters. The meeting shall be held at leastonce in 4 months and shall be convened byGeneral Secretary. The Advisory Councilshall be reconstituted within two months offormation of new executive.



ELECTIONS

The minimum tenure of the executiveCommittee shall be two years, which can be

extended up to 3 years by executive.

Election to the executive committee shall be

held before the expiry of 3 years term &

shall be conducted by a Chief Election

Officer (C.E.O.) appointed for this purpose

by the Executive Committee. The C.E.O.may be assisted by one or two Election

Officers as decided by the Executive.



MEETINGS

MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ◦ The Executive Committee shall meet frequently but at

least once in 2 months for proper transaction ofbusiness of the Association.

◦ The Minimum quorum shall be of at least 12 members

who shall be competent to take any decision & onlyExecutive Member shall have voting rights.

◦ All members of the Executive are expected to attendExecutive meetings. In case of inability due to somepressing reason, member should intimate the GeneralSecretary in advance. In case any member does not

attend three consecutive meetings withoutpermission/intimation he shall be asked to explain.Membership of such member can be declared vacantif reply is not satisfactory.



GENERAL MEETINGS

The General Body Meetings of the Association

shall be held at least once in every 2 years at a

suitable place and date as decided by the

Executive Committee and giving at least 14 daysnotice to all members of the Association.

An extra ordinary meeting may be convened by

the General Secretary with the consent of the

President or on the requisition of at least 200members giving at least 15 days notice to

members and setting out clearly the object of the

proposed meeting.



ACTIVITIES IN PREVIOUS YEARS

Engineers to launch stir against power corp.

Power engineers demand rationalisation of

work load.

Why nod to power trading company Engineers oppose new firm for sale,

purchase of power

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indifferent.

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