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2012-13

Resolutions of

AGM 2012

Minutes of the

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Minutes of the

2nd CEC Meeting

Technical Article

Zonal

Committees

2012-13

Important

correspondences

Exemplary

Decision

CEC 2012-13

INSIDE

Is it the best of times? Is it the worst of times? Sometimes Dickens still knocks

deep at the cerebral, even deeper at the heart. But to the segment of profession we

belong to, this is surely the power time, the perplexed power time. Are we content

with this power time? This season's scorchy summer with its devilish 43 degree

has imparted anxious agony to environmentalists and pain to the people at large.

But relief has been with the ecstasy of almost no shedding of loads. Our Company

may deserve people's blessings for such uninterrupted supply in metropolis or

suburbs or the minimum shedding in rural arena.

But Charles Dickens's masterpiece sometimes reminds us whether such cozy &

illuminated reality show of power bears the dreadful darkness on other facet. If

you have enough inputs (read your own generation), you highly deserve the

ambience of no shedding. If you lack, shedding would be showered as the natural

consequence. Alternative is there. Buy power at high costs, Rs 6, 8, 10, if you

have penny in your purse. And you may recite too that no Power is costlier than

No Power.

But if you haven't? If your exchequer doesn't favour you. What may be your

option? Behind the scene are there camouflaged advisors pushing you &

governance to the revolving stage of reality show with cunningly crafted scenes

and scenarios - but not to be seen by the audience because of the total darkness oi

pauperism of advisory-to-governance and bankruptcy of exchequer.

Let there be light, but to be visible by the inner eye.

First Issue For Members only

Head Quarters

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Different

Sub-Committees

2012-13

Resolutions of

AGM 2012

Minutes of the

1st CEC Meeting

Minutes of the

2nd CEC Meeting

Technical Article

Zonal

Committees

2012-13

Important

correspondences

Exemplary

Decision

CEC 2012-13

INSIDE

Is it the best of times? Is it the worst of times? Sometimes Dickens still knocks

deep at the cerebral, even deeper at the heart. But to the segment of profession we

belong to, this is surely the power time, the perplexed power time. Are we content

with this power time? This season's scorchy summer with its devilish 43 degree

has imparted anxious agony to environmentalists and pain to the people at large.

But relief has been with the ecstasy of almost no shedding of loads. Our Company

may deserve people's blessings for such uninterrupted supply in metropolis or

suburbs or the minimum shedding in rural arena.

But Charles Dickens's masterpiece sometimes reminds us whether such cozy &

illuminated reality show of power bears the dreadful darkness on other facet. If

you have enough inputs (read your own generation), you highly deserve the

ambience of no shedding. If you lack, shedding would be showered as the natural

consequence. Alternative is there. Buy power at high costs, Rs 6, 8, 10, if you

have penny in your purse. And you may recite too that no Power is costlier than

No Power.

But if you haven't? If your exchequer doesn't favour you. What may be your

option? Behind the scene are there camouflaged advisors pushing you &

governance to the revolving stage of reality show with cunningly crafted scenes

and scenarios - but not to be seen by the audience because of the total darkness oi

pauperism of advisory-to-governance and bankruptcy of exchequer.

Let there be light, but to be visible by the inner eye.

Power News v 2

BFT COMMITTEE :

Secretary Er. Sudip Goswami

Treasurer Er. Md. Minarul Islam

Members Er. Sajal Bag

Er. Palash Majumdar

Er. Tapan Kr. Basu

POWER NEWS COMMITTEE :

Convenor Er. Asit Karmakar

Members Er. Mrinal Das

Er. Sujit Nath

Er. Dilip Das

Er. Biswadev Pandit

Er. Subrata Ghosh

Er. Bibhas Bhattacharya

FAETO COMMITTEE (Nominated)

Members Er. Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia

Er. Biswadev Pandit

Er. Subhadra Gopal Datta

Er. Sadique Islam

Er. Pathik Nayek

AIPEF COMMITTEE (Nominated)

Members Er. Samir Das

Er. Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia

Er. Biswadev Pandit

Er. Soumitra Biswas



CO ORDINATION COMMITTEE OF ENGINEERS

FOR WBSEDCL, WBSETCL, DPL & WBPDCL

Members Er. Rafikul Islam

Er. Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia

Er. Samir Kr. Das

Er. Moupali Mukherjee

Er. Sukesh Ch. Giri Goswami

Er. Prabhat Kr. Pal

DIFFERENT SUB-COMMITTEES

OF WBSEBEA

2012 - 2013

OFFICE BEARERS AND MEMBERS OF

CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE :

2012 - 2013

President :

Er. Samir Das, Addl. CE

Vice-President :

Er. Prabhat Kr. Pal, SE (E)

Er. Subhrendu Sarkar, SE (E)

Hony. Secretary :

Er. Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia, SE (E)

Hony. Asst. Secretary :

Er. Biswadev Pandit, DE (E)

Hony. Treasurer :

Er. Subhadra Gopal Datta, SE (E)

Hony. Asst. Treasurer :

Er. Soumitra Biswas, SE (E)

Hony. Members :

1. Er. Siddhartha Ghosh, SE (C)

2. Er. Bibhas Bhattacharya, SE (C)

3. Er. Kamalesh Biswas, SE (E)

4. Er. Rafikul Islam, SE (E)

5. Er. Ashish Biswas, SE (E)

6. Er. Paresh Routh, SE (E)

7. Er. Pathik Kr. Nayek, SE (E)

8. Er. F. A. Khan, DE (E)

9. Er. Barnali Saha, DE (E)

10. Er. Srinibash Routh, DE (E)

11. Er. Ujjwal Roy, AE (U)

Co-opted Members :

1. Er. Satyaban Roy, Addl. CE

2. Er. Dilip Das, SE (E)

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MAS COMMITTEE :

Convenor Er. Prabhat Kr. Pal

Treasurer Er. Hafsha Rahaman

Members Er. Soumitra Biswas

Er. Partha Dutta

Er. Subhrendu Sarkar

EIPEF COMMITTEE


Er. Biswadev Pandit

Er. Prabhat Kr. Pal

Er. Satyaban Roy


Er. Kamalesh Biswas

Er. Ujjwal Roy

JOINT FORUM OF OFFICERS’ASSOCIATION

WBSEDCL & WBSETCL


Er. Biswadev Pandit

Er. Samir Das

Er. Prabhat Kr. Pal

Er. Rafikul Islam


WEBSITE COMMITTEE

Editor Er. Debika Deb

Convenor Er. Dilip Das

Members Er. Sujit Nath

Er. Subhrendu Sarkar

Er. Mrinal Das

Er. Soumitra Biswas

JOURNAL COMMITTEE

Editor Er. Satyaban Roy


Members Er. Kamalesh Biswas

Er. Rita Chakraborty


Er. Biswadev Pandit

Er. Mousumi Bhowmick

RESTRUCTURE & PROJECT REVIEWCOMMITTEE (WBSEDCL)

Convenor Er. Pathik Kr. Nayek

Members Er. Sanat Kr. Ghosh

Er. Ajoy Kr. Das Mahapatra

Er. Sumit Mukherjee

Er. Sanat Kr. Biswas

Er. Shyama Prasad Moitra


RESTRUCTURE & PROJECT REVIEWCOMMITTEE (WBSETCL)

Convenor Er. Kamalesh Biswas



Er. Dilip Das

Er. Biswajit Madhu

Er. Sadique Islam

TECHNICAL EXPERT COMMITTEE(Permanent in House Consultancy Teamfor WBSEDCL)

Convenor Er. Biswadev Pandit

Members Er. Satyaban Roy


Er. Sumit Mukherjee


Er. Pankaj Sahu


Er. Somraj Roy

TECHNICAL EXPERT COMMITTEE(Permanent in House Consultancy Teamfor WBSETCL)


Members Er. Asit Karmakar

Er. Kamalesh Biswas

Er. Sujit Nath

Er. Ranjan Das

Er. Pankaj Sahu

Er. Amartya Banerjee

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AGENDUM - I : Discussion on precarious working

condition of the Site Engineers

Resolution :

1. Arranging necessary men and materials to the field

units along with a structure and system which is

conducive for delivery of the service, i.e., re-

assessment of infrastructure.

2. Responsibility of any lapses must not be passed

on the field engineers only.

3. Engineers should not be unnecessarily harassed

in the name of vigilence enquiry.

4. Mobile Phone to be given to the Civil Engineers

of Circles/Sites.

5. Turnkey order system to be reviewed as these

are inviting sub-contract systems and there by

reduction of quality of work.

6. Transfer order of class-I officers should not be

signed by the officer below the rank of the Director.

7. Restoration of earlier structure in both Transmission

and Distribution field which is conducive for smooth

functioning of fast enhancement of consumers'

strength and network.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED IN 51st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 2012

AGENDUM II : Discussion on Repartition/Absorptionof Engineers on deputation in WBSETCL

Resolution :

1. The house opined that the matter of absorption

of WBSEDCL employees in WBSETCL should be

decided after discussion with all stakeholders.

2. Employees' past service benefit should be

protected.

3. Employees' right to repatriation to parent

organisation cannot be denied.

AGENDUM - III : Discussion on introduction ofdecentralised voting system for the election of officebearers and CEC members of WBSEBEA

1. A committee will be formed by CEC to formulate

details of the procedure, which will have the prime

objective for ensuring maximum participation,

including suitable alternate provision such as

electronic voting system. The same committee

will also explore the tenur of new committee

formed by new system of voting.

2. The CEC will place an agenda for approval of

new election process and suitable amendments

of the constitution of Association in next AGM.

The 1st meeting of CEC for the year 2011-12 started

at 14.30 hrs. Er. Samir Das, President, WBSEBEA

welcome all the members present in the meeting.

Er. President invited the house to start agenda

wise discussion and requested Er. Secretary to

intimate present development to the house.

AGENDUM - I : Up to Date Developments

l Er. Secretary welcome the new CEC and the

Zonal Secretary / Members present from different

Zone and started up to date Developments.

l He briefed that the EA has communicated the

CMD about the Resolution of the AGM and the

newly formed committee.

l He said that before AGM, EA meet with the CMD

and all the Directors and stressed on the key

issues of different site problems, man power

planning, Vigilance cases, Recruitment etc.

l He appraised the house that as learnt extension

of service will be stalled shortly at Generation

wing. Immediately EA sit with Director (Gen.) and

requested to stop the extension of service and one

letter will be submitted shortly in the above line.

MINUTES OF THE 1ST CEC MEETING OF WBSEBEA, HELD ON 28.04.2012

l He appraised the house about the problem of

Er. Samaresh Roy, Ex. SE retired from SLDC

lastly attached at Howrah Zone. He previously

submitted one application for change from CPF

to GPF which is pending for long days. One

committee was formed and they have already

submitted the report. EA will meet with Director

(HR) regarding the above issue shortly.

AGENDUM - II : Option from WBSEDCL to

WBSETCL and vice versa

l Er. President requested Er. Secretary to narrate

about the above agenda.

l Er. Secretary firstly appraised about the Gazette

notification issued on 29.03.2012 where stated

that all transfer of Personnel from the Board to

WBSEDCL shall be provisional for a period of 6

years from the transfer. Er. Secretary narrated

the recent option form circulated to the Employee

of WBSEDCL who are deputed at WBSETCL. He

narrated that one committee is there for the above

transfer. Again two sub-committee were formed,

namely, HR Committee and Finance Committee.

Both the committee will submit report to the main

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Committee. HR sub-committee called EA informally

to submit the views of the Association. In the above

meeting attended by EA told that they will discuss

the issue and intimated accordingly. Afterwards after

discussion with the available CEC, one letter

already issued to DIR (HR) stating that all the related

papers and the report of the sub-committee should

be submitted to EA then only EA can submit their

views.

AGENDUM - III : Review of Restructuring of

WBSEDCL and WBSETCL

Er. Secretary pointed out the recent problems of

maintenance of steady power supply and delay in

attending the breakdown work after abolition of O&M

Sub-Division. After threadbare discussion in the

CEC, it is decided to form the two committee, one

for WBSEDCL and one for WBSETCL to suggest the

proposed structure. The committee will submit the

report in the next CEC.

Committee for WBSEDCL :

Convenor Er. Pathik Kr. Nayek

Members Er. Sanat Kr. Ghosh


Er. Sumit Mukherjee


Er. Shyama Prasad Moitra


Committee for WBSETCL :

Convenor Er. Kamalesh Biswas



Er. Dilip Das

Er. Biswajit Madhu

Er. Sadique Islam

AGENDUM - IV : Lateral Entry and Extension

l Er. Secretary briefly narrated the above issue and

informed the house that EA already protested the

above issues during discussion as well as submitted

letter to CMD and demanded for investigation as

well as the performance of the engineers through

lateral entry. EA also protested the extension of

employee and demanded investigation about the

benefit achieved through extension.

AGENDUM - V : Appointment of Auditor

l Er. Treasurer pointed out that last few years

M/s. Dhar & Co. audit our accounts. He is very much

aged and not working properly. House agreed to

change the auditor. Er. Treasurer submitted one

name of Pratip Kalyan & Associates (FCA) for

appointment of auditor at the same financial

involvement. House approved the above proposal.

l Er. Treasurer also pointed out that at present

there is no PAN No. of our EA without which some

companies can not give any advertisement as per

present rule. House requested Treasurer to take

up with the auditor about the future burden / help

EA can received and accordingly action may be

taken.

AGENDUM - VI : Formation of different Sub-

Committee and Co-opt members

l Er. President requested Er. Secretary to briefly

narrate about the agenda.

l Er. Secretary placed the name of different sub-

committee and the co-opt members. After

threadbare discussion in the CEC the names was

finalaised and which was printed in page no. 2 & 3

of this bulletin.

AGENDUM - VII : Review of Election Process

l The issue is discussed and further detailed

discussion will be made in the next CEC for

formation of Sub Committee for recommendation

regarding review of election process.

AGENDUM - VIII : Miscellaneous

l Er. Madhu, Zonal Secretary 24 Parganas (North)

Pointed out some fixation problem. One Batch of

(F&A) officers joined in 1998 have received more

salary than one batch of engineer joined in 1997

due to some fixation problem. Er. Secretary assured

to take up the issue with the appropriate authority.

l One Circular issued by The Director (HR) Vide

O.O. NO. 386 dated 06.12.2010. There are some

ambiguity in the circular for which EA can write

letter to the Director (HR) to protest and demand

clarification.

l Er. P. Nayek placed the issue that at present the

panel for promotion from SE to Addl. CE had

already been exhausted and interview should be

cal led immediately based on the vacancy

position. Besides above one panel of SE already

prepared but order not issued. Promotion scope

to be increased in case of engineers like (HR&A),

(F&A) wing.

l Er. Tikader, Zonal Secretary of Salt lake Zone,

placed one issue that they are joined on 2005 as

contract but A.E. benefit given on 2006. He

requested EA to consider the training period as

regular service. He also requested EA to inform

to the incumbent who are unsuccessful should

be informed about their defects.

l In some CE post, Junior Addl. CE act as CE and

in some cases though they are CE but placed in

the post of addl. CE. Immediate action must be

taken particularly in the WBSETCL.

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l Er. B. Pandit pointed out that recently 50 to 125

KVA, consumers now apply in the RM office but

no infrastructure are there.

l Er. R. Islam pointed out that some engineers

posted in the charge of Division in Transmission

wing before restructuring but they are now posted

at area office or head office. Recently Er. Milan

Mukherjee, DE, Durgapur area Office are now

transferred to Gokarna Sub-Div. EA is requested

to take the issue in general.

l In WBSETCL/WBSEDCL some Engineers goes

outside for inspection of materials /equipments

where only Rs. 300.00 is allowed for fooding

which is very less. EA should take up the issue.

l House approved the reimbursement of mobile call

charge of the actual subject to limit of Rs. 1000.00

for the President and Secretary, WBSEBEA.

l Er. Barun Biswas, DE (Com.), Malda pointed out

that he is serving four years at Malda and again

posted at Malda Division. He requested EA to look

into the matter.

l Meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair at

6:00 PM.

The 2nd meeting of CEC for the year 2011-2012

started at 14.30 hrs. Er. Samir Das, President,

WBSEBEA welcome all the members present in the

meeting.

Er. President invited the house to start agenda

wise discussion and requested Er. Secretary to

intimate present development to the house.

AGENDUM-I : Confirmation of minutes of 1st CEC

meeting held on 28.04.2012

l The minutes has been accepted by the house with

the following correction

1. The name of the BFT Committee at page-3 :

a. Convenor should be read as Secretary.

b. Er.Minarul Islam Should be read as Er. Md.

Minarul Islam.

2. The name of the MAS Committee at page-4 :

a. Er. Hapshar Rahaman Should be read as Er.

Hafsha Rahaman.

3. The Miscellaneous column of page-6, in the line

just before last line a. Training period should be

read as Contract period.

4. The name of newly appointed Auditor of Agendum

5, will be read as Pratip Kalyan & Associates (FCA)

instead of Pratip Sanyal & Associates (FCA).

AGENDUM - II : Up to Date Developments

l Er. Secretary welcome the CEC members and the

Zonal Secretary / Members present from different

Zone and started up to date Developments.

l He briefed the case of Er. Palash Mazumdar, AE,

WBSETCL. EA sit with the GM (F&A) and

ultimately sit with the MD,WBSETCL and he

assured to rectify the problem of Er. Palash

Mazumdar.

MINUTES OF THE 2nd CEC MEETING OF WBSEBEA, HELD ON 26.05.2012

l EA Sit with the MD, WBSETCL and discussed

the following points :

a. At present order of class-1 Officer signed by

GM (HR&A). EA protest the above.

b. In WBSETCL Visiting card allowed only for SE

& above. EA requested to allow the same for

all Class-1 officer in line with the WBSEDCL.

c. In WBSETCL one Engineer recruited through

lateral entry as Head (IT). But as seen that

again one retired Person engaged to help

Head (IT).

EA issued one letter to MD, WBSETCL also

covering all the above points.

l EA Sit with the Director (HR), WBSEDCL and

discussed the following points :

a. At present there are no manpower planning

in the company. No manpower recruited as

per Budget.

b. EA strongly protest against the advertisement

of ED (Projects).

EA also issued one letter to Director (HR),

WBSEDCL also covering all the above points.

l He appraised the house that all the letters of the

EA are posted in our Website : www.wbsebea.in

and he also requested to all the members that

any member can give their valued suggestion in

our website or the mail ID of the Secretary,

WBSEBEA : [email protected].

l He appraised the house regarding anomaly of

selection of Division in the prize award ceremony.

Initially the two Divisions namely Ghatal &

Diamond Harbour Division selected for Prize as

intimated through letter. Afterwards at the last

moment intimated over phone that they should

Next CEC meeting will be held on 26.05.12.at 14:00 Hrs.

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not come for prize for which the respective

Divisional Managers are very much insulted. EA

intimated the same to the Director (HR) in writing

and wanted to know the method of selection.

l He appraised the house that two nos. committee

formed for restructuring, one in WBSEDCL and

one in WBSETCL. He requested the two

convenor to submit primafaci report within 30th

may so that same may be discussed in the

proposed meeting with CMD on 30.05.2012.

AGENDUM - III : Review of Election Process of

WBSEBEA

Er. President requested Er. Secretary to narrate

about the above agenda.

l The issue is discussed in details regarding

different methodology and further detailed

discussion will be made in the next CEC for

formation of Sub Committee for recommendation

regarding review of election process. All the Zonal

Secretary & members requested to think over the

issue and nominate the name in the next meeting.

AGENDUM - IV : Submission of Review Committee

report i .r.o. Re-structuring & re-forms of

WBSEDCL and WBSETCL

l Convener of both the committee submitted the

Draft Report regarding review of re-structuring.

The Zonal Secretaries & C.E.C. members present

in the house submit their valuable opinion. As

decided that the report considering all the

opinions to be submitted at the earliest.

AGENDUM - V : Lateral Entry and Extension of

Retire Employee

l Er. Secretary briefly narrated the above issue and

informed the house that EA already protested the

above issues during discussion as well as through

letter to CMD and demanded for investigation as

well as the performance of the engineers of lateral

entry. EA also protested the extension of

employee and demanded investigation about the

benefit achieved thro' extension.

l E.A. also meet with MD, WBSETCL & protest the

above issue and one letter also submitted. But it is

observed that they are working in their own style

without any cognigence to our letter. After

discussion in the house as decided that one strong

reminder letter to be issued to MD, WBSETCL.

AGENDUM - VI : Appointment of Auditor &

application for PAN

l M/s. Pratip Kalyan & Associates (FCA) met with

the Association and after discussion with the

Auditor, appointment order already placed to the

above Company. As per advised of the Company,

one letter issued to the previous Auditor M/s. Dhar

& Co. for their no dues certificate.

l Regarding PAN No. of our EA without which some

companies can not give any advertisement as per

present rule, the issue was discussed with the

Auditor & he assured that he will arrange for the

PAN No. of our EA

AGENDUM - VII : Program for the Zonal Meeting

l Er. Secretary pointed out that all the Zonal A.G.M.

should be started from the next week and all the

meeting should be completed within July, 2012.

l Er. Secretary requested to al l the Zonal

Secretaries fixed up the date accordingly &

int imate wel l in advance so that C.E.C.

representative can be present in the Zonal A.G.M.

AGENDUM – VIII : Miscellaneous

l One panel for promotion from D.E. to S.E. has

already been done long ago but promotional order

not yet issued. ER. Secretary assured to take up

the issue with the appropriate authority.

l It is observed that Junior Addl. C. E. has been

posted in the charge of Chief Engineer in

WBSEDCL though there are already paneled

Chief Engineer. The matter should be look into

with due importance.

l As noted that Rammam & PPSP are not getting

proper H.R. allowance though both are very

remote places and no such infrastructure is

available in the above area. ER. Secretary

assured to take up the issue with the appropriate

authority.

l One Office Order issued by G. M. (HR&A),

WBSEDCL with the direction to report Sri Das to

S.E., Malda Testing Circle. Though in the set up

there are no such provision which should be look

into by the E.A.

l Er. A. Biswas stated that the Testing Wing for the

Hydel should be opened immediately & secondly

pointed out that Er. Dilip Bose, Ex-Chief Engineer

after retirement again posted at Chief Executive

Officer in our regular Chief Engineer post. House

strongly opposed the above & requested to

C.E.C. to look into the matter.

l Er. R. Islam pointed out that some engineers

posted in the difficult Zone. EA should write a

letter to Director (HR) that Engineers posted at

difficult Zone should be transferred within three

years.

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l Er. Md. Minarul Islam, Member of Gratuity Fund

of WBSETCL pointed out that in the first meeting

main discussion was regarding the investment of

the money so that Members can get all the facility

& Company will also be benefited. As decided by

the Management Committee that the money will

be invested in LIC where only the Engineers’

Association protest the above. He also intimated

in the house that the next meeting will be on 6th

June, 2012.

l Er. Bibhash Bhattacharya, Member of CPF

Trustee Committee, WBSETCL pointed out that

there are two committee namely GPF & CPF

Trustee Committee & placed the house that the

new Engineers joined in the WBSETCL should

get the same facil ity l ike the Engineers of

WBSEDCL posted at WBSETCL on deputation.

The House also are in the same opinion.

l Meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair at

6:00 PM.

Next CEC meeting will be held on 30.06.12.at 14:00 Hrs.

Introduction

Technologies have evolved over a period of years,

and so have meters. Today Energy meters are not

just a measuring instrument, rather a powerhouse

of information. Energy meters are necessary in every

part of a distribution system and the Indian Power

Sector has felt the need for installation of meters on

all distribution transformers (DT) as a part of its drive

for 100% metering. Meters are primarily meant for

measuring the energy flow and the idea behind

installing meters on DTs is to find out how much of

energy has been sent out from the DT to the group

of consumes connected below a DT and arrive at

the loss for each DT. In this way high loss DTs can

be identified for corrective action. All this is well

known. Perhaps what is not widely known is that

meters on DTs can serve a much wider role like

monitoring the loading and overloading of the DT,

the degree of unbalance in the DT and many other

such measurements which provide an insight into

the operation and maintenance of the LT distribution

system. To realize these benefits from a DT meter, it

is necessary to first visualize the DT meter as a data

logger and then work out the data logging

requirements for obtaining these benefits.

Electronic Meters

Four important differences between an electronic

meter and electromechanical meter are that in

electronic meters one can:

l Log load survey data

l Measure and log multiple parameters

l Record illogical electrical conditions or events

(called tampers)

l Extract the logged data electronically

CONCEPTS AND APPLICATION FOR DT METERS

Er. Avijit Chanda

Divisional Manager, Serampur Division, WBSEDCL

The most relevant, particularly in context with DT

metering is the capability to log load survey data for

multiple parameters. Typically load survey data

logging is done at half hour intervals. That is, the

meters can log data for every half hour interval and

electronics makes it possible that any electrical

quantity, including energy (kWh) can be measured

and logged by the meter. The data so logged by the

meter is stored in the meter memory and can be

extracted in the normal meter reading process by

use of a hand held device or CMRI1. At the end of a

month when this data is extracted, there is actually

a large volume of data which the user rarely makes

use of in an effective manner.

But why the user rarely uses this data?

The reason why the user rarely uses this data is

because the data logging features asked for by the

user to the meter supplier is rarely purpose oriented,

and the user looks at the energy meter as an energy

measuring device and gives importance to only the

energy data while perhaps either ignoring or giving

little importance to everything else. If the user does

not use the data logged by a meter, the meter is as

good or as bad as any convent ional

electromechanical meter of yester-years which

simply logged kWh. The benefit of an electronic

meter is therefore never fully realized.

Distribution Transformer Meters

Distribution transformer meters are those meters

that are installed at the LT side of distribution

transformers. These are typically 3 phase 4 wire CT

connected LT meters. It is necessary to note that

all distribution transformer meters are installed at

the LT side and not on the HT side of distribution

transformers. The reason is that (i) installation is

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convenient without need of PTs (ii) measurement of

unbalanced phase to grounds loads in LT side is

possible (iii) 4 wire meters can be used to measure/

monitor the unbalance.

l What is the reliability of supply for the DT in terms

of hours of supply and number of interruptions?

l What is the number of times fuse has failed in

the HT side of DT and how long it has taken to

be restored?

l What is the number of times the DT has been

subjected to a jerk of currents due to a

downstream fault?

l This fault has affected which phases and what is

the type of fault?

And of course, what is the energy sent out by the

DT so that we find out the loss in the LT system, and

loss in the HT system (between the 11 kV feeders

and groups of DTs below it). Surely if we can find

out the data logging needs to obtain the above

information, we can work out the funct ional

requirements.

For a DT meter. And, it may be seen from above

that if at all the DT meter can deliver the above

management information, its utility is far beyond a

simple energy meter.

A 100 20 20 43 17

B 120 23 17 35 25

C 145 27 33 57 28

D 166 34 23 66 43

CCC

Name

No. of

DTs

studied

DT Loaded

(80% to

100%)

DTs with

Load Higher

Than rated

capacity

DTs having

neutral

current more

than 10% of

rated current

DTs having

loading less

than 15%

of rated

capacity

Needs For Distribution Transformer

l They link sub transmission system with the tail

end of distribution system – they are “link meters”

l They constitute final stage of distribution system

metering & give best benefits

l Their application covers 3 aspects

i) “Group meter” with feeder meter & other DT

meters of feeder

ii) “Group meter” with consumers connected to

the DT

iii) As an “independent meter”

a) To monitor operating conditions of the DT

b) For load flow & energy audit studies

c) For revenue protection & DMS

Meters installed on DTs can be of great use, only if

they are read unfailingly on a regular (monthly) basis.

Let us now examine the general needs for a DT

and not merely metering needs. Because, if we

examine the needs for DT metering, all one can think

of is simply measuring the kWh and may be kVARh

but little else. If we imagine we are logging data for

a DT we would surely be interested to find out the

following:

l Is the DT overloaded, and if so, what is the

duration of overloading?

l What is the trend of overloading in the DT so that

up-gradation can be planned in time?

l Is the DT unbalanced, and if so what is the

measure of unbalance so that the unbalance can

be corrected?

l What is the neutral current on the DT?

l What is the minimum and maximum reactive

power drawn from the DT so that fixed or switched

capacitance can be planned?

Role of distribution transformer meters (DT

meters)

The role of distribution transformer (DT) meters is:

l Determining the extent of overloading: There

are two parameters important to determine the

overloading effect on a DT. They are the peak

loading in kVA and duration for which the loading

has exceeded the nominal kVA rating (or any pre-

decided percentage of its nominal rating). Hence,

logging the kVA for each ½ hour period is

necessary for this purpose. This kVA can be

obtained in case either kVA is logged, or in case

kW and kVAr (both) are logged. Once the peak

load & duration of overloading of a transformer

can be obtained, one can obtain the month to

month trend of loading and overloading. Advance

action for planning up-gradation for the DT can

be obtained from this trend information.

l Underloading of distribution transformer: It is

not only the overloading, but the under-loading

of DTs that is important in distribution system

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management. Very lightly loaded DTs are the

cause of higher (avoidable) technical loss in a

system (because their no load loss figures

prominently). In the very first month of monitoring

the DT loads the following were the observation:

l Unbalance in DT: Unbalanced loading of DTs can

cause

v Damage to transformers

v Low voltage at consumer end in affected

phases

v Avoidable loss (due to unbalance) in LT

systems

Data logged by DT meters can provide an

indication of the degree of unbalance in the LT loads

connected to a DT. Conventional methods to balance

the loads on a DT are to f ind out how many

consumers are connected to each phase, measuring

the phase wise currents during peak load etc. None

of these however can give information to balance

the loads on a DT because balancing the number of

consumers may not lead to balancing their loads,

and unbalance during peak load may not be an

indication of unbalance for the entire day or month.

A more useful information is the phase wise current

duration curves, which give a measure of the phase

currents together with duration of time. In addition

to above a measure of phase wise unbalance (in %)

can be obtained for each phase by summating the

weighted unbalance for each ½ hour interval. This

will give a value in terms of percentage like R phase

120%, Y phase 85% & B Phase 95%. Hence

approximately 15% of loads should be shifted from

R phase to Y phase and 5% of loads should be

shifted from R phase to B phase. All this is possible

if phase-wise currents are logged by the DT for each

½ hour interval. Now, since the kW & kVAr is being

logged, if one were to also log the phase wise

Voltages corresponding to the phase-wise kW & kVAr

values, then one can surely obtain (by computation)

the phase-wise currents for each ½ hour interval.

Hence, the data logging requirements for the DT

meter is load survey value for Voltage, kW and kVAr

for each phase during the peak kVA of each ½ hour

interval.

l Neutral current: Quite often it is assumed that

the neutral current of a DT is small or negligible.

This might not be the case even if the currents in

all three phases are balanced. The neutral

currents are caused due to magnitude and power

factor unbalance of the phase currents and can

be (theoretically) as high as the phase current

itself. If one were measuring the kVA, kW and

kVAr for each ½ hour period, one can obtain not

only the magnitude but the angle of the respective

phase currents. By vector addition of these phase

currents one can arrive at the neutral current of

the DT. When one does this, one may in for a

surprise because the reality is, the neutral

currents in many of the DTs are substantially high

and need corrective action like balancing loads

and improving the earthing of transformers.

l Reactive Power: Providing reactive correction for

the distribution network is often a concern for

distribution utilities. Assessing the capacitor

requirement and the capacitor placement is often

done by complicated software. An easier option

is to f ind out the base & peak capacitor

requirement for each DT from the kVAr data

logged by the DT meter. This is by far easier and

more reliable than theoretical computations. The

DT meter also provides this data.

l Reliability supply for the DT: Reliability of supply

for a DT can be expressed as no. of hours of

supply and no. of interruptions of supply to the

DT. This information can be obtained from the

phase-wise voltage recorded by the DT meter,

as shown below:

Duration Graph

% of time

Curr

ent

Interruptions

Data from DT meters can provide information on

supply quality & reliability

n Voltage conditions

n Hours of supply

n Number of interruptions

n CAAIDI etc…

l Fuse Failure in HT side and restoration time:

The voltage data can also be used to determine

the fuse failure (in HT side) and time taken by

maintenance team to restore the fuse. When the

fuse in the HT side of a DT fails, then the sum of

voltage of other two phases is same as the

voltage of the healthy phase.

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l Faults on LT side of a DT: The LT system is

prone to the highest number of faults in the

entire power system. Unfortunately, DTs have

neither relays not switchgear (except fuses) in

the LT side. As a result the fuse blows if the

fault is severe enough. But most faults in the

downstream of a DT are of a temporary nature

and are not that severe enough to cause the

fuse to blow. Now, since half hourly data is

being logged for the peak kVA conditions, the

faults in the LT system, even if they are of a

minor nature cause a surge in the DT load and

this surge is captured and logged by the DT

meter because it will surely correspond to the

peak kVA during a ½ hour interval. A unity PF

surge will indicate a resistive fault (like tree

touching) and a low PF surge will indicate a

reactive fault like flashovers and short circuits.

Whenever a fault happens, the voltage of the

concerned phase is reduced. Hence, if we were

to filter out the ½ hourly data for ½ hour intervals

in which voltage was normal and ½ hour

intervals for which voltage of any phase was

less than (say) 160 Volts, one would obtain (a)

the loading, unbalance, neutral current, reactive

demand etc. for normal operating conditions

and, (b) the number of incidents during fault

conditions. After all, one expects the load on

DT, neutral current and phase unbalance to be

temporarily high during fault conditions and we

do not want to mix up this information with the

normal operating information of the DT.

l DT-wise Energy accounting: Needless to say,

measurement of the energy (kWh) by the meter

is of course a requirement. Hence kWh needs

to be measured by the DT for each ½ hour

interval. This energy can be used for assessing

the loss in the LT system and the loss in the HT

system.

DT meter project in WBSEDCL

Using these above concepts, under R-APDRP

project, WBSEDCL is installing huge DTR meters in

town areas apart from earlier installed in other

geographical areas of interest under APDRP scheme

to introduce accountability of energy from upstream

location to consumer premises. The challenges

faced however, are, how to ensure:

v Meters to be supplied to the desired functional

specifications.

v Meters to be installed in time

v Meters to be installed correctly

v Meters to be read timely

v Data from meters to be processed and analyzed

in time

v Useful MIS reports understanding and application

v Maintenance of Meters

Conclusion

A meter on a distribution transformer can provide

a range of information on the loading conditions of

the transformer, reliability of supply, occurrences of

faults and response of maintenance team for

repairing/replacing fuses, and of course the energy

and loss for the DT and loss for the 11 kV feeder (up

to DTs). To realize these benefits one need to look

at the DT meter as a ‘data logger’ making full use of

the potential of electronics, rather than look at it as

a ‘simplistic energy meter’. If one can do so, then

the DT meters serve as the ears and eyes of a

distribution system, provided they are specified

appropriately. Deriving MIS from the data logged by

a DT meter is not at all an easy task. A single meter

logs a large volume of data, and services of any third

party or agency who can read all meters regularly,

analyse the data and provide timely MIS is perhaps

necessary and therefore recommended keeping in

mind that DT meters are watchdog to the health of

your electrical system.

Minimum Availability of Feeders(For % of time during the month)

Power availability of 11 kv Feeders

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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."

— Yogi Berra

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ZONAL COMMITTEES OF WBSEBEA FOR 2012 - 2013 AT A GLANCE

ZONE BANKURA BERHAMPUR BURDWAN HOOGHLY

Er. C. Bandyopadhyay

Er. S. Sahana

Er. Amitav Choudhury

Er. Ashok Samel

1. Er. A Doloi

2. Er. C. Sengupta

3. Er. Rakesh Roy

4. Er. Sudipta Halder

5. Er. Krishnendu Nandi

6. Er. Amit Pal

7. Er. Mahua Mondal

8. Er. Sushanta Pal

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

SECRETARY

ASST. SECRETARYCUM TREASURER

MEMBERS

Er. Debashis Chowdhury

Er. Mohan Roy Chakravorty

Er. Somenath Basak

Er. Ranjan Singh

1. Er. Joydip Sarkar

2. Er. Md. Nasiruddin

3. Er. Sunandan Ghosh

4. Er. Uttam Roy

5. Er. Aditya Nath

6. Er. Dilip Kr. Saha

7. Er. Md. Siraj Hossain

8. Er. Jitendra Pandey

9. Er. Subir Roy

Er. Swapan Dey (Jr.)

Er. Zahirul Haque

Er. Santanu Samanta

Er. Soil Hassan

1. Er. Mitesh Dasgupta

2. Er. Satyaban Mondal

3. Er. Anuva Dey

4. Er. Abhijit Pal

5. Er. Gobinda Murmu

6. Er. Banibrata Roy

7. Er. Arup Modi

8. Er. Tapas Biswas

9. Er. Usha Ghosh (Chowdhury)

Er. Mathur Bhar

Er. Surajit Chakraborty

Er. Rik Biswas

Er. Amaresh Malakar

1. Er. Madhusudan Roy

2. Er. Sujoy Dutta

3. Er. Shyamal Joardar

4. Er. Pritam Banerjee

5. Er. Narayan Bhowmik

6. Er. Dibyendu Adhikari

7. Er. D. C. Sahoo

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ZONE HOWRAH KALYANI MALDA MEDINIPUR

Er. Anil Ch. Bir

Er. Partha Haldar

Er. Tarun Ghosh

Er. Partha Mondal

1. Er. Jibanlal Mallick

2. Er. Kinkar Singh

3. Er. Debasis Naiya

4. Er. Soumava Sarkar

5. Er. Abhisek Bose

6. Er. Hasibur Rahaman

7. Er. Biswajit Mahanta

8. Er. Sanjib Roy

9. Er. Jayanta Dutta

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

SECRETARY


MEMBERS

Er. Siddhartha Roy

Er. Amitava Bardhan Roy

Er. Indrajit Naskar

Er. Arup Kr Ghosal

1. Er. Rum Rum Das (Ray)

2. Er. Somdutta Das

3. Er. Nillohit Gupta

4. Er. Soumen Mondal

5. Er. Rahul Mondal

6. Er. Kaushik Biswas

7. Er. Narayan Ch. Das

8. Er. Sanjoy Mondal

Er. Debansu Das

Er. Shibesh Deb

Er. Sumit Choudhury

Er. Mainak Ghosh

1. Er. Dilip Biswas

2. Er. Ranjit Kr. Saha

3. Er. Sudarshan Saha

4. Er. Arindam Kar

5. Er. Diptam Dutta

6. Er. Soumitra Deb

7. Er. Sankhadeep Bhattacharya

Er. Buddhadeb Ghosh


Er. Rajesh Kundu

Er. Sandip Maity

1. Er. Tapas Kr. Das

2. Er. Sanjib Sarkar

3. Er. Shyamal Kr. Hazra

4. Er. Kamal Maity

5. Er. H. K. Ram

6. Er. Santanu Mondal

7. Er. Richa Chaturbedi

8. Er. Baisakhi Sahu

9. Er. Jayashree Paul

10. Er. Susanta Gorai

11. Er. Kamal Jana

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ZONE 24-PARGANAS (S) 24-PARGANAS (N) PPSP RAMMAM

Er. Gopal Krishna Basu

Er. Subir Kr. Dan

Er. Sadique Islam

Er. Siddheswar Das

1. Er. Utpal Dhali

2. Er. Suhas Kr. Sen

3. Er. N. K. Biswas

4. Er. S. N. Naskar

5. Er. S. Swaries

6. Er. Bidyut Bera

7. Er. Nirmal Mondal

8. Er. Nibedita Ghosh

9. Er. Asim Halder

10. Er. Dilip Kr. Bachar

11. Er. Sk. Milan

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

SECRETARY


MEMBERS

Er. Sanat Kr. Ghosh

Er. Sukanta Biswas

Er. Ramesh Ch. Madhu

Er. Nilkanta Biswas

1. Er. Anup Kr. Mallick

2. Er. Prasun Bhowmick

3. Er. Kartick Biswas

4. Er. Amit Kr. Paul

5. Er. Sukriti Ranjan Bal

6. Er. Amrita Sarkar

7. Er. Tanusha Mukherjee

8. Er. Sudip samaddar

9. Er. Pratap Kangsabanik

10. Er. Arijit Bhattacharyya

11. Er. Samir Kanti Guin

Er. T. K. Mitra

Er. A. Saha

Er. J. Roy

Er. A. Nath

1. Er. S. Mitra

2. Er. D. Das

3. Er. K. Bijali

4. Er. A. Das

5. Er. D. Murmu

6. Er. S. Dhara

7. Er. P. K. Barki

Er. Niladri Bhushan Das

Er. Pradipta Thakur

Er. Anindya Roy

Er. Suprakash Maity

1. Er. S. Kumar

2. Er. S. K. Chakraborty

3. Er. Mukesh Kumar

4. Er. K. Chandpari

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ZONE SALT LAKE SILIGURI TAMLUK BIDYUT BHAWAN

Er. Partha Pratim Biswas

Er. Tapas Kundu

Er. Niladri Ghosh

Er. Subrata Saha

1. Er. Dwaipayan Acharya

2. Er. Biswajit Madhu

3. Er. Debasis Sarkar

4. Er. Tara Chandra Singh

5. Er. Apurba Ghosal

6. Er. Rajat Kr. Tikader

7. Er. Rajesh Das

8. Er. Rabi Sankar Banerjee

9. Er. Sudip Ghosh

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

SECRETARY


MEMBERS

Er. Ashok Sinha

Er. Dinesh De

Er. Mohon Kisku

Er. Sanjoy Mondal

1. Er. Supriya Sinha

2. Er. Debashis Chaki

3. Er. Sambhunath Modok

4. Er. Soumen Das

5. Er. Parijat Bhattacharya

6. Er. Bridip Barman

7. Er. Nanda Nandan Biswas

8. Er. Prasenjit Ghosh

9. Er. Deepen Khawash

10. Er. Shibu Sarkar

11. Er. Sanjoy Purakayastha

12. Er. Dipak Ghosh

Er. Kallol Das

Er. Dwiprohor Mukherjee

Er. Subhendu Chakraborty

Er. Himachal Kundu

1. Er. Bivas Roy

2. Er. Krishna Gopal Panda

3. Er. Sandip Sarkar

4. Er. Dinesh Kr. Kundu

5. Er. Soumya Das

6. Er. Anup Manna

7. Er. Subhendu Kr. Barui

Er. Tapan Kumar Goswami

Er. Satyabrata Mallik

Er. Tapan Kumar Basu

Er. Hafsha Rahaman

1. Er. Tapas Biswas

2. Er. Tapas Sen

3. Er. Kalyan Chakraborty

4. Er. Kumkum Majumder

5. Er. Pankaj Kumar Sahoo

6. Er. Mrinal Kanti Das

7. Er. Sampa Saha (Nayek)

8. Er. Sourav Chakraborty

9. Er. Mousumi Bhowmick

10. Er. Palash Majumder

Power News v 16

IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCES

LATERAL ENTRY

Ref. No. : WBSEBEA/Policy/05 Dt. : 28.04.2012

To

The Chairman and Managing Director

WBSEDCL

Vidyut Bhavan, Salt Lake

Kolkata - 700 091

Sub : An appeal of WBSEBEA to avoid

‘Lateral Entry’ of employees from other

organizations and allowing Extension of

Service of retired engineer in the

greater interest of the exist ing

engineers of WBSEDCL.

Sir,

I t has been observed that WBSEDCL has

previously extended the service of few of retired

engineers of WBSEBDCL. Provision has also been

made for lateral entry into different hierarchy level

in the organisat ion. We, WBSEB Engineers'

Association, are expressing our deep concern in the

matter of 'Lateral Entry' from other organizations or

allowing the extension of service of any retired

engineers.

We apprehend that lateral entry or extension of

service will only demotivate the existing engineers

and it will also hamper the Succession Planning of

the organisation. At the same the experience

gathered by our in house engineers are superior in

all respect and much effective for our organisation.

Our claim can be verified from the performance of

officers already appointed through Lateral Entry in

last 2-3 years.

WBSEB Engineers' Association, therefore,

requests your kind self to review the stand of

WBSEDCL and not to continue the process of

extension of the service of retired engineer or recruit

engineers through Lateral Entry in the greater

interest of our in house engineers of WBSEDCL.

WBSEBEA is committed to maintain a healthy

atmosphere of mutual respect for better functioning

of WBSEDCL.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

LATERAL ENTRY


To


WBSETCL


Kolkata - 700 091

Sub : An appeal of WBSEBEA to avoid

‘Lateral Entry’ of employees from other

organizations and allowing Extension of

Service of retired engineer in the

greater interest of the exist ing

engineers of WBSETCL.

Sir,

I t has been observed that WBSETCL has

previously extended the service of few of retired

engineers of WBSEBTCL. Provision has also been

made for lateral entry into different hierarchy level

in the organisat ion. We, WBSEB Engineers'

Association, are expressing our deep concern in the

matter of 'Lateral Entry' from other organizations or

allowing the extension of service of any retired

engineers.

We apprehend that lateral entry or extension of

service wil l not only demotivate the exist ing

engineers but also it will also hamper the Succession

Planning of the organisation. At the same time we

do believe that our experienced in house engineers

are superior in all respect and much effective for our

organisation. Our claim can be verified from the

performance of officers already appointed through

Lateral Entry in last 2-3 years.

WBSEB Engineers' Association, therefore,

requests your kind self to review the stand of

WBSETCL and not to continue the process of

extension of the service of retired engineer or recruit

engineers through Lateral Entry in the greater

interest of engineers of WBSETCL.

WBSEBEA is committed to maintain a healthy

atmosphere of mutual respect for better functioning

of WBSETCL.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

Power News v 17

PROTEST FOR LATERAL ENTRY FOR THE

POST OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PROJECT)


To


WBSEDCL


Kolkata - 700 091

Sub : Protest against Lateral Entry and

Extension of service for Retd.

Engineers.

Ref : WBSEBEA/Policy/05 dated 28.04.2012.

Sir,

This letter is being placed before you in reference

of our earlier letter on the above mentioned subject

citing our grievances on the practice of inducting

outsiders into regular Senior positions of our

organization through 'Lateral Entry' and allowing

Extension of Service of retired Engineers/Employees.

Lately, it has come into our notice that an

advertisement for Lateral Entry in the post of

Executive Director (Project) has been published in

a local Daily. It is unfortunate that even after placing

our grievances such instances are taking place with

one event happening recently, wherein, the former

C.E (Hydel), has been inducted as CEO even after

his retirement. It has been brought in the notice of

our esteemed management earlier also that such

incidents are demotivating for the existing engineers

and will also affect the Succession Planning of the

organization in the long run.

We suggest that said Executive Director (Project)

may be selected from our existing Chief Engineers

in service which will be more effective for our

organization.

It is our humble submission to you not to take

such decisions so that the peaceful atmosphere in

the company, now prevailing, is maintained.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

ENGAGEMENT OF AUDITOR

Ref. No. : WBSEBEA/Appointment/12 Dt. : 10.05.2012

To

M/s. Pratip Kalyan & Associates

Chartered Accountant

17/1, Sardar Sankar Road

Kolkata - 700 029

Kind Attn. : Mr. P.K. Sanyal, FCA

Sub : Appointment as 'Auditor ' for the

financial year 2012-13.

Dear Sir,

In line with the decision of 1st Central Executive

Committee (CEC) meeting of 2012-13, you are here

by appointed as ‘Auditor ’ of WBSEBEA for the


In this connection it may be noted that M/s. S.K.

Dhar & Co., Chartered Accountants, 4-P, Naktala

Road, Kolkata - 47 was appointed as auditor for the


Acceptance of this appointment is highly solicited

at the earliest towards necessary action in this

regard.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

FALACY OF AWARD


To

The Director (HR)

WBSEDCL


Kolkata - 700 091

Sub : Appreciation for excellent performance

in 2011-2012 to dif ferent units of

WBSEDCL.

Dear Sir,

We are very much pleased and grateful to you

for appreciating our colleagues and Engineers by

awarding ‘Certificate of Excellence’ and Trophy for

their performance in 2011-2012.

This is very much encouraging for us that our

Company is appreciating and highlighting the efforts

of our employees. Your appreciation will definitely

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motivate us for giving more dedicated efforts towards

achieving better performance of the Company.

It is observed that all the units were felicitated

with certificates and trophy except Diamond Harbour

and Ghatal Division though they were invited in the

ceremony on 26.04.12., the reason of which is

unknown to us and the same may kindly be intimated.

We request you to kindly share the parameters

based on which the ‘Certificate of Excellence’ and

Trophy has been awarded to different units so that

we can let our member know the details and they

can take extra care in those areas for the betterment

of the respective units.

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

DISCUSSION WITH MD, WBSETCL WITH

VARIOUS DEMANDS


To

The Managing Director

WBSETCL


Kolkata - 700 091

Sub : Non-fulfillment of demand placed by

WBSEBEA.

Dear Sir,

With reference to our earlier discussion held in

your chamber on 04/05/12, we would like to request

you to recall our demand placed before you. We had

requested you on that day for solving the following

problems.

1. Salary deducted in respect of Sr i Palash

Majumder, AE in the month of April’12 & changed

the date of joining in the salary slip of the above

month may please be set right and action to be

taken against the delinquent employees and

officers.

2. Any office orders/circulars or transfer orders in

case of any class-I officers should be under

signature of the Director (HR&A). This is for

healthy industrial atmosphere of mutual respect

in the organisation.

3. Facility for providing visiting card to all Class-I

officers in WBSETCL according to the earlier

Circular and fixing up responsibility who had

ordered to curtail the same.

4. Re-employment order of Sri Sunil Debnath [Ex

AGM (F&A), WBSEDCL] who had been re-

appointed after retirement for helping the Head

IT who herself is an expert and come to this

organisation through lateral entry to be withdrawn

immediately.

5. Same status like chamber, vehicle, phone and

other facilities to be provided for the officers of

same rank in all streams.

6. No post of Chief Engineer and Additional Chief

Engineer should be kept vacant.

Already ten days passed away and we observed

that not a single action has yet been taken from your

end. On the other, same activities are going on in

respect of signing transfer order of different class-I

officers. One of such office order no.191/2012 dated

: 10.05.2012 is mentioned for your ready reference.

We already mentioned that General Manager is

equivalent rank of Chief Engineer, so, he cannot sign

order for any Chief Engineer or any Class-I officers.

This is simply one type of humiliation.

We are also requesting you please create

separate structures for both test ing and

communication wing with separate manning,

administrative control and accounts at the earliest

for smooth functioning accordingly.

Thanking you.

Yours truly,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

HR ISSUES

Ref. : WBSEBEA/Admn/2012-13/16 Dt. : 18.05.2012

To

The Director (HR)

WBSEDCL


Kolkata - 700 091

Sub : H.R. Issues which demand serious

attention to resolve.

Sir,

At the very outset we would like to convey our

regards to you for given us your valuable time for

l istening of our grievance. In the l ine of our

discussion, we are giving the following points for your

kind perusal and necessary consideration please.

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l Proper (O&M) activity demands reopening of Sub-

Divisional Offices which should be given top most

priority. Presently there are severe crunch of

manpower to supervise H.T. (O&M) activities

which is growing very fast with addition of new

Sub-Station, Network & Customers.

l Immediate processing to fill-up the prevailing

vacancies of 3 nos. C.E (including one which will

fell vacant on 31st May, 2012) & Addl. 7 nos. C.E.

(including three nos. who will be posted as CE)

as per sanctioned set-up. The matter appeared

to be got delayed unnecessarily, causing expiry

of panel of Chief Engineers on 18.05.2012. Apart

from this 4 nos. CE and 3 nos. Addl. CE will be

retiring by 31st March 2013. The process of

interview to be started accordingly.

l Engineers should be posted as per their

designations. Presently two Chief Engineers,

namely T. K. Ghosh Chowdhury and Bipul Kr.

Biswas are working in the post of Addl. CE.

l Placement of A.M. (F&A) at all the Divisions

including those is opened recently. Special

attention is invited to provide minimum quality

staff at newly created Divisions. It is seen that

the same has not been followed in case of newly

created North Malda Division.

l Prevai l ing Manpower Planning vis-a-vis

recruitment performance demands profound

activity for which accountability may be brought

by f ixing target to the concern Manpower

Recruitment Cell. This will be in line with target

given to the site Officers / Site In-Charges who

are the most sufferers and are accountable to

Company as well as to the customers.

l Large number of Customer Care Centers is

operating with acute crisis of manpower. This

results no supervis ion of work done by

contractors. Priority for providing staff as per

sanctioned set-up at CCC & Division level has to

be ensured for efficient operation of the Business.

l Promotional Order from D.E. to S.E. is to be

issued without further delay.

l The option for transfer from CPF to GPF in

respect of Er. Samaresh Roy who has been

retired from service 10 months back should settle

immediately.

l The recent transfer order of Er. Aforoj Ahamed to

be cancelled immediately.

l Review of Vigilance cases i.r.o. Er. Rathin Ghosh,

Er. Subir Mukherjee, Er. Paresh Chandra Routh,

Er. Pinaki Bhusan Bakshi who were the victim of

the circumstances.

l Any unintentional mistake in discharging duties

should not be brought under the purview of

Vigilance case which creates fear-psychosis and

becoming detrimental to the congenial working

environment. Some recent such cases need to

be reviewed.

Your early action in this regard will be highly

appreciated.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

DEMAND PLACED TO CMD, WBSEDCL ON

VARIOUS ISSUES


To


WBSEDCL


Kolkata - 700 091

Ref : Note of discussion with WBSEBEA.

Dear Sir,

In reference to our discussion with you on 30th

May 2012, we are placing the note of discussion

before you for your kind review of the points and to

take necessary steps towards fulfilling our demand

in the interest of our organisation and that of our

Engineers’ Members.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Biswadeb Pandit)

Hony. Asst. Secretary

WBSEBEA

Note of discussion held between CMD and

WBSEBEA held on 30.05.2012

1) Lateral Entry : From the very inception of this

method of manpower recruitment, our Association

has been opposing the same. During our

discussion with you, we had mentioned that our

organisation is rich with around 1200 working

engineers who were recruited and promoted to

different posts through various screening tests

and with the passage of time they acquired vast

experience in This Industry. So, their experience

and expertise can never be lesser than that of

any person from Other Industry. So, we think

that searching for a suitable candidate among our

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internal Human Resource is better method rather

than filling up of different higher posts with

candidates from outside the organisation. Again

from our past experience we have seen that those

who were recruited through lateral entry from

outside are neither good performers nor good

managers. So, we are once again requesting you

to stop such lateral entry for the betterment of

WBSEDCL.

2) Abolition of Distribution Sub-Division :

Distribution Sub-Divisions were created by our

predecessors after rigorous experiment in the

field of distribution of electricity. This was a

proven structure. Abolition of this Sub-Division

was the greatest blunder in the history of this

organisation. If the thing is not taken care with

priority basis, the days are not in far when the

whole network of WBSEDCL will collapse. At the

same time contractors will continue to loot our

hard earned money in the name of maintenance

without proper supervision. We are also against

the outsourcing of the operation and maintenance

of 33/11KV sub-stations.

3) Creation of Town Division : We have mentioned

during our discussion that creation of town

division by abolishing the CCC in the town will

create problem rather than better service for town

consumers. We have suggested that everywhere

the service can be made better by dividing all big

divis ions to smal ler one with specif ic

accountability. One such Town Division was

created at Asansol, Burdwan which failed to yield

any result and the idea of creating Town Division

was given up by the Company.

4) Recruitment of retired employee : We have also

registered our gr ievance related to re-

appointment of retired employee. This practice

will not only restrict the succession planning*but

also block the career advancement of existing

engineers and thereby demotivate them. We

would like to mention that we are lacking man

power in lower level not in higher level .

Unfortunately, retired persons are appointed in

higher level and for this purpose, there is no

planning. So, we are earnestly requesting you to

stop this practice of re-employment of retired

person and not to encroach upon the job

opportunity for the new generation. None of us

can avoid our social responsibility.

5) Unplanned Activity at different functional level :

We have also mentioned that many activities are

undertaken without proper planning. As a result

money are being spent without any results. It has

been mentioned during our discussion with you

that a large number of MRI (meter reading

instrument) has been procured without any proper

plan for utilising these. As a result, these MRI

costing of few crores of rupees are laying idle at

different divisions and CCC and going to be

defunct. Again introduction of SAP instead of

existing Oracle Apps is another example of

unplanned activity undertaken by our company.

Nothing has been considered to protect the

existing asset before introducing the new system.

At the same it is also not clear to us, why the old

system in which almost all concerned engineers

who were conversant, was by-passed without

ensuring better performance from new system.

During our discussion we had mentioned that pilot

project was not completed before rolling out of

SAP in mass scale. Again it is beyond our

understanding why this system is being

undertaken in Non-RAPDRP area when the same

is not proved successful in RAPDRP area. We

are drawing your attention to these unplanned

activities that are going on in WBSEDCL causing

huge financial loss of the company as well as are

creat ing system hazards and is invi t ing

consumers’ grievance.

6) Review of vigilance cases : We have mentioned

it at different meetings with you that in past, some

vigilance enquiries were constituted for other

purpose than organisation’s betterment. And in

many cases, punishments have been given

without sufficient ground. This has broken-down

the morale of many engineers. An atmosphere

of fear psychosis has been created which is

detrimental to our organisation. For restoring the

healthy situation and to give natural justice to the

victims of the circumstances, reviews of some

selected cases are urgent. Some of such cases

will be placed before you shortly.

7) Posting of Engineer as head of MR and HRD

department : Previously, both MR and HRD

department were headed by Engineers. There

were many reasons for that. In present format,

WBSEDCL is a Techno-commercial organisation.

For this simple reason only an engineer of senior

level can be the head of MR Cell and that of HRD

department. We are placing our demand for

posting of two senior engineers as head of these

two departments.

8) Full pension for 20 years of service : We have

also demanded full pension for the employees

with continuous service for minimum 20 years.

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9) Filling up of vacant posts of Addl. C.E. and

Chief Engineer : During our discussion we had

also requested to look into the matter related to

filling up of vacant post in the rank of Additional

Chief Engineer and Chief Engineer at the earliest.

REMINDER TO MD, WBSETCL AGAINST

DIFFERENT ISSUES

Ref. No. : WBSEBEA/Admn/12-13/23 Dt. : 22.06.2012

To

The Managing Director

WBSETCL


Kolkata - 700 091

Sub : Discussions regarding var ious

unsettled demands of WBSEBEA.

Sir,

Please recall discussions had with you on

13.06.2012 & 14.06.2012 regarding var ious

demands of our Association.

Following are the excerpts of the above referred

discussions :

1. The association had expressed its resentment

regarding employment through ‘Lateral Entry’ and

re-deployment of employees after their

retirement. Such attempts of employment acts as

an impediment to the career prospects of the

existing employees and thus is a matter of grave

concern for us. WBSEBEA demands that the above

practice be discontinued with immediate effect.

However, no commitment towards redressal of our

grievance could be made by you on the score.

2. It is noticed by the Association that transfer orders

and other off ice orders pertaining to HR

department are regularly being issued under the

signature of an official who is subordinate to the

Director (HR), WBSETCL. WBSEBEA therefore

demands that all orders in respect of Class-I

Officers be issued under the signature of the

Director (HR) only. During discussion you had

agreed to look into the matter.

3. The anomaly of employment condition, date of

joining, pay, etc. of one of our member Sri Palash

Majumder, A.E , was again brought to your notice

for redressal. It was reported that Sri Majumder

is subjected to regular harassment from different

wings of WBSETCL. WBSEBEA strongly object

to the treatment meted out to one of its innocent

member and demanded that the case be resolved

without any further delay.

4. WBSEBEA demanded that the present trend of

posting Additional Chief Engineers to hold the

charge of Chief Engineers should be stopped

immediately. Your opinion on the matter was not

forth coming during the discussion.

5. During discussion WBSEBEA demanded for

providing visiting cards and mobile facilities to

all Engineers up to the level of AE. You had

agreed to look into the matter.

6. The association had expressed concern in sitting

arrangement of its Engineer members in Vidyut

Bhavan. During discussion you had agreed to

look into the matter.

We hope that the demands, as above, be settled

without any further delay to maintain a congenial

atmosphere within WBSETCL.

Yours truly,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

ROLLBACK OF S/D WITH OTHER

GRIVANCES OF ENGINEERS' ASSOCIATION

Ref. No. : WBSEBEA/Admn/12-13/24 Dt. : 06.07.2012

To

The Director (HR)

WBSEDCL


Kolkata - 700 091

Ref : Discussion with the Engineers’

Association on 14.06.12.

Dear Sir,

We are very much thankful to you for giving us

your valuable time for discussing the following

issues.

1) Filling up the vacant post

Vacant post of Chief Engineers and Addl. Chief

Engineers are to be filled up as per our discussion

and subsequent letter deposited on 18.05.12 vide

our memo no. WBSEBEA/ Admin/2012-13/16. We

are also lodging our protest against non-fulfillment

of post of Chief Engineer, although there was clear

vacancy as on 18.05.2012, the date of expiry of the

related panel. Engineers’ Association demands for

filling up the vacant post of Chief Engineers from

the above panel. In this context we further to mention

that the post the Head IT, WBSETCL should not be

considered as regular Chief Engineer.

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2) Processing Interview for CE and Addl. CE

The ratio of projected vacant post and number of

candidate call for interview should not exceed the

ratio of 1:3 for all stages of interview.

3) Roll Back of Sub-Division Office at WBSEDCL

After restructuring, Sub-Division offices were

abolished that has created lot of problems. Some of

these are noted.

a) Delay in restoration of break down.

b) Preventive maintenance of 33/11KV Sub-Station

are being hampered.

c) Supervision over the out-sourced maintenance

gang of both 33KV & 11 KV OH Line could not be

done properly.

d) Supervision or verification over new construction

of 33KV OH line/11KV OH line/ new 33/11 KV

sub-station is being affected badly.

e) Less time could be spared for supervision or

verification of safety activities or contract labour

management activities.

f) Number of accidents is increasing.

g) Increasing failure rate of both PTR & DTR,

thereby increases capital drainage.

Engineers’ Association demands for the rollback

of (O&M) Sub-Division. In this context we further to

mention that WBSEBEA has constituted re-structure

review committee the report of which will be sent

you shortly.

4) Proper manning at site offices

Acute crisis of manpower at every level has

paralyzed all the organizational activities which in

turn are affecting the revenue growth and consumer

grievances.

Engineers’ Association demands for proper

manpower at all site offices. It also demands for

keeping transparency in recruitment process and the

way of engagement of agency for recruitment of new

man power.

5) Unplanned activities of Contract Labour

Management Cell

Sometimes, it is also noticed that Audit Firm are

not auditing the clauses properly and no one is there

to evaluate their performance, it is also not clear to

us what is the basis of appointment of such audit

firm. Here the fundamental question arises upon

which section of labour and contractors will come

under the purview of such audit when most of the

job is not perennial in nature.

As per provision of contract labour (Regulation &

Abolition Act), 1970 “The Act applies to every

establishment/contractor in which 20 or more

workmen are employed or where employed on any

day in the preceding 12 months as contract labour.

It does not apply to establishments wherein work of

intermittent or seasonal in nature. An establishment

wherein work is of intermittent or seasonal in nature

will be covered by the Act if the work performed is

more than 120 days and 60 days in a year

respectively”.

In hilly area, there is merely such scope available

and the HR officials available at site should have

taken responsibility to identify the perennial jobs

there if any as they are supposed to be experts in

the above field. But they didn’t do the same

presumably due to incompetence which calls for

action against such audit. Such wrong perception is

bound to yield wrong assessment. It is surprising

that not a single cross checking was made by the

CLM cell over the observation of the said audit firm.

This may please be viewed as an irregularity.

The attitude of CLM cell should be a holistic

approach encompassing the study of site reality,

mode of implementation, holding regular workshop

for not only our concern employees but also for

concern contractors and labours.

Engineers’ Association demands here to review

all the activities of CLM cell along with the process

of engagement of Auditors with their performances

& track records. Association also demands for

withdrawing such contradictory letters issued from

CLM cell without any delay for maintaining healthy

and harmonious atmosphere in the industry.

6) Withdrawal of Circular vide Office Order No.

04/2012

Engineers' Association demands for withdrawal

of the recent circular vide office order no. 04/2012

dt. 04.04.12 of the Director (HR), WBSEDCL. The

circular itself has enough short comings. Only Zonal

Manager/ Regional Manager /Divisional Manager/

Station Manager are not responsible for any

accident. I f there is lack of manpower, total

supervision of any work may not be possible and

that may lead to accidents. Then why the person

responsible for providing man power will be spared.

Apart from this there are lots of functionaries in the

organization who are supposed to look into safety

activit ies. In case of any accident, why their

responsibilities will not be fixed. Mere circulars

cannot prevent any accident; on the other, it will bring

more and more complicacy & incompetence among

the engineers which in turn damage the healthy

working atmosphere.

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7) Enquiry of vigilance activities of WBSEDCL

Engineers’ Association demands an enquiry on

the performance of vigilance cell along with their day

to day activities into the field. We further demand to

enquire/investigation the following issues.

a) How an Enquiry Officer is selected or engaged?

b) How the different cases are being handled?

c) In last 3-4 years, how many cases have come to

the vigilance cell? Out of which, how many cases

have been disposed off?

d) How many cases have been ended with

punishment and without punishment?

e) How the incoming cases are distributed among

the Enquiry Officers?

We believe that your personal intervention can

solve the above issues and our demand before you

that CVC guide line may please be followed in case

of officer posted at vigilance cell.

In this context it is to mention here that the

Vigilance Cell must be comprising of Engineer,

Account Off icers and Off icers from Personal

Department and being Engineering organisation the

Cell should be headed by an Engineer.

8) Transparent Transfer Policy

Officer staying at same place mainly at Kolkata

& Siliguri surroundings for more than (4-5) years

should be transferred from one place to another, so

that other engineers, posted at some difficult areas,

may be posted in better place. Engineers posted at

different hydro power station should be transferred

from above areas to the area where it is easily

commutable and such transfer should be within a

gap of 2-3 years.

9) Mobile facilities

Mobile facilities to be provided to all class-l

officers along with transport facilities up to the

distance of 20 KM from their office.

10) Withdrawal of land phone facility

Some officers are using land phone along with

mobile which may be withdrawn to save guard the

unnecessary misuse of money.

11) We demand for full pension for the Employees

serving at least for 20 years

This note of discussion in form of Charter of

Demand is placed before you for your judicious

consideration in the interest of WBSEDCL.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Sanjoy Kr. Bhunia)

Hony. Secretary

WBSEBEA

Sl. No. Name Amount Donated to WBSEBEBFT

1. Er. Prabir Krishna Mukherjee Rs. 1500.00 (Three units)

2. Er. Subir Kumar Mukhopadhyay Rs. 2000.00 (Four units)

3. Er. Manas Bandyopadhyay Rs. 2000.00 (Four units)

4. Er. Aloke Chowdhury Rs. 1000.00 (Two units)

EXEMPLARY DECISIONThe following members of WBSEBEA and WBSEBEBFT have donated the amount (as indicated against

each) receivable by them from WBSEBEBFT on their superanuation/voluntary retirement from Board’s

service. We express our sincere gratitude for such benevolence extended by them for the existing

members and hope, other will also be impressed to follow the similar path.

An Appeal

We appeal to our beloved Engineers

to enrol in all four nos. BFT scheme

to extend the facility to all Engineers and

to strengthen the available fund.

Engineers are also encouraged to enroll in

MAS scheme to facilitate in Medical Assistance.

Published by Er. Sanjoy Kumar Bhunia, Hony. Secretary, WBSEBEA, Vidyut Bhavan, 2nd Floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700 091.

Publication Sub Committee : Convenor - Er. Asit Karmakar, Members, Er. Mrinal Das, Er. Sujit Nath, Er. Biswadeb Pandit,

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