MSPDCL case: Court extends interim order
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 03 2023:
The interim order passed by a bench of High Court of Manipur under Justice MV Muralidaran to stay the re-engagement of Manipur State Power Distribution Company Limited (MSPDCL) managing director (MD) Ng Subhaschandra and chief engineer (Power) and ED (Tech) H Shantikumar, has been extended.
The petition filed by N Jashobanta and two others in the Manipur High Court was heard on January 27 wherein the order of the state government issued on January 5, 2023 was stayed by the court.
The petitioner argued that the re engagement of the post of chief engineer of MSPDCL is against the rule of law as the government of Manipur has cancelled service extension or re-engagement by an order issued on April 20, 2000.Moreover, the Manipur High Court had dismissed the re-engagement order of state's health director in its order issued on January 21, 2021 .
The petitioner is presently engaged as superintending engineer and should be appointed as chief engineer in-charge as done in earlier cases, the court ruled.