Pay up pending bills or lose salary: Discom to govt staff

Pay up pending bills or lose salary: Discom to govt staff 

500 Govt Employees With ₹1Cr Unpaid Electricity Bills Identified 

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 Bhopal : In its ongoing outstanding energy bill recovery drive, the central discom is now targeting govt employees who are defaulters. The outstanding bills have amounted close to Rs 1 cr and the discom has threatened to withhold the salaries of those that do not pay their bills and send a list of defaulters to the department heads and treasury. In a first, the discom has identified around 500 govt employees in Datia district who have energy bill outstanding of more than Rs 10,000 each. These govt officials and employees have been instructed to pay their outstanding bills within seven days, said official sources from the discom..

 The company has stated that those who do not pay their outstan- ding bills will not receive their salary next month, offi- cials said. Managing Director of the central discom, Kshitij Singhal, had written to the collectors of all 16 districts in the company's operational area, urging them to ensure that govt employees pay their dues. Following this, the collectors also wrote to all dept heads in their districts, emphasising the need for this action. The letter mentioned that many govt employees, whether regular, contractual, or from external sources, do not regularly pay their electricity bills. Singhal has written a letter to take action against such employees, including withholding their salaries and stipends. 

The company noted that some employees owe bills amounting to lakhs of rupees, the discom said in an official statement.