Justice T. Madhavi Devi of Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited to fill up 550 posts of Junior Line Man without reference to the 95% reservation to locals in the newly created 33 districts in the State.
The judge passed this direction after hearing arguments in a batch of writ petitions challenging the SPDCL’s decision to fill up the posts by adhering to 95% reservation to locals in the newly created 33 districts of the State. A notification was issued by the company in 2019 to recruit 2,500 JLMs in 33 districts, which were carved out of the erstwhile 10 districts of the State.
Already, over 1,900 of these posts were filled up by the power distribution company, said advocate Chikkudu Prabhakar, who appeared as counsel for some of the petitioners. According to him, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Jogulamba Gadwal and Narayanpet districts were created from the undivided district of Mahbubnagar during re-organisation of districts.
