LABOUR-Operation Santaldih

Operation Santaldih Timir Basu "IN exercise of powers conferred by Board's Resolution No 16 dated 5-8- 1963, sanction is hereby accorded for creation of posts ... for a period of six months from the date of joining of the employee concerned in the new posts simultaneously keeping in abeyance the existing posts." This is part of an office order dated June 5, 1978, issued by the West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB). The order was issued to enable the sudden, punitive transfer of 16 workmen of the Santaldih power plant.