Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Andhra Pradesh Pledges Faster Compassionate Power-Sector Appointments
Andhra Pradesh has given jobs to 43 people whose family members working in the electricity department died while doing their jobs.
These jobs are called compassionate appointments because they help families who have lost an earning member.
Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar said the government wants to provide these jobs quickly.
He said 445 such appointments had been made across the state’s electricity organizations so far.
Some appointments had been waiting for nearly three years.
The government has also moved about 7,000 energy assistants into the electricity department to help with staffing.
It is completing recruitment for 629 assistant engineers.
After that, it plans to consider filling lineman jobs with the chief minister’s approval.
Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar said the Andhra Pradesh government would expedite compassionate appointments for families of electricity workers who die on duty.
The minister handed appointment letters to 43 eligible candidates at the Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company office in Visakhapatnam.
He said 445 compassionate appointments had been made across the state’s electricity distribution, transmission and generation utilities.
The government had redeployed around 7,000 village-secretariat energy assistants to the electricity department to help address staffing shortages.
After recruitment of 629 assistant engineers is completed, the government plans to take steps to fill lineman vacancies, subject to the chief minister’s approval.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar and eligible family members of electricity department employees who died in the line of duty.
- What
- The minister presented appointment letters to 43 candidates and said the government was committed to expediting compassionate appointments.
- When
- October 5; the report identifies the day as Monday but does not specify a year.
- Where
- The Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company office in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To provide employment and financial security to families that lost an earning member, and to address staffing needs in the power sector.
- Appointments presented
- 43 candidates received appointment letters.
- Total compassionate appointments
- 445 across the three electricity distribution companies and the transmission and generation utilities, according to the minister.
- Pending period
- Some appointments had remained pending for nearly three years.
- Redeployed personnel
- Around 7,000 energy assistants from village secretariats had been brought into the electricity department.
- Assistant engineer recruitment
- Recruitment of 629 assistant engineers was being completed.
- Planned lineman recruitment
- The government would take steps to fill lineman vacancies after assistant engineer recruitment, with the chief minister’s approval.