Casual workers engaged with the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) have strongly urged the corporation to reconsider and revoke its decision to deploy long-serving casual employees through a private manpower agency. The affected personnel, who were originally appointed within the Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Limited (MePDCL) for short-term engagements of 30 and 89 days, highlighted that their services had been continuously extended without breaks by the department and the Chief Engineer (Distribution). In a formal statement, the workers argued that in the absence of a specific regularisation policy, the Meghalaya Fundamental Rules and standard service regulations ought to apply, noting that casual and contractual workers completing 10 years of service across various districts have historically been regularised since 1993. Reminding management of past commitments, the workers recalled a key meeting held on March 12, 2025, between the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of MeECL and the Co-ordination Committee of Registered MeECL Associations and Unions, during which it was explicitly resolved to regularise contractual and casual workers in a phase-wise manner, backed by an assurance from the CMD that a policy framework would be formulated within three months. Expressing deep shock, the workers pointed out that despite these assurances, the MeECL Board of Directors subsequently decided on September 25, 2026, to shift all casual employees engaged for 30 and 89 days to deployment via an external manpower agency, leading to an official order issued on October 23, 2026. Employees voiced serious concern that this policy reversal will severely harm workers who have already dedicated three to five years of continuous service, as transitioning to private agency staff status effectively strips them of their legitimate path toward eventual job regularisation after a decade of service. Furthermore, workers expressed strong fears of impending wage cuts, emphasizing that they currently earn between ₹18,000 and ₹20,000 per month under existing minimum daily wage structures. Consequently, the workers have formally appealed to the management to revoke both the September 25 board resolution and the October 23 office order on humanitarian grounds within a 15-day timeframe to safeguard their livelihoods and career security.