INSPECTORS
Rule-4: Qualification of Inspectors:
1[No
person shall be appointed to be an Inspector, unless:
(a) He
possesses a degree in electrical engineering or its equivalent from recognised
University or Institution; and
(b) He has
been regularly engaged for a period of at least eight years in the practice of
electrical engineering of which not less than two years have been spent in an
electrical or mechanical engineering workshop or in generation or transmission
or distribution of electricity, or in the administration of the Act and these
rules, in a position of responsibility;
Provided that
the appropriate Government may, for a period of seven years commencing on the
date the Indian Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 1986 are brought into force,
also appoint a person possessing recognised Diploma in Electrical Engineering
and having prescribed experience to be an Inspector in respect of low and
medium voltage installations only]
Rule-4A: 2 [Appointment of officers to assist
the Inspectors:
(1) [The appropriate Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint as many officers as it
thinks fit to assist an Inspector.
(2) 3[The appropriate Government may, by a
separate notification in the Official Gazette, authorise certain officers appointed
under sub-rule (1) for the purposes of 4[sub-rule (4) and sub-rule (6) of rule 3,]
sub-rule (3) and sub-rule (4) of the rule 5, rule 9, rule 10, clauses (c) of
sub-rule (1) of the rule 32, clause (b) of sub-rule (1) and clause (c) of
sub-rule (2) of rule 46, sub-rule (1) of rule 49, 3[sub-rule (3) of rule 51,
sub-rule (3) of rule 59,] sub-rule (6) of rule 61 5[and clause (b) of
sub-rule (5) of rule 671.]
Rule-4B: 6 [Qualification of officers appointed
to assist the Inspectors:
(1) 7[No person shall be
appointed as an officer to assist an Inspector, unless:
(a)
8[(i) He possesses a Degree in Electrical
Engineering or its equivalent from a recognised University or Institution; and
(ii) He has
been regularly engaged for a period of at least three years in the practice of
electrical engineering, of which not less than one year has been spent in an
electrical or mechanical engineering workshop or in generation or transmission
or distribution of electricity, or in the administration of the Act and these
rules, in a position of responsibility;
Provided that
the appropriate Government may relax the requirements of experience in case of
officers otherwise well qualified]
OR
(b)
8[(i)
He possesses a diploma in electrical engineering or its equivalent from a
recognised institution; and
(ii) He has
been regularly engaged for a period of at least six years in the practice of
electrical engineering, of which not less than two years have been spent in an
electrical or mechanical engineering workshop or in generation or transmission
or distribution of electricity or in the administration of the Act and these
rules, in a position of responsibility.]
(2) 9[The persons appointed
under rule 4A shall undergo such training as the appropriate Government may
consider it necessary for the purpose and such training shall be completed to
the satisfaction of the appropriate Government.]
(3) 10[The appropriate
Government may relax requirements of practical experience in case of officers
otherwise found suitable but a notification under sub-rule (2) of rule 4A in
case of such officers shall
Rule-5: Entry and inspection:
(1) Any Inspector or any officer
appointed to assist an Inspector may enter, inspect and examine any place,
carriage or vessel in which he has reason to believe that there is any
appliance or apparatus used in the generation, transmission, transformation,
conversion, distribution or use of energy and may carry out tests therein.
(2) Every supplier, consumer,
owner and occupier shall afford at all times all reasonable facilities to any
such Inspector or officer to make such examinations and tests as may be
necessary to satisfy himself as to the due observance of the provisions of the
Act, the terms of the licence (if any) and these rules.
(3) Every supplier and every
owner of a generating station or of a high/extra high voltage installation
shall, if required so to do by in Inspector or any officer appointed to assist
the Inspector and authorised under sub-rule (2) of rule 4A provide reasonable
means for carrying out all tests, prescribed by or under the Act, of the
appliances or apparatus used for the supply or use of energy by him as the case
may be.
(4) An Inspector, or any officer
appointed to assist an Inspector and authorised under sub-rule (2) of rule 4A,
may serve an order in the form set out in Annexure IX, upon any supplier,
consumer, owner or occupier, calling upon him to comply with any specified rule
and the person so served shall thereupon comply with the order within the
period named therein, and shall report in writing to the Inspector or the
officer serving the order, as the case may be, when the order is complied with.
Provided that, if within the
period specified in the aforesaid order an appeal is filed against the order,
the appellate authority may suspend its operation pending the decision of the
appeal.
Rule-6: Appeals:
(1) An appeal against an order
served under these rules shall lie
(a) If the
order is served by an officer appointed to assist an Inspector and authorised
under sub-rule (2) of rule 4A, to the Inspector;
(b) If the
order is served by an Inspector, to the Central Government or the State
Government, as the case may be.
(2) In the case of an order of an
Inspector on an appeal preferred to him under clause (a) of sub-rule (1), a
further appeal shall lie to the Central Government or the State Government, as
the case may be.
(3) Every appeal made under
sub-rule (1) shall be in writing, shall be accompanied by a copy of the order
appealed against and shall be presented within 3 months of the date on which
such order has been served or delivered or is deemed to have been served or
delivered as the case may be.
Rule-7: Amount of fees:
(1) The fees set out in Annexure-II
shall be payable in respect of the services therein mentioned where the tests
are carried out by comparison with the Government of India Standards referred
to in sub-rule (1) of rule 2.
(2) The Central Government or the
State Government as the case may be, may levy such fees for testing and
inspection and generally for the services of Inspectors or any officers
appointed to assist the Inspector as it may from time to time by general or
special order, direct; and may, if it thinks fit, remit any fee or any portion
thereof.
Rule-8: Incidence of fees recoverable in the cases of dispute:
Where an Inspector is called in
to decide any difference or dispute and where a fee for such service is
recoverable, the Inspector shall decide by whom such fees shall be payable.
Rule-9: Submission of records:
An Inspector or any officer
appointed to assist the Inspector and authorised under sub-rule (2) of rule 4A
may require a supplier or an owner to submit to him for examination any records
of tests made in connection with his works and he shall comply with such
requisition. Similarly, a supplier or an owner may require the Inspector or any
officer appointed to assist the Inspector and authorised under sub-rule (2) of
rule 4A to submit to him for examination any records of tests made by the
Inspector or any officer appointed to assist the Inspector and authorised under
sub-rule (2) of rule 4A in connection with his works and the Inspector or any
officer appointed to assist the Inspector and authorised under sub-rule (2) of
rule 4A shall comply with such requisition.
Rule-10: List of consumers:
An inspector or any officer
appointed to assist the Inspector and authorised under sub-rule (2) of rule 4A
may require a supplier to submit to him a list of all persons supplied with
energy by him, the addresses at which such energy is supplied, the month of
connecting services, the voltage of supply, the connected load, the purpose of
supply and the name of contractor carrying out the installation work and the
supplier shall comply with such requisition.
be issued only after they have
acquired the experience as required by sub-rule (1).]
1. Subs. by GSR 772, Date. 5.9.1986, with effect
from: 20.9.1986.
2. Ins. by GSR 523, Date. 28.3.1966, with effect
from: 9.4.1966.
3. Subs. by GSR 1723, Date. 21.11.1977, with effect
from: 13.12.1977.
4. Ins. by G.S.R. 466, Date. 18.7.1991, with effect
from: 17.8.1991.
5. Subs. by G.S.R. 29, Date. 24.12.1983, with
effect from: 24.1.1984.
6. Subs. by G.S.R. 722, Date. 5.9.1986, with effect
from: 20.9.1986.
7. Ins. by GSR 730, Date. 7.9.1989, with effect
from: 30.9.1989.
8. Clauses (a) and (b) renumbered as clauses (a)
and (b) of sub-rule (1) by GSR 730, Date. 7.9.1989, with effect from: 30.9.1989.
9. Clause (c) ins. by GSR 358, Date. 30.4.1987, with
effect from: 9.5.1987, renumbered as sub-rule (2) by GSR 730, dt. 7.9.1989, with
effect from: 30.9.1989.
10. Ins. by GSR 730, Date. 7.9.1989, with effect
from: 30.9.1989.
