1 THE HARYANA ELECTRICITY REFORM ACT, 1997 ... - HIPA

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PART II<strong>HARYANA</strong> <strong>ELECTRICITY</strong> REGULATORY COMMISSIONEstablishment andConstitution of theCommission3. (1) For the purposes of this Act, within three months of the Act coming intoforce, the State Government shall establish by notification in the Official Gazette aCommission to be known as the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission, whichshall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal with power toacquire and hold property, movable and immovable, and shall, by the said name, beentitled to sue and be sued.(2) The Commission shall consist of three members to be appointed by the StateGovernment from persons selected by the selection committee constituted for thepurpose, in the manner provided in section 4 of this Act.(3) The person to be appointed as a member of the Commission for the first timefor a period of three years in terms of proviso to sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be thefirst Chairman of the Commission and thereafter at all times the most senior member ofthe Commission shall act as Chairman, such seniority being reckoned from the date ofthe appointment of the members. In case two or more person are selected at the sametime the seniority amongst them shall be determined by the State Government whilemaking the appointment.(4) When the Chairman of the Commission is unable to discharge the functionsowing to absence, illness or any other cause, the next senior member of theCommission shall discharge the functions of the Chairman, until the day on which theChairman assumes the charge of his functions.(5) No act or proceedings of the Commission shall be invalid by reason only ofthe existence of any vacancy among its members or any defect in the constitutionthereof.Constitution of theselection committee toselect members.4. (1) The State Government shall expeditiously constitute a selection committee,as often as may be required to select persons for appointment as members.(2) The selection committee shall consist of five members:-(i) the Vice Chancellor of a Haryana University--Chairman,(ii) a Member of the Haryana Public Service Commission -- Member,(iii) the Chairman or a Member of Central Electricity Authority -- Member,6
(iv) the Secretary in charge of Finance Department, Government of Haryana --Member,(v) the Secretary in charge of the Power Department, Government of Haryana --Member.The Secretary in charge of the Department of Power, Government of Haryanashall also act as the convenor of the selection committee.(3) The selection committee shall act expeditiously and shall generally finalisethe selection within a period of two months to enable the State Government to make thefinal selection and appointment in time for the new member to take effective charge atthe expiry of the term of the retiring member.(4) The selection committee shall select two suitable persons for each vacancyin the Commission who have such qualification and experience as provided in the Actand notify the State Government of the persons shortlisted by the selection committee.The State Government shall appoint one of the two candidates shortlisted by theselection committee as a member of the Commission.(5) All decisions of the selection committee shall be by majority.(6) The method and manner of the selection and appointment of members anddesignation of one of the members as Chairman shall be as prescribed by the StateGovernment from time to time by the rules.Conditions forappointment as memberof the Commission.5. (1) The members of the Commission shall be persons of ability, integrity andstanding who have adequate knowledge or experience of, or have shown capacity indealing with problems relating to engineering, economics, commerce, finance,accountancy, law or administration and further that at all times-(a) at least one member shall be an electrical engineer with adequate experienceof either generation, transmission or distribution of electricity;(b) at least one member shall have qualification and adequate experience in anyof the other disciplines, namely economics, commerce, finance,accountancy, law or administration; and(c) the third member shall have the qualification and adequate experience in anyof the disciplines mentioned above.The selection and appointment of the members at all times shall be made strictly inaccordance with the above qualification and experience.7
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Page 44 and 45: penalty which may extend to Rs. 4.0
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