No.OM/Tech/CRG/Inspection fees/1220
Gujarat Electricity Board,
Sardar Patel Vidyut Bhavan,
Head office, Race Course,
Baroda-390007. Dt.13.11.98.
DISTRIBUTION CIRCULAR NO.726
TO
Superintending Engineer(OSM)
G.E.B. Circle Office,
____________.
Sub:- Indian Electricity Rules 1956 Orders Govt. of Gujarat dtd.15.10.1998 regarding fees for inspection, testing and the services of Inspectors.
Ref:- 1) The Gujarat Government Gasette-Ex.15.10.98.
Enclosed herewith please find the zerox copy of above referred gazette copy received from Government of Gujarat regarding fees for inspection, testing and the services of Inspectors. You are requested to go through it and act accordingly as well as direct Field office accordingly.
Encl:- As above: Chief Engineer(Dist)
c.c.to:-
A.C.E.(Z) :G.E.B.:Surat/Rajkot/Mehsena.
for necessary action.
PART IV A
Rules and Orders (other than published in Parts I, I-A and I-L) made by the Government of Gujarat under the central Acts.
ENERGY & PETROCHEMICALS DEPARTMENT
Order
Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, 15th October, 1998.
INDIAN ELECTRICITY RULES, 1956.
No. GU/(98)/( 52 )/IER/1597/2840/K :- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of the rule 7 and clause (a) of sub-rule (2) of rule 46 read with rule 8 of the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956 and in supersession of all the previous orders issued in this behalf, the Government of Gujarat hereby makes the following order, namely :-
1. Short title:-
(1) This order may be called the Indian Electricity (Fees for inspection, testing and the services of Inspectors) Order, 1998.
(2) It shall come into force on and from 1st November, 1998.
2. Definitions:-
(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) The Act means the Indian Electricity Act, 1910,
(b) Owner includes an occupier of any building, place, premises, carriage or
vessel in which energy is, or is about to be, generated, received or used
and also includes the supplier and consumer;
(c) The Rules means the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956:
(d) Schedule means the Schedule appended to this Order.
(2) All other words and expressions used but not defined in this order shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act and the Rules.
3. Levy of Fees:-
(1) Fees for inspections, examinations or tests of an installation made under the provisions of the Act and the rules shall be levied in accordance with the rates specified in Scales A to H in the Schedule, from the persons specified therein :
Provided that in the case of second or subsequent inspection, examination or test made within a period of twelve months from the date of the first inspection, examination or test necessitated in the opinion of the Inspector or of any officer appointed to assist the Inspector due to the neglect or failure of the supplier or the owner to carryout, within the stipulated time, any work specified in any written order of the Inspector or any officer appointed to assist the Inspector or by a breach of
any of the provisions of the Act or the rules, fees at one half of the rates of the fees specified in the said Scales A to H shall be levied.
Provided further that no fees shall be levied for such second or subsequent inspection, examination or test if the same has not been so necessitated.
Provided also that the fees for initial inspection shall be levied at the rate which shall be fifty percent more than the rates prescribed by this order in case of (a) new high voltage and extra high voltage installation, and (b) installation where entertainment as defined in Section 2 of the Gujarat Entertainments Tax Act, 1977, is provided.
Explanation:- (1) The Inspector or any officer appointed to assist the Inspector may enter any premises for inspection and examination of any installation as provided in sub-rule (1) of rule 5 of the Rules for any number of times but the fee for such inspection and examination shall be levied only once in a period of twelve months commencing from 1st April, of every year and ending on 31st March, of the next year;
(2) Fee for initial inspection, examination or test of an installation made under the provisions of the Act and the Rules shall be levied, in accordance with the rates specified in Scales I to K and as expressly provided in the Scale F in the Schedule, from the persons specified therein:
Provided that, if in the opinion of the Inspector or any officer appointed to assist the Inspector, a second subsequent inspection, examination or test of the installation is necessitated by the neglect or failure of the supplier, the telephone authority or the owner, as the case may be to carryout, within the stipulated time, any work specified in any written order of the Inspector of any officer appointed to assist the Inspector or by a breach of any of the provisions of the Act, or the Rules, the rate of fees for such second or subsequent inspection, examination or test shall be one half of the rate of fees prescribed in the said Scale I to K.
Provided further that if an extension to, or any alteration in the installation made since the date of the initial or periodical inspection, examination or test of the installation, is inspected, examined or tested within twelve months of the said date, separate fees shall be levied in respect of such extension or alternation in accordance with the rates specified in the Scale A to H in the Schedule, from the persons specified therein.
(3) Fees for the services of any Inspector or any officer appointed to assist the Inspector requisitioned by a consumer or a member of the public shall be levied in accordance with the rates specified in the Scales L to S in the schedule from
the persons specified therein.
(4) Fees for inspection and examination of all low voltage installations including sub-meters (not being low voltage installations in factory premises and in places of public entertainment including Cinema theatres and not covered by Scales A to S in the Schedule) shall be levied in accordance with the rates specified in Scale T in Schedule.
(5) Fees for the services of an Inspector or any Officer appointed to assist the Inspector re-quisitioned by an owner or a member of the public under rule 50-A of the rules shall be levied in accordance with the rates specified in Scale P in the Schedule from the persons specified therein.
4. Payment of Fees:-
(1) The fees payable under this Order shall be paid, (i) prior to, or at the time of the inspection, examination or test either, (ii) along with the application in case of approval to the layout of installation or route of overhead line and (iii) along with the application for referring the dispute.
(a) into the Government Treasury or the Reserve Bank of India to the credit of Commission rate of Electricity under 0043 Taxes and Duties on Electricity.
(i02) Fees under the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956.
By challan in triplicate, the receipted duplicate being forwarded to the concerned Inspector or concerned Officer appointed to assist the Inspector by Treasury Officer direct, or
(b) at the office of the Inspector or the officer appointed to assist the Inspector in cash, by money order or cheque or demand draft.
Provided that in case of every out-station cheque, the amount of commission to be deducted by the respective Bank shall be added to the amount of fee payable under this order.
Provided further that the supplier shall include the fees leviable under this order as a separate item in the bill of charges for the energy supplied by him to the agricultural consumers and shall collect the same from such consumers along with his own charges for the supply of energy, on receiving the information from the Inspector or the Officer appointed to assist him. The supplier shall pay such fee into the Government Treasury by a challan within 40 days after the expiry of the Calendar month for which it is levied.
(2) If for any person, the fee is not paid either prior to, or at the time of Inspection, examination or test, such fee shall be paid within ten days from the date of such inspection, examination or test.
(3) If for any reason the fees is not paid within ten days, of the time of inspection, examination or test, as provided in sub-clause (2) the Inspector may direct the supplier to recover the same along with the energy bills and pay it to the Inspector or the officer appointed to assist the Inspector.
SCHEDULE
SCALE-A
(1) Rates of fees for an inspection, examination or test made in pursuance of rules 51, 60 to 64 and 65 to 68 of the rules where energy is or is about to be supplied or used at high, medium and low voltage (except in those cases to which Scale B to S of this Schedule specifically refer) shall be as under:-
Capacity Fees
i) Not exceeding 5 KW Rs. 25-00
ii) Exceeding 5 KW but not Rs. 50-00
exceeding 10 KW
iii) Exceeding 10 KW but not Rs. 75-00
exceeding 20 KW
iv) Exceeding 20 KW but not Rs. 100-00
exceeding 50 KW
v) Exceeding 50 KW but not Rs. 150-00
exceeding 100 KW
vi) Exceeding 100 KW but not Rs. 400-00
exceeding 250 KW
vii) Exceeding 250 KW but not Rs. 600-00
exceeding 500 KW
viii) Exceeding 500 KW but not Rs. 800-00
exceeding 750 KW
ix) Exceeding 750 KW but not Rs. 1000-00
exceeding 1000 KW
x) Exceeding 1000 KW but not Rs. 1200-00
exceeding 1500 KW
xi) Exceeding 1500 KW but not Rs. 1500-00
exceeding 2000 KW
xii) Exceeding 2000 KW Rs. 1500/- +Rs.250
for every 250 KW or
part thereof in excess
of 2000 KW subject
to maximum of
Rs. 5000/-
(2) The fees shall be paid by the owner to whom energy is or is about to be supplied.
SCALE B
(1) Rates of fees for an inspection, examination or test of any receiving station, distribution or other place in which energy is transformed on distributed at a pressure of 100 Volts or more shall be under :-
Capacity Fees
i) Upto an including 25 KVA Rs. 100-00
ii) Exceeding 25 KVA but not Rs. 300-00
exceeding 100KVA
iii) Exceeding 100 KVA but not Rs. 1000-00
exceeding 500 KVA
iv) Exceeding 500 KVA but not Rs. 1500-00
exceeding 1000 KVA
v) Exceeding 1000 KVA but not Rs. 2000-00
exceeding 2000KVA
vi) Exceeding 2000 KVA Rs. 2000-00 +1000/- for
every 500 KVA or part thereof in excess of 2000 KVA subject to maximum of Rs. 7500/-.
(2) In the case of receiving station, distributing station owned by the supplier or other place in which energy is transformed or distributed by the supplier the fee shall be paid by the supplier. In any other case, the fees shall be paid by the owner.
(3) In the case of inspection of H.T. switch gears controlling the transformer not along with the transformers, the capacity of transformers, as the case may be shall be taken for the purpose of levy of fees.
SCALE C
(1) Rates of fees for an inspection, examination or test of any generating station in which energy is generated at a pressure of 100 Volts or more shall be as under:-s
Capacity Fees
i) Upto 25 KVA Rs. 100-00
ii) Exceeding 25 KVA but not Rs. 200-00
exceeding 100KVA
iii) Exceeding 100 KVA but not Rs. 500-00
exceeding 500 KVA
iv) Exceeding 500 KVA but not Rs. 1000-00
exceeding 1000 KVA
v) Exceeding 1000 KVA but not Rs. 2000-00
exceeding 2500 KVA
vi) Exceeding 2500 KVA but not Rs. 3500-00
exceeding 5000 KVA
vii) Exceeding 5000 KVA Rs. 5000-00
(2) In the case of generating station owned by the supplier or other place in which energy is generated by the supplier, the fees shall be paid by the supplier and in any other case, fees shall be paid by the owner.
(3) In the case of inspection of H.T. switch gear controlling the generators not along with the generators, the capacity of generators, as the case may be, taken for the purpose of levy of fees.
SCALE D
(1) Rates of fees for inspection, examination or test of any capacitor bank or reactor in purpose of rule 63 and other provisions of the rules connected to a high or extra high voltage installation shall be as under:-
Capacity Fees
i) Upto 500 KVAR Rs. 500-00
ii) 501 to 1500 KVAR Rs. 1000-00
iii) 1501 to 3000 KVAR Rs. 1500-00
iv) 3001 to 5000 KVAR Rs. 2500-00
v) above 5000 KVAR Rs. 5000-00
2) The fee shall be paid by the supplier or the owner as the case may be.
SCALE E
(1) Rate of fees for an inspection or examination or test of an electrical installation connected with the Neon Sign and X-Ray machine, in pursuance or the provisions of rules 71, 72 and 73 of the Rules shall be as under :-
Fees
i) Neon Sigh Rs. 50-00
ii) X-Ray Machine Rs. 50-00
(2) The fee shall be paid by the owner.
SCALE F
(1) Rates of fees for an inspection, examination or test of any electrical installation, appliance or apparatus in any public place where entertainments as defined in section 2 of the Gujarat Entrainments Tax Act, 1977 is provided shall be as under :-
Fees
i) For the initial inspection, examination or test of any Rs. 1000-00
electrical installation, appliance or apparatus in a cinema or a
Theatre other a touring Cinema or other temporary place of public.
entertainment referred to in Clause (iv)
ii) For every subsequent inspection examination or test of the Rs. 300-00
installation, appliance or apparatus in such Cinema or Theatre
as is referred to in clause (i)
iii) For an inspection, examination or test or any authorized addition Rs. 100-00
or alteration to the electrical installation in a Cinema or a Theatre
iv) (a) For an inspection, examination or apparatus in a traveling Rs. 200-00
cinema or other temporary place of public entertainment
(b) For every subsequent inspection, examination or test of any Rs. 100-00
electrical installation, appliance or apparatus in such Cinema or
place of public entertainment.
v) For inspection, examination or test of any electrical installation, Rs. 200-00
appliance or apparatus in a traveling or temporary Cinema or other
Temporary Cinema or other temporary place of public entertainment
necessitated on account of a change of installation, appliance or
apparatus, so as to confirm to the rules and regulations governing
permanent place of public entertainment.
(2) The fees shall be paid by the owner.
SCALE G
(1) Rates of fees for an inspection, examination or test of any electrical installation, appliance or apparatus erected temporarily in any place or premises where entertainment, as defined in Section 2 of the Gujarat Entertainment Tax Act, 1977, is provided.
Fees
i) Installation having capacity upto 10 KW Rs. 75-00
ii) Installation having capacity exceeding 10 KW but not exceeding Rs. 200-00
10 KW but not exceeding 50 KW
iii)Installation having capacity exceeding 50m KW but not exceeding Rs. 400-00
100 KW
iv) Installation having capacity exceeding 100 KW Rs. 500-00
(2) The fees shall be paid by the owner.
SCALE A
(1) Rates of fees for an inspection, examination or test of any electrical installation, appliance or apparatus (other than a generating station or a receiving station for which a separate
fee will be charged under scales B and C) in a factory within the meaning of the Factories Act, 1948 (LXII of 1948), to which energy is supplied by a supplier or in which energy is generated shall be as under :-
(i) For lighting or for the purposes other than power.
Provided that no fees under this item shall be charged in respect of an electrical installation, appliance or apparatus in any factory where not more than 9 workers are employed.
Capacity Fees
a) Upto and including 10 KW Rs. 30-00 per KW or part
thereof
b) Exceeding 10 KW but not exceeding 20 KW Rs. 500-00
c) Exceeding 20 KW but not exceeding 50 KW Rs. 750-00
d) Exceeding 50 KW but not exceeding 100 KW Rs. 1000-00
e) Exceeding 100 KW but not exceeding 250 KW Rs. 1250-00
f) Exceeding 250 KW Rs. 1500-00
ii) For power Fees according to the
rates specified in ScaleA
(2) The fees shall be paid by the owner.
SCALE I
(1) Rates of fees for inspection or examination in pursuance of rule 29, 30, 31 and 92 of the rules shall be as under :-
Fees
a) For inspection or examination of a new medium or high Rs. 25-00
voltage service.
b) For inspection or examination of a new medium or high Rs. 10-00
voltage tapping as sub-service tapped from the main
service cut outs.
(2) Rates of fees for inspection or examination in pursuance of rules 29, 30, 31, 63, to
67 and 92 of the rules shall be as under :-
Fees
a) For inspection or examination of a new medium or high Rs. 25-00
voltage service.
b) For inspection or examination of a new high or extra high Rs. 50-00
voltage switch gear connected in service or distributor not covered under
Scale B and C.
(3) The fees shall be paid by the supplier.
SCALE J
(1) Rates of fees for an inspection or examination in pursuance of rule 87 of the rules
shall be as under :-
a) For inspection or examination of every Rs. 25-00 new aerial line including a
service line, crossing either above or below a telegraph, telephone or other aerial l
line at one or more spans, places or points
Provided that where more than one crossing situated within a distance of one kilometer of each other are inspected at the same time, the fee shall be as follows :-
Fees
For inspection of first crossing. Rs. 25-00
For inspection of every additional crossing. Rs. 10-00
(2) The fee leviable under this scale shall not be charged when the inspection has been
charged out in conjunction with an inspection for which a fee is levied under Scale
I or K.
(3) The fee shall be paid by the person whose line was last
earcted.
SCALE K
Fees
(1) (a) Rates of fee for an inspection or examination of a new high A minimum charge
pressure aerial line, in pursuance of rule 91 of the Rules. of Rs. 200 for a
distance upto 10
kilometers and
beyond that dista-
nce Rs. 30/- for
every kilometer or
part thereof.
(b) Rates of fees for an inspection examination test of a medium Rs. 20.00 per
or low pressure aerial distributing main, in pursuance of rule 91 kilometer or part
of the Rules. thereof subject to
a maximum or Rs.
450/-.
(2) The fees shall be paid by the suppler.
SCALE L
(1) Rates of fees for either inspection or issue of a certificate or for Rs. 100-00
both under rule 82(3) of the rules.
(2) The fee shall be paid by the person who proposes either to erect a new building or structure or to make any temporary additional or alternation in or upon any building or a structure.
SCALEM
Fees
(1) Rates of fees for an inspection or examination of any Rs. 200-00 per day
electric fraction system, including trolley wires and or part thereof
pyernead equipment and test of bonding and leaxage subject to a maximum
currents. of Rs. 800-00
(2) The fee shall be paid by the supplier or the owner of the electric transaction system as the case may be.
SCALEN
Rates of fees for the testing of energy meters shall be as under :-
(a)For testing in the Laboratory a single meter of any description.
i) of a capacity not exceeding 20 amperes Rs. 50-00
ii)of a capacity exceeding 20 amperes but not exceeding Rs. 100-00
100 amperes.
iii)of a capacity exceeding 100 amperes but not exceeding 500 Rs. 200-00
amperes.
iv) of a capacity exceeding 500 amperes. Rs. 400-00
Explanation :- In case of meters in use or intended to be used with Current Transformers, the capacity for the purpose of levying fees, is to be taken as the capacity of Current Transformers on their primary side.
(b) If a meter is to be tested on the Consumers premises, the fees set out in clause (a) shall be increased by Rs. 50-00 per meter.
(c) The fees shall be paid by the owner of the meter.
1) Rates of fees for an inspection, examination or test of any main, distributing main, or serviceline for the existence of leakage therein which may result in electrolysis or other injury to any water, gas or other pipe or to any appliance connected there with.
Fees
Rs. 75.00 for the first hour or part thereof and there after Rs. 30.00 per hour or part thereof subject to a maximum of
Rs. 420.00.
2) If any leakage is discovered in any such main, distributing main or service line, the fees shall be paid by the supplier or the owner of the main, distributing main, or service line, as the case may be. If no leakage discovered, the fees shall be paid by the owner of the water, gas or other pipe or the appliance connected there with.
SCALE P
Fees
1) Rates of fees for the testing of an Rs. 30-00
installation for the existence of leakage
to earth
3) The fee shall be paid by the party making the application.
SCALE Q
(1) Rates of fees for inspection and test of any installation in pursuance or rule 52 and leviable under rule 53 (3) of the rules shall be as under :-
Capacity Fees
a) Low voltage installation Rs. 30-00
b) Medium voltage installation Rs. 50-00
c) High or extra high voltage installation Rs. 75-00
2) The fee shall be paid by the party making the application.
SCALE R
Fees
(1) Rates of fees for localizing Rs. 30.00 for the
of leakage to earth in any installation. First hour or part
thereof and
thereafter Rs. 20.0
per hour or part
thereof subject to
a maximum of Rs.
200.00
2) The fee shall be paid by the party making the application.
SCALE S
For deciding any case of difference or dispute arising under Section 21 (4), 26 (4) or 26 (6) of or clause V(2) of Clause VI (3) of the Schedule to the Act and under rule 82 (2) (b) of the rules, referred to the Inspection.
Capacity Fees
a) Low or medium voltage installation Rs. 300.00 for each
case.
b) High or extras High Voltage Rs. 1000.00 for each
installation. Case.
Provided that for every visit of any premises necessary for the purpose of testing or verification of the fact, an additional fees of Rs. 500/- shall be charged for every day or part thereof.
Provided further that in the case of a difference or dispute referred to the inspector for being decided under Section 26(6) of the Act, an additional fee for the testing of a meter in accordance with Scale N shall be recoverable.
The fees shall be paid by the person who refers the dispute.
SCALE T
Rates of fees for inspection and examination of all low voltage installations including sub-meters (not being low voltage installations in factory premises and in places of public entertainment including Cinema or Theatre and not covered by Scale A to S of this Schedule) shall be as under :-
For inspection or examination of installation.
Fees
i) having meters or sub-meters with Rs. 10-00
capacity not exceeding 20 amperes.
ii) having meters or sub-meters of a Rs. 20-00
capacity exceeding 20 amperes but not
exceeding 50 amperes.
iii) having meters or sub-meters of a Rs. 40-00
capacity exceeding 50 amperes but not
exceeding 100 amperes.
iv) having meters or sun-meters of a Rs. 50-00
capacity exceeding 100 amperes.
Explanation : In case of meters in use or intended to be used with current transformers, the capacity for purpose of living fees, is to be taken as the capacity of current transformers on their primary side.
The fees shall be paid by the consumer to whom the energy is supplied.
SCALE U
Rate of fee for an inspection of an installation provided in multi-storied building having the height more than 15 Mts. and issue of a certificates in pursuance of rule -50-A.
Rs. 500/- per
Building
The fees shall be paid by the owner or occupied of the building before the final certificate is issue.
SCALE V
(1) Rates of fees for approval to layout of any medium. High or extra high voltage installation of permanent nature shall be as under :-
Upto 500 KVA Rs. 500-00
exceeding 500 KVA but not Rs. 1000-00
exceeding 2500 KVA.
Exceeding 2500 KVA not exceeding Rs. 2500-00
5000 KVA
Exceeding 5000 KVA. Rs. 5000-00
2) Rates of fees for approval to route layout of any high or extra high voltage over head line shall be Rs. 1000/- per route.
3) The fee shall be paid by the supplier or owner as the case may be.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujrat.
M.M. JOSHI,
Under Secretary to Government,
Energy & Petrochemicals Deptt.,
GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, GANDHINAGAR. |