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| After two and half year, electricity Ombudsman fails to see daylight | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Feb 20: The administrative inertia in various Government departments in Jammu and Kashmir can be gauged from the fact that the Power Development Department (PDD) has failed to appoint much awaited Electricity ombudsman, after the lapse of more than two and half years, since the issuance of notification.
Sources informed Early Times that under Jammu and Kashmir Electricity Act 2010, the SERC had issued regulations for the appointment of Electricity Ombudsman, its powers and jurisdiction in its notification issued on June 10, 2010, but astonishingly, the State Government was yet to appoint the Ombudsman and its Secretariat and file was running between PDD and Finance for the last around two years.
"The file for the "Appointment of Forum for Redressal of Grievances (FGR) of the Consumers, commonly known as Electricity Ombudsman was recently once again forwarded by PDD department to Finance, for getting financial concurrence," they said.
They further said that around one month back, the Finance department had returned the same file, raising a query that if Bijli Adalats were already in place across State, then what was the need for constitution of another institution for same purpose.
"After proper deliberation over the query raised by Finance, the PDD department on February 18, 2013, once again send the file clarifying the need of the Ombudsman, inspite of availability of Bijli Adalats," sources said.
They further said that though the Government was crying hoarse over ever increasing transmission and distribution losses but the proposed remedies were nowhere in sight.
"Now the file has been sent by PDD to Finance department, which has to take decision on the financial aspects involved in the creation of Electricity Ombudsman post and its staff and immediately after the clearance from the Finance Department, the file would be send to PDD for further procedure to execute it.
"The territorial limits of Electricity Ombudsman shall extend to the whole of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Electricity Ombudsman is to be provided with a Secretariat, whose expenses shall be paid out of the Fund constituted under section 80 of the Act," they added. |
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