Power of officers & Duties of officers and employees

S.E, E.E, A.E, Vig.Insp, J.E, Foreman, C/man & Others, LMMR & others, Cleaner & others

Procedure followed in the decision making process including channels of supervision & Accountability

Each Head of the department/office within the authority exercises decisions with reference to the functioning of the department/ Office. Wherever policy matters and matters requiring coordination with other offices such of those issues are placed for approval of the Superintending Engineer and A&N Administration through files and orders are obtained. Wherever matters requiring approval of the Government of India, specific approvals are sought for each issue from the Ministry of Power, New Delhi and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, New Delhi. The guidelines given by the Ministry of Power, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and the Regulations and Acts of the Electricity Department approved by the govt. and instructions issued from time to time are the basis on which decisions are taken.

Norms set by it for the discharge of its functions

For providing various facilities, each office fixes bench marks for performance taking into consideration their work load, manpower, working ability, allocation of budget etc.

The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions:

Electricity Act 2003

Electricity Act 2007

Energy conservation Act

Rural Electrification Policy

JERC Regulations : for details visit : www.jercuts.gov.in

A statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control:

The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof:

The following committees are constituted involving members of the public:

1. District level Committee in pursuance of section 166(5) of Electricity Act 2003 to review the extension of electrification in each district, review of quality of power supply, consumer satisfaction and to promote energy efficiency & its conservation as per Andaman & Nicobar Administration O.O no. 3910 dtd. 4.10.06
2. UT level monitoring committee for coordinating and monitoring the implementation of Rural Electrification programme under PMGY as per Andaman & Nicobar Administration O.O no. 3213 dtd. 4.10.06

A statement of the boards, Councils, Committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those Boards, Councils, Committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of the such meetings are accessible for public:

1. Rural Electrification Committees are constituted at site office level for Rural Electrification & Monitoring of Power Supply in pursuance to Andaman & Nicobar Administration O.O no. 4147 dtd. 23.10.06.
2. A Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum(CGRF) has been set up by A&N Administration under section 42(5) of Electricity Act,2003 to redress the grievances of the Electricity consumers in U.T of A&N Islands.
3. Meetings of these committees/forum are open to the public as well as the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public.

The monthly renumeration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulation:

The budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made:

The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use:

• Any citizen of this country can obtain information that could be provided under the provisions of the RTI Act by submitting an application along with the application fee as prescribed(Rs.10/-for each application) payable in the form of cash, Demand draft, Indian postal orders drawn in favour of the concerned Executive Engineers of Electricity Department or Accounts officer, Electricity Department giving the correct address and specific requirement of information to the concerned Public Information officer, Electricity Department in the form of letter/e-mail/FAX.
• Working hours for Superintending Engineer, Executive Engineer and Assistant Engineers office- From 8.30 a.m to 5.00 p.m Monday to Friday excluding holidays; Junior Engineers office – All the site offices are functioning round the clock.
• Web site : http://electricity.and.nic.in

Name and designation and other particulars of Public Information Officers: