INFORMATION OF THE VIGILANCE (E.S.) DEPARTMENT …advocates, pursis, draft reply & ensure timely submission. He/She shall liaison with legal authorities for settlement proceedings

INFORMATION OF THE

VIGILANCE (E.S.) DEPARTMENT B.E.S. & T. Undertaking

(Information mandatory under section 4 of Chapter II of Right To Information Act, 2005)

Chapter - II (Right to information and obligation of public authorities)

Introduction :- The Vigilance activity in respect of detection of theft of

electrical energy of the BEST Undertaking has undergone many changes over the years. Earlier, this activity was handled by respective Commercial Departments. As the activity was carried out by Commercial Departments, not much importance was given to the same. In order to make concentrated effort and to implement systematic approach, a need was felt to form a separate section. The Vigilance Cell in Electric Supply Branch was thus initially established in the year 1990 to detect the cases of theft of electrical energy.

4. (b) (i) : The particulars of its organizations, functions and duties

Particulars of the Department :-

Name of the department : Vigilance (E.S.) Department

Address : 3rd Flr., Multistoried Building, Colaba Depot, Colaba, Mumbai – 400 005.

Contact No. (Tel.) : 02222856262 (Extn. 576) & 022 22799576 The functions and duties of the Department :-

Arranging inspection for detection of theft of energy cases.

Arranging raid for tampering of meters and direct supply cases

Lodging police complaints

Preferring /Recovering of provisional claim amounts

Forwarding the case files to Claims Review Committee for final settlements

Attending the Claims Review Committee meeting

Attending the court cases

4. (b) (ii) : The powers and duties of its officers and employees

Sr. No.

Designation Grade No. of Posts (On Roll)

No. of Vacant Posts

1 Chief Vigilance Officer A-2 -- 1

2 Divisional Engineer A-3 2 --

3 Superintendent A-4 3 --

4 Asst. Engineer A-5 3 1

5 Deputy Engineer G/GVI 12 3

6 Sub Engineer G/GV 9 2

7 Charge Engineer P1/T8 1 --

8 Sr. Adm. Officer A/GX 1 --

9 Adm. Officer A/GIX 1 --

10 Asst. Adm. Officer (P)/ Supervisor

A/GVII 3 --

11 Supervisor (Personal)/ Clerk

A/GV 7 --

12 Sr. Steno (Personal) A/GV 2 --

13 Asst. Foreman P1/T6 5 --

14 MRBC (Tech.) P1/T6 2 1

15 Investigation Insp. P1/T6 3 --

16 Meter Inspector Sr. P1/T6 13 4

17 Meter Inspector Jr. P1/T4 4 --

18 Supervisor (Personal)/ Shop Recorder

A/GV 6 --

19 M. V. Driver P2/G3 7 --

20 Nawghany P1/T1 10 --

21 Sepoy A/GI 1 1

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1. Powers and duties of Chief Vigilance Officer :-

The Chief Vigilance Officer is responsible for all vigilance related activities pertaining to Electric Supply Branch including detection of theft of electricity/ unauthorized use of electricity cases, coordinating with the respective review committees to ensure early review and finalization of cases to ensure proper representation and follow up of cases with the respective courts and Electrical Inspector.

The Chief Vigilance Officer is also required to ensure proper distribution of work and responsibilities between the two zonal vigilance departments viz. Vigilance (South) & Vigilance (North).

He shall also be responsible for carrying out all technical investigations through his officers as and when any discrepancies are noticed or brought to his notice or as directed by the GM. The cases of discrepancies, especially related to Customer Care Departments like reading, billing, etc.

He is also responsible for sending the monthly MIS report on complaints received & attended and other matters, directly to the GM.

2. Powers and duties of Divisional Engineer :-

Divisional Engineer shall be the overall in-charge of the respective zonal department.

He shall report to the Chief Vigilance Officer (Electric Supply).

He shall be responsible for routine work pertaining to his zone and detection of theft of energy through his officers/ staff within the supply area of BEST Undertaking under his jurisdiction. He shall coordinate the work of Superintendent, Assistant Engineer and other officers/staff working under him for successful investigation of cases of theft of electricity. He shall ensure that actions are as per respective sections of Electricity act, has been initiated.

He shall monitor all complaints received from various sources & arrange for its inspection, investigation & necessary action. He will ensure that all the records of complaints, investigation & action taken in case of each complaint are maintained.

He shall arrange to coordinate with local police stations to arrange for police protection during raids & requisite assistance to authorized officer for lodging FIR. He shall ensure that all requisite data, evidence, photographs have been submitted to police authorities to enable them to initiate charge sheets in time.

He shall ensure that the case file in respect of each case of tampered meter or theft of electricity is comprising of inspection report, site conditions, consumption pattern, site punchanama, photographs, meter test report etc. & forward on next day to the assessing officer through The Chief Vigilance Officer (ES).

He shall arrange to keep the track of preparation, issue of provisional assessment & final assessment. He shall arrange to recover the entire amount of final assessment within stipulated period. In genuine cases he shall arrange to give installments as per the guidelines issued time to time. He shall initiate cases for liquidating the recovered amount by forwarding cases for passing necessary journal entries.

He shall also arrange to review old cases in consultation with the Claims Review Committee-II in respect of cases detected prior to 16-08-2010 & issue final assessments after giving due hearings & deliberation in review committee. He shall also explore the possibility of settlement of case by mutual consent of the consumer, if review committee is of the opinion that the recovery made in that respective case is sufficient to meet our legitimate losses.

He shall ensure proper representation of our cases if the dispute is raised by the consumer in respect of final assessment before appellate authority i.e. Electrical Inspector or The Superintending Engineer, as the case may be. He shall also assist the competent authority for claim settlement proceedings like mediation, Lokadalat.

He shall ensure to keep track of ongoing court cases & shall coordinate with our retainer advocate to give guidance, assistance to our complainants, & other witnesses. He shall also arrange to take feedback from the complainants & retainers about court proceedings & take necessary action for successful prosecution.

He shall also arrange to send periodical reports viz. Monthly MIS, Administrative Report, Establishment Schedule and Budget Estimates pertaining to the Department, preparation of dealing with the sensitive cases/major issues and staff matters of the Department.

He shall also arrange to forward various investigation reports & reply in respect of complaints from VIP & sensitive matters.

Reviewing the activities of the Department and introducing changes for improving the efficiency of the Department. Reporting politically sensitive cases to CVOES/DGMS and GM in advance and responsible for overall general supervision/co-ordination of the Department.

The Divisional Engineer is the 1st Appellate Authority for all information furnished by his PIO i.e. Sr. Administrative Officer and shall attend the proceedings in case of 2nd Appellate Authority.

As per Adm. Order 400 dtd. 10-03-2016 and as & when directed by GM & senior officers, Divisional Engineer will carry out detailed investigation into all cases of discrepancies, fraud and irregularities of various departments of Electric Supply Branch.

He shall also investigate matters/ cases pertaining to departments other than Electric Supply Branch as per specific instructions from GM & Sr. Officers.

3. Powers and duties of Superintendent :-

He shall arrange for inspections and organize and conduct raids depending upon the importance of the case. He shall arrange necessary the Security officer/staff for conducting the raid.

He shall coordinate with local police station to arrange for police protection & arrange necessary assistance to our authorized officers for lodging FIR. He shall ensure that all requisite data, evidence, photographs have been submitted to police authorities to enable them to initiate charge sheets in time.

He shall arrange to prepare case file in respect of each case of theft of electricity comprising of inspection report, site conditions, consumption pattern, site punchnama, photographs, meter test report etc. & forward on next day to the assessing officer through The Chief Vigilance Officer (ES).

He shall arrange to keep the track of preparation, issue of provisional assessment & final assessment.

He shall arrange to initiate SM advises for replacement of meters & MRA for removal of meters.

He shall arrange to issue provisional & final assessments in cases initiated by Vigilance (ES) Department & to accept compounding charges.

He shall arrange to initiate various advises as regards to change of tariff, amendment in cases of defective meters, combination of meters etc.

He shall also assist the divisional engineer for preparation of various periodical reports viz. Monthly MIS, Administrative report, Establishment Schedule and Budget Estimates pertaining to the Department.

As per Adm. Order 400 dtd. 10-03-2016 and as & when directed by GM & senior officers, Superintendent will carry out detailed investigation into all cases of discrepancies, fraud and irregularities of various departments of Electric Supply Branch.


3.1 Powers and duties of Superintendent (Legal Matters) :-

He/ She shall keep & updated records of all police cases & its further progress.

He/ She shall keep the track of ongoing court cases & shall coordinate with our retainer advocate to give guidance, assistance to our complainants, & other witnesses. He shall also arrange to take feedback from the complainants & retainers about court proceedings & take necessary action for successful prosecution.

He/ She shall prepare para wise comments in respect of various legal cases in consultation with our retainer advocates, pursis, draft reply & ensure timely submission.

He/She shall liaison with legal authorities for settlement proceedings through Lokadalat & mediation.

He/ She shall coordinate with assessing officers to issue final assessments in case of ongoing court cases.

He/ She shall arrange to collect court orders, judgment copies, roznama, etc. with the help of retainer advocates & initiate follow up action.

He/ She shall arrange to collect muddemals deposited in police stations, various payments deposited in court.

He/She shall arrange to prepare proposals for recovery of civil liability, appeals if aggrieved by any court order.

He/ She shall arrange to give letters intimating the recovery status in case of police cases to respective police stations.

As per Adm. Order 400 dtd. 10-03-2016 and as & when directed by GM & senior officers, Superintendent will carry out detailed investigation into all cases of discrepancies, fraud and irregularities of various departments of Electric Supply Branch.


4. Powers and duties of Assistant Engineer

He shall arrange to monitor various complaints received through various sources in his ward as regards to unauthorized supply & tampered meters & theft of electricity.

He shall arrange for inspections and organize and conduct raids depending upon the importance of the case. He shall arrange necessary the Security officer/ staff for conducting the raid.

He shall coordinate with local police station to arrange for police protection & arrange necessary assistance to our authorized officers for lodging FIR. He shall ensure that all requisite data, evidence, photographs have been submitted to police authorities to enable them to initiate charge sheets in time.

In case of mass raids he shall lead vigilance teams for successful operation by proper planning & coordination between our staff & staff of security & Mumbai Police Department.

He shall arrange to prepare case file in respect of each case of theft of electricity comprising of inspection report, site conditions, consumption pattern, site punchnama, photographs, meter test report, etc. & forward on next day to the Assessing Officer through The Chief Vigilance Officer (ES).

He shall arrange to keep the track of preparation, issue of provisional assessment & final assessment in respect of cases initiated by his group.

He shall arrange to initiate SM advises for replacement of meters & MRA for removal of meters.

He shall arrange to initiate various advises as regards to change of tariff, amendment in cases of defective meters, combination of meters, etc.

He/she shall arrange to keep the daily attendance records of all team members & their inspection & investigation activity.

As per Adm. Order 400 dtd. 10-03-2016 and as & when directed by GM & senior officers, Assistant Engineer will carry out detailed investigation into all cases of discrepancies, fraud and irregularities of various departments of Electric Supply Branch.


5. Powers and duties of Deputy Engineer :-

He/ She shall normally lead the teams comprising of staff & officers from vigilance & Security Department for on site investigation & raid.

He/she shall keep the daily attendance records of all team members & their inspection & investigation activity.

He/ She shall arrange for inspection of various service cabins for detection of theft of electricity & tampered meters. He/ She shall collect all relevant data as regards to consumption pattern, meter detail, earlier evidence viz readings, photographs, arrears, etc. while establishing the case .

He/ She shall arrange to secure the premises as well as source of theft/ unauthorized supply during entire investigation process. He/ She shall carry all relevant authorizations & identifications during the entire process of investigation. In case of investigations in slum area, he/she shall give prior intimation to local police station so as to avoid any untoward incident.

He/ She being the authorized officer as per provisions of Electricity Act 2003 & Govt. notifications, shall carry out inspection / testing of meter, premises so as to collect the data relevant to assess the losses incurred by the undertaking & communicate it to Assessing Officer.

He/ She shall prepare the site/ seizure punchnama giving details of site conditions, meter conditions, load details & details of meter or any other record seized by him for further investigation & testing in presence of two independent witnesses.

He/ She shall arrange to issue appointment letter for testing the mater in the laboratory or the provisional assessment letter as the case may be.

He/ She shall arrange to prepare case file in respect of each case of theft of electricity comprising of inspection report, site conditions, consumption pattern, site punchnama, photographs, meter test report. etc. & forward on next day to the Assessing Officer through the Chief Vigilance Officer (ES).

He/ She shall lodge complaint in writing to local police station in case he observes/ detects that supply is being abstracted dishonestly. He/ She shall ensure that all requisite data, evidence, photographs have been submitted to police authorities to enable them to initiate charge sheets in time in cases of FIR registered by his group.

He/ She shall remain present & give witness during the trial of accused in cases of theft of electricity initiated by him. He/ She will coordinate with Superintendent legal matters to update the status of his cases by giving him necessary feedbacks.

He/ she shall assist to assistant engineer recovery for recovery of arrears arising out of cases initiated by his group.

As per Adm. Order 400 dtd. 10-03-2016 and as & when directed by GM & senior officers, Deputy Engineer will carry out detailed investigation into all cases of discrepancies, fraud and irregularities of various departments of Electric Supply Branch.


6. Powers and duties of Sub Engineer :-

He/ She shall arrange for inspection of various service cabins for detection of theft of electricity & tampered meters. He/ She shall collect all relevant data as regards to consumption pattern, meter detail, earlier evidence viz. readings, photographs, arrears, etc. while establishing the case.

He/ She shall arrange to secure the premises as well as source of theft/ unauthorized supply during entire investigation process. He/ She shall carry all relevant authorizations & identifications during the entire process of investigation. In case of investigations in slum area, he/she shall give prior intimation to local police station so as to avoid any untoward incident.

He/ She being the authorized officer as per provisions of Electricity Act 2003 & Govt. notifications, shall carry out inspection / testing of meter, premises so as to collect the data relevant to assess the losses incurred by the undertaking & communicate it to assessing officer.

He/ She shall prepare the site/ seizure punchanama giving details of site conditions, meter conditions, load details & details of meter or any other record seized by him for further investigation & testing in presence of two independent witnesses.

He/ She shall arrange to issue appointment letter for testing the mater in the laboratory or the provisional assessment letter as the case may be.

He/ She shall arrange to prepare case file in respect of each case of theft of electricity comprising of inspection report, site conditions, consumption pattern, site punchnama, photographs, meter test report, etc. & forward on next day to the Assessing Officer through respective Divisional Engineer

He/ She shall lodge complaint in writing to local police station in case he observes/ detects that supply is being abstracted dishonestly. He/ She shall ensure that all requisite data, evidence, photographs have been submitted to police authorities to enable them to initiate charge sheets in time in cases of FIR registered by his group.

He/ She shall remain present & give witness during the trial of accused in cases of theft of electricity initiated by him. He will coordinate with Superintendent legal matters to update the status of his cases by giving him necessary feedbacks.

He/ She shall assist to assistant engineer recovery for recovery of arrears arising out of cases initiated by his group.

7. Powers and duties of Charge Engineer (P1/T8) :-

He/ She shall upload and scrutinize CMRI reading for electronic meters and keep surveillance of those meters.

He/ She shall assist Dy. Engineers/ Sub Engineers for inspection and conducting raids.

He/ She shall assist the Dy. Engineers/ Sub Engineers to prepare case files in respect of each case of theft of electricity.

To carry out any other work given by the superiors.

8. Powers and duties of Meter Inspector (P1/T5) :-

He is required to assist the Dy. Engineer in detecting the theft of energy cases of tampered Poly Phase/Single Phase meters and un-metered use of electrical energy.

To visit various meter cabins in order to detect the theft of energy cases. To note the meter reading of meters which are kept under observation.

To assist the Dy. Engineer/Sub Engineer in identifying the premises using electrical energy through tampered meter by way of connecting/ disconnecting the electric supply connections.

Assisting Dy. Engineers/ Sub Engineers in taking the phase-wise connected loads of the premises.

To assist the Dy. Engineer/ Sub Engineers in detecting the route of unmetered use of electrical energy and to identify the premises.

To attend the complaints received in the department and submit the report to the office.

To disconnect the tampered meter and arrange to deposit the same at the concerned police station as “Muddemaal,” once the raid is conducted & case is made.

Apart from the tampered meter if the consumer has other meters, to disconnect the O.K. meters of same installation and arrange to bring the meter to Vigilance Department and subsequently to M&R department.

To carry out general inspections of the service position as assigned by the concerned officer from time to time.

To carry out any other work given to him by the superiors.

To attend the court cases as & when required. 9. Powers and duties of Meter Inspector (P1/T4) :-

He is required to assist the Dy. Engineer/ Sub-Engineer in detecting the theft of energy cases of tampered Single Phase meters and un-metered use of electrical energy.

To visit various meter cabins in order to detect the theft of energy cases.

To assist the Sub Engineer in identifying the premises using electrical energy through tampered meter by way of connecting/ disconnecting the electric supply connections.

To assist the Dy. Engineers/ Sub Engineer in detecting the route of unmetered use of electrical energy and to identify the premises.

To attend the telephonic/public/departmental complaints received in the department and submit the report to the Sub Engineer / Assistant Engineer / Superintendent.

To carry out general inspection of the service position as per the instructions given to him.

To disconnect electric supply of the premises where the balance payment is not paid on due dates, on the instructions of Assistant Engineer/ Superintendent Vigilance. Seal the cutouts, note down the last readings and inform the consumer.

To reconnect the electric supply of the premises after the payment is received (if it is disconnected by Vigilance Department). Note down the reading and inform the consumer.

To remove the meter/s in case of non-payment of provisional claim amount & depositing at Vigilance department. To carry out any other work given to him by the superiors. To attend the court cases as and when required.

10. Powers and duties of Sr. Admn. Officer/Admn. Officer :-

He/ She shall be overall in charge of administrative staff & shall assist divisional engineer in respect of all administrative work related with vigilance department.

He/ She shall arrange to maintain all records of attendance, staff details, various payments & allowance & advances in respect of officers & staff of vigilance department.

He/ She shall maintain/forward all periodic reports as regards to attendance, payments, allowances, establishment’s positions, deputation status reports, approval for capital & revenue budget estimates, status of approved budget grants, proposals for purchase of various tools, equipments, furniture etc., proposals for acting/ combination arrangements, administrative report, report of posts filled in reservation category.

He/ She shall maintain the circulars in respect to Administrative Orders and officer orders issued by the Management from time to time.

He/ She shall maintain inventory of capital/revenue assets, account of impress cash, clothing records.

He/She shall attend the general correspondence.

He/ She is a Public Information Officer and shall keep all records in respects of applications received under RTI & shall send replies before due dates.

11. Powers and duties of Supervisor :-

He/ She shall maintain all records of attendance, staff details, various payments & allowance & advances in respect of officers & staff of vigilance department.

He/ She shall generate reports such as absentee memo in case of officers, negative attendance in case of staff, Utilization report of departmental vehicles, deputation report, accident report, vacancy statement, overtime statement.

He/ She shall maintain the Impress Cash register, inventory register.

He/ She shall initiate relieving note, transfer note, taking over of officers and staff. He shall initiate confirmation notes of employees.

He/ She shall put up proposal for briefcase sanction to the sanctioning authority. Also put up for renewal as & when it is due.

He/ She shall answer the notes from AOS Office and Personnel Department regarding establishment matters.

He/ She shall maintain seniority list of staff of department. He shall fill up requisition for vacancies in the department.

He/ She shall intimate training programme conducted by DETIE to the concerned officer/employee.

He/ She shall fill up details required in the final bill of separated employees.

He shall prepare credit notes for the items to be credited & to prepare scrap notes for the items to be scrapped.

He shall put up Purchase Form for furniture items/ equipments to be repaired & follow up with the Stores department.

He/ She shall put up Purchase forms for non-stock items/ follow up with Stores department. Put up material requisition for items required by the department.

He/ She shall initiate payment advices for uniform cloth, monsoon apparel, winter cloth, festival, books, washing & stitching allowances to AMES.

He/ She shall forward the intimation for scholarship to Welfare department & after receiving clearance from them initiate payment advice.

He/ She shall estimate the annual requirement of table calendar, wall calendar, diary etc. and inform the Stores department.

He/ She shall prepare bills of retainer advocate. He shall also prepare bills of the hired vehicle.

12. Powers and duties of Clerical Staff :-

12.1 Dispatch Clerk :-

He shall receive the despatch, write the inward number & date, make entries in register & computer.

He shall route the papers as per the markings and distribute it.

He shall give outward no. & date to outgoing notes, letters and files and make entries in register & computer.

He shall make cross entries on the relevant papers.

He shall make entries of papers in green files before forwarding the same to respective department.

He shall circulate the circulars.

He shall file the papers personally and ensure that papers are filed in the appropriate files.

He shall maintain all files/copies of notes sent to various Department.

12.2 Clerk2 :-

He shall update the records of each vigilance case file in computer at every stage, till the case gets closed.

He shall prepare incentive statements and put up for Management's approval.

12.3 Clerk3 :-

He shall keep the records of all vigilance case files sent to 'Review Committee II' & received from them.

He shall arrange to send the letters to consumers in the cases, to be settled amicably.

He shall obtain the consent from consumer for amicable settlement.

He shall forward the case files for J.E. to Clerk4, after amicable settlement.

12.4 Clerk4 :-

He shall prepare J.E. in all closed cases & forward the same to Audit Dept.

12.5 Clerk5 :-

He shall attend the Courts for collecting meters which are deposited at various police stations as "Muddemaal” after final judgment is given by the court and appeal period is over.

To collect and follow-up for the claim amounts deposited in courts and fines recovered by the courts in favour of the B.E.S. & T. Undertaking.

12.5 Stenographer :-

He/She shall take dictation and transcribe it.

He/She shall cut stencils as per the requirement.

He/She shall type letters from drafts and hand-written matter given by A & B grade officers and AOS(Vig)/ Supervisor.

12.6 Shop Recorder :-

He shall prepare vigilance case file, original & one duplicate. He shall send the duplicate case file to 'Review Committee I' after ensuring that entry is carried out by the concerned clerk in computer master file. He shall keep records of all original case files & keep track of files sent to “'Review Committee-I.”

He shall initiate S.M./M.R.A to concern Customer Care Dept. through KLG system.

He shall update the new meter details, final assessment amount, recovery status in case register.

He shall prepare and hand over the vigilance claim bills to consumer for making payment at the counter, with the signature of Assistant Engineer.

He shall arrange all blank formats required on site to Vigilance squad.

He shall keep the meters removed in vigilance cases properly.

He shall credit the meters to M & R dept removed by Vigilance Department for tampering, non-payment of claim amount or nonpayment of installments on due date and meters brought from the courts along with meter details such as meter no., make of the meter, size of the meter, reading at the time of removal of the meters and condition of the meters.

He shall arrange to send the meters, brought for Lab test, to Meters Department and recollect the same.

He shall arrange to send the photographs and other related documents, to Police Station, in consultation with concerned Deputy Engineer.

He shall make entries of complaints of theft of electricity ward wise and inform the same to concerned Assistant Engineer.

13. Powers and duties of Motor Vehicle Driver (P1/G-III) :-

He shall drive the departmental vehicle from the place of reporting to the sites, office, police station, courts etc.

He shall maintain the log book of the vehicle and obtain the signature of the user.

He shall check fuel of the vehicle every day.

He shall make the entry in the log book of the fuel consumed.

He shall submit the logbook of the vehicle on 1st of the month to the department for preparing vehicle utilization report.

He shall take the vehicle for monthly servicing to Motor Vehicle Section, Anik.

He shall fill in the complaint form and to get the faults attended by the M.V. Section, Anik.

He shall arrange to get the vehicle clean.

14. Powers and duties of Nawghany (P1/T1) :-

He shall assist the meter inspector in carrying the meters/ tools / equipments.

He shall assist in tracing out the direct supply connections.

He shall load / unload the tools / meters / cables or other materials from the vehicle.

He shall clean the office / furniture, vehicles etc.

He shall excavate for detecting the un-authorized use of electrical energy.

He shall take the meters to M&R’s sub-store for depositing.

He shall collect the cable / wires removed from the site and bring it to department.

He shall carry out any other work assigned to him by the superiors.

He shall collect the meters from police station after the court matter is over.

He shall dispatch intimation letters/papers related to vigilance cases to police stations

15. Powers and duties of Sepoy :-

Attending to daily dispatch of files/ papers to different departments, xeroxing the documents, to bring the required stationery from the Stores Section, dusting of tables and chairs, etc.

4 (b) (iii) Procedure to be followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability

Vigilance (ES) Department is dealing theft of electricity and unauthorized use of electricity cases strictly as per procedure laid down in provisions of Electricity Act, Govt. notifications, MERC notifications and BEST’s Procedure Orders. Following procedures are generally adopted for detection, investigation, inspection, raiding of theft of electricity or unauthorized use of electricity.

i) Detection / Investigation :- All technical staff from Meter Inspector to Chief Vigilance Department keep vigil on area of licensee by analyzing consumption pattern of meter, data downloaded from electronic meter, information/ complaint from general public, Customer Care staff etc. Suspected consumer/ installation is raided by authorized officers notified by government as per provision of Electricity Act, 2003.

ii) Inspection/ raid :- The authorized officer on behalf of State Govt.

along with team inspect/ raid suspected premises/ meter. The authorized officer is authorized as per Electricity Act, 2003 section 135 (1 A) to enter, inspect, break open and search any place or premises in which he has reason to believe electricity is being used unauthorizedly or being stolen, search, seize and remove all devices, instrument, wire etc. used for unauthorized use of electricity.

The inspector/ investigating officer is authorized to lodge complain in writing relating to the commissioning of theft of electricity offence in police station having jurisdiction within 24 hours from time of disconnection of supply.

iii) Assessment for unauthorized use / theft of electricity :-

The Assessing Officer nominated as per provisions of Electricity Act and Govt. notifications assess amount for loss to the Undertaking. Also, he issue final assessment as per provision of section 126 of the Electricity Act 2003 in cases of unauthorized use of electricity.

The Assessing Officer is also empowered to accept compounding charges as per provisions of section 152 of the Electricity Act, 2003.

The Authorized Officer and the Assessing Officer are strictly following provisions of Electricity Act 2003, Govt. notifications, MERC Rules etc. hence all other officers are playing supportive role regarding inspect, raid, lodging police case, assessment, etc.

iv) Submission of Report :- Various reports like list of theft of electricity cases, assessment amount, details of police cases, etc. are submitted by Authorised Officer and Assessing Officer to various higher authorities for information.

4 (b) (iv) : Norms set by it for the discharge of its functions :-

Specific norms are not set for discharging the functions. However, it is envisaged that the action should be taken promptly and secretively within reasonable time frame.

4 (b) (v) : The rules, regulations, manuals and records held by it or under its controls or used by its employees for discharging functions :-

Departmental manual, Service Regulations, Standing Orders, Electricity Act, 2003, RTI Act, 2005, P.O. 147, Admn. Order 353 & 354(A), Govt. notifications issued from time to time by State Government, Union Government and MERC as per provisions of Electricity Act, 2003 viz.

MERC Supply Code dtd. 20-01-2005 vide MWERC/Legal/ 129/ 2005/0115 – Theft Section 8.6 – Assessment 2 Yrs. from date of detection of dishonest abstraction @ 1.5 times the tariff. Minimum of 6 months.

CR to State Govt. from Alok Kumar, Director, Ministry of Power – Clarification regarding compounding – Regulatory Commission to include in Supply Code Method of assessment of Electricity Charges in theft, pending adjudication by court. Assessing Officer to collect compounding charges.

Notification No. IEA 2008/CR-96/NRG-3 dtd. 01-10-2008 from Subrato Ratho, Principal Secy., GOM, regarding amendment to Govt. Notification No. 447/NRG-3 dtd. 26-09-2006 in exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section 2 of Section 135 of the EA-2003 (36 of 2003) and other powers.

4 (b) (vi) : The statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control :-

(i) Documents related to vigilance case inspection form, Lab test report etc.

(ii) Various registers maintained in the Department regarding Tampered Meter & Direct supply cases.

(iii) Complaint Books

(iv) Data kept in soft copy for each vigilance case. Also hard bound registers.

(v) Data, files, records regarding court cases.

(vi) Various registers & files maintained for Inward/ Outward, Leave Registers, Imprest Cash, inactive correspondence, S.R. Files, Administrative files, visit book.

4 (b) (vii) : 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.

At present, no such procedure is adopted.

4 (b) (viii) : 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, committee and other bodies are open to the public or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public.

Not applicable.

4 (b) (ix) : Directory of its Officers and employees :-

Sr. No.

Name of Officer/ Staff

Designation Grade Ch.No. P.S. No.

1 M.M. Bhonsale Divisional Engr. A-3 211922 121/02

2 N.M. Herlekar Divisional Engr. A-3 212980 120/01

3 G.D. Deshmukh Superintendent A-4 213089 120/01

4 D.J. Chauhan Superintendent A-4 212354 120/01

5 V.S. Gujar Superintendent A-4 215799 121/02

6 P.S. Narkhede Asst. Engineer A-5 215213 120/01

7 S. P. Kumbhar Asst. Engineer A-5 215414 163/02

8 R.J. Petiwale Asst. Engineer A-5 211294 121/02

9 S.V. Haldavnekar Dy. Engineer G/GVI 211939 120/01

10 J.A. Mulla Dy. Engineer G/GVI 211805 121/02

11 H.N. Sawant Dy. Engineer G/GVI 403812 121/02

12 S.N. Shinde Dy. Engineer G/GVI 212933 120/01

13 A.G. Parab Dy. Engineer G/GVI 217056 151/07

14 M.D. Avhad Dy. Engineer G/GVI 217375 121/02

15 K.R. Tripathi Dy. Engineer G/GVI 217419 134/03

16 S.P.Dhake Dy. Engineer G/GVI 212526 120/01

17 P.S. Londhe Dy. Engineer G/GVI 211971 121/02

18 S.Y. Modak Dy. Engineer G/GVI 212551 121/02

19 Mrs.D.R. Shah Dy. Engineer G/GVI 217420 121/02

20 A.B. Melage Dy. Engineer G/GVI 217054 149/02

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21 S.S. Chavan Sub Engineer G/GV 213265 121/02

22 S.V. Gursale Sub Engineer G/GV 215176 120/01

23 S. E. Shelar Sub Engineer G/GV 213303 120/01

24 N. C. Nimbalkar Sub Engineer G/GV 403811 120/01

25 A.V. Digrajkar Sub Engineer G/GV 213230 121/02

26 D.K. Joshi Sub Engineer G/GV 213358 121/02

27 R.B. Shevkar Sub Engineer G/GV 213288 121/02

28 A.P. Chinchole Sub Engineer G/GV 213267 121/02

29 A.Y. Patade Sub Engineer G/GV 213234 121/02

30 M.A. Khadye Charge Engineer P1/T8 215487 152/01

31 H.P. Gore Invest.Insp. P1/T6 404889 140/02

32 V.S. Choudhary Invest. Insp. P1/T6 404886 140/02

33 S. M. Kamble Invest. Insp. P1/T6 404897 132/01

34 S.S. Ghanekar MRBC (Tech) P1/T6 404394 121/02

35 P.S. Bhangare MRBC (Tech) P1/T6 409994 125/03

36 R. B. Pandit Asst. Foreman P1/T6 404079 124/02

37 M.B. Kamble Asst. Foreman P1/T6 404152 124/02

38 S.S. Kastur Asst. Foreman P1/T6 404150 124/02

39 M.V. Sherwade Asst. Foreman P1/T6 404156 124/02

40 P.S. Wagh Asst. Foreman P1/T6 407634 125/03

41 S.S. Chavan Meter Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 407619 120/01

42 B. R. Patil Meter Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 407629 120/01

43 K.B. Khandzode Meter Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 404109 120/01

44 J. V. Thombre Meter Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 404206 120/01

45 M.P. Lingayat Meter Inspt. (Sr.) P1/T5 404915 120/01

46 S.R. Gangavane Meter Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 404115 120/01

47 R. J. Dalvi Meter Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 408396 120/01

48 P. A. Sontakke Meter Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 404103 125/03

49 S.S. Gaikar Meter Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 404243 121/02

50 S.S. Mayekar Mtr. Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 404900 121/02

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51 H.K. Pawari Mtr. Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 404913 120/01

52 S.S. Pandey Mtr. Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 404492 120/01

53 A.A.H.A.K. Belim Mtr. Insp. (Sr.) P1/T5 408013 121/02

54 S. V. Kunjir Meter Insp. (Jr.) P1/T4 404143 420/01

55 V.R. Patil Meter Insp. (Jr.) P1/T4 404130 421/02

56 R.G. Dhanawade Mtr. Insp. (Jr.) P1/T4 404129 421/02

57 S.B. Kumbhar Mtr. Insp. (Jr.) P1/T4 404138 421/02

58 R.P. Navale M.V. Driver P2/GIII 322763 420/01

59 G.P. Agavane M.V. Driver P2/GIII O7819 420/01

60 B.S. Savekar M.V. Driver P2/GIII 325614 427/09

61 B.Y. Gondhali M.V. Driver P2/GIII 324899 41/02

62 D.V. Zimal M.V. Driver P2/GIII 324934 421/02

63 S.S. Misal M.V. Driver P2/GIII 325563 427/09

64 A.R.B. Maniyar Sr.Bus Driver 091790 37/26

65 A.L. Kamble Sr. Nawghany (P) P1/T2 408098 420/01

66 T.C. Bande Nawghany P1/T1 412688 420/01

67 S.M. Chavan Nawghany P1/T1 412981 430/02

68 H.K. Tripathi Nawghany P1/T1 412539 430/02

69 S. M. Singh Nawghany P1/T1 412294 427/09

70 H.P. Jagtap Nawghany P1/T1 412972 427/09

71 Y.B. Bhangre Nawghany P1/T1 412738 421/02

72 H.K. Dhanshetty Nawghany P1/T1 411721 430/02

73 S.G. Thorat Nawghany P1/T1 412975 430/02

74 U.A. Vichare Nawghany P1/T1 411471 429/09

75 Chitra Narayanan Sr.Admn. Officer A/GX 210807 121/02

76 R.V. Warthe Adm. Officer A/G IX 215446 120/01

77 S.R. Kini Asst.Adm.Officer (P) A/GVIII 213033 120/01

78 Bharti Parekar Supervisor A/GVII 216281 121/02

79 A.S. Bangera Supervisor A/GVII 216231 134/03

80 R.S. Tondwalkar Sr. Stenographer (P) A/GVII 213457 121/02

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81 Smt.J.N. Naik Sr. Stenographer (P) A/GVII 215955 120/01

82 S.N. Vichare Supervisor (P) A/GVII 213133 120/01

83 Smt. S.G. Kamath Supervisor (P) A/GVII 213809 121/02

84 Smt. J. P. Sawant Supervisor (P) A/GVII 214890 120/01

85 A.A. Singh Supervisor (P) A/GVII 215973 129/09

86 S.A. Bhosale Supervisor (P) A/GVII 213840 120/01

87 P.L. Palav Supervisor (P) A/GVII 322814 157/02

88 R.D. Sawant Clerk A/GVII 197193 121/02

89 R.M. Poojary Clerk A/GVII 410152 120/01

90 B.V. Shirodkar Supervisor (P) A/GVII 215988 121/02

91 S.B. Mane Shop Recorder A/GV 191375 120/01

92 S.J. Sanas Supervisor (P) A/GV 215870 120/01

93 M.M. Sawant Shop Recorder A/GV 217486 127/09

94 A.S. Waghmare Clerk-cum-Typist A/GV 216265 120/01

95 S.V. Bhor Sepoy A/G-I 280877 120/01

4 (b) (x) : The monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations :-

(Status as on May 2017)

Sr. No.

Title Name of Officer/ Staff

Designation Basic Pay (Rs.)

Monthly remuneration

(Basic + Allowances)

1 DE(Vig) M.M. Bhonsale Divisional Engr. 33260 113275.00

2 DE(Vig) N.M. Herlekar Divisional Engr. 33260 93518.00

3 Supdt. G.D. Deshmukh Superintendent 29750 80315.00

4 Supdt. D.J. Chauhan Superintendent 30575 95202.00

5 Supdt. V.S. Gujar Superintendent 20270 61965.00

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6 AE P.S. Narkhede Asst. Engineer 21935 58529.00

7 AE S. P. Kumbhar Asst. Engineer 21380 67701.00

8 AE R.J. Petiwale Asst. Engineer 28100 88933.00

9 DyE S.V. Haldavnekar Dy. Engineer 24465 81881.00

10 DyE J.A. Mulla Dy. Engineer 24465 74443.00

11 DyE H.N. Sawant Dy. Engineer 20270 65464.00

12 DyE S.N. Shinde Dy. Engineer 22550 66179.30

13 DyE A.G. Parab Dy. Engineer 14570 44330.90

14 DyE M.D. Avhad Dy. Engineer 14570 47567.00

15 DyE K.R. Tripathi Dy. Engineer 11500 34481.60

16 DyE S.P.Dhake Dy. Engineer 23165 67019.00

17 DyE P.S. Londhe Dy. Engineer 24465 70026.00

18 DyE S.Y. Modak Dy. Engineer 23165 72539.00

19 DyE Mrs. D.R. Shah Dy. Engineer 11715 38588.00

20 DyE A.B. Melage Dy. Engineer 14570 4315.90

21 SE S.S. Chavan Sub Engineer 21380 67428.00

22 SE S.V. Gursale Sub Engineer 17895 50455.00

23 SE S. E. Shelar Sub Engineer 21380 66747.00

24 SE N. C. Nimbalkar Sub Engineer 20270 63551.00

25 SE A.V. Digrajkar Sub Engineer 21935 61453.00

26 SE D.K. Joshi Sub Engineer 21380 68029.00

27 SE R.B. Shevkar Sub Engineer 20270 58155.00

28 SE A.P. Chinchole Sub Engineer 21380 61646.00

29 SE A.Y. Patade Sub Engineer 21935 61454.00

30 CE M.A. Khadye Charge Engineer

31 Inv.Insp. H.P. Gore Invest. Insp. 14530 42487.00

32 Inv. Insp. V.S. Choudhary Invest. Insp. 14530 44532.00

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33 Inv.Insp. S. M. Kamble Investigation Inspector

13815 40614.00

34 MRT S.S. Ghanekar MRBC (Tech) 15020 44413.00

35 MRT P.S. Bhangare MRBC (Tech) 12905 39420.00

36 Mtr.Insp. R. B. Pandit Asst. Foreman 11060 33483.70

37 Mtr.Insp. M.B. Kamble Asst. Foreman 11255 33696.30

38 Mtr.Insp. S.S. Kastur Asst. Foreman

39 Mtr.Insp. M.V. Sherwade Asst. Foreman

40 Mtr.Insp. P.S. Wagh Asst. Foreman

41 Mtr.Insp. S.S. Chavan Meter Insp. (Sr.) 14285 42519.00

42 Mtr.Insp. B. R. Patil Meter Insp. (Sr.) 14285 42514.00

43 Mtr.Insp. K.B. Khandzode Meter Insp. (Sr.) 12475 37104.00

44 Mtr.Insp. J. V. Thombre Meter Insp. (Sr.) 11450 34350.00

45 Mtr.Insp. M.P. Lingayat Meter Inspt. (Sr.) 12905 38314.00

46 Mtr.Insp. S.R. Gangavane Meter Insp. (Sr.) 12475 37185.00

47 Mtr.Insp. R. J. Dalvi Meter Insp. (Sr.) 13815 41287.00

48 Mtr.Insp. P. A. Sontakke Meter Insp. (Sr.) 12260 36540.00

49 Mtr.Insp. S.S. Gaikar Meter Insp. (Sr.) 7805 24031.00

50 Mtr.Insp. S.S. Mayekar Mtr. Insp. (Sr.) 13355 42519.00

51 Mtr.Insp. H.K. Pawari Mtr. Insp. (Sr.) 13130 38886.00

52 Mtr.Insp. S.S. Pandey Mtr. Insp. (Sr.) 15275 45067.00

53 Mtr.Insp. A.A.H.A.K. Belim Mtr. Insp. (Sr.) 14285 42434.00

54 Mtr.Insp. S. V. Kunjir Meter Insp. (Jr.) 11850 35424.00

55 Mtr.Insp. V.R. Patil Meter Insp. (Jr.) 11845 35423.00

56 Mtr.Insp. R.G. Dhanawade Mtr. Insp. (Jr.) 11450 37217.00

57 Mtr.Insp. S.B. Kumbhar Mtr. Insp. (Jr.) 11850 38256.00

58 MVD R.P. Navale M.V. Driver (Sr.) 13355 34725.00

59 MVD G.P. Agavane M.V. Driver 7180 20914.00

60 MVD B.S. Savekar M.V. Driver 9650 25373.00

61 MVD B.Y. Gondhali M.V. Driver 11645 38788.00

62 MVD D.V. Zimal M.V. Driver 11645 37684.00

63 MVD S.S. Misal M.V. Driver 9815 27983.30

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64 B.D. A.R.B. Maniyar Sr.Bus Driver 13815 39060.40

65 Nghny A.L. Kamble Nawghany (Sr.) 13130 39357.00

66 Nghny T.C. Bande Nawghany 9175 27869.00

67 Nghny S.M. Chavan Nawghany 8875 27171.00

68 Nghny S.B. Surve Nawghany

69 Nghny S. M. Singh Nawghany 8875 27012.00

70 Nghny H.P. Jagtap Nawghany 8875 24446.00

71 Nghny Y.B. Bhangre Nawghany 8875 27024.00

72 Nghny H.K. Dhanshetty Nawghany 8875 28156.00

73 Nghny S.G. Thorat Nawghany 8875 26995.00

74 Nghny U.A. Vichare Nawghany 8875 25816.70

75 Sr.AO Chitra Narayanan Sr.Admn. Officer 24465 71922.00

76 A.O. R.V. Warthe Adm. Officer 14255 42983.00

77 AAOP S.R. Kini Asst.Adm.Officer(P) 16660 48485.00

78 Sup. Mrs. B.R. Parekar Supervisor 11255 31508.00

79 Sup. A.S. Bangera Supervisor 12905 36266.00

80 Steno R.S. Tondwalkar Sr. Steno (P) 14285 40502.00

81 Steno Smt.J.N. Naik Sr. Steno.(P) 13355 37449.00

82 Clerk S.N. Vichare Supervisor (P) 15020 42013.00

83 Clerk Smt. S.G. Kamath Supervisor (P) 14775 40729.00

84 Clerk Mrs. J.P. Sawant Supervisor (P) 13355 37009.00

85 S.R. A.A. Singh Shop Recorder 12260 34695.00

86 S.R. S.A. Bhosale Supervisor (P) 14775 40729.00

87 S.R. P.L. Palav Supervisor (P) 14775 42515.00

88 Clerk R.D. Sawant Supervisor (P) 12905 35831.00

89 Clerk R.M. Poojary Clerk 11545 32532.00

90 S.R. B.V. Shirodkar Supervisor (P) 12055 34221.00

91 S.R. S.B. Mane Shop Recorder 14285 40060.00

92 Clerk S.J. Sanas Supervisor (P) 12260 34727.00

93 S.R. M.M. Sawant Shop Recorder 7173 20932.00

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94 Clerk A.S. Waghmare Clerk-cum-Typist 10875 27450.00

95 Sepoy S.V. Bhor Sepoy 6430 18923.00

4 (b) (xi) : The budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made :-

The provision for plans & proposed expenditure is made in

the BEST Undertaking’s annual budget. Reports of disbursement made are available in Annual Budget reports of the Undertaking.

4 (b) (xii) : The manner of execution of subsidy programmes including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes :-

N.A.

4 (b) (xiii) : Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it :-

N.A.

4 (b) (xiv) : Details in respect of the information available or held by it, reduced in an electronic form :-

The information in respect of the department and officers and staff is available in the form of electronic on the website viz. www.bestundertaking.com

http://www.bestundertaking.com/

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

The working hours of department is 9 to 5 from Monday to Friday with lunch interval of 45 minutes at 01 p.m. On Saturday, working hours is 9 to 2 p.m. (no lunch interval). Sunday is weekly off.

No library/ reading room is maintained for public use.

4 (b) (xvi) : The names, designations and other particulars of the public information as may be prescribed and thereafter updates these publications every year :-

Public Information Officer : Chitra Narayanan Sr. Administrative Officer, Vigilance (ES) South Dept. 1st Appellate Authority : 1) Shri. N.M. Herlekar, Divisional Engineer, Vigilance (ES) South Dept. 2) Shri. M.M. Bhonsale, Divisional Engineer, Vigilance (ES) North Dept.

4 (b) (xvii) : Such other information as may be prescribed :-

The other information pertaining to department can be obtained from PIO of the department.