Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (Budget) Rules, 2006

Published vide Notification No.2978-R A R-2-1/2006-En., dated 30th March 2006, O.G.E.No. 482, dated 31.3.2006

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Department of Energy

No.2978-R A R-II-1/2006-En. - In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (i) of Section 180 read with Section 106 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), the State Government do hereby make the following rules, namely :-

Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (Budget) Rules, 2006.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Orissa Gazette.

Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003;

(b) "Annual Financial Estimates or Budget" means the statement of estimated receipts and expenditure of the Commission;

(d) All other words and expressions used in these rules but not defined and defined in the Act shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act;

Budget preparation.- The Commission shall prepare its budget in each financial year for the next financial year commencing from 1st April to 31st March.
Account heads.- The Budget of the Commission shall be prepared under appropriate Heads of Account as listed in the Appendix I to these Rules.
Budget Format.- The Commission shall prepare its Annual Financial Statement (estimate receipts and expenditure) under each major Head for the ensuring financial year, in the Format appended to these rules at Appendix II.
Forwarding the Budget.- (1) The Commission shall forward the State Government its Annual Financial Statement in December each year for the ensuing financial year.

(2) The Commission may at any time during the year in respect of which a statement under sub-rule (1) above of these rules has been forwarded; send a supplementary statement to the State Government in the format as appended to these rules at Appendix III for the current financial year.

Removal of the difficulties.- If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any provision of these rules, the State Government may, by order, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act and these rules, for removing the difficulty.

Appendix I

(See Rule 4)

Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission

List of Revenue and Expenditure Heads

I. REVENUE HEADS	ACCOUNT CODE
1. Grants-in-aid from State Government	200
2. Grant from other sources like DFID	300
3. Receipts of the Commission-	400
(a) Licence Fee	400.01
(b) Fines & Penalties	400.02
(c) Application/Processing Fee	400.03
(d) Cost of Bids	400.04
(e) Bids processing Fee	400.05
(f) Sale of Tender Forms	400.06
(g) Interest on Deposit	400.07
(h) Arbitration Fee	400.08
(i) Receipts from Investment	400.09
(j) Miscellaneous Receipts	400.10
II. EXPENDITURE HEADS
1. Employees Cost	100
(a) Pay	100.01
(b) Special	100.02
(c) Personal Pay	100.03
(d) Dearness Allowance	100.04
(e) House Rent Allowance	100.05
(f) Library Allowance	100.06
(g) Incentive Allowance	100.07
(h) Sumptuary Allowance	100.08
(i) Conveyance Allowance	100.09
2. Reimbursement claim of Medicines/Medical Expenses	100.20
3. Travelling Expenses	101
4. Leave Travel Concession	102
5. Pension	103
1. Pensionary/Leave Salary contribution	103.01
2. Monthly Pension to retired Commission’s employees	103.02
3. Other pensionary benefits-
(i) Unautorized leave salary	103.04
(ii) Gratuity	103.05
(iii) Commutation	103.06
6. Office Expenses	104
1. Telephone and Fax Charges	104.01
2. Postage/Courier Charges	104.02
3. Stationery	104.03
4. Computer Consumables	104.04
5. House Keeping Expenses	104.05
6. Internet Charges	104.06
7. Electricity	104.07
8. Water Charges	104.08
9. Hire Charges for Computers	104.09
10. Hire Charges of Vehicle	104.10
11. Petrol, Oil and Lubricants	104.11
12. Printing	104.12
13. Official Entertainment	104.13
14. Miscellaneous Expenditure	104.14
7. Repair and Maintenance	105
1. Motor Vehicle maintenance, Spares and Repair Charges	105.01
2. Repair and Maintenance of Building/Machines/Equipment/Computers-
(a) Building	105.02
(b) Computer and Peripherals	105.03
(c) Fax Machine	105.04
(d) Telephone/EPABX	105.05
(e) Water Coolers/Water purifier	105.06
(f) Air Conditioners	105.07
(g) Fire fighting equipment	105.08
(h) Electrical equipment and accessories	105.09
(i) Electronic Equipment	105.10
(j) UPS and Batteries	105.11
(k) Xerox Machine	105.12
(l) Furniture and Fixture	105.13
8. Establishment Expenses	106
1. Rent, Rate and Taxes	106.01
2. Newspapers and periodicals	106.02
3. Advisory Committee meetings expenses (including TA & DA)	106.03
4. Legal expenses	106.04
5. Payment to Consultants	106.05
6. Training expenses	108.06
7. Wages	106.07
8. Audit fees	106.08
9. Memberships and Subscription	106.09
10. Bank charges	106.10
11. Sales Tax	106.11
12. Insurance of Assets	106.12
13. Interest charges	106.13
14. Arbitration Charges	106.14
15. Liveries	106.15
16. Hiring of Security Services	106.16
17. Hiring of Auxiliary Services	106.17
18. Hearing and meeting expenses	106.18
9. Purchase of Assets	107
1. Land and Building	107.01
2. Computer and Peripherals (Hardware and Software)	107.02
3. Copier/Xerox machine	107.03
4. Fax	107.04
5. Telephone/EPBAX	107.05
6. Water Coolers/Water Purifier	107.06
7. Air conditioners	107.07
8. Furniture & Fixtures	107.08
9. Motor Vehicle	107.09
10. Books	107.10
11. Bicycle	107.11
10. Other Expenditure	108
1. Publications	108.01
2. Seminar, Conference & Workshop	108.02
3. Publicity and Advertisement	108.03
III. Loans and Advances	109
1. Long term Advances-
(a) House Building Advance	109.01
(b) Motor Car/Motor Cycle Advances	109.02
(c) Any other Advance notified by Government of Orissa	109.03
2. Short term Advances-
(a) Festival Advance	109.10
(b) GIS	109.11
(c) Any other Advance notified by Government of Orissa*
3. Recovery of loan and advances from Employees :
(a) House Building Advance-
(i) Principal	109.20
(ii) Interest	109.21
(b) Motor Car/Motor Cycle Advance-
(i) Principal	109.22
(ii) Interest	109.23
(c) Special House Building Advance-
(i) Principal	109.24
(ii) Interest	109.25
(d) Festival Advance-
(i) Principal	109.40
(ii) Interest	109.41
(e) GIS-
(i) Principal	109.42
(ii) Interest	109.43
IV. Any other expenditure head/item as notified by the Government from time to time*

* Any Head/item may be modified/reclassified/inserted and assigned Account Code number with the approval of the Government.

Appendix II

(See Rule 5)

Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission

Budget estimate for the Financial year ........

Major Head and Sub-heads (as detailed in the Appendix I rules)	Actuals for last three years			Budget for the current year	Actuals		Budget estimate for next year	Remarks
	20....20....	20....20....	20....20....		First six month of last year	First six month of current year
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9