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GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESH

POWER (B) DEPARTMENT.
NO. 1135 EL/XXIII-PB94 ELA/58.
Dated : Lucknw, May 11,1967,

AS AMENDED UP TO 17-11-1999

NOTIFICATION
The following conditions, whch are prescribed by the Govrnment of Uttar Pradesh for the grant of licences to the
Elcectrical Contractors for the purpose of rule 45 of th Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, are published for general
information in supersession of all previous notification on the subject. These conditions shall aply to the whole of
Uttar Pradesh and shall come into force with effect from the date of publication of this notification in Uttar
Pradesh Gazett.

CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF LICENCES

TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS.
1.PURPOSE.
These conditions regulate the issue and renewal of licences to electrical contractors, in pursuance of provisions of
rule 45 of the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, for execution of electrical Installation works.

2.CLASSES OF LICENCES.
There shall be two classes of licences, A and B, which shall be granted by the Electrical Inspector to
Government, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow in the form specified in Appendix-I.

3. SCOPE.
A Contractor holding A class licence can carry out electrical installation works throughout the State. A
contractor holding B class licence can carry out electrical installation works (except high or extra high voltage
installations) within the district in which the main office or the workshop of the contractor is declated to be
located as well as in other districts, the boundaties of which touch the said district.

4. REQUIREMENTS.

The minimum requirement of stock and staff etc. for each class of licence shall be;

Class Stock Staff Tools & appliances.

A Wiring material One Supervisor holding a certificate of Meggar 500 volts,

and accessories competency and two wireman holding Portable double range
permits issued by the Electrical Voltmeter suitable for

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worth Rupees Inspector to Govt. Uttar Pradesh. If the Voltage for 0-650
1,00,000=00. work is undertaken simultaneously in Volts A.C./D.C. and
more than one district an additional earth tester.
permit holder Wireman shall be
employed for each district.

B Wiring material One Supervisior holding a certificate Meggar-500 Volts.

and accessories of competency and one wireman
worth Rupees. holding a permit issued by the
50,000=00 Electrical Inspector to Govt., Uttar
Pradesh when the work is confined to
the district where the main office or
workshop is situated. If work is
simultaneously undertaken in the
adjoining districts the boundaries of
which touch his district one additional
permit holder wireman shall be
employed for each district.

N.B. Only those materials and accessories which conform to the Indian Standard Specifications wherever these
(1) exist or in their absence such materials as are approved by the Electrical Inspector to Govt., Uttar
Pradesh,for the purpose, shall be taken into account for valuation of the stock.
(2) If the contractor himself holds a certificate of competency, he need not employ a Supervisor if he can
himself directly supervise the work. He must, however, employs required number of permit holder
wireman / wiremen to do the work even if he himself holds a wireman's permit.
(3) The Electrical Inspector to Government, Uttar Pradesh may grant relaxation in respect of requirements of
testing instruments, except meggar in suitable cases.
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5. TO WHOM LICENCE CAN BE GRANTED.

Any persons or company registered under the Companies Act, 1956, may be granted a licence under these
conditions. The licence Shall not, however, be granted to :-

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1) A person holding a certificate of competency or a wirman's permit issued by the Electrical Inspector to
Govt., Uttar Pradesh, who is in the employment of an Electrical Contractor, Govt. Department, a lacal
authority, any educational or technical institution, any other person or company unless he undertakes to
leave the service of his employer and work independently.

2) A person or company whose licence was cancelled under these conditions within three years of the date
of his application for a new licence. Provivided that if in the opinion of the Electrical Inspector to
Government, Uttar Pradesh the reasons for the cancellation of the licence were technical and not serious,
he may in his discretion grant a fresh licence after the applicant pays an additional fee of Rs. 50-00

6. APPLICATION FOR LICENCE.

An application for the grant of licence shall be made to the Electrical Inspector to Government, Uttar Pradesh,
Lucknow, in the form prescribed in Appendix II.

7. INSPECTION BEFORE ISSUE OF LICENCE.

A Licence shall be granted by the Electrical Inspector after satisfying himself by inspection, carried out by him or
by his representative that the requisites under these conditions are being fulfilled. If, however, inspection is not
possible within one month of the receipt of an application, the Electrcal Inspector may in his discretion issue on
receipt of licence fee a provisional licence which shall be subsequently confirmed or cancelled as the case may be
on the result of the inspection.

8. CHANGE OF CLASS OF LICENCE.

Application for change of licence from B class may be made during the currency of a licence of payment of the
prescribed fee for inspection. If inspection is not possible within 15 days of the receipt of the application, the
Electrical Inspector may at his discretion, issue a provisional A class licence, which will be subsequently
confirmed or cancelled, as the case may be, on the result of the inspection. No separate inspection fee shall,
however, be chargeable for converting a B class licence into A class licence if this is done at the time of
annual renewal of th licence or if an A class licence is got changed to B class during its currency.

9. ANNUAL INSPECTION AND RENEWAL OF LICENCE.

(i) Stock of material, testing instruments and the register of contracts and staff etc. of all licenced contractors
shall be inspected by the Electrical Inspector or his representative annually after the 31 st of October
during the currency of a licence. The date of inspection shall be duly notifiex to the contractor at least 15
days in advance. The reach the Electrical Inspector's Office latest by the last day of September each year,
failing which, the inspection may be carried out on payment of the prescribed late fee, provided that the
treasury challn on account of the annual inspection fee together with late fee reaches the Electrical
Inspector's Office by 15 th November, otherwise no annual inspection shall be carried out and the licence
shall not be renewed after its expiry.
(ii)
Besides th annual inpection, the Electrical Inspector or his representative may mak inspections at any
time as and when necessary in the public interest. No fee for such inspection shall be charged but fee will
be chargeable for subsequent inspection that may be found necessary for checking of the compliance of
the defects noticed in the earlier inspection.

(iii)
The contractor shall give all information rquird by th inspecting officer.

(iv)
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Every licence shall be renewable annually. Failure to renew a licence shall render it invalid and full fee
for the issu of a new licence shall be charged. Subject to sub condition (i), application for renewal
together with the licence and treasury challan showing that the requisite renewal fee has been deposited
shall be submitted to the Electrical Inspector at least 20 days before the date of expiry of the licence. If
any contractor fails to do so, his application for renewal may be entertained by the Electrical Inspector on
payment of the prescribed late fee in addition to the renewal fee, provided the application, licence and the
treasury challan are received in his office within 30 days of the date of expiry of the licence.

10. FEES.
The following fees shall be levied under these conditions :-
(i)
Fee for inspection of contractor's premises etc. whether initial, subsequent, annual or at the request of the
contractor. Rs. 150=00

(ii) Licence fee Rs. 750=00

(iii) Renewal fee Rs. 225=00
(iv) Late fees Rs. 75=00
(v) Fee for settlement of dispute Rs. 30=00
(vi) Fee for making appeal Rs. 10=00
(vii) Fee for duplicate copy of licence. Rs. 75=00
(viii) Fee for change of name or address of shop/workshop. Rs. 100=00

Note :- All fees shall be paid in advance. It shall be deposited in the State Bank of India, or in a Govt. treasury
where there is no branch of the State Bank of India, under th head :-

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Forms with heads of accounts printed thereon, which are to be utilized for making the deposit can be obtained
from th office of the Electrical Inspector to Govt. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow, Zonal offices of the Asst. Electrcal
Inspectors, Electricity supply undertakings, Collectorates or the offices of the Uttar Pradesh State Electricity
Board. No refund will ordinarily be allowed but Govt. may relax this provision in individual cases where
considered necessary.

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11. SUBMISSION OF RETURNS AND MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.

The contractor shall submit the following returns and information to the Electrical Inspector to Government,
Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow :-

Returns twice a year in the form specified in Appendix II on or before the 15 th July and 15 th January
each year.

Before starting any electrical installation work, entry will be made date wise in a register, which will be
maintained in the form givn in Appendix IV. This register will be kept upto date and produced for
inspection whenever requird by the Electrical Inspector or his representative.

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Information regarding any change which occurs in the staff, within a fortnight of the date from which the
change takes place.
12. STAFF OF THE CONRACTOR.
(i)
The entire wiring staff excluding helpers shall consist of bonafide certificatd and full time employees but
a contractor may engage apprentices for training purposes. The total number of apprentices employed at
any time shall not exceed the number of wiremen and supervisors employed at that time. The contractor
shall not permit such apprentices to carry out any electrical installation work including additions,
alteration, repairs and adjustments to existing installations except under the direct supervision of a person
holding a certificate of competency and under the direct guidance of a wireman holding a permit issued
by the Electrical Inspector to Government.

(ii) The contractor shall maintain a register giving information about the employment of supervisor /
supervisors, wireman / wiremen and apprentices which shall be put up before the inspecting officer at the
time of inspection. The register maintained by th contractor for th purpose of rule 13 of the Shop and
Commercial Establishment Act will serve the purpose of this condition. A person whose name is not
entered in such register, shall not be considered to be the bonafide employee on the contractor's wiring
staff.
13. MODE OF CONTRACT.
Every contrac for electrical installation work undertaken by the contractor shall be in writing in the form
specified in Appendix V. It shall be open to inspection by the Electrical Inspector or his representative.

14. QUALITY OF MATERIAL AND WORK.

(i)
The contractor shall be personally responsible for the quality of all materials used and for the work
carried out by his employees. If the work is found to be defective by the electricity supplier on testing the
installation before giving supply, the contractor shll be responsible for removing or rectifying the defect,
but in case of disagreement, the matter may be referred by the contractor or the electricity supplier to the
Electrcal Inspector to Govt. , Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, whose decision shall be final and binding.

(ii)
In case of any distpute between any contractor and his customer regarding fulfillment of the contract, the
matter, may be referred by either party on payment of the prescribed fee as also the amount under dispute,
if any, to the Electrical Inspector to Govt., Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow whose decision shall be final and
binding.

15. CANCELLATION
A licence granted under these conditions may be cancelled in the following circumstances :-

If breach of any condition is committed.

If the contractor is found to execute an electrical installation work through unlicenced wireman or found
to employ more number of apprentices than permitted under these conditions or is found not to have got
the work carried out under the direct supervision of a person holding a certificate of competency.

If the contractor fails to keep the testing instruments in order.

If the contractor is found to have carried out works which were defective and nor in accordance with the
provisions of the Indian Electricty Rules, 1956, and the Indian Standard Code of practice for electrical
wiring and fittings in buildings.

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If it is found that the contractor is not carrying out electrical installation work satisfactorily.

If the contactor signs and submits to the electricity supplier, completion certificates of works which have
not actually been done by his own staff.

If the financial position of the contractor has become such that he is unable to carry out his obligatons
under these conditions.

If the contractor has knowingly furnished wrong information to the Electrical Inspector to Govt., Uttar
Pradesh.

NOTE :- The licence shall however not be cancelled unless the contractor has ben given a reasonable opportunity
to show cause may be suspended at the discretion of the Electrical Inspector, during th pendency of enquiry.
Where a cause for the cancellation of the licence is made ou, th Electrical Inspector may instead of canceling the
licence impose a fine not exceeding Rs.50/-. Every order made by the Elcetrical Inspector shall be subject to
revision by th Governor on payment of prescribed fee. An application for revision will be made within 90 days
from the date of the order appealed against.
16. DUPLICATE COPY OF LICENCE.
A duplicat copy of the licence will be issud on payment of the prescribed fee and on furnishing proof of the loss,
damage etc. of the original licence. Application for the purpose shall be made in Appendix VI.
17. COMPLETION CERTIFICAT.
(i) On completion of the electrical installation work the same shall be tested and completion certificate shall
be issued by the contractor only in respect of such works which have been actually carried out by his
wireman under the supervision of his supervisors and the test result shall be recorded on the form.
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18. ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER.

The licence is neither transferable nor inheritable. In case of any chang in the ownership or partnership of the
firm at any time for any reason whatsever, the licence shall stand cancelled from the date of the change.

19 RECOGNITION OF LICENCE ISSUED BY OTHER STATE GOVERNMENTS.

Electrical contractors holding licences valid in othe States may be allowed under special circumstances, to carry
out specified work or works in this State. A temporary licence will be issued to them for the case of such
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contractors the Electrical Inspector may relax so much of these conditions as may appear justifiable, but no
relaxation in the matter of payment of fees shall be made without the orders of Government.

20 GENERAL.

Copies of the printed conditions may be obtained from the Superintendent, Printing and Stationery, Uttar Pradesh,
Allahabad or Director, Electrical Safety, U.P. Government, Lucknow on payment of prescribed fee.

21 CHANGE IN TH NAME OR ADDRESS OF THE FIRM / WORKSHOP.

(1) The contractor licenced under thse conditions shall intimate to the Director, Electrical Safety along with
his licence for any change in lacation of his shop / workshop within one week of such change. In case the
shop is transrerred to place outside the district, then the licence shall stand cancelled from the date of
such change.
(2) The contractor shall intimat the Director, Eletrical Safety U.P Government, Lucknow regarding any
change in the name of his firm / company or cooperative unit during the validity of the licence within one
week of such change. Original licence, receipted copy of the treasury challan in support of the payment of
the fee prescribed for recording the change in name and an affidavit to the effect that there has no change
of any kind in the proprietorship or partnership or constitution of the firm / company / unit shall be
submitted alongwith.
By order of the Governor,
S.P. Bhatnagar
Vidyut Sachiv.
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