(1) Any person shall be entitled to obtain copies of the orders, decisions, directions and reasons in support thereof given by the Commission as well as the pleadings, papers and other parts of the records of the Commission to which he is entitled to inspect on payment of fee and complying with other terms which the Commission may direct.
(2) Every order granting, refusing or modifying interim relief and final order shall be communicated to the parties to the petition free of cost:
Provided that unless ordered otherwise by the Commission, a copy of the final order, may not be sent to any party who has not entered appearance.
1 Ins. vide not. No. HPERC/151 dated 10 th January, 2014, published in the R.H.P. dated 13 th January, 2014 at p. 5676-5679.
(3) Any person desirous of obtaining a certified copy of any order of the Commission or any document forming part of the record of proceedings before the Commission, may submit an application in the prescribed Form CB-12 (Annexure-X).
(4) A Register of Copy Applications shall be maintained in the form as prescribed in Form CB-13 (Annexure-XI).
(5) As far as practicable, the certified copies shall be prepared in the order in which the applications are entered in Register of Copy Applications.
(6) The certified copies shall be prepared by photocopying process or by typing and when the copy is so made, it shall be compared by the person preparing the copy, to satisfy himself that the copy prepared faithfully and legibly reproduces the document desired.
(7) An endorsement as under shall be affixed on the reverse of the last page of the document.-
(a) Sl. No. of the application;
(b) Name of the applicant;
(c) Date of presentation of the application;
(d) No. of pages;
(e) Copying fee charged;
(f) Date on which copy is ready;
(g) Date of delivery.
(8) The endorsement shall be made with the help of a rubber stamp got prepared for the purpose. The entries shall be made in ink.
(9) The fee payable for obtaining a certified copy shall be as specified in the Schedule to these regulations per page irrespective of number of words/lines in each page.
1 [24-A. Register of Petitions/Appeals.-(1) A register in Form CB 12-A (Annexure- XA) shall be maintained in regard to the petitions and appeals filed against the orders, decisions or directions of the Commission-
(i) before the High Court;
(ii) before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity; or
(iii) before the Supreme Court of India;
and necessary entries’ therein be promptly made in the Judicial Section of the Commission.
(2) The register shall be placed for scrutiny by the Chairperson in the first week of every month.
24-B. Placing of Supreme Court/High Court/Appellate Tribunal Orders before the Commission.- Whenever an interim or final order passed by the Supreme Court of India, or the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity or the High Court in any petition or appeal or other proceeding preferred against the order, decision or direction of the Commission is received, 1 Ins. vide not. No. HPERC/151 dated 10 th January, 2014, published in the R.H.P. dated 13 th January, 2014 at p. 5676-5679.
18 the same shall forthwith be placed before the Chairperson/Members for information and kept in the relevant case file. Immediate attention of the Secretary shall be drawn to the directions requiring compliance and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to take expeditious steps to comply with the directions of the Supreme Court of India, High Court or the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity as the case may be].
CHAPTER –III INVESTIGATION, INQUIRY, COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS ETC.