(1) Subject to the rules framed by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section 171 of the Act, any notice to be issued by the Commission may be served by any one or more of the following modes, as may be directed by the Commission,-
(a) by hand delivery through a messenger;
(b) by registered post with acknowledgement due; and
(c) in any other manner as considered appropriate by the Commission.
1 Published in R H.P. (Extra) dated 24 th March, 2005 at p. 4174-4178. For Hindi text, see R. H.P.
(Extra) dated 24 th March, 2005 at p. 4168-4173.
2 Compendium of HPERC Regulations, March 2020
(2) Every notice required to be served on, or delivered to, a licensee/generating company may be sent to the licensee/generating company at its registered office in India or to his agent empowered to accept service at the address furnished by him for service or at the place where the licensee/generating company or his agent ordinarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain.
(3) Every notice required to be served on, or delivered to, a licensee/generating company may be sent to an authorized agent or representative duly empowered to take service of the notices and processes on behalf of the licensee/generating company in all matters and service on such agent or representative shall be taken as due service on the licensee / generating company.