In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(i) “Board” means the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board constituted under section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (Central Act No.54 of 1948);
(ii) “existing pensioner(s)” means all pensioner(s) of the erstwhile Board as on or immediately before the commencement of the Transfer Scheme and shall include eligible family members of such pensioners;
(iii) “Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board Ltd.” or “HPSEB Ltd.” means “Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited” incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956;
(iv) “pensioner(s)” means retired personnel to whom CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 are applicable and who are entitled to pension and other terminal benefits as per terms of their appointment and includes such family members of deceased personnel who are entitled to pension and other terminal benefits as per service rules;
1 Published in R H.P. dated 2 nd April, 2015 at p. 28-31.
2 Compendium of HPERC Regulations, March 2021
(v) “personnel” means existing and retired workmen, employees, staff, and officers of the erstwhile Board by whatever name called including those on deputation or on secondment in other organizations or institutions; as on or immediately prior to the commencement of the Transfer Scheme to whom CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 are applicable and who are entitled for pension and other terminal benefits as per terms of their appointment and service rules; but excludes persons on deputation from other organizations to the erstwhile Board;
(vi) “State Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh;
(vii) “successor entities” means the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited.( the HPSEB Ltd.), Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (the HPPCL), H.P. Power Transmission Corporation Limited (the HPPTCL), the Himachal Pradesh State Load Dispatch Society (the HPLDS) or any other entity to which the personnel are transferred and in which the property, interest in property, rights and liabilities of the erstwhile Board are re-vested in accordance with the Transfer Scheme or such other State Govt. Scheme(s);
(viii) “terminal benefits” means the gratuity (including service gratuity, retirement gratuity/ death gratuity and residuary gratuity), pension (including commutation of pension, restoration of pension, additional pension, family pension, revisions etc.) and the dearness relief thereon, medical benefits and other applicable benefits including arrears, but shall not include the leave encashment payable at the time of retirement as it shall form part of salary expenses;
(ix) “Transfer Scheme” means the Himachal Pradesh Power Sector Reforms Transfer Scheme, 2010;
(2) The words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) or Rules or Regulations made thereunder shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act/Rules/Regulations.