Panaji, 1st December, 2020 (Agrahayana 10, 1942) SERIES I No. 35 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRAORDINARY
No. 2
with accumulated arrears up to 13-10-2020.
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Power
Office of the Chief Electrical Engineer __
Notification
CEE/Accts./357/OTS/2020-21/69/2022
The Government of Goa is pleased to introduce a "One Time Settlement Scheme 2020" under Electricity Depar tment for defaulting consumers of electricity charges having accumulated arrears upto 10-10-2020 for Temporarily Disconnected, Permanently Disconnected and Revenue Recovery cases consumers and upto 13-10-2020 for Active consumers of this Department in order to enable prompt recovery of such outstanding dues under the following conditions:-
1. The scheme will be applicable to all the categories of consumers whose installations are Temporarily Disconnected/ Permanently Disconnected as on 10-10-2020 for non-payment of outstanding arrears and for Revenue Recovery cases filed upto 10-10-2020.
Any of the consumers who are not covered in the scheme such as those with cases pending in the courts, C.G.R.F. may directly apply to the Depar tment for settlement of their dues within the specified period and the same will be considered on merit on a case to case basis.
3. The validity for applying for the scheme is one month from the date of notification on the Official Gazette of Government of Goa.
4. The consumer can avail any one of the following 5 options of repayment, as detailed hereunder:
a. Option 1: For consumers availing to pay the principal amount in two monthly equated installments, no D.P.C. shall be charged upto 10-10-2020 for consumers falling in categories mentioned at Sr. No. 1 above and upto 13-10-2020 for consumers falling in category mentioned at Sr. No. 2 above, i.e. D.P.C. will be waived off totally.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 35 (EXTRAORDINARY No. 2) 1ST DECEMBER, 2020consumers falling in category mentioned at Sr. No. 2 above shall be waived off.
c. Option 3: For consumers availing to pay the principal amount in 4 monthly equated installments, 60% of the D.P.C. accumulated upto 10-10-2020 for consumers falling in categories mentioned at Sr. No. 1 above and upto 13-10-2020 for consumers falling in category mentioned at Sr. No. 2 above shall be waived off.
d. Option 4: For consumers availing to pay the principal amount in 5 monthly equated installments, 40% of the D.P.C. accumulated upto 10-10-2020 for consumers falling in categories mentioned at Sr. No. 1 above and upto 13-10-2020 for consumers falling in category mentioned at Sr. No. 2 above shall be waived off.
e. Option 5: For consumers availing to pay the principal amount in 6 monthly equated installments, 20% of the D.P.C. accumulated upto 10-10-2020 for consumers falling in categories mentioned at Sr. No. 1 above and upto 13-10-2020 for consumers falling in category mentioned at Sr. No. 2 above shall be waived off.
5. The consumer shall pay the first installment within 7 days from the date of registration on the OTS Portal and the subsequent installment shall be paid in the subsequent month/months, as per the schedule displayed on the portal and the notification of the same will be forwarded to the concerned Executive Engineer/ /Assistant Engineer.
For any reason, if the eligible consumer does not avail the scheme or does not adhere to the payment schedule, then automatically all the benefits as prescribed under the scheme will be null and void and the Department will continue levying D.P.C.as on date, and the money paid as installment will be adjusted in the subsequent bill issued thereafter.
6. The cases referred to RRC will be withdrawn on full settlement of the bill as per the schedule of payment opted by the consumer under OTS Scheme 2020. The concerned Mamlatdar will be intimated by the concerned Executive Engineer or the concerned Assistant Engineer (Com) for withdrawal of such cases from R.R.C. only on receipt of the full payment as per this scheme.
7. The Consumers desiring to avail the OTS Scheme 2020 will have to apply Online at www.goaelectricity.gov.in only. The payment will be automatically processed online as per the option selected by the consumer and settled in the account of the Department.
8. In respect of the R.R.C. cases where the break-up of actual energy charges and Delay Payment Charges are not available in the system/records of the Goa Electricity Department, 50% amount of the accumulated bill amount as on 10-10-2020 will be waived off in order to give relief to the consumers for settlement of the outstanding dues.
By order and in the name of the
Governor of Goa.
Rajiv R. Samant, ex officio Addl. Secretary.
Panaji, 24th November, 2020.
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