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Panaji, 5th April, 2022 (Chaitra 15, 1944)
SERIES I No. 53
Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Power
Office of the Chief Electrical Engineer
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Notification
120/2/CEE/TECH/SDA-4
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-
section (3) of section 1 of the Goa Public
Lighting Duty Act, 2021 (Goa Act 25 of 2021),
the Government of Goa hereby appoints the
5th day of April, 2022 as the date on which
the provisions of the said Act shall come into
force.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Stephen Fernandes, CEE & ex officio Addl.
Secretary (Power).
Panaji, 5th April, 2022.
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Notification
120/2/CEE/TECH/SDA-4
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-
section (1) of section 8 of the Goa Public
Lighting Duty Act, 2021 (Goa Act 25 of 2021),
the Government of Goa hereby notifies the
Chief Electrical Engineer, Superintending
Engineers, Executive Engineers (Electrical)
and Assistant Engineers (Electrical) of the
Electricity Department of the Government of
Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]
Goa as the Inspecting Officer, for the purposes
of the said Act.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Stephen Fernandes, CEE & ex officio Addl.
Secretary (Power).
Panaji, 5th April, 2022.
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Notification
120/2/CEE/TECH/SDA-4
In exercise of the powers conferred by
section 9 of the Goa Public Lighting Duty Act,
2021 (Goa Act 25 of 2021) and all other powers
enabling it in this behalf, the Government of
Goa hereby makes the following rules,
namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1)
These rules may be called the Goa Public
Lighting Duty Rules, 2021.
(2) They shall come into force on the date
of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.— (1) In these rules, unless
the context otherwise requires,—
a) “Act” means the Goa Public Lighting
Duty Act, 2021 (Goa Act 25 of 2021).
b)“Public lighting duty” means duty
payable as per section 4 of the Act.
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(2) Words and expressions used and not
defined in these rules but defined in the Act
shall have the meanings respectively assigned
to them in the Act.
3. Operation and maintenance of public
lights.— (1)The existing public lighting
infrastructure in working condition alongwith
AMC and warranty of lights shall be handed
over by other Government Departments and
Government Corporations to the Department
within the period specified in section 7 of the
Act. The bills of the AMC contractors as on
the date of such handing over shall be settled
by the concerned Government Department
or Government Corporation and no dues
certificate in respect of the Annual
Maintenance Charges (AMC) shall be
submitted to the Department by the
concerned Department/Corporation.
(2) Maintenance and switching ON/OFF of
all streetlights shall be looked after by the
Department, however, facade illumination of
temples, churches, mosques and their outskirt
shall be looked after by the Government
department/corporation concerned.
4. Creation of infrastucture for public
lighting.—
(1) Sanction of works —
(i) For extension of Low Tension (LT)
network for new streetlights along the
roads in Municipal or Panchayat area,
the resolution to that effect shall be
submitted by the Municipal Corporation/
Council or Village Panchayat concerned
to the Executive Engineer or Assistant
Engineer of respective area. The
Department shall execute the work of
extension of LT network after sanctioning
the estimate as per the delegation of
Technical and Financial powers of
Technical Officers of the Department as
per the Central Public Works Department
(CPWD) Manual in force. The energy
efficient LED fixtures shall be provided
on poles as per requirement.
(ii) New proposals of the other
Government
Departments
and
Government Corporations for public
lighting shall be submitted to the
Department. The execution of such
proposals shall be done only on
depositing of funds with the Department
by such Government Department or
Government Corporation concerned as
the case may be.
(iii) The new proposals for public
lighting by Central Government or under
Member of Parliament Local Area
Development (MPLAD) Scheme or any
another Central Government Scheme
shall be executed by the Department
after required funds are made available
to the Department on sanctioning of the
estimate.
(iv) The uniformity in energy efficient
streetlights fixtures and poles shall be
maintained by the Department.
(2) Execution of works —
The works shall be executed as per CPWD
Manual and by following all codal formalities
as envisaged under General Financial Rules
(GFR) and any other procedure as put in
place by the Government or the Department
from time to time. The Department shall take
all necessary approvals like clearance from
Technical Advisory Committee, Expenditure
Sanctions including approval of Expenditure
Finance Committee(EFC) and Goa State
Works Board (GSWB) wherever necessary as
per the rules inforce.
5. Payment of Energy bills of public
lighting.—Energy bills of all public lighting
except the facade illumination of temples,
churches, mosques and their outskirt shall
be settled by the Department from public
lighting duty levied and collected as per the
provisions of the Act.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Stephen Fernandes, CEE & ex officio Addl.
Secretary (Power).
Panaji, 5th April, 2022.
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