In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 181
of the Electricity Act, 2003 (Central Act 36 of 2003), and after previous
publication, the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission hereby makes
the following Regulations to amend the Kerala Electricity Ombudsman (Terms and
Conditions of Service) Regulations, 2008, published as Notification No.
1/1/KSERC/2008 dated 21st May, 2008 in Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1035
dated 24th May, 2008, namely:-- (1) These Regulations may be called
the Kerala Electricity Ombudsman (Terms and Conditions of Service) Amendment
Regulations, 2011. (2) They shall come into force at
once. In the Kerala Electricity Ombudsman (Terms and
Conditions of Service) Regulations, 2008,-- (i) in Regulation 3, below the word
"staff, the following words shall be inserted, namely:-- "Secretary: 1 No."; (ii) in Regulation 10, the second
sentence beginning with "The Ombudsman" shall be deleted. (iii) in Annexure I,-- (a) for the existing heading
"Qualifications for the post of Confidential Assistant and Attender",
the following heading shall be substituted, namely:-- "Qualifications for the post of Secretary,
Confidential Assistant and Attender"; (b) the existing Sl. No. shall be
renumbered as Sl. No. 2 and 3 and before Sl. No. 2 as renumbered, the following
Sl. No. and corresponding entries shall be inserted, namely:-- "1. Secretary (i) Degree from a recognised University. (ii) Proficiency in Computer--MS Office. (iii) Minimum 2 years experience in office
Administration. Note.-- Graduation in Law will be treated as an
additional qualification". (iv) in Annexure II,-- (a) the existing Sl. Nos. shall be
renumbered as Sl. No. 2 and 3 and before Sl. No. 2 as renumbered, the following
Sl. No. and corresponding entries shall be inserted, namely:-- "1. Secretary--Rs.
9190-200-9590-240-10790-280-11910-340-13610-380-15510"; (b) the following Note shall be added
at the end, namely:-- "Note.-- Whenever the above scale of pay is
revised by Government by Pay Revision or otherwise, such revision shall be
applicable to these posts also".THE KERALA ELECTRICITY OMBUDSMAN (TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
SERVICE) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS, 2011
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