Authorization of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to Continue to Function as the State Transmission Utility and a Licensee under the Electricity Act, 2003
The Government of Tamil Nadu, through the Energy Department (B2), issued G.O. Ms. No. 104 on 16th December 2009, authorizing the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to continue functioning as the State Transmission Utility and a licensee under the Electricity Act, 2003. The authorization extended the Board's existing status beyond 15th December 2009 and up to 15th March 2010.
What the notification does
The Government of Tamil Nadu Energy Department (B2), through G.O. Ms. No. 104 dated 16th December 2009, gave the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board a temporary authorization to continue in two capacities under the Electricity Act, 2003. These capacities were the State Transmission Utility and a licensee.
The notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary as Notification No. II(2)/EGY/690(b)/2009.
Period covered
The authorization under G.O. Ms. No. 104 continued the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board's status beyond 15th December 2009 and up to 15th March 2010. The Gazette describes this as a further period and states that it was mutually decided by the Central Government and the Government of Tamil Nadu.
The notification does not provide information about the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board's status after 15th March 2010.
Key provisions
- The Governor of Tamil Nadu issued the authorization.
- The power used was the proviso to clause (a) of Section 172 of the Electricity Act, 2003.
- The authorized body was the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.
- The Board could continue to function as the State Transmission Utility.
- The Board could also continue to function as a licensee under the Electricity Act, 2003.
- The further authorization applied up to 15th March 2010.
Who is affected
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board was the entity directly affected because the notification continued its legal authority to perform the two specified electricity functions for the stated period.
For property buyers, owners and professionals, G.O. Ms. No. 104 does not set out rules concerning land ownership, registration, land use, planning permission or property transactions. It concerns the statutory operating status of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. The notification also does not prescribe any application process, payment or compliance requirement for individual property owners.
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Common questions
Did this Gazette notification give the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board permanent authorization?
No. G.O. Ms. No. 104 authorized the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to continue in the specified roles only for a further period up to 15th March 2010.
What roles could the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board continue to perform?
The Board could continue to function as the State Transmission Utility and as a licensee under the Electricity Act, 2003.
Does G.O. Ms. No. 104 change land ownership or property registration rules?
No such changes are stated. The notification deals only with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board's authorization under the Electricity Act, 2003.
Does the notification explain what happened after 15th March 2010?
No. It only states that the further authorization continued up to 15th March 2010.
