EHV/HV/MV INSTALLATIONS INSPECTION

Procedure for grant of approval for energisation of new electrical installations under
regulation 43/32 of Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric
Supply ) Regulations, 2010.
1

No electrical installation work, including additions, alterations, repairs and adjustments to

existing installations, except such replacement of lamps, fans, fuses, switches, domestic
appliances of voltage not exceeding 250V and fittings as in no way alters its capacity or
character, shall be carried out upon the premises of or on behalf of any consumer, supplier,
owner or occupier for the purpose of supply to such consumer, supplier, owner or occupier
except by an electrical contractor licensed in this behalf by the State Government and under the
direct supervision of a person holding a certificate of competency and by a person holding a
permit issued or recognized by the State Government.
2

No electrical installation work which has been carried out in contravention of above (1) shall

be energized or connected to the works of any supplier.

3

The electrical installations shall also comply the relevant provisions of National Building

Code.
4

For installations having installed capacity above 500 KVA, the single line diagram

indicating various protections, change over switches and apparatus is to be got approved from
the Chief Electrical Inspector before commencement of the work. A copy of the building plan
indicating the location of Transformer, Generator, HT& LT Protection, earth pits and size of
earth strips, spacing between the apparatus is also required to be submitted by the owner while
seeking approval of Single Line Diagram. Approval of the single line diagram/schemes of
electrical installations is issued by the Chief Electrical Inspector after detailed scrutiny of the
same and relevant drawings.
5

Notice of commencement of electrical installation work shall be given in writing by the

licensed contractor to the Electrical Inspector within 48 hours of the commencement of such
work.
6

On completion of the electrical installation work in all respects and testing of the

installations, the electrical contractor shall issue Completion and Test Report in the prescribed
forms.

The owner of the installation or authorized representative shall submit an application for

inspection of his installation to the supplier in case of LV & MV installations and to the
Electrical Inspector in case of HV& EHV installations in the form A-1, B-1, A-2 or B-2
alongwith following documents:(i)

Completion and Test Report issued by the licensed Electrical Contractor.

(ii) Copies of Manufacturers Test Certificate and invoice of the electrical apparatus /
cable or supply line.
(iii)

NOC from Fire Department/Test Certificate of the Fire Extinguishers.

(iv) Copies of statutory clearances /approval

from Authorities i.e. Forest

Department/Railways/ Defence (AHQ)/ Civil Aviation/ PTCC/National Highways/

HERC/State

Govt./Power

Government

regarding

Utilities/CEI/other

authorities

of

State/Central

generation/transmission/distribution/consumption

of

electrical energy.
(v) Treasury challan of inspection fees as per schedule.
(vi) Undertaking of the owner that he shall maintain and operate the installations in a
condition free from danger and as recommended by the manufacturer and/or by the
relevant Code of Practice of the Bureau of Indian Standards and/ or by the
Electrical Inspector.
8

The owner of the installation shall arrange for site tests of electrical apparatus, cable or

supply line as per relevant code of practice of the Bureau of Indian Standards and the records of
all tests, trappings maintenance works and repairs of all equipments shall be kept in such a way
that these records can be compared with earlier ones.
9

The Licensed Electrical Contractor/Electrical Supervisor holding Competency Certificate

who executed the installation work shall remain present with tools and instruments at the time of
inspection by the Electrical Inspector and arrange for carrying out all the routine tests of the
apparatus /cable/line or any additional tests which may require to be carried out.
10

The installations which are found to be conforming to the relevant provisions of Central

Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010 are
accorded approval for energisation by the Electrical Inspector.

Instructions for Filling the Application under Regulation 43/32 of Central Electricity
Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010 for
getting approval of the Electrical Inspector for energisation.
1. Application Form, Instructions for filling the form and other details can be download
form official Website: http://haryana.gov.in/cei.asp Chief Electrical Inspector to Govt.
Haryana, Chandigarh.
2. Application Format Form A-1 is applicable for all the EHV electrical installations;
Form B-1 is for all EHV Overhead Transmission Lines; Form A-2 is for HT (upto
33KV) installations and Form B-2 is for HT (upto33KV) lines for inspection under
Regulation 43 and Regulation 32.
3. Application Format Form C-1 is applicable for periodical inspection of all the electrical
installations under Regulation 30.
4.

Ensure that all the columns of the Application Form are filled.

5. Application for inspection of installations shall be submitted at least ten days before the
expected date of energisation to the office of CEI/concerned sub centre of Electrical
Inspectorate.
6. The Periodicity of Inspections: The periodicity of inspection is as below:
(i)

HT/EHT Installations once in a year.

(ii)

MP Installations

once in three years.

7. The Application Form shall be submitted to the Head Office /Executive Engineer of the
respective sub centre as per the location of the installation falling within the jurisdiction
of that sub centre.
8. Address of the Chief Electrical Inspector to the Government of Haryana is SCO 85-86,
Sector-17-D, Chandigarh-160017. Phone 0172-2704090, Fax No. 0172-2710171 and
addresses of Sub Centres are as shown in Table-I.

Table-I
Address & Area of Jurisdiction of HO and sub centre.

Sr.

Sub Centre

Address of Sub Centre

Area of Jurisdiction

Head Office

Chief Electrical Inspector to Govt.

Haryana, SCO 85-86, Sector-17-D,
Chandigarh.
Executive Engineer,
Electrical Inspectorate Haryana,
31-F, Patel Nagar, Near Gurudwara,
Panipat.
Executive Engineer,
Electrical Inspectorate Haryana,
HUDA Primary School Building,
Sushant Lok, Block-C-2, Gurgaon.
Executive Engineer,
Electrical Inspectorate Haryana,
SCF-9, Sector-9,
Faridabad.
Executive Engineer,
Electrical Inspectorate Haryana
Red Cross Building, Railway Fly-over,
Hisar.

Op Circles Panchkula,
Ambala, Yamuna Nagar,
Karnal & Kaithal.
OP Circles Panipat &
Sonepat

No.
1

Chandigarh
2

Panipat

Gurgaon

Faridabad

Hisar

OP Circles Gurgaon
Rewari & Narnaul
OP Circle Faridabad

OP Circles Hisar, Jind

Bhiwani, Sirsa, Rohtak &
Jhajjar.

Deficiencies of the following nature are generally observed in EHV/HV/MV electrical

installations.
(1)

The body of the electrical equipment or neutral point of a generator /transformer

is not earthed by connecting it to the earthing system by two separate and distinct
connections.

(2)

11 KV vacuum circuit breaker is not provided on every transformer having

capacity of 1000 KVA and above.

(3)

The transformers and equipments are installed in a congested area without leaving
free passage for the operators/workers.

(4)

Insulating mats for electrical purposes provided in front of panels are not found
conforming to IS :15652:2006.

(5)

Continuous earth wire (earthed at three points in every Km) is usually not
provided along the electricity line upto tail end.

(6)

Guarding of the line is not done at point of its crossing with roads/other lines.

(7)

Adequate vertical ground clearance, adequate horizontal clearance from buildings

and adequate clearance at crossing point with other lines is not maintained.

(8) 11KV cables/LT cables are laid in a haphazard manner instead of proper laying in
the trench/tray.
(9)

Fire fighting arrangements are inadequate and fire extinguishers are not refilled in
time.