ORDER

By an order made on 13th January, 1998, a High Powered Committee came to be appointed to carry out investigations into five areas, as indicated in the order. The High Powered Committee was initially headed by Shri S. Venkatnarayanan (IAS) Retd., Former Chairman, National Power Finance Corporation, who was substituted later on by Shri P.K. Kaul, former Cabinet Secretary of the Government of India. The High Powered Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Kaul Committee) with the expert advice and assistance of M/s Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore and Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, made an indepth investigation into the areas of reference and produced a Report in two volumes.

2. One of the issues on which the Kaul Committee had adversely commented is that transfers and posting of officers and staff are not made in the State Electricity Board in a transport and accountable manner. Although guidelines for transfer policy of officers of the State Government (see at Page 495 Volume IA of the Paper Book), are supposed to be the transfer policy of such officers of the Board also, they have been observed in breach. The State Government has power under the Electrici