The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) on June 02, 2022 has issued the Draft Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Conduct of Business) Seventh amendment regulation 2022 to further amend the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Conduct of Business) regulation 1999.
The following amendment has been made:
• Regulation 66, which specifies Destruction of old records has been inserted, namely:
66. Destruction of Old Records:
1. The disposed of Case Records of the Commission, except the Permanent Records, as stated in Clause-2 infra, shall be ordered to be destroyed by the Secretary, after Six (6) years from the final conclusion of the proceedings, after taking approval from the Commission;
2. For the purpose of this Rule, Permanent records shall include the papers in the Original set/First set of the Case Records maintained for perusal of the Chairman, viz.,
i. Index, the Original Petition, Counter-affidavit, rejoinder, Order, Proceedings Sheet/Record of Proceedings and the O.P. Register;
ii. Review petition, Counter, Order, Review Petition Register; and
iii. Any other papers, which are specifically directed to be preserved by the Commission..
3. All other papers in Records will be the Original set/First set of the Case treated as Non-permanent and shall be destroyed after Six (6) years, as stated in Clause (1) supra.
4. The other sets of papers in the Disposed of cases, filed for perusal of the Members and the office purpose, shall be destroyed immediately after disposal of the main Petition or the Review Petition, as the case may be;
5. The records in the matters, in relation to which proceedings are pending before the APTEL, High Court or the Supreme Court, as the case may be, shall not be destroyed till the disposal thereof by the respective authorities;
6. In May every year, the legal wing of the Commission shall prepare the list of Disposed of Case Records, which are ripe for destruction, and display the same in the website of the Commission, after taking necessary approval from the Commission, notifying that the non-permanent papers contained therein will be destroyed;
7. The non-permanent part of the Disposed of Case Records in the Original/First set of records, shall be segregated; and
8. The segregated non-permanent part of the Disposed of Case Records shall be disposed of by shredding/environment friendly incineration or any other mode as decided by the Commission.
