The Electricity Act, 2003 has significantly enlarged the spectrum of responsibility of CERC. Under the ERC Act, 1998 only the tariff fixation powers were vested in CERC.

The Electricity Act, 2003 has entrusted on the CERC several other responsibilities in addition to the tariff fixation powers, for instance, the powers to grant licence for inter-State transmission, inter-State trading and consequently to amend, suspend and revoke the licence, the powers to regulate the licensees by setting performance standards and ensuring their compliance, etc.

In the course of discharging the above statutory functions, the activities presently handled by the Legal Wing involve inter alia drafting of orders, framing of regulations, record of proceedings of the oral hearings of Commission, replies / affidavits, attending hearings of external court cases, assisting the Commission in discharge of its proceedings as per the Conduct of Business regulations etc., and defending /monitoring the cases in the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, High Courts and the Supreme Court where the Commission is party.

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has, therefore, felt the need for engaging Senior Research Officer (Law), Research Officer (Law) and Research Associate (Law) in accordance with the CERC (Appointment of Consultants) (Amendment) Regulation, 2010 as amended from time to time. The Senior Research Officer/Research Officers/Research Associates proposed to be engaged by the Commission would assist and augment the work of Legal Wing of the Commission in discharge of its multifarious functions.

Scope of work for Staff Consultants:

The duties of the Senior Research Officer/Research Officer/ Research Associate of Legal wing of CERC shall mainly include as under:

• Scrutiny of petitions, preparation of deficiency statements for compliance by stakeholders. Examination of the legal issues raised in petitions and registration of the petitions in accordance with the check list;
• Preparation of fact sheet of the cases, preparation of inputs on legal issues raised in petitions, coordination with various divisions on the information required, up-dation of files in RIMS/e-office, preparation of MIS reports;
• Attending court hearings, assisting in the preparation of draft Record of proceedings (ROPs) and Orders;
• Undertake research of issues raised in petition with relevant case laws. Proper maintenance of files and linking of relevant documents in files;
• Drafting of writ petitions/replies/rejoinders/applications/written submissions etc., for filing before the Supreme Court/High Courts/APTEL and other forums
• Other works as may be assigned from time to time