Plan of areas of supply to be made and kept open for inspection

Plan of areas of supply to be made and kept open for inspection.-(1) The licensee shall, after commencing to supply energy, forthwith cause a plan to be made of the area of supply, and shall cause to be marked thereon the alignment and in, the case of underground works, the approximate depth below the surface of all his then existing electric supply-lines, street distributing boxes and other works, and shall once in every year cause that plan to be duly corrected so as to show the electric supply-lines, street distributing boxes and other works for the time being in position. The licensee shall also, if so required by an Electric Inspector, cause to be made sections showing the approximate level of all his existing underground works other than service-lines. (2) Every such plan shall be drawn to such scale as the Government may require; provided that no scale shall be required unless maps of the locality on that scale are for the time being available to the public. (3) Every such section shall be drawn to horizontal and vertical scales which shall be such as the Government may require. (4) Every plan and section so made or corrected, or a copy thereof, marked with the date when it was so made or corrected, shall be kept by the licensee at his principal office or place of business within the area of supply, and shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of all applicants, and copies thereof shall be supplied on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by rules under the Jammu and Kashmir Electricity Act, 1997. (5) The licensee shall, if required by an Electric Inspector, supply free of charge to such Electric Inspector a copy of every such plan or section duly corrected so as to agree with the original kept at the principal office or place of business of the licensee.