The Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority, Kulman Ghising, has clarified that the technical investigation committee formed by Energy Minister Deepak Khadka to resolve the dedicated feeder and trunkline tariff dispute is contrary to law and procedure and has no jurisdiction.

Executive Director Ghising wrote a different opinion on the decision to give salaries, allowances and service facilities to the committee formed by the Ministry, which was passed by the Nepal Electricity Authority Board of Directors chaired by Energy Minister Khadka. 

On Sunday, the ministry replied to the explanation asked on December 22. Energy Minister Khadka said that according to the instructions of the Council of Ministers, Energy Secretary Kulman Ghisingh asked for an explanation on December 22. Ghising has answered the explanation on Sunday.

In the reply sent to the Ministry of Energy, Ghising has mentioned the reason for holding a different vote in the Authority's Board of Directors meeting. 

There was a judgment/order from the Office of the Auditor General, Public Accounts Committee, Electricity Regulatory Commission and various respected courts that the arrears of the customers who got electricity supply from the dedicated and trunk line should be collected, and the Cabinet also decided to collect the fees and the inquiry committee is illegal and illegal. By raising the question as a matter of public concern and making the authority an opponent, the case registered in the honorable Supreme Court is currently under consideration, and the authority has decided to take the discount fee and issued a decision. The establishment of the investigation committee by the Ministry is not in accordance with the prescribed method and process, and it appears to be without jurisdiction, as the rule of law, institutional interests and positions are affected, and the facility to review the service charge/deposit is also affected by the authority on the bill/invoice and the Electricity Regulatory Commission. I have registered my opinion in this regard by fulfilling the responsibility and duty.

In sub-section (4) of section 15 of the Nepal Electricity Authority Act, 2041, 'the opinion of the majority in the meeting of the committee shall be valid and if the votes are equal, the director presiding over the meeting shall give the deciding vote'. Considering the situation where there may be different opinions, the law provides the facility for the director who disagrees with any proposal or related decision to write a different opinion when it is seen that the majority opinion will be valid in such a situation. It is known that it is also in practice. It is also requested that the employee in the public position has the right to vote and make a decision at his own discretion, which is the characteristic, right and duty of the public service .

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