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Mr. Krishna Saini assumes office of Chairman, DERC, 04th March 2016

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DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY
GOVERNMENT OF DELHI
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New Delhi: 04/03/2016

  • Mr. Krishna Saini assumes office of Chairman, DERC

 

Mr. Krishna Saini on Friday assumed the office of Chairman of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC). Mr. Saini was administered the ‘Oath of Secrecy’ and ‘Oath of Allegiance to the Constitution’ by Hon’ble Minister of Power, Delhi Government Mr. Satyendar Jain at Delhi Secretariat, New Delhi.

Mr. Saini has been appointed as new Chairman of DERC on the recommendation of the Selection Committee constituted under Section 85 of the Electricity Act, 2003.

The appointment follows permission granted by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in its order dated 24.02.2016. The appointment would be subject to the result of the Writ Petition (C) No. 11605/2015 titled as Raman Suri Vs. Union of India & Others pending before Hon’ble High Court.

Mr. Saini, an officer of the Indian Revenue Service of 1981 batch, has 35 years experience of working at various senior level positions in the Government of India. He has worked in the areas of finance, commerce, economics, accounts, law, legislation, adjudication, auditing of financial statements and detection of irregularities. He has recently retired as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. He has done MBA from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia and M.Sc. (Fiscal Studies) from University of Bath, U.K.

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