806 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
purchase enable the Government to utilise the sterling balance held to the credit of India in England ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes. The Company’s licence runs from the 2nd March 1905 : The area of supply now includes;
(i) the whole of the area in the jurisdiction of the Delhi Municipal Committee;
(ii) the whole of the Delhi Civil Station Notified Area;
(iii) the whole of the West Delhi Notified Area; and
(iv) a tract of land in the jurisdiction of the Delhi District Board.
(b) During war-time it is not in the public interest to supply the information.
(c) Yes. The Company’s generating plant is now used more or less as a stand-by.
(d) Yes.
(e) A statement is laid on the table.
(f) Yes. The question is now under the consideration of the Chief Commissioner, Delhi.
(g) Under the first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, the price to be paid for the property of the licence, if the option of purchasing were exercised, would be its fair market value at the time of purchase of determined by arbitration. It is not possible to answer the second half of the question till the amount likely to be involved is known.
STATEMENT
The Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Co. Ltd., are charged at 69 anna per unit of electricity supplied in bulk by the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Limited.
Rates charged by the Delhi Electric Supply and Traction Co. Ltd.
Lighting and fans—Three annas per unit less 3 pics discount per unit for prompt payment of bills.
Domestic power, (Cooling, water heating, refrigerators, radiators and air conditioning)—One anna per unit nett.
Battery charging—Two annas per unit less ten per cent discount for prompt payment of bills.