The State Government of Chhattisgarh on 2nd June 2021 has published the Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty (Sanshodhan) Act, 2021 which shall extended to the whole State of Chhattisgarh.
A new section 5(2) has been inserted under Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty Act, 1949, which states that the Chief Electrical Inspector, shall issue direction to any person, officer or authority to disconnect from electric line, any such electricity generating station, against which payments of electricity duty and amounts of interest imposed thereon is due and such person, officer or authority shall be bound to comply with such directions.
