Section 41(1) in West Bengal Electrical Licensing Rules, 2017
(1)Every Electrical Contractor's license granted under these rules shall be renewed in every five years'. Applications for renewal together with the license following documents and prescribed fees as mentioned in Annexure IV, shall be submitted to the Secretary before the date of expiry of the license. In the event of failure on the part of a licensed Contractor to renew a licence before the date of expiry, the licence shall become invalid but may be revalidated with original registration number on payment of penalty fees as mentioned in Annexure IV along with an application in Form D. The date of revalidation shall be the date of last renewal:Provided that submission of an affidavit before Notary Public as to Supervisors' sole employment with the Contractor may be considered as an option for the purpose of renewing of Contractors' licence:Provided further that applications for renewal of licenses after every five years shall be made along with the following documents:-(a)affirmation of Supervisor before 1st class Judicial Magistrate or Notary Public as to their sole engagement or employment with the contractors during the interim period of five years or period applicable. In case a Company does not engage supervisor before releasing their registered supervisor, the license of the said company/Firm will be treated as cancelled and in that case, the contractor may have to revalidate his license after engaging new supervisor upon payment of full license fee;(b)valid Trade license from time to time during the interim period of five years;(c)test report of the Directorate of Electricity laboratory or any other appropriate National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited laboratory for the Megger, ohm meter, earth tester or insulation tester at the lime of renewal;(d)document evidencing payment of testing fee as mentioned in Annexure IV for testing of each instrument (i.e. Megger, earth tester) in Directorate of Electricity Laboratory.
