Electricity meter conversion process- BESCOM.pdf

BESCOM Electricity meter transfer

Posted on October 10, 2010

I had decided not to pay a bribe to get my appt’s BESCOM meter transferred from the previous owner’s to my

name. I had decided that no matter what it took, I would not pay a bribe. Luckily, it was a hassle free process and

I did not have to pay a bribe at all.

Here’s a detailed version of how to get it done;

Documents Required

Write a letter to the Assistant Executive Engineer Electrical {AEE(E)}, BESCOM asking for transfer of the

electrical meter. Make sure you mention the following things;

Meter R.R number: This will be mentioned on your electricity billi.

Previous owner nameii.

Sale deed registration dateiii.

Sample letter for the above provided here [After all, Knowledge Management(KM) is about

reuse]

iv.

A.

1.

Go to the nearest BESCOM office (for me it was the office near the old airport -S7) and collect the

application and other forms [Form I to IV] for meter transfer.

They may not have it. You can download them from the BESCOM site here.i.A.

2.

Get a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the previous owner or the builder – this is the last form in the

above download. Even a simple letter quoting the property details and R.R no will do. Make sure you

mention that all the related deposits can also be transferred.

3.

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If this property has a joint ownership, you will need a NOC from the joint owner(s) stating that

there is no objection in transferring ownership of the meter to your name.

i.A.

Now, the Power Agreement and Indemnity bond are required. The sample copy of these are available in

the above download (2.a) as form II and form III. You cannot use a printout of those. These are available in

some electrical outlets as most BESCOM does not carry these. Where do you get them?

I got mine at Lakshmipuram [near Ulsoor on C.M.H Road]. Ask any electrical shop there – if

they don’t have it, they will direct you to one that carries it. I paid Rs.350 for both.

i.

According to a blogger, GUNDAPI, Gowri electrical (next to Silver line bakery) at Kundalahalli

Gate after Marathahalli sells this

ii.

According to Leo, another blogger, these are available n a small tea shop near BESCOM office

at Kudlu gate on Hosur Road. He also mentions that they can be obtained from the BESCOM

office in Koramangala BDA complex for Rs.200 as well.

iii.

A.

4.

Sale deed copy: If you have the original, noting like it. Else get a notarized / ‘attested from bank official’

copy. The bank / home loan institution will give a letter mentioning that hat original copy is with them.

For those staying near HAL, notary details – D.K. Prakash, #2722, BEML Main Road, H.A.L. 3rd

Stage, Thippasandra Main Road, BLR -75. Landmark: Near Post Office. Ph: 080-25254564

i.

Please note, I have not used the services of the mentioned notary.ii.

A.

5.

If you have transferred the Khata in your name, take it along. This is not mandatory. I got my Khata

transferred to my name later, so I did not have it.

6.

Copy of latest electricity bill. Please pay it before you show it to the official.7.

Do yourself a favour and buy a cardboard file to and file the above documents and mention the R.R no of the

meter on top in large letters along with your name and mobile no

Procedure

Fill up the above forms. In case of any queries, leave it blank and ask the BESCOM officials, they will help

you. Seriously, no kidding. . Don’t forget the witness signature in the power agreement above. It could

be useful if you note the serial number of your Electricity meter and current meter reading. I did not do this,

though. It got taken care of later.

1.

Carry any original docs, if applicable and go to the BESCOM office on Airport road (S7) where the official

will check the papers and if ok, direct you to your property’s nearest BESCOM field office to get the J.E

2.


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field report. I mentioned to this official that that I did not want to go through an agent and so I am running

around myself as I have no intentions of paying anything to anyone. He just smiled.

Field report: I had to go to Basava nagar, next to Vibhutipura [No.80/A, 3rd Main,1st Cross,Talakavery

Layout, Basava Nagar, Bangalore – 560037 | Ph +(91)-(80)-25227961 ]. I picked up a lineman, who came

with me, noted the electricity meter details and scribbled it on the back of the application form [2.i]. I took

him back to the Basava nagar office where the Engineer signed off the noting made by the lineman. The

lineman has a huge ego, so treat him well and make sure you address him as Sir . I mentioned to the

lineman that I did not want to go through the agent and so I am running around myself as I have no

intentions of paying anything to anyone. I was asked to go to the Engineer’s room where I was sure I would

be asked a ‘service charge’. Nothing! I told him I was delighted that the whole process went so smoothly.

3.

Now back to the Airport road S7 BESCOM office where the official asked me to pay a transfer fee of

Rs.100 for which a receipt was issued immediately.

4.

He asked me to come after 10 days and collect the acknowledgement which I dutifully did.5.

The next bill is in your name. Phew!6.

Reference: Your area sub division number will be mentioned in your electricity bill. The list of all Service stations

is given here and the list of all officers along with their contact numbers are given here. Airport road is S7 Sub

division and headed by S. Ravindra who is an Assistant Executive Engineer Electrical [AEE(E)]. You can contact

him on 25220806 if you face any issues in S7.

The meter transfer officially takes only 7 days. It took even lesser and the meter no started appearing against my

name when I checked online. Ok, bet you didn’t know this – you can check your monthly bill here. You need to

enter the Sub division name and the meter R.R no to login. You can even check your current/previous bill

amount, usage history in terms of bill amount / units consumed with a graph to boot. Not bad for BESCOM, eh?

:) Screen shot below;

If you get your meter transferred using the above procedure, you are most welcome to treat me ! Now, you

can also pay an agent to get this done….which will defeat the entire purpose of this blog post! Grr…L The going

rate for an agent ranges from Rs.2000 to Rs.2500 all inclusive [Sept 2010 rate].

Do drop in a line with difficulties faced / faster processes / better procedures / comments, etc, After all, sharing


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Vijay

on October 12, 2010 at 1:41 PM said:

Sai, that is an encouraging note. Congratulations on your success in

getting stuff done without grease. I need to get my meter transfered to

my name, but just the amount of paperwork involved seems so

unnecessary. Anyways, wish me luck as I set out on a similar mission

this week.

Saikrishna Rao


Thanks Vijay. Yeah, the amount of paperwork seems unnecessary

but it is possible to get it done without an agent. All the best and keep

me updated on how it goes.

IPAB

on October 13, 2010 at 11:13 AM said:

Hey Saikrishna


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I Paid a Bribe would like to congratulate you on your success. Take a

look at the IPAB site (http://ipaidabribe.com/).

We collect bribe reports (including instances where bribes weren’t

paid like your case) and aim to work with the government to bring

about changes in the system. We would like you to share your story

with us (http://ipaidabribe.com/sforms/register/complaints)

Thanks

Regards

IPAB

Bala


Incredible! Once upon a time, my friend told me that in India, the

honest route seems to be full of hurdles. My reply to him was that

most of the time, we are not even aware of honest routes like these.

Thanks for the enlightenment.

Bala

Raghavendran


I also did this a long time ago determined that I will not pay a bribe.

But I had to make at least 6 trips to the AE’s office. I could afford to do

it because I had retired from service and all this was part of the

settling-down process. How many working professionals can afford to

do this? My friend who had also moved to his new house a months

earlier got it done sitting at home paying just Rs.500 (at that time of

course!) I was left wondering whether my crusading zeal was worth all

that effort.

The solution to all this is for the Govt. to make the procedures simpler

and straight forward, so just one or two visits to the concerned office

gets the job done.


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Saikrishna Rao


Yeah, It should ideally happen in one trip. They could make the form

filling electronic so that the engineer can refer to it in his system and it

could appear on the consumer website as well by entering the meter

R.R number….sigh!

It took me three trips – one to collect the form and find out details, one

to go to get the meter reading details and finally one to submit it. But

all three happened on the same day within a span of 3 hours as I had

looked up some details on the net and had the documents ready.

Neeraj


Dear Saikrishna,

This is very informative section. I am also planning to get my name

change in BESCOM electric meter. I am residence of CV Raman

Nagar and share the Sub division with you.

I have one clarification – Do I need to submit list of electric items and

points in my flat?

Thanks,

Neeraj

Saikrishna Rao


They did not ask me for any list but it would be a good idea to

mentally map the list so that you have an idea.


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Pradeep

on November 2, 2010 at 2:43 PM said:

Hi,

I have bought a independent house from Builder. Builder hasnt yet

applied for Meter yet and he is running a temporary connection.

I ahve my house registration this weekend. Khatha might take few

days or a month to get done. He told me that he would pay the

amount(deposit etc) new meters directly in my name instead of

getting meters in his name and then transfer.

I would like to know how should i proceed?

1. Should ask builder to get meters and i will take responsibilities for

transfer? what are the relevant charges? I see above in your article

everything can be done within 500Rs.

OR

2.Should i apply new meters on my own and take amount from builder

for deposits?

Kindly help me, as i am confused.

Thanks and rGds,

Pradeep

Saikrishna Rao


Pradeep, firstly, khata transfer is independent of meter transfer

process. So that won’t matter. Secondly, it would be better if the

builder does the running around for the installation and not you. The

temporary connection will be in his name anyways.

The transfer will not be a problem but first a permanent connection

needs to be established.


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Pradeep


Thanks Sai..

At this time i am really confused..

I have my registration on 12th nov 2010.

Even if the builder applies for new connection for meters, it might take

a week or so.

In such scenario, should i postpone the registration or after applying

the connection process is ok?

How should i proceed?

Saikrishna Rao

on November 8, 2010 at 9:12 AM said:

Pradeep, you should go ahead with the registration and get this done

on a parallel track.

Do visit the BESCOM office once and check with the Staff. I found

them very helpful.

SENTHIL

on November 17, 2010 at 11:48 AM said:

Great thanks for the valuablle information!

Saikrishna Rao



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saumitra bhattacharjee

on December 5, 2010 at 12:42 AM said:

Hi Sai,

Thanks to your detailed outlining of the whole procedure, I did not

face a single problem doing it that too without a single rupee bribe,the

only place where I had to pay was for the indemnity bond and power

agreement which was Rs 349 and the Rs 100 transfer fees.

I would like to add just one more point for even faster processing

which will actually save the double step of calling the lineman for

noting your meter details which you can easily do yourself:

Just make a note of the following things from your meter,they call it

meter details:

1. Current Meter Reading

2. Meter Manufacturer company name(example: Landis GYR etc.)

3. Meter Rating

4 .Meter Serial Number

5 .And most importantly if it is an apartment the total series of RR nos

of all the meters,they say it will not be transferred in your name if the

other meters have got any dues or penalties.(But I feel this step is not

very logical and has nothing to do with your meter transfer)

Regards,

Saumitra Bhattacharjee

Saikrishna Rao


Hi Saumitra,


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Glad that this post could help you out! This should encourage people

to try this on their own without succumbing to agents / bribe. Yeah, I

spent the exact same amount for this process. If the other meters

have got any dues or penalties in an appt, why should it be an issue

for our meter transfer? Strange are the ways of BESCOM!

Thanks for the steps on the meter details. I will update the post with it.

Cheers!

narasimhamurthy

on December 20, 2010 at 4:30 PM said:

i have to transfer 5 meters in one property doipay seperate indemnity

and transfer how much please guide

Pradeep


Hello Sai,

I have 3 meters (2 meters for ground and first floor + 1 meter for

borewell). I need to transfer all in my name.

How many forms should i take & how many indeminity & power bonds

should buy? What would be the total cost involved?

Could you please brief me on this. It would be really helpful.

Thanks,

Pradeep

MUKESH

on January 11, 2011 at 7:13 PM said:


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hey thanx a lot sai..bcoz of ur valuable information ..for me it was a

very smooth process..and tat took only couple of days..

Thank You!!!

Shiva Shankar

on February 10, 2011 at 3:32 PM said:

Sai, i want to know what indemnity bond is and what i need to put into

this for the transfer of my eletricity meter. Please can you guide me in

this?

Thanks,

Shiv

Shareef


Sai, I followed your instructions and made my job very soomth. With

in two days I have submitted my documents in BESCOM office.

Dinesh

on February 25, 2011 at 11:25 AM said:

I also decided not to pay bribe and was looking for more info

regarding this.. And I found your article, which is incredible… Thanks

a ton.. You have done a great job, highly appreciable. Until unless we

decide to stop paying bribe,this menace will never go..

Saikrishna Rao


Thanks Dinesh & Shareef for not paying a bribe & taking the time and


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effort to follow the steps! Yes, the power is with us

Ajith Edassery

on March 27, 2011 at 1:17 PM said:

Hi man,

Really appreciate your effort. However, we need to question why this

meter transfer process has to be such a complicated thing. Perhaps

it’s based on an established process from 1947!

Since, electricity bill is not like ration card or passport but a mere

address proof (on top of being a receipt, that is), I think a copy of sale

deed and an NOC from the previous owner is all that I see as needed

documents.

Do you have any idea how to force an amendment? Is it via a court

case or simple appeal to the govt?

Saikrishna Rao

on March 28, 2011 at 8:53 AM said:

True, the process may not have changed at all . How to go about

forcing an amendment? No idea at all. However, it will be interesting

to figure out how to do this…

anita

on July 31, 2011 at 8:07 AM said:

Hi Saikrishna Rao,

I was wondering if the above mentioned procedure would be same to

change the name on the electricity bill? We have a house in

Bangalore but the utilities are in my husbands name. I need to

change it to my name for “address proof”. Thanks in advance.


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S.Rao

on August 22, 2011 at 1:00 PM said:

Thanks for all your advise and information. I was able to get my KEB

name transfer without paying the bribe. I need to travel few times

more to KEB office for follow-up.

Sundararaman


Dear Sai Krishna,

I sincerely followed your advice and completed all the documents and

submitted them at BESCOM S5 office. Believe me, without another

visit the name transfer was effected in 12 days. The concerned official

was very nice and told me that it is a free service and there is no need

to see anybody or engage any agent. There are good people in all

organisations and we should admire them.

Saikrishna Rao


Yes, there are many good people in all organizations. Due to a few,

the rest unfortunately get a bad name.

Bhanuprakash


hellow saikrishna,

your comments and information made me to my self the meter

change on 21st Dec-2011. i was asked to pay 1,500 excluding

documentation of 350 Rs.

every thing i have done it my self finally am going to get the name


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change into my name about next week.

Thanks

Bhanuprakash

Saikrishna Rao


Why the Rs.1500?

Neeraj


Dear Saikrishna,

Thank you for sharing this information. This week I am planning to get

my electricity meter transferred in my name.

I also noticed that you had mentioned that you got also the Khata

transferred. Did you got it without paying bribe? If yes, please let me

know the procedure.

Thanks,

Neeraj.


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Bhanuprakash


bribe as Rs. 1,500

after seeing your information I have decided not to go that channel,…

Thanks

Bhanuprakash

Deepti


Hi,

I want to get the electricty meter for my flat transfer in my name.

The current bill is in the name of one of the land owner and not in the

name of previous owner of my flat. My question is from whom should I

get the NOC?

Thanks,

Neeraj


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hasan


Hi Sai,

I want to know the estimated charges for name transfer in 2012?. I

have been asked by the apartment association to pay INR 2,000/ for

the name transfer, so want to check with you.

Appreciate your prompt response.

thanks,

Hasan

Mukkavilli Ragahvendra Pavan


Thanks Sai for the detailed notes on the application process. This

triggered my intention to go through the process myself and i just got

my OM(Official Memorandum) from BESCOM office.!!

Kudos and thanks once again!

Hey.. Can you also help me with the process of applying for BBMP

Katha for my flat?

Ali

on February 9, 2012 at 11:50 AM said:

Hi Sai,

Thanks for giving all the details for meter transfer, which I went

through before going for meter transfer. After submitting all the

documents the official said me to come after one week and collect the

acknowledgement, I got my acknowledgement with the mention that it

has been changed to my name.


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But when I got my current bill, it is still reflecting the old owner name.

Any Idea how many days will it take to be updated in their system.

Sai


Hi,

Thank you very much Sai, Nice information.

I also decided to follow the same path, what you did.

But I can’t.

I will explain here, what i faced in my initial attempt.

i am staying in doddenakundi, near marathahalli. comes under same

sub division S7.

I called the customer service cell No. 080-22873333, to get the

address of S7. they are not ready to disclose the address. just they

gave me the phone no.s 080 – 25226774, 080- 25227961 & finally

9449844715, after 3 attempts. first 2 no.s are not working. the mobile

no. was working.

The guy who lifted the phone, could be the employee of that same

sub-division. His name, he mentioned as sadanand and he shared his

personal no. to contact – 9731128642. he asked me 1800 INR to get

my work done.

before that i was in touch with one of the broker, who just quoted

1500 INR. and he is reliable tooo. he have done for 10 flats in my

same apartment wihin one week.

Finally i come for conclusion to go with broker, where I can save 300

INR & proven record .

Last month I tried for my birth certificates, struggled a lot with the

formalities. totally exhausted. every table i paid. for bribe they kept

name as formalities & documentation.

If we want to fight against bribe individually, you will loose your


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valuable time and will be frustrated with Govt. official’s queries and

checks.

By Heart – It’s very sad moment. as an indian i am also the culprit in

this mess to make my country, the best in curruption. As a poor guy

not able to swim opposite to the strongest current of the river.

Oh god. save my country. Let Ratan Tata (or) some other’s come

forward to make these processes easy. ( same like Passport seva

kendra office in bangalore).

Regards

sai

rashmi

on April 11, 2012 at 5:52 PM said:

Mr Sai,

Gr8 work on helping people like me who want to get the meter

transferred to my husband’s name. This blog was extremely useful. I

hope that I too can gt this entire procedure don without having to pay

any bribe. Felt really happy when I came to know that at least

BESCOM workers of S7 division are clean. Hats off to them as well.

Once again thanks a million for the detailed blog.

Saikrishna Rao


Really sad to hear this. I guess sometimes we do need to weigh the

Pros and Cons and need not be dogmatic about not paying a bribe if

it does not make a difference even after so many struggles. What can

we do…sigh!

Saikrishna Rao


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They told me it takes around a week to 10 days to reflect in the

system. You can try checking with them again after the next bill.

Saikrishna Rao


Glad it was of help…Cheers!

Bharathi

on May 22, 2012 at 1:54 PM said:

Dear Mr Sai,

I am reselling a flat in Bangalore which was recently brought 4

months ago. The electricity meter is not yet transferred to my name

and is still under the builder’s name. Is it mandatory that I get the

meter transferred to my name first and later get it transferred to the

2nd owner? or can it be transferred from the builder to the 2nd owner

directly?

Regards

bharathi

Sriram

on July 31, 2012 at 3:30 PM said:

The application form is not downloadable any more, i some home

managed to find it and have uploaded to Google docs, posting the link

for others

https://docs.google.com

/open?id=0B8Dl7IX58z2NUGM0ZWtCLTYzNW8


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you can download the same from this link.

Will update my experience once I get the name transferred.

Manoj

on August 21, 2012 at 12:34 PM said:

Hi Sai, Thanks for all this information as it will really help people in

encouraging them to do things at their own and even without paying

any extra money to anyone.

S V Patel


Dear Sai,

Thanks a lot for the valuable and detailed step by step information. I

would be having to do the same for my house which falls in E8

substation.Had a few queries. Do I need to go to the Airport Road S7

substation office for document verification or I need to necessarily go

to E8 substation ? Also hope the documents Forms are same

/universal and I do not have to collect them from any particular

substation. Please let me know. I will provide you with a feedback on

the progress and post it here also. Thanks for your blog.

Saikrishna Rao


Not sure & hence don’t want to hazard a guess…do try calling S7 on

(91)-(80)-25226774, 25220806 and check which one you need to go

to. Looking forward to you updating your progress here. ATB!

Rajesh


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You Can do that without bribe ,Whoever paying bribe are ignorant

people .They are simply wasting money .Also they are making others

life difficult .This is very very simple procedure .BESCOM senior team

is corruption free and really helpful .I am sharing my experience . Just

follow the procedure below http://www.saikrishna.com/bescom-

electricity-meter-transfer/ You don’t to transfer the Katha to your

name for this . If sale deal is with bank ,get the sale deal attested by

them and get a letter which says that the original sale deal is with

bank . I paid just Rs 100 as fees and Rs 200 Indemnity bond .No

other fees . I went to Koramangala office ,they asked me to transfer

katha in my name and come back .I asked them to sign in a paper

after writing that without katha transfer this cannot be done .They

disagreed to do that .they asked me to leave office after by just

leaving this with them without acknowledgement .I resisted .I suggest

don’t bend before them ,just get happily “harassed” by them .If you

have all the documents ,just go directly to the senior officer who will

be sitting next door .If he is not there don’t worry . There is another

way to do this. I somehow forced them to receive the document set

and got a seal one the xerox copy .This is the acknowledgment .If you

can do that it is good ,if they are not ready to accept it don’t worry

,there is a simple last step . Send a Email to the senior flocks in the

following website . http://bescom.org/en/corruption/ Please believe me

,I got this transferred the very next day . Also BESCOM senior people

called me and I went their office they give me Tea and they taken me

to the office where all the drama happened .Took a detail report from

me .They assured me that action will be taken . I take this opportunity

to thank all the senior team who supported me .Lovely experience .

SO PLEASE PLEASE ,DON’T PAY BRIBE AND DON’T BE FOOLISH

TO DO SO . If you have all the documents ,it is just a matter of couple

of hours

Sudarshan Shapurkar


Hi Sai,

Chanced upon your blog when trying to learn the transfer process

myself!! I must say , your blog was a fantastic help . Managed to

give all my documents in one day, and the transfer happened


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smoothly, took about 4 weeks, but I have seen the results. The meter

has been transferred to my name. I must also post a big thanks to the

Seniors at the BESCOM office in Kudlu gate who were a great help

and did tell me that not all of them want a bribe to do a honest job!!

Managed to do all my work without paying a penny extra!! Hats off to

you and a big hats off to the excellent BESCOM seniors at BESCOM

office in Kudlu gate, Hosur road.

Saikrishna Rao

on January 23, 2013 at 9:55 AM said:

Glad to be of help, Sudarshan. Thank you for taking the time out to

come back and post some words of encouragement.

Abhishek


Mr Sai,

I am resident of Banashankari. I have bought a flat 3 years ago .

From last 3 years, the building owner is not willing to give NOC for

electricity meter conversion. What is the procedure for transfer of

meter in my name without NOC. I have Sale Deed, Tax receipts,

A-Khata. We are 7 residents in the same flat facing the same

problem. It would be of great help if you have any suggestions for the

current problem.

Ashu


Hey Dude,

Thanku so…… much.


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