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CEIG approval for factories in Haryana
Haryana concentrates a great deal of India’s manufacturing into a belt that crosses two utilities and one border. If you are building in Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Rewari, Bawal, Rohtak, Sonipat or Panchkula, and the plant takes HT supply, installs a transformer or runs DG sets of consequence, the Chief Electrical Inspector to Government, Haryana gates your energisation.
This page covers what is specific to Haryana. The multi-state CEIG guide covers the drawing content, testing and defect list common to every state.
Who issues it, and under what law
| Haryana | |
|---|---|
| Issuing authority | Chief Electrical Inspector to Government, Haryana |
| Head office | SCO 117-118, Top Floor, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh 160017 |
| Sub-centres | Six, each under an Executive Engineer: Gurugram I, Gurugram II, Faridabad, Panipat, Rohtak, Hisar |
| Statutory basis | Electricity Act, 2003 (Electrical Inspector appointed under Section 162) with safety requirements under Central Electricity Authority regulations |
| Departmental site | ceiharyana.in — online services via ceiharyana.com |
| DISCOMs | DHBVN (south — Gurugram, Faridabad, Rewari and 9 more districts) · UHBVN (north — Panchkula, Sonipat, Rohtak) |
| Industrial estate coordination | HSIIDC |
| Department established | 1966, with the formation of the state |
Two things about this table catch owners out. The first is that the inspectorate’s head office is in Chandigarh, not in the state’s industrial belt — a fact that matters when a query needs a person rather than an email. The second is the DISCOM split.
Which counter your file goes to depends on the voltage
Before jurisdiction matters, routing does. The department’s published procedure for grant of approval sets the application for inspection by the class of installation: for LV and MV installations the owner applies to the supplier, and for HV and EHV installations to the Electrical Inspector — in Form A-1, B-1, A-2 or B-2, with the Completion and Test Report issued by the licensed electrical contractor once the installation is complete and tested. The framework is the CEA (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010.
In Haryana the “supplier” is your DISCOM, which is where the split described below starts to bite: an LV or MV file goes to DHBVN or UHBVN by district, while an HT factory installation goes to the inspectorate. Owners who assume every electrical approval is an inspectorate approval file at the wrong counter and lose the time it takes for someone to say so.
One obligation in the same procedure is missed almost universally, because it falls due before anyone is thinking about approvals: the licensed contractor must give written notice of commencement of the installation work to the Electrical Inspector within 48 hours of starting it. It costs nothing at the time. Its absence is awkward to explain later.
Verified against the department’s published procedure at ceiharyana.com on 10 September 2026. Forms, routing and the current filing address are the department’s to change — confirm before you file.
Six sub-centres do the actual work
The head office is in Chandigarh, but almost nothing about your project happens there. The department operates six sub-centres, each headed by an Executive Engineer — Gurugram I, Gurugram II, Faridabad, Panipat, Rohtak and Hisar — and your installation is inspected by the one whose jurisdiction covers it.
That matters on a live project for a mundane reason: when a file stalls, the person who can move it is the Executive Engineer of your sub-centre, not a desk in Chandigarh. Two sub-centres for Gurugram alone is a fair indication of how much industrial load that district carries. Establish which sub-centre covers your site before you file, and direct queries there.
The DISCOM split is the Haryana-specific risk
Unlike Punjab or Himachal Pradesh, where a single utility serves the whole state, Haryana runs two: DHBVN in the south and UHBVN in the north. The CEIG process does not change between them, but everything downstream of clearance does — the sanction, the metering arrangement, the energisation queue and the local practice around it.
The practical consequence is that experience does not transfer as cleanly as teams assume. A programme built on a Gurugram project under DHBVN is not evidence for a Rohtak project under UHBVN. This is the same trap we describe across the wider region in the Delhi NCR approvals authority maze: the building may be an hour away, the process is not the same one.
Where CEIG sits in your programme
- DISCOM sanction first — from DHBVN or UHBVN depending on district.
- Drawing approval — filed before the substation is built.
- Installation and testing by a licensed electrical contractor, with records kept as work proceeds.
- Inspection and clearance against the approved drawings.
- Energisation by the DISCOM.
- Periodic inspection thereafter — the duty continues after commissioning.
What actually stalls a Haryana file
The failures are documentary rather than technical, and they repeat:
- An SLD without protection ratings and settings. Discrimination cannot be assessed from a connectivity diagram, so the file cannot clear.
- Earthing as a note, not a design. The grid needs drawing, and the measured values need recording pit by pit.
- Drawings inconsistent with the sanction. If the scheme implies a load the DISCOM has not sanctioned, the file contradicts itself.
- A site that has outrun its drawings. Inspection is against what is installed; deviations must be resolved on site, not on paper.
Our guide on what the inspectorate checks on DG sets sets out the scrutiny in full — almost none of it aimed at the generator itself, and almost all of it at how the set has been integrated.
What we do
We prepare and file the submission, carry the queries, keep test records inspection-ready and sequence the DHBVN or UHBVN interface so clearance and energisation follow each other properly — under CEIG liaison and energisation support. Before filing, the CEIG readiness checker runs the same list an inspector will.
Building in Gurugram, Manesar, Bawal or Rohtak? Book a Free Project Blueprint & Statutory Approvals Roadmap or call +91 70099 87817. We also cover the Fire NOC process in Haryana, which runs in parallel.
Authority names, offices, portals and processes are current as of publication and can change with state notifications — confirm the live position with the Chief Electrical Inspector to Government, Haryana. Not legal advice.
Frequently asked questions
Who issues CEIG approval in Haryana?
The Chief Electrical Inspector to Government, Haryana. The department has functioned since the state was created in 1966, and its head office is at SCO 117-118, Top Floor, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh — physically outside Haryana, which surprises owners expecting a Gurugram or Panchkula address. Day-to-day inspection work, however, runs through six sub-centres inside the state.
Is there an online portal for CEIG in Haryana?
The department publishes at ceiharyana.in, with online services accessible through ceiharyana.com. Confirm the current filing route on the departmental site before submitting, since the service portal and the information site are separate and are revised from time to time.
Do all installations go to the Electrical Inspector in Haryana?
No, and this is the split most owners miss. The department's published procedure routes the application for inspection by voltage: for LV and MV installations it goes to the supplier — your DISCOM, DHBVN or UHBVN by district — and only for HV and EHV installations does it go to the Electrical Inspector, in Form A-1, B-1, A-2 or B-2 with the Completion and Test Report from the licensed electrical contractor. A factory taking HT supply is in the second group; a smaller LT unit is not, and filing at the wrong counter is a lost fortnight.
Which CEIG sub-centre handles my district in Haryana?
The department runs six sub-centres, each headed by an Executive Engineer — Gurugram I, Gurugram II, Faridabad, Panipat, Rohtak and Hisar. Your installation is inspected by the sub-centre covering its district, not by the Chandigarh head office, so the practical relationship on a live project is with the Executive Engineer of that sub-centre. Confirm which one covers your site before filing.
Which DISCOM energises my Haryana factory?
It depends on the district. DHBVN serves the southern belt including Gurugram, Faridabad and Rewari; UHBVN serves the north including Panchkula, Sonipat and Rohtak. The CEIG clearance is statewide in character, but the energisation counterparty is not — which is why a schedule built on a Gurugram project does not transfer to Rohtak.
Does CEIG clearance come before DISCOM energisation in Haryana?
Yes. For HT installations the sequence is drawing approval, then installation and testing, then inspection and clearance, and only then energisation by DHBVN or UHBVN. Commissioning dates that assume power ahead of clearance are the most common cause of programme slippage.
What does CEIG approval cost in Haryana?
Fees are set by the state, scale with the installation and are revised periodically. Confirm the current schedule with the Chief Electrical Inspector to Government, Haryana rather than relying on a figure published elsewhere.
Do HSIIDC estates change the CEIG process?
The electrical approval itself runs through the inspectorate regardless of where the plot sits. What changes inside an HSIIDC estate is the coordination around it — estate-level infrastructure, the point of supply and the building sanction all interact with the timeline, so the filings are best run in parallel rather than in series.
Sources and standards
- Electricity Act 2003 (2003, as amended) — The Electricity Act, 2003. Government of India, Ministry of Power. Publisher.The statutory framework for generation, distribution, licensing and the Electrical Inspector's role (Section 162).
- CEA (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations (2023 (superseding the 2010 regulations)) — Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations. Central Electricity Authority. Publisher.Safety requirements for electrical installations, inspection of HT installations before energisation, periodic inspection, earthing and protection.
- IS 3043 (2018) — IS 3043 — Code of Practice for Earthing. Bureau of Indian Standards. Publisher.Earthing system design, electrodes, resistance values and testing.
- Chief Electrical Inspector to Government (state) — Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector to Government — state electrical inspectorates. State governments. Drawing approval, inspection and energisation clearance under the Electricity Act and the CEA safety regulations; process and portal differ by state.
Standards are cited to support the technical statements on this page. Where a standard has been revised, the edition shown is the one verified at the time of review; the edition in force for a project is the one the authority applies.