RERC-Case Management Automation System and website
RAJASTHAN
Solution for Government Internal Functioning
Court management
Published By: NIC
The project is integrtaed system comprise of Petition eFiling System (filing of petitions details, documents uploading, online fees payaments etc.) by petitioners or advocates, Case Management System(creation of causelists, record of proceedings, orders, judgmetns, bunching of cases, repoening, Case status etc. by RERC) and Website management for complete dynamic website. Integrated with payment gateway, SMS, email services for communication to all stakeholders.
Project Details
Brief Background
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) is a statutory body, established on 2nd January, 2000 under the ERC Act, 1998. Consequent upon coming into existence of the Electricity Act, 2003 w.e.f. 10.6.2003, the Commission is poised to play a more effective role in the development of energy sector. The Commission is under the process of its revamping after consultation with the Government. NIC has already developed a dynamic website of RERC and deployed at Rajasthan State Data Centre (RSDC) in Nov 2019. RERC then extended the project to develop an online Case Information System (CIS) to monitor all the petitions/cases on-line with progress history, current status etc. NIC developed Case Information System (CIS) for RERC and fulfill this requirement in Apr 2020. In Jun 2020, Chairman RERC desired to enhance the Case Information System with I. Digitization of Case Files, Enhancement of existing system of Case Information System to Digital court including online E-filing and E-hearing.
Objective
Benefits
· The petition will be filed by petitioner from anywhere, no need to visit RERC
· The Documents will be uploaded online, RERC need not to deal with physical papers.
· eHearing will facilitate paperless court.
· Court can be conducted on digital platform through web meeting.
· Ease of monitoring.
· Faster disposal of cases.
· Increased Transparency as current status of all cases are made available on website.
· Faster communication through SMS and email in place of postal notices.
Implementation Methodology
1. Process and Application Certification Team (PACT) – RERC will constitute PACT for approving all processes of the new developed modules. Only after approval of PACT, the module will be implemented.2. Software Development Team deployed at NIC and maintained by NIC.
3. Nodal Officer as a single point of contact (SPOC) designated by the RERC
4. Operational training will be provided by NIC to the Core Team identified by RERC.
5. Demonstrations provided by NIC to all stakeholders in intialy stage at RERC.
6. After a cutoff date physical petitions not accepted. Petition numbers alloted by System only.
Implementing Agency Details
Name of implement agency
NIC, RERC, NICSI
Name of Representative of Agency
Representative Agency Email
Representative Agency Phone / Mobile
Availability of application for implementation in Other States
(Details on how this application can be made available to other State)
Source code can be shared to other NIC State offices wherever required along with user manuals.
