Desh Deepak

Rajya Sabha exit 31 Aug 2021 to JSW Energy board 21 Jul 2022. UPERC exit (about Aug 2017) to JSW: about 5 years.

The rule: Electricity Act 2003 s.89(5): two years after leaving a State Commission. AIS (DCRB) rule 26 applied only for one year after his 2013 IAS retirement. No rule found for the Rajya Sabha Secretary General post.

Outside the s.89(5) two-year bar from UPERC; the IAS rule had long lapsed.

1. 1 Sep 2017 to 31 Aug 2021Documented

   Secretary General, Rajya Sabha (earlier Chairman, UP Electricity Regulatory Commission, about 2013-2017)

   JSW Energy · Hindustan Times · Wikipedia

2. 324 days after leaving.

3. 21 Jul 2022Documented

   JSW Energy Ltd

   Independent Director, 3 years from 21 Jul 2022; re-appointed for 5 years from 21 Jul 2025

   the appointment of Mr. Desh Deepak Verma (DIN: 09393549) as a Director with effect from 21st July, 2022 and as an Independent Director of the Company for a period of 3 consecutive years from 21st July, 2022 to 20th July, 2025.

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1. Petition 911/2013: adopted the competitively bid tariffs for UPPCL's Case-1 procurement, including KSK Mahanadi Power Company Ltd, 1000 MW at a levellised Rs 5.588/kWh. KSK Mahanadi was not a JSW company then; JSW Energy completed its acquisition of KSK Mahanadi under the IBC on 6 Mar 2025, while Verma was on JSW Energy's board.

   When

   24 Jun 2014

   Role

   UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (coram: Desh Deepak Verma, Chairman; Meenakshi Singh; Indu Bhushan Pandey)

   Hon’ble Sri Desh Deepak Verma, Chairman Hon’ble Smt Meenakshi Singh, Member Hon’ble Sri Indu Bhushan Pandey, Member IN THE MATTER OF: Adoption of tariff (L-2, L-3, L-5 & L-6) obtained through bidding process

   Hence, the Commission adopts the tariffs in case of L2, L3, L5 and L6 as below:

   JSW Energy Limited (“the Company”) has completed the acquisition of KSK Mahanadi Power Company Limited (“KMPCL”) pursuant to the Resolution Plan submitted by the Company under the corporate insolvency resolution process of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

No UPERC matter with a JSW company as a party was found in his tenure. JSW Power Trading was a losing bidder in an NPCL short-term procurement he approved (UPERC Pet. 937/2014, 24 Mar 2014). Whether the UPPCL PPA is among KSK's contracts today is not stated in the JSW release we opened. The Rajya Sabha post had no dealings with JSW that we know of.

None found; none sought.