The Rules of Electricity of India, 1956
(1) No electrical installation, including additions, alterations, repairs and adjustments to existing installations, except replacing lamps, fans, fuses, switches, low voltage electrical appliances and accessories that do not alter their capacity or character in any way 2] Consumer, supplier, owner or occupier] for the purpose of supplying said 2 [consumer, supplier, owner or occupier], except by an electrical contractor licensed in that name by the State Government and under the direct supervision of a person possessing A certificate of competence and a person holding a permit issued or recognized by the Government of the State: As long as it is works executed by or on behalf of the Central Government and in the case of Installations in mines, oil fields and railways, The Central Government, and in other cases, the Government of the State may, by means of notification in the Official Gazette, Any of the work described therein, either in a general manner or in the case of any specified class of 3 [consumers, suppliers, owners or occupants] of such part of this sub-region that requires that said work Is carried out by an electrical contract licensed by the State Government in this name. 4 [(2) No electrical installation work carried out in contravention of sub-rule (1) shall be energized or connected to the works of any supplier.]