The Delhi High Court on Tuesday consented to hear Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd regarding BSES Rajdhani Power Limited’s challenge to an order for the Ministry of Power on the exchange of power produced by a Dadri thermal station from the national capital to Haryana. Justice Yashwant Varma allowed Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd, which distributes power in the northern region of the city, to intercede in the continuous procedures before it. The candidate is allowed to intervene and address submissions, the court said.
The high court, on March 30, had stayed the Centre’s order on the transfer of power supply from the Dadri-II thermal station to Haryana.
Counsel appearing for the applicant said that it was equally affected by the decision and that out of the total allocation, its share is 10 megawatts and thus has submissions to make.
On April 1, it extended the stay till April 29 and granted time to the Centre to respond to the petition.
The petitioner discom has claimed that the order is completely without jurisdiction and if implemented, 23 per cent of the populace of the national capital would be deprived of power in the next 24 hours.
The Centre had then said this is not the first time that such reallocation has been done and it was done earlier also.
The petitioner has argued that the respondent authorities have no power to reallocate power that forms part of the allocation made in favour of the petitioner and duly approved by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission.
It disputed the recital in the order in connection with the Delhi government having surrendered the power and said that the surrender which was contemplated was concerning the Dadri-I thermal power plant alone.
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- HC agrees to hear from Tata Power on transfer of electricity to Haryana from Delhi
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