Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.301

COURT NO.13

SECTION XVII

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No(s). 4906/2015

BSES RAJDHANI POWER LTD.

Appellant(s)

VERSUS

DELHI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY, COMMISSION Respondent $(s)$

IA No. 1/2015 - additional documents IA No. 10595/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 137927/2023 - INTERLOCUTARY APPLICATION IA No. 10593/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

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C.A. No. 7910/2011 (XVII)

C.A. No. 280/2012 (XVII)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 141/2014 In W.P.(C) No. 328/1999 (PIL-W) ( FOR ON IA $1/2014$ )

C.A. No. 4343/2014 (XVII) ( FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 2/2014 <pre>IA No. 2/2014 - PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES)</pre>

$W.P.(C)$ No. 104/2014 (X) (FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 145037/2022 <pre>IA No. 145037/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)</pre>

$W.P.(C)$ No. 105/2014 (X) (FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 145051/2022 <pre>IA No. 145051/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)</pre>

C.A. No. 4012/2014 (XVII) ( FOR EX-PARTE STAY ON IA 1/2014 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 2/2014 IA No. 1/2014 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 2/2014 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

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C.A. No. 4013/2014 (XVII)

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( FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 1/2014 IA No. 1/2014 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) C.A. No. 4010/2014 (XVII) ( FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 1/2014 IA No. 1/2014 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) C.A. No. 5845/2014 (XVII) C.A. No. 8387-8389/2014 (XVII) ( FOR EX-PARTE STAY ON IA 4/2014 IA No. 4/2014 - EX-PARTE STAY) C.A. No. 8464-8466/2014 (XVII) ( FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 4/2014 IA No. 4/2014 - STAY APPLICATION) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 83/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 104/2014 (X) (FOR ON IA 1/2015 FOR ON IA 2/2015 IA No. 62371/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 59/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 105/2014 (X) IA No. 62373/2019 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 60/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 105/2014 (X) ( FOR ON IA 1/2015) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 84/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 104/2014 (X) ( FOR ON IA 1/2015) C.A. No. 8660-8661/2015 (XVII) C.A. No. 4879/2015 (XVII) IA No. 1/2015 - STAY APPLICATION) C.A. No. 4933/2015 (XVII) C.A. No. 6959-6960/2015 (XVII) ( FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 3/2015 IA No. 3/2015 - STAY APPLICATION) C.A. No. 6169/2015 (XVII) (FOR) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 822/2016 In CONMT.PET.(C) No. 83/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 104/2014 (X) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 821/2016 In CONMT.PET.(C) No. 59/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 105/2014 (X)

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CONMT.PET.(C) No. 826/2016 In CONMT.PET.(C) No. 84/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 104/2014 (X)

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 827/2016 In CONMT.PET.(C) No. 60/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 105/2014 (X)

C.A. No. 12/2020 (XVII)

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C.A. No. 4899-4900/2021 (XVII) (IA No.102683/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.102682/2021-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.110591/2021-PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS and IA No.110600/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(C) No. 1005/2021 (X) (FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 164759/2022 IA No. 164759/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS)

Date : 20-11-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA

For Appellant(s) Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, AOR

Mr. Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.

• Mr. Shri Venkatesh, Adv.
• Ms. Kanika Chugh, Adv.
• Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava, Adv.
• Mr. Shryeshth Ramesh Sharma, Adv.
• Mr. Bharath Gangadharan, Adv.
• Mr. Nihal Bhardwaj, Adv.
• Mr. Kartikay Trivedi, Adv.
• Mr. Aashwyn Singh, Adv.
• Mr. Adarsh Singh, Adv.
• Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR

Mr. Viresh B. Saharya, AOR

Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Baijal, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Vohra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Kapur, Adv. Mr. Buddy A. Ranganadhan, Adv. Mr. Anupam Varma, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kinra, Adv. Mr. Aditya Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aditya Ajay, Adv. Ms. Isnain Muzamil, Adv. Mr. Girdhar Gopal Khattar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Nair S, Adv. Ms. Manisha Singh, Adv. Ms. Shefali Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Vohra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Kapur, Adv. Mr. Buddya A Ranganadhan, Adv. Mr. Buddy A Ranganadhan, Adv. Mr. Anupam Varma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kinra, Adv. Mr. Aditya Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aditya Ajay, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Nair S., Adv. Ms. Isnain Muzamil, Adv. Ms. Manisha Singh, Adv. Mr. Girdhar Gopal Khattar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Nair S, Adv. Ms. Manish Singh, Adv. Ms. Shefali Tripathi, Adv. Mrs. Shefali Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Avinash Das, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Sethi, AOR Mr. Sajan Povayya, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Sanjanthi Sajan Poovayya, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sahai, Adv. Mr. Nitish Gupta, Adv. Mr. Tushar Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Varnika Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Raksha Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Kumar, AOR Mr. Shrom Sethi, Adv. Ms. Nipun Sharma, Adv.

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	Mr. Rishabh Sehgal, Adv.<br>Ms. Pallavi Mohan, Adv.
	Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR<br>Mrs. Mahima C Shroff, Adv.<br>Mr. Anand Thumbayil, Adv.
	Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India<br>Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Tamim Qadri, Adv.<br>Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Saaed Qadri, Adv.<br>Mr. Shraveen Kumar Verma, Adv.<br>Mr. Saahil Gupta, Adv.
	Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR<br>Mr. Naveen Hegde, Adv.<br>Mr. Kshitij Maheshwari, Adv.<br>Ms. Mansi Binjrajka, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhyudaya Shishodia, Adv.<br>Ms. Saumya Sinha, Adv.
For Respondent(s)	Mr. Hasan Murtaza, AOR<br>Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR<br>Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR
	Mr. Vivek Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Ritik Dwivedi, Adv.
	Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, AOR<br>Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, Adv.<br>Mr. Shaffi Mather, Adv.
	Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR
	Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India<br>Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Tamim Qadri, Adv.<br>Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.<br>Mr. Saeed Qadri, Adv.<br>Mr. Shraveen Kumar Verma, Adv.<br>Mr. Saahil Gupta, Adv.
	Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR<br>Mr. Mukund P. Unny , AOR
	Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Dhananjay Baijal, AOR Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Nitish Gupta, Adv. Ms. Nipun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Varnika Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Kumar, AOR Mr. Shrom Sethi, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Mohan, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR Mr. Naveen Hegde, Adv. Ms. Mansi Binjrajka, Adv. Mr. Kshitij Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Abhyudaya Shishodia, Adv. Ms. Saumya Sinha, Adv. Mr. Arjun Krishnan, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhishek Vikas, AOR Mr. Ieeshan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, AOR Mr. Vikram Singh Baid, Adv. Mr. Ajitesh Garg, Adv. Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv. Mr. Santosh Sachin, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Ms. Shreya Singhal, Adv. Mr. Deepak Rawat, Adv. Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. K. M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Shyam Gopal, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Bhardwaj, AAG Mr. vivek Jain, DAG Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Mr. Harshit Kumar, Adv. Ms. Ishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR Ms. Gargi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sajan Povayya, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Sanjanthi Sajan Poovayya, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sahai, Adv. Mr. Nitish Gupta, Adv. Mr. Tushar Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Varnika Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Raksha Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Kumar, AOR Mr. Shrom Sethi, Adv. Ms. Nipun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Mohan, Adv. Mr. M.T. George, Adv. Mrs. Susy Abraham, Adv. Mr. Johns George, Adv. Mr. Mayank Sapra, Adv. Mr. Lalima Das, Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandran K. R., Adv. Mr. Sahil Chandra, AOR Mrs. Shirin Khajuria, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Writ Petition Nos.104, 105/2014 & 1005/2021 and Civil Appeal Nos. 4010 & 4013 of 2014

1. Govt. of NCT of Delhi was to inform us about the decision with respect to the subsidies that are provided and the consequent creation of the "Regulatory Asset". Mr. Shadan Farasat, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of Govt. of NCT of Delhi has expressed certain difficulties which we would want the State Government to put in the form of an affidavit indicating the circumstances in which the necessary information about the policy decision cannot be taken.

2. Let the affidavit be filed within four weeks from today.

3. In our previous order, all the State Governments and the State Regulatory Commissions were impleaded as we felt that their presence is necessary for determining the principles that should govern the problem of creation and continuation of a "Regulatory Asset" for long period. The State Governments as well as the Regulatory Commissions may express their views on the matter in the form of affidavit/statements within a period of four weeks from today.

4. List these matters on 09.01.2025

(KAPIL TANDON) (NIDHI WASON) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)

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