MULA PRAVARA ELECTRIC Vs. MAHARASHTRA ELECTRICITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) MULA Pravara Electric Co -operative Society Ltd (Mula Pravara) is the Appellant herein. Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory commission (State Commission) is the 1st Respondent. 2nd Respondent Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (Distribution Company), is the Distribution licensee in the whole state of Maharashtra except suburban areas of Mumbai and area of supply of Mula Pravara. For clarity sake, herein after, the area of supply served by Mula Pravara is being referred to as 'MPECS area of supply and area served by Distribution Company is referred as MSEDCL area of supply. .

(2.) BY the impugned Order dated 27.1.2011, the State Commission (R -1) rejected the application of the Appellant for the grant of distribution license and granted license to the Distribution Company (R -2) and amended the license of Distribution Company by merging MPECS area of Supply with MSEDCL area of supply. It further directed the Appellant to handover the distribution network and allied equipments etc., belonging to the Appellant to the Distribution Company (R -2) without any wheeling charges. Aggrieved by this order, the Appellant has filed this Appeal.

(3.) THE facts of the case are as follows: