DELHI JAL BOARD Vs. DELHI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ALL these three Appeals are being disposed of through this common judgement as the issue raised in the three tariff orders dated 26.8.2011 is the same which has been challenged in these Appeals. The short facts are as follows:

(2.) THE Learned Counsel for the Appellant has raised the following contentions:

(3.) IN reply to the above submissions, the Learned Counsel for the Respondents including the State Commission submitted that the Appellant and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation are distinct type of consumers of electricity in terms of Section 62 (3) of the Act, 2003 and merely because the Appellant is engaged in public utility and providing essential services of water supply etc., cannot per se be the criteria for the favourable tariff determination and merely because the Appellant has provided the requisite infrastructure and land for installation of sub stations cannot preclude the Distribution licensee to charge such consumers for all the components since the same has come through the statutory mandate being brought into force by the State Commission by way of tariff orders and therefore, there is no infirmity in the impugned order.