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Jindal Steel and Power Limited Vs Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission and Ors. (Supreme Court)
Supreme Court held that the appellant-JSPL is duly complying with the prescription in Explanation to Rule 3 of Distribution License Rules and hence cancellation of licence is unjustified.
Facts-
The appellant in these civil appeals is the consumer of electricity in Jindal Industrial Park in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh who is aggrieved by the cancellation of distribution licence granted in favour of JSPL and due to unavailability of an alternative distribution licensee. It is the grievance of the appellant herein that it was not a party before the Appellate Tribunal.
JSPL, on 08.05.2008, by way of its notice, informed the appellant in this appeal that since its distribution licence had been cancelled, it had to stop supplying power to all the industries in the Jindal Industrial Park whereafter on 09.05.2008, at 1:00 p.m., the electricity supply to all the units of the appellant was disconnected. The appellant contends that all the units were brought to a standstill and the appellant has been facing losses running to crores of rupees. The appellant avers that it is a third party and an end consumer of JSPL who is deprived of electricity in the absence of any alternative distributor in place. Hence these appeals.
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