HC postpones discoms’ plea against CAG audit to 19 Sep
11 Sept 2014 5:13 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned to 19 September a batch of petitions including appeals filed by three private discoms against the order of a single judge refusing to stay government’s decision to conduct CAG audit of their accounts.
Apart from the pleas of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL), Reliance-owned firms — BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and BSES Yamuna Power Limited, the bench also postponed a public interest litigation filed by an NGO, United RWAs Joint Action, which is seeking an audit of the discoms’ accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
‘We will list it tentatively for 19 September,’ a bench of chief justice G Rohini and justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said. After the matter could not be heard on Tuesday, the counsel appearing for the discoms sought an early hearing saying ‘there is some urgency on our part.’
The discoms have moved the larger bench of the court against its single judge’s order of 24 January refusing to stall their CAG audit and asking them to ‘fully cooperate with the CAG in the audit process.’ On 22 July, TPDDL had contended in court that the Aam Aadmi Party had pre-decided to have CAG audit of private discoms and its government later violated statutory and constitutional provisions to fulfil its poll promise.
Apart from the pleas of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL), Reliance-owned firms — BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and BSES Yamuna Power Limited, the bench also postponed a public interest litigation filed by an NGO, United RWAs Joint Action, which is seeking an audit of the discoms’ accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
‘We will list it tentatively for 19 September,’ a bench of chief justice G Rohini and justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said. After the matter could not be heard on Tuesday, the counsel appearing for the discoms sought an early hearing saying ‘there is some urgency on our part.’
The discoms have moved the larger bench of the court against its single judge’s order of 24 January refusing to stall their CAG audit and asking them to ‘fully cooperate with the CAG in the audit process.’ On 22 July, TPDDL had contended in court that the Aam Aadmi Party had pre-decided to have CAG audit of private discoms and its government later violated statutory and constitutional provisions to fulfil its poll promise.
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