Grid Corporation of Orissa Ltd. vs Western Electricity Supply Company of Orissa Ltd.

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2023 Supreme(SC) 1010

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, ABHAY S. OKA
Grid Corporation of Orissa Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Western Electricity Supply Company of Orissa Ltd. – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rutwik Panda, AOR Ms. Nikhar Berry, Adv. Ms. Anshu Malik, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Dash, Adv. Mr. Hasan Murtaza, AOR Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Mr. Krishnayan Sen, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Sarvjit Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Hasan Murtaza, AOR Mr. Rutwik Panda, AOR Ms. Nikhar Berry, Adv. Ms. Anshu Malik, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Ms. Ishita Jain, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Shrivastava, Adv. Ms. Shruti Kanodia, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sinha, Adv. Ms. Priya Goyal, Adv. Mr. P. K. Manohar, AOR Mr. Abhisth Kumar, AOR Mr. Suresh Chandra Tripathy, AOR Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Mr. Shaileshwar Yadav, Adv. Ms. Radhika Mohapatra, Adv. Mr. Arpit Shukla, AOR Mr. Abhishek Singh, AOR Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. Mr. P.K. Manohar, AOR

JUDGMENT :

ABHAY S. OKA, J.

INTRODUCTION

1. These appeals arise out of the decisions of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (for short ‘the Appellate Tribunal’) constituted under Section 110 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (for short ‘the Electricity Act’). The appeals before the Appellate Tribunal arose out of the orders fixing tariffs passed by the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (for short ‘the Commission’) which is constituted in accordance with Section 82 of the Electricity Act. Under sub-section (1) of Section 62 of the Electricity Act, the Commission is under an obligation to determine the tariff for the supply of electricity by a generating company to a distribution licensee, tariff for transmission of electricity, tariff for wheeling of electricity and tariff for retail sale of electricity. For exercising powers under Section 62 of the Electricity Act, the Commission is required to pass orders determining the annual revenue requirements (ARR) of various licensees. In fact, under Section 26(4) of the Orissa State Electricity Reforms Act, 1995, every licensee is required to provide to the Commission, full details of calculations of aggregate revenue likely to be earn

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2023 Supreme(SC) 1010

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, ABHAY S. OKAGrid Corporation of Orissa Ltd. – AppellantVersusWestern Electricity Supply Company of Orissa Ltd. – Respondent

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, ABHAY S. OKA
Grid Corporation of Orissa Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Western Electricity Supply Company of Orissa Ltd. – Respondent