1. South Indian Sugar Mills Association, a representative body representing the Sugar Mills in South India and two other sugar mills viz., The Davangere Sugar Company Pvt. Ltd., and Sri Renuka Sugar Mills, Bangalore, have filed these writ petitions.

2. The relief sought in these writ petitions is, for a declaration that the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (Power Procurement from Renewable Sources by Distribution Licensee and Renewable Energy Certificate Framework) Regulations, 2011, as amended on 16.03.2011 and 20.12.2011 (for short, 'Regulations') are without jurisdiction. Petitioners have requested to set aside the same. A direction is also sought against the 2nd respondent - State Load Dispatch Centre, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited, Bangalore, to grant accreditation and recognize the petitioner- Company as eligible for trading Renewable Energy Certificates (for short, 'REC') as per the application presented on 02.03.2012 vide Annexure-D.

3. Though petitioners have made grievance against the entire Regulations framed by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (for short, 'KERC), principal grievance made in the writ petition pertain