ORDER :

1. Assemblage of these petitions raise a challenge to the order passed by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission [‘Commission’ for short] in rejecting Original Petition No. 214 of 2017 filed before it by the petitioners and directing that the petitioners shall be entitled to a particular tariff. Since facts are common in all these petitions, facts obtaining in Writ Petition No. 52028 of 2018 are referred to in this order for the sake of convenience.

2. Succinctly stated, the facts germane for consideration of the lis are as follows:-

Government of Karnataka on 22-05-2014 introduced a solar policy to be availed between 2014 and 2021 with the object of harnessing the potential of solar resources in the State. In furtherance of the policy of the State, Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited [‘KREDL’ for short] issued a notification inviting online applications for facilitating development of renewable energy on 09.10.2014. The petitioners, in all these cases, applied pursuant to the notification issued by KREDL. In Writ Petition No. 52028 of 2018, a letter of award was issued in favour of one Sri. Bommappa Kenchikoppa for development of two megawatts (MW) solar p