At the outset, Mr. Sumeet Gadodia, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that, “the determination of date of actual commercial production”, is the main issue involved in all the writ petitions and therefore, all the writ petitions may be heard together. With the consent of the counsel appearing for the respondent-State of Jharkhand, all the writ petitions were heard together and are disposed of by a common order.

FACTS:

W.P.(C) No. 5948 of 2013

2. The petitioner-Vaishnavi Ferro Tech (P) Limited intending to establish Ingots Plant applied for electricity connection for 30 HP LT IS connection. Vide letter dated 11.02.2009, it was sanctioned electricity connection and the HP connection was started on 09.02.2011. The General Manager, District Industries Centre, Hazaribagh, on the basis of the examination of papers and inspection report by a team of technical officers of District Industries Centre, Hazaribagh concluded that, the Unit has gone into commercial production on 15.02.2011. Vide letter dated 22.07.2011, the petitioner applied for capital subsidy of Rs. 25 Lacs and the General Manager, District Industries Centre, Hazaribagh vide letter dated 02.08.20