JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the case from the file of the second respondent in Lr.No.SE/CEDC/NEE/GI/AEE/GI/AE/F.F.HT.2038/D.1531/16 dated 15.09.2016 and quash the same and hold as not maintainable under law more specifically under the express provisions made in the CEA (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations 2007 under Regulation 2 Clause 8, Clause 34 and Regulation 3 and forbearing the respondents 1 to 3 from raising any demand for payment towards surcharge for not providing harmonic controls by the petitioner who is connected with a 11KV supply line.)

1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the levy of harmonics compensation charges at 15% of the respective tariff from the High Tension Industrial Consumers (HT-I) and High Tension Commercial Consumers (HT-III), who operate at a voltage level of below 33 kv, namely, 11kv/22kv supply lines.

2. Mr.Lakshmi Sriram, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in the present writ petition, submitted that the action of the Tamil Nadu