APPELLATE TRIBUNAL FOR ELECTRICITY AT NEW DELHI (APPELLATE JURISDICTION)

APPEAL NO. 134 OF 2024 & IA NO. 350 OF 2024 Dated: 27^th March, 2025 Present: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ramesh Ranganathan, Chairperson Hon’ble Ms. Seema Gupta, Technical Member (Electricity)

In the matter of:

NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA

16^th Floor, Centre-1, World Trade Centre, Cuffee Parade, Mumbai, PIN – 400005. … Appellant VERSUS

1. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION Represented by its Secretary

3^rd & 4^th Floor, Chanderlok Building, 36, Janpath, New Delhi – 110001. … Respondent No.1

2. GUJARAT URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED Through its Managing Director Sardar Patel Vidyut Bhavan, Race Course, Vadodara – 390007, Gujarat. … Respondent No.2 Counsel for the Appellant(s): Tavinder Pal Sidhu A. P. Singh Neetica Sharma Akshada Shrinkhla Tiwari Counsel for the Respondent(s): Ranjitha Ramachandran Anand K. Ganesan Swapna Seshadri Srishti Khindaria Kriti Soni for Res.2 JUDGEMENT PER HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN, CHAIRPERSON I. INTRODUCTION:

This Appeal is preferred by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Appellant”) against the interim order passed by the Central Electricit