CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION NEW DELHI Petition No. 666/MP/2025 along with 54/IA/2025, 118/IA/2025, 119/IA/2025 and 132/IA/2025 Coram:

Shri Ramesh Babu V., Member Shri Harish Dudani, Member Shri Ravinder Singh Dhillon, Member Date of Order: 10^th April, 2026 In the Matter Of:

Petition under Section 79 including Section 79 (1)(c) of the Electricity Act, 2003, read with Regulations 5.8(vii) and Regulations 11A and 11B read with regulations 41 and 42 of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the Inter-State Transmission System) Regulations, 2022, thereby seeking relaxation of application of timeline provided under regulation 11A(1), by allowing the Petitioner to submit the registered title deed of the land required for the capacity for which connectivity has been granted, within 12 months from the date of grant of final connectivity, instead of within 18 months from the grant of in-principle connectivity (i.e., by 26.01.2026).

AND In the Matter Of:

Saurya Urja Company of Rajasthan Limited (SUCRL)

R7-A, 3rd Floor, Crystal Palm Mall, Plot No. 2 Sahkar Circle, Sardar Patel Marg, Jaipur - 302001, Rajasthan …Petitioner Versus Central Transmission Utility of India Limited (CTUIL)

Floors No. 5-10, Tower 1, Plot No. 16, IRCON International Tower, Institutional Area, Sector 32, Gurugram, Haryana – 122001 …Respondent Parties Present: Shri Hemant Singh, Advocate, SUCRL Ms. Ankita Bafna, Advocate, SUCRL Shri Shubham Arya, Advocate, CTUIL Ms. Shree Dwivedi, Advocate, CTUIL Shri Swapnil Verma, CTUIL Ms. Priyansi Jadiya, CTUIL

ORDER

The present petition has been filed by the Saurya Urja Company of Rajasthan Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘SUCRL’/‘Petitioner’) seeking relaxation for the application timeline specified under Regulation 11A(1) of the GNA Regulations, 2022, by allowing the Petitioner to submit the land documents for the 400 MW solar power park capacity within 12 months from the date of grant of final Connectivity, instead of within 18 months from the grant of in-principle Connectivity. The Petitioner has made the following Prayers vide Petition filed on 27.05.2025:

(a) Relax the application of the timeline provided under Regulation 11A(1) of GNA Regulations, 2022 by allowing the Petitioner to submit the Registered Title Deed (as proof of Ownership or lease rights or land use rights for 50% of the land required for the capacity for which Connectivity is sought) as required under Regulation 11A(1) of GNA Regulations, 2022, within 12 months from the date of grant of final Connectivity (which must include final coordinates of Bikaner-V sub-station) or within 12 months from the date of issuance of co-ordinates for Bikaner-V substation, instead of within 18 months form the grant of in-principle Connectivity (i.e., by 26.01.2026); and (b) Alternatively, permit the Petitioner to acquire land and submit the Land Documents within a period of 18–24 months prior to the scheduled start date of connectivity (i.e., 31.12.2029), with flexibility to align such deadline with any change in the said start date, to avoid undue financial burden;

(c) Alternative to prayer (a) & (b), direct the Respondent/ CTUIL to transfer/ reallocate the connectivity granted to the Petitioner to any other ISTS sub-station in Bikaner region where the location of sub-station has been finalised and start date of connectivity is December, 2027 and the Petitioner can submit all the land related documents within 12 months of grant of such final connectivity (as per the GNA Regulations);

(d) Pass any such other and further reliefs as this Hon’ble Commission deems just and proper in the nature and circumstances of the present case.

Interim Relief sought:

(a) Direct the Respondent/ Central Transmission Utility of India Limited to not to take any coercive action including revocation of the in-principle Connectivity granted to the Petitioner on 26.07.2024 and/ or encashment of Land BGs of INR 40 Crore and/ or Conn BG1, Conn BG2 an