C.A.V Judgment

Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

1 Heard Mr. Gopal Jain and Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, and Mr. Ashish Shrivastava, learned Senior Advocates, assisted by Ms. Divya Chaturvedi, Mr. Bhaskar Payashi, Mr. Saransh Shaw, Mr. Jai Dhanani, Mr. Pranav Sood and Ms. Pankhuri Gupta, Ms. Kriti Sharma and Mr. Rahul Ambast, learned counsel for the appellants. Also heard Mr. Adhiraj Surana, learned counsel for the respondent No. 1/Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (for short, the Commission), as well as Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, Ms. Himanshi Andley and Mr. Varun Sharma, learned counsel for the respondents No. 2 and 3/Power Companies.

2 Challenge in this appeal is to the order dated 30.03.2026 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP(C) No. 1927/2016 by which the petition filed by the writ petitioners/appellants was dismissed. The appellants have prayed for the following relief(s):

“10.1 Admit the present Appeal and set aside the Impugned Judgment dated 30.03.2026 issued by the Ld. Single Judge of this Hon'ble Court in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1927/2016; 10.2 Declare that Appellant No.1 is not liable to refund INR 153.55 Crores to the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Comp