ORDER:

Heard Sri C.K.R. Associates, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Sri N.Sreedhar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents.

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“…to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus:

a. Declaring the action of the 1^st Respondent in rejecting the application dt.25.09.2024 for Standing Clearance for grant of T-GNA for import of power through Bilateral or Collective IEX transaction for month of October, 2024, as un- authorized, as being bereft of any proper reasoning, without any foundation in fact based on an ex-facie false pretence and ulterior motive, illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction, besides being contrary to the orders of this Honourable Court in W.P.No.22000 of 2024, to the provisions under Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the Inter-State Transmission System) Regulations, 2022 and the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 , and besides being violative of petitioner’s rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 19(1)(g)

of the Constitution of India and]

b. Directing the 1^s