JUDGMENT

PER HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M. KARPAGA VINAYAGAM, CHAIRPERSON

1. North Delhi Power Limited is the Appellant herein.

2. As against the Impugned Order dated 26.8.2011 passed by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission disallowing certain claims made by the Appellant, this Appeal has been filed by the Appellant.

3. The Appellant has raised various issues by which it was pointed out that disallowance of those claims is illegal and unjustified.

4. Before dealing with these issues, it would be proper to refer to the factual matrix of the case which led to filing of this Appeal:

(a) The Appellant is a Company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. The erstwhile Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) had been unbundled under the Delhi Electricity Reforms Act, 2000 in a separate distribution, transmission and Generation Companies. They were successor of the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB).

(b) The Appellant, pursuant to the privatization process initiated by the Government of Delhi took over the Distribution Company formed for North West Delhi with effect from 01 July, 2002.

(c) The Appellant has since been carrying out the electricity distribution and retail supply in its area of supply