The Delhi government-run Delhi Transco Ltd (DTL) and state-run power generation companies Indraprastha Power Generation Company (IPGCL) and Pragati Power Corporation (PPCL) on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court asking Reliance Infra-backed BSES power discoms to immediately clear their electricity dues of over Rs 6,833 crore, payable since 2010.
The state-run companies said that both distribution company BSES Rajdhani Power (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power (BYPL) have to pay current charges of around Rs 2,217.6 crore to them due since January 1, 2014 as directed by the apex court last year on March 26, May 6 and July 3. While the Anil Ambani-led discoms supply power in 70% areas in Delhi, the two state power-generating companies supply around 800 MW of power to BSES daily.
A bench headed by justice J Chelemeshwar adjourned the matter till it pronounced judgment on a related issue by month-end. A contempt application moved by the generating and transmission (G&T) companies against the top brass for willfully flouting and deliberately disobeying repeated apex court orders is still pending. The SC had earlier on July 3 directed BYPL to pay the current outstanding dues of R161 crore, against the alleged arrears of Rs 410 crore, for the January to June 2014 period, to G&T companies immediately or before July 15, 2014. It had also directed the company to continue paying the recurring monthly demands raised by the G&T companies on the basis of its earlier order of May 6, 2014. The G&T firms said the contemnors haven’t paid the bills since October 2010 and only ad-hoc part payments were being made by them, causing innumerable inconvenience to the state-run companies.
BSES has been maintaining that it was going through a difficult financial condition, as it has not been allowed to recover around Rs 10,000 crore in losses due to an increase in power purchase cost and low tariff.
