Ridley Life Science Pvt Ltd v. Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited & ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 2753/2026, CM APPL. 13368/2026, CM APPL. 13369/2026 & CM APPL. 13370/2026 RIDLEY LIFE SCIENCE PVT LTD .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Anshuman Sharma, Mr. Kartikey Kumar, Mr. Azaz Ahmed and Mr.

Sidhant Thakur, Advocates.

versus TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LIMITED & ORS.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Manish Kumar Srivastava, Mr.

Moksh Arora, Mr. Santosh Ramdurg and Ms. Charu Roy, Advocates for R-1 with Mr. Amit Singh, AGM Legal.

Mr. Anirudh Dusaj, Advocate for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL

O R D E R

% 27.02.2026 1.

The present writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs:- The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

2.

Mr. Anshuman Sharma, counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner company, submits that the final assessment order is based on an inspection, which never took place. He further submits that the final assessment order, even though dated 15th April, 2025, was not supplied to the petitioner at the relevant time, but was supplied only after this Court passed an order on 23rd December, 2025 in W.P.(C) 81747/2025 filed by the petitioner. 3.

Mr.

Manish Srivastava, counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents, submits that the present writ petition is not maintainable and the proper remedy for the petitioner would be to invoke the appellate remedy prescribed under Section 127 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (hereinafter 'Act').

4.

For the sake of convenience, Section 127 of the Act is set out below: "127. Appeal to Appellate Authority.-

(1) Any person aggrieved by the final order made under section 126 may, within thirty days of the said order, prefer an appeal in such form, verified in such manner and be accompanied by such fee as may be specified by the State Commission, to an appellate authority as may be prescribed.

(2) No appeal against an order of assessment under sub-section (1) shall be entertained unless an amount equal to half of the assessed amount is deposited in cash or by way of bank draft with the licensee and documentary evidence of such deposit has been enclosed along with the appeal. " ...

5.

Section 127 of the Act provides a statutory appellate remedy to any person aggrieved by a final assessment order passed under Section 126 of the Act, subject to compliance with the conditions prescribed therein. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

6.

In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of while giving liberty to the petitioner to assail the assessment orders by way of a statutory appeal. The fact that the petitioner claims that he was not supplied with the copy of the assessment orders in a timely manner shall be taken into account while deciding the application for condonation of delay. AMIT BANSAL, J FEBRUARY 27, 2026 Vivek/- The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.