Elgi Equipment Ltd. v. The Chairman
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 27.06.2019
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI W.P. 30226 of 2005 and W.P.M.P. 33145 of 2005 ELGI Equipments Ltd., Trichy Road, Singanallur, Coimbatore-641 008, represented by its Managing Director, Thiru Jairam Varadaraj ... Petitioner Vs
1. The Chairman, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, 800, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.
2. The Chief Engineer, Commercial, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, 800, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.
3. The Superintending Engineer, Coimbatore Electricity Distribution Circle/Metro, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Coimbatore.
... Respondents PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Declaration, declaring that the levy of demand and collection of peak hour charges by the respondents at 0.70 paise (20% extra) extra per unit from the petitioner on the total consumption of electricity in the petitioner industry without adjusting to set off the electricity generated or produced through its wind mills against consumption during the peak hour as unconstitutional, illegal, null and void in so far as the petitioner industry is concerned and direct the respondents to refund to the petitioner the total https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
amount collected illegally as peak hour charges from the petitioner for their own generated electricity through Wind Mills during peak hours till date.
For Petitioner : Mr.K.Seshadri For Respondents : Mr.P.R.Dhilipkumar
O R D E R
The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the relief sought for in this writ petition has become infructuous and hence, the writ petition may be dismissed as infructuous and he has also made an endorsement to that effect.
2. Recording the endorsement made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
No costs.
Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.
-s/d- Assistant Registrar(CS-IX) True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar rpp To
1. The Chairman, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, 800, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.
2. The Chief Engineer, Commercial, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, 800, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.
3. The Superintending Engineer, Coimbatore Electricity Distribution Circle/Metro, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Coimbatore.
W.P. 30226 of 2005 and W.P.M.P. 33145 of 2005 VGII(CO) SP(23/07/2019) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/