E-City Real Estates Pvt Ltd v. Tamil Nadu Generation And Distribution

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 26.08.2020 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH Writ Petition No.11484 of 2020 & WMP Nos.14025, 14024 & 14027 of 2020 E-City Real Estates Pvt LTd SF No.474/ Fun Republic Mall Avinashi Road Peelamedu Kalapatty (West) Coimbatore North Coimbatore - 641 004 Rep by its Authorized Signatory Mr.Raghavan Sugunan Nair.

... Petitioner -Vs1. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution 10th Floor NPKRR Maaligai 144 Anna Salai Chennai- 600 002 Rep by its Chairman and Managing Director.

2. The Superintending Engineer TANGEDCO- Coimbatore Metro Tatabad Coimbatore- 641 012.

Respondents Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records in High Tension Bill No. 9094350384042002 dt 8/04/2020 High Tension Bill NO. 9094350384052001 dt 07/05/2020 High Tension Bill No. 9094350384062001 dt 6/06/2020 and High Tension Bill No. 9094350384072001 dt 6/07/2020 and High Tension Bill No. 9094350384082002 dt 7/08/2020 for HT for the connection No. 039094350384 issued by the 2nd respondent and all further penal or interest charge Pursuant thereto (impugned Proceedings ) and quash the same in so far it relates to Item 8 thereof i.

e demand charges and consequentially direct the Respondents to issue bills for minimum demand charges at 20 Percentage of the sanctioned demand strictly in compliance with regulation 6 (b) of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Supply Code for the entire lockdown period and to refrain from levying or recovering any demand charges in excess of minimum demand charges under regulation 6(b) of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Supply Code 2004 for any part of the lockdown period and to refund any amounts collected or adjusted from the security deposit towards the excess / maximum demand charges for the lockdown period.

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For Petitioner : Mr.Dwarakesh Prabhakaran For Respondents : Mr.N.Damodharan, Standing Counsel

O R D E R

The issue that has been raised in the present writ petition is covered by the orders passed by this Court in the batch of Writ Petitions in W.P. Nos.7678, 7679 & 9141/2020 etc., dated 14.08.2020. Consequently, the directions given by this Court will equally apply to the present writ petition also.

2. Accordingly this Writ Petition is allowed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To

1. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution 10th Floor NPKRR Maaligai 144 Anna Salai Chennai- 600 002 Rep by its Chairman and Managing Director.

2. The Superintending Engineer TANGEDCO- Coimbatore Metro Tatabad Coimbatore- 641 012.

+1 cc to Mr.Dwarakesh Prabhakaran, Advocate Sr.No.27646 W.P.No.11484 of 2020 & WMP Nos.14025, 14024 and 14027 of 2020 ev(co) rr ii (11/09/2020) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/