Arunachala Gounder Textiles Mills (P) Ltd Unit Ii v. Tamilnadu Electricity Regulatory Commission
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 20-11-2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI WP Nos. 45293, 45296 & 45303 of 2025 & WMP.Nos.50430, 50436 & 50442 of 2025 1.Arunachala Gounder Textiles Mills (P) Ltd Unit II HTSC No.049094370147, No.5, Bye-Pass Road, Pallipalayam, Erode 638 006, Repd. by its Director N.Ramesh Petitioner in WP/45293/2025 2.M/s.Jaichander Wind Farms Pvt Ltd., Amarjothi House, No.157, Kumaran Road, Tirupur - 641 601, Coimbatore District, repd. Its Authorised Signatory, Jaisushmi Jaichander Petitioner in WP/45296/2025 3.Lucky Weaves India P Ltd., 108, Komarapalayam Main Road, Pallipalayam, Erode - 638 006,
Repd by its Authorised Signatory Mr.P.Viswanathan Petitioner in WP/45303/2025 Vs
1. Tamilnadu Electricity Regulatory Commission th Floor, SIDCO Corporate Office Building, Guindy, Chennai 600 032, Represented by its Secretary 2.The Chairman Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002 3.Director Finance Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002 Respondents 1 to 3 in all WPs 4.The Superintending Engineer, TNPDCL, Namakkal Electricity Distribution Circle, Namakkal.
5.The Superintending Engineer TNPDCL, Tirunelveli Electricity Distribution Circle, Tirunelveli.
Respondents 4 and 5 in WP/45293/2025 6.The Superintending Engineer, TNPDCL, Virudhunagar Electricity Distribution Circle,Virudhunagar.
7.The Superintending Engineer TNPDCL, Tirunelveli Electricity Distribution Circle, Tirunelveli.
Respondents 4 and 5 in WP/45296/2025 8.The Superintending Engineer, TNPDCL, Namakkal Electricity Distribution Circle, Namakkal.
9.The Superintending Engineer TNPDCL, Karur Electricity Distribution Circle, Karur.
Respondents 4 and 5 in WP/45303/2025 PRAYER in WP/45293/2025 This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, forbearing the respondents and their men, agents, form collecting current consumption charges, demand charges and any arrears from the petitioner until the Respondents makes payment of the outstanding dues of Rs.9,97,502/- (for the year of 2022-2023) payable to the petitioner or give adjustment in the current consumption charges payable by the petitioner till the entire amount is adjusted. PRAYER in WP/4529 6 /2025 This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, forbearing the respondents and their men, agents, form collecting current consumption charges, demand charges and
any arrears from the petitioner until the Respondents makes payment of the outstanding dues of Rs.1,33,542/- (for the year of 2024-2025) payable to the petitioner or give adjustment in the current consumption charges payable by the petitioner till the entire amount is adjusted. PRAYER in WP/45 /2025 This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, forbearing the respondents and their men, agents, form collecting current consumption charges, demand charges and any arrears from the petitioner until the Respondents makes payment of the outstanding dues of Rs.9,13,705/- (for the month of June and July 2023) payable to the petitioner or give adjustment in the current consumption charges payable by the petitioner till the entire amount is adjusted. In all Wps:
For Petitioner(s):
Mr.M.Saravana Kumar For Respondent(s):
Mr.S.Kalaiselvan in WP/45293 & 45303/2025 Mr.S.Madhusudhanan in WP/45296/2025 COMMON
ORDER
Since the issue involved in these writ petitions is one and the same, with the consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, these writ petitions
are heard together and disposed of by way of this common order.
2. When these matters were taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the issue involved in the present Writ petitions is no longer res integra and the similar issue has already been decided by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.Nos.6776 of 2020 etc., batch on 28.10.2021 and therefore, the same order may be passed in these petitions as well. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents has not disputed the facts submitted by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and he has no serious objection for the said order being passed.
3. The learned Single Judge of this Court, vide order dated 28.10.2021 made in W.P.Nos.6776 of 2020 etc., batch in the case of M/s.Rajaguru Spinning Mills P. Ltd., Vs. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission, in identical circumstances which was also relied upon by the learned counsel for the petitioners held as under:- "11. In view of the above, all these Writ Petitions are Disposed of with the following directions:-
(a) In all those cases where the TANGEDCO has acted upon the interim orders passed bythis Court and the entire outstanding amounts due and payable has been adjusted, those writ petitions will be rendered infructuous since the grievance of those petitioners stands redressed;
(b) In those cases where the TANGEDCO is in the process of adjusting the outstanding amount due, such adjustment shall be continued till the entire outstanding amount is adjusted towards the current consumption charges / open access charges payable by the respective petitioners and (c) The TANGEDCO shall not take any coercive steps to disconnect the electricity connection to the petitioners until the outstanding amounts due and payable is completely adjusted towards the current consumption charges/open access charges payable by the petitioners."
4. In view of the above fact that the earlier Writ petitions involving similar issue being disposed of by this Court in the aforesaid terms, the present Writ Petitions also stand disposed of in terms of the above said order of this Court dated 28.10.2021 made in W.P.Nos.6776 of 2020 etc., batch. No costs. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous petitions are closed.
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1. Tamilnadu Electricity Regulatory Commission th Floor, SIDCO Corporate Office Building, Guindy, Chennai 600 032, Represented by its Secretary 2.The Chairman Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002 3.Director Finance Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002 4.The Superintending Engineer, TNPDCL, Namakkal Electricity Distribution Circle, Namakkal.
5.The Superintending Engineer TNPDCL, Tirunelveli Electricity Distribution Circle, Tirunelveli.
6.The Superintending Engineer, TNPDCL, Virudhunagar Electricity Distribution Circle,Virudhunagar.
7.The Superintending Engineer TNPDCL, Karur Electricity Distribution Circle, Karur.
M.DHANDAPANI J.
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WP Nos. 45293, 45296 & 45303 of 2025 20-11-2025