UDUPI KASARGODE TRANSMISSION LIMITED vs CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION & ORS.

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$~63 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision:04th December, 2025 + W.P.(C) 18443/2025, CM APPL. 76382/2025, CM APPL. 76383/2025 & CM APPL. 76384/2025 UDUPI KASARGODE TRANSMISSION LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv. and Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Deep Rao Palepu, Mr. Arjun Agarwal, Mr. Prajeeti Ghosh, Ms. Radhika Yadav and Mr. Om Shetal, Advs. versus CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anand K. Ganesan, Ms. Ritu Apurva, Mr. Karthikeyan M. and Ms. Pragya Pushkar, Advs. for R-2 to 6 Mr. Hemendra Singh Kashyap and Ms. Parul Dagar, Advs. for R-1 (Through VC) CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J.(Oral): 1. The present writ petition has been filed on account of the fact that there is imminent threat of coercive and precipitative action by respondent nos. 2 to 6, along with respondent nos. 7 to 15, against the petitioner. 2. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had earlier filed a petition before respondent no. 1 - Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (“CERC”). Subsequently, the said Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Page 1 of 4 By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:04.12.2025 20:55:18 petition was disposed of without going into the merits, by holding that the said petition was pre-mature, and by granting the petitioner liberty to approach the CERC, after the petitioner completes the project. By way of the said order dated 01st September, 2025, the CERC had also granted protection in favour of the petitioner in the interim. 3. Subsequently, Karnataka DISCOMS filed an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (“APTEL”), challenging the CERC order dated 01st September, 2025. Thus, vide order dated 01st D