ARUN DEEP SHARMA vs BSES RAJDHANI POWER LTD AND ANR.

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$~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 11th February, 2026 + W.P.(C) 1962/2026 & CM APPL. 9571/2026 ARUN DEEP SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Neeraj Deora, Advocate. versus BSES RAJDHANI POWER LTD AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sharique Hussain and Ms. Kirti Garg, Advocates for BSES. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition has been filed inter alia seeking a direction to respondent no.1/BSES to install the electricity connection/meter in premises situated at Khasra No.24, 23, 22 5MIN, 6 MIN, Village Bijwasan, Near Salapur Khera, Delhi-110061 (hereinafter ‘subject property’). 2. The petitioner, being a developer/builder, allotted plots in the subject property to various purchasers. One of the said plots was sold by the petitioner to one Mr. Swadesh Kumar. Mr. Swadesh Kumar had applied for a new electricity connection before the respondent no.l/BSES. 3. However, the respondent no.l/BSES has refused to install the electricity meter, citing the restraint orders dated 31st December 2021 and 6th December 2024, passed by the office of SDM (Kapashera). 4. Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that denial of Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 1962/2026 Page 1 of 6 By:AARZOO Signing Date:16.02.2026 11:53:40 electricity connection on the basis of the aforesaid restraint order is unlawful and violative of the fundamental rights of the petitioner. 5. Counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance on the judgment of Coordinate Bench of this Court titled as BSES Yamuna Power Limited v. Bhagwanti & Anr. & other connected petitions, 2025:DHC:10086 wherein the Bench had directed that electricity companies/distribution companies (DISCOM) should not create impediments in