WRIT - C No. 18672 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 18672 of 2026 M/S Hindalco Industries Ltd .....Petitioner(s) Versus Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vedant Agarwal Counsel for Respondent(s) : Pankaj Kumar Shukla, Udit Chandra, Vedant Agarwal Court No. - 29 HON'BLE ARINDAM SINHA, J. HON'BLE SATYA VEER SINGH, J. (Per Arindam Sinha, J.) 1. Petitioner contends, it has set up captive generation of electricity and requires open access for transmission, to use it. Section 9(2) in Electricity Act, 2003 mandates allowing open access. It has challenged communication dated 6th October, 2025 issued by the transmission company, imposing two conditions. Firstly, declaration that there is no pending litigation and secondly, nothing is outstanding as payable by it to the company. Mr. Navin Sinha, learned senior advocate assisted by Mr. Vedant Agarwal, learned advocate appear on behalf of petitioner. Mr. Udit Chandra, learned advocate appears on behalf of respondent nos. 1 and 2 (the transmission company). 2. On moving the petition we were told that by order dated 31st October, 2017, disposing of Civil Appeal nos. 17375-17376/2017