The Director, Lourdes Matha College of v. Kseb
Case brief
What is this about?
The Division Bench disposed of two writ appeals raising the liability of self-financing colleges to pay commercial electricity tariff. Relying on a pending Supreme Court judgment regarding KSEB and similar commissions, the Court deferred the decision on arrears and commercial tariff collection until the Supreme Court rules, directing KSEB to extend similar relief to these appellants as done in a p
What did the court decide?
No costs awarded.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VINOD CHANDRAN
&
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK MENON
THURSDAY ,THE 24TH DAY OF JANUARY 2019 / 4TH MAGHA, 1940
WA.No. 650 of 2010
AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT IN WPC 36292/2008 of HIGH COURT OF KERALA DATED 06-04-2009
APPELLANT/S:
MANAGER, SANTHIGIRI COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCES,, VAZHITHALA.P.O, THODUPUZHA, IDUKKI DISTRICT.
BY ADV. SRI.WILSON URMESE
RESPONDENT/S:
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the liability of self-financing educational institutions to pay commercial tariff as prescribed by the Electricity Regulatory Commission should be upheld given the pending Supreme Court adjudi
Whether the High Court can dispose of these appeals by adopting the same direction as in a parallel set of writ appeals (WA No. 660/2010) pending before the Supreme Court.
Parties & counsel
- appellant
Manager, Santhigiri College of Computer Sciences
- appellant
Director, Lourdes Matha College of Science & Technology
- respondent
Kerala State Electricity Board
- respondent
Office of the Special Officer (Revenue), KSEB
- respondent
The Principal Secretary to Government, Power Department
Case details
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