Mahalakshmi Profiles Private Limited Vs State… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Mahalakshmi Profiles Private Limited Vs State… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

None on merits; writ petition closed on the representation that the cause of action does not survive, with no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions in the writ petition also closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the action of Respondent No. 1 in rejecting the petitioner's applications dated 21.08.2024 for Standing Clearance for grant of T-GNA for import of power through Bilateral or Collective IEX transactions for September and October 2024 was unauthorised, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and contrary to the CERC (Connectivity and GNA) Regulations, 2022 and the Electricity Act, 2003, and whether Respondent No. 1 should be directed to consider and grant Standing Clearance for such T-GNA. (Note: the Court did not adjudicate this issue; the petition was closed on the footing that the cause of action no longer survives.)

Ratio / Principle

On the representation of learned counsel for the petitioner that the cause of action in the present writ petition does not survive for adjudication any more, the Court took the submission on record and closed the writ petition, making no order as to costs.

Key takeaways

As a sequel, all miscellaneous petitions/applications pending in the writ petition also stand closed.ratio¶56

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Telangana High Court (Surepalli Nanda, J.), W.P. No. 23618 of 2024, decided 04.02.2025: The petitioner, Mahalakshmi Profiles Private Limited, had moved this Court under Article 226 read with Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution challenging Respondent No. 1 (State Load Dispatch Centre, Transmission Corporation of Telangana Ltd.) rejecting its applications dated 21.08.2024 for Standing Clearance for grant of T-GNA for import of power through Bilateral or Collective IEX transactions for September and October 2024, alleging the rejection was arbitrary and contrary to the CERC (Connectivity and General Network Access to the Inter-State Transmission System) Regulations, 2022 and the Electricity Act, 2003, and seeking a direction to grant Standing Clearance; interlocutory applications included IA No. 1 of 2024 (seeking clearance for 6_5 MW) and IAs Nos. 2 and 3 of 2024 by the respondents seeking vacation of interim orders dated 02.09.2024 and 19.09.2024. At hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner represented that the cause of action in the writ petition did not survive for adjudication any more; the Court, taking the submission on record, closed the writ petition without any adjudication on merits and made no order as to costs, and as a sequel closed all pending miscellaneous petitions. No precedent was cited or discussed; no amount or compensation was awarded.

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELA,NGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA

WRIT PETITION NO: 23618 OF 2024

Between:

Mahalakshmi Profiles Private Limited, Regd. Off. Pillar no. 75, 13-6439111N111110and11, [/PL House, Mehdipatnam Ring Road, Bataji Nagar, 9udimalka_pur,^{Hyderabad, Telangana - 500 006 Rep by its lVanaging} Director, [t4r. Vinod Kumar Aganrval.

...PETITIONER

AND

State Load Dispatch Centre, Transmission Corporation of Telangana Ltd., Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad - 500 082. Rep. by its Chief Engineei, TS-SLDC.

Southern Distribution Company of Telangana Limited, TGSPDCL Corporate Office, Central Secretariat, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Telangana - SO0 022 Rep. by its Chairman and fi,4anaging Director

...RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 oI the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus. a.Declaring the action of the 1 st Respondent in rejecting the applications dt. 21 .08.2024 for Standing Clearance for grant of T-GNA for import of power through Bilateral or Collective IEX transaction for months of September and October, 2024, as un-authorized, as being bereft of any proper reasoning, without any foundation in fact, based on an ex-facie false pretense and ulterior motive, illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction, besides being contrary to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the lnter-State Transmission System) Regulations, 2022, and the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003, and besides being violative of petitioner's rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of lndia, and, b.Directing the 1st Respondent to consider and give Standing Clearance for grant of T-GNA through Collective IEX transactions pursuant to petitioner's application dt. 21 .O8.2024 for months of September and October, 2024, and subsequent periods

lA NO: 1 OF 2024

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circr_rmstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 1st Respondent to issue standing clearance to the petitioner's applications dt. 21 .08.2024 for grant of T-GNA through Collective IEX transaction for import of power to the capacity of 6_5 MW, for the months of September and October, 2024

lA NO: 2 OF 2024

Between:

State Lgad Dispatch Centre, Transmission Corporation of Telangana Ltd., Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad - 500 082. Rep. by its Chief Engineei, TS-SLDC

...PETITIONERS/RESPONDENTS 1

AND

1 Mahalakshmi Profiles Private Limited, Regd. Off. piilar no. 75,^.13-6- 43911lN111l1oand11, MPL House, lVlehdipatnam Rino Road, Balaii Naqar, 9udimalka_pur,^{Hyderabad,Telangana -'500 006 dep by its lvanadinq} Director, It4r. Vinod Kumar Agarwal.

...RESPONDENTS/PETITIONERS

2 So-uthem Distribution Company of Telangana Limited, TGSpDCL Corporate Office, Central Secretariat, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Telangana - SOO O22 Rep. by its Chairman and Managing Directbr

...RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT NO.2

Petition under section 151 cPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court niay be pleased to vacate the interim ,:rders dated 02_09.2024 and 19.0g.2024 in Wp. No. 236i 8 of 2024 and dismiss the writ Petition

lA NO:3 OF 2024

Between:

1 S.tate Lgad Dispatch Centre, Transmjsgion Corporation of Telangana Ltd., Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad - 500 082. Rep. by its Chief Engineei, TS-SLDC.

2 Southern Distribution Company.of Telangana Limited, TGSPDCL Corporate Office, Central Secretariat, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Telangana - SOO' 022 Rep. by its Chairman and Managing Directbr

...PETITIONERS/RESPONDENTS

AND

Mahalakshmi Profiles Private Limited, Regd. Off. pillar no. 75, 13-6439111N111110and11, MPL House, Mehdipatnam Ring Road, Balaji Nagar,

Gudimalkapur, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500 006 Rep by its lt4anaging Director, IrIr. Vinod Kumar Agaruval.

...RESPONDENTS/PETITIONERS

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to vacate the interim orders dated 02.09.2024 in^\NP . No. 236'1 B of 2024 and dismiss the writ petition

Counsel for the Petitioner: M/S CKR ASSOCIATES

Counsel forthe Respondents: SRI N. SREEDHAR REDDY SC FOR TGSPDCL

The Court made the following: ORDER

HON'BLE MRS^{JUSTICESUREPALLI NANDA}

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ORD ER:

Heard M/s.^{C.K.R' Associates, learnedcounse!} appearing on^{behalf of the petitioner and Sri N'Sreedhar} Reddy, learned^{Standing Counsel for TGSPDCLappearing on} behalf of the^resPondents.

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"...to issue a writ^{order or direction more particularly} one in the^{nature of Writ of Mandamus:}

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a. Declaring^{the action of the 1't Respondentin rejecting} the applications^{dt.21'08.2024 for StandingClearance} for^grant of^{T-GNA for import of power through Bilateral} or Collective^{IEX transactionfor monthsof September} and October,^{2024 as unauthorizedas being bereftof} any^{proper reasoning withoutany foundation in fact'} based on an^{exfaciefalse pretense and ulteriormotive'} illegal, arbitrary,^{without jurisdiction, besides being} contrary to the^{CentralElectricity Regulatory} Commission^{(Connectivity and General NetworkAccess} to the Inter-State^{TransmissionSystem) Regulations'} 2022, and the^{provisionsof the ElectricityAct, 2003'} and besides^{being violativeofpetitioner'srights}

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guaranteed under Articles^{14 and l'9(lXg) of the} Constitution of^India;and,

b. Directing the 1st^{Respondentto consider and give} Standing Ciearance^{for grant ofT-GNAthrough} Collective IEX transactions^{pursuanttopetitioner's} application dt.2L.OB.2024^{for monthsof Septemberand} October, 2024,^{and subsequentperiods;}

c. and/or^pass such^{other order or orders ass this Hon'ble} Court deems fit and^{properin the interest of justice'"}

It is represented^{by the learned counsel appearingon behalf} of the^{petitioner that the causeof action in the presentwrit petition} does not survive^{for adjudicationany more'}

Bringing the said^{submissionof the learned counsel} appearing on^{behalf of the petitioneron record, the writ} petition is closed. However,^{there shall be no orderas to} costs.

As a sequel, the^{miscellaneous petitions,if}

any,^{pendingin the Writ Petition shallalso stand closed'}

SD/. P.Ch. NAGABHUSHAMBA AS S NT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER I

To,

One CC to M/S CKR ASSOCIATES^Advocate [OPUC]

One CC to SRI N. SREEDHAR REDDY^{SC FORTGSPDCL} [OPUCI

Two CD Copies KKS GJP W

HIGH COURT

DATED:0410212025

ORDER

WP.No.23618 of 2024

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CLOSING THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS

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