Mumbai, May 26: The Bombay High Court today granted no immediate relief to Tata Power, which has moved the court against the Maharashtra government’s directive to supply 360 MW power to R-Infra for distribution in Mumbai suburbs.
Tata contended that under the Electricity Act, the government has no power to direct it to sell the power to a
particular buyer, and the present order causes it loss of Rs 30 crore per month.
R-Infra, which distributes power in the Mumbai suburbs, has said that consumers would face power cuts if Tata were to stop the supply.
A vacation bench of Justices S J Kathawala and R G Ketkar refused to stay the government’s directive immediately, as R-Infra and the government sought time to file their respective replies.
“Heavens will not fall in the meanwhile,” the court said, adjourning hearing till June 7.
The dispute is about supply of 360 MW power by Tata to R-Infra.
While Tata is not willing to supply more than 200 MW, the government, by its May 7 order, directed it to supply the full quantum of 360 MW.
“We can’t supply power to our own customers (because of this order),” Tata’s lawyer said.
—Agencies