The Delhi High Court Friday declined to entertain a PIL alleging that power distribution companies (discoms) here calculated bills for the lockdown months by an “unjust and arbitrary” method and suggested to the petitioner to first approach the electricity regulator, DERC.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan, right at the commencement of the hearing, said the petitioner — a doctor — ought to have moved the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) which would be the competent body to decide how the discoms should calculate the bills.
In view of the observation by the bench, the petitioner’s counsel, advocate Tushar Mahajan, sought permission to withdraw the petition and make a representation to the DERC.
