Punjab and Haryana HC bench to hear plea against HPPC on solar power purchase from private company as PIL
HEARING A petition seeking to quash a decision of the Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC) to purchase solar power from a Gurgaon-based private company, Amplus Sun Solutions, through negotiation mode, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the petition to be heard as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
The petitioners, Monika Sharma, Manoj Tyagi and Satish Chand, through their counsel advocate Tushar Sharma, have sought to quash HPPC’s decision to purchase solar power from Amplus Sun Solutions through negotiation mode and the consequent order passed on September 14, 2020, by Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) terming it to be manifestly arbitrary, illegal, unjustified, irrational, unreasonable, and biased as well as contrary to the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003.
