New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday asked the Chief Secretary to inquire into the alleged "irregularities and discrepancies" in the power subsidy given by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to the BSES discoms.

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Centre on the transfer of power generated by a Dadri thermal station from the national capital to Haryana Justice Yashwant Varma issued notice on a petition by BSES Rajdhani Power Limited challenging a March 29 order of the Ministry of Power in relation to the transfer of power supply from the Dadri-II plant to another state and granted time to the central government counsel to take instructionsThe petitioner claimed that the order is completely without jurisdiction and if implemented 23 per cent of the populace of the national capital would be deprived of power in the next 24hoursTill the next date of listing there shall be stay of the impugned order of 29 March 2022 List at the top of the board on 01042022 the court orderedThe court also takes notes of the averments made in paragraph 5 of the writ petition where the petitioners aver that the impugned order would if permitted to operate come into effect from 0000 hours on Friday 1 April 2022 The resultant deficiency would have to be arranged before 1000 AM on Thursday ie 31 March 2022 Matter requires consideration it addedThe petitioner argued that the respondent authorities have no power to reallocate power that forms part of the allocation made in favour of the petitioner and duly approved by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory CommissionIt disputed the recital in the order in connection with the Delhi government having surrendered the power and said that the surrender which was contemplated was with respect to the Dadri-I thermal power plant aloneThe court also noted the order of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission which categorically recorded that the Commission had not communicated any request to the Ministry of Power to either re-allocate or surrender the share of NCT from Dadri-II to other States and that the Power Purchase Agreement executed between the petitioning DISCOMS with NTPC which are valid up to July 30 2035 PTI ADS ZMN

New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Union Power Secretary Alok Kumar on Monday reviewed coal stock position at thermal power plants and production of captive coal mines and decided on three interventions towards ensuring uninterrupted power supply.